Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-30
MANY SIGN
PLEDGE CARDS
FOOD CONSERVATION CAM
PAIGN IN THE COUNTY WILL
CONTINUE ONE WEEK.
COMMITTEES MAKE CANVASS
Expected that Over 600 pledge Cards
Win Be Signed.

A telegram received this morn
ing from r. A. Biclxnell, Food Adj
ministrator for Idaho, announced that
the United States Food Admins
tration pledge card campaign which
started a week ago yesterday, would
be continued throughout the week.
In many states of the union the
campaign was not started until Oc-
tober 2Sth. The matter of when to
start the campaign was left to the
state administrators and in Idaho
it was thought best to begin the
work as first planned. Now it has
been decided to continue the work
for another week.
This will give the various commit
tees in all parts of the county a
chance to finish up and to see all
who have not yet signed the pledge
cards.
In the first pledge card campaign
only those of each household who
handled the food stuffs were asked
to sign the pledges. Now the Food
Administrator asks that both hus-
band and wife sign the pledge card.
Boarders in restaurants and in homes
may also sign the cards.
Saturday night saw the close of
a very successful campaign in Bound
airy county for signatures to the
pledge cards of the United States
Food Administration. Thus far over
400 pledge cards have been turned
over to Chairman c. w. King by
the various precinct chairmen and
there are yet some districts to be
heard from.
The signed pledge cards will be
forwarded to Washington, D. c., at
once. If any person has a signed
pledge card which has not been
turned over to the chairman of some
precinct, send or leave it. at the
Herald office and get window card
and card of instructions.
In Bonners Ferry and North Bon
ners Ferry precincts the pledge
cards were distributed in the homes
by the school children who secured
the signatures of their parents. On
Saturday afternoon Miss Maclin,
chairman, and her committee and a
group of volunteers made a thorough
canvass of the entire precinct in
order to secure signatures which
had been overlooked during the week.
In North Boomers Ferry precinct Mrs.
VIM. Leslie, chairman, and her COM
liillOttcJ diO oOiiiC oplCiuld WOih anu
as far as was possible visited every
home in the district where pledge
cards had not been signed.
Mrs. j. S. Bond, in the Naples
district, and her assistant, Mrs.
Boughney, did splendid work during
the week and secured pledges from
every home in the district. Mrs. E.
d. Travers, of Round Prairie, also
gave her time to enthusiastic work
, while Mrs. McAnelly, at Copeland,
has a large list to her credit. Mrs.
Boyd Spring at Meadow Creek, Mrs.
John Sherman, at Eastport, Mrs. H.
A. French, at Porthill, all secured
! more signatures than had been ex-
pected from their respective dis
, tricts. Mrs. M. S. Fisher and Mrs
F. E. Murray were also enthusiastic
volunteer workers of the campaign
Quite a record was made by Mrs
: c. w. Shoop and Miss Ellen Haw-
lIins in the Cow Creek district. Mrs
Shoop was the first of several
Boundary county ladies to volunteer
her services and with Miss Hawkins
help she secured every Cow Greek
resident as a food conservist