Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-30

In blaze Of glory, the memory o.
which will long be cherished here
Marathon county came in a winner
by long lead in the Liberty Loar
bond campaign that closed Saturday
evening, making a whirlwind finish
as unexpected as it was spectacu
lar, the total subscriptions piling III
to the grand figure of $1,50S,950, 6
gain of more than one-fourth over
what had been set as the goal, ST..
100000.
A more able and effective cam.
paign it would be impossible to i'm.
agine, and especially so that of the
closing days and hours, when the
splendid organization under the di
rection of Chairman Gilbert, the Mar.
athOn Liberty Loan committee, got
to working smoothly and in unison
But even with this, with wonder.
fully well devised campaign, with al
army of persistent workers that die
not leave unviSited a corner in city
or county, it looked up to very nearl,
the closing hour Of the campaign as
though old Marathon was going to lie
down in sight of the goal. nor die
the eventual victory come from any
hold out" or from any one or two
sources. 1t came from thousands OF
them, and such sights as were wit
messed in the Wausau banks from
to o'clock Saturday afternoon and
evening were without a precedent. II
was one grand uprising to save the
name Of our county and to prove that
our people are among the loyal, who
in pinch are willing to stand firm
ly behind the country and do their
bit
On Friday night Marathon county
was approximately $1S50O0 short of
its allotment of 81 200 900, and as every
large subscriber had responded to the
limit of his ability, as every financial
institution had taken upon its Shout
ders the full burden it was capable of
carrying, as every Industrial institu-
ton had by that time been canvassed
as every occupational source had been
gone over with thoroughness. as the
working men of WauSau and the vii
lagos had been canvassed and were
carrying what was considered more
than their share, it did not seem pos
sible that this large sum could be
raised. Before noon of Saturday it
was felt that We could come no closer
than within $4,000 or 100000 of our
allotment.
And then the unexpected happened
Fearing this very condition of
things, fearing that we could not car
ry the pace to the wire, that the weight
was too great, those in charge of the
campaign sent out a call for aid
call to the loyal, to those who had
subscribed to come forward
again and take at least another bond
that to afford them facilities for do
ing this without too great inconven-
fence that the banks of Wausau would
remain open from the regular CLOSING
hour until 9 o'clock.
The responses to this invitation
came gently at first. then stronger
and eventually in a deluge that
swamped every banking institution
and as the crowds of bond seekers grew
constantlylarger all hopes of supper ON |
the part of the bank employees van
lshed, all thought of how much was
being subscribed for. The only thing
was TO take the subscriptions and
ado them up later. 1t was after 3 |
clock before the first lulu came to
any of the local banks. and it was
ABOUT this time that the results had
been ta5ulated suf, GENTLY to tele-
phone headquarters that the after
loon's receipts had exceeded 500 600