Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-09
RED CROSS WORK
ST|RS entire STATE
Campaign For Funds Of This
Important Branch Of SerV-
ice On In Earnest

At last the war has gotten into Ore
gon hearts. "Our all in devotion and
sacrifice is the spirit overspreading
the state since the northwest "mobili-
zation meeting" for the Red Cross il
Portland, Monday. The universal SER
vice of mercy was the proposal that re-
cruited each of the many prominent
men and women from every Oregon
community for service until the state
has produced its 5000 900 quota for the
$lOO,000,000 emergency Red Cross fund
which President Wilson by proclama-
ton has thrillingly appealed to the ma
tion to raise.
60 The stain of shame would indeli-
| bly, be imprinted on Oregon S fair
name if by negligence of ours any moth
er who has given her son and support
as warrior for his country should be
| uncared for, or if any boy at the front
wounded, should lack the hospital care
needed to bring him back to that moth
er."
The words uttered by one of the
speakers at the great Red Cross con
ference Of leaders from Washington,
Idaho, Montana, Utah and Oregon,
were the words needed to bring home
the nature of Red Cross work and to
make the spirit of giving and of sacri-
flee burn clear and high in every heart
1t did not need to be said that the
amount asked of Oregon is less than a
dollar for each member of the state s
population, whereas Canada IS contribu-
tion to war relief now totals more than |
$17 for each man, woman and child of
that country.
1t was only necessary to outline the |
plan of campaign, which was done
clearly and tersely by Lyman j. Pierce.
western secretary; H. l.. Corbett, sta;e
chairman and L. G. Nichols, state cam
paign manager, in order to add definite
ness to every state committee member S
determination that Oregon shall eA
ceed rather than fall under its quota.
The campaign week is June 1925
Each community will have as chairman
of the local committee the biggest man
in heart, patriotism and executive abil-
ity of that community. Committees oil
publicity, headquarters and meetings
and office administration will be ere
ated. all preliminary work will be done
systematically; all possible information
will be gotten into the hands of the
people; when committees call there
should be but one thing left, have the
money ready.
The individual apportionments of
Oregon committees are as follows:
Portland $2O0,OOO Albany $15,000;
Astoria $4,000; Ashland $4,000; Baker
$4,000; Bandon $4,000; Bend $4,000;
Burns $500; Condor $500; Coquille
$250O; Corvallis $4,000; Cottage Grove
$4,000; Dallas $500; Elgin $500; En-
terprise $4,000; Eugene $4,000; Falls
City $4,000; Forest Grove $4,000; Grants
Pass 100000; Hillsboro, $4,000; Hood
River $4,000; Independence $4,000; Kla
math Falls $1,000; La Grande $15,-
900; LaKeview $4,000; Lebanon $4,000;
McMinnville $500; Marshfield $4,000;
Medford $4,000; Newberg $500;
North Bend $4,000; Ontario $4,000; Ore
gon City $4,000; Pendleton $30,000i
Prinevile $4,000; Rainier $1,000; st.
Helens $500; Roseburg $7500 Salem
$35 900; Seaside $1,000; Sheridan $2,-
500 Silverton $4,000; Springfield $4,000
The Dalles $4,000; Tillamook $4,000;
Union $500; Vale $25OO; Woodburn
$400.
Each community organization will
include canvas of near by smaller
towns