The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-30

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only 754, according to the latest CEN
sus. |"
Community clubs have been organ
lied for the sole purpose of doing
Red Cross work. These clubs are
now meeting thruout the city and are
q means of obtaining many women,
to do knitting and sewing for the Red
Cross, who otherwise would find it
difficult to do SO. The plan Of this
special club is to meet at one members
house each week. When The women
living in that particular vicinity at
tend the meeting, they take their
children with them. The little ones
are then allowed to play in a yard
nearby, supervised by some older per-
son.
An auction held for the Red Cross
in Cannon Falls, Mimi, recently, net
ted the local organization $500. A
feature Of the sale was a service flag,
representing all the enlisted men from
the town, which sold for $685..
To keep aged parents and grand
parents of Italian soldiers comfort
able, the American Red Cross dis
'tributed in three days some 1900
suits Of warm underclothing.
The local Red Cross at Hancock,
Mimi, has undertaken to mail a copy
of the home paper to every man in the
service. The society will depend upon
the relatives Of the enlisted men to re-
port any change Of address so that
the papers will be received regularly.
An abandoned quarry, a Red Cross
idea and $5,715 Of Red Cross funds
and the boys at Fl. O~glethorpe, Ga,
have q fine swimming pool. Six hun
dred men at a time can battle in this
smooth rockbound basin.
Ransom county, North Dakota, over
subscribed it's quota a week ago. Fort
Yates county, North Dakota, with a
population of 1888 persons, nor than
rs per cent of whom are Sioux In
dians, has already raised it's quota of
$1,000. La Moure county, North Da-
kota, leaders report that their quota
is already subscribed and there are
only waiting to make official an
nouncement for the opening of the
drive. Nearly every one Of the coun-
ties in South Dakota have subscribed
their allotments in accordance with
their state law by appointments
levied by the various county COM
missioners. Campaigns in such coun-
ties will be simply for the purpose Of
seeing how far they can oversubscribe
their allotment.
III. G. Jewett Of Aberdeen, visited
Northern Division headquarters today
and left a check for S15,000-his
county's share of the second Red
Cross fund. All over the four states
there is the same enthusiasm. No
one questions for a moment that the
divisions quota will not be raised, the
only doubts are as to whether or not
the division will lead, as did the ninth
district in the third liberty loan, the
race Of the nation, and as to how
much the division and state allotments
will be oversubscribed.
The salvage department of the Red
Cross is accustomed to many unusual
donations, but it was at a loss to
know how to dispose Of one offer re-
ceived last week. "A woman at Be
midi, Mimi, telephoned the local de-
partment to have it's collectors call
for her husband, declaring that he
was the most useless 'piece of junk"
she had to offer
The Red Cross has an energetic
worker in Mrs. Carrie Danielson, New
London, Mimi, who is IS years old.
Since March 6, Mrs. Danielson has
knitted rs pairs Of socks.
IA number Of portable houses have
been built BY the American Red Cross
on loaned ground near Paris and sold
on easy terms to refugee families.
When the wal is over the families can
take their houses with them to replace
q home shattered by shell.
The price Of eggs scared last week
at an auction held at Hastings, Mimi,
when one egg sold for $43.55. At
the close Of the sale q chicken din
ner was served which netted 5000.
/ The entire proceeds amounted to
$5,657.85, which sum was turned over
tai the treasurer Of the local Red
Cross. MI
Frank Fiske, Of Fort Yates, N. OAK.
chairman Of the Sioux County chapter
sc tie American. Red Cross, has -
ported 10 his state headqusrtsfs that
az Sioux Indians lre donating horses