Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-11-08
DON'T EXPECT BOYS
HOME RIGHT AWAY
THEY WILL NEED HELP OF
UNITED WAR WORK AGEN.
CIES FOR LONG TINE.
BY Rev. II. Franklin Hart.

Secretary of the County Council of
Defense.
When they finally do blow the
whistle and call it a war, don't expect
the boys to be home for breakfast
next morning. Remember how long
it took to get them over there, and
you will begin to realize how long it
is going to take to get them back
once more. And when peace does
actually come, the boys over there
will more than ever need the enter
tainment, the educational work, and
all the comfort and strengthening the
seven organizations of the United
War Work Campaign can give.
Our boys have been making his
tory. Now they want to study it.
Right there on the ground where so
much has happened, they want to
study out the causes and the effects
of human evolution. And, as they
really had so much to do with max
ing the history, they certainly ought
to receive all possible help in the
study of it.
Our fighters have not failed us.
They have just about done the job.
Now we must not fail them. We
must do everything in our power to
make the time of waiting for demo-
bilization an asset for them. The
war for morale must go right along.
Heretofore we have raised money to
buy supplies so that our boys could
do things TO the enemy; now we
I have the chance of using equal
yenergy in raising money FOR our
y own boys who have done our fight
inf for US.
Thurston county is not going to be
behind in this matter of giving money
through the seven war relief activi-
ties to our soldiers and sailors. The
drive is on next week-November IL
to IS. Our quota for the county is
$23,87O, and we ought easily to raise
that and then some more.
We are so glad the Yanks and their
allies in arms have about done the
job Of freeing the world of tyrants
that everyone of us would like to
shake soldier over there by the
hand, and slap his back, and buy him
whatever he happens to want.
That Is just what we can do
through these seven war work activi-
ties. Our money can talk If we let it.
and it can talk loud enough for our
boys over there to hear what we want
to say.
We are organized for this canvass
every possible reminder of home,
every possible assurance that we real
ly care. George d. Prigmore is chair
man for the county, and he has as
fine committee as can be gotten to-
gether J. L. Peters IS in charge of
the canvass among the business men
of Olympia, DR.. P. H. Carlyon is in
i charge for the city, county. state and
Temple Of Justice people. c. H.
Springer is seeing that all the mills,
camps, and men in them have a
chance to come across for those who
have gone across. The unions are
handling the matter of calling on or
ganized labor. Mrs. Julia e. Wal
drip is ready to receive the subscrip-
tions from professional men and
women. J. d. Mansfield is doing the
publicity end, and a lot more folks
are boosting and helping wherever
they can.
The Tenino district is being can.
vassed by a committee of regular fel.
lows. Messrs. Hubbard, knight and
McLafferty told the county chairman
to count their share, about 10 pei
cent, as already in. So it is already
added and the rest of us are after the
rest of the quota.
The boys and girls are being or.
ganizcd as rapidly as may be in ar