The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-10-19
MOSCOW AND LAIAH COUNTY
WILL RAISE FULL QUOTA

Moscow and Latah county will have
their full quotas Of the fourth Liberty
| loan raised when work stops tonight
That is the announcement made by the
committee which has worked so hard
and faithfully to save the city and county
from disgrace. The banks will be open
from 7 to 9 o'clock to help the eleventh
hour" subscribers and the committee has
been divided with certain members TAX
ing certain districts, and these commit
teemen will see all of those who have not
subscribed or have taken less than their
quotas. They will have until 9 o'clock
tonight to get their names on the honor
roll.
If they fail they will be published next
week as ''bond slackers," term now
bearing almost as much stigma as a
deserter in time of war The govern
ment today telegraphed to all commit
tees urging that the publication of these
names be made The telegram follows: :
"PnbHsh Names of SiackeyJ
"BOISE.-The following telegram has
been received from the federal reserve
board adopted at San Francisco yester-
day: Resolved That the general exc
cutive board Of the twelfth federal re-
serve district approves the publication
where considered necessary by the local
Liberty loan committees of the names
of all persons and firms or corporations
who, without good excuse have failed to
subscribe to the fourth Liberty loan or
have made flagrantly inadequate sub
scriptions. Please give this wide pub
licity. ("
Williamson Takes $4,000 More.
J~i,r L., IaxYa1aDad real ~
triots as we'll as real slackers. N.
Williamson today gave his check for
$1,000 more for Liberty bonds, making
a grand total of $4,000 he has taken Of
the fourth loan and $4,000 of other
loans, making his total of bonds taken
$4,000. Williamson, whose son Jack
is, in France, said Jack and | are in
this war to win We will stay until the
kaiser surrenders Internationally. The
government can use this $1,000 to buy
more buckshot for. the shotguns the
Huns are bowling about
John Randall, a well-known farmer,
increased his subscription $1,000 today
making a grand total of $26 eco worth OF
the bonds he has taken, which includes
the first second third and fourth issues.
Double Quota TaVice.
Sullivan & Rjey, of the Moscow Auto
& Supply coml&ny, took $500 more to-
day The firms assessment was SOU.
Mr.. Sullivan protested that this was too
low and took $780, Today the firm took
$500 more, making 400 per cent of their
quota.
Elmer NJ Paulson, who was credited
with $1,000 yesterday, had previously
taken $500 and the 81, 900 taken yester-
day was additional" but that word was
omitted from the report.
When the banks of Latah county closed
last night the total subscriptions i'll the
county were $757, 400 and the county's
quota was $S00,0OO, leaving $42, 900 to be
raised. Moscow's subscriptions totaled
1850. and her quota is $685., 900, leav-
ing. S20,650 to be raised today. 1t is be-
lieved both town and county will be sew
eral thousand dollars over when work
ends tonight.
Jerome Day offers More.
Jerome Day made an offer seldom
eoualled in campaign such as that
which closes tonight He called Harry
Whittier, cashier of the Moscow State
bank, by telephone last night and asked
how much Latah county lacked. Mr.
Whittier replied that it lacked about
$4,000. To this Mr.. Day replied: Put
her over and draw on me for whatever
amount is necessary. Later Mr.. Whittier
received a telegram from Mr.. Day in
him to draw on Mr.. Day tor
$4,000 or amount needed and credit It
to any place in Latah county that needs
It to raise county's quota" Fortunately
It will not be necessary to accept MI. |,