Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-02-21

for set of knitted articles received
from the Red Cross. From what l
hear" the letter continues, "the wo-
men of the United States are getting
real busy. With all you are doing,
though, you have it very easy COM
pared with the women here in France.
Only old men, women and children are
left to produce for France and it is
pretty hard for them. For the bene-
fit of the housewives back home /
will give you a little dope on condi-
lions here: Butter is 80 cents a pound;
eggs rs cents a dozen, sugar hard to
get at all, and meat so high that it
does not pay to eat it. Even with the
high prices the French try hard to
do little things for the American SOL
diers. They give US pies and other
little things like that, things they can
hardly afford to eat themselves.
At Rolla, N. D there is dray-
man who refuses to accept fees from
any Red Cross workers, either for
transportation of them or of pack
ages they desire to send to and from
the railroad station to the workrooms.
In the future all knitted articles
turned into the Northern Division will
be shipped to the soldiers in France,
according to the announcement made
by Color Campbell, director of mill
tary relief. Red Cross authorities at
Washington and field directors at the
various camps and environments in this
country have been supplied with knit
ted articles, but that there is scare
ity Of such garments in France. The
fact that our troops here have been
supplied does not mean that there
should be any let-up in production,
Mr.. Campbell warns, but on the con-
trary the demand from abroad is SO
imperative that production should be
increased.
Governor j. A. A. Burnquist, of
Minnesota, today added his endorse
ment to those of public men in all
walks of life who are heartily sup
porting the Junior Red Cross move
ment in the schools. The intensive
drive to enroll every boy and girl in
the schools of the United States in
the Junior Red Cross begins Monday
and will continue until Westinghouse
birthday, Feb. 22d. At meeting
in Washington, month ago, prom
inent educators and child welfare
workers from all parts of the country
endorsed the Junior Red Cross as the
single agency through which patriotic
school activities might be expressed
At this conference all other child &C.
tivities in support of the nation in the
present crisis were merged into the
Junior Red Cross movement and plans
were made for a nation wide crusade
to bring every child in America into
the ranks. President Wilson signified
his hearty approval of such an action
The Junior Red Cross, he declared
was the place for every boy and girl
in America to join in service of thei,
country. Other endorsements fol.
lowed. Members of the United States
Bureau of Education, the National
Educational association, the War Saw.
ings Stamps committee, the Depart.
ment of Agriculture and the United
States Food administration sent let.
ters urging activity in the campaign.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, issued
a statement heartily approving of tine
campaign. His eminence, James Car.
dinal Gibbons, urged all Catholics tc
have their children join the new organ,
ization. Today Governor Burnquist
C. G.. Schulz, state superintendent Of
schools of Minnesota, A. D. Wilson
Minnesota food administrator, and A
R. Rogers, who conducted the two
Liberty Loans in Minneapolis, added
their endorsements. u
Members of the Kittson county
Minnesota, Red Cross have begun the
movement of writing to soldiers
Names Of all men enlisted from the
county have been filed with Mrs. Axe
Olson, and she has assigned variou.
Red Cross members to write at Least
once each week to men gone from tn,
county.
mo mother need to worry because
her son is ut Camp Cody. 1t is on,
of the healthiest if not the healtiies
environment in the country. Com