The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-07-19

the pTOcooOS from WHICH VIII Uc given
to the Red Cross. "Five cents and
up" will be the admission charged.
The performance is modelled as near
as possible-the leading features be-
ing a boxing exhibition, fortune telling
and hypnotism.
The Cascade County Red Cross
chapter, Great Falls, Montana, made
q ruling last week that anyone wishing
to carry on an activity under the name
of the Red Cross must first receive
the sanction of the executive commit
tee.
The Woman's club of Dutton, Mont,
is distributing printed pledge cards
among the farmers of that locality.
These cards call for a donation in
money of the average yield Of one acre
to be given to the Red Cross next
October.
The Red Cross chapter of Miles
City, Mont, will receive $50 for cap
turing Marshall Serrano, a deserter
of New Jersey training camp. On
coming to Miles City, Serrano claimed
to be without means and stated that
he had seen service in the trenches
in France. After producing faxed Gre
dentials he was given $1S by the
Custer County Red Cross chapter,
where he made a decidedly pro-Ger-
man speech before women workers.
Immediately after making these Sc
ditious utterances he was arrested,
and the money given him was return
ed to the Red Cross in addition to the
reward of $50 which is paid for the
capture of d%eserters.
Forty acres Of land to be sow with
flax and OTIS has been donated to the
Red Cross branch of Opheim, Mont.
Women members of the branch expect
to do most of the work themselves.
F. l.. johnson, Red Lodge, Mont,
the Red Cross service early last week.
He expects to receive his passports
within the next 60 days, together with
orders to report Immediately for duty.
His expenses abroad will be paid, but
he will receive no salary.
More than 200 ambulance cars were
placed at the disposal of the italian
armies by the American Red Cross
within a few weeks after the United
States declared war on Austria.
D. S. Mclaughlin, the American
etcher, in company with his wife, has
been devoting his full time for the
past ten months to refugee work in
Sicily.
The city barber shop of Conrad,
Mont, proved it's loyalty recently by
donating the entire receipts from one
days business to the Red Cross. This
gift brought the local organization
5000. Particularly worthy of men,
ton is the colored bootblack, whose
work alone brought in $50.
The Big Horn county chapter, Hard
ing, Mont, recently held a carnival
which was the most successful affair
90 its kind eve held in the state. The
receipts Of the carnival, which includ-
ed an auction, side shows and games,
such as Swat the Kaiser" and "Wool-
ly Boys"
William O'Neill, a laundryman of
Great Falls, Mont, has donated one
hundred sacks of potatoes to the local
chapter of the Red Cross.
Stars from a service flag were sold
to bidders at a Red Cross auction held
in Plentywood, Mont, recently. One
star was auctioned for $3.50, another
for 500. A supper in the evening
brought $3.50 and a dance 1888. The
entire proceeds of the day amounted
to $4,000.
The Pleasant Valley Red Cross lux
iliary, Broadview, Mont, held an all
day carnival and auction sale, recent
ly, which netted more than 1925 for
the local organization.
Mrs. George Harper of Great Falls,
Mont, received word recently that her
sister, Miss Barbara MacKinnon, a
nurse in the service of the American
Red Cross in France, had been SER
iously wounded. The telegram stated
that she sustained multiple gun shot
wounds.
Dawson county chapter of the Amer.
lean Red Cross, Glendive, Mont, or.
ganized thirty auxiliaries in less thar
two months. The population of this
county is widely scattered and there
are no railroads. Most of the workers
travel long distances to meet in rura
s~choolhouses or %granaries. The allot
ment assigned Dawson county for thu
second war fund drive was $1,000 bu'
S11,174 was raised. During this month
more than 5000 has been received b,
the chapter from auxiliaries under it,
jurisdiction. These amounts are be
yond all expectation as the county suf
fered almost a total crop failure las
year.
The latest issue of a magazine pub
lished by the eighth grade school chill
dren Of Dillon, Mont, is a complet,
Red Cross number. The contents 0,
this magazine describes Red Cross &C
Invites of the juniors.
The judges decision at Butte. Mont.
will determine whether or not the loca
Red Cross organization will receiv,
$4,000. Joe Williams, a detective, i
SUING Meagher county for money al
legged to be due him for services rend
cred. He has offered his claims to thu
Red Cross. and if the case is decided
IN his favor, the chapter will receive
the entire amount.
Pingling, Mont, recently raised
!1,I0o at a Red Cross sale and dance
In addition to various kinds of house
hold furniture, a large amount of live
stock and several fine horses were
donated by people Of the community
One team of horses brought $500
The sale was followed by a Dime,
served by members of the local Rec