The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-10-24
BURLE|CH COUNTY
MAY LEAD STATE;
100000 LOANED
With Four Days of Campaign Left
Bismarck and Country District
Exceed Quota
PER CAPITA HIGHEST
OF ANY REPORTED
North Dakota Must Buy $2,0O0,ooO
More to Reach $7,000,00o
Mark
SCHOOLS OBSERVE DAY.

SCHOOLS OBSERVE ORV.
The schools c:oss4 this after
noon in honor Of Liberty Day, and
some of the offices observed the
day. In many rooms special ret
erence was made to the day.
Court house offices closed also.
Burleigh county did not stage any
formal Liberty Day celebration today
because it's quota to the second war
loan is oversubscribed. This county
challenges any county in the state to
show a better per capita response to
the loan Former Governor Hanna, IN
charge of the loan, who has been cred
itine LaMoure with first rank will
have his attention called to the rec
ord made in this county where it IS
now known that subscriptions will run
more than 100000 or double the
quota Of $145,0O0 assigned.
Taking latest census figures Bur
leigh county's per capita is $2O as
against about SIS for La Moure.
II the subscriptions continue to come
in at the present ratio, Burleigh Will
far exceed the per capita subscrlp'
tions of Ward, Cass and Grand Forks,
the most populous counties in the
state.
Liberty Day Drive.
Today's subscriptions to the loan oV-
er the nation are expected to bring
the grand total greatly in excess OF
the three billion, the mark originally
set. President Wilson has designated
today as Liberty, Day. Schools over
the nation are featuring the liberty
loan. Communities held bonfire dem,
constructions last evening and today
mass meetings are being held and a
,s final effort made to make the day
historic in thesannals, of the nation.
At valley City there was a demon
stration addressed by Governor FraZ
ier and others. Bismarck did not plan
any special program because the pur
rose Tor which Liberty Day was desig
mated, the, sale of bonds, has been
more than, accomplished.
.,In ,I Need 100000.
North Dakota has subscribed for
approximately $5000,000 In Liberty
bonds. and is just $2,OO0,GoO under
its quota.
/ Chairman L.. B. Hanna Of the
North Dakota executive committee
made such estimate this noon, and he
is hopeful that the four remaining
days OF the campaign will witness the
completion of the states full quota.
To attain the goal daily subscrip-
koI n fo1ora1 hank
from this state must average $1oo.-
600.
my statement ia based on reporta
from all counties in the state,' SAID
Mr.. Hanna this noon. at is as close
to the mark as 1t is possible to make
it at this time"
Workers still in the field are
bending every energy to clean up the
work by Friday. as reports must be
made to the federal reserve bank IN
Minneapolis by Saturday, the closing
day of the nations campaign.
The subscriptions still unreporteh
and the new bond subscriptions TAX
en- during this week, must reach a
total that will put North Dakota to
the front with it's full quota, and
Chairman Hanna Is confident it can
be done if everybody works.
Chairman Hanna today announced
that Rev. Christian Holm, of New
Tim, Mimi, a German Lutheran min
lister, will make three day speaking
campaign in the interests of the
bonds, travelling over Mcintosh coun
ty, this state. He opens his work to
morrow.
Rev. Mr.. Holm is an intensely
patriotic American, who volunteered
to aid the best he could. His talks
will be in the German language.
by the close of the present cam
paign in North Dakota, there will be
more individual holders of govern
ment bonds in the state of North
Dakota than there were holders OF
government bonds in the whole ma
ton before the war;" said Mr.. Hanna
this afternoon.
THAT indicates just how thoroughly
the committees have done their work
in many districts in getting the bonds
to the people.
Boy Scouts Praised.
ne IIOy SCOuIo Ao'S JAW oS>A
effective workers in the campaign
throughout the state. My reports
show they have given valuable aid
and l want to express my apprecla
ton OF their patriotic efforts.
The Great Northern railroad has
made total subscription OF 9OO,0ol
in North Dakota, crediting 100000
of that amount to each of three cit
ies-Fargo, Grand Forks and ;Minot.
Chairman Hanna was advised o
the Great Northern subscription late
yesterday afternoon.
Good Weather Required.
Good weather is required for the
closing work Of the campaign, ant
reports to the state committee tcda,
indicated that conditions were sucl
as to permit the resumption of active
field work. The bad weather of thu