Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-02
COMPACT COMMITTEE
WILL HANDLE THRIFT
SAYINGS CAMPAIGN
Warren District Is Expected
to Raise Six Hundred Thou
sand Dollars During 1918
Through Savings Stamps.


Six hundred thousand dollars is the
sOal Of the war savings committee
Of the Warren district as a part o.
the campaign 70 raise SI.O0O.o00 il
COchise county during the year 1915
a permanent committee for the year
To supervise all OF The work in lie
community. was selected al a meet
ins reid yesterday Afternoon
This committee consists OF the fOi-
lowing men: J. c. Ryan. Gerald Sher-
man. A C. Burgess. {. A Mcdonald.
J. P. Connolly. H NJ Gallagher and
N. E Cassidy.
Three additional committees wero
selected yesterday 10 call on the vari-
us Business houses of the district To-
the purpose CT inducing them 10 han
Ole ire stamps. Main street business
men viii be seen BY n J. Cunnins
ham Dr. y c BiedsOe. ]. c Ryan
and Hugh Gallagher. Brewery GGich
viii be csnvassed BY l. ]. Overlook.
James Allison. Lee SuSich and James
Henderson The Lowell committee
consists Of Emil Marks. A T. SOwie
- J. Dusal and Jack Lyons C. F Phil
brock. superintendent Of schools. viii
handle the sChOl end Of the cam
paisn-
Headquarters of the campaign dur
ing the year have been established
At the office OF the Warren District
Commercial club in the Copper Queen
Hotel building Thomas A Esan. sec
Rotary Of the club. will be general sec
rotary q the campaign Inquiries car
be addressed TO him by telephone, No
H.
Cooperation Asked
The cooperation OF every loyal
American Is wanted 10 make OF this
campaign a success in the Warren
district said one OF the permanent
committee last evening Without the
wholesome support Of the people the
effort must fail The government
needs me money and is Offering this
thrift and war savings stamp methoL
as an added induCement 20 raise
funds
- az -AENN ~ A-AE
ticn- 3 cents They bear no interest.
These thrift stamps. however. can be
changed into war savings stamps.
which bear 1 per cent interest. CON
pounded quarterly II Is the best sys
ten CT saving ever inaugurated by any
government
Some Saving Systems
Many new ana novel schemes have
been proposed and adopted IN various
parts OF the country TO popularize
savings added the committee mem
Der In Bisbee a certain physician
declared he would buy a thrift stamp
With every quarter he received IN
change One OF two OF his frienCs
heard Of the premise and when he,
csshed twenry-dOllar bill several
days asO he received SIS in quarters.
Put he made good
The merchants Of Bisbee and thC.
entire Warren district viii be asked
10 carry thrift stamps IN their cash
drawers ana 70 sell them. alons with
their particular line Of merchandise
II has been suggested that when 8
quarter l. offered that il be in The
form OF thrift stamp OF course. the
nTsI effort vii be made toward se--
ting a thrift card, With sccOmmOda-
tion Tor - stamps. in the hands o.
every man. woman and child. There
after, when the man or woman CT.
child shops ne or she vii be able ana
glad 70 geJ thrift stamp The hsb-,
OF saving viii be assimilated withOs. =
any effort whatever
Douglas Active
Douglas Is making a very thOrouea
campaign for the stamps. ALREADY the
Smelter City committee has secured
the pledge OF IS stores 10 handle the
stamps This list viii BE auSmenie,..
according 20 advices received By the
local organization. In Phoenix the
reports the sale Of over ~.
600 stamps in one DAYS campaiSnin-.
netting more than SlO.o00.
Children Active
This week the school children OF the I
Warren district are being urged 10
lake up the work and they are makin-
considerable Roadway. The Boy Scouts
g III next take UQ The campaign IL
this connection il Is. interesting %
note that n J. Cunningham and Ger
aid sherman have offered cash prizes
10 the boys bringing In the results
.rom the largest number OF thrift cards .
placed.
Al the present time the stamnS and .
cards may be secured at any one OF T
the four banks in the district. al the
postofhoe and at the general office OF
he committee in the Commercial club. f