The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-30

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the proceeds turned over to the second
Red Cross wal fund campaign. The
Sioux Indians are more than subscrib-
ing their allotment, declared Mr.
Fiske.
The Women's Patriotic association
Of Valley county, Montana, are secur-
ing many pledges from farmers Of
that vicinity, to donate the proceeds
of an acre of wheat to the Red Cross.
The association furnishes the seed,
when necessary, and also the Red
Cross sign boards which designate
that the land is to be used for that
purpose. Another activity Of this
Patriotic association is the planting
Of vacant lots with potatoes and sugar
beets. The members themselves cut
the potatoes for seed.
There are now 300 workers in the
surgical dressings department Of the
Red Cross chapter of st. Cloud, Min
nesota. The chapter has been filling
its monthly quota promptly, but is
still calling for more workers. Ten
boxes of materials were shipped to
the Northern Division headquarters
last week. A feature Of the winters
work in this organization was the in
~structing Of q class Of 40 normal girls
in the work, in order that they might
be prepared to spread the knowledge
in their home towns during their va
cations.
One Of the most successful basket
socials yet given for the Red Cross
was that held, recently in a rural
school Of New Prague, MINI. Miss
Rose Jindra, the teacher, planned the
social from which $755 was realized.
The Bohemian Brass band furnished
music for the occasion. =
Red Cross workers at Dickinson, N.
D., have been securing financial aid
that will net the organization 5000 q
month for the remainder Of the year.
It'll believed that before the campaign
is e the total pledges will reach
$500 per month, or more than $4,000
for the six, months period.
The Grand Forks county chapter Of
the Red Cross, Grand Forks, N. D.,
was allotted $4,000, as it's share Of the
second Red Cross war fund drive. At
a meeting Of chairmen of several
branches Of the county it was unan-
imously voted not to accept the 'allot-
ment made by North Dakota head
quarters, but, instead to take a quota
Of $4,000.
Valley City, N. D., Red Cross
branch and its auxiliaries sent to the
Division headquarters six large box
es, two Of which contained 7,447 sur
| gical dressings-result Of six weeks
work. The knitting department of
this organization sent in 220 pairs of
socks, IS sweaters, 35 scarfs, 8 he'll
NETS, 3 trench caps, 80 abdominal
bands, go pairs Of wristlets, and six
knitted afghans. This does not in
clude a large amount of knitting
which is being done in Valley City and
turned in to the chapter headquarters.
Ten pounds of brass in the shape
of nearly 1000 old dog license tags,
were given to the salvage department
of the Red Cross in Minneapolis, Min
nesota, recently. The old dog tags
are turned in when new licenses are
obtained, and instead of selling the
brass, as in former years, the city de-
cided to turn the metal over to the
Red Cross.
H. L. Sweet, an employee in the
postoffice at Roundup, Mont, for sew
eral years, has been appointed field
director of the American Red Cross
to serve Somewhere in France" Mr..
Sweet offered his services gratis to
the Red Cross for the duration of the
war, agreeing to accept only his
board and bare personal expenses.
Members of the Roundup lodge, No.
SO, Knights of Pythias, of which MI.
Sweet is a member, have raised a SUI
fcient sum to start him on his work.
A modern "Golden Calf" is the
property Of the Red Cross branch at
Ethan, S. D. This calf brought $22O5
at a sale held recently, and promises
to do as we'll at future sales as it
still belongs to the local organization,
having been presented by the highest
bidder. The entire proceeds Of the
sale amounted to $4,000.
Twelve women in. the state prison
of Saltwater, Mimi, have been active
" engaged in working for the Red
Cross. Since January l, they have
completed Al sweaters, SO socks, 10
pajamas, 1877 hospital Sacks, So hos
pita1 shirts, IL bandages and 1O2
front line packets.
AT the close Of Liberty Loan day,
in Kasson, Mimi, a carnival was Civ
an Inv the school children under the