The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-03-28

ter was held as previously announced
In the court room of the court house
on Wednesday evening. The atten
dance was not as large as it shoul
have been, as there were representa-
tives from but two auxiliaries out
side of Glasgow. However, that wa
no doubt largely due to the fact tha
the roads made travelling exceedingl,
difficult at this particular time O.
the year.
Hon. j. L. Slattery presided at thu
meeting, and gave brief address o,
the work of the chapter since it's or
ganization. He emphasized the fact
that Valley county stood in the fore
most rank in production per capita
not only in the northern division
alone but in the whole United States
He also called attention to the erron.
eous report which has been circulated
to the effect that officers of the chap.
ter had received remuneration fo,
their services. These reports are not
only unjust but decidedly unpatriotic
and as Mr.. Slattery said in his re.
marks should be traced to their source
and the guilty parties given the pun
lshment which they so truly deserve,
In view of these reports it is most
earnestly desired that the report of
the treasurer be carefully studied, that
everyone may understand for what OBJ
Ject their donations were used. The
expenditure designated as salaries has
been itemized and clearly shows for
What purpose the salaries were paid
out.
Mrs. Torkelson of Nashua gave a
splendid report of work accomplished
through their auxiliary, which we will
publish in the next issue of the Cour-
Ter, together with the reports from the
other auxiliaries L. E. Jones also re-
ported for the home service depart
ment of the Red Cross, which clearly
showed that this department of the
work played most important part.
We print summary of the report
as given by the secretary, Mrs. Har-
gadine, on the work of the organiza-
ton:
Knitted garments ..................... 1896
Refugee garments ....................... .29O7
Surgical dressings ....-...............54 .54854
Hospital linen ................. 1868
Army Kits 659
Hospital garments ....................... 1901
Making total of 73,450 articles, of
which 1864 were garments.
After the various reports of the
chapter had been accepted the election
of the executive board took place, re-
sulting in the following receiving the
highest number of votes cast, in the
order in which they appear:
Hon. j. L. Slattery, R. M. Young,
Mrs. j. W. Wedum, Mr. C. Ackerman,
Mrs. Torkelson, of Nashua, Mrs. Rob-
erts, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Hargadine,
Mrs. Plant, R. NJ. Lewis, Mrs. Cole
man, F. B. Gillette, of Hinsdale. and
L. E. Jones.
Treasurer's Report.
Received by the treasurer of the
Valley county chapter of the American
National Red Cross from July /, 1917.
to June 80, 1918:
Proportion of annual dues
retained by chapter .......S LOSE. 90
proportion of subscribing
dues retained by chapter. 57.75
proportion of contributing
dues retained by chapter. 600
Junior Red Cross member
ships retained ........ 400
proportion of membership
dues for credit of American
National Red Cross ....... 1,351.OO
Received from state treas
urer American Red Cross 1.O19.16
income ......... 1,931,49
Received from pledges ...... 4,42O,7O !
Received from donations, =,
benefits and auxiliaries 4.8O747
Total received .............. .S14,662.57
Paid out by treasurer of Valley ,
county chapter of the American Ma
tional Red Cross July 1, 1917, to June
30, 1918:
relief supplies ......S1O116.52
Chairman Civilian Relief
Committee ...................... 10000
Postage .....--.--..---..-.-.-..-..-..,..... 67OO
Salaries and wages ....-......... 379,35 =
Miss Billingsley S371.5O =
}. E. Mapes, carpen-
penter work .. 225
Loren Balsey -.-.--..,... $50 +
,Of which amount
SLIGO was donatedD
0hil1in uapry A S0 !, =,