Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-31
WAR FUND.- DRIVE
FOR RED CROSS
WAY OVER TOP
Ottumwa's Quota Exceeded
By $3.50; Miners Give
Per Cent of Wage.
PLEDGE SUPPORT
TILL HUN IS LICKED

The second drive for the war fund
of the Red Cross bids fair to go over
the quota in Wapello county with tho
of the allotment for the county. Ot-
tumwa has thus far passed the goal Of
$4,000 and today headquarters an
nounces that the drive In the city
alone is $17.550 and more is expected.
The county is expected to do fully
as well and many of the rural COM
munities have shattered quotas beyond
recognition, Eldon going at the rate of
nearly 500 per cent Bidwell has
shown loyalty in degree that assures
the Red Cross a continued support for
not content with exceeding their
quota, the miners there have pledged
themselves to continue the help In a
substantial manner. They have pledg-
ed themselves to give per cent Of
their gross earnings to the Red Cross,
not for the four months period of the
drive, but until the Hun is licked.
BIDWELL PATRIOTIC
The following report Of the Bidwell
Red Cross workers Is worthy Of no.
tice:
The Bidwell branch Of the Red
Cross was assigned $50 for the
1918 maintenance fund for Wap.
clio county and went over the top
to the tune Of $500. She subscrib-
ed TO $4,000 worth Of Liberty
bonds and has pledged $4,000 for
3 War Savings stamps.
The county Red Cross officials
assigned her $3.50 as her quota Of
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meeting was held to consider
ways and means of raising this
within the next four months-the
time allowed. Chairman w. T.
Ramsey called a number Of men
to the platform and asked them to
express their views and after X.
F. Clardy had explair ed the pur-
pose of the drive and what the
fund was for, John Kincade, VIM.
Weese. David Reese. John Davis
and Claude Crandall made short
talks and suggested that the men
give a certain per cent Of their
gross earnings to raise the money.
GIVE TILL HUN Is LICKED
All present approved the idea
and last night the question was
u. M. w. of A., the miners organ
q per cent of their earnings until
the amount needed was raised,
but instead they voted, without a
dissenting vote, to give, one per
cent of their gross earnings from
now until the Hun is whipped and
the world made safe for democ-
racy. This will mean approx.
mately $4,000 to $4,000 year. in
addition to membership fees, etc.
1t Is also said that their employ.
er, the Bidwell Coal Co., will also
make the same donation If the
people of Iowa will only be patri-
otic enough to buy coal, now, so
that the mines may run more than
two or three days week. as they
now are, instead Of waiting until
next winter and have to freeze
z for the want of coal, the Red
Cross will benefit proportfonately.
ALL SHOW BIG RETURNS
Other rural communities that have
been active in the work OF raising the
second war fund include Agency. That
township has forgotten quotas and
stopping places and has already re-
ported to county headquarters the
sum of $1.191 with more to come.
Highland township has been among
the vanguard and a partial report
made to headquarters today shows the
Red Cross boosters active in High
land. There the sum reported has
reached $1,2S7 thus far.
Christiansburg has raised $175 and
other places have reported at various
times during the drive sums that ex-
ceed their quotas. The committee in
charge of the rural drives expects to
be able to make report on all these
places by the last Of the week.
NAVY OFFICER HELD