The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-07
RED CROSS
NEWS NOTES

Workers in the Red Cross chapter
at Lewistown, Mont, were much dis
turbed last week by rumors that
gauze bandages made in their work
rooms were being infected with pois-
on. An investigation disclosed the
source of the rumor and contradicted
it's truth. The work room in ques-
ton vas a new one and was found
to be infested with mice. One of the
women placed poison on the floor near
n Of the mice holes. Less than five
minutes later her attention was called
to the danger that mice might carry
the poison into the supplies and the
poison was Immediately removed. It
was not removed soon enough howev-
er to prevent the circulation of the
rumor.
Six farmers in Stutsman county,
North Dakota, have formed a Red
Cross club, membership being grant
ed on the donation Of $50 to the Red
Cross. ...
Members of the Duluth, MIMI, curl
ing club last week held an auction
of curling stones, the sale netting the
local chapter of the Red Cross $74.50.
Members Of the Virginia, Mimi,
Woman's club have voted to do Red
Cross work instead of devoting pro-
gram nights to discussion of litera-
ture or music.
Six little girls, all under IL years
old, have formed a Red Cross knit
ting club at Fargo, and have planned
meetings every week for instruction
in knitting and garment making.
Melting pots have been placed in
three Of the leading stores at Red
Lodge, Mont, where offerings of
gold, silver, silver plate, aluminium
and brass will be melted and sold for
the Red Cross. Workers are scour-
ing the city for such gifts.
Four hundred mine workers at
Roundup, Mont, have pledged them
seles to give a dollar to the local Red
Cross chapter for a year.
At Park Rapids, Mimi, farmers are
planning a "Red Cross Wood Day."
Nearly 200 farmers living in the VIC
Unity have agreed to bring in loads
of wood on a certain day to be sold
for the benefit Of the Red Cross.
Prizes have been offered for the larg-
est load of wood and farmers who haul
for the greatest distance.
On the first day that a class in sur
gical dressings for men was conduct
ed by the Lake City, MIMI, Red
Cross 26 men appeared a. students.
They came in M by one, each ap-
parently surprised to see the number
Of other men present. All went to
work with a will, agreeing as they
left later in the evening, to bring 9TH
er men to the next meeting.
More than 200 couples were present
at a Red Cross dance given by tele-
phone girls at Virginia, MINI. After
all expenses Of the evening were paid
$3.50 was turned over to the local
Red Cross organization.
Five dray loads of Red Cross sup
plies were shipped from Bismarck, N.
D., last week.
Just two weeks after the contest
was announced Mrs. James Beechy
claimed the prize for first completing
200 hours of Red Cross work, offer
ed by the Aberdeen, S. D., chapter.
The contest opened on Jan. 2. On
Jan. 16 Mrs. Beechy presented eight
completed sweaters and claimed the
prize. Under the rules of the contest
each sweater credits the worker with
rs hours work.
The first prize was a linen hand
kerchief from Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
accompanied by a card upon which
Mrs. Wilson had photographer her
name, edith Wilson," and beneath
was the added message typewriter,
"Sends best wishes to the recipient
who has helped to win the war as a
member of the 200 hour club of Aber-
deem, S. D.
Bay Lake township in Grow Wing
county, Minnesota, holds the record
for the state in the Christmas men,
bership drive. Indeed there is not
another township in the United States
which has a better record for Bay
Lake achieved 100 per cent member
ship, every person in the district over
IA years old, having joined the Red
Cross.
Frank Henzel, a farmer living near
LIE Seuer Center, Mimi, is recover
ing from a threshing administered by
r. Pomeje, a garage keeped at lie