The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-10
NO DOUBT AS TO
RESULT OF war
WORKDRlVE,SAYS
STATE CHAIRMAN
State is Organized and
Ready For Business, Re
ports Indicate
HAVE YOUR ANSWER
READY, is REQUEST
Should Not Keep Workers
Waiting for Subscrip-
tions, Says Gearey.
HAVE YOUR ANSWER
READY, rs REQUEST

Reports TGCSANGu LAuAA cAA SSS-
tions of the state today indicate that
North Dakota viii make its usual
good showing for Y.M. G. A. war
work in the campaign next week"
said H. w. Gearey, Fargo, chairman
of the state "Y" war work commit
tee. today. .a-'
Organization work has everywhere
been completed, and workers are
waiting for the. arrival of the hour
to start the drive. The outlook Is
very encouraging, and barring snow
storms or extremely cold weather
there is no doubt of the Anal result"
Chairman Gearey urged that every
person have his answer ready when
solicited by the campaigners.
Most OF the men in the cam
paign," he said, ''are busy men, VINO
have sacrificed other work to give
their time to the drive. They should
not have to sit down, and argue Tor
subscriptions. For this reason, cam
not urge too strongly that every per-
son be ready with an answer when
the workers come"
sonquist Is Confident.
ID. e. Sonquist. Fargo, acting state
Y M. C, "A. secretary, who is CAM
paign director. is confident that
North Dakota will exceed its quota
pf S125.0O0 fin the campaign.
"Everywhere have been" he said,
az found only the highest regard TOR
the Young MEMS Christian associa-
tion.s and the work that it is doing
for the soldiers in the cantonments
and in the trenches, ana ! nave
every reason to believe that every
person who is asked viii give some
thing to carry on this great work
Make First Contribution.
Members of the Valley City nor
mai school faculty made the hrst
contributions to the fund. Mr.. Som
quist. who was with j. p. HauteT,
buiIdinF secretary at Camp Grant,
rockford, ILL., in his address at the
Institution Thursday said upon hia
return to Fargo Friday evening.
Each member of the faculty gave
SO. ana the student body NbseT1 bed
literally, Mr.. SonQuist said.
Speaks at Mlnnt Normal.
Hfr. FIanter also spoke at the Mtnut
normal school. and at q rousing mass
meeting of Minot citizens. and, ac-f
cording to Mr.. Sonouist, VINO was
Win MI. 'ttduLSIs 0AAtAoN 1AAt y = -
county will make . big showing for
n A. Nestos, Minot, is chairman
for Ward county.
FRIDAY Mr.. Hauter was at Bot
tineau, and today he speaks &C rug
by. Sunday he addresses a meeting
OF Grand Forks county workers at
Grand Forks.
jackson at Bismarck.
Rev. Bruce e. jackson, pastor of
the Bismarck Baptist church, now
on leave as religious work director
at Camp Dodge, addressed a meeting
of Bismarck district chairmen and
workers in Bismarck Thursday.
Two thousand young men are en-
tertained in eight big buildings at
Camp Dodge every day in the week,
he said, and as many as 800 select
service men may be seen at one time
In any OF the buildings. Free station
cry Is supplied as il is recognized \
that writing home is big factor
in keeping the men straight.
"The furnishing of writing paper
Is only small part of the service
the association is doing for Ameri-
can soldiers. What 1t has done in the
cantonments, IL plans to do. and is
doing on the European battlefronts-
in France, in Italy and In Russia.
1T ho.ass to preserve our boys
over there and bring them back to
their families sound and clean OF
body and mind. It hopes to success
fully combat the armies Of vice that
seek out the homesick soldier when
he is least able to resist. II hopes to
save our boys from the inroads OF
venereal diseases, more deadly than
the bullets OF the Huns. II seeks to
maintain the morale 60 important to
the success OF an army"
Every District Organized.
Every district Of the Is in the
state is organized, according to re-
ports to state headquarters, and the
last Of district and county confer
ences for final Instructions to work
ers are scheduled for today and sun
day.
s. W. johnson. Colgate. steele
county chairman. and Gordon Smith,
Fargo, are leading the Steele county
conference at Finley this AFTERNOON.
j. r. Finch, Fargo chairman, Judge
W. III. Barnett and former Governor
T. b. Hanna. are attending the Cass
county conference at Casselton with
Treadwell TwichRIl. Mapleton, and
w. RI. Reed. Ameniays county chair
men. this afternoon.
Judge B. r. Spalding and w. r.
Cushing. both 81 Fargo, are speak
ers at the Ransom county conference
at Lisbon today, and Mr. Hanna and
N. 3. Black, Fargo, 80 to Tower City
and Buffalo for local mass meetings
on Sunday.
Reports from the Dickinson, Graf
ton. Grand Forks, L.aMoure. James
town, Bismarck, Mahdan and VIII
Hnfnn diefrfefa are in effect sezya q ~ 1
ready
Boys Are Organized.
North Dakota grade and high school /
boys Will earn $40 each for the fund |
between now and next April. ac-,
cordlng 10 G. w. Gustafson, Fargo,
who returned Friday after an organ |
ization tour of the state, IN which |
ha visited practically aKarv Iarga |