Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-11
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Notice To Langdon Branch Red
Cross Knitters. Our April slogan is
SO sweaters and 800 pairs of socks.
| Each shipment made has shown more
and better work. Let US keep this
record up. To interest others. keep
several pieces OF knitting in your
bag, and when your neighbor calls
without her knitting, hand her a
piece. She will enjoy it and so will
the men at the front. You may have
a little ripping to do but she will
catch the inspiration and may be-
come an expert knitter. Have you
trouble with any part of your sock?
If so calf up Mrs. James Walker. If
the sweater is giving you trouble,
call up Miss Nettie Prinyer. If they
can not help YOU they will get you
an expert. The experts are legion
in Langdon now, and all are willing
to help. Remember the slogan, socks
and sweater 6 to /. Do not make the
mistake of knitting less sweaters but
more socks. Get ready now for the
rally at the Milne home to be held on
Saturday. April 9th. Get your yarn,
W aich is shrunk and ready for knit
ting from Mrs. John Mahon, or by
the skein from any of the chairmen.
Red Cross Magazine.- "A |
members of the Red Cross may be-
come magazine members and receive
the Red Cross Magazine for one year
by paying an additional dollar to their
local branch within three months after
the original dollar was paid, This is
a splendid publication and should be
in every home. 1t is your magazine
and is endeavoring to tell by pictures,
stories and articles how your money
is being spent and how your band
ages and surgical dressings a1e stop
ping wounds and fighting death. Every
home and school should have a copy
of this magazine. The April number
is devoted to the Junior Red Cross
work and should be of great value to
teachers in this line of work.
As a mean of carrying out the or.
der recently issued by the Surgeon
General of the United States Army,
whereby the Red Cross is to provide
a very large quantity of the dressings
required for army use, che Flatlead
Red Cross Chapter have made arrange
ments to send a portion of its surgi-
cal dressings class to the Kalispell
General Hospital each week. The gu.
p~erintendent of the hospital declared
that night work, which heretofore had
been necessary in order to have d
sufficient supply of dressings on hand
would soon be discontinued.
Patriotism in the highest degree
was displayed at the Red Cross auc.
tion sale held at Ramona, South Da.
kota, las: week the total receipts OF
one day amounting to more than
81, 000-a record hard to surpass for
a community of only $50 people.
In order to protect from moths and
damage in other forms during the
summer months, Red Cross sweaters
and other knitted articles furnished
to the soldiers, an order has been is
sued under date of Macrh 18th, by
the Adjutant General of the Army,
addressed to all commanding Generals
and all department commanders, in
structing them to have an inventory
: taken at nee of all articles of wear.
ing apparel issued by the Red Cross
r and to require the Unit Supply off
: GERS to take up on their return ant
: account for these articles as though
2 they were government property regu
! iarly supplied by the quartermasterl
t corps. Furthermore, they are to ex
ercise the same care in their use AM
preservation and are to turn them ir
to the quartermaster for renovation
: at the end of the season, or when M
longer required, to be reissued whel
need. This action on the part of the
War department will assure tn
thousands of American women who
have knitted sweaters and other ar
ticles for soldiers for winter use tina
the articles which they have made ar
to receive the same careful attention
2 as clothing or any article furnished
by the government.
War demands cut down the petrt
leum stock in the United States to tn
. extent of nearly 49, 900 barrels dul
ing the first nine months of the pres