Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-12
NEED MONEY
FOR WAR WORK
SEVEN RECOGNIZED 0RGANMA-
TIONs GET APPORTI0NMENT
OF BIG DRIVE
BOUNDARY QUOTA IS 81, 10000
All Money Must Be Raised BY Satur-
day Night

War has welded the people of the
United States into a united nation in
which distinctions of class and rehg-
ion are forgotten in the great work of
stamping out autocracy and preserv-
ing the liberty of mankind. One
patriotic purpose moves all, which
makes possible the close teamwork
between Protestant, Catholic and Jew
which will be seen in the United War
Work Campaign which started yester-
day in all parts of the United States
and will be carried on in this county
the remainder of this week in the eff
fort to go over the top in our quota of
S2,700.00
Five of the seven organizations that
will participate in the drive represent
religious beliefs, but no distinction of
religion are recognized in the war
work in which they are engaged and
it is to support the war work alone
that contributions are asked. All have
but one purpose-to serve the soldier
whether he be Catholic or Protestant,
Gentle or Jew: not to obtrude religion
upon him but to serve him with cigar
nuts when he needs them most: to fur
nish him with place for rest and rec
reation and chance to write home: to
supply him with books and other com
forts in the hospitals: to serve him in
every possible way in the cantonment,
on the transport and in the battle line.
For weeks past the leaders of these
organizations have been working,
shoulder to shoulder, throughout the
nation, at the call of the President.
Prominent Jews, Catholics and Prot
estants of this state have been busy at
the state headquarters at Boise or
ganizing the state for this weeks cam
paign. In every county and city of
the state the same is true; il is true of
the local leaders organizing for this
work
The S170,500 900 fund to be raised has
been apportioned in advance according
to the extent of the work in which the
organizations are engaged, as follows:
National War Work Council of the Y
NJ c. A, $100,00,000; National War
Work Council of the Y. w. C. A, $15,-
100000; National Catholic War Coun-
ell, $4,000 900: Jewish Welfare Board,
$3,500,000: War Camp Community Ser
vice, $15,000,000 American Library
Association, $3,500000 Salvation Ar
my, $4,000, 900. These appOrtiOn-
ments have been accepted as just by all
the organizations.
The great work of the Knights of
Columbus, Y. NJ. c. A. and the Saliva
ton Army among the soldiers at the
front are too we'll known to need elab-
Grafton.
The work of the Y W. c. A is mainly
among women affected by the war.
Their huts serve the nurses in the base
hospitals in France; they were serv-
ing an army of women working in the
munition plants of France and the
United States: they have established
and are conducting hostess" houses
where soldiers can meet their sweet
hearts, wives and relatives in more
than 80 cantonments in this country,
and are doing other valuable war
work.
The work of the War Camp Com
munity Service is done mainly in the
cities of the United States adjacent to
the cantonments and naval stations.
Through their Soldiers and Sailors
Clubs, they furnish Judgement and rec
reation for soldiers and sailors off
duty Large we'll appointed club
houses are maintained in Seattle and
Tacoma to care for men from Camp
Lewis and Bremerton.
The American Library Association
is furnishing books to the men in the
cantonments and at the front and I'm
hospitals to give them much needed
diversion. The association circulates
thousands of entertaining books among
the men at the front. The Jewish
Welfare Board was organized by the
Young Mems Hebrew Association and
does work similar to that of the Y. M
c. A. and Knights of Columbus. II
maintains "huts" in the army canton
ments and is extending it's work
throughout the army organizations
serving soldiers whenever the oppor-
tunity offers.