FINE CONTRIBUTION FROM BUTTE, MONTANA.

# FINE CONTRIBUTION FROM BUTTE, MONTANA. ## Financial Statement of the Committee Which Made the Collection—Receipts, Disbursements, and Amounts Forwarded to Treasurer Thomas Hughes Kelly. *The Gaelic American (New York), vol. XIV, no. 5, whole no. 699, Saturday, February 3, 1917, p. 7, column 1.* *Source: Villanova University Digital Library, https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:314077. Transcribed from the page image (`clipping.jpg`). The site's own OCR of this page is unreadable.* --- Butte, Mont., January 20, 1917. Dear Mr. Devoy—Kindly publish the inclosed statement, or a synopsis of it, in the next issue of THE GAELIC AMERICAN, and greatly oblige, Yours very sincerely, JEREMIAH J. LYNCH. ### FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The Irish ReliefIrish societiesIrish Relief funds1916–1921Money raised in America for distress in Ireland — after the 1916 Rising for the families of the dead and imprisoned, and again during the War of Independence.More in Key terms → Committee of Butte, Montana, hereby submits the following statement of receipts and disbursements from its formation, on or about May 26, 1916, to date: **RECEIPTS.** | | | | |---|---|---:| | | Collected at Catholic churches on June 4, 1916, and in City Auditorium on June 11, 1916, and from various persons subsequent to June 11, 1916 | $2,261.35 | **DISBURSEMENTS.** | Date | Item | Amount | |---|---|---:| | June 29, 1916 | Intermountain Pub. Co., advertising | $3.60 | | " | Standard Pub. Co., advertising | 3.50 | | " | Butte Miner Co., advertising | 2.40 | | " | M. J. Connell Co., for use of piano in Auditorium and drayage | 8.00 | | " | W. L. Murphy, printing memorial cards, envelopes, etc. | 15.00 | | " | The City of Butte, rent of Auditorium | 10.00 | | | Total disbursements | 42.50 | | | Net receipts | $2,218.85 | | June 20, 1916 | Remitted by draft to Thomas Hughes Kelly, National Treasurer | $2,000.00 | | " | Paid Daly Bank and Trust Company, exchange (cost of draft) | 2.50 | | | Balance on hand | $216.35 | **CONCERT ACCOUNT.** **RECEIPTS.** | | | | |---|---|---:| | | Received at box office of City Auditorium on November 26, 1916 | $142.50 | | | Sale of tickets on outside | 218.00 | | | Total receipts | $360.50 | **DISBURSEMENTS.** | Date | Item | Amount | |---|---|---:| | Dec. 14, 1916 | The City of Butte, rent of Auditorium | $10.00 | | Dec. 29, 1916 | Murphy-Cheely Co., printing tickets | 8.50 | | " | Standard Pub. Co., advertising | 3.00 | | " | The Butte *Independent*, printing programmes | 6.25 | | " | Intermountain Pub. Co., advertising | 3.00 | | " | Butte *Miner* Co., advertising | 3.00 | | Jan. 16, 1917 | M. J. Connell Co., drayage on piano | 5.00 | | | Total disbursements | $38.75 | | | Net receipts | 321.75 | | | Balance as shown above | 216.35 | | Jan. 16, 1917 | Donation | 2.50 | | | Total | $540.60 | | Jan. 16, 1917 | Remitted by draft to Thomas Hughes Kelly, National Treasurer | $540.00 | | " | Paid Daly Bank and Trust Company, exchange (cost of draft) | .60 | | | Total | $540.60 | | | Balance on hand at date | 00.00 | The committee thanks most sincerely all those who contributed to the success of its efforts by donations or otherwise. Jeremiah J. Lynch, Chairman; Walter J. Sewell, Treasurer; John J. Crowley, John Gribben, Maurice J. McDonough, Patrick T. Shea, John C. Murphy, Rev. M. J. Hannan, T. J. McCarthy, John Connolly, Michael Conway, **James J. Murphy**, Committee. Dated at Butte, Montana, this 19th day of January, 1917. --- *Transcriber's notes:* Every total checks: $2,261.35 − 42.50 = 2,218.85; − 2,002.50 = 216.35; 360.50 − 38.75 = 321.75; + 216.35 + 2.50 = 540.60. The Butte Daily Post printing of 20 Jan 1917 gives the box office as $142.59 and total receipts as $360.59. Those are probably its own misprints (or misreadings of it), since the Gaelic American figures add up. "Drayage on piano" is printed with a damaged "5.00", and $5.00 is needed for the $38.75 total.