The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-01-11
Campaign Is Systematned to
Continue Throughout
the Year.
ONLY SMALL AMOUNT SUBSIDIZED
State Must Contribute $3.50 Per
Capita Toward Fund. Valley
County Apportionment
is $4,000.

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fund the government expects to raise
in 1918 through the sale of thrift
stamps and war savings certificates,
according to revised estimates given
out by State Thrift Campaign nirec-
tor H. W. Turner of Butte.
Valley county's share has been set
at $316,314.00, and every person in the
county must take an active part in
the campaign to make it success.
Discussing the latest developments
in the thrift campaign in Montana, j.
K. Spencer, member of the executive
committee for the state with head
quarters in Butte, said:
Few people seem to realize that
the war savings and thrift stamps are
designed to raise an amount equal to
that of the first liberty loan, S2,OOO,-
600. That means that every man, wo-
man and child in Montana must help
raise Montana's share of this huge
amount. Montana's share is S9,459,-
TAO; that is $16.5O for every man,
woman and child in the state.
Uncle Sam and his big committee
OF national war savings are working
long hours to perfect method to get
the people to save this amount. The
national war savings committee be-
lieves it has found means by which
all the loyal Americans can help
round up the luke warm, and make
them see the error of their ways in
not buying war savings and thrift
stamps.
"This new method is known as
the "blue postcard" in the vocabulary
of the thrift campaign workers. It
is blue postcard government franked
postcard; that is it is a postcard
which requires no postage stamp on
it. The loyal workers, and let us say
right here, anyone can be loyal
worker by applying to his county d.
rector, carry the cards with them in
their pocket or handbag. The card is,
in short, an order blank on which the
loyal worker takes an order to have
certain number of thrift stamps,
thrift cards, war savings stamps and
war savings certificates delivered to-
the person who orders the same.
"These cards will be in the hands
of every hustling man, woman, boy
and girl in the state, who wants to,
help his country finance the war. In
most places these workers will be or
ganized in regular units and workers
assigned territory. Then there will
be the free lance "blue postcard" man,
woman, boy or girl who will work
everywhere or anywhere they find
single living being. There is only one
way to stop the attack of these work.
ers, and that is to show them that
you have a thrift card or a war saw
ings certificate, and then you are not
exempted, for you may order your ad-
ditional stamps delivered to you by
the "blue postcard" until you have
10 full certificates. After you have
told the "blue postcard" worker what
you want and when it is to be deliv-
cred you will sign the card. The
"blue postcard" worker then places
the card in the nearest mail box. It
is already addressed to the local post
master. The local postmaster gives
the card to your mail carrier who de-
livers the stamps, and cards to the
purchaser and collects the money for
them The mail carrier also reports
on the card his sale. If you fail to
purchase as promised, that, too, is re-
ported. These cards are returned to
the 'blue postcard" workers, who use
them to follow up and see that you
are given chance to buy often, or
explain your non-purchase."