Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 273, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1915 — OLDEST RED CROSS MEMBER [ARTICLE]

OLDEST RED CROSS MEMBER

Is Pointed Cap, Canadian Indian, Who at 108 Sends Portrait to Canadian Premier. Ottawa, Can. — A novel picture has been received by Sir Robert Borden, the Canadian premier, and forwarded by him to the local Red Cross rooms. It is that of the oldest member of the Red Cross society in the world, and at that a western Indian, Pointed Cap. who belongs to the File Hills Indian reserve in Saskatchewan. He will be one hundred and eight years old on November 14 next. . The establishment of a branch of the Red Cross society for these Indians shows how deeply the people of all classes in the Dominion are interested in the war and eager to find a Way of lending assistance.