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Show SALT LAKE CHAPTER jMKE5600p RECORD Detailed Report of Work Done in January Made Public. SEE BANNER MONTH Outgoing Material Augurs Well for Production in February, Co:i'rUt anj detailed reports of the ivork done by tho S.tlt 1-'k county chap-tor chap-tor of t!i Arunic-in Kod Cross wore P'.i!d puWic lor the first time yesleuiAy m the executive offices of the elMptpr. T;:e record., in their Msnitioaut lotab o- number of completed articles "fTed in and thipped to the Mountain division l:e;niniHriers at J?cn er, tpoak volumes tor the aeal and activity of the tou?ar.vls of workers who contributcO their time and skill without compensation compensa-tion for the cnusr of their country. A r:id total of .S7;l articles i? sho:i by i e records. The detail includes M 10 KHncases. of which SOS? wore abdominal. O: surslcaJ dresstn.cs there were made i,i?4, including ri.60ti compresses-i'.'OO compresses-i'.'OO t'x compres-ses. The ope rat nig lvni articles record shows a total of v'.. i.iehuling ir' surgeons" jjow ns and 0v o;HTitin? sheets. Many Knitted Articles. The total amount of knitted articles s-:nt to IVnver is; SI IS. includii;p lTtf lairs of socks ard sweaters. Of hos pital supplies there were 14.?!6 articles, i : ; cl ud : ng 1 0 bed shirts, a) pa i rs o f ii;anias, 4S eoauovt pillows and 37o tow els. AVfcile incomplete for January, the report re-port of tlie Mountain division, which includes in-cludes all the L'tah chapters, shows that up to about January V- this division of i.'-; Red Cross has handled and sent out j:.i05 sweaters. i4 helmets. H.oo7 pairs oi wristlets. 10..23 niutfiers ami 1: pan's of socks. in the report of the Mountain division, sent to the 1-vai chapter by Manager John v. Mo rev, mention is made o: some totals of Red Cros work ad over the country, up to and including the end of December. Pome of the striking f ic'-v.res ic'-v.res are sweaters, 774,72; pairs of wristlets. wrist-lets. :3.5:9; pairs of socks. 30-, 1-1; helmets. hel-mets. S . C 6 ;- muiiiers, ;J5 New Month Starts Well. . The first day of the se:o:id month was a good one fur the local chapter in many lespecis. To begin with, there was congestion con-gestion of office work yesterday and a :orce of ten special voiunteeis came into the office during the afternoon and as-sisteiiiatei as-sisteiiiatei tally in clearing the decks, sT everything will be in shipshape . today. The supply department start -iu off its month by the shipping of four I more sta ndard cases to Denver, an Indication Indi-cation that although February is the s.:or:cst mont h 1 1 :e record for January i -ll pn-'baoiy be broken in goods shipped ! vui: will he recalled that the Jan-try Jan-try record was forty-i'lve cases in addi-i:n addi-i:n to thy materials sent to the post. a.: the i mount of material going out of ;;.e s jpply department is strong evidence tat F-brua:- v. ill be a banner month. Work Taken Out. Not including in the list the large quantity of ma te rial taken out j es tenia y t-y scores uf individuals, the record, ;-i--h portends th.e best o: ail months for work accomplish-'!, show-? in part : En-s:sn En-s:sn stake Primary auxiliary, fifteen nanks o; wool for sweaters: Ladies Lit-e:try Lit-e:try cljb auxiliary, six bolt-? gauze, one bolt bed br.ii t material : Liberty stake K e 1 i f uuxLiiry. five pairs bed socks, twelve har.ks w o"1 f-.-r ocks; First Con-grpzatio;'.! Con-grpzatio;'.! church a tixilia ry. one bol t .-'-jslin: U'cdn-d,'.y tei.ug auxiliary, six Ved shirts: Liberty P'ark M. E. church ;j.xil:rv. twelve bed shirts, six T band-;-2cs, twelve ha nks of wool for socks: Woodcraft auxiliary, twelve bed shirts.. T bandages: National T,?arue for w'u m n ' s : v ice a u a. i 1 ia ry . t i 1 1 e e ha n k s wool for 5o:ks. twelve surgeons' gowns: cliiaD st. 'j ke Relief a uxihury, eighteen r.anks wool for socks; Shakespeare Plead :ng cl;b auxiliary, three hanks black yarn for socks: Bingham auxiliary, First Presbyterian church auxiliary, one bolt ojtmg flannel, two hanks of wool: Liberty Lib-erty stake i Eighth ward) auxiliary, twenty bed socks. ( Ninth ward auxiliary) i jre bed shins; Snow auxiliary, six bed shirts; Piercer stake Relief auxiliary, ten bed shirts; Liberty stake Mutual auxiliary, fire bed shirts, four surgeons' jwris, six bed shirts. Articles Received. Both the severity nf the weather and the fact that it was the first day of the ii onth undoubtedly had something to do J-ith the lig.it receipts yesterday at the -o:al chapter. Nevertheless the Bingham a:jy;li;.)-y brought in forty -one subs of jaj ixas, seven sw eaters, four m uf flera yi Un pairs of so:ks. whil the Firt J-'yiiErregational church auxiliary, brought e'?ht s ea tei s, asven pairs of wrist -I a"d seven pairs of socks. There was -Xla re number of both knitted and -?ueuVr tides receive.! in email quantities, quan-tities, Munaeer John A. Malick fs devoting a lonsiderahle rortion of his time to explanation ex-planation of the wurking of tlie salvage department. It nay be summed up in t'ife statement that the Red Cross would 'e glad to have its members save all & ''tides that have any commercial value j except paper and send them to Max ifisenblatt of the Amalgamated Iron & i-teel company, who will give the donor a r??eipt and turn the proceeds into t'no ''-eat cliapter. J. Truman will in the me manner handle all the fiat paper ! l,iat may be saved for the Red Cross. The salvage department is regarded as 0re nf ?reat importance and by The exer-t-se of a little foreJKht and care on the hart of thousands of members may bo '', adp a source of considerable income to Salt Lake county chapter. |