East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-10-23
PENDLETON'S
BOND QUOTA
IS SURPASSED
Is First City in U. S. Having
Quota of $75O,OOO or More
To- 0versubscribe.
$4,000 REPORTED UP
TO THIS AFTERNOON
Total Does Not Include $780,
900 or More Gathered in
House to House Canvas.

PendIeton Is the first city in the
pRltcd States, having quota OF
$3.50 900 or over, 10 subscribe and
pass its quota, according to a wire
from G. e. Chapman of Portland this
afternoon.
!. PcnhIcfon's quota was $3.50, 900 and
this afternoon the two banks report
ed e7z5 900 subscribed through them.
This docs not include the 100000 and
more which the house to house COM
mlttees have secured I'm the past two
days.
The heaviest subscribers today were
snaythe Bros., S3O. 900. and Mra lima
III. Sturg1s $4,000 both through
the First National Bank. Among
the other 90 subscribers there today
were w. VI. BIakeIy $4,000 and DIR. r.
q. Parker, $1,000. The First Nation
ais total this afternoon is $S0i.O 900
q7aa American Nationals total this
afternoon was S3S6.OOO. Among the
subscribers there today were Gus La
Isontaine $1,000 William Courier ST.
600. j. y. Stofl1c $500 and Jack Glib
son $500.
with Pendletons Liberty Loan
aupsbcriptions already topping the
three dnarter million quota for this
city. the campaign for the sale OF
the bonds goes on without any letting
up OF energy.
the citiksn committees which yes
tarday brought ~ more than 100000
are out again today winding up ther
canva4s from house to house ana
their total Il growing larger every
hour.
-Four Minute Men Talk
The -Four Minute Men VIII con-
tinue making short talks each even
ing at the three movin~ picture the
aters. Tonight Judge Fee will SPEAK
for four minutes at the Alta. r. M
sawteIIe will speak at the Cosy and
Harry Chambers at the Pastime.
Tomorrow is the day set aside bt
President Wilson and by Acting May
Or Vaughan for special Liberty BOND
observance and business will be sus-
pended between the hours or ana
8.
Not ALI OF the committees have yet
made any. report OF the bonds SOLO
yesterdaf, The committee. composed
az 8. r. Thompson. w. w. Harras
and d. II. Nelson, which worked en-
tirely among farmers. reported $SZ'-
900 as a result of their efforts yes
terday. DR.. f, j. Somerville made
q subscription OF $4,000 through this
committee. his second subscription
during the campaign.
All Are Working To-day.
]. J. Hamley's committee. which
worked in the northwestern part OF
the city, reported $3.50 OF which
$4,000 wins made bf Fred Walters.
narr Phelps committee brought in
Sl75O -tgrOm the southwestern por-
tion oflfhe. city and J. $. Johns com
mittee brought in s26bO from the ex-
treme western part OF the city. The
sawtelle committee which worked
east OF Main street reported $2s00.
Other committees have not yet re-
ported but all are out working again
today.
state Quota Seems Assured.
PORTLAND, oct. 23.--With unof-
fIciai returns at present around eleV-
or million dollars. Oregon's Liberty
Bond quota Is assured II the present
pace set all over the state is main
talned, Twelve cities have equalled
or surpassed their quotas and IA cit
les have exceeded 40 per cent. The
announcement today of s250,0O0 from
Theodore Wilcox, the same from the
Portland FIGURING Mills and $1OO'
900 from the Lad and Tilton bank
wonderfullf cheered the committee
The oregon Short Line bought $500
o6D. Two extra cities are Hcho 1l5
Per cent Bend los per cent
The cities with 40 per cent or over
nre Amity, Burns, Dallas. Enterprise'
Flora, Gardiner, Moupin. McMinn-
VILE, Pendleton. Shaniko. Toledo,