The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-02
Show Patriotism by Investino in Third Liberty Bond
 or Two.
SECURITY IS BEST IN VQR|n
Don't Wait for Somebody EIs- to r,s. Your Share of the Creates, |. ' vestment Open to
 Patriot.
By IRWIN S. Cosa

70 our c0untry-and those ara ~ -hings of which most of us ara s,aas hg these days-why not buy Tb.. Liberty bond or two?
 If ever Il thlng was well namoa 4. Liberty bond is. Il stands for ln erty-for liberty not only for our or. people but for all the peoples of tha world-liberty from despotism f,on imperialism, from militarism ana most of all, liberty from prussanlsr which, summed up, Is the other tbroa isms rolled into one.
 And, likewise, it Is honda ho,. of faith, bond of honor, bond of ,a liability, a bond of security baekpt up by the government of the rnItad States of America its assets it's ooca name, it's credits, its power. and iii possessions of whatsoever nature.
 Flag Is Worth Defendino.
 This generation is just now engap. ing upon the tasks of preserving and perpetuating what our forefathers earned for us. If the heritage they handed down to us was worth taking it is worth keeping If the flag they fought under is worth living under fl is worth defending; if the government they established is q government that should endure, if its securities are staple and stable, 1t is our duty to in. vest In these securities, to prove the value of our own citizenship to our. selves by the confidence and the trust we show In our own institutions. The without entailing the slightest risk upon our part.
 When We buy Liberty bonds We are helping our country, helping as right. eous cause as ever sent nation to battle, and at the same time We are safeguarding our savings and earning q decent rate of interest on our money We can't lose; we are bound to win Thieves may break in and moths may corrupt, but Liberty bond is as solid as Plymouth rock and as honest as the Declaration of Independence. If t goes down, our government goes down with #, and then your money wouldn't lo you any good anyway. If you had kept it stored up it would be confs' cated by q gentleman in spiked hei- met with spiked mustaches and spiked way of saying "Verboten9 to practically everything you wanted to do.
 Backing Is the Best.
 As long as the Stars and Stripes float the Liberty bond will be aloft too' The Liberty bond is guaranteed oy every inch of our soil, ny every shreu of our traditions, its promise to pay IS predicated on every ship that flies our flag, on every pennyweight of railroad iron in our mud, on every peppefcOfn in our granarieS. oa every dollar ol our circulation. on every rod ol ha,F gable river, on every furlong oi hlsf way. on every gill of water lh every
  American harhor, on every pebole ,n the Rocky mountains, on every paus of growing grain, on everything 'l'a' we. as people. own and ever n",s ,,. owned and ever shall own. And Nll'ie we are on the subject might add ula' 1t is predicated on something iiotr ','a. sides. It is predieated on Bunker mn ,a.n,, on Independence hall; on the n's' apple tree at Appomattox; on ln' 'u nerstone of a building at Washlns'0,' D. C., called the national capl.oi' ,.h man who wouldn't be satlsheu ".~ that collateral wouldn't risk penss dime for the hope of eternal salN"u,a .0sa
 Don't wait for somebody else to .aAt .sa, your share of the best inyestmen, poro. ",a is open to patriot Our great hs'o .ss, lutionary granddaddies werenC coorre orr sort. Their motto wasn't Lel uIN ", do It." They helped George do It. noot
 Don't sell Uncle Sam snort .lst be n bear on the Old Glory lnan %sa Don't make your own country aSi'' of you.
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