Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-15
COUNTY FAR BELOW
WAR STAMP QUOTA
Drive Will be Put on Next
Week to Pledge People of
County to Buy Stamps
From Now to End of Year

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to q statement from A. +. Anderson,
county director of war saving stamp
of securing pledges for Elmore coun-
ty's quota. The total issue of war
saving stamps is $4,000, ,000, 900,
which is about $40 for every person
in the United States, and the time
OF sale is limited to the end Of this
year. There has been no great activ-
ity except among the school children,
and the quota Of this state. $4,000
600 has been not much more than
ten per cent taken.
A committee of the defense coun-
ell consisting of Stanton Park, John
Gaines VIM Love and Geo. r. Lee,
was appointed to work with Mr., An
derson in a drive week ending June
rs, during which 1t is expected that
enough people will pledge them
selves to buy stamps to put the coun-
t. safely over its quota. The COM
mittee held an organization meeting
Thursday evening, arranged the de-
tails of the drive and adopted the
following personal letter to the peo-
Pile of Elmore county:
Your Government has authorized
the issuance of Two Billion Dollars
worth of War Savings Stamps, and
has asked the people of this Nation
to buy these Government Bonds.
which they really. are, during the
year 1918. If you will remember
the First Liberty Loan, was a Two
Billion Dollar issue, and the selling
of this issue was not considered in
eny sense a child's game, but was
put up to the American people as a
part of their patriotic duty. 1t is
Just as much your duty to buy these
War Savings Stamps as II Is to pur-
chase Liberty Bonds, and while some
may plead that they cannot afford to
buy Liberty Bonds, no man, In thess
days of high wages, and plenty OF
work for everyone, can honestly
say that he can not save 10 cents a
day from now till the end of this
year
Gilmore County has figured in
three Liberty Loan drives, two war
drives for the American Red Cross,
besides a membership drive for that
worthy organization last winter, Y.
NJ. c. A. drive, and drive for the
Armenians, and never yet has Elmore
county fallen below the allotment
set for her to raise The apportion-
ing of the w. s. S. has been figured
on basis of $40 for each member
of the human race, living under our
flag, and In Elmore county we have
been called upon to raise STA, 900 In
War Stamps At the present rate OF
selling since the first of the year we
will only dispose Of the $4,000 and
fall short One Hundred Thousand
Dollars. This we cannot afford to
do and at this time, during the week,
June 81 TO 2S. you are asked to buy
az generously as you possibly can,
and also sign a pledgecard, agreeing
to purchase Thrift Stamps and War
Savings Stamps for the rest of this
year that Our quota of this issue OF
Government War Stamps may be
taken care Of Surely, no one who
knows and realizes the needs of the
Government at this time can refuse
to save little, when he is not asked
to give or donate, but simply to loan
his country, on the best security In
the world, at per cent compounded
quarterly, payable on the first day OF
January, 1928, only four and one
half years. and II you are in need OF
your money at any time, the Post
Office will cash your Certificate for
what YOU paid for it, and cent per
month added for each stamp. which
will figure approximately per cent
interest
'"Do not sit down and think your
$40 won't help, II you and ] did that
and all the rest of us did the same
we would soon see the Kaiser's army
on our own shores, and of what value
would your IS and $40 and $40
greenbacks be? A five dollar bill
is simply a promise to pay by your
Government. five dollars whenever
you want IT, II draws no interest
and is simply five good American
dollars. A War Savings Stamp
which costs you this month $4.17 IL
secured by the same wealth as your
FIVE dollar greenback. and Is q
promise to pay. made by the same
government, but II is drawing inter.