The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-10-20
EVERY MAN WITH $50 SAVED UP
SHOULD INVEST TIN A BOND
SHOW YOU'RE AN AMERICAN
The Quick Ending of the War De-
pends Upon the Supplying of
Money For Preparation

soonf OI course you do. Well, there
Is way to bring it to an end soon
and that Is for every man, woman and
child who has $50 or more laid away
to buy Liberty Bond with their
savings. You, reader, can help q
end this war II you will. You cant
do il by sitting around and wishing
IL will end. Wishing never got any
body anywhere. The way to end II
is to help lick the Kaiser for this
war isn't going to end until he gets
his knockout blow You can help
give him that blow IL you Will Will
you?
Seek Three Billion.
This Liberty Loan amounts TO SO,
100000 and may be expanded to S5.-
O0OO,O0O depending upon how freely
the people come across with their
money The money is needed to equip
our army, to transport the soldiers %
France
The United States Is depended upon
TO deliver the Knockout blow to the
Germans next spring The govern
ment wants TO get enough men on the
aring line so that when Uncle Sam
strikes the line they'll hit II hard.
War cannot be run without money
anywhere any more than any other
business and the American people are
the ones to furnish the money. You
reader. want to be classed as an Am
erican citizen, don't you You must
earn the title You can't go to the
front. but you can help the fellow
who has gone to the front to get
gun, clothing. food. It's your duty.
to do that and while you're doing
your duty you will at the same time
be making a nice investment for the
government pays you per cent on
the money you loan to It.
The Kaiser aud his Junker lieuten
ants have staked their hand upon the
belief that American people are not
loyal TO their government they be-
lieve that the American soldier will
be repdered useless by lot of Ger
man sympsthizers in their rear. many
OF them in the pay OF the German Sc
cret service. DO you know what that
means? II means simply this:
II you have $50 or more saved up
and YOU fail to buy a Liberty Bond
with it the Kaiser has you in his card
index as pro-German. a traitor TO
your country DO YOU want to be
classed thus.
The government has set apart 30
days for this loan to be taken. The
month Of October Is to be devoted to
that work. Last Wednesday the sum
Of three billion dollars had been sub
scribed Two billion more must
come in before the end Of the mont
II the loan 4 to be a success
Ask s33i,OO Of Iron County.
Iron county Is asked to subscrlbs
Sgsi 900 towards the buying OF these
bonds. II is big sum Of money. bu'
II can be dug mp in the county " the
people viii all respond Remember
that when YOU buy bond YOU get
something upon which YOU can realize
at any time YOU wish to turn n int
money. The bonds are sslable at pa
any time. The 3i6 per cent bonds
purchased last MAY have increased
80 In value that they are now quote
above par That's the the kind OF Sc
curity you get for your money.
Iron River and Stsmbaugh ar
alive to the importance OF holding
up the honor OF Iron county. Shall
Crystal Falls lag? There is mcney |
enough right in this community 10
take our share OF these bonds: the |
thing Is 10 get II out This appeal 10
buy bonds isn't meant for the busl-
ness man. but for the workingman;
the miner who Is laying away few |
dollars every month for rainy day |
He's the fellow we are addressing |
ourselves to- Every 500 bond Is reg
istered You can't lose a. Buy ?
$50 bond II YOU can't buy more, but
II you can, buy all you can
Subscriptions should be made. al
the Iron County National Bank or tho
Alpha National Bank Get busy with |
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