The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-19
OVER 1850 PEOPLE SUBSCRIBE TO
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
DRIvEcLosEs TODAY, OCT.1s
Governor issues Proclamation
Asking the People to Bay
Mere Bonds

$6,000,0O0,O00 closes today and Iron
county goes over the top with colors
flying. Our allotment for s364,l00 is
oversubscribed to the amount OF s243,-
500, as reported by Chairman Coe
Friday morning.
Two large subscriptions received
during the past week were from the
Verona Mining 90. 10000. and the
Brule Mining Co. 100000.
The Fourth Liberty Loan is much
better distributed throughout the
county than any OF the previous is
sues. Practically every mine has re-
ported 100 per cent OF its employees
and they also report that It was cas-
Ter to get the 100 per cent this time
than 1t was seventy-dve per ceni prev
iously.
The amounI ol subscriptions IN the
eastern district 20 date srs s20s.lO0.
and In the western district tx9S,500.
MRS O. r.. vooa. chairman OF the
womans Committee ON Friday morn
ing reported sales of bonds amount
4 ing to s15.SOO.
In the Upper Peninsula
The allotment for tho upper penin-
sula IN the Fourth liberty Loan was
sS.S52,000. The total subscribed up
to Friday was Gil .0OO--or more
than two million dollars over the top
The upper peninsula was The first
section to report its full quota in the
ninth district
f. 8. Coe, chairman, has been adj
vised from Houghton thai the Minnea
polls district was the flrst 70 fiji It's
quota in the United States and they
have received congratulations from
Washington on that fact
Hold Your Bonds
I'VE must continue our efforts To
impress upon people who buy Liberty
Bonds that It is the very essence OF
patriotic duty 10 keep them TO the ut
most limit OF their ability to do so. In
no other way can we meet the colos-
sal demands OF the future. Every
patriotic American must realize that
service TO the country Is not satisfied
by the mere purchase Of Liberty
Bond 10 be sold az the first opportun
ity, but service genuine service, pa
triotIc service consists In holding the
bond TO he limi making II sacred
duty not TO part with Ii unless edyer-
sity or necessity which can not be
met In any other way forces him 70
sell it"-wm. G. McAdoo, secretary of
the treasury
Previous Loans.
The First Liberty Loan allotment il
this county was for $22O,OOO, and no
oyer-subscriptions were accepted
The Second Liberty Loan was for
1891 900 and $4O7.15O was subscribed
The Third Liberty Loan was for
$685. and $5O9,SOO was subscribed
Governors Proclamation.
We - ANANhoiuo NHdiIiudns OH I0uEH- |
day received the following telegram
from Lansing:
"The secretary OF the treasury has
called my attention TO the fact that
Eve days OF the Fourth Liberty Loan
campaign remain and approximately
three and one-half billion OF dollars
are to be raised within that time in
our own state. We are in the neigh |
borhood OF fifteen million behind our
quota and we ought to make siren
uons effort 10 overtake this shortage
Our soldiers in France have been win
ming noble Sictories and 1t Is for us
TO back up their heroic and splendid |
deeds by doing our part in this Fourth |
Liberty Loan.
Therefore. I, Albert II. Sleeper, |
governor OF Michigan, do issue this my |
proclamation and / call upon all the |
people OF this state, rich and poor
alike. TO make further purchasers OF |
: Liberty Bonds, II you cannot pay |
cash outright, but on the installment |
plan. any way to the end that our
state may not suffer the odium OF fail
Ing to do her duty by her gallant sol-
dier boys"
ALBERT e. SLEEPER. Gov.