The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-19
M|NSON APPOINTED COUNTY CHAIRMAN
 FOOD PLEDGES

Big Drive For the Food Pledge Card
 Drive Campaign Will Be lnaugur- eted on the Morning of October 2eth and Continue for One Week. definite organization has been determined upon by Secretary Timo- thy A. Riordan and Manager Warren McArthur of the Food Administration work. particularly for the food pledge card campaign that is to start on October 18th. The work has been divided among the members of the executive committee into seven di- visions, which are to be repeated by i tho county chairman, as. follows: Campaign organization, Urban organi zation, Rural organization, Women's organizations, Cooperating agencies, Publicity, mass meetings and public speakers, and Finance. The preliminary campaign now is l in Irogress, secruing publicity for the work and the cooperation of all organizations possible, as well as educational. public officials, etc. In this preliminary campaign, women's organizations are especially valuable. They will be asked to solicit, by pos tal or letter, their individual mem bership to support the campaign in actual signatures of the pledges as presented at their homes by the work CTS.
 As near as possible, 10 workers, or GOO families. are to be put under the direct command of a precinct lieuten- ant. The various county chairmen will constitute a state committee, of .1.s Il. honorary Chairman. The work is progressing very we'll and large enthusiasm is manifest in the letters daily received by head quarters in Phoenix showing that the Iertire state will be covered thorough ly during the week of the drive thus enlisting the people in the work of the war, voluntarily yet effectively.
 Local Organization
 R. K. Minson, Traffic Manager of The Arizona & New Mexico Railway, has been named Chairman of the Executive Committee for Greenlee County and in the following letter to the State Chairman has outlined the local organization as follows:
 Clifton, Arizona, Oct. 19, 1917 MT. Warren McArthur, Jr., Director State Pledge Card Cam
 paign. Food Conservation. Phoenix, Arizona.
 Dear Sir:
 In reply to your several telegr- phic communications in regard to my appointment as Chairman of the Ex- ecutive Committee of Greenlee Coun- ty for the Pledge Card Drive between the dates of October 2Sth and Nov enber 4th. beg to advise I have just completed the organize tion for the county which is as follows:
 County Executive Committee:
 s. C. Redd Ben F. Spriggs. J. E. Irvine. c. C. Lassiter. R. H. Pringle, Mat Danenhauer. T. C. Gaines, all of Clifton. Arizona.
 County Publicity Committee.
 w. B. Kelly, J. C. Gaines. D. F. Bronson. all of Clifton, Arizona. l. I. Cohn, of Duncan, Arizona Charmen of Sub-committees for
 Rural Districts.
 Hon. Frank McGrath. Franklin, Arizona.
 Bishop Thomas Nation. Franklin, P. O. Duncan. Arizona. Al Layton. Franklin, Arizona. B. R. Lanneau. Duncan, Arizona. Thomas Edwards. York. Arizona.
 
 A. T. Wilson, Eagle, P. O. Clifton, Arizona.
 J. H. T. Cosper. Blue, Arizona. J. IT. Brown, Guthrie Arizona. l.. J. Owen, Morenci, Arizona. F. w. Swacker. Metcalf Arizona. County Financial Committee. w. S. Bradfield. Treasurer Clifton. Peter Riley, Clifton. R. H. Pringle, Clifton. w W Wilkey Duncan: ! D. Williams. Morenci. F. w. Swack- CT. Metcalf. No appointment of Campaign Man aeer was made, the Executive Chair man having assumed the duties of that office.
 Yours very truly. R. K. MINSON, Chairman, Executive Committee of Greenlee County. Pledge Card Cam paign.
 Mrs. Mary P. Lockwood of Tue son. will speak on food conservation