The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-24
BUSINESS MEN
CHEER 81 WORK OF
sally ALTON ARMY
Detailed Account of Accomplish.
ments Of Organization p Brings
Enthusiasm at Meeting
CAMPAIGN 4. II ON TUESDAY 81 \
Effort Will BE Made to Raise
Budget Of $4,000 in One
Day

Enthusiastic response was made LAS
night by local busines men to the re.
quest that they go our and get the
Salvation Army quota for the yeal
next Tuesday. The 80 business men
present at the meeting In Elks hal
applauded the detailed report of the
Salvation Army work done ins Bis
marck and elsewhere.
P. R. Fields, who presided. said that
he had told friends he would not
join in another drive OF any kind for
one year from the time of the swim
ming pool camaign, bur that he had
broken the rule because of the urgent
need Of the Salvation Army and the
important work it is dong. He read
from a report Of the local 0rganiza-
tion which showed that, among other
things, the organization from January
l to Sept. % had given 286 meals to
needy, had given away SOC old gar
ments, .264 pairs Of shoes, provided
lodging for AZ, visited 290 families and
given temporary relief to $40 per
sons. "a :.
War Brought Appreciation.
Mrs. Mary T.. Wishman, OF Mime
ap0lis, explaining the. broad scope of
the Salvation Army work, said that the
Salvation Army was capable az hand
ling greater responsibilities thanit had
been thought capable OF handling, and
that the demand for work among the
poor and in reclaiming to active life
persons in whom the spark of ambition
apparently had died had grown elOr-
mously. The Salvation Army, she said.
is asking. much less than. last year al
though the demands will be far great.
er.
There are 1896 corps and outposts
of the army, in the country, she said.
and quoting a few statistics to indicate
the number of people reached by the
Salvation Army work said that the at
tendance at indoor meetings was u
$50, ,OOO. last year and the attendance
at open air meetings was thirty-three
million. There are TAO 900 members
in the boy guard, she said One Of
the important achievements of the
army has been the development Of the
missing friends bureau, she said:
through which $50 persons were found
last year.: and many boys and" girls
who had become lost 70 their parents
in cities were restored to them. So
effective had this work been, she said,
that in Chicago the bureau found more
missing pefsons than The largest pri !.
yate detective bureau.
Tells Of Rescues.
She spoke Of the industrial rehabiii-
tation work and rescue homes, told
how the Salvation Army took men into
their homes. kept them and fed them,
giving them "a little work to do, build
ing up their spirit, and now many who
had come to tn E Salvation Army
homes with all ambition gone had
after a short time asked to be given
steady job and were reclaimed y
Industrious employment. The same
rescue had been accomplished with
hundreds Of women, through 5the Res
cue Homes, she said.
Ensign Redgrove, head Of the Sal
vation Army in North Dakota, spoke
briefly. Ensign and Mrs. Homer, ID
charge OF the local unit, were guests.
The drive for funds will be held
Tuesday. starting at 9 o'clock from
Elks hail. The local quota is $4,000.
Mr.. Fields named the following team
chairmen from the Elks: w. A. Nc
McDonald, Henry Murphy, d. j. Nc
ellis, r. B. Loubek, F. w. Murphy,
F. J.. Mccormick, Fred Peterson, F. j
Grady, H. L. Stegnei. Obert Olson, w.
J. Reibold, s. A. Floren, Frank Henry,
All Rosen, and for the capitol, W. y
Mitchell and Nelson a. Mason. The
Rotary club will furnish several teams
finder the direction OF Henry Dueme-
land and P. j. Meyer
The Tuesday campaign will be N the
business district. The Business anu
professional Women's club volunteer
ed to aid III the campaign in the resi-
dence districts the latter part or the