The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-20
ELKS COLLECT
RELIEF FUND
Raise Nearly $4,000 in a Few
Hours and More Is
Pledged.
WILL FORWARD SUPPLIES
MAMMOTH COMMITTEE OF CITI'
zENs is ORGANIZED.

San Francisco will receive substan-
tial aid from Salt Lake at once. and
either a large sum of money will be
forwarded or a special train carrying
provisions will be sent, or possibly
both.
The initiative was taken yesterday
afternoon by the local lodge of Elks,
and at a mass meeting in the Elks'
hall a citizens committee was named
to take charge of the relief fund.
large sum of money was raised by the
Elks inside of half an hour at the meet
ing and before night much more had
been pledged A meeting of the citi-
zens' committee viii be held at the
Elks' club at 10 90 o'clock this morn
ing.
The consensus of opinion was that
food supplies, and blankets to cover
the people that are exposed to the ele-
ments are the main essentials at this
time but that a large sum of money
should also be collected subject to the
disposal of the general relief commit
teee at San Francisco
Members of the Committee.
The general committee appointed will
be known as the California relief COM
mittee of Salt Lake. Mayor Ezra
Thompson is chairman, and w. s. Nc
COrnick treasurer All subscriptions
handed into the committee should be
sent to Treasurer Mccormick. The
members of this committee follows:
Ezra Thompson, Willard SNYDER. NJ H.
!. A Benton, H 6. Whitney, Frank
Knox, J. L. Moore, L. s. Hills, Mrs. Tom
D. Pitt. Ben Haywood. w: Mont Ferry,
Kearns, Mrs. Mary Judge, William Mel
son, G. A. Walker, Mrs. j. NJ Dart. Wal
ter Scott, D. r. Gray. James Murdoch,
J.
James Ivers, g. NJ. Freed, Mrs. Ed Kim
ball, Mrs; Simon Bamberger, Mrs. ". s.
Lynch. @. S. Holmes. Senator Bamber-
ger, John Henry smith c1rs- G 8. Put
Tsg j \. P SiS; J. GSSralSrf 5 Ms =
4 d \ SJraup. Mrs: @. =. cleaverand
elry W. s~rence. George T. OdeH.
~ - .uvCodev. Clarence MCCCr-
rs g.. r. Er-rT-.5 p ~ Chan
Hh.s r 4iorr b. Thompson,
liam ESleheaT- h-s. Thomas Weir. D.
Elliott Kelly. Mrs John E. Hansen. J.
G. Mcdonald. j. H. r. Franklin. 0. L.
Cox, J. NJ. Marriott. Mrs. F. F. Eddy.
Mrs. Matte H. Cannon, D. H. Porter. ].
w. Houston, Mrs. Jacob Moritz. w. ].
Smith Mrs J. T. CLASSIFY, Mrs. c. NJ
StreveI. Mrs. W. A. Stickney Mrs. Gould
Smith, F. E. McGurrin, Mrs. Oscar Gro
shell. Colonel Nicholas Treweek. Mrs. A.
7. Moon. J. c. Cutler, Samuel Newhouse.
Charles A. Quigley, Colonel +. A Wall,
David Keith. Bishop Preston. j. f. boo
". Heber Nj. Wells. F. c. Schramm. Mrs
B. F. Recman. Robert S. Campbell Mrs
Mrs. A. Y. Taylor, G. w. Morse, Louis
Cohn. II. P. Clark, Joseph Nelson. D. H
Perry, w. NJ. Bradley, j. S. Bransford
Lannan. Rev. w. NJ. Paden. Elmer B
Jones. George Y. Wallace. Rev. E. L Co.
Judge c. c. Goodwin, P. w. Madsen. DR.
Z. D. Woodruff D. c. lacking. Charles
W. Whitley. G. E. Allen. F. F. Roberts
Colonel y. w Clayton, Frank /. Sefrit
A. Z. BIunck, Leon Sweet, J. w. Jen-
jr-. w. II. Dickson. Mrs. NJ B. whitney,
jay 7. Harris, Mrs w II. Jones, Mrs
V. NJ. Pease. Mrs. L. NJ. Bailey. w z.
Cooper. Mrs. p. T. Farnsworth. Mrs. w
W. @. Filler, J. @. Gardner, Bishop L.
Seaman, Mrs. NJ. V. Rice. J. B. COsgrif,
Mrs. Scion SPiro.
No Words Are Wasted.
Exalted Ruler Thomas Homer called
the Elks' meeting together. and after
he had stated the object of the gather
ing. ]. c. Leary was made chairman.
and @. r. Cleaveland secretary Mr.
Leary did not waste any words in get
ting down to business. The discussion
was short and then the work of rails
ing money was taken up. Exalted
Ruler Homer started the work to going
of Salt Lake would contribute $500 to
the relief fund. Sums of 500 were
quickly pledged. and then right down
the line sums of $50 S25, $40 and s5
were pledged. and before the meeting
adjourned almost the entire amount
was paid over to Secretary Cleaveland.
The amount raised at this meeting fol-
lows:
Local lodge of EIks ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5OC
Gibson Grain & Stock company $500. 10