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¥ IE PEOPLE'S PAPER = swept bare, thousands of your fellow against nature and her grim forces: Give 1,80 Temporary relief must go on. We must uot fail the Winter--the relentiess foe Coming as this terrible fire did, in the autumn, with the harvests in, with the townspeople already preparing for the rigors of winter--the complete destruction wrought is the harder to overcome. : Thousands of peopls at first had literally no place to lay their head, little to wear and nothing to eat. They had to be taken care of at first, scmehow, and then, desperately as the days went . by, and the cold grew more intense, rough but serviceable standard shacks, 16" x 207, "have been replacing tents, cld street. cars, packing boxes and sheet iron--a regular food supply has been es- tablished, and rough clothing is being distributed. - What can a man do with kis house a blackened hole "in the ground, his karn a charred "heap, his work chop a twisted pile of rubbish--and a northern blizzard raging over all? EN and women of Ontario--it is time that we should all realize the pleteness of the fire calamity that devastated Northern Ontario in the early days of October. calamities we have had before, but never such complete destruction as this. : terrible com- Fires and Set ei 0 Over 1,200 square miles laid desolate, town after town nothing but a bleak expanse of ruins, hundreds of farms citizens "cleaned out" and thrown abruptly back into man's primeval struggle Temporary Relief Until Spring In the name of humanity we must see these fellow citizens through until Spring opens up the land and general business activities are resumed. Money must be forthcoming from the citizens of Ontario, from municipalities, industries, soci- eties, public bodies, lodges, churches, etc.--not for rehabilitation or re-establishment, but for the supply of bare necessities, 'temporary relief" in fact, to the siricken North. The Brighter Side of the Picture Everywhere throughout the fire swept district one hears only a strong, manly note of confidence, of resolution to go forward, to "stick to the country' if body and soul can be held together, to make good once more, to restore the hundreds of burned farms," to rebuild the eight or ten destroyed towns--And it will be done if the strearn of temporary relief from Old Ontario does not dry up! fire, hunger, ice and the stark northern cold. families a fighting chance to get on their feet. orth. All for One--One for Ail Here is a portion of our Province in ruins, and for the sake of the whole Province as well as for its own sake, this section must be restored to prosperity and happiness. We need the North, we need iis vigorous, pioneering spirit so one and all, let's "give a hand into the saddle" -- and do it NOW. ( Money is needed. The Relief Com- mittee can buy in large quantities, get big discounts, and often free gifts of merchandise from the many manufacturers who are generously co-operating with the Committee. The exact needs are now known. The Northern Ontario Fire Relief Committee has been enlarged and now is thoroughly represen- tative of the Province of Ontario. The Provin- cial Government is co-operating to the fullest extent and is doing everything that a Govern- ment. can properly do to assist in temporarily relieving the fire sufferers. To give immediate relief the 'Committee must secure actual cash without delay. If each municipality or county would devise some means of raising an amount equa mil th al, be continued. The raising of relief funds could be undertaken by public spirited citizens, clubs, churches or | to one half mill on the total assessment the relief can councils and provides a most deserving cause for Christmas giving, Now itis up to every commuiiity in Ontario to help a neighbouring district in its hour of trial. Make cheques payable to-- : The Northern Ontario Fire Relief Committee, Royal Bank Building, Toronto ns COMMITTEE : W. H. ALDERSON (Chairman). © GEO. 5. MATTHEWS, Lrantford, Toronto Board of Trade. Western Ontario Associated Boards of Trade. A. J. YOUNG, North Bay. Ontario Government. a GEO. C. COPPLEY, Hamilton, and MRS. M. SOUTER, Trout Mills and JOHN ELLIOTT, Belleville, R. A. McINNIS, Iroqueis Falls, Ontario Associated Boards of Trade T & N. O. Asoclnted Bosrde'of and Chambers of Commeree ORE : GEO. BRIGDEN, Toronto, Trade, and Farm Organizations in : / 21s Nerthern' Ontario. Canadian Manufacturers' Assoc. K. W. McKAY, St. Thomas Ontario Municipal Association. J. J. MORRISON, foronto, United Farmers of Ontario. MRS. H. P.PLUMPTRE, Toronto, Ontario Division, Canadian Red Cross Society. MRS. A. H. WILLETT, Cochrane; Women's Institute.