Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-20
War Stamp Sale
I To Help Nation
Uncle Sam Plans to Give Old
and Young a Chance to
Aid War Funds

During this week A. l. Koehm.
stedt, as postmaster, and F. j. Reh
er. as county superintendent of schools
and Attorney George M. Price, were
appointed by George H. Hollister,
state director of the war savings com.
mittee, as members of the war saw
ings committee for Cavalier county.
The work of this committee is to
bring before the public, and particu-
larly TO bring before the children of
Cavalier county, the purpose and use
of the war savings stamps and war
savings certificates stamps, which
have been issued by the government
and which are now on sale at the post
office at Langdon and the different
post Offices throughout the county.
The object Of the government is
in this manner to reach the small say.
| ings of the children and 10 have the
children invest in these certificate
stamps and war savings stamps, and
to thus secure to the government the
use of these mall amounts. The
war savings stamp is a twenty-five
cent stamp, which can be purchased
Of the postmaster, or Of any of the
banks of the county. These srtamps
when purchased can be affixed to a
S|card, called thrift card. this card
5fbeing issued by the postmaster, and
when sixteen of these twenty five
cent stamps are affixed to a thrift
card, the card can be exchanged
through the postmaster, or the banks
| for war savings certificate stamp.
The war savings certificate stamp
will cost $4.12 for the certificate
stamps issued in January 1918;
81. 13 for certificate stamps issued in
February, and one cent more for the
certificate stamps issued in each
month during the year, the certificate
Istanips issued during the month of
december, 1918, therefore costing
$4.23. When twenty of these certi
fcate stamps have been purchased
/ they can be affixed to war savings
certificate. and will then represent
an investment of about $83. 90. The
thrift stamps of twenty-five cents each
do not bear any interest and the pur-
pose of them is to enable the chill
dren to save and to accumulate until
they have enough of them to amount
to $4.OO, at which time they can be
exchanged for the war savings certi
fcate stamp. The war savings GER
tifcate stamp hears interest at four
per cent compounded quarterly, and
is payable on January lst, 1923.
These certificates can be registered
with the postmaster and the owner
will be protected against the Joss Of
them in that manner, and they are il
ieffect miniature Liberty Boads, having
the strength Of the government behint
them to the same extent that tht
Liberty Bonds have. and their purpose
t is to induce the children to help il
n the war by saving their money ant
t Ilending it to the government.
t All Of the banks of the county
h within short time will have thes'
Y stamps and certificates for sale, ant
t they can also be secured direct from
It the postmaster. 1t is expected tha
Y full and detailed information concern
!. ing these stamps and certificates vii
s be furnished to the committee thi
e week, and as soon as it is received
:. the information will be forwarded t
e the different schools and sub b.commit
o tees throughout the county. It is tn
1t desire of the county committee, tha
I'd Cavalier county will make as good
'r showing with its war saving stamp
and war saving certificate stamps as
did some little time ago in the sal
of the second issue of Liberty Bonds