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Show PRAISES RED CROSS 1BKBBJF IH ! George F. Oxley, Field Director, Di-rector, Mountain Division, Divi-sion, Visits City. PLANS CONSOLIDATION Enormous Growth of National Na-tional Organization Shown. George F. Oxley, field director of the mountain division, American Ked Cross, with headquarters at Denver, is a Salt Lake visitor, bubbling over with praise for the Bed Cross spirit in t'tah as made manifest in the work that is being done throughout the state. ""We are not "worrying any about Utah," said Mr. Oxley yesterday. "The spirit shown is wonderful and the work done is speaking for itself. The purpose of ray visit here is' to give such advice and information as I can and to assist as-sist in the planned consolidation of the chapters where there are more than one in a county. '" Mr. Oxley explained that in Utah county there were fov,i- chapters, respectively re-spectively at Springville, Spanish Fork. Lehi and Provo. It is planned to consolidate con-solidate them all into a t'tah county chapter, with the headquarters at Provo, having the organizations in the other cities work as branches, just as in Salt Lake county, the chapter headquarters are here, while the work in the other towns of the county is done through the branches. To Aid in Education. Another purpose of Mr. Oxley 's virit to the city is to take an active part in the organization and outlining of the educational work of the Eed Cross, which includes the work in first aid., dietetics and elementary hygiene. Mr. Oxley will go to Provo Monday and after a visit to the chapters in Tiutic and Eureka will return to Salt Lake Thursday to spend some time here with those directly in charge of the educational work. He wfis at headquarters headquar-ters yesterdav in consultation with Manager John A. Malick and other officers of-ficers of the chapter, and in the few moments that he had time to converse a newspaper man found opportunity to "xpress his pleasure and admiration for the excellent conditions apparent in the Salt Lake county chapter.' lie also spoke of his gratification over the fact that the Eed Cro.-s needs of the hour had in a large measure brought together Mormons and Gentile-5 in the labor for the saving of their country and spoke specifically of the splendid' accomplishments accomplish-ments of the Primary association worker? work-er? for the Red Cross. Astonishing growth of the Ked Cross is evidenced by some figures that came yesterday to local headquarters. They are direct from the natioual headquarters headquar-ters and relate to complaints of subscribers sub-scribers to the "Ked Cross Magazine," the official organ of the society, that I magazines have not arrived as promptly as expected. It is pointed out that despite the fact that 45(1, ouO new names have been placed on the subscription lists since January 1. every magazine has been mailed out within ten days from the time of the receipt of the subscriber's name and that four of the largest printing plants in. America are lulsy night and day turning out the periodicals. periodi-cals. Last .Tulv the circulation of the Ked. Cross Magazine was only 240.000 copies, row it is above 1,300.000 copies per month. The communication also contains the cheering information that the local chapter, which now has a membership of upwards of So.OOl'. will be benefited by an arrangement just completed, whereby those who paid their dollar for membership during the Christmas drive, may, by the payment of another dollar, secure the Ked' Cross Magazine for a year. rents of this amount going to the Salt Lake county chapter. " But to receive this benefit of 2- per cent of the subscription price, the order must be received bv the American Ked Cross before April 1, 1P1S. Material Given Out. A large consignment of material given out during the week to the workers iu the local chapter have soniewhat depleted de-pleted the stocks on hand, but goods are constantly arriving, and it is anticipated that .Monday morning will find a goodly supply on hand. A partial list of the material given out yesterday follows: Uaughters of the Indian War Veterans' auxiliary, one bolt of muslin. Draper Mothers' club, two holts of bod shirt material. Bingham auxiliary, three bolts of bed j;-.cket material. Salt Lake stake Primary auxiliary, twelve surgeons' gowns. Phillips ( 'ongregational church auxiliary, eighteen bed shirts, thirty-two thirty-two hanks of wool for socks. Salt Lake stake Relief society auxiliary, five hanks of wool for socks, one bolt of pa-jama pa-jama meterial. Elnsign stake Relief society so-ciety auxiliary, two suits of lajamas. Finished Articles Received. Many of the workers called at the receiving department yesterday with small amounts of finished articles, the individual hits that help to swell the gratifying totals. Among the larger consignments of completed articles turned in were to bo noted: First Presbyterian Pres-byterian church auxiliary, thirty-four pairs of socks, six sweaters, one pair of wristlets. Bingham auxiliary, forty-one suits of pajamas, twn pairs of socks, one sweater, four muffler'1. Midvale branch, ten bed shirts, one sweater, five pairs of socks. Among the visitors at chaffer bend-Quarters bend-Quarters yesterday were Mrs. Q. B. Kellev of Bingham, chairman of the purchasing derarTr."ut. and Mrs. F. ('. Wheeler of Bradford, Pa., a prominent Rd Cross worker in that city. Cancelled Stamps Not Wanted. Xo ratieelled postage stamps a:-1 wanted by the Red Cross, ,hiib issued a statement advising people not to waste time and energv in saving and forwarding them to V.'ashington. Somebody . semewhere. started one of those peasant, but likely to be annoying an-noying fictions, aid the idea has spread that the Am ri- aiu Red l ros lias devised de-vised a method of extracting the dves trom ran'o!lc(i st'Rinps au-( u5iu-j the I . a .statement. "Laio 'jiian- t it or" Micli .'.:unps have i iiul:i t " 1 thruujlt tin' i,oil will of r.rs"ris who have thought thoy Tvere rini;-. suni.thin to help wm thf war. -or' of lt'-rs h ; vtj I'en rf'oivo'l akir in forni.it inn, TlHi rt:tnips srrj ,f to Xho KC'I r.rr-r." |