Morris tribune., 1917-11-09
Stevens County Divided into Five
Districts-Rev. F. A. Stever is
County Chairman
DATES ARE NOV. II TO 10
Stevens County Asked to Give $4,000
to Aid Great Work Of Organiza-
ton in War

Wherever there will be a meeting
or assemblage of people in Stevens
county next week, there will be
speaker to address the gathering in
behalf of the campaign that is being
carried on in behalf of the 5,OOO,-
600 campaign for the work of the
Young Mems Christian Association
in the army of the United States. Of
this amount Minnesota's share is ST.
100000. The state is divided into
districts. Stevens county and eleven
other counties comprise the Fourth
district which must raise $4,000.
An effort to make it 100000 is go
ing to be made That amount is so
cents per capita for this district.
The campaign will be carried on
from November II to November 19
and every good person, man, woman
or child, must contribute in order
to make it a success. This campaign
is no less important than the Liber
ty Loan campaigns, no less important
than the necessity of bringing the
dier boys.
The campaign for the Y. M. G. A.
is being carried on by the National
War Work Council Of that organiza
tion. It is the banding together of
the men of this country to fight for
the soldier boys as they fight for
their country.
Il Sc To- Sc ~ To fI1F nT1
the ordinary work Of the Y. M. G. A.
It is the work of the entire Ameri-
can people and the Y. M. G. A. is
merely the instrument thru which
it is accomplished.
There is to be established right
back of the line of battle, so that
every fighting man may enjoy it's
privileges, the Y. M. c. A. Hut"
or club house. There are to be so
many of these that every fighting
man will at all times be able to call
one his own-his "home." There
will be music, bright lights, good
cheer, clean sports, good reading,
writing paper, pens and ink. 1t is
to be place where "our boys" will
be able to buy the right things.
Some of the Norris boys are now
"across." If some cold night next
winter some of these boys just out of
the trenches cold, tired, mud
stained and nerve-racked from the
strain of battle, could call at your
home in Morris, in Donnelly, in Han
cock, in Alberta or Chokio, how
wonderfully you would administer to
them, with what eagerness would
you comfort and feed them and send
them out into the trenches again
fortified for the fight.
That is what this campaign is 60
ing to do long distance.
Ask yourself this question, What
if it were not done? What would
there be for the soldier boys to re-
lieve them of the monotony, the
strain that is taking the reason OF
many, the awful homesicknesses
These awful things the boys have
these and something to eat and a
place to eat and place to sleep and
that is all.
Here is another stiff jolt right be-
tween the eyes. The Y. M. G. A. is
the ONLY way of logically doing
away with the problem of wine, wo-
men and some OTHER things that
are so rotten as to be unspeakable
They are present conditions that the
war-ridden countries are powerless
to control.
To organize for this work was the
purpose of the conference for the
Fourth district held at Willmal
about week ago. Rev. F. A. Stew
er, F. A. Hancock and Herbert Han
son attended this meeting and were
the representatives of Stevens anC
Grant counties. Rev. Stever was ap
pointed chairman for Stevens county
Since the Willmar meeting, Messrs
Stever, Hancock and Hanson hav'
organized district organizations il
Hancock, Chokio, Alberta, Donnell!
and Morris. AS the representative
for Grant county at the conferenc,
Mr.. Stever and Mr.. Hanson have alst
organized a organization at Elbow
Lake and one at Herman. R. Rufu
Stromme and w. E. Landeen agreed
to organize the work at Elbow LAX
and Waters Wells will be chairman
of the Herman organization.
The allOtments for the counties 0
this district are as follows:
Meeker $500
kandiyOhi Observation-Disclosures 800