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Show SCHOOLS TO COLLECT OHIOJLIEF FUND Superintendent Mills Arranges to Have Students Send Contributions. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN. March 2S. Believing that the smaller contributions for the relief of Ohio Hood sufferers can be best collected through tho schools, the board of education educa-tion today authorized Superintendent John M. Mills to arrange for tho handling of funds contributed by the students. Tho principals of tho various public schools were instructed to accept tho contributions and turn tho money in to Miss Ivy Williams, secretary to tho board. In previous instances where general relief re-lief was desired tho school children wore allowod to contribute cither money or provisions, but In this case, tho scono of the dlsastor being so far from Ogden, It was deemed oxpedlont to accept cash only. Tho board desires It to bo distinctly distinct-ly understood that tho contributions must bo purely voluntary, no student being required re-quired to contribute unless tho parents are willing. It has not been doflnltely determined in what manner tho money from tho Ogden school children Is to be relayed to tho flood victims. Superintendent MJUs states that the funds may be turned over to the Red Cross society direct or to the general Ogden fund now being raised by tho Commercial National bank. Tho lat-tor lat-tor fund has been Increased to more than $450. Tho action of the school board today recalls the very efficient work of the school children of Ogden at the time of tho San Francisco disaster. Tho carload of supplies donated and collectod by the local students was tho first consignment from outsldo territory to reach the stricken coast city. Manager Walter Arlngton of the Arlng-ton Arlng-ton stock company announced today that he would donate the use of tho Ogdcn theater to any club In the city for one afternoon, the rccelpta from the performance perform-ance to be added to tho fund for tho flood sufferers. A relief fund for the flood survivors was started at tho Security Trust & Savings Sav-ings bank today. The list was hcadod by Fred J. Klesel and Charles F. Robertson, Robert-son, with donations of $100 eaclu Tho money will be sent to the Red Cros3 society soci-ety for distribution. |