The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24

FathefleSS Children OI france,
 Fairbanks, Alaska.
 Mrs. J. Harmon Caskey, Chairman;
 Mrs. Cecil H. Clegg, Secretary;
 Miss Annie Mary Fitchett, Treas
 urer; Joseph G. Morrow, Auditor.
 Secretary's report for March, April and May of 1918:
 The Tanana Valley as usual has gone lover the top" as regards the generous contributions to the French Orphan fund Headquarters gave per mission to the Alaska Committee to make quarterly instead of monthly reports, to allow adequate time be- fore each one, to communicate with the outlying places in the Interior. Independent committees will be es- tablished at Nome. Anchorage, ldtarod and Juneau All four places have been communicated with and Anchorage has already organized a separate Anchorage committee" :" with Mrs. J. E. Robarts as chairman, Mrs. Harry Cribb as secretary (both former residents of Fairbanks), and with MT. Chandler of the Bank of Anchorage as treasurer. Mrs. G. G. Bruce of Juneau and formerly of Fairbanks writes that she will soon have committee under way. Mrs. Thomas Riggs, Jr., will doubtless take an active interest in the work as outlined on the coast. While at Nenana, she raised considerable money for the Belgian Relief fund and the French war orphans will make strong appeal to her. Nome and Iditarod have not yet been heard iron but will no doubt cover their adjacent territory for the Fatherless Children of France.
 Under the Jurisdiction of the con- mittee at Fairbanks, all the towns and creeks of the Panama Valley are listed. Appointments have been made and excellent results obtained, as shown by the following summary of the three months work.
 At Panama and Fort Gibbon the sum of $296.5O has been raised, some of that amount representing partial payments for the support of children assigned, and $36.50 being for the second. year-1919-to provide for the nine-year old boy adopted by the End Service Co.,, U. s. Signal Corps. Through the Fort Gibbon representa- tive, Mrs. Louis G. Selk, who has entered heart and soul into the work for the French children, seven in- dividual pledges have been received, and the 14th Infantry, by Lieut.. H. c. Smith, subscribed for two chil- dren. Some of the men at the post may soon be in France and will take pleasure in locating the boys and girls they are providing for
 A number of encouraging things have developed from the Fort Gib- bon campaign. It means much when a woOdchOpper, after a long hard seasons work such as this winters must have been, pledges $36.50 to support a destitute French child as did s. R. Hudson. who lives at Birches "the coldest place on the Yu- kon" Birches has the distinction of aAnnfinu fyun Kaic CT the operator there. has also pledged payment of $36.5O during 1918.
 From further down the river, at Nulato. II. R. Morgan forwarded his first payment with the request for a blank to be sent him, to sign as Donor" Mir Morgan is the tele- graph operator at Nulato and a mem Der of the 2nd Service Co Signal Corps.
 Emil Klein was the first contribu- tor from Panama, where Mrs. Frank O'Farrell is the representative. Four civilians, Fred Mondoux, Thomas Ceiling, o. G. Berry and B. w. Rob- erts have been assigned two girls and two boys. MT. Berry's pledge reads that he will provide for the support of the child assigned him, just as long as needed or circum- stances permit, but he especially desired girl" Jeanne Tanguy is his assignment.
 At dance given at the post, un- der the management of Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Selk, $94.O0 was raised for the fund, $66 at the door, $S.OO from the sale of two cakes and $20.OO from Mir. Casey, the foreman of the corral. The post furnished every thing with the exception of the music, Mrs. Courtnay and Mir. Woods of Panama donating their services as musicians.
 At Fox, through the untiring ef- forts of the school children under the representative, Mrs. Collins, $128 was sent in, $55 being from the raffle of three stick. pins donated by Mrs. II. Gagne. The Fox Juniors request that $36.50 of their contribu-