The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23
the RUSSIAN RELIEF
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the railroad, and her letter which
reached US from Moscow told of the
necessity of starting feeding at once
to prevent the children from BEING
sent into town and abandoned. Horses
are dying so fast that they cannot
carry the food in the wagons fast
enough, and so they are trying to use
camels, which eat less. But these
camels are starving and their humps
are usually flabby and empty of the
reserve strength which they normally
carry there. Doris White begged tc
have more help sent but added Send
someone with no heart, for it is q
cruel task She reported that canni-
balism has begun in the outlying dis.
tricts and that an old women and 9
child of nine have followed the cats
and dogs which have already been
consumed.
1T is colder than Moscow, most of
this week being about thirty degrees
below zero. But it is dry and bracing
Do not be alarmed for US personally
as we are getting along in a good
manner. We brought our own srppl,
of flour and bake orr own bread
~ather than take any OF the bread
this country, as it means a saving i,
the supply here and also in the read
'ustment of our Gjestions to this 10.
al stuff. We know that nourishine
God is not self indulgence but abso
ute necessity in the considering O.
ourselves as machines which can onl
rive the maximum of service by be
ng kept in condition. The task
quipping the interpreters witt
lothing which is warm enough ha
''een a task, but the possibility
drawing upon the relief clothing ha
Helped bit.
ut did not take US long to adop
he custom of this country and slee'
With doors and windows shut and ;
re going. We are learning to smell
n open door several rooms ava
'ust like Russian does. A mile be
ween warehouse and house seem
1ost inconvenient at times; but il
as the advantage Of forcing SOM
exercise in the open. The six shor'
,ours of sunlight are of brilliant
'eauty, the plains stretching ava
ike the sea to the south and the
% the north there is line of lowell
Hills, foothills of the Urals. TIL
vide generous streets of the city it
elf are fascinating and it mus
ave been a charming place to live
N ordinary times.
"Rest assured that what we ar
1oing is not just simply making PEG
>le comfortable but turning the YER
light balance between life and deaf
or these thousands, and the NOR
gu send us the more of these de-
crate folk have the chance to live
here is food enough in the worl
if only it can be evened up; but tn
:ctual problem of transport is ter
IDLE here. All the roling-stock j.
old and it is too scarce to put an,
# it aside for repairs. And so en-.
zines are running along patched with
whatever material of iron and woo1
available. The last few week
lave seen their fatalities in the
"ailroad work as one roundhouse tc
the south burned with eight engines
in it because one of the oil burners
sprung a leak About the same time
one engine exploded on the road, los
ing not only the engine but a mum.
Der of passengers who could not find
a foothold on the entire train and
20 swarmed up as usual all over the
engine.
$50 it goes, and the tragedy deep
Ems with the cold. Christmas will
be upon us in a few days and hope
by that time we may have distrib
uted these car loads of clothing anc
that there will be the news of thou
sands more. It is a gallant work yor
are doing in the home country; TO,
with the unemployment in America
and all those attendant ills we ca
u,adnTsf md that lifa 10 tho,. fr1ll q