Williston graphic., 1918-10-03
the benefit Of the Red Cross. Every
animal was donated by exhibitors,
and the proceeds from the sale amount
to about $1,000.

W 0OOOV VA)VVVs
Floyd Gibbons, war correspondent
of the Chicago Tribune was wound
ed three times in the battle of
Chateau Thierry, one Of the injuries
resulting in the loss of his left eye,
pays this tribute to the American
Red Cross in the lecture he is now
delivering to the American people:
1f it were not for the efficiency
of the Red Cross l doubt if l would
be alive today. On being carried to
a hospital that has been established
in an old church some distance be-
hind the lines l heard the surgeons
grouped about me carrying on an ami
mated conversation. One Of the doc
tors who had been examining my
hurts requested that some prepara-
tion be handed to him Immediately.
The others told him the supply of the
article he desired had been exhaust
ed. In a little while l realized they
wanted the anti-tetanus serum which
is used to head off infection caused
by particles of earth entering the
wounds. This danger of infection is
one of the greatest the surgeons over
there have to combat. As they dis
cussed my case an attendant entered
the room and said the Red Cross man
had arrived with another supply of
serum. 1t probably saved my life and
the lives Of about fifteen other pa
tients who had just been brought in"
At a recent meeting of the execu-
tive board of the Moody County Red
Cross Chapter, Flandreau, S. D.. it
was voted to send $500 to the official
relief committee at Tyler, Mimi, to
assist in aiding the citizens who are
suffering from the effects Of the tor
nado which devastated that city last
month.
Acting on advices from the Com
missioner for France, the Red Cros.:
War Council has authorized the pur-
chase and shipment of 81 tons of
rolled steel for making splints. This
supply is additional to a quantity
previously requested, the increase be-
ing caused by an elaboration of the
splint program Of the commission for
France. The appropriation for the
additional quantity amounted to 49,
627.
The Anota Branch Of the Red Cross,
Anota, N D., has far exceeded it's
knitting quota during the last two
months, having reported 265 COM
pleted pairs of socks in July and 565
pairs in August This Branch hold
a knitting contest recently in con-
junction with it's three Auxiliaries. A
set of gold knitting needles, the first
prize, was awarded Mrs. 0. J. Har-
son who knit "A pairs of socks in
August.
One hundred Belgian families will
soon be occupying as many four room
cottages in a village which the Amer
lean Red Cross is building on a
picturesque hillside just outside LIE
Havre, according to reports just re-
ceived from Havre. Every effort is
being made to have the village, when
complete, resemble bit of Belgium
transplanted in France. The village
will have paved streets, electric
light and an up-to-date water main
system. The population will be select
ed from the poorest of the refugees.
No family with less than four chill
dren will be given cottage.
Each cottage will have garden
and will rent for six dollars month.
Tenants who cannot pay will be
taken care of by some charitable or
ganization, but everyone who gets a
cottage will be expected to work. The
rent from the cottages, it has been
figured, will pay the expense OF run
ming the town. There will be two
Belgium schools, with Belgian teach
ers: Belgian priest, Belgian Off
cials and one of the cooperative stores
so popular in Belgium. The cottages
are portable and after the war can
he shipped to Belgium and set up in
the native towns of the people who
occupy them.
Palermo 49, A recent work Of the
American Red Cross instituted at
Palermo is a school in the garden Of
the villa kindly loaned by the Duke
dOrleans for this purpose. The school
is in charge of an able Italian, one
whose wounds received in the service
of his country make him unfit for fur
tber military service. He is spec
ialist in agriculture and the work OF
the new school will be directed on
these lines. Potatoes, corn and other
vegetables, chickens and rabbits will
be raised in sufficient quantities to
aid materially in feeding the children
of the school and other beneficlarles
of the Red Cross in the neighborhood
Of Palermo. There are now 100 chill
dren at the villa.
One of the large floral companies
Of Fargo, N. D., recently donated a
large amount of gladioli and mari
colds to be sold for the benefit OF
the Red Cross. Volunteers dressed
in Red Cross uniforms sold all the