The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-21
ELEPHANT 7SllE
Goes WITH RUSH
Buyers Put in Requests for
Spinning Wheel, Kettle,
Bedstead.
RCMMAGE, is APPEAL
Red Cross Asks MissOulians
to Empty Attics for
Sammees.
RUMMAGE, IS APPEAL

Wanted:
An old fashioned spinning wheel
4 firelcss cooker
\ pair of lea her loggings.
An iron bedstead
A tea Kettle.
Buyers with money that are anxious
to give TO the Red Cross have applied
for those article ut the White ETC
rhant sale, which the organization is
conducting at l25 Higgins avenue. The
bazaar has for sale almost everything
from chickens to Chaucer. but George
Newton. director of the sale. was
stumped by the five requests listed
above. He wants help.
Give Half Hour to Red Cross.
II every family in Missoula would
give half an hour today to rnmmaeng
in attacs and cellars and back closets
for the White Elephants an homes con-
tain. we would have thousands OF dol
lars worth OF stuff for the bazaar.
What Is n white Elephant worth IL
he is kept in the attic. Not thing.
dig out your White Elephants.
friends. and make them fight in
France
Market for Everything.
But" you say, the old stuff have
stored away is worth nothn. ut all.
ia bc ashamed 70 offer II to tho Rcd
Cross"
When you say that you are lin the
language OF the trenches) standing on
your foot. Let Newton answer you.
"'rhcre Is n market for everything,
I've discovered. We are going to con
tinue this bazaar for n week, and per-
haps longer. In that time we will he
able to dispose Of every last article in
n useful and profitable way. If the
people of Missoula will only bring down
those things which we haven't any
use for, but they're too good to burn.
the Red Cross will prosper. Just call
1877"
Chance to Find Treasure.
But giving is only half OF the game.
After you have given. go to the bazaar
and look over the stock there. It's a
fifty-fifty bet that you will find some
thing for which You have long been
searching in vain.
'EItiIIHliiE olu ItllcS. Quaint pieces VI
old furniture. rare books. croekery,
clothes--oh. the list is too long. There
is even an organ.
For example. two old fashioned spin
ming wheels will be on sale when the
bazaar opens this afternoon. One has
already been asked for, but two have
been promised.
Artist Gives Painting.
And II. s. Paxson has donated to the
sale one Of his wonderful Indian pic
lures. This painting Is to be ratified
by the Red Cross and the chances arc
selling out fast
The stock does not contain only in
animate things pair of bantam
chickens has been sold and two rabbits
were purchased almost as soon as the
doner had left the bazaar. A pup will
he on sale today. and n great collection
OF livestock will be sold at auction Sat
urday evening.
F. New Yorker Buys Deer Head.
An unknown buyer who strolled into
the bazaar Saturday afternoon, sniet
n handsome deer head and immediately
bought It and ordered it. shipped to
New York. a st. 1gnatius visitor or
dered a leather arm chair.
And food. Say. the way home made
preserves are going is amazing. Only
a few Jars of the big stock with which
the bazaar opened are left And more
than 1000 pounds of potatoes van
ished under an eager demand.
Mascot Is Found.
The sale has been = tremendous
success" said George Newton. Per
haps it is due to the fact that we have
at last secured n mascot. The stu
dents of the school of forestry at the
State University created n big white
elephant for us and led 1t through town
Saturday to the bazaar doors, where
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