The Nevada County picayune., 1918-08-29

Charles II. Brough as Chairman for the Farmers Give-a -BuShcl War Fund will be sent you in few days. It is within your province to draft as much assistance aS may be needed for this work.
 1 This is a farmers movement to raise funds to help wounded American and allied soldiers sailors and their fami- lies during and after the war, and to help returning soldiers and sailors re- establish themselves satisfactorily ill ci4il life. to induce our civilian pop uIation to back up the men in the trenches by putting the same quality of self sacrifice and patriotism into tEeir work at home that the soldiers are putting into their fighting abroad 10 make America when sine welcomes hame her returning sons, as worthy of love aS are those battle-searred heroes who are daring all ill her defense; to hclp the soldier make the world safe fer democracy" and to help the civil i idi ld kt utUHONidt Sdl' l'i '''i'
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 This movement k to continue during the war and for aS many as five years thereafter Every farmer is to be SO lieited to Givea Bushel at harvest time of the most abundant crop in his county. or the value thereof. For the most abundant crop there is always q ready local market. The gift bushels are to be sold under the direction ot the organization in the county. parish OF community where donated. The funds collected will be deposited i'll local banks to he selected by the Man aging Directors to be forwarded by them to the State Treasurer.
 The State Headquarters are at State Capitol. Little Rock. The officers are as follows: Governor Charles H..
 Brough. Chairman: Col. H. l.. Remmel Vice Chairman; Gen Lloyd England, Treasurer Hon. ]. S. Speed, Secre. tary C. K Elliott, State Director
 The Board of Trustees consists of
 15 prominent citizens of the State land the Advisory Board consists oof 35 men of promnence in the farming land business interests.
 The National Organization now be ing formed in Washington will be
 .omnosed of such men as NicePreSi- Idcnt Marshall First Assistant Seerr- tary of Agriculture Carl Nrooman, Speaker Champ Clark, William Kent, If inc United States Tariff CommiS- sion: II C. stewart, chairman NJ tionaI Agricultural Advisory Commit :ce. and other men of hatoh-Wlu' pramintuee These National trustees lUf4 organize this movement in every Stafc m the Union. This movement
 having been instituted hy Arkansae, this State k given the honor of put ing if on hrsc. All the other State will follow, and then after the organ ization is completed n the tnitel States it will be taken up by the al lied nations of the world
 SpIHtOI tktIlllStii loi'i ''''A''N''' Wilson at Arkansas will give bush c,> :. ,ht amount of million dollars. ;i + eStiIaated that the entire United states N produce one hundred mil !, laCn Gol .@r. President Wilson says : "l have vision enough to see its won derful possibilities. This movement has the endorsement and active sup port of every hrancr of our Nationa | and State Goscgnmcats. Arkansas already has the honor of having re turned four times as much flour to our Government as all the other States combined. and now having started this great work in her borders the eyes of the Nation are upon Us
 If it were not for the drouth Ark anSaS alone would produce million and half dollars, but we are in tn" grip of the worst drouth the State has ever known. At the same time, M" must not forget that we are in tn" worst war the world has ever known, and in all history men havs never been asked to face what our boys are facing over There" and with what wonderful success they are doing their full duty. There is no drouth or condition that prevents them from giving their all, even life if need be and we must not let anything prevent us from doing our full duty over here.
 If there is man, woman or child in the State of Arkansas who does not