Show fUND STILL IS STEADILY INCREASING Another Very Enthusiastic Luncheon Is Is' Held at the 4 Commercial l Club When Samuel N Ne Ne house entered the dining room room oom of of the the Commercial club this afternoon lie he li w was s grEet gret greeted d d with applause and cheers The luncheon of of the L 1 l b committee h hay hav having ving v- v ing in hand the the work of securing funds for the tue local Young Meri's Meris Christian hristian association was ii iq iI pro progress ss Before the financier coula could take nis seat he was forced to address the committee m members mem niem- m- m bers bars who were were insistent insisted in their demands demands de de- de- de mands for a speech 0 When 1 i entered this room room he sa said d I I thought t this is was merely merely the regular Commercial club crowd at lunch I thought that you gentlemen were here merely to have have- havea a bite to eat with your our minds engrossed by the personal personal per per- personal interests that occupy you But I 1 earned that you are actuated by a specific specific- motive and that motive I 1 commend Your object is most laudable and I hope that I may be of some some- assistance to you The committee members who attended the lunch today were most enthusiastic and the rep reports of the various c committee commit commit- tee chairmen were received with ap applause applause ap- ap p- p and che cheers cheers' tS' tS One squad captain reported that he had approached one person who had no money but that his tangi tangible le assets as sets consisted of a i block of shares in a mining company This was subscribed subscribed subscribed sub sub- scribed and ana it was immediately suggested suggested sug sup that an auction be held to convert convert con con- vert the stock into money C. C R. R Pearsall reported that he had secured in the duck pond district in the extreme southwestern part o othe orthe of or the city a total of 6 3 in a few hours hous Another Big Sum John Dern Bern rep reported a subscription of 1500 secured from L L. L. L Terry The total amount reported by the tho captains as as' as having been been- subscribed since yester yesterdays yesterday's ays ay's luncheon was making a total of subscribed in all al R Roderick McKenzIe former police pollee chief was the victim of ot a savage attack late yesterday afternoon o In which he suffered e a financial loss One n of the doctors en engaged engaged en- en I In soliciting subscriptions for the Y 3 M. M C. C A. A building fund came to Mr McKenzIe this f subscription and said a blank 71 It ir right tito you now 0 dont don't 0 you u sign will n never put another of ot your tombstones tombstonE's over a patient of ot mine In the face atso of at so serious a threat Mr McKenzIe succumbed succumbed suc sue and signed Dissension has broken out out among among the captains of ot the business mens men's commit commit- tees Capt H. H S. S Joseph accuses Capt J J. J S. S Critchlow and Capt N. N M. M Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Hamil Hamil- ton of malfeasance The scoundrels have been on my d district he i l' l kl nd i says an they took moren o n 1500 away w from fellers that belonged t me The accused men are not at all aU excited by the remarking charges k n made a haughtily u and dismiss that s sc c Captain the matter Joseph Josep b by b has bats Act Without Conscience About the worst attempt at extortion In the history of the c city Is reported from t West Vest e te Temple street r t where hele rw W. W E. E IH King P. P R. R Ferguson Sam Ned Keel and G. G W. W Eldredge encountered d a rag ag ag picker and solicited him for tor a subscription He as assured assured assured as- as them that he hadn't seen a cent since the election last fall tall and nd Neel Ned known among among- his Intimates as Greatheart Greatheart Great heart gave gae the man one quarter of a dollar and told him he wished him well It was noted at the time that Eldredge had his cold glittering eye ee fixed on th the mone money and so when the others missed him a few minutes later they hurried back to the alley the rag picker was as working Their worst suspicions were confirmed tl IE Eldredge l g was there e and tr tryIng try try- f log Ing to make alc the he poor o rag picker st an sub subscribe scribe the 25 cents He was removed forcibly forcibly for for- CI from O the spot Many of the committeemen report unexpected unexpected unexpected un un- un- un expected contributions from various Continued d on page 4 v t FUND INCREASING Continued from rom pa page pago 1 sources Young women employed 1 in stores store and an offices url ore volunteering subscriptions sub sub- In I large r numbers b. b dally daily I and working ct boys boya are arc R giving amounts o t tare that are arc sometimes S so large as ae to astonish the canvassers PU to 0 50 C cents or 01 Jl 1 a month k kun un until J the c close clos of l' l the o jer Mr are being xIng made dally daily by elevator boys boy rne messengers In almost ile every and o office case i-aso boys hoys being rg these made P pledges volun volun- g Interesting Stories Told The committeemen occasionally m meet meetA et A rebuff from men of whom better t things h are r expected epi r and not t the least interesting interest t ing It'D feature ture of or th thi- thi noon day lunches lunches' lunches lunches-aro 10 the cx meetings when the tho mci- mci dents of or the days day's work are told by the tho I have learned more Committeemen n about roe some s say of or r Nl their fellow citizens in the last three e days I than they had learned In years before betor and most and most of ot what th ha found ro out outI I. I Is to credit of the fellow c citizens I alo aforesaid sald Tb canvassers cau are developing Into experts ex ex- I perta now and have the right sort of or arguments ar ar- ar- ar at their tongues ends enda in the few case calc where arguments are neres- neres s ay y T Their best argument s to tobe tobe rl t be the ht fact that they themselves t the busiest men of Salt Lake are Ing not only their own money b but t their time that t in the aggregate te is worth tl hundreds of dollars OI If f not even v thousands thou thou- sands n ls daily dally to io the work The average man not engaged In the work worl himself elC Is Isquick Isquick isquick quick t toe re that Jf Jt the leading business j w 5 men D of th the city city are willing to give up i their 1010 a as well aa as their money y tIm th project must be he a one no and I even ven though he hI kRaft Know little of time thu scope of or the Y V. M. M c. c A. A work he hll U Is able blo to I grasp the th Importance of the time ur wh n nIn I In- In BOOK ea the time urn enthusiasm I the Itoe workers are putting Into It I |