The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-26
Opportunity Week
September e to 20
Continued from rage one

September % TO 29 is '"opportun,
ity Week" for Idaho, and that week
will be the only opportunity for
friendly serycie men and patriotic
civilians who watched the work oil
the Salvation Army in the field tc
ay Up for the sense of good Ameri
can satisfaction that work gave them
| erscnally. From September 20 fol-
year the salvatiOnists will be self
debarred from soliciting funds al
they have always done.
The Idaho organization is headed
! by Governor d w. Davis, who in
accepting the craftsmanship said:
| May express to you my pleasure
in finding myself able to accept the
Craftsmanship for the state OF Idaho
of the Home Service campaign of the
Salvation Army which is to be held
September % to 20 inclusive.
1.-The work of the Salvation Army
during the great war has made an i'm
preston on the people of the worlG
which will be everlasting. For pure
personal sacrifice and patriotic effort
the personnel of the Salvation Army
and its organization made asbrilliant
record in its work during the entire
war which will always be credit tc
g organization. 1t seems to me
that there should be no reason why
anything they might ask should not
| be granted and | am proud to be q
representative at this time"
Bingham's Quota
The quota assigned to Bingham
4 county is $4,000. In the national
drive it is hoped to raise something
over thirty millions for home service
This is the American organization
and has no obligations outside OF
America. 1t was organized and in.
corporated in New York, and il
headed by Commander Evangeline
Booth. All the money raised in each
state will be used in that state fol
home service, except for small quotas
to keep up headquarters offices
The work is under jurisdiction Of the
national council of defense. Elk.
| Mayor Whitman Of New York is
chairman of the national Salvation
Army executive committee.
Army is Behind
One of the reasons for the present
plan of raising finances, which has
been authorized by the national coun-
Gil Of defense, is the great debt of
the Salvation Army incurred by bor-
rowing money to carry on war work
from the very first. Over million
dollars was borrowed by Commander
Booth, and when that was gone the
Ellis gathered together several mil
lions more. From Idaho the sum of
$4,000 was sent, upon which not
even the interest has been paid yet.
Flap-Jack King
Chaplain Fred Anderson, known
all along the American sectors in
France as the "Flap-Jack King" will
be in Blackfoot prior to the drive to
show the people how the fap-jacks
tapped and how they tasted. He will
have his famous rolling kitchen
No. 2wheelbarrow equipped with a
small stove and frying plate. He
was known in France to have made
eighteen miles in day, trundling
this contraption along the lines and
feeding up the hungry doughboys
on homemade stacks
The chaplain was a Salvation
Army man, but the U. s. army gave
film the rank of chaplain for his
demonstrated ability to serve.
Local Organization
The Blackfoot committee charged
with the part of organizing a drive
to get the $4,000 aimed for in Bing-
ham county, in cooperation with
other committees in the county was
formed Friday by Elmer L. Amidon,
field secretary for the southern
thirteen counties of Idaho in the
drive. Mr.. Amidon has headquarters
at Pocatello.