Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-06-16
Elmore County Expects to
Raise Her Share of Idaho
Apportlonment in Big
Drive Next Week.
+ PROMINENT MEN TO
HELP COLI. ! j.
: anes H. Hawley, State
Chairman is Urging Men
OF Idaho to Help.

The Elmore county Red Cross
mas been apportioned $4,000 of the
500, 100000 that must be raised
in the United States. The work OF
raising this sum has been entrusted
to committee on finance, Of which
Worth Lee and .. E. Cannon are
the Mountain Home representatives.
and Thos. b. ONeill and Ed Clark
the Glenns Ferry members. The
other precincts OF the county have
not yet sent in the names OF the
men who Will look after gathering
he money III the remainder of the
county but they will be available
for publication next week. A num-
Der of sellsacrihcing women and
girls of this city have been busy
for some time getting the where
withal TO sustain the nursing units
of the society on the battle fields
OF Europe, and now they need the
help OF every man in Elmore coun-
ty to furnish the amount OF money
that the mercy work will require.
The Red Cross will send de-
tachments OF nurses and hospital |
workers with eyeery body of troops |
That leaves the United States and |
will work with and supplement the
army hospitals on the battle fields.
The money required for their ex-
penses and for the delicacies and
extras for the sick and wounded |
will be raised by red cross member
ships and private contributions from
the people OF the United States.
The country is at war and there
is now no doubt that the second
Idaho regiment will be sent to
Europe with the first division and
will be at the lighting line before
snow flies. Mountain Home has
Twelve OF her sons, twelve of the
best boys from our city in the sec
lnd, and Glenns Ferry and other ,
parts Of Elmore county, has as
many more, 50 it is just up to the +
people at home, who have contrib ,
lJed their sons, and the people at q
lome who have not yet been called n
III to make that sacrifice, to dig Il
iown and provide the money that
)ur boys may not suffer and lie +
wounded on any German battle n
ield. >,
The organization of the collection a
will be complete at the 0
md of this week and beginning c
donday, the week of the 18th to the {
4th will be made the big drive in f
daho to raise the $250,000 that
viii be this states initial assess r
lent, and in this county to raise
he $4,000 that the county is to
aise.
OF course the money will be
aised, Worth Lee will get it, with
he help of the other good men who ,,
re to assist, but don't let yourself -
hink that they can get it without !,
our contribution of money and
inc. 81
AT the development league meet n
lg Thursday night the Red Cross D
'ork was taken up and committees Il
ppointed to canvass the people and
ct their signatures for the amount -
ley could pay in four monthly pay =
tents. Mr.. Lee will be head of the II
'ork in the county and get the ~
-her communities interested, Dan ~
atimore and Pete Gandiaga will al
'e to the collecting from the stock q
en-, Ernest Bunk will be head of at
le committee to call on local bust 81
9ss men, VIM. Love, B. P. Thomp- -
m and Will II. Gibson are to look
ter the farmers and Mrs. w. S.
ee viii be head of a ladies com O'
ittee, the latter not to conflict ~
ith the work being done by the 20
dies of the present Red Cross or
Those named are heads
committees with power to ap-
lint additional members. M
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