The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-11
Talk of the T'OlUn

Recipient Of d handsome gift and no
place to put it, is the United States
land office in the Masonic building.
From the main office in Washington.
-. G., there has come u flag 10 feet by
t feet In size. with flag pole. standard
and ropes al provided. The flag is of
| fine quality OF bunting and well worthy
of a prominent place in the city Reg
lister Frank McHaffie and Receiver w.
E. McMurray are looking for such a
place. The land office looks upon an
alley. and unless some kind friend will
| loan front office window or a we'll
placed roof, Il seems that Mr.. McHaf-
fie and Ma, McMurray will find 1t their
duty TO garry the flag about the city
! for an hour or two each day in order
| to prove their appreciation of the kind
ness Of the Washington office.
In d letter received recently by At
torney Leon l.. Buien. Hugo Swanberg
of this city says: II have been as
! signed to another unit--am now
acting major Of the Ninth Depot bat
TALON. 166th brigade, here at Camp
Lewis. l am interested to find that
Lieutenant Colonel stone .. brother of
Dean A. l.. stone Of Missoula, is in
command temporarily Of the Second
! ba ttalion. which adioins nay organiza-
! ton. The First, Second, Ninth and
| Tenth battalions are east of the parade
ground. ! have Is officers under me
now and will have 6S1 men, as soon as
| everything 10 under way. | have had
q good deal of illness aud have had
| trouble with my eyes. | am now wear
ing blue glasses. 1t has been raining
here q great deal We miss the fine
| climate Of Missoua. The men we are
| receiving seem to he good lot. all
, willing to learn aud interested in their
work. CONSUMPTION Is q mighty good
thing for the coming generations. Men
are getting into close relations with
y their government and they will in the
future appreciate the instructions they
| receive here"
Enthusiastic and effective service is
being rendered by the boys and girls
of the Missoula public schools, e.cn
though they have no regular Red Cross
organization" said ]. L. Mil,ia ms,
| city superintendent of schools, last
evening. Mr.. Williams then enum-
1 tfdlcd some OF inc ways LII which tue
! pupils have been able to help in l.le
! Red Cross work. The boys made in
their manual training classes last
i spring the wooden boxes used to re-
ceive collections. doing the painting Of
! the red cross against the white back
ground as part of their assignment
| The girls in their sewing classes last
! spring made more than 300. articles.
| comfort bags and other things which
were sent for the use of soldiers at the
front. This year. during the six weeks
that school has been In session. the
girls have had their choice of making
tray cloths, napkins, handkerchief.
ice bag covers. comfort pillows AMI
ooveIs. Many OF the girls have taken
work to their homes to do out of school
| hours. bringing the pieces back to their
| teacher for approval before they are
sent to the war front. In the room for
special work. pupils are being Taught
TO knit by the instructor. Miss Fon-
ner. we are eady to welcome an Of
, ficer of the Red Cross society who, may
| come IN to organize the children into
a junior charter: but in the meantime,
we teachers are too busy helping the
pupils to do work for the Red Cross.
to make any start towards organiza-
ton"