Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-04-27
OAKLAND HELPS ALL
over $4,000 REFUGEES FROM
FRISCO RECEIVE SHELTER.
Free Transportation for Those Who
Want to Leave-No One Goes Hun
gry-Destitute Being Cared for
Wedding Occurs; Groom Had $3.50
Chinese Fared Worst of All.

Wedding occurs; Groom Had $1.3O
Chinese Fared Worst of All.
Oakland is caring for $4,000 people
rendered homeless by the disaster, and
is prepared to care for twice as many.
The height of the influx has been
reached and the number of refugees is
slightly decreasing. Although they are
still coming in large numbers, more
are leaving on every train for various
POINTS. Requests for free transporta-
ton are investigated as closely as pos
sible. and all the deserving are sent
away Women and children and mar
ried men who wish to join their fam
lilies in various parts of the state are
given the preference. The transporta-
ton bureau is on a street corner,
where a man stands on box and calls
the names of those who are entitled
to passes. No one now goes hungry
here and few lack shelter, but cots
and bedding are needed At the First
Presbyterian church 1900 were fed
Sunday night and 1000 people will
sleep there tonight. Pews have been
turned into beds. Cots are in the
aisles, in the gallery and in the Sun
day school room. Every available inch
Of space is occupied by some substi
tute for bed.
A Rockefeller Camp.
John D. Rockefeller has sent money
fer the establishment of a new camp,
s.I, LII 7
has provided for a camp to accommo-
date 1000 people, and has sent so
physicians and nurses to look after
the sick in it. Food is also coming in
from that city, and more help if need
from that city.
An important piece of work that is
going on at relief headquarters in the
chamber of commerce rooms is the
registration of refugees. There are As
clerks engaged in this work alone. All
who register are catalogued by cards,
hich bear their names and old and
new addresses. In this manner dozens
Of families have been reunited and
friends have found each other. A line
of anxious inquiries extends far out
into the street, while others file past
to register or leave an inquiry for
some one who might seek them There
is an employment bureau, where work
is provided whenever possible. Hun
dreds of letters pour in, and the in
formation is given whenever pos
sible.
FraternaI Societies Busy.
Independent of the regular relief
committee, much work is being done
by fraternal societies, the members of
which meet all incoming trains and
take care of the destitute.
A wedding took place at the relief
bureau at midnight last night,
Despite the fact that the groom had
only $1.30, the newly married couple
looked cheerfully on the prospect that
confronted them and departed happy
and hopeful.
Relief for Actors.
A relief bureau especially for the
atrical people is situated on Broadway,
near Twelfth, and transportation east
has been furnished 200 people. One
hundred are being taken care of at the
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out of town as soon as possible. Stars,
as well as music hall singers, are well
coined at the bureau. and many Of
them looked hungry for sight of the
lights of Broadway.
Chinese in Sad Plight.
The Chinese Jared worst of all of
the San Francisco refugees. Some got
out with their belongings at the first
alarm of fire. but others remained un-
til the afternoon. Then, as the flames
came closer, they were driven out by
the soldiers without being allowed to
get food or clothing. A hasty guard
shot one as he was going into his
store for goods. Nearly 10000 of them
have arrived here, and the majority
have been cared for in the local China
town. Nearly all Of them are abso-
lute!y destitute.
Il RANagM