The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-06-14
B0rderland Auxiliary.

Borderland Auxiliary.
The Borderland auxiliary was or
ganized at Richland on May is, and
already an excellent membership list
has been secured. The following is
the list Of officers and members:
Mrs. Miller Dridgeman was chosen
to act as chairman; Mrs. Steele, treas
urer; and Mrs. F. S. Pettijohn, secre-
tary. The other members are Mrs.
Thomas Rhodes, Mrs. Ollie krovick,
Mrs. Jack Power, Mrs. c NJ. Nelson,
Mrs. Lee Archibald, Mrs. c. N. Vance,
Miss Kate Archibald, Mrs. Lucy Sher-
man, Mrs. Ward Vance, Mrs. Allen
Brldgeman.
Golden Rule Auxiliary.
One of the more recent additions to
tho Red Cross organization of Val
ley county is the Goldc., Rule auxil-
Otto Gullingsoud, Chairman;. Miss
stead, Mrs. M. N. Lavenger, Mrs. Tom
Fladager, Mrs Selmer Fladager, Anna
Thompson, Mrs. B. 0. Tande. Mrs. Hill
mar Knudson, Mrs. Bertha E. Esval,
Sigrf Esval, Mrs. Albert Tande.
Coal Creek Auxiliary.
The Coal Greek auxiliary consists
of the thirteen members and the lad
les are actively engaged in the work
of the Red Cross. The following names
have been handed in;
Mrs. Anna Golden is chairman, Miss
Florence Richardson, secretary and
Ms. A.. B. Carter, treasurer. The
other names on the list follow: Miss
Grace Richardson, Mrs A. B. Carter,
Mrs. Oscar Halverson, Mrs. Sam Rich
ardson, Mrs. A. B. Carter, Mrs. Oscar
H%slverson, Mrs. Sam Richardson, Mrs.
Herbert Jacque, Miss Mary Hughes,
Miss Nora Hughes, Mrs. T. S. Lowell,
Miss Julia Halverson, Mrs. J. ]. Wolf.
Miss Belle Grossman has placed a
small savings hank on the counter at
the Grossman garage and marked it
with a Red Cross as a receptacle for
small change which viii! be donated to
the Valley chapter. 1t is surprising to
what an extent the Red Cross may be
helped in just such ways as this.
A condition of misery and starva-
ton that is beyond description was the
situation in western Asia this spring
before the Red Cross stepped in with
an arrangement of monthly apportion-
ments which will aggregate $1,000, 900
by July /. The following telegram
received from Teheran, capital of Per-
STA, tells of the frightful conditions in
one of the western asia districts:
"May 8, 1918. Charles V. Vickrey,
1 Madison avenue, New York. The
sum of seventy-fve thousand is &C.
copied with thanks. There is a great
epidemic of typhoid and typhus and
famine conditions are unexpectedly
!. growing worse. Other Persian cities
food stuffs are enormous and they are
mails, grass and even human beings
q, are being eaten. An additional one
I hundred thousand should be sent il
possible: More could be used. (Sign
p ed Jordan"
Another telegram received from
Jerusalem a few days later described
improved conditions in that district
The telegram follows:
sour records show 10000 individ
uals helped in Jerusalem. Laundry AM
mending contracts for army undertak
en-. Government now transporting
1900 Armenian refugees from Jerusa
lem to Port Said. Others coming
from southeast. Hospital establishe
at Mejdel near GAIA doing excellen
work. Conditions in Ramallah regio
greatly improved. Employment pre-
vided for all. Trowbridge will NEE
Armenian Syrian relief and Red eros
commission at Port Said"
Red Cross Brought Hope to Italy
in Darkest Hour Of Piave Battl
Under Secretary of State for ltal!
NJ. Romeo Gallenga Stuart, paid thi
tribute to the moral effect on certai
Italians wrought by a simple presenc
of some of the Red Cross represents
tives in Italy, soon after the lat
Italian retreat:
81 shall always remember a yer
sad evening of last November, a fe,
days after the battle of Carpretto. W
were all timidly anxious and d.
pressed, as We did not know II "
should be able to hold the line of tn
Piave. We were in Venice in tn
piazza of St. Mark, and as we WEI
endeavoring to save all that we coul
we were taking down the bronz
horses of the church, the horses tbs
Ruskin and every other lover {
beauty admired so much.
"Those were terrible moments. ]
the pale light of the setting sun. tn
dark bronze horses were quietly mo-
ing away on the big black .venetia
boats. Our hearts went with then
We did not dare to speak, even tn
pigeons on the piazza did not dare I
fly.
Suddenly I turned around and sa'
a small group of well-built, stron
young men in khaki. They were lool
ing on with grim, set faces: The
were Americans. representatives {
the Red Cross. We noticed them an
our hearts seemed to recover as b
q miracle from the sadness.
"In them, we saw the young worl
with all its energies, all its gallal
youth, all its power, coming over
ave in the old world all that is GOO