Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-12
LIBERTY loan
DRIVE ALREADY.
WELL STARTED
AID CLUB AND BUSINESS MEN
PERFECIING LAST PLANE FOR
PURCHASE OF 100000 BONDS
IN COUNTY.

vAS SA0 oAO0ISy AOaH campaign
next. the local Ad club. supported
by business men Of the city, is already
p~erfecting preparations for the mon.
ster drive which, it is planned, will
result In the purchase of $600,O0C
worth of bonds by Grand Forks coun-
ty citizens.
The preliminary boom Of the cam
paign was heard today when the IA
nous playwright, Augustus Thomas,
spoke at the high school, in the Com.
mercial club. and late this afternoon
at the university. Tonight at {
o'clock Mr.. Thomas will deliver his
chief address at a citizens mass meet
Ing in the Presbyterian church.
Another Large Purchaser.
At the Liberty loan Headquarters
In the First National bank building
It was announced today that the st.
Hilaire Lumber company had pur-
chased $4,000 worth of bonds-with
Harvester company. the largest single
purchaser in this city SO far. A
number Of other purchasers have al
ready responded to the call of the ma
ton.
L. B. Hanna, chairman of the state
Liberty loan committee, announced
today at Fargo that North Dakota
would be divided into districts, as fol-
lows, and that each of the districts
would be expected to purchase bonds
at the minimum value indicated:
Fargo Grand Forks district "a. I
Hunter, chairman), Grand Forks
Nelson and Trail counties. 81, 900, 900.
Fargo district (E. j.. Weiser, chair
mani, Cass, Ransom and Richland
counties, .$1,40O, 900.
Cavalier district &C. r. Green.
Walsh counties. 500, 900.
jamestown district (Mr. Mcdowell
chairman), Barnes. Griggs and Suits
man counties, $3.50, 900.
Fessenden district It. L. Beiseker),
Sheridan, Eddy and Wells counties
$275, 900.
Doyon district &C. R. Doyon. chair
counties, $425.000.
mani, Towner, Rolette and Bottineau
counties, $350,000.
Minot district I'M. R.'Porter, chair
man), Ward, Divide, Renville, Burke
and McHenry counties. $500, 900.
Williston district wv. S. Davidson,
chairman. Williams. Mountrail and
Mckenzie counties. $3.50, 900.
Bismarck district q. L. Bell, chair
man). Burleigh, Mclean. Logan. Kid,
SSA DsANA w III
Mandan district q. Fl. Newton
chairman, Oliver, Mercer, Norton
Grant and Sioux counties, $500 0hN.
Dickinson district wv. :. Richards
c~hairman), Golden Valley. Billings
and Dunn counties, $26U.G9O.
Bowman district, 5000. 900.
Local Headquarters Busy.
OF the one million dollars allotted
to the Grand Forks district, the city
and county of Grand Forks are ex
pected-to purchase $780, 900 worth so1
bonds while the remaining ACC, 300
has been allotted to Nelson and Trail
counties.
The office opened this week in Tic
First National bank building as .h+
Liberty loan headquarters is exceed
ingly busy organizing the campaign
which will start in earnest on the 18th
of this month. Thirty-two team cap.
tains have been appointed who will
head squads, numbering altogether
more than $50 workers for the actual
work of soliciting.
Every business Office in the city will
be visited by a team captain and one
or two members of the squad tc
which its district has been appor.
toned. Not only will the owners Of
stores and factories be expected tc
buy bonds. but it will also be consid.
cred a matter Of course that every
employe invests whatever he is able
to. Furthermore. the employers o.
the city are expected to make such ar.
rangements that it will be easy 70,
those Of their lei who have little
ready cash. to raise the needed
amount on the basis Of advance