The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-23
BOND PURCHASES
BY CASS PEOPLE
TOTAL $4,000.
AT PRESENT time.
Committee Auditing Sub
scription Reports From
"a County Districts
.CASSELTON COMES -.
UP IN GOOD SHAPE
Boy Scouts Gather $4,000
In Applications-Injur-
ed Worker Recovering

With $4,000 in applications for
second Liberty Loan bonds tabulat-
ed to noon today, pile after pile Of
applications unaudited and untabu-
lated, the Cass county committee is
in the midst OF the big job OF listing
and preparing the applications for
shipment to the Federal Reserve
bank at Minneapolis Friday night.
Fifteen Of "a Cass county districts
have made complete reports, and
about $4,000 is unreported in Far
go.
Incomplete reports show that Far
go. with the banks quota, will run
$850,0O0, and the county 1886, 900, or
$1,115,000 for Cass county.
The big drive has been completed
in every district in the county, re-
ports to headquarters today indicate,
though cleanup work is in progress
in the majority of the districts with
varying success.
The committee expects 10 be able
to make a complete report for every
district in the county by Thurs
day.
casseIton Makes Showing.
Casselton made an excellent show
ing in the drive, according to the re-
port brought to headquarters by
Gen. @. s. Churchill, who was called
on the county jury, this morning.
General Churchill brought in a re-
port showing $39.050 divided as fol-
lows: Casselton city, $4,000;
Harmony township, $17,7O0; and
Everest township, $1,150.
General ChurchilTs quota was $32.-
500.
Other Districts Come Strong.
Six other districts in the county
exceeded their quotas, according to
the complete reports received at
headquarters this morning.
Alice, F. M. Johnson, general, made
$lS,95O with a quota of $4,000, more
than tripling 1t.
Arthur, Fred williams, general,
doubled it's quota OF $1,000.
Erie, Carl Nelson, general, was
through with $1,000. as..
Leonard, v. T.. Swanson, general,
made il $4,000 on $1,000 quota.
Embden, C. j. Buck, general, went
$4,000 over its quota Of $4,000. 80
ArgusvIlIA +. r. Kennedy, geIeral,
took sc, $50 with b quota of Sc, 1000.
Boy Scouts Get 5000.
Fargo Boy Scouts have done some-
thing more than act as messengers
for the county committee, it develop
ed today. The boys have taken
applications for more than $4,000 in
bonds, and the report will be turned
in either today or Wednesday, and
Will be credited to Fargo sales.
Walter OertIi improves.
Capt. Walter OertIi, prominent
young Embden farmer, who was bad
ly injured last Tuesday morning
when his automobile was hit and
demolished by a passenger train
near Embden, is getting along nice
Iy, and will soon be on his feet, ac-
cor6ing to a report received at head
quarters this morning. ...-
Captain Oertli, besides suffering
broken bones, was terribly bruised,
and for a time his life was despaired
of. Before being hurt, he did good
work IN the Er1bden sale, and has
Eeen credited with a full share Of
the Embden showing. ....
Methodists Take $1,000.
DR.. James Anderson, Fargo super
intendent Of the Fargo district Of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and
treasurer for the conference fund for
superannuated preachers, invested
81, 900 Of the fund in bonds at the
Northern Savings bank this morn
ing.
I'VE had several thousand dollars
in the fund that was uninvested",
DR.. Anderson said after he had sign
ed the application, I'VE don't know
of a safer investment, and after all
we are only doing our patriotic
duty.
The superannuated fund, as it is
called, now totals nearly 100000.
and the interest on it will give each
preacher on the con-
ference roll between $500 and $500
this year, DR.. Anderson said.