The Lamar register., 1917-07-18
PRowERs CoUNTY's SHARE.
Prowers County and Lamar Don't
Have to Be Drafted or Urged
When the Nation Needs All
Her Citizens to Help.

There has been considerable talk
from all sections of the state about
what they are doing in the great ma
tional crisis but Prowers county has
been too busy doing things to talk
much However, it is well to tell a
times just what has been done tina.
other sections may be able to ses
how they match up. First rs regards
enlistments, through Company ID and
the Lamar recruiting office 800 men
have been sent to serve in the army
and navy. Some Of these have not
been residents of this county, but
also some of our citizens have enlist
ed at other points, so as nearly a.
accurate estimate can be made over
250 of our young men have enlisted
or about two per cent Of our popula-
ton If the entire country had en-
listed in proportion the navy would
now have its full quota, and an army
of million and a half men be il
traininf. The enlistments here arc
much larger than in the rest of tho
lower Arkansas valley counties COM
bined Not only is this true but they
are still enlisting here more rapidly
than at any point in this section Of
the country. The recruits for all
branches of the service coming in a.
the rate of about twelve to fifteer
a week now.
After calling for volunteers the
President next appealed to the farm
ers to plant every available acre in
crops to feed the troops, and the
Prowers county farmers answered
the appeal by planting and caring for
twice the acreage of crops grown ir
any Of the counties in the southern
section of the state. The harvest now
under way on the many thousands Of
increased acreage in this county will
be Of material help in solving some
Of the problems to come.
Next came the plea for subscrip-
tions to the Liberty Bonds, and while
in this respect our county did not
match up to the eastern sections
where low interest rates prevail, yet
the subscriptions were far beyond
anything that had been expected by
hose familiar with the situation
Many Of our people simply sacrificed
the difference in the interest to dc
their share in helping on the cause.
Next came the request backed by
the plea Of the President to help out
the Y. NJ. C. A. fund for work in the
army camps. The business men of
Lamar at one meeting raised s1052,
which was more than double what the
rest Of the valley east Of Pueblo
gave. La Junta gave $3.50, Rocky
Ford S1O4, Manzanola S32, and Las
sAnimas IS.
Then came the Red Cross campaign
also backed by the President, who is
its Official head, and again Prowers
county stepped out in front being the
only county east of Pueblo in the
state to give the full amount allotted
to it. Lamar lead all the towns in
the valley in total amount contributed,
and Hartman in the eastern part Of
the county was the leader in per
capita contributions in the state, hav-
ing given about SIS for each inhabi-
tant of the town.
We believe that there are few COM
munities in the entire country that can
match the record Of Prowers county
and our people are ready to come
again and again and then keep on com
ing. The nation is facing n great and
dangerous crisis and many sections
fail to realize just how tremendous
is the possibilities of disaster in case
we should fail The struggle is the
most stupendous the world has ever
known, and our country is the rich
est prize the world has ever offered
to a conqueror. Prowers county is
fully awake to the nations needs and
is not going to found tagging at any
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