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Show ID GROSS RECORD IS GLORiOUS ONE i j Contributions to Winning ! the War Are Set Forth in Recent Report. A totnl of 21,2s:.SoS articles, valued ut approximately if (4.000,000, was the contribution contri-bution ol' tlie Americiin Red Cross cliap-Ii.t.s cliap-Ii.t.s lo Iho winnincr of the war. These arlhMes wi;rc largely Uie work of women's liand- and have bf-en distributed In ojicr-aiin ojicr-aiin roojiis, among ncrdy refugees, and uted in carrying comfort lo the men in Uic field. Thin statfment is contained in a bulletin bul-letin rerently received at local Ked Ci oss heidquarterp, which adds thai on May 1, 1917, just before ihe appoiiitment of the war council, the American Red Cross had 4sr,,i04 niPinhers worlving through r02 chapters. On duly 1. 1 ! I IS. the organization organiza-tion had enrolled SiOO.O'in. without ihe Junior Red Cross organization, which numbered millions more. Knlwcrlptions to the first and second R-'d Cross war fund amounted to OuO.oijo, while ni-niljershi)B swelled the total collections for war purposes at U-ns-t :l.ji)n.non. U Is esilp-iated that no lo.-s than S.Oai-.OO woiiumi hav contributed contrib-uted their services to work for the Red Cross. Yi-stenl.iy the John Elliott Clark company com-pany donaled -- use of i lm ye A'i t rolrt. t lh- nui';-t'S at Kort I'ouyias fur a period of n;.ty day.. ''la.- inst ruin n t was di'liv-'r.-d a i. i he fort ihrouyh tlie Rod Cross .h''ip, which now makes an appeal to individuals in-dividuals for a few 'dance records t i he used in the mirsoe' dormitory at thn fort. The appeal made early in the -week for fl'v.vi rd lor the Pert Douglas hospital, resulted re-sulted in quite gent-rous ix-tponsc jester-day. jester-day. Mrs. M. A. Johnson of 2:. 2 South Ninth Kast street, has donated a lartro cake to th'- IV-d Cross shop. The mnfection is in bu disposed of by the jirogreasive auction auc-tion plan. |