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Identifier: reportbytreasure00cali (find matches)
Title: Report by treasurer and disbursing officer..
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: California pythian relief fund. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Lebanon
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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eping records until for-warded, and the rent of headquarters at 12th and Franklinstreets in Oakland from the beginning of the Relief Workin April, while the local Committee in Oakland, of whichSupreme Representative George Samuels was Chairman,up to May 1st and thereafter to September 1st, involving-cost of $375.00. In the beginning four rooms were used,including the entry room. It was practically impossible tohave secured any other apartments, and, in fact, under thecircumstances the local Committee was very fortunate insecuring them, as they Were centrally located and the de-mand for apartments was far in excess of the supply; be-sides all rents not only in San Francisco, but in Oaklandas well, went up by jumps. People were willing, and par-ticularly for business purposes, to pay any rent exacted. Much cooking was done here, particularly in the earlierweeks of relief; hot meals were served to members. Forweeks crowds of members, or the members of their families,came here for relief.
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CALIFORNIA PYTHIAN RELIEF FUND. 91 OFFICES, (PRINTING, ADVERTISING, POSTAGE, STA-TIONERY, TELEPHONES, TELEGRAMS, ETC.,) $510.74.This involves cost of telegraphing to Lodges in Califor-nia and othei States, answers to telegraphic inquiries; ad-vertising in papers for information concerning members,advising members where to find K. of P. Relief Stations;telephone service in San Francisco and Oakland; postageon general letters and on letters sent out by the hundreds.Col. Crowley conducted a sort of literary bureau in themany hundreds of letters issued by him relative to reliefand sent all over the United States; books of account, sta-tionery, printing of vouchers, application forms and re-ceipts; rent for typewriting machines, files, binding cases,etc., for all the Relief Stations. SALARIES, $5,128.74. There are no elements of relief involved in the foregoingamount, except as an administrative feature. This amount was paid in full to members of the Order,including my salary, except- the

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