Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-01-10
RED CROSS NOTES

Il never realized before how much
the Red Cross supplies mean to the
soldiers until l saw the sweaters,
socks, mufflers and mittens sent
them by the patriotic women of the
Northern Division" declared Mrs.
James D. Gray, of Jamestown, N.
D., wife of Captain Gray, member
of the Rainbow division.
Mrs. Gray recently visited Camp
Merritt, N. j., where she babe every
member of her husbands company,
all young men from about James
town, good bye. "The North Dakota
troops were we'll and happy" said
Mrs. Gray. Gall were overjoyed at
the warm garments knitted by the
Red Cross which they received short
ly after reaching New Jersey"
Here are a few other things that
boys and girls of the Great Falls,
Mont. CHAPTER did for the Red Cross
on the week before Christmas. One
little girl donated 100 pennies she had
saved for Christmas presents, saying
she had decided to give her present
to soldier. Another girl gave 90
buffalo nickels. One boy gave ID
balls of tin-foil he had gathered in
spare moments. Three other lads
gave a whole box of the material.
Three little girls donated 1000 gun
wipes they had made and another
boy turned in the third sweater, knit
ed by himself.
At Bozeman, Mont, members of
the Red Cross membership drive
army encountered some opposition
from solicitors who declared they
were working for the "White Cross. :"
These solicitors sought donations,
leaving in return small articles like
tooth paste, pencils and the like. I'm
der the impression that they were
giving to the Red Cross many persons
were victimized The Red Cross
has no connection with any such or
ganization as the "White Cross" So
far as is known the "White Cross" is
a private organization, formed for in
dividual profit.
Rev. j. Fontana. clergyman at
New Salem. N. D., indicted by the
federal grand jury charged with Sc
ditious utterances attempted to prove
his loyalty last week by asking per-
mission to organize Red Cross aux
iliary at New Salem. Since the Red
Cross, is patriotic organization and
the clergyman is under indictment for
sedition, the permission was refused.
Thieves helped the Red Cross at
Albert Lea, Mimi, recently, although
their assistance was unintentional.
A reward of $3.50 was given the sher-
if at that city for capturing two au-
tomobile thieves. He turned the
money over to the Red Cross.
The Northern Division of the Amer
lean Red Cross exceeded it's quota in
the Christmas membership drive.
This was the announcement made on
the day after Christmas by John Les
lie, division chairman of the member
ship drive committee.
Just how much the quota will be
exceeded, Mr. Leslie declared it
would be impossible to say until re-
turns were in from all Minnesota
towns. The quota was exceeded, ac-
cording to the reported figures even
without counting returns from Min
nesota out side of the three large
cities of Minneapolis, st. Paul and
Duluth.
Complete returns reported from
South Dakota give that state a men,
barship of 10000, North Dakota re-
ported membership of 10000 and
Montana 100000, total for the
states of the division exclusive of
Minnesota of 100000.
The original quota set for the di-
vision was $4,000. divided as follows
Minnesota $4,000. Montana $4,000,
North Dakota $4,000 and South Dako-
Ia $4,000.
Thus if Minnesota had fallen to
$4,000 members the division would
still have maintained it's quota. How
ever, complete returns on the three
large cities show membership of
10000, thus showing that the divi-
son, exclusive of the country districts