The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-12-01
RED CROSS CHRISTMAS STAMPS
SELLING FAST-$5OO OR
MORE BRINGS NURSE

The Christmas seal sale is starting
out in way that indicates that the
number of seals sold this year will
far surpass the number sold any pre-
vious year, says Mrs. J. F. Cook,
chairman of the seal sale for Roose-
welt county. Although the seals have
been on sale but few days, in the
neighborhood of $4,000 worth have
been disposed of here in Wolf Point
and complete canvass of the town
has not yet been made. Other towns
in the county also expect to make a
big showing. E. Y. Poore has charge
of the work at Froid.
Possible Direct Benefit to County
While realizing the general, good
resulting from the sale of the Christ
mas seals, many people do not know
that if sufficiently large number OF
seals are sold in any one community
or county, direct benefit will result
to that community.
In counties where $1,000 worth of
seals or more are sold two-thlrds OF
the proceeds, or at least $500, will be
spent in the employment of Public
Health nurse, it being understood
that the nurse will be employed for
year and that the balance of her
salary will be made up by public or
other organization funds. There are
several counties in the state that
had such nurses this year as result
of the Christmas seal sale last year.
Where 1000 worth of seals are
sold, the community is entitled to
tuberculosis surveys, with arrange
ments made for free examination OF
all suspects, or quarterly mother-and-
baby conferences, under expert super
vision, or the services of an expert
baby nurse for a quarter OF year,
or one-third of the proceeds OF the
sale of seals may be used for the pur-
chase of equipment and milk for nu-
triton work in the schools.
Where the sale of seals amounts
to $3.50 the county may have its op-
ton of the following: tuberculosis
nurse for one month to assist in sur
vey; or semi-annual Mother and Baby
conferences under expert supervis-
vision, or one-third of the proceeds
from the sale may be used for the
purchase of milk and equipment for
nutrition work in the schools.
If $500 worth of seals are sold, the
community is entitled to tubercu-
losis nurse for two weeks to assist
in survey of that community, or
one-third of the proceeds may be US
ed for the purchase of milk and equip
ment for nutrition work in the
schools.
The sale of seals in Roosevelt coun-
ty last year amounted to something
over $400, and Mrs. Cook says that
she hopes that this year the county
will get into the $3.50 class, or at
least pass the $500 mark.
Prevention Big Aim
Last year there were 425 people who
died of tuberculosis in the state, and
it is estimated that about 5000 have
the disease in active form. The sanl-
tarium at Galen is all too small to
care for the number that desire ad-
mittance, and more and more, the {
work in the state is done along the s
lines of detecting and curing the dis
ease before it reached the advanced I
stages. That is the reason for the tu- {
berculosis surveys and the examina- /
ton of children that show even the {
slightest tendency toward having the /
disease. {
OF Interest to Everybody
The Christmas seal sale should be /
of interest to everyone. The disease c
in making its attacks is no respecter q
of persons, and no parents, no matter t
how rosy and healthy their children t
may be now, can know that the dis
ease of tuberculosis will never touch \
them. Seeing that your neighbors' !
are cared for means throw I
ing an added safeguard about your s
own little ones. So, when you are 9
asked to buy Christmas seals this year
buy all you can. Perhaps you can
only afford to buy a few, but what
you do will help little in the work,
and the sum total of lot of small O
is sometimes surprisingly
large amount +
The quota for Montana this year A
is 100000 seals or $4,000 worth s
as against $19,775 worth sold last a
year. The Civic League members are b