The daily sentinel., 1909-02-09
COMMITTEE
ON LINCOLN

with the Lincoln Centenary
Committee of the State of Colo
RADIO and the National Lincoln
Farm association in the work of
making the state celebration of
LincoIn's Centenary success
and of carrying out the work OF
completing the national menu
orial at the Lincoln birthplace
farm in Kentucky. The commit
tee appointed by Mayor Went
worth is n representative one
and will do its part in the i'm
portant work. Judge Sprigg
Shackleford is the chairman and
Messrs. X. G. Walker, q. n. Fal-
ooner, Howrad Piatt, Walter $.
Sullivan and G. II. Robinson are
the associatc members.
The purpose of the state and ma
tionl organization and the duties of
the committee are interestingly set
Wentworth by the Colorado Lincoln
Centenary committee which in part
reads as follows;
Acting on the suggestion of Hon.
Joseph w. Folk. governor of Mis-
souri,. who is the president of the
Lincoln Farm association, the under
signed have been appointed by Gov.
Buchtel as n State Lincoln Centenary
Committee to cooperate in the pres
ervation of the Lincoln birthplace
farm as a national memorial. and to
further the object of n nationwide
celebration of the coming centenary,
February IL, 1909 1t is our con-
fident hope and expectation that ev-
cry city, town and village in our state
will join in this tribute to that great
and sorrowful man who fell by the
assassin's bullet at the very hour
of peace. Let the citizens of Colo
RADIO yield to none in their recogni-
tion of his great service and his great
sacrifice.
The Lincoln Farm association-an
organization of public-spirited cit
izens. the officers and trustees of
which are named in another portion
of this plan-has rescued the Lincoln
birthplace farm from the hands of
speculators who would have exploited
the property for private gain: it has
taken the logs of the birthplace cabin
from a cellar where they were held
for ransom, and placed them safely
in storage to be again erected on the
farm as soon as proper protective
building shall have been provided 1t
has put men at work clearing the
fields, where Lincoln toiled as boy,
and getting them again under culti-
vation that they may be preserved as
they were then; and. finally. 1t has
begun the construction of a simple
yet beautiful granite memorial build
ing, SO designed as 20 provide for the
permanent protection and preserva-
ton of the old cabin. On February
IL, President Roosevelt is to dedicate
this memorial.
This work has not been subsidized
by great private fortunes. AS Lin
coin was raised up from the people
to perform his mighty work, the men
forming the association felt that this
memorial to him should be the work
of the people. They invited subscrip-
tions of small amounts from twenty
five cents upward, giving each con-
tributor certificate of honorary
membership in the association and
enrolling the name and address in the
permanent record to be kept forever
in place of honor at the farm. AL
ready more than 900 men. women
and children have COZ ributed and
received their certifica s, the total
available fund now on Land amoLnt-
ing to about 100000.
At least $4,000 more will be
needed. and to secure this it is only
necessary that the matter should be
may have the opportunity to enroll.
The following is the personnel of
the national organization known as
the Lincoln Farm association: Jos.
w. Folk. president; Robt. j. Collier.
chairman of executive committee;
Clarence NJ. Mackay, treasurer;
Richard Lloyd Jones, secretary.
Board of Trustees: Horace Porter.
William Travers Jerome. jenkins
Lloyd Jones, Charles A. Towne, Ed
ward NJ. Shepard, Samuel Gompers,
Charles T.. Hughes, William II. Taft,
August Belmont, Samuel l.. Clemens.
Lyman J. Gage, Ida NJ. Tarbell. Nor
man Hapgood, Augustus e. Wilson,
William Jennings Bryan, Joseph H.
Choate, Henry Watterson, Cardinal
Gibbons, Albert Shaw. Thomas Hast
ings Oscar S. Straus, John a. John
son. Frederick E. Pierce. General
manager.
See Fred Mantey about harness oil
and soc WlipS