Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-19
GREAT CAMPA|GM TO
SELL LIBERTY BONDS
Next Week Critical Time.
Cunnison Council Of De-
tense Organizes to Make
Vigorous Drive Next
Week

Liberty Loan plans, food conserva-
tion, and the organization of a c0un-
ty council of defense were considered
at joint meeting of the Ways and
Means Committee and Liberty Loan
committee held last Tuesday evening.
Under the plans recently perfected
by the state committee, it becomes in
cumbent upon each county to organ
ize county council of defense to take
the Place of the old ways and means
committee. This committee shall con-
sist of not less than fifteen members
an Smong its membership shall be
n icp. oscntativc of the board CT cot ~
ty commissioners, a member of the city
council at the county seat, a member
OF the commercial association, and rep
resentatives of other organizations.
Al the meeting Tuesday the mem
bers of the old ways and means COM
mittee We're retained. The members
of this committee are Clifford II.
Stone, chairman; j. j. Miller, secre-
tary; +. M. Collins, B. H. Jorgensen,
F. +. Lightley, Margaret White
oLealy, Samuel Quigley, and H. F.
Lake Jr. In the new organization
will he associated with the old COM
mittee. e. NJ. Nourse, representing
the Chamber of Commerce, Frank
Com stock, Of the town council, George
Miller, of the board of county COM
missioners, Mrs. George Sullivan, of
the Red Cross, William Kreutzer, Of
the National Forest Service, and two
representatives of the stock growers
association, who have not as yet been
appointed. This new county council
of defense will meet soon to perfect
its organization.
AT this same meeting a committee
MAS appointed to select and recon-
serve u food conservators for this
county. On Wednesday Of this week
Mr.. Sargent Of the Normal School
was recommended to T. B. Stearns,
state food conservator, for the ap-
pointment. In this capacity Mr.. Sar-
gent will take care of the big food
drive which will take place during
the week beginning Oct. 2Sth. .7s
Pres. ]. H. Kelley, of the Normal
School, represented Gunnison county
at meeting of food conservators Of
various counties which was held in
Denver last Friday for the purpose
of receiving instructions and advice in
the food administration matter. Pres.
Kelley gave his report, which was very
complete, at the meeting of the local
committee Tuesday. He explained
that personal representative of
Hoover was present at the Denver
meeting and outlined the work as it
must be carried out in the various
states. Through Mr.. Kelley the Gun
nison county organization thus re-
ceives its instructions direct from
Hoover, and beginning on October 2sth,
the Hoover program will be carried
out in this county.
A matter of prime Importance was
that of the campaign for the Liberty
Loan. 1t was decided that in order
for Gunnison county to do it's part
there must be some great effort made
to educate the people of the county
as to the need of buying the govern
ment bonds. For that reason it was
thought necessary to inaugurate a
personal campaign and that on
Wednesday of next week an effort
would be made to have representa-
tives Of the committee interview as
many prospective bond buyers in the
county as possible. Men will sent TO
all parts of the county on that day
and in many places Liberty Loan
meetings will be held. On Friday Of
this week Dexter T. Sapp will dis
cuss the Liberty Loan at the Unique
theatre. He will speak for about five
minutes just before the pictures are
shown. On Sunday the churches will
feature the Liberty Loans and the SER
vices will be in the nature of patriotic
meetings.
Anyone who desires to know about
the Liberty Bonds should either secure
one Of the information pamphlets at
the banks or apply to the local COM
mittee for one. In various parts of
the county there will be represents
tives of the committee and these par
ties will have these pamphlets. Some
of these representatives are: M. A.,
Deering for Doylcville and Parlin, w.
5. Henderson, Pitkin, E. A. Foster
Powderhorn, Chas. Brown Baldwin,
DR.. j. w. Rockefeller Crested Butte.
J. G. Lee, lola, and William Spann,
Jacks Cabin. The general committee
is composed Of Clifford H. Stone, a.
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee, John Steele, Henry Bartlett.
DR.. J. W. Rockefeller. and L. c. Sum
mers.
Sunday evening the Epworth League
was organized with the following Of
ficers: President, Mr.. Sargent; First
Vice President, Neva Fox; Third Vice
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