, 1927-10-05
NATIONAL RED CROSS
| ANNOUNCES 1927 DRIVE
Heavy Demands on Red Gross Funds
During Past Year Makes it Inn
perative that All Chapters
Meet Full Quota

w The annual roll call of the Amer
lean Red Cross will occur in Wyo-
ming November 11-24. and various
chapters throughout the state will
be asked to put on an active drive
at that time, with a view of reach
ing a goal of 10000 members. Last
years roll call produced 7,010 mem
Nbers, an increase over the previous
years which stood at .6,241, The
past year has resulted in great de-
mands against the relief section of
the Red Cross, causing q great de-
pletion in the permanent relief fund
of the organization. always held for
some emergency in times of great
stress; Wyoming has had its own
experience in the eros ventre food
in Jackson Hole. Exclusive of all
other. aid: rendered the Gros ventre
flood sufferers, national headquar-
tiers of the Red Cross contributed
~s10,371.40. This indicates how
promptly and effectively this great
organization in working for human
ity.
In June, 1925, a landslide on a
mountain above the eros ventre
river formed a lake and damned
the river. just below Horsetail ran
ger station. On May Is. 1927, the
river tore a large cash in the dam
and in less than an hour the lake,
formed two years ago, several miles
long. had dropped sixty feet. The
river tore down its valley with a
crest 40 feet high and over a mile
wide farther down. The little town
of Kelly was completely demolished.
only a church and school being left
standing, the site of the town now
a mass of cobble rock. Ranches
situated in groves Of fir along the
river were swept away. It's main
force was spent when It reached
the town of Wilson. Buildings were
not destroyed there, but were en-
quilted in muddy water. Six lives
were lost through attempts to save
property The people did not at all
realize the force With which the
water would come. or its sudden
ness. and man. families had narrow
escapes.
The American National Red Cross
Immediately wired to DIR. C. w. HUFF,
VIAL VI ~ lttOh COunty lhdB-
ter, $1,000 to be spent on emergen-
cy relief. He appointed as a tenn
porary relief committee. Vim. Mer-
Gill, Chester Simpson and Capt.
Buckinroth. Emergency bills to the
amount of s 1.003.12 were incurred
by them. On May 23rd Aleta
Brownlee, of the Pacific branch, ar
rived to lake charge of relief. At a
meeting held that night of repre-
sentatives of the local chapter. the
emergency committee and Governor
Emerson of Wyoming, the Red Cross
declared the official relief agency.
One day was spent going over the
situation with Governor Emerson,
and 1t was finally decided the best
thing to do was for the Red Cross
TO help the families In the usual
way. and to give. enough help to fam
lilies interested in irrigation bitches
that they would be able to do their
share on the ditch. The Governor
would, in the meantime. try to
raise enough money to- put in one
big ditch.
g. total of SO families were regis
tered, IF which 80 were assisted in
the way of permanent rehabilitation.
The total expenditure was $%10,665.-
05 for relief.
Mrs. Bertha NJ. Rousseau has been
chairman of the Cody Red Cross
chapter for many years. and. will
again head the activities of this
worthy organization In Park county
this fall.