The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-07
'BOYlNR GIRL
WkL WIN WATCH
Handsome Time Piece 70 NJ Given
hNhy chrlstmss
BJH THRIET SAVINGS srANrs
Win This Handsome rrize aud Help
Win thc war.

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To encourage tho boys and girls
Of Columbus 10 save money--bsD
Thrift stapps bnd help, win the
war, poanaster LIT, Burkhead 1As
inauEniralcd. 6uniune plan tl,ag
should appeal 70 Young America OF
colulibus. or course We all know
that Uncle Sam has inauguraicd D
war saving stamp system. the object
belag io.provlde money 70 help win
ihls arNut war The system Is .
yiuple ose and should appeal 70
everyone. Just simple pOy Thrift
Stamps and paste thtm into n book
provided by the goycfhmcnt for The
pVfpose-hny mord Stamps serd
when you get the mount explained
below Uucic Sam will tissue yeu I
i-per, cent interest brerins .cerijA-
cate that you can cash IN on short
notice. Hf. . W
Now for, the walchl Mr.. !. l.,
walker 1nis offered a handsome
watch hs a Prize 20 the boy or girl
undef % years 90 axe. living In Co
lumb,is. who buys the largest npm-
Der vf Thrift stamps before Q
y. m, December cath. The watch
win be delivered 10 the winner on
Christmas morning. Prizee will also
be offered The boy or giri buying lhr
largest number OF Thrift Stanips
during the year 1913. These viii be
announced later. ~
lIunoP noiL t "A
The following boys aud girls hast
purchased Thrift stsmps. Oct ln
the game. buy stamps. help whir
the kaiser and win The witch;
0lein nean zvans-------.-- - = tttd
tae Evans --------.--------- ibc
Rae Evans -.----------->,.-. i.b0
The Thrift Stamp Saving Plan.
The war savings plan provided for
In the. last bond act, Of September
"a, 1871. has been formulated and
announced by the Treasury De
pertinent and goes into operation
On Monday, December 3.
/ The plan puts II easily IN reach OF
very American citizen 10 save
money and al the same time aid the
government by supplying IL with the
sinews OF war.
Stamps. which arc the govern
ments eertincateN OF Indebtedness.
,rc TO be sold In two denominations
thrift stamps, which ocsi % cents
eBoh. and war-saving stamps. which
cost from SAFE 10 si23 each accord
ny 10 the month IN which they are
purchased.
With the flrsi thrift stamp the
purchaser is given card will
sppces for 10 stamps. When f.
hrin stamps have been purchase,
nd nillxed. The thrift cbrd can b.
exchange for a wsr-savngs STAN.
by paying The difference between
the a the thrift stamps represent
aud the current value OF a war-sas-
Ing stamp which In December, 1911.
md January. 1918. will he si.i2. and
thereafter cent for each succeeding
month during the year 1918.
With the first war.savlngs stamps
obtained by purchase or exchange
the owner Is given a -war-saSings
certificate containing spaces for 20
war-saving stamps. n the 20 spaces
ere filled during December, 1911. OF
January, 1918, the cost 10 the pur-
chaser, will be siAa for each stamp.
OF ss2.i0 for the full certificate. and
on the ist day Of january, i022, The
government will redeem the certin-
cate al sicO, giving the holder a net
profit Of si760 for use Of his money
AlthOush,these invosinonis do not
mature until January I, 1929 pro-
vision Il made whereby upon 10
days written notice after january
4 1918. such certificates will be re-
decmed by postmasters at their cost
o tho 5lTrhaserplus ieeutA rlOnlh
On each war-savins stamp Oh tho
certificate.
The thrift stamps do moi boar in
lerest. hut the waF- savings stamps
bear 4 per cent, compounded quart
'wly. The certificates will ,ha aatod
- =. A., a II. /.