The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
SHIPMENT BY
RED CROSS
SHORTLY
FRONT ARE BEING
PREPARED

sent the busiest SCeuo III tOWu. luc
front room is filled every day with
women workers, sewing and knit
ting, while the back room resembles
the warehouse of a garment fac
tory.
Just now a big consignment of
garments is being packed and a
table Is feet long is piled high with
all sorts of manufactured supplied
for the boys over there" This is
the second consignment to go for
ward and it is by far the largest,
attesting to the d~eftness, industry
and enthusiasm of the Red Cross
ladies of Goldfield.
Goldfield, however, is not en-
titled to all the credit, for Horn
silver and Fish Lake Valley, auxil-
iaries of the local chapter, are both
contributors to the shipment.
The consignment now being pack
ed will consist of the following: 65
sweaters, 81 pairs of socks, 3S
scarfs, (6S inches long), % he'll
NETS, 33 pairs of wristlets, IS suits
of canton flannel pajamas, 81 twill
cotton bed shirts, SO gauze COM
presses, 25 gauze wipers, 5 four
tailed bandages and 16 scrap books.
This represents the garments fin
ished since the 18th of December,
or about six weeks work which, in
the vernacular of the day, Is GER
tainly going some" Some SO
knitters are on the "quartermas-
tiers" list and about SO who sew.
Only a few work regularly at head
quarters, most of the ladies doing
their work at home.
The work of distributing mater
ials is thoroughly systematized.
Every worker who gets material at
headquarters is charged with the
same and the finished articles are
credited, when deposited. The
'quartermaster" knows just how
much material goes into each gar
ment, and the supplies checked out
and the garments returned must
tally.
The garments turned out by the
Red Cross represent not only great
labor but considerable money, for
now wooden yarns are very expen-
sive, costing $3.50 to $3.4O per
pound, according to quality. A
sweater, for instance, takes from
f%ive-eighths to a full pound of yarn,
depending upon the weight of the
warn. as all sweaters are made
alike, according to a regulation pat
tern; therefore the material in a
sweater costs not less than SO.
Canton flannel and twill cotton
are also high in price. About $500
worth of wool yarn was bought the
first of January and it has all been
made UP or is now in the hands of
knitters and an additional order has
been placed.
But even with the high price,
materials for Red Cross work are
extremely hard to get. The ma
tional organization contracted with
all the factories in the country pos
sible, but still cannot supply the
demand and it has been with the
greatest difficulty that the Gold
field chapter has been kept sup
piled.
In addition, freights just now are
unusually slow; n consignment
of materials having been on the
road from San Francisco for about
two weeks. These difficulties have
caused frequent delays in the work,
but are unavoidable. Mrs. Aspland.
chairman of the committee, has
gone to the coast to try to secure
a more regular delivery of supplies.
During her absence, Mrs. Cater
mole is at the desk at headquarters.
The local Red Cross chapter is
confronted with the proplem of
keeping the workers supplied with
materials. While up to this time
there have been sufficient funds to
finance the work, the treasury is
being taxed and the question arises
how to keep the work going in the
future.
This is a serious problem, espec-
ially in view of the many calls being
made for funds by the various wal
activities; but the local Red Cross
chapter realizes that this Is the
most important phase of home en-
!deavor and must be kept going at
all hazards.
A meeting will be called soon, to
devise some means for creating a
o1-&o;c o-d cfoadv aVaOnA so that