The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-05-12
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cottage for diasbled children for their
faithfulness and loyal support in the
work In hand. Several OF them have
been with us for a number Of years,
and we seem like large family.
The North Dakota Children's Home
society is run upon broad principles
OF real charity-not the charity that
wastes effort upon the undeserving
poor, but that which win assist the
worthy poor, and help them maintain
their own self-respect, and develop
their own resources so that they need
not always be recipients Of the charity
doled out to them in money or food
and clothes. Our wards are therefore
placed where they will learn TO be
self-supporting and fitted to assume
their place as honorable members OF
the commonwealth.
We should be ungrateful to Almighty
God IL we failed to recognize His hand
In all the love manifested 10 our work
and the children Of the home. by putt
ting Il into the hearts and consciences
of the people Of North Dakota to pro-
vide with a liberal hand for their
needs. We do not seek aid from the
state treasury for our support--in fact
have declined state aid preferred us
through members of the last legisla-
ture. We believe this is Gods work,
and that He will care for IL, and that
1t is far better 10 seek our support
directly from individual donors than
TO rely upon the state treasury. He
who said, when thy father and thy
mother forsake thee, then the Lord
viii take thee up" viii not fail TO
provide abundantly for these helpless
little ones. Because we believe this
with all our hearts, we are not afraid
to ask christian and non-christian
people everywhere TO be among those
who want to help along one Of the
most interesting forms of Gods work,
by helping child to find home.
Placing Out Department.
The placing out department work for
year ending March 81, 1911. was as
follows:
Wards on hand April 1, 1910, IA
New cases investigated, IS.
Children received for placing, SO.
Children placed first time, 80
Children replaced, s.
Children transferred to other
authorities, 4.
Wards returned to friends, 4.
Death OF wards in the home, II.
Causes OF death: Marasmus, and
syphilitic conditions, syphilis, maras-
mus and syphilis, hamilton, hamilton,
valvular heart trouble. heart failure
and hamilton, pneumonia, marasmus,
hemorrhage of the lungs, pneumonia,
hamilton.
Reported deaths Of wards in FOSTER
homes, 2.
Wards in the home at close of the
year, 16.
wards assigned to the society. but
not yet received, 2.
Total wards for placement at close
Of the year, is.
Total registration in both depart
ments from organization to March 81,
1911, 1.045.
Aid Department.
The aid department work for year
closing March 81, 1911, was as follows:
Aid cases on hand April /, 1911, 4.
New cases investigated, so.
Aid cases received for temporary
care, 40.
Total for temporary care in the
home, A.
Aid cases returned to friends, 80.
Aid cases transferred to other au-
thorities, 2.
Deaths Of aid cases in the home, 4.
Causes, anthro- phaiitis, pneumonia,
nanition, Inflammation of colon.
Transferred to placing out depart
ment, 2.
Cases otherwise aided, IL. Among
those may be mentioned the follow
ing Nurse furnished I'm Shantytown
confinement case; same in case OF poor
woman in another section Of the city;
woman and child provided with meals
and board secured for them; working
woman given temporary shelter; baby
clothing supplied in several confne-
ment cases; rolling chair secured for
crippled woman; poor woman helped
with clothing for themselves and chill
dren: lost children cared for till Io-
Gated by police department; board for
infants secured in many cases; chill
dren, cared for while mothers work by
the day; runaway girl returned to
friends; Abandoned babe returned TO
mother and obliged TO care for it
properly; advice given in difficult
situations. Have co-operated with
Associated Charities I'm many needy
cases referred to us by them, and our
trained nurses have been ready to re-
spond to emergency calls day or night
In cases OF the poor.
Total cases aided in various ways.
so.
Total aid cases on hand March 81.
1911, 4.
Treasuress Report
The report OF Treasurer S. S. Lyon
for the year shows that the receipts
from donations, mite boxes and men,
berships amounted to s1I 1886, and
from all other sources s3.07e03, maxi
Ing total Of $14,544.3s.
The operating expenses or the re-
ceiving home and the cottage for dis
abled children, including salaries df
ali employees OK the society, were as
follows:
Salaries and wages ..........s 5.ss2ss
Groceries and provisions. lsssDI
Fuel .-..............s.. g410A
Printing and stationery 1,1S0.10
Repairs ....-. ...... 1885
Expenses, travel, etc 1850. 125StB
Drugs and medical supplies zss.s5
Postage ......... ........ s27.06
Taxes sewer ..........t... 1858
31Ls4s.47
The buildings and grounds Of the
society are valued at $i4,5fg.Ig, and
the Bigler farm at $1s.57s The houses
ha1.z furniture And fixf4lreg ft4r.st