The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-27
TRAILL COUNTY
LOYALTY BACKS
GOVERNMENT
Have 1908 Red Cross
Members and Buy $780,
600 Worth of Bonds.
WALSH COUNTY PUTS
ITSELF ON THE MAP
Recent Campaign for Mem
bers Declared Excep-
tionally Successful
All honor to Trail county.

All honor to Trail county.
So proclaims Judge N. c.. Young,
director of the North Dakota Red
Cross, who attended the meeting of
the Trail county Red Cross chap
ter at Hillsboro Friday afternoon.
Trail county has eleven Red Cross
branches with a total of 2,003 mem
bers, and the county has made no
concerted membership drive.
Furthermore, Trail county hit
the mark in the Liberty bond drive,
taking all of its allotment Of bonds
5000, 900.
Thirty or thirty-five bond sellers
met in Hillsboro yesterday and made
reports of success in their local.
ties" said Judge Young. They drove
many miles over muddy roads to
make reports, and they were an en-
thusiastic lot.
Just say for me that Trail coun-
ty is squarely back of the govern
ment, and that her people are square
ly back of their soldiers"
RichIand County After $4,000,
Richland county has inaugurated
a camuaiEn to raise $4,000 and so
far it has obtained $4,000 in Wahpe-
ton. That city raised its quota. in
quick order. The Wahpeton branch
of the county chapter has just been
organized with o. j. Olson as presi-
dent.
Walcott has launched a campaign
to raise $500, its part of the county
fund, and other communities also are
actively supporting the fund. Lidger-
wood will raise $1,000; Paramount,
81, 900: Abercrombie, $500; Hankin-
son, $1,000; Morton, $500; Colfax,
$3.50: Dwight, $3.50; Christine, $3.50;
Galchutt, $50; Great Bend. $3.50;
Mantador, $3.50; Barney, $500.
Wells County Collects $4,000.
Wells county made one of the
most successful campaigns for money
so far reported anywhere in the
state, raising over $4,000. This will
enable the county chapter to carry
on it's effective work in the coming
12-months' period. Fessenden. with
So, 629, leads the county.
Walsh Drive Succeeds.
The Walsh county Red Cross cam
paign, on which the complete re-
ports are not yet available, was very
successful. in the light of figures so
far given out. Indications are that
there will be an average OF more
than 100 members for each of the
SO townships in the county, while
the rural membership may reach the
5000 mark. Fertile township reported
112 members and $142; Prairie Cen
ter reported 157 members and $176;
Grafton township reported 1S1 mem
bers and $135. In hampton township,
a 100 per cent record was made,
every man, woman and child in the
township being enrolled.
.Grenora Gets On Map.
Grenora took it's place on the Red
Cross map by organizing with 800
attending the organization meeting.
It is one of the strongest branches
of the williams county chapter.
Golden Valley, in Mercer county,
also has come into line with a Red
Cross branch, and has a good mem
bership.
LitohviIIe Raises Coin.
At Litchville, the Red Cross rails
ed $3.50, and it is doing very effective
work all down the line.
In Donnybrook and surrounding
territory, the Red Cross enlisted a
total of $50 members.
Bowman county's Red Cross ac-
tivities are marked. The city of Bow
man has 291 members; Rhame, $50
members; Scranton, 50 members;
Gascoyne, So members; Lone Tree,
20 members, and Buffalo, IL MEM
bers.
In McHenry county, tag day for
the Red Cross was observed, and so
far $424.91 has been reported to thu
county chapter, with other localities
Sill to report.
Neville is one of the strongest
Red Cross points with 277 members,
PA of which are annual member
ships, II sustaining, and 80 life men,
berships.