Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-20
PURCHASERS FLOCK TO
BANKS TO SHOW
PATRIOTISM
SHARE IS S547,753.
BEFORE CITY HAS FILLED ITS
sQUOTA THAT AMOUNT MUST
BE SUBSCRIBED - CAMPAIGN
NOW REACHES WHITE HEAT.

That Ottawa viii have subscribed
S200.0t0 Of its share Of the Liberty
Loan by Monday is almost Il certain
~. according to- announcement made
today by bond selling committees NOW
engaged IN conducting IN active cam
paign into every home OF the city
Ottawa'S quot" of tlc second loan
has heen fixed at s5f75 .. aud when
$2GD,00o is subscribed tnrrc will still
hc left $3t7, ,l53 10 collect before the
city has shown itselt ready lu DO its
bit" bcSiues furnishing a couple OF
hundred of patriotic fighting men.
To-day was an especially busy one
ut al the banks in the city. Appli-
cation blanks signed by people IN all
walks Of life poured in The banking
Anstitutions in varying amounts.
The activity of the women is mar.
tirularly pleasing to the men IN charge
of the Liberty Loan in This commup
iiy and The men picked on the various
committees are making . thoro can.
sass and there are fcw instances OF
people declining to buy bond Xrvcr
In The history ~ ottawa has there
been Il more thoro or complete can
yass made The manufacturers are
appealing to their employees and urg
lug them to bccbnic bond holders.
Every inducemcni FOR the easy pay
mcnt of the hondS are made by the
employer Special blank application /,
70 have been sent 10 every factory IT.
Ottawa. The terms hat have met
with popular approval by The mcr
employed at the various Institutions
permitting them to pay s2c4 oui tlicil
pay check ON each Sj000 bond aut
s4 90 on each $lrn bond This plap
promises to tnrn hundreds of dollar
into the loan fund in this city.
Next week. The last week Of The
campaign, will be farmers week and
special activities will be the order OF
the men behind the guns Reports
from the various committees indicate
that the farmers are making splcn.
did showing and il is almost II Ger
tainly that some very big bond pur
chases will be made during the com
'ng week,
The secrelarys Office of the Cham
her OF Commerce has 'hccn n busy
place during the last few weeks and
thousands Of pieces of bond litera.
ture has been distributed by the ca.
dets and by Postmaster D0ughcrty's
carriers without any cost.
The report in the morning dis.
patches announcing The torpcdoing Of
the Antilles. an American transport
bound from France in which it is re.
ported seventy brave Americans have
lost their lives, has stirred our peo.
pie to the need Of raising plenty Of
money to carry on the war, and to
those who have the idea in mind that
peace terms may he offered at any
time might easily see that we must
fight to win. and This the government
will do to the end that we will 'ri
umph and settle for all time the
slaughter Of innocent men. DO your
duty now. It should not be necessary
to make any appeal to good trnc. 10y
al, patriotic Americans to do only
their duty.
Four.Minutc Men.
a new array of fo,lr-mnnte speak
crs are booked for the various thea
tcrs for tonight and SUNDAY nigllt
Ono or two Ut HE speakers already
ON the bill have proven so saiisfac
tory that Chairman Cairns has booked
them again for tomorrow night There
will be no orators At any OF The thea
ters Monday or Tuesday nichl bu
Wednesday night Il new group Of talk
crs viii appear and patrons Of The
movies" will listen to four-nlnuti
talks for The remainder Of iho week.
are;
Gayety =. G. Swift,
Crescent )r. ]. W, Petit
Orphcum Duncan MCDOuRall
Apollo i. |. Hanna
Sunday night
Gayety Clarence GrigrS.
Orpheum C. T.. Woodward
Apollo Il. G. Jordan
Crescent +. Farrell
Ottawa Dist. Allotted $5d1753,
Below Is the list OF allotmcnts
based on population for each distric
IN the county. The table shows pc
capita allotment of approximale
SAG:
Mendoza West half of Mer
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