The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-26
Red Cross News and Suggestions
Our Duty.

Our Duty. t
The American Red Cross, through
H. R. Rogers, manager of the north
ern division, is appealing to every
man, woman and child to affiliate
with the organization and assist in
distributing comfort and cheer to our
troops, and the loved ones they left
at home. The appeal this weeks is:
This is Your Red Cross; You Should
Back 1t Up.
The American Red Cross-your Red
Cross by the way-is the fastest grow
ing organization in the world. Today
it has a quarter of a million members
in the northwest, where it had only a
it needs a million, and has room for
every patriotic American.
The Red Cross needs YOU, and
you need it. You aren't 100 per cent
American until you have Joined. Right
i now-today-is the time for you to
affiliate with the nearest chapter. If
there isn't a chapter handy, start one.
1t is just as important in winning
this war that you, and every Ameri-
can, join your Red Cross, as it is for
you to buy Liberty Bonds, be econo-
mical in your expenditures, and give
full loyalty to the government.
Remember, the American Red
Cross needs you; but YOU need it
far more.
The northern division of the Amer
lean Red Cross, which includes the
states of Minnesota, Montana, North
Dakota and South Dakota, now has
approximately 242 chapters. These
chapters in turn have more than 1865
branches ard aTxiliaries, so that in
more than 600 places in the north
west Red Cross work is being carried
or actively and continuously. At
probably 600 other places Red Cross
work is done at intervals.
The membership in the northern
> larly in North Dakota and South Da-
kota, while Montana is preparing
county campaigns that will add thou
sands to it's rolls. Many counties now
have reached the Red Cross goal of
Is per cent of population and Suits
man County, North Dakota, has more
than doubled it. Freeborn county in
= Minnesota, Union, Hughes and Min
nehaha counties in South Dakota and
Ransom and Foster counties in North
Dakota are above Is per cent, while
Blue Earth, Houston, Las Qui Parie.
Lincoln, Meeker, Redwood, Renville
and Swift counties in Minnesota
Griggs county in North Dakota anc
Missoula and Custer counties in Mon
tana are nearing that mark.
The patriotic women of Minnesota
Montana, North Dakota and Soutf
Dakota who are making supplies fo1
the American Red Cross need not have
lALo c1.rkkock %oor ohov,% TIM c,1nn1io,
reaching their destination, or tn
urgent need of the supplies, according
to Miss Katherine McGregor, a Re-
Cross worker, who went to Europ
with the first unit of the CANADIAN
Red Cross. She is now assisting il
American Red Cross work at Butte
Mont, while visiting her sister.
"Without the supplies furnishe
through the Red Cross it would be
p%erplexing, if not insoluble, problem
to supply comfort to the men in tn
military hospitals of Europe" sal
Miss McGregor. "The Red Cross
so nearly perfect in it's Distribute
organization that misshipment or d
version of supplies is practically i'm
possible.
According to Miss McGregor ther
is practically nothing needed in tn
care of the wounded soldiers that
not available through the Red eros
Supply depots in Europe.
Christmas Packets for Our Boys.
Suggestions for preparing Chris
mas packets which the American Re
Cross will distribute to the 1,50O,0 90
Americans who will be in arms b
holiday time are made by the NORTH
ern division of the American Re
Cross. Every soldier and sailor wi
be given one of these packets.
Nothing should go in the packet
that will not keep fresh. Dried frui,
and food products should be packe
in tin or wooden boxes of one-quartt
+ one-half pound size. Nothin
should be placed in a packet that wi
crush and spoil other articles. N
liquids nor articles packed in glas
should be used.
The packet should be wrapped
khaki colored handkerchief 81 incl
es square. Form the base of tn
packet by placing a writing pad seve
by ten inches in the center of tt
handkerchief. Place other article
on top so that the packet will be tt
width and length of the pad and abo,
five or six inches in height. 1t shout
be wrapped in one inch red ribbC
and then again in heavy, light brow
manila paper. Red, green or gi
cord should be used around the papt
and Christmas and American fla
stickers as desired. A Christmas cal
should be placed inside.
1t is suggested that articles fro
the following list to cost approximate
ly be selected.
Khaki colored handkerchiefs :
inches square, writing pad, envelope
~postals, pencil, homemade %scrapboo'
containing short stories and clipping
from home papers, electric tore
compass, playing cards, other game
tobacco, pipe and pipe cleaners, CHI
arctic papers, water tight match bo
chewing gum, sweet chocolate BIZ