Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-11-20
RAISE $946.4O
FOR Y. M. c. A.
BOUNDARY COUNTY AGAIN
SHOWS PATRIOTISM IN EX-
CEEDING QUOTA GIVEN
OUTSIDE DISTRICTS RESPOND
Men In Camps and Mines Contribute
Freely.

A remarkable record was made by
Boundary county's executive commit
tee in the Y. NJ. c. A. drive which
came to a close last evening. Bound
airy county's quota in the national
drive for $35 100000 was $3.50. Early
this morning a total subscription
of $946.40 has been reported with
Naples and vicinity yet to be heard
from and it is estimated
that this amount has been subscribed
by nearly 900 people most of whom
are of the laboring classes.
The executive committee composed
of DR.. Fry, Douglas Palmer, w. T.
James, H. E. Storm, NJ. p DeWolf
and G. H. Wilbur is proud of the
work done by the various precinct
captains. In nearly every instance
the outside precincts exceeded the
quotas assigned them. In Curley
Creek E. B. Schlette walked over 80
miles to visit homes and solicit Y.
M. G. A. money and last evening
he turned in a total of $21. What
was done in the Curley Creek dis
trict is indicative of the work done
in every precinct by the captains.
This morning Glenn Gorsline, cap
tain of the Porthill district, reports
$3.50 0subscribed.
Hickman was the banner pre-
cinct and R. R. LOOMS, captain, re-
ports a total of $1165O; Coneland,
with Fred Chambers, captain, and
Meadow Creek, with Boyd Spring,
captain, each report $50; Eastport,
with Spencer Lewis as captain,
raised $27; Moravia, with Wyman
Hoagland, captain, subscribed $3.50
and Leonia, with Clyde Hinkle, cap
tain, subscribed $25; Louis Lunden,
captain of the Macarthur district,
turned in S24 and w. M. Miller, of
the Paradise Valley district and w.
j. Greenway, of the Addie district,
each secured $40 in their districts;
in Bonners Ferry the various sub
committees collected $317. A total of
1928 was subscribed by the Boomers
Ferry Lumber Company and its mill,
office and camp employees. $3.50
was cleared at the benefit show given
at the Amazon theatre Friday night,
the Boy Scouts assisting greatly in
selling of the tickets and disposing
of $3.50 worth. At the benefit
dance given Saturday night at the
K. P. hall a total of $20.50 was
cleared.
In the Y. M. C. A. campaign as
in previous efforts to raise money
for patriotic purposes the laborer
and the men of small incomes have
shown themselves truly patriotic
Subscriptions from these classes mean
personal deprivation but they have
given cheerfully and more freely
than could be expected.
Last evening DIR. Fry received q
telegram from the Y. M. c. A. head
quarters in Spokane, congratulating
the county on the record it has made
In part the telegram read as fol
lows: "When we go over the tor
IL hours hence and the record is sent
throughout the world it will do more
than any other thing to quicken the
spirit of grateful patriotism in oul
own land and assure the men who
represent us in the camps at home
and in the trenches and warships
overseas that we are absolutely be.
hind and with them. 1t will hearter
our allies and cheer six million lonely
prisoners. 1t is also absolutely es
sential that we have a far larger sun
than provided in our first budget
/ refer to the alarming situation OF
eastern and southern fronts necessi
tating prompt expansion of our &C
tivities in those regions; to the ap
peal from the French prime minister
asking that we take charge of 130t
soldiers homes for the French arm.
of four million men; to a confiden
tial request from another great alice
army for large help; to the recen
great increase in the number of wa
prisoners to be served by us; t.
changes of plans of our own govern
ment which make it clear that w
will have more to do for our Ameri
can troops than contemplated. Ma,
God help us accomplish even the i'm
possible"