The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-08
GREAT NEED
.l.LE0R CHARITY
There Are Many People in North
Yakima Right Now Who Re-
quire the Aid of the Strong
PEOPLE OF THE CITY
MUST FACE THE ISSUE
Salvation Army Officer Positively
Unable to Give Such Assistance
Unless Helped as the Demands
Upon Him Call For

Three different people applied at the
office of the salvation Army on Mon
day evening within a space OF ten
minutes, for assistance. This happen
ed at a time when a reporter or the
Herald was in the building and ne saw
and talked with each OF the appn-
rants Ensign Omann said the pro-
eession had lasted throughout the day
with brief intervals between calls
These people wanted assistance and
the aggregate is greater than Ensign
Omann is in a position to offer. lie
was compelled in the morning to turn
the first applicant of the day away.
Because of conditions which will ad-
Just themselves in time the Army had
not the necessary money to allay the
troubles in that particular case.
Needed Clothes
woman who has seven children,
the eldest a boy of thirteen years, who
Is nearly blind, was among those at
the Army building. She had been
laken there by friends who themselves
had given all the assistance In their
power She wanted clothing, and she
got it. Another applicant was wo-
man who has been aided by the Army
and she wanted to procure ledger
or two to occupy some of the rooms
in her house. Ensign Omann had no
dodgers available. The third appli-
cant was a man and all he wanted
was work Ensign Omann had no
work to offer and no encouragement
along that line to hold out. Under
existing conditions each of these APP
plicants will be back at the Army to-
day or tomorrow or within a few
days asking for help and the winter
work of the people who are able and
willing to give needs to begin right
now.
Contributions Needed
There are a lot of people in this
town who make Ensign Omann and
the Salvation Army their agent in the
dispensing of their kindness but the
total falls far short of the demands.
With the Volunteers of America and
the Associated Charities in the field
dividing the contributions of the kind
~ disposed, it appears as If the com
munity is giving less freely. At any
rate the Salvation Army admits that
it is unable to cope with the calls
made upon it and Ensign Omann says
he does not know where to send peo-
pie whom he himself can not help.
he can and does send them TO the
county but there are cases that need
different attention.
Religious Scruples
The woman who has the seven chill
dren to care for is Seventh Day adj
or ic har 11IISh a nd ykrl1 ic
now working at Walla Walla. The
husband declines because of religious
scruples to work on Saturday. The
woman says the county officials at
Walla Walla, after giving some sup
port, threatened the husband that UNI
less he worked on Saturday and Sun
day too, if he was told to, they would
separate him from his wife and take
his children away from him. This is
the reason, she says, why she is here
and is the reason also why she can
not refer her desires for aid to Yak
ina county. In that case Yakima
would at once return her to Walla
Walla and she would lose her chill
dren. Adventists here are aiding her
and helping to keep her children in
school but until her husband sends
more money she must receive assist
ance from the public.
Minister Investigates
Rev. L. A. King spent some time
at the rooms of the Salvation Army
Monday listening to the appeals of
various people and learning something
of the difficulties which neset Ensign
Omann in the work he is trying to do.
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