The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-11-08
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Ole Hundred Men Representing All Of the Important
Business Interests of Fremont County Organized For
Work Here, at Dinner Monday Evening Five Thous-
and Dollars to be Raised in This County

ifra oh AAf uout tue SHiaeo s,t~teS eNA-
ing the week beginning November
11th. TO raise s35 600 600 by popular
subscription for the war work OF the
Y. ". c. A at the military canton
ments in this country and among the
soldiers in the battle-torn nations of
Europe was formally launched SO far
as our local people are concerned at
patriotic dinner given al the Y.H.C.
A here Monday night. The
gathering was Of the utmost signif
canoe and embraced in itn scope the
entire district. composed OF Fremont
Chanee and Custer counties. which
has been asked TO raise the sum OF
$500 as its quota of the needed FUND.
The dinner was atsendcd by one
hundred men. residents of Fremont
and Custer counties. and representing
every important business. industry
and profession in those two divisions.
held al Saiida al the same time as the
one here and no delegates were pres
ent a, the dinner from tha, portion
of the district
The ass.Inblage at the YMc.A. was
q delightful one socially and the din
n-r was excellent. well served and en-
jc,cd bs all. There were delegations
In attendance from Florence. the coal
canlps. Penruse Wcstclirc and Hill
gside. as waIl as from Canon csty and
the surrounding territory. Guy l..
Hardy presided as toasimAster. intro
duced the speakers. and at the con
e;usion of the more formal addresses
of the evening outlined a program for
carrying on the work TO be done dur
ms III. solicitation campaign mex;
week. The principal speaker of the oc.
ossion was William r. Sweet of Den
yer. chairman OF the state campaign.
prominen, IN the enterprises OF tho
u NJ. e. A. in Colorado and other
states Of the Union. Mr.. Sweet came
here to talk sbou; the war xork of the
association in the aruiy camps IN this
country and among the soldiers OF
our Allies in France. Belgium and
bANtNt offkrf8Es
and the necessity for that work is not
as veil understood as II should BE- and
Mr. sweet. ~ho has made an exhaust
iv. study of Il. explained II In detail.
to the intense interest OF all who
heard him. Without quoting him YER
hatin. or TO extent he said in sub
stance and in part;
Tho political SLOGAN Of the people
OF the North at the beginning Of the
War of the Rebellion was We are
coming Father Abraham three hun.
drcd thousand strong In the great
cor dicf which Is now on across the
reas we have said TO the Allies. We
are coming one million strong in the
snrst draft: two million strong In the
second draft and ten million strong.
II rs--d be, In the third draft to make
The world safe for democracy and TO
rciternie our determination that a
government by the people. Of the peo-
pie and for the people shall not per-
ish from the earth
The Y. NJ. c. A. war council in a re.
cent session in New York decided that
s35. 900. 900 was the minimum that II
could get along with to prosecute it's
grea, humanitarian work among the
soldiers OF America and among the
soldiers Of Europe during the next
fwa'vc months and II is now going bc.
fore the people Of the United States
to ask for tha, amount; not aa char.
ity, but ms patriotic sacrifice The
sum allotted 10 be raised among the
people OF Colorado is $3.50. 900. Of which
Denver has asked TO be permitted TO
subscribe one-haif. or si25.o0o. From
the enthusiasm with which the matter
has been received II seems practically
certain that when the campaign is
over II will be found that this state
has cbcerfully given at least $500 900.
The Y. NJ. c. a. war council has
voted TO spend tli 900 600 within the
next twelve months for the benefit of
the boys In khaki at the military con-
centration camps In this country;
sa1.oo0.ooo for the upiift of the sol.
diers in Europe who are fighting our
baftIes: &3.50o.o00 to establish the Y.
NJ. c. A. in the armies OF Italy: s3.soo..
Oo0 to perpetunte It's hencvoiences
\ among the soldiers OF Russia and a
large amount for the ai'evfat,on of the
de<titutior and suffering among tne
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