Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-05


This is the Wapello County Liberty
Loan committees appeal to Wapello
county.
The people Of Wapello county are
asked to do their bit toward the sub
scription of the liberty loan and every
body in the county is going to be given
chance to participate in this patriotic
duty.
The committee appointed Tuesday
at the Commercial Club directors
luncheon met yesterday afternoon at
the club and discussed the plans for
the campaign that Is to be waged in
the county for the liberty loan.
BEGIN ORGANIZATION.
A committee of eight men was NAM
ed and meeting was held In the Com
mercial club from $3.50 this morning
until noon and another meeting called
for 3 o'clock this afternoon to finish
the work started this morning.
The organization Of the big drive to
be launched throughout the county
was begun in earnest this morning and
chairmen appointed for various sub
committees to work under a general
committee Of which N. B. Hutchison is
chairman.
DIVIDE COMMITTEES.
The county is divided into the vari-
Gus classes. commercial, lodges, banks,
farmers and other groups and a chair
man will be appointed for each Of
these and appoint the men to serve I'M
der him. ~ t.
for the big drive was discussed and an
effort made this afternoon to complete
the arrangements for the work in or
der to get an Immediate start.
PLAN WORKERS. MEETINGS.
Noon day meetings will be held in
the factories and larger employing con-
Germs at which the liberty loan will be
discussed and every one impressed
with the necessity OF buying at least
a $50 bond. The stores. banks. whole
sale houses. the farms and homes will
all be reached and enlisted in the
drive for large subscription to the
loan.
The Importance Of everyone realiz-
ing that those who are earning money
must do their bit toward financing the
war. was made plain at the committee
meeting yesterday and the first loan
or the present liberty bond is eesenti-
ally the working mans chance to do
his bit financially in helping the coun-
try. The men OF wealth will partici.
pate now and in the later issues that
are sure to follow, they will have to
bear the burden.
BANKS TO SUBSCRIBE.
The banks have promised to sub.
scribe to the sum of 10 per cent Of
their capital and surplus and it will
need the help Of every individual who
can possibly purchase a bond. to raise
the amount that the county Is expected
to subscribe in the liberty loan. The
amount expected to be subscribed In
Wapello county is 100000 and the
committee is setting its goal beyond
that figure with the view that If the
bond issue is oversubscribed, the war
will thus be shortened
The Red Cross headqua rters will be
used as a headquarters for the liberty
loan committee when the work Of can
wasting the county begins. The plan
Of campaign will be complete in that
every township and everybody in the
county will be reached and asked to
show their patriotism and do their duty
to their country In this crisis.
BUT TWO WEEKS LEFT.
The time limit is the hour Of noon on
June l5 at which time every applica.
ton for bond must he in Washington.
II is assured that every small subscrib-
err will be given bond and all are
urged TO make a suprame effort to pur-
chase at least a $50 bond The govern,
ment will pay 2ls per cent interest on
these bonds and the man or woman
with savings account can try to save
a little more and apply It on the pur.
Chase Of bond.
The means OF payment are easy and
every effort will be made to make Il
possible for the average working man
or woman TO possess a liberty bond.
The banks. business houses and some
of the manufacturing and commercial
firms will be agents for the sale OF the
bonds and their patrons and employees
will be given a chance TO subscribe to
the loan without much difficulty and
with as little inconvenience as pos.
sible
WILL INFORM EVERYBODY.
In the short time allotted for the
raising Of Wapello county's share OF
the bonds, il will be impossible to
make house to house canvass. but no
one within the county will be unaware
OF the opportunity to participate by the
date the campaign closes-June is.
Not only bank customers and bank
but every man. woman and
child in the county win bel made to
know what the liberty loan and urs-