Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-02
NO DISTURBANCES
LOOKED FOR HERE
!. REGISTRATION DAY
COUNTY OFFICIALS 90 NOT Ex-
PECT ANY OF THE TROUBLE
EXPERIENCED BY OTHER BIG
LOCALITIES OF STATE.

AbtShS oiC NhtoiNu ~ 0iA H"oA
of La Sale county today for the rush
OF registrations that will be made
next Tuesday, when all men between
the ages Il and 80 will subscribe
their names to certificates as candi.
dates for the great draft army to be
put into service by Uncle Sam.
The court house, where the great
est part of the work has been in evi.
dence since the supplies arrived for
distribution among the various pre-
cincts, has been a particularly active
place, especially in the sheriff's and
county clerks offices. Sheriff Davis
has had couple of very able assist
ant in d. l.. McKenny and William
OConnell both of whom have given
much of the time for the past ten
days in helping with the work. Mr.
McKenny has been ION the job" from
early morning until late at night for
a week and together with the other
volunteers has made it possible for
the sheriff and his force to wipe the
slate clean for Tuesday when the
grand rush begins.
Expect No Trouble Here.
Because of the caliber of the people
who inhabit La Sale county, Sheriff
Davis is not expecting any of the
trouble that is worrying Uncle Sam
in other sections of the state. No in
citing literature has been spread about
nor has any agitators been at work
obstructing the draft. For this rea.
son, and as all towns. villages and
cities report complete submission to
federal edict, it Is expected the day
will pass off smoothly and without dis
turbance.
County Clerk Busy.
More than three hundred "absen
tees" according to estimates made b,
Deputy County Clerk Smith, have ap
| peared in the county offices ant
signed their cards, after seeing tina
they were carefully filled out. TIL
men attending to this duty come from
all sections of the county and thei
cards as rapidly as they are made on
are forwarded to their home precinct
Todate nearly every state in th
union has been represented in th'
preliminary registrations.
The greatest work of the entire
undertaking will center about thu
County Clerks office after the card
are turned in on Wednesday. 1t rests
with the county officials to make
copies of ali the cards. They alst
will have to be arranged alphabet
cally and as some 5000 are looked TO
il can be seen the task Is no prett.
one. Mr.. Bach has called for yolun
teers to assist in this task withou
compensation. He already has tn
names of fifteen men and women VIII
have offered their services and is il
need of forty or fifty more With hal
hundred workers he figures it vii
require four days to carry out tn
details prescribed In the govemmen
Instructions.
Many Send Cards.
A hundred or more residents OF tn
county who are in other sections G
the country, have sent their cards {
Sheriff Davis for entry at the HON
precinct AS fast as these cards com
in thru the mails they are indexe
and filed. BY Tuesday it Is expecte
this number will be doubled, Will
other belated ones will come in afte
registration day.
Instruct Workers.
Precinct registrars, whose service
have been volunteered to the countr
on registration day. have been give
schools of instruction by their chiei
and by Tuesday will know exactly
what manner to conduct registration
, in their section. All Ottawa registrar
are prepared for their work and
thoroly has the work been done 1t
predicted the day will pass o
smoothly and without confusion
any one of the six precincts.
AAn Nnl nlEnC Alll0