The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-17
EXPECT CLAY
TO MAKE QUOTA
IN BOND SALE
Favorable Reports Being
Received From All Sec
tons Today

Subscriptions for Liberty Bonds
are likely to reach the quota in Clay
county is the opinion of County
chairman A. II. Costain.
Favorable reports have been re-
ceived from nearly every part of the
county and liberal subscriptions have
been the rule all along the line.
EImwood township jumped into
the lead today with a total Of $1,000
signed up by farmers of the Sabin
neighborhood. This amount. the To-
cal committee says. will he consider
ably increased and other townships
will have to hustle If they top Elm
wood.
r. ]. GundeTson. who had a small
territory in Moland township along
the Buffalo river, turned in subscrip-
tfons aggregating $1,000.
A. II. Miller and e. Fl. Bean, in
charge of the campaign for the east
eTn part of Moorhead township, re-
port excellent success. A meeting
will be held at the William Widen
school house, in the western part Of
the township this evening. Tho
speakers will be DR.. @. J. Hagen and
q. II. Rustad.
mesElng at YAK mounos
A very successful meeting was
held at the Oak Mound consolidated
sChoolhouse last evening and the
committees for Kragnes and Oak
port township were organized.
James NJ. Witherow told of the war
and the methods under which IL is
being fought. He explained tho
changed conditions and told of the
preparations that are being made by
the government.
Chas. S. Marden spoke of the
causes OF the war. He told why the
enemy is still conducting it and why
the allies and the u. S. are defend
ing. He also told Of the need Of
money TO carry on the war and re-
minded those at the meeting that the
necessary funds must be raised in
this country.
The Kragnes township committee
includes the following: Alfred OIL
son, Il. o. Studlien, John r. Hottie,
II. II. Egan, Leonard Peterson, J. T..
Gee, julius Anderson and William
GilbeTTy.
Assisting Martin w. Gee on the
committee for Oakport township are:
II. A. Rice, o. II. Hogstad and o. NJ.
Steen.
GAINESVILLE Germans Loyal.
The report from GAINESVILLE il
very encouraging and brings evil
denCe of the loyalty Of the Germans
Of that locality who are subscribing
literally.
In the Ulen neighborhood the soli-
Cttors report good success. This
evening a meeting will be held in
Walworth township east Of Ulen in
Becker county. II. A. Johnson and
a number Of other boosters fro n
Ulen will attend
The MOorhead committees are still
at work and all are reporting ex-
Ccllent prOgress-in The business dis
tliCt. residence sections and in the
schools.
The MOOThead banks subscriptions
already far i'm excess of those for
the FIRST loan; and one bank has al
ready received more than three times
the amount signed for the former
bond issue.
Four Minute Men On job.
The four-minute men are working
and this evning James A. Clarity
viii occupy the time at the Lyceum
theatre. G. II. Rustad was the
speaker last evening.
One man was vOCiferous in his re-
fusal to subscribe yesterday. This
morning he had experienced a change
of heart for he was on hand early to
sign up before the blue card was for
waPded to the Federal Reserve bank.