The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-06-22
FINANCIAL CAMPAIGN STARTS
THIS WEEK TO END NEXT
MONDAY TO HELP NATION
WIDE MOVE TO RAISE HUN
DRED MILLION DOLLARS.

WIDE MOVE TO RAISE HUN
0RED MILLION DOLLARS.
The Red Cross drive, organized
throughout the length asd breadth
of the land to run from the 18th to
the 25th Of June. did not get under
Say in Lsmhi county until Tuesday,
the 18th, for the reason that the
mails did not bring the full details
until the evening before
County Chairman Roy p. Herndon
md his associates, Walter c. Shoup.
p. l.. Nichols and T.. c Ross, both the
latter az Gilmore. conferred person
ally and over the telephone AZ TO the
detaifs until Monday night, when
there was an. enthusiastic meeting al
the city hall. At this meeting plans
were formulated to start the drive
early Tuesday morning one of the
first delegations being that headed
by George H. Monk, who set out for
the Pahsimaroi not much later than
) O'Clock Mr.. Herndon headed an
other party bound up the Lemhi val.
ley as far as Gilmore later in the
day. Both returned after night and
reported their missions entirely sat.
.sfactory.
Full directions TO the scores of
captains appointed for every pre-
cinet in the county were despatched
by mail where couriers could not be
sent, The plans for the enterprise
were published last week and there
vas no disposition to put of tht good
work For an instance early Mon
day morning the Hon, o. T.. kirkpat-
was no disposition TO put OF the good
he had bestirred himself for an hour
or two around among a few friends
who could be reached and that about
twelve dollars had been collected.
That was before there could ba
badges printed or supplied The Re
corder bought up all the ribbon and
silk that could be found suitable for
This purpose and supplied upward OF
FIVE thosand of the badges on Mon
day and Tuesday
AS soon as John Dryer. the cap
tain of the Depot precinct In Salmon,
could lay hands on supply OF these
ribbons he sold two hundred dollars
worth.
One of the leaders in the move
ment Is Mrs Thomas Yearian. She
oame forty miles for the special pur
pose OF attending the meeting Mon
day night.
The towspeaple generally were
present to give their entire approval
after Chairman Herndon. DIR. o. 7
Stratton, Rev. Gail Williams. Former
Mayor Atkins, Captain Shoup and
others made stirring speeches out
lining the plans for raising money
So 900 being appOrtioned for Lanhi
county to raise of the states pledge
We have not secured the results as
YET, of course. but there IN still time
to subscribe and make sure that our
county does its whole duty,
COUNTY FORCES.
The county organization was ef.
fecned with Walter c. Shoup vice
chairman assisting Chairman Hern'
don: Fred v. Biscoe. secretary; F,
II. Haysmann, treasurer: George II
Monk. chairman of the executive
committee and o r. Stratton. cam
paign manager.
The precinct captains we're named
as follows:
Salmon precinct-Mrs. Wood and
c. A. Beers in city and w II. Shoup
outside.
Depot--John II. Dryer, Mrs. ChsS
Mathewson and C. T SchooleT.
Bruoklyn-Mrs. Edith Herndon
Rev Carl Williams and w. II. Shoup
May-George Neither.
F.llis-Fred u. Pratt. 600
Patterson Mrs. W II Brown.
Carmen-Peter Mckinney.
Boyle Creek-Mrs. Bear.
Fourth of July--Joe GAutier.
North Fork Mrs. NJ. c Calvin.
Gibbonsville-Bu Ricketts,
Ulysses-Frank Casey.
Shoup-- Mrs. Flora A. Haynes and
E 5 Suydam.
Iseesburg-O. e Kirkpatrick.
Forney-Mrs. Milt Merritt
Myers Cove--Frank Allison.
Yellow Jacket--OliveT Dupius.
Baker Riley Coopar.
Tendoy-Frank Sharkey.
Lemhi-Mrs. Thomas YeArian.
Leadore-Mrs. Jack McGivnsy and
1 Don c. Reed
Gilmore e. C Ross and d l. Mich
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