The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28

soula county. The total will be swelled
by belated reports from out -of-town
districts, il is said. Fifty dollar sub
Scriptions made by laborers as well as
the many thousand dollar purchases
made by wealthy corporations helped
swell the grand total that has now
put Montana on the war-map ~ a
first line contributor Of men and cap
ital
Reports From the Banks.
Last nights reports from the banks
Of the city show that $3.50, $40 OF the
eounty's bond purchase was made
through them. The reports of the va
rons banks are as follows:
First National bank. s2s3,S0O. West
ern Montana bank. sos, 5,aaO Missoula
Trust and Savings bank, 100000, and
$lao.ooo subscribed through the Sean
dinavian- American bank
The Roman State bank reported last
night that II had sold $1,000 worth OF
bonds. and the First National Bank
Of Roman collected S3,300
st. lsnatius came to the fore when
the report came IN that the Mission
bank Of that town had disposed of Sio,-
WV MI III II a'iilS
The portion of the Northern Pacific
railroad in Missonla county added $4l.-
zoo In the cause, and its county EN-
plnyes added Sla,2aO To that sum- The
states appprtionment for this section
II S6, 600
by order Of Senator W. a. Clark the
Mssoula Light and Water company
took over bonds amounting tn $780,
600. The report Of the Missoula banks
includes the bonds bought by the Ana
eanda Copper Mining company which
invested $500, 900 in the securities, di-
vidins the purchase among the four
banks Of the city.
To Boys and Women
To the 10y Scouts and the Womcns S
Liberty Loan league is due much Of
the credit for the successful issue of
the campaign. Through their efforts
many bonds were sold that otherwise
would not have been disposed Of
The Scout drive closed at noon yes
teldaN, with total of $4,000 in bond
sales placed to the credit of the little
soldiers The four troops Of the city
WED with each other in the common
cause The cotest ended with troon
No 4 in The lead. This unit sold sia.-
| iaD worth nf bonds, Tron, No. is
next having disposed of securities
amounting to Sl4,40o, and troops No.
, and No. follow respectively with ST.
75o and s6,1oo to their credit
| Eighteen Scouts out of the fonr
| troops qualified for the medal to be
| given 10 each boy who sold 10 or more
bonds. scout Jacobs of troop No !.
| solicited the largest single bond, which
was worth $4,000 and In the last hour
of the drive Scout Reynolds of troop
No. 4 placed his company further in
the lead 10y selling a $4,000 security
Credit is also due Scout Jimmy TAYLOR
of troop No, 3. who sold $1,000 worth
Of bonds To the city fire department.
Every $50 eauips soldier. was the
] slogan of the Scouts, and the results of
their effort will furnish complete par
aphernalia for $50 Sammees The bonds
sold by the Boy Scouts in this cam
paisn is more than four times the
amount disposed of by them in the
| first campaign.
| ''rhe result of the campaign in Mis-
s"uia county is very gratifying" said
State Committeeman Il. S. Lusk yes
teEuiS. Inc county mas Overeub-
scribed its quota by n large percen-
ltage.
! There is no one individual whom We
can thank for the work. The county
co-operated as Il whole, and every in
dustry and every concern. as well a.
I the private citizens, lent their aid I,
l the cause. The Women's Liberty Loal
: league and the Boy Scouts did nobl
work