Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-03-18

as far as she can on possibilities
for work in the town and county
and state for work, not aims is
the ideal gift of charity, the best
/ definition OF the Associated Chari-
ties being that which denominates
it as Society organized to get rid
of any need for its own being. But
work is not always forthcoming.
your superintendent has stood at
the telephone for half an hour at
a time trying to get some one to
who could give a hungry man work
enough to supply him with a single
meal. The regular expenses of the
Office are; rent So, telephone So per
month; few desk supplies and sta
tionery etc Coal is kindly donated
by Mr.. Cline and Mr.. Massing
When it gave out for short time
last winter little garments were
traded to mother in the neighbour
hood TOR a small supply which was
followed by the consumption of
useless End hand shoes; clothes are
also traded for kindling wood 1.-The
Office furniture was nearly all do
mated although the superintendent
was relieved of the necessity of
sitting down for the first week by
the absence of a chair. The whole
amount paid out during the fifteen
months is S996.S7. Nearly 1-3 of
which was spent in tubercular work
This work though it exhausted so
large a proportion of the funds, and
relieved much suffering was unsat-
isfactory because of its meagerness
and inadequacy. 1t was heart
breaking work but the best that
could be done under the circum-
stances. We should have Federal
aid, for this class of indigents, we
must have it but in the meantime
we cannot let these poor fellows
die on our streets.
There is absolutely no provision
for them at the county hospital. We
write to county and city hospitals
in other states, to Federal institu-
tons, to friends and relatives in
this country, England, Ireland and
Germany, we send them home or
back to other states to care for them
but not withstanding this a burden
remains which we can not utterly
shift.
God help us and God help the
poor, homeless. friendless boys.
The S66207 paid out for general
charity work covers provisions, fuel
shoes medicine. night lodgings and
the other necessities OF life. We
will be glad to have the accounts
Of the association of charities ex-
amined for details. at the office OF
superintendent Baker. Washington
School building. l have no accu-
rate count of the families and indi-
viduals receiving aid but should
think sixty families and 100 outside
individuals a conservative estimate
up to the date OF writing.
The work for the superintendent
includes the care OF families on the
outside. poor list and any inveSti-
cations that NAV be asked for. Re-
urns have always been made to
hcse cases to the proper authori
les and fuller reports OF the work
It large would have been freely
given if asked for believe the
county work pays in dollars and
,cnts. Most OF the families have
lroppcd from the list that were
here fifteen months ago. One at
east that dated back 4 number OF
ears and few families or individu-
is have been added. Our aim is
lways to prevent extended paup-
rism by help at the critical mo-
nent. Our first and last county cas-
s resulted in, first sending a very
i'd Mexican woman to be cared
or in a southern city instead of
urdening our own county hospital
he last compelling a Mexican by !
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