The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24

else has, the real utility Of these ar
ticles in the camp.
Recruiting officers through out the
state who have seen hundreds Of the
young men QUILTED by the Red Cross
as they left for camp were, them
| selves, remembered knitted scarfs and
sweaters by the Minneapolis Chap
I ter of the Red Cross.
There is not a home in Hacken-
sack-except one-that does not dis
play a service flag Of the Red Cross.
There is not a woman in Hackensack
except one-who is not a member.
Only two men are not members, and
one of them will join.
In order that he might be "just
like papa" Rupert Hauser, junior son
of Captain Hauser, field instructor at
Camp Dodge, paid his own dollar and
demanded a Red Cross button, recent
lily in St. Paul. He is A years old.
Eighty per cent of the men within
draft age who were former members
Of the Norton-H arjes Ambulance Co.,
in France have enlisted in some
branch or other of the American ar
my.
The government has been compel
bed to purchase $4,000 extra sweaters
to meet the insistent demand made by
men not supplied by the American
Red Cross.
The Billings chapter has just ship
ped it's eighth consignment of hospital
supplies.
Reports from all over the state in
dictate that proceeds from the sale of
Red Cross seals in Minnesota this
year will be approximately $4,000.
Daughters of the American Revolu-
| ton in South Dakota have raised
funds to purchase a Red Cross am
bulance as a memorial to Robert War
rem, son Of President Warren of Yank-
ton College, who died in the ambu-
lance service in France.
A dozen pigeons were auctioned off
at the Minnesota State Poultry asso-
| citation show in Minneapolis this week.
A pair of Swiss Mondaines brought
the best price, SAFE, although they
were said to valued at $500.
Joseph Dickson, son Of DR.. and Mrs.
J. L. Dickson of Chinook, Mont, is
selling the Curtis publications to
raise money to pay his pledge to the
Red Cross.
A $50 reward paid by the army to
a sheriff at Miles City, Montana, fo1
apprehension Of a deserter, "a turn
ed over to the Red Cross.
A pig given to the Pine Hill branch
of the Musselshell county chapter OF
the Red Cross in Montana, was ex-
hibited on the street corner, holding
a tin cup for contributions. It was
then auctioned 5 times for a total OF
1906. It's tail was sold three times
for a total of $3.50, the tin cup and
it's contents were sold "sight unseen
five times for a total Of $3.50, and the
red apple in it's mouth was sold twice
for $45. In all, the sale Melted $558.81
The cup contained SO.
Women at Aberdeen, S. Oak, have
formed a 200 hour club, each woman
pledging herself to work 200 hours
for the Red Cross from Jan. l to July
1, 1918. A prize has been offered to
the woman who first completes hel
length Of service.
Members of the Wpmen's Auxil.
larry to the U. G. T. at Great Falls
Mont, have formulated a plan by
which they hope to raise $1,000 fol
the local chapter Of the Red Cross.
The plan is for a Red Cross quilt
the center piece of which will be
large Red Cross. Each woman who
pieces a block for the quilt will be
permitted to place her name in that
block.
Space in the quilt will be auctioneo
to the women of the city. The large
cross in the center is expected tt
command a particularly large price.
Patients in the inebriate ward oil
the Willmar, MINI. state hospital have
contributed IA sweaters, Z mufflers
i and 26 pairs of socks to the loca
chapter of the Red Cross, from Sept
1, 1917 to Jan. /, 1918. In this ware
for the four months there have beer
an average of only four patients in
/ Most of them were men who had tt
be taught the secret of knitting.
How the American Red Cross il
responding to the needs of the situa'
ton in Italy, affecting the welfare Of
children is told in a cablegram to the
war council and relayed to the North
ern Division headquarters.
The Red Cross has financed
"creche" in Rome to care for about
100 children of refugees and is CO
operating with private and govern
mental agencies which are dealing
with families of refugees in helping
thousands of children.
"Farmers Of the invaded districts
have large families" the telegram
reads, "three to twelve children to
family" The Red Cross has furnish
ell these family groups with condens
ed milk, blankets, and clothing whicl
meant comfort on their hard journe!
through Bologna, Florence and Nap