The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-29
-CAss COUNTY GETS
SUBSTANTIAL GAIN
Additional Subscriptions
Here Increase Total By
$12, 500
EXPECT AVERAGE OF
$1,000 A COUNTY
Tremendous Momentum OF
Liberty Loan Drive
Brings New Results

with the receipt this morning OF
reports of belated subscriptions from
several North Dakota con1IlsSI' n1Il'tII
ThaIrman u. y. Hanna of the North
Dakota state committee in charge OF
fhe Liberty Loan campaign, IS conn-
dent that the states total subscrlp-
tions will amount to ten and three
Quarter millions of dollars.
ssThis morning / received an adol-
t,onaI raport from Walsh county
CARRYING over S25, 900 worth Of sub
ecriptions, and the total increase III
that county win be about $SV'VVV;
"An increase OF $2.5oO IN
Adams county subscriptions, coupiSu a.
with an increase OF S1z.ovV SO Ia 80.
the Cass county subscriptions Iessos
me to believe that the average IN
crease in the whole state VIII pe
better tllain s5, 900 to a county, Wnlcn I1i
wouId add fully a quarter millioh
dollars to the subscriptions.
con the face of returns received
from the district chairmen SATURDAY
evening. the total subscriptions III
the state were $10,450, 900, but re-
ports already received this morhlilS m.l;S
place us in the $10,5OO,OOV ciass, viii .siI
the certainty that the increase VIII
an manv of the counties, ruTal
campaigns were unable TO make re-
morris Saturday, and sucn fep0L -
nrobabIy will continue TO come IN 1oE
two or three days.
cass County Increase.
The Cass county subscription IN
crease was announced this noon oy
Chairman Hanna, being an aooluon
of 10000 to the subscription mace
by the Dakota Trust company saOI a
ha n
purchasc of bonds BY those alAlillsSo
insfifntious being $1Ts 800.
AIex Starn and r. S. Lewis callso
an 1gr Hanna this morning 70 IN
crease the subscription In aaolllon'
n q Lewis made a $1,000 subscr1p-
fiou Saturday afternoon
Tha new subscription MADE tooay
fv the Dakota Trust company anu
the Dakota Savings bank Is the sec
ond increase. an additional supscIlp ~
fion of $500 having been made late
Gain Rapidly On Reports :.
From Saturday afternoon al
o,oloclx when Mr.. Hanna estimated
the state bond purchases at Ss,5Oes-
600 untii the hour he completed
statAnent of the whole states oond
y,urcbases. about 10:30 o'clock SAT-
1Irday night. there was constant
increase In subscriptions. until the
SO 0.4sO,00o mark was reached.
The increases that have been naoe
since that time are indicaIiVe o.
what may be expected Wnen olusi a.
counties get their final reports In.
walsh county, included in Mr.. Ham
mas statement Of bond purchases
with a credit OF $4so.0oo, win exceed
the $500, 900 mark.
Could Hit the Marx
A significant message was recslEeu
hv Mr. Hanna from J. p. Phelan,
chairman of the extreme southwest
ern district in the state. Could Ms
start on the campaign now, with tne
spirit at present prevailing IN our
district, we could so way beyonn our
quota, says Mr.. Phelan.
Germans Respond Readily
pau Kretschmar. chairman for
Mcintosh county. make a very good
report 81 the situation in that coun-
a.. which Ii one OF the extremely
strong German centers In the state.
Mr.. Kretschmar reports that Rev.
Christian Holm, a German Lutheran
minister of New Tim, Mimi, an ex-
trenely paarIotic American, who
spoke in Mcintosh county, accom-
plished great things. and that follow
ing his lecture tour the attitude
toward the bond issue was very much
better and made possible the splen-
aid alsowin9 that Mcintosh county
made on the final reports. Mr.. Day
men. German travelling man, also
aided Mr.. Kretschmar materially II
handling the bond issue.
Foster County Patriotic.
A striking telegram was given ouk
TODAY by Mr.. Hanna. coming from @.
81 Nswberry. OF Darlington. chair
man for Foster county. II follows:
Il have the great honor ana
extreme pleasure or ADVISING you
that in addition TO Co. n fund
raised at Darlington, it, county
aeat. Ia sl0, 600 raised for Red
croes work and ess, 900 subacrib-
IA for the first issue OF Liberty
bends Foster county tha small
est county i'm cur state. with only
000 population, now slbacribea
for 9170 900 OF the second issue
81 Liberty bonds. exceeding our
allotment 70 per cent, and all but
$4,000 OF the amount is in
individual subscription. Our peo-
nIa az ali nationa1itias. farmers
and fownapeople. have shown ex-
calIent spirit, and both by work
81 subscription supported the
cause loyally. We stand firmly
behind the government and will
lend further assistance when
needed.
Bees Other States.
North Dax0ta's oversubscripti
h now about 80 per cent. with the
probability thnt IL will 20 B4 per
cent. That Is far better thar the
record made BY other states Of this
district.
Statement BY Counties.
on Saturday evening Mr. Hanna