The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-03-08
.+7RED CROSS NEWS +

The chapter received a fine pig from
S. Drabbs Of H~insdale, which un-
doubtedly will net a neat sum for the
Red Cross.
Sixteen faithful members of St,
Matthew's guild met in the Red Cross
rooms last Thursday afternoon and
accomplished a great deal of work for
the Red Cross.
The Piper-Howe Lumber Co. do
mated $25 last week to the work of
the Red Cross in Valley county.
A very creditable box of Red Cross
articles was received from the Glen
tana auxiliary last week.
During the month Of February the
Valley County, Montana chapter ship
ned to headquarters the following ar
eies, which includes the entire work
accomplished and reported in the
county: PAT H. B. shirts, 81 pajamas,
101 pair bed socks, 1853 bandage
socks, 26 draw sheets, LIP sweaters,
81 mufflers, % pair wristlets, % bath
mitts, SO comfort pillows, 13 bundles
of linen, 106 pair knitted socks, 1872
gauze congresses, IL operating leg
gings, operating masks, 4
operating caps, 5 helmets, z
French caps, 26 hot water bottle COW
ers, 3 scrap books, 4 operating
gowns, % sings, 10 irrigation pads,
"a packages 40 gauze wipes.
The men of Glasgow are becom-
ing more and more interested in Red
Cross work. Sweaters neatly done,
have been handed in which were knit
ted by ]. D. McVee, Gus Bertsch and
G. H. Garfield.
Hinsdale Auxiliary First,
in Red Cross Work for Feb.
The Hinsdale auxiliary leads in the
amount Of work accomplished by the
auxiliaries Of Valley county during
the month of February. The Oswego
auxiliary comes second, and the Fra
ger auxiliary third.
A list Of articles made by these
Industrious workers follow:
Hinsdale-24 sweaters, % pair of
knitted sox, five helmets, 10 pair
wristlets, 40 bed shirts, II pajamas,
two surgeon masks, II pair bandage
feet sox, six paid bed sox, nine COM
fort kits, seven wash cloths, 10 sings.
Oswego-17 sweaters, 10 pair knit
ted sox, five mufflers, four pair
wristlets, Is bed shirts, nine pajamas,
IL pair bed sox, seven comfort pillows,
two wash clothes, one bundle of linen.
Frazer-Three sweaters, six pair
knitted sox, n pair wristlets, 46 bed
shirts, Is pajamas, 10 comfort pill
lows, % bandage sox.
Don't waste time and energy saw
ing cancelled postage stamps for the
Red Cross. Somebody, somewhere,
has started one of these pleasant, but
likely-to-be-annoying rumors concern.
ing the value of postage stamps which
have already served their original
purpose.
This time the idea spread abroad
that the American Red Cross has de.
vised a means of extracting and us.
ing the dyes from cancelled stamps
Several large bags of old stamps have
already been sent to the Washington
headquarters through the good will
of persons who thought they were do
ing something to help win the war
Scores of letters have reached Ret
Cross headquarters making inquiries
on the subject. The stamps are 0;
no use to the Red Cross.
Four large rest houses, accom-
modating 200 to 800 soldiers daily
have been officially turned over to tn
American Red Cross in Italy, accord
ing to a telegram received at tn
northern division headquarters.
Milan is an English and French a
well as an Italian base, hundreds Q
soldiers of the allied armies chang
ing trains there daily. These res
stations, which provide sleepin
accommodations as we'll as ~recreatio
rooms for soldiers, are the first to b
established at Milan. The Red eros
will be aided in management of thes
stations by a committee of prominer
Italian women, the Countess Picinl
at their head.
The American Red Cross has 49,
junior members in the Philippines, {
whom all but two or three hundre
are natives. This is in spite of Il
fact that it is difficult to stir up ar
interest among native children in W.
relief or any other charitable activ
ties as they know so little of wor
conditions beyond their own sms
home "barrio" ~(village).