The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-21
MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF TO-
TAI AMOUNT THAT WAS RE-
PORTED IN IDAHO TO NOON
COUNTRY DISTRICTS NOT NEARLY
THROUGH WORKING
Systematic Drive in City viii Adjourn
Tonight at . O'clock Until Monday
MOrning-BOise Says Results Here
Amazing.

time of going to press Is appr0xi-
mately 100000. At the noon lunch
en- at the ROgerson today the follow
ing report was made: Twin Falls $685.
$50; Buhl 5000; Kimberly SOS5; Han
sen $24S5; Filler $500; HOIlister,
sI525; Rogerson, $I211; Murtaugh.
S1150; Haggardt SIG; country dis
tricts 1895. Total $57,402.55. A dis
patch from Boise headquarters de-
clared the results amazing and said
that they we're far ahead of any other
county in idaho and that Ada was far
behind.
Only $15O,OOO had been reported in
the state.
This evening at O'clock, regular
systematic drive work will be dropped
until Monday morning Mt 10 O'clock
when the last big push viii be made,
in this city. The work in the coun-
try is not nearly all done, and Presi-
dent John f. White declares that the
farmers will make the city folks look
to their laurels. The city committee
men will continue to hold all cards
and go after others for whom they are
made out, whichever they see them.
A vote of thanks was given the exc
cutive committee.
There will still be many in the city
who will have to be seen Monday be-
fore the close of the drive. Anyone
who has not been seen may pay any
committeeman. The Times runs here
with story from the front as indicat-
ing the purposes for which the money
is needed in order that those who have
not yet been approached or who have
not though deeply on the subject may
understand the need
In an appeal for more funds young
| American Red Cross worker in France
! has written a vivid description of the
suffering and misery that the one hun
dred million dollars being raised by the
Red Cross during the week of June
is to June 25 will help to alleviate.
The writer is Phillip o. Mills, son OF
General Samuel Mills who was chief
of artillery in the United States army
and at one time head of West Point.
There are thousands of such appeals
pouring into Red Cross headquarters
each day. 1t is to respond to such ap-
peals that the volunteer workers who
are toiling ceaselessly are striving to
meet.
Verdun
My dear:
Tonight 1 am sitting in a small un-
derground cellar of one of the public
buildings of the town. acting as a sort
of time keeper or starter for the cars
/
and handling the reserve cars for
wounded in the town itself. / wish
could describe the scene as it Is before
my eyes-for the whole world is pass
ing here-French, American, living
wounded and dying.
A long heavily arched corridor, with
stone steps leading down to it; two
4 compartments off to one side lined
with wine bins, where our reservt
u.
: (stretcher bearers) are lying on theil
stained stretchers, some snoring; be-
yond a door that gives into small
: operating room, and to the left an
other door that leads to a little sfcl
ward, the most pathetic little room
l have ever seen-with four beds o
E different sizes and kinds on one sid,
4 and six on the other taken evidentl,
from the ruined houses nearby-anC
d one tired Infirmier Hospital attend
: anti to tend and soothe the wounded
e and dying.
5 In the bed nearest the door,
e French priest, shot through the lung
: with pneumonia setting in-hi
black beard pointed straight up, ant
whispering for water. Next to him,
little German lad, hardly nineteen ant
, small with about six hours to live
calling sometimes screaming for hi
mother and then for water. Next t,
d him French captain of infantry witt
e his arm off at the shoulder and hi
l. head wounded, weak, dying, but smil
l. ing; and next to him a tirailleur il
delirium calling on his colonel +
Ie charge the Germans. The Infirmie
d is going from one to the other, sooth
'e ing and waiting on each in turn. H
Ie asks what the German is saying, an
lie / tell him he is calling for his mother
IS "Ah, this is sad war" he says, as h
goes over to hold the poor lads heat
A brancardier comes in with a tel
L ephone message-"a bleese (wound
+ ed mani, at Belleville-very serious.
lie This is reserve car CALL so on
sr slides out and is gone like a gra
TT ghost down the ruined street maxim
N all the speed it's driver can-no cas-
ie -
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