Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-12-20
COUNTY TOTAL MUST BE INCREAs,
ED BY 1850 BEFORE CHRIST
MAS DAY
HAVE YOU JOINED YET?
Enlist Now, for You Surely win be Con-
scripted If You Do Not
Volunteer
Join the Red Cross.

JOIN the Red Cross!
IL you already are member, join
agaln, Tor the membership tor Idaho
county must be increased by 1880 by
christmas eve. You can loin for a
year for ~, or, Oh course, you can pay
more, II you like. You can even 90 SO
lar as 10 pay 800 and become u life
member or 800 and become a patron
member.
Memberships taken out previous to
the present drive were for the calen-
dar year 1917, ana are not good for
1918. Everyone whose name appears on
the rolls is expected TO renew his mem-
bershIp Tor the calendar year 1918, and
besides, hundreds more OF new mem
bers are needed for Idaho county.
Part OF U. s. Campaign.
The local campaign is part OF a
national drive for lo,000,OOU members
10y Christmas day. Win you get in on
this!
W. W. Brown, county chairman for
the Red Gross drive, LIS busy this week
in the interest of this great humani-
tartan work, and is being greatly AS
sisted IN the drive by the members of
the uraneeville chapter of the Red
time to the campaign.
Letters urging membership in the
Red Cross, together with application
blanks for membership, are being sent
10 T. e4y ,otcr Ia idaho county. Besides,
local committees are ut work in the
various towns of the county to round up
new members.
Will Solicit Individuals.
Personal solicitation for members
will be made in Grangeville between
now and Christmas eve, committees hav-
ing been selected to put the matter be-
for every man and woman in the city.
Persons on the streets will be approach
ed and asked to join, and IL they at
first refuse, persistence will be brought
to bear. If they positively decline TO
join 1t is possible that record will
be made OF the person 5 name and his
or her excuse for not affiliating with
the Red Cross.
The public also is being reached in
the campaign through some 1870 school
teachers i'll the county, to whom letters
have been sent, urging them to interest
their pupils in Red Cross work. A
quantity OF application blanks has
been dispatched to the teachers. 1t is
realized by those III charge Of the drive
here that an effectual way of reaching
the parents is through the children.
First Gun of Campaign
The opening gun in the Membership
campaign was fired here Monday night
ut a mass meeting held in the Odd Eel.
lows hall, when addresses were deli
vered by the Hon. George +. Weeks,
chairman OF the Red Cross drive in
north Idaho, and c. T.. Arney, western
immigration agent for the Northern
Pacific railroad, at Spokane.
Because of unfayorable weather, at
tendance at the meeting was not as
large as might have been expected
Nevertheless, the meeting was regard
ed as success. The attention of the
audience was closely held by the two
speakers OF the evening Mr.. Arney s
talk was brief, he giving way to Mr.,
Weeks, who delivered speech ringing
with patriotism. lie succeeded, by his
talk, in filling the audience with the
Red Cross spirit, and probably it could
, be said that not one person left the hall
, without being thoroughly convinced
that the Red Cross is worthy insti u
tion entitled to their most liberal sup
port.
The Cowboy band, preceding the
speech making, played, the services OF
the band boys being donated.