East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-08
RED CROSS TO
START DRIVE
ON MAY 10th
Patriotic Service League
Handles Work in UmatiIIa
County This Time.
100000 WILL BE
RAISED IN OREGON
Seventy Five Per Cent of
New Money Goes to
General Fund.

The Second War Fund Drive fol
the American Red Cross is next on the
program and there is not long to
wait. The date set for the big drive
for 100000, 600 has been fixed as the
week of May 2O-27.
Already plans are under way In
umatilla county for raising the quota
here within few days. While the
matter OF raising the funds is delegat-
ed 10 each chapter Of the Red Cross.
here In Umatilla county the machinery
of the Umatllla County Patriotic Ser
vice League will be utilized.
A meeting OF the executive commit
tee of the league with Chairman w. l..
Thompson and Secretary c. Il. Roose-
welt OF the chapter was held yester-
day afternoon to discuss plans of pro-
cedure and the RED Cross officials
turned the entire campaign over to
the league.
Members Of the executive commit
tee will probably make n tour OF the
county during the next few days to
advice with the various district chair
men upon the preliminary work.
oregon's Quota $500. 900.
Oregon is 10 aim at 5000. 900. M
was the case In the first Red Cross
war drive. when over s1,000.00D was
subscribed. Portland's quota has been
set. as before. at S250.00O. while >the
aim for the state at large is $3.50, 900
The county quotas have not yet been
fixed but Umatilla county's win prob
ably be between $4,000 and S35. 900
MIR. Corbett has appointed II. T.
Witham az state manager and MIR.
fWitham. In turn. appointed a series
OF assistant state managers. who be-
gan this morning Il tour Of the state
which win take them 10 the chapter
Headquarters OF each district. 10 as.
sist In perfectlng organization. Each
assistant manager is one who has
made record previously In Liberty
Loan, Red Cross. Y. NJ. c. A. or SIM
liar Drive. and In some cases. In an
OF them.
Morrow. umatilla. Union and Wal J
Iowa counties viii be In charge of J.
O. Elrod. well known eastern oregon !
farmer and wheat grower He was |
colonel In the last Liberty Loan drive
and has an investment office In
Portland and a sawmill near Eu-
gene. Mr.. Elrod has made n CON
spicuous record in many lines OF pa
triotlc endeavor.
The The headquarters of both the
city OF Portland and the state cam
palgns will be at Liberty Temple.
Portland.
The Red Cross war fund dollar is
really Sl.O2 for OF every dollar sub
scribed to the Red Cross In the drive
last year, S1.O2 has been available,
the two cents representing Interest.
The funds subscribed will be depos-
tied IS per cent TO the credit Of the
American National Red Cross for war
work abroad and 90 per cent for the
war work OF the local chapter.
Not a cent will be expended from
the war fund for the expenses OF the
campaign I'm any way. Eleven hum
dred dollars was allowed To oregon
by National headquarters from mem-
bership dues and this has been eX-
pended on the printing OF receipt
books. pledge cards. etc. Campaign
expenses will be borne by the general
chapter fund.
with the exception of Si1,OOO.00O
which will be expended or contract
ed for before June I. the s1oO,O00.00
originally subscribed to the Red Cross
has been expended.
II. w. Hicks, travelling passenger
agent OF the O.-W. i. g. y. was here
overnight and left on Nos this