The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-28

NEWS NOTES
At a Red Cross sale held at Sher-
man, S. D., last week, $4,000 was
raised. Among the things donated
for auction was a pig which sold for
$343, a pair of ducks for SIG and
two S. gold pieces for 500 apiece.
During a Red Cross auction sale
held at Volga, S. D., recently n egg
was sold for O5.50-probably the
highest price ever paid for a single
egg. A sack of beans brought SIG
and other donated articles sold for
many times their value. The entire
amount realized for the day was ST.
200.
One of the nurses to enter service
in base hospital No. l on March 7th
was Miss Anna Hanson of Sank Cen
ter, Mimi. She enlisted as a Red
Cross nurse last February but did not
receive notice to report until the day
before she left. Base hospital No.. l
was organized around Bellevue hospi-
tai, New York.
At West Concord, Mimi, recently
a community dinner and auction sale
Melted the local Red Cross branch
$1185.12. Receipts from the dinner,
which was served to 500 people,
amounted to $2O5. Fancy work, fur
niture, loads of hay and straw, and
all kinds of farm produce were
auctioned off. One rooster brought
$12O.25 and a dozen eggs sold for
$23.50.
South Dakota Indians are no slack
ers, according to a record published
by the "South Dakota Churchman."
The magazine states that II Sioux In
dams, members of the Episcopal
church, have enlisted in the army.
During a Red Cross sale held at
Nashville Township, Mimi, last week,
a silver dollar brought $52; a goose
sold for $27; a pint Of home canned
pineapple for $40. The entire amount
realized from the sale was $500.
A Red Cross apron sale was held
last week in the little town of Ar
negard, N. D., from which $4,000 was
realized.
All Red Cross knitters are chal-
lenged by the Mcleod County chapter,
Glencoe, Mimi, to compete with Mrs.
T. Slough who recently knitted a
sweater for a 200 pound soldier, in
5 hours and 10 minutes. Mrs. Slough
believes she can complete a sweater in
ever less time.
The little town of Hope, N. D., held
a single days drive for the Red
Cross last week, eliminating in a
Red Cross auction in the evening at
which all kinds of merchandise and
farm produce was sold. An auto
mobile was one of the articles auction
ed. Nearly $4,000 was raised in the
one day for the local organization.
A drive with hammer nails carried
on by the manual training department
of the Helena, Mont, schools last
week was virtually the most novel
of all Red Cross "drives."
Women workers of the Lewis &
Clark County Red Cross chapter were
puzzled as to how to secure boxes in
which to ship bandages and hospital
garments . Carpenters prices for
these boxes are from SIS to $3.50 each.
Forty boys of the manual training de-
garments. Carpenters prices for
teacher, made SO boxes in four hours.
As the boxes are worth about Sc
each, their donated services amounted
to $500.
Following his refusal to sign a Red
Cross contribution pledge, and his or
dering of two solicitors from his pro-
perty, the residence of Rev. E. M. Full
Ter, Hutchinson, Mimi, was striped
with yellow paint by indignant citi-
zens, and the word "pro-Kaiser" was
inscribed in large characters on all
sides of the house. Rev. Muller has
shown opposition toward the Liberty
loan, Y. M. C. A., and the Red
Cross movement since the United
States entered the wal.
"The Star Spangled Banner" in
Italian, rising from young Italian
Threats from Italy's trenches at the