Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06

! Total $500. 81 ,5SS, bUU
The results from the rural town
ships do not show the entire sub
scriptions coming from such town
ships as some subscriptions were
made through Rock Island banks
J which are included in their reports.
A revised report as % the results
from the various townships will be
published later.
Boy Scouts Report.
". F. Bacon. Boy Scout execu-
tive, in making his final report to-
day, stated that he earnestly de-
sired to thank the scourmasters and
scouts for their untiring efforts
during the cleaning campaign that
fell to the lot of the scout organ
iZation. Going to work after a most
thorough canvass of the city had
been made by bond statesmen, these
little soldiers deserve much praise
for the splendid results accomplish
ed. Mr. Bacon reports as follows:
Bonds Amount
Previously reported for
Rock Island 3 68 $33, 100
Saturday from l until
lO.3 30 p. m. ........1SS 1O,130
Total for R. l. scouts $50 SAC. $50
Camp Point .... 20 1850
VIOLA .............. IL I,buU
Monmouth .... ) 400
Grand total reported 500 $4,000
Troop No 10 of which Rev. c. p.
O'Neill is leader. today asked The
Argus to thank the public for its
liberality.
WOmen's Work.
Rock Island county women have
sold Liberty bonds of the third is
sue to the amount of 1921. $50, ac-
cOrding to report made at the cOun-
ty c. \. d. meeting this morning in
Rock Island public library. The
session was well attended by chair
men and officers from all units
Great enthusiasm was shown, and
child welfare work is thriving
Mrs. Allen Miller of EdgingtOn was
named chairman of the county
child welfare committee Mrs Nc
Entry, county chairman of the Wo-
mans Liberty loan Committee, was
pleased with results and especially
praised Mrs c. G. Castetter of Rock
Island and Miss Dorothy Ross of
East Moline, who organized the
work in their own communities, the
unit having failed to take up the
work.
Resolutions were adopted, urging
the women to do all in their power
to give assistance during the next
Red Cross membership drive, and
also to persuade as many people as
possible to adopt French orphans
and take an interest in the Father
less Children of France league.
In the afternoon at l O'Clock Miss
Mary f. Murphy, vice chairman of
the Elizabeth Mccormack child
welfare department of Chicago,
spoke. She was delighted at what
local women have done. and decIar-
ed their work wonderful In re-
gard to child welfare she said in
part:
"Organized child welfare work is
a successful issue of the war be
cause children are vital to the ma
tons krowth. A child is the great
est asset in the life of a nation.
The care of the child and the teach
ing of mothers should be a matter
of popular education, a. well as al
zebra and other studies
England is seeing the need of
child welfare and Germany has or
ganiZed intensively in child welfare
work, and now that the United
States is beginning its second year
in this great war, it should profit
by their examples The sum Of
money expended each year for saw
ing the lives of the babies and chill
dren is entirely too inadequate
"One item on the Illinois and
general program of the child well
fare year work, which the United
States is now beginning, is the need
Of community nurses In the last
survey there was so per cent of the
children affected with diseases that
curtail their school life; 90 per cent
with less serious diseases, and only
20 per cent who were physically
perfect"
This is to be child welfare year
and the c. y. D. is to go into the
work Immediately
Dr. Mabel Otis Of Moline. chair
man of courses Of public instruc-
ton in the county, told of the plan
which Moline is trying to carry out,
that of conserving the surplus food
of the county. One does not make
anything if he has to buy all fruits
and vegetables. but when the farm
ers have surplus. they should no
tify one of the committee. so that
it can be collected and canned in
order to conserve.
Mrs. John McEniry will attend
the conference of the women's com
mittee. G. n. D., June and ;. at the
Hotel Morrison. Chicago She will
give a five-minute talk on the work
being done in this county.