Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-20
Meeting Held at the Court House in
DecOrah Last Friday and Town
ship Chairmen Were
Appointed.
CEDAR RAPIDS MAN
GAVE FINE TALK
The Sale of the Third Liberty Loan
Will Begin on April O.
Winneshiek County Well
Organized for Sale.


sale OF the Third Liberty Loan was
called to order by r.. Algyer, County
Chairman, at the Court House, Fri
day afternoon, March Is.
Mr.. Algyer introduced AL. Fl.
Stubbs, one of the prominent citi-
zens of Cedar Rapids, who gave one
Of the finest talks that has been lis
tened to for a long time. There was
no doubt in the minds of those who
had the pleasure to hear him that
Mr.. Stubs is a man of real patrio-
tism. He brought his own expert
ence home to his listeners, how he
came to be so thoroughly interested
in doing his ''bit' for our govern
ment. There is no country on the
face of the earth, Mr.. Stubbs said,
where citizen had so much to be
thankful for, and that there is just
one way, and the only way, to win
this war, is by united effort, and alb
solute unity. Mr.. Stubbs kept his
audience spell bound" and the ap-
plaud was tremendous when he fin
ished
The next in order was the organi-
zati6n of the Third Liberty Loan
Bond sale, and the following is a
record OF what was decided ,upon at
the meeting.
The plan Of organization decided
upon to be used in Winneshiek
County is substantially that adopted
by the Government organization for
use throughout the different states.
There is furnished each county,
property statements to be filled out
by each individual property owner
in the county. Supplementing these
township committees report as to
whether every one has taken his just
proportion of bonds; also, a card to
report where they refuse to take a
bond.
In Winneshiek county, the follow
ing was the plan of organization:
There is a county chairman, vice
chairman and publicity chairman
appointed by the District committee.
Under the county organization, there
will BE a chairman for each town
ship, with vice chairman and three
other members to constitute an exc
cutive committee. In addition to this,
there will be nine solicitors for each
township, following along the line of
organization of the Second Liberty
Loan.
In the towns, there Is a chairman
for each ward, with solicitors ade-
quate to cover the territory thor
oughly. From the county seat, there
is subcommittee of three to as
sist the township committee in any
way possible in procuring lists of
property owners and any other SER
vice necessary to be performed at
the county seat.
The Government has organized
the campaign very thoroughly, with
with the idea Of having a complete
list of all of the subscribers and the
amount subscribed, together with a
list Of all of the people refusing to
subscribe. 1t has not been given out
to the committees what the penalty
will be for the slackers in .connec-
tion with our duty on the Liberty
Loan; but the slackers in the Army
are dealt with pretty severely; so it
is hoped that we will have no slack
ers in Connection with the Liberty
Loan.
The following is a list of township
chairmen:
Fremont, e. F. Chase, Harmony.
Mimi, h. No. 2.
Burr Oak, w. II. Emmons, Burr
Oak, Iowa.
Hesper. A. j. C. Wingate, Prosper,
Mimi.
Highland, Alvin Pfister, Decorah,
Iowa, r. No. 4.
Orleans, Claude Morton, Cresco,
Iowa.
Bluifton, p. F. O'Brien, iRidgeway
iowa. II. r. No. /.
Canoe. e. C. Roed. Decorah, Ia.
r. No. 4.
Pleasant, N. N. Hendrickson, De-
corah, Iowa, r. No. z.
Madison, C. o. Blekeberg, Decorah,
Iowa. r. No. 5.
Decorah, w. G. Makepeace. Decor
ah, Iowa.
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