Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-16
BUSINESS MEN ARE NOW
CANVASSING THEIR
TERRITORIES
WOMEN ARE ACTIVE
TAKE ACTIVE PART IN SALES
COACH WHITNEY NOW ARMY
LIEUTENANT, TELLS OF SUB.
SCRlPTiONS BEING TAKEN
AMONG SOLDIERS. -

The people In Ottawa in all stages
and walks of life are awakening to
the need of getting behind the second
Liberty Loan. Since the, appoint
ment of the various committees to
canvass the territory assigned them
by President Griggs, greater interest
has been manifested by the men
chosen to do their share in selling
the bonds in this community II was
highly pleasing TO the Ottawa people
VINO are eager TO see that Ottawa
comes up to its quota in its second
loan to note the enthusiasm and 10y,
atty of the various committees near
ly all of whom are losing no time IN
thoroly and completely organizing the
territory they are TO cover
Not only have the men selected
shown IA willingness to thoroly com
plete their work but many of them
feel that they should be given more
territory, aud considerable rivalry is
aroused as to who viii be the lead
crs in the application for loans.
The fight Is on and there will be
no let.up from now until the closing
hour when 1t is confidently predicted
that Ottawa and vicinity will have
raised their share Of The bond allot-
ment.
No time in Ottawa has greater ac.
tivity been shown and before AN
other week rolls around the greater
. part OF this community will be wear
ing Il liberty loan button. This but
ion is sure sign Of f"1oyalty in SUP
porting Uncle Sam in the Battle for
Freedom of our Country aud the
Preservation of our Flag.
The women Of our community are
intensely enthusiastic in the sale of
Liberty Bonds. Mrs. Fred Sapn re-
gent of the D. A. r.. called meeting
of the directors OF the organization
in the secretarys Office Of the Cham
ber of Commerce this afternoon and
plans and details were formulated to
the end that the women do their
share in this campaign.
Every bank in the city IS supplied
with plenty of application blanks and
ready and eager to help in every way
those who want to buy bonds on the
partial payment plan accommodation
can be easily made at any OF the
banks in the city II is now up to
the people to say whether their con.
tidence is strong enough in the gov
ernment to loan it their money AT the
highest rate of interest ever paid since
the Civil war.
Prof kingman, of the Ottawa high
school. received a letter from Carl
D. Whitney, the we'll known former
high school coach, who is now at
Camp Grant, Rockford. The letter Is
as follows:
My Dear Mr.. kingman,
No news--except that of an early
departure for Francc--coud have
been more welcome than the tcle-
gram which | received from the
boys this morning stating they had
beaten La Sale 2l-20. Please con.
gratulate the boys and Coach Biggs
for me-
II it is humanity possible to get
there. ! shah be down when they
play La Sale in November. and /
will be hoping to see them give Eel
lows crowd an even more deci-
sive trimming then. hope too that
meanwhile the boys will, by keep
Ing In first class condition and put
ting every ounce of energy and
energy and 'Vwilldlltoc
ginger into their practice and play,
win all of their intervening games.
wish | had time to write more
this morning but | am up to the
shoulders in work Before | quit
though ] want you to know what
the men here are doing with the
Liberty Loan. Our battery--G of
iicers and 'l7j mcn--havc sub
scribed 81 200 SO far, and there is
one battery In the regiment who is
ahead of us, the others following
closely.
That will mean around S5e,0OO for
this regiment From the bulletins
which we get every evening, The
same average prevails thruout tn"
army. The War Department has
made n provision whereby man
may allot 81 or $40 of his pay per
month to apply on the bonds he pur.
chases. great many are buying
Sloo. We are not hagglng about
the matter at all. We simply put
The thing up to them from the