The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-11-28

81 a camp bed.
SIS a sheep.
$50 a goat.
$25 a double bed.
$25 a stove.
$25 educates a child one year in
manual training.
5000 rehabilitates family of FIVE.
$500 establishes a poultry farm.
All money collected here will be
sent to Mrs. Richard A. Ballinger.
state treasurer.
All volunteers work for nothing
and the officers pay their own ex-
penses. SO that the public may be as
sured every dime goes to the real and
vitality necessary work of aiding the
unfortunate people of France. Each
and every person donating dime to
this work will receive a button with
the above slogan on it, and it is be-
lieved they will become a popular as
we'll as q most desirable button to
wear. but it is hoped. of course. that
those who can will give far more than
q '.thin dime" to the work.
The American Committee for De-
vastated France has as its president
Hon. Myron T. Herrick, of Cleveland,
former ambassador to France. Miss
Anne Morgan, Of New York. is first
vice president. Other equally promi-
nent men and women are on the
directorate. Mrs. Anne M. Dyke is
commissioner in France. To give
an idea of the conditions and the
needs OF the devastated country. the
following is quoted from letter just
received from Mrs. Dyke:
1.-The conditions are more terrific
and appalling than ever. Civilians
are being allowed to return, but the
government has apparently no plan
of relief organized and is evidently
more or less helpless, owing to lack
of transportation, to afford any i'm
mediate relief to these people. With
our personnel and our cars in the
Aisne they have naturally turned to
us to do a tremendous piece Of work
to aid in feeding these reconQuered
villages.
I'VE have a group of about twelve
at Chateau hierry. with five cars
These cars are supplied with coffee
rice, hominy, timed vegetables. can
dies, soap, macaroni and minor ne
cessities for housekeeping. such as
the essential kitchen utensils, warm
clothing and boots. Our understand
ing with the prefecture is that we
shall regularly visit the recOnQuered
villages in a certain territory ant
sell these supplies at very reasonable
prices. in this way experimenting
the alimentation of these villages b,
the army up to September Is.
I'VE will, so far as we are able
insure these villages certain staple
articles OF which they are desperatel!
" in need, until relief depots hav'
been put into operation. This ha
meant enormous outlay on our par
TO meet this emergency. Food is soil
at constantly increasing prices, Their
is the greatest difficulty in obtain
ing large quantities OF food or ma
terials - such as bed ticking =
make mattresses. boots, and fiat ma
terials - such as flannel or cotton =
for clothing and sheets. II we ca
not supply these demands 1t ma
oblige us to abandon the territor
which the prefecture has asked US t
protect.
"Our region is that part OF tn
devastated area of the Aisne to tn
west Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
line, in all about one hundred an
twenty-six villages, and followin
this line north we will naturally RI
turn to our own first sector OF Blel
ancourt. All this territory is undo
military control. The villages Their
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