Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1918-05-24
OVER TOP AGANM
RED cross DRIVE.
Total At End Of miro Dagls DsIvs
Insuros Passing Of tie Quota
BY a Coed Margin.
FIaUHE HOW IS OVEa 5000
varlons Business institutions Donate
Days Reeslpis Adding Heavily
70 Fund; Some ConHIhuiOrs.


The total Red Cross subscriptions
turned IN to the committee up 10 this
morning were $1,000, with number
OF very important items yet 10 be
heard FROM including Yesterdays re-
ceipls from he Isis iheaier, donated
by Manager Jim CpTaeien, and
Nearly al the small outlying points
III the county, which are expected 10
report at The end Of the weeks drive.
The figures as'they stand, However.
put Luna county over the top Vsth
good margin TO spare, for the quota
Is $1 900, and as early as Wednesday
night II was certain that this mark
hnd been reached, though the money
was moi all in the hands Of the com
mttee. OF the total, Columbus re-
ported $500 up to last night
The committee got an early start
Monday and by night had turned in
s1.53s, over half the quota. They
worked in teams, which were divided
into two general divisions under
Harry Whiiehill and G. NJ Cotton.
who had The north and south ends Of
the business section to work. The
other puris Of town were attended TO
mostly BY women, under Mrs. Bick-
ford and Mrs. ]. G. Moir, who did
splendid work in getting in the small
individual subscriptions.
OF the two-men teams working the
business section, Jim Carrngien and
DR. Steed did the biggest "bit,r their
efforts resulting in a little more than
$1,000. This was far ahead Of any
oiher teams report.
A remarkable feature Of the cam
paign Is that less than 5 per cent are
pledged sales, The rest being cash
outright.
Arespeetahle A sum is expected from
the proceeds Of an auction Saturday
afternoon at which various donated
articles will bs sold. These include
a diamond ring donated by II. Fred,
u couple of pigs given by parties
whose names could moi be learned,
crochetted yolk by Mrs. Alfonso Rico,
md numerous other items.
4 Chairman r. L. Miller of the
county committee for the drive, said
last night he expected Deming alone
30 60 over the $4,000 mark origin
ally set for the whole of Luna
county and later reduced to $1,000.
lie believes the county total by Sat-
urday night, the end of the drive,
will be around the $4,000 mark.
Alfonso Rico, Mexican just ar
rived with his family from Old Mex
leo and recently employed at the
Ford store room on East Spruce
street, made donation to the Red
Cross that can hardly be beat, in
spirit at least, for he offered literally
his ALL Henry Meyer and W. +.
Holt, soliciting contributions at that
place, secured a subscription from
every employe except Rico and was
leaving without soliciting them, ask
ing them TO accept a Chihuahua dog
belonging to him, dispose of the ami
NAL at auction and turn in the pro-
ceeds 10 the fund. He had no money,
he said, but experience in Old Mexico
during the constant fighting Of the
past several years had shown him the
value Of the he'd Cross and he want
ed 10 help It all he could. The dog
wns accepted, but will not be auc-
toned, for Il chanoed that Lieut..
Theodore Munson Of the l20th ma
chine gun battalion was looking for
such a dog and went round to buy il
from Rico, The latter showed his
metile BY refusing to sell, saying the
dog belonged i0 the Red Cross, turn
ing down the officers offer Of s25.
The Red Cross committee, however.
decided to accept the offer on their
0fn accent, 50 the dog is now the
property Of the officer, and the s25
could have been the property Of the
Red Cross except that the committee
refused to accept II al, turning half
Of It back to Rico, against his pro-
test that he wanted them to have Il
'gll.
sergeant A. n. Meeas, a Greek
soldier Of the 18Th infantry at Camp
Cody handed over to the committee
last Saturday the sum Of $o00,5O,
WHICH he had collected among the
Greek business men Of the city and
their employees, Sergeant Mogns was
one of The thousands Of Greeks who