Weekly journal-miner., 1917-10-17
|. OF |. ID FORM COMM|TTEEFOR
 WAR RELIEF
NEW ORGANIZATION WILL LOOK AFTER NEEDS OF
 THE FAMILIES OF THE MEN NOW AT FRONT;
 MINES TO BE BOOSTED.
(From Fridays Daii-.)

The organization of a committee, the duties of which will be to look after the needs of the families of the men who have gone to the front, was proposed at last nights meeting of the chamber of commerce, and steps have already been taken toward the formation of such body.
 It was brought to the attention of those present last night that one or two cases have already arisen where the families of men who are now at Fort Riley and other training camp. have come face to face with the need of active assistance, not only of the financial sort, but in other practical ways, and ii is to care for such em- ergencies that the proposed body will be formed.
 Attorney LeRoy Anderson brought the matter up. He told those present that inasmuch as the men who had gone to the front had severed all of their family ties and given up their business, it was no more than fair that a committee be named whose duties it would be to see that every want of the family of the patriotic mar was provided for, financially and otherwise. Mir. Anderson, himself veteran of the campaign of 1898, told of the feeling which comes to the soldier at the front when he hears that his family or some of his friends back home arc in distress, and how keenly he realizes the fact that he himself is unable to go back home to help them out of their difficulties.
 "These difficulties which at times confront the family of the man at the front are not always of financial sort" said Mir. Anderson, but there are times when every family will be in need of the good advice or protec' ton of some person or persons who have the good of the community at heart As the war progresses, we arc going to see many families right here in this community which will need assistance, and the time to start pre- pairing to meet this condition is right now, before the problem reaches an acute stage or before 1t becomes too large for us to handle in an intelligent manner. H'.'''
 Aside from the aid which the com mittee might extend to the families of the men at the front, it can also be of inestimable value to the soldiers themselves. During myN experiences as a soldier, the community from which I enlisted back in Illinois formed such a committee, and the fel- lows in Cuba were kept supplied with the papers from home, letters, and other visible evidences of the fact that our home town had not forgotten us or the service which we were then engaged in rendering to the nation. We were kept in touch with the life of our home town, and one who has not been through the experience can little appreciate how welcome these attentions were to the homesick bunch of troopers in the fevcr-infest- ed swamps of Cuba.
 Right now, we have in our midst a case where the offices of such a committee could be brought into play. In the family of one young man who is now at the front, sickness has come, and all efforts to get a fur tough for the boy have failed. He Is
  Funston, powerless to act, knowing full well that the burden Of the blow which has fallen on the family must be borne upon the shoulders of his mother and young sister. Here Is a case where a committee of business men might tender their services in aiding this unhappy woman in solv- ing the problem which she and her family have been compelled to face not a problem of finances, but just one of the heart-brcaking occurrences which are liable to come to any of Us at any time"
 The suggestion. of MT Anderson was greeted with approval, and Presi dent Haworth of the chamber o commerce appointed Mir. Anderson chairman of the proposed committee with the suggestion that the lattci name his own assistants. The matte will be reported on at a subsequcn meeting.
 Publicity For Mines.
 For some time there has been ; sentiment in favor of the establish ment of a publicity bureau to be op erated under the auspices of tht chamber Of commerce, and to tell tn world Of the mining activities whicl are now being carried on in this coun ty on larger scale than has ever be fore been attempted. The matte was presented to last nights meeting and it was decided that such burca1 should be established by all means and the chairmen of the committee on advertising and mines, Messrs. H D. Aitkcn and J. E. Russell, respect lively, were directed to confer wit any other members interested in tn matter and report at the next meet ing. While the mining game in Yay apai has prospered to a great eNtcr without much advertising of late, th opinion seems 10 be that il a littl well-placcd publicity be provided fol the attention of the whole Unite States might become focused upon tn mine ccntcrs of the county, and som