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Morton's Red Cross Gets Dividend from New Salem Receiver Morton county's chapter of the American Red Cross is slowly but surely getting back the money it lost when the New Salem State bank closed, it was announced today by A.ยฐ W. Furness, secretary of the county Red Cross. A 7.4 per cent special dividend was received by Mr. Furness this morning from the bank's receivers. This makes the total dividends paid by the bank receivers on the Red Cross deposit 67.4 per cent, Mr. Furness explained. Red Cross funds are distributed to all banks in the county, the secretary said in explaining why the funds were placed in the New Salem bank before it closed.