The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-11-20
LET US HELP FEED
A STARVING NATION :

( Spokane, November 12,-Mr. ].
+. Brown, Kendrick, Idaho, Dear
Sir Responding to nationwide
appeal for food for the starving
people of Belgium, committee has
been appointed by the Spokane
Chamber Of Commerce to attend to
the collecting and shipping Of food,
such as -four, rice, beans, canned
goods and bacon, to be distributed
by the Belgium Relief Committee.
We hope every town in the Inland
Empire will cooperate with us in
the collection of supplies. Will you
take charge of the relief work in
your community, or see that some
one gives active attention to this
important matter?. We are sending
this appeal to the mayors and com
mercial clubs of all towns. and hope
to be advised by return mail that
there will be a quick and generous
response.
Any contributions from package
to carload will be gladly received
and free shipment to Spokane has
been promised. If you can, arouse
sufficient interest in your district to
fill car with provisions the plan
will be to have that car decorated
with a banner stating that its con-
tents are donation from your COM
munity to the Belgium sufferers.
The press will take up the matter
of giving publicity to such ship
ment and in that way perhaps many
other towns on its route will be
inspired to keep up the good work
and send car also. The railroads
are unanimous in their offer of free
transportation to New York and the
general relief committee is provid-
ing ships tolEurope for the same
purpose.
Great haste is urged in this mat
ter for there are millions of women
and children in Belgium who will be
without food in another three weeks.
Will you act upon this appeal at
once? Oragnize your community
to collect contributions for the relief
of these starving people. Advise
US when your shipment is ready and
we will arrange for it. to be for
warded without cost to you. We
are sending directly to New York
rather than by boat from Seattle,
in order to gain time in transit.
Full credit and publicity will be
given for the contributions from
every community responding to this
appeal.
Gratefully Yours,
G. I. Huntington, Chairman,
Belgium Relief Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Now is the time for the prosper
GUS people of the Potlatch country
to show their hand in the greatest
matter of importance that has ever
been called to their attention. The
above letter has been published in
order to show what is wanted and
what is being done.
Show your spirit of Thanksgiving
that you are thankful that you are
living in land of plenty and peace.
We who are living in this land of
plenty little know what suffering
that is going on in other countries
where war and famine are raging
hand in hand. The time is now at
hand for you to give Of your plenty
that the poor hungering mother and
child may be saved from the death
door, caused from starvation.
Let the Potlatch as whole give
of their plenty that these suffering
people may have bite to stop the
aful cravings of starvation. The
generous business men of the city of
Kendrick are making up gift and
they ask that the Farmers of the
country come in and bring offer
ings. The matter has been thoroly
talked and it has been decided to
send shipment of Beans to Spo-
kane to be forwarded.
The Gazette is requested to ask
the Farmers to bring in what ever
amount of beans that they feel like
giving, and if you do not have them
notify the warehouses the. amount
you wish to give and they will be
gathered from there, and if this is
not your wish to do in the matter
give what money you can to j. F.
Brown and he will purchase the
beans and they will be placed in the
shipment. The idea is that this do
nation be made strictly of beans.
Now let your wishes be known
and the amount you feel like giving
at the earliest date possible for the
shipment must be made at once.
Leave all donations with ]. F.
Brown, Kendrick, Idaho.