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Show Secret Organizations to Bc Enlisted in Support of Red Cross Drive. STATE'S GOAL FIXED i Salvage Plan Under Consideration; Consid-eration; Theaters Help Swell Fund. Alreartv assured of the earnest sop-port, sop-port, and hearty co-opera tion of two great j forces the public schools and orgau- j ized labor in the Christmas drive for, new memberships, the Salt Lake eoimty chapter of the Red Cross has talsen ac . tion to bring into service anther factor much influence the various fraternal frater-nal organizations of the city. 1 Wi!Jia:u 11. Kncrr, a uieuiber of the Utah industrial commission, heads a committee appointed by J. D. Spencer, chairman of the speeial committee in the membership drive, that is undertaking undertak-ing to eutist every J raternal organisation organisa-tion of the rily in the big campaign. r. Kncrr has called a preliminary mooting of the fraternal organization representatives, to be held at Angles' hall. l-V.irth South and West Temple streets, Mondav night, December 10, at S o'clock. The call states that it is honed to have at least two representatives representa-tives of ca'-h organization present at this meeting. !'.: I v consideration of the manifold phases' of the salvage question will be undertaken at a special session of the executive committee, according to Miss Ella Wicklund, executive secretary of the local chapter, lu many chapters or the Pacific coast division of the Bod Cross the problem of gains from, salvage sal-vage has been painstakingly and successfully suc-cessfully worked out. The salvage qnes-tion qnes-tion seems to present as many opportunities oppor-tunities as the mythological bydra possessed pos-sessed heads it can be summed up iu one sentence save and dispose of-ovorvthing of-ovorvthing of possible commercial value that' ordinarily goes to waste or is neglected. neg-lected. Froject Is Favored. Should (he organization of a bureau of salvage meet with the approval of the executive rommittee, and it is known that several members of the committee com-mittee have already expressed themselves them-selves tavoiahly. it is probable that active ac-tive work in this direction will bo well under way by the first of the year. In unison "with other playhouses all -i. over the United States, the principal . theaters of Suit Lako yesterday turned over their receipts for the afternoon performances for the benefit of the Itei Cross fund. The result here is the addition ad-dition of no inconsiderable, gum for this cause of humanity. Managers of the various va-rious theaters reported the Tceeipts last night for Friday afternoon as follows: Orpheum, $lti;i.j; Salt Lake theater, .$312,511: VTlkes, $252.60: Pautages, $250. Jn the great drive for memberships of the lied Cross, .to. begin December 17 and to close C'hristmjts eve, the quota for Salt Lake City 'and county was fixed yesterday at ;-i,000 at a meeting of the membership committee held in the Commercial club. Utah's membership member-ship quota is to bo approximately 100.-000. 100.-000. aud the campaign is to bo pushed in every section of the state. In the local drive .1. D. Spencer chairman, and George I). Pyper, a. member of the committee, com-mittee, were assured hv J. David Larson, Lar-son, secretary of the Commercial club, that this organisation would also lend its aid. It was also announced that Miss Clarissa, Beeslev, representing the Y. L. St. L A., Mrs. Trances Thomas-sen, Thomas-sen, general secretary of the, Primary association, and Gertrude L. Prack. representing rep-resenting the Y. .V. C. A., had heen added to the special membership committee. com-mittee. Local Headquarters Busy. Activity in the supply department at the local! headquarters continues unabated; un-abated; in truth, it giows daily and hourly. Among the numerous consignments consign-ments of finisned articles received yesterday yes-terday were to be noted one from the Oquirrb branch, containing a large uum-ber uum-ber of towels and bed sheets, aud ono from ;the Red Cross auxiliary of the l-irst.. Presh terian church containing miuiv sheets, sweaters and wristlets. 1 Mrs. Klla M. Ipson, treasurer of the Red Cross auxiliary of the Liberty Hs! u le, reports that o jars of jellies and jam have heen donated to the liO'l I vie? by this auxiliary, which includes the to'Jowing iards: immigration. Liberie. Lib-erie. Le C'-anil. First, Second. Third, Kighth. Ninth, Tenth, Thirty-first and Thirty-third. Mrs. W. II. West, chairman of the La-ties' Typographical I.Tnion auxiliary and the Housewife league, reports that (hristmas boses will be sent to fifteen soldiers who have no relath e. .This unit has already turned over to the Ked ( 'ross a large amount of knitted goods, including sweaters and socks. John V. Morey, general nin'utger, a.n! Henry Swan, director of the bureau of development, the woman's bureau and the publicity bureau wiU speak at the University club luncheon this afternoon at 1:1. o'ch'k. and will also meet heads of the Ked Cross departments and other interested workers :it the Amelia palaee headquarters this afternoon at .1 o'clock. |