Show BEAR RIVES RIB CITY MAKES A bear river city has done perhaps what no other community in box elder county has dune done of its size in the matter of supporting the government in this war tile the population of tho the town Is a trifle over seven hundred souls and it has furnished 23 soldiers already twenty of whom volunteered and six more nill mill go within the next two weeks three of whom are volunteers this makes tour four soldiers to the hundred in the other liberty loan campaigns dear bear river oversubscribed her allotment and in the matter oi of war savings stamps tile the people are coming along fine in the present liberty loan drive the people of the town have subscribed over aver and the campaign has not conle come to a close yet but the crowning event of 0 the towns activity along this line came last friday when nhen a drive was staged for the red cross yesterday mr air alma nelson came to Brig hain city and deposited to the credit ot of the dox box elder county chapter proceeds from halt half a days activity for the red cross this amount was raised by various methods A dance was given which netted the committee 21 an auction was held on friday afternoon tile the proceeds eus s from which were the cafeteria operated on the same afternoon netted la in the evening a dramatic production was given which paid over to to the committee 2850 as its ita part of the the proceeds and ahe percentage on a picture show netted the good mothers of the to town ton n saved their eggs on sunday april and they sold for a total of 2845 cash contributions from individuals who proffered the cash in place of materials for the cafeteria and auction sale ea mounted to making a grand total of the best selling article at the auction sale was a bottle ot of fruit it was the last article put on the block and was sold for a dollar the jar was turned back and resold until every person in the audience had purchased it and finally the auctioneer bought it in the sale netting the committee 41 the auctioneer then turned the bottle back to the committee and it is now proposed to put it away as a red cross souvenir to be retained until the boys return sir mr oluf jensen had charge of the auction department and W P citzler was aas auctioneer the spirit manifested by the people of tile the town own has been of unselfish loyalty in every activity that has been projected to do something to help win the war ar yesterday a big bundle of 0 clean materials for the making of bandages clothing or something else was sent over to the county chapter to be made up and the spirit of doing their bit seems to possess everyone there is no room tor for the slacker in bear river city |