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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPXER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 11. PAGE 8KVKH MR COUNCIL m The War Council sends greetings to the Chapters of the American Red Cross on the occasion of their annual meetings for 1918. With these greetings go congra tulations on the great work of the chapters during the past year and, above all things, on the wonderful spirit of sacrifice and' patriotism which has pervaded that work. The strength of the Red Cross rests upon its chapters. They are its bone and sinew. They supply its funds, they supply its men and women, they supply its enthusiasm. Let us, then, review together the Red Cross story of the past year. Some idea of the size to which your Red Cross family has grown may be gathered from the following facts: On May 1, 1917, Just before the appointment of the War Council, the American Red Cross had 486,194 members working through 662 chap ters. , On July 31, 1918, the organization .numbered 20,648,103 annual mem bers, besides 8,000,000 members of the Junior Red Cross a total enroll ment of over one-fourth the popula ' tion of the United States. These members now carry on their Red Cross work through 3,854 chap ters, which .divide themselves into some 30,000 branches and auxil iaries. Since the beginning of the war, you of the chapters have co-operated with the War Council in conducting two war fund drives and one niem bershjp drive, in addition to the camprign on behalf of the Junior Red. Cross. The total actual collections to date from the first war fund have amount ed to more than $115, 000,000. The :subscriptions to the second war fund amounted to upwards of $176,000,. ' Iff. Prom rneniWrsMp Uues the Collec tions have amounted to approximate Iy $24,500,000. To the foregoing must be added that very large contribution of ma terials and time given by the millions of women throughout the country in , surgical dressings, in knitted articles, in hospital and refugee garments, in canteen work, and the other activities the chapters have been called upon ltd perform. it is estimated that approximately :8,00U00 women are engaged In canteen work and the production of jellet supplies through the chapters. For the jeriof up to July 1, 1918, .American Red Cross chapters, through .their workroqms had pro duced: 490,120 refugee garments. 7,123,621 hospital supplies. , 10,786,489 hospital garments, , 10,134,501 knitted articles. I 192,748,107 surgical dressings., A total of 221,2j2,838 articles of ( an estimated aggrogote value of at least $44,000,000. The articles were .largely the pro-' duct of women's hands, and, by the same token, infinitely more precious than could have been the output of factories or machines. These articles going to the operating rooms of the hospitals, to the homeless or needy refugees, and carrying comfort to our own boys In the field, convey a message of love from the women of this country entirely distinct from the great money value attaching to -heir handiwork. By the terms under which the first Red Cross war fund was raised, the chapters were entitled t,o retain 25 per cent of the amount collected, in order to defray local expenses, to carry on their home service work, to purchase materials to bo utilized in chapter production and otherwise to meet the numerous calls made upon them. The chapters were thus en titled to retain nearly $29,000,000. As a matter of fact, their actual re tentions amounted to only about $22,00b,000. Out of collections from annual memberships, the chapters have re gained about $11,000,000. From this total sum, therefore, of $33,000,000 retained by the chapters, they have met all the oftentimes very heavy local demands upon them, and in addition have provided for use by National Headquarters products valued, as stated above, at upwards of $44,000,000. The chapters have in effect re turned to the War Council, not alone the $33,000,000 retained out of the war fund and membership dues, but, in value of actual product, an additional contribution of at least $11,000,000. It will thus be seen that during the eighteen months which have elapsed since the United States en tered the war, the American people will have either paid In or pledged to the American Red Cross for its work of relief throughout the world, in money or In material values, a nei I total of at least $325,000,000. I This outpouring of generosity in I material things has been accora ; panied by a spontaneity in the giving, by n enthusiasm and 8 devotion in the dolug, which, after all, are greater and bigger than could be any thing measured in terms of time or , dollars. . jt has been because of this spirit which has pervaded sU American Red Cross effort in this war that the ! aged governor of one of the stricken 1 and battered provinces of France 'stated, not long Blnce, that, though France had long known. of America's greatness, strength and enterprise, it remained for the American Red I rnua In thin war tn reveal America's heart. I In this country, at this moment, the workers of the " Red Cross through its chapters, are helping to add to the comfort and health of the millions of our soldiers In 102 camps and cantonments, as well as of those traveling on railroad trains or em barking on ships for duty overseas. .The Home Service of the Red Cross, with its now more than 40,000 workers, is extending its ministra tions of sympathy and council each month to upwards of 100,000 families left behind by soldiers at the front a number ever growing with the in crease of our men under arms. But, of course, the heart of the MT. HOOD 5CE CilE Pure -:- Delicious -:- Refreshing Something Special Every SuDday ALL SOFT DRINKS SERVED HERE THE VERY BEST THE PALM LOWNEY'S CHOCOLATES BEST CANDIES AT THE G.-T. OFFICE-BEST JOB PRINTING Red Cross and its money and atten tion always move toward and focus themselves in Europe where the American Red Cross, as truly "the greatest mother in the world," is seeking to draw "a vast net of mercy through an ocean of unspeak able pain." Nothing is withheld that can be given over there to supplement the efforts of our Army and Navy in car ing for our own boys. The Red Cross does not pretend to do the work of the Medical Corps of the i Army or the Navy; its purpose i3 to ; help and to supplement. i Nor does the Red Cross seek to ! glorify what it does or those who do it; our satisfaction is in the result, which, we are assured by Secretary Baker, General Pershing, General Ireland and all our leaders, is of in estimable value and of indispensable ; importance. By the first of January, your Red Cross will have working in France upwards of 5,000 Americans a vivid contrast to the little group of eighteen men and women which, a3 the first Red Cross Commission to France, sailed about June 1, 1917, to initiate our efforts in Europe. Under your Commission to France the work has been carefully organ ized, facilities have been provided, and effective efforts made to so co operate with the Army as to carry out the determination of the Amer ican people, and especially of the members of the Red Cross, that our boys "over there" shall lack for nothing which may add to their safety, comfort and happiness. Your Red Cross now has active, perating commissions in France, in England, in Italy, in Belgium, in Switzerland, in Palestine and' in Greece. You have sent a shipload of relief supplies and a group of de voted workers to northern Iflissia; you have despatched a commission to work behind our armies in eastern Siberia; you have sent specUU rep resentatives to DenmarR, te, Serbia, and to the Island ot Mfldeira. Your Red Crosg thus extending relief to 'he armte and navies of our Allies; and you are carrying a prac tical message of hope and .relief to the friendly peoples of afflicted Eu rope and Asia. Indeed, we are told by thosu beat Icforraed in the countries of cur Mile that tho efforts ot your Red Cross to fild tlil soldiers and to sustain the morale of the civilian populations left at home, especially In France and Italy, have constituted a very real factor in winning the war. The veil has already begun to lift. The defection of Bulgaria, which by the time this message can be read,, may have been followed by events sMM more portentous, may point the way to yet greater Red Cross opportunity and obligation. "The cry from Macedonia" to come and help will probably prove one of the most appealing message to which the world has ever listened. What the Red Cross may be called upon to do in the further course of the war, or with the coming of victory, peace and reconstruction, it would be idle to attempt to prophesy. But your great organization, in very truth "the mobilized heart and spirit of the whole American people," has shown itself equal to any call, ready to respond to any emergency. The American Red Cross has be come not so much an organization as a preat movement, seeking to embody in organized form the spirit of ser vice, the spirit of sacrifice in short, all that is best and highest in the ideals and aspirations of our country. Indeed we cannot but believe that this wonderful spirit which service In and for the Red Cross has evoked in this war, is destined to become in our sational lift an element of per manent value. At Christmas time we shall ask the whole American people to answer the Red Cross Christmas roll call. It will constitute an unique appeal to every man, woman and child In this great land of ours to become enrolled in our army of mercy. It is the hope of the War Council that this Christmas membership roll call shall constitute a reconsecration cf the whole American people, an Inspiring reassertion to mankind that in this hour of world tragedy, not to conquer but to serve is America's tuprcme aim. THE WAR COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. Henry P. Davison, Chairman. REVERTED TO TYPE Ferret's Night Off an Orgy of Slaughter. TP 11 w WDDiiDiieirs THE BEST COFFEE IN IMS Schilling's. Best Folger's Golden Gate BOTH IN 1, 2 1-2 and 5 POUND CANS When thinking of Coffee remember we have our usual line in bulk 22 1-2, 25, 30 and 35 cents a pound. PHELPS GROCERY COMPANY t ? V f ? T T v Y t t t T f T Little Killer Left Thick Trail ef Dead Which He Had Destroyed for the Pure Joy of Slaying, and Went Home. His mother was a ferret, lean, ycV low and pink eyed and a she devil to boot, says a writer in London An swers. ' His father was worse, a wild pole cat of the mountains, and a worse devil than ever. But he, the cherub, was so soft and furry and fat and creamy, and, though he had got pink eyes, there seemed to be nothing else of his mother and father about him. He never bit. be never spat, and he never used bau lan guage, and he lived upon bread and milk, like a gentleman. So he was till the spring broke. It was thair own fault, the ferret ers. They took him out rabbiting, as usual. They put a collar with a bell on round his neck, as usual, and a long, long 'String on the collar, as usual, and they turned him into a rabbit warren, as usual. And he sneezed three times, as usual, and hsi walked docilely down the first rabbit tu'le he enrne to, as usnxl, to rnra vat thft rabbits from their burrows, as llSunl, tflftt the sportsmen. ooWde hltgbt ehoot them as they bolted. So far, unfit he got Into the middle of the mazes of runnels, the inky dark nesses, and the stuffy heat, full of the smell of castor oil don't know why, by the way and he could hear the drumming of rabbits' feet fleeing before his ghostly, terrible self, every, tt&ig happened as usual. Then nothing dt.f, Jtle wal pulled up with Jeft nearly choked him. He trtedff"8 to ward, but It wss all no mod. fle had only yard of play either way. Els' line was entangled In a root The hours passed, end the ferreters, after trying every device known K man to get him out, gave it up and went home. The cherub did not git It up. He worried slowly, and he chafed, he pulled, and tugged, he backed, and he sweated, and be sneezed, and finally bis collar came undone or broke. The cherub sneezed three times, tttd walked three yards. Then he realized he was free. It was the first time in all his life he had been free, and It acted upon him. In that second his mother, plus his father, got to wot in his own body, and he began. It was really very clenn killing. Fif teen rabbits done to death, esch with s single, clean fang stroke behind the ears was not so bad for one small ferret. But he Improved, for be slew 20 In the next hour leaving every carcass untouched where it htv ami, getting thirsty, came above ground for water. The vater he did not find, but discovered fowls in a fowlhwise in stead, and, as I said, being thirsty, drank blood. There were no live fowls in that hen roost when he left He visited the hutches of the Belgian hares, which he slew, and the pigeon cote, where he got more blond. After that he returned a mile across country, killing three partridges on the way; drank at the doe's crouch biting the dog badly in the process wanted into his own hutch and was found curled np, calmly asleep, among uie nay next morning. Jack Frost is not far away. You are thinking of some of the comforts for colder weather. Sam Hulies Company have anticipated your needs in their line of Sweaters, Plain and Stripes Mackinaws, Wool Shirts Caps, Woolen Socks and Underwear Woolen Blankets NOT TOO EARLY TO MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS NOW. Sam HiiiSies Co. House of Reliable Merchandise". 1 Bucks For Sale 5 i rv " Vi Hnve eoiuo choice ear-bid RamWiiiet ramS wad r88-bred Rambouillet-Lincoln rams and a few LLnmln rams for sale. . . Write or wire PENDLETON SHEEP COMPANY Dan J. ;Smythe, Pres., or T. P. Boylen, Mgr., Pendleton, Oregon. Rabbit Meat for Wartime rw Wartime conservation nf hrf ami pork has enabled a Kansan to develop a ratner extraordinary business in the marketing of wild rabbits, both jacks ana cottontails. A rabbit-packing plant has been established and i now ohm- ping frozen bunnies by the tens f mousanus. A recent contract called for 480(101 pounds of jnckrabblt meat The jacks average four pounds each when dressed. This means that approximate ly 120,000 rabbits were reaufred to fill the order. The fur is disposed of at a handsome profit. It is used in the manufariurv of high-grade felt, such ns enters into the milking of men's hats. All waste products are converted Into fertilizer. The Industry also rids the country of a crop-destroying pest Popular Mechanics Magazine. Teaching the Boys to Sing. A distinguished young musician re cently joined the English army for the purpose of teaching the boys to sing. Attached to the royal air force, he has been commissioned to train the men at the various centers in choral singing, thus dispensing with the necessity for bands. The effect upon the spirits, the morale and the discipline ot the men has been excellent They have devel oped a keen interest in singing, and many of them have been found, to their own surprise, to possess excel lent voices. In view of the success of the movement, it will probably be ex tended to other branches of the array, especially where the formation of a band Is out of the question. A house for rent. W. P. HILL. MAKE A GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION lo the Unittjd War Work Campaign this week. Through the Y. M. C. A.. Knights of Columbus, Community War Service, and kindred organisa tions, something of the dreariness . is being re-' moved from the lives of our Boys in the Service. Remember, by a little more additions to your ac count at the Farmers & Stockgrowers National ; Bank, you can soon make up what you give. The Bank for Little and Big whose accounts are 1 Little or Big" Four Per Cent on Time Deposits FARMERS & STOCKGROWERS NATIONAL BANK Heppner Oregon owers qi i To All Wheat Gr Morrow County I will be-in the market for all classes of wheat at all times during the coming season, prices based on government inspection slips. Bags and harvesting supplies at market prices. PHILL COHN 1 1 I