The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
keokuk Went Over the Top Standard
SGT for Her, But the Exact Fig
ures Cannot be Ascertained
for Several Days.
PRAISE TEAM WORKERS
Organization and Sacrifice of Personal
Interests Won and Kept Lee
County In Line With En-
tire State Of Iowa.

Treasurer l.. A. Hamill will not
have complete figures for a day or
| two
The Keokuk subscriptions to the
Red Triangle soldiers welfare fund
| is big pile Of money that requires
some time to count in full, and in
dividual subscriptions are still com
| ing in.
But when the sun set yesterday, il
was certain that Keokuk's apportion'
ment had been exceeded and more
than it's share of $4,000 had been
raised here.
Everybody connected with the
campaign felt happy. Chairman JUS
tice said for The Gate City to be
sure to give lots of credit to every
committeeman, captain and member
of team. "They left their own bust
ness and affairs, worked hard and
worked we'll, and made success OF
it, he said, land 1 feel that every
man of them has right to feel that
that he has done big bit as a sol
der in this war"
Some citizens not officially connect
I ed with the Grive praised all the work.
ers in even stronger terms today. 1t
is pretty apparent to close observers
that the amount of subs criptions 90
tanned depends largely on the quality
and amount of work put into the
canvass for money-and in Keokuk
both the quality and the amount OF
work was large.
what appeals to me most Is those
233 Keokuk boys pledging themselves
to earn and give $40 each; that $40
for a boy is more than 500 to any
Keokuk business man." This senti-
ment from prominent citizen wa,
the general talk of the town today.
Shelby County Leads Banner State.
In oversubscribing it's apportion.
ment, Keokuk was in line with the
entire state. A telegram to The
Gate City from Des Moines says:
Iowa went far over the line In the
Red Triangle war fund campaign
| fund which terminated today. With
several counties yet to complete their
report, and the two counties Of Sac
and Howard without reports as yet,
the total subscriptions aggregate 81,
$500 at least. Every one of the
sixteen districts Of the state over
subscribed its quota, and the state as
a whole is sixty-eight per cent in
eAC6SS VI Lie ToVU,UUU
set as the standard when the cam
paign started, and also far over the
later standard set when national
headquarters increased the fund 10
$50,OO0,000 instead of the original
So, 100000 It is probable that every
county in the state will double its
quota and some treble that standard.
Shelby county leads in ratio to pop
ulation, and gave s20.91O on an ap-
portionment of $4,000. The larger
counties with large cities of Des
Moines, Davenport, Council Bluffs
and Cedar Rapids, lead in amounts
subscribed. The colleges of Iowa
subscribed about $4,000 as their
share. The boys campaign will yield
about 100000 instead of the $4,000
asked Of them.
Iowa may lead the entire country
in per capita subscriptions, and it is
believed to be. the only state showing
every county reaching it's apporition
ment.
There's a demand for buttons. The
officials request all men and all
teams who have additional buttons
to turn them in at once. Some of
the teams have additional badges,
and these should be turned in at
once.