The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-04-06
THE LIBERTY LOAN
Third Campaign Opening
Today with Prospect
of Big Success

loudy opens tne tnlru Liberty loan
drive and it Is to go off with rush IN
Colville The Minute Women of the
town are organized to make a house to
house canvass of the city and take ap-
plications for Liberty bonds. to explain
the war saving stamps. The business
men are all helping in the drive.
Beginning today April 6. the week
is honor week. A Washington coat of
arms has been adopted by the state
central committee as the insignia to be
presented to each subscriber who max es
his subscription during the honor pc
riod Such subscription must equal the
amount the subscriber should pay
based upon his net wealth. current
profits and his war economics. This
coat of arms is in the form of window
emblem. The regular window emblem
will be supplied by the treasury de-
partment for those who subscribe after
the honor period.
Everyone knows by this time" said
G. w. Peddycord. chairman of the third
Liberty loan committee. before the
drive began today. chow much he can
afford to loan the government. Then.
why wait for someone to take the time
to come around to him for his subscrip.
tion? Why not subscribe at once and
make the drive a big success i'm Col
Vile without lost of wasted time?'
Eloquent posters. by such well known
popular artists as Howard Chandler
Christy. plead with the passers by to
loan their money to their government
and hasten the end of the war Coz
Vile must do her share. Today begins
the drive.
Big Naval Band Coming.
With Neil Thomas, former Colville
boy at the head. the band from the
United States naval training station at
Seattle composed of about forty five
sailors. will give a concert in Colville
Saturday April 13, in connection with
the Liberty Loan drive here This band,
which has been loaned to the state
Liberty loan committee for eighteen
days, will arrive in Colville at 1880
and will be in Colville until 80 p. m.
when it will go to Chewelah If arrange
ments can be made for holding the
train there.
The training station band is to be
entertained during their stay in Colville
by the commercial club which has ap-
pointed c. c. Casey as chairman of the
entertainment committee. A luncheon
will be served the boys, and speeches by
British officials who accompany the
band and big parade are to be the
features of the day Colvi!le streets
have not seen many men in the sailors
uniform and the young men from the
training station at Seattle are a fine
of mia n chr
turn out to welcome them when they
come to give a concert to help Colville
push her Liberty loan
Mel Thomas Writes.
"On April we started on our tour
of the state on a mission to help re-
cruiting and to arouse enthusiasm for
the Liberty loan" said Mel Thomas, a
former Colville boy, in letter to his
sister recently. He is leader of the
popular band of the U. S. Training sta
tion at Seattle. which is to come to Col
vile April 13.
The naval training station band has
become so popular in Seattle that its
services are requested for every big
event that takes place around Seattle.
They play for patriotic meetings. flag
dedications and schools, and not a pa
rade marches but what the clean-cu
young fellows from the training sta
ton in their naval uniforms bring n
storm of applause.
The band played at the Masonic club
rooms in Seattle at the meeting of
the county chairmen in connection with
the loan drive and the chairmen were
enthusiastic over the proposed tour to
be made by the band.
"Our party" writes Mel Thomas.
will consist of some mighty fine
speakers and several officers from both
army and navy, also officers from al
lied forces, most of the latter having
seen service in the war, and the hand
about forty pieces.
1.-THE camp at Seattle Is going to be
wonderful one, as they are building
up all the time and putting in new
courses. hear that 1t is to be sort
of a combined West Point and Annapo-
lis." He said that the Colville people
who see the men from the station and
hear the speeches will not regret II.
for 1t will give them all something to
think about in connection with the war.
1t is expected that a big crowd will
fill the streets Of Colville for the band
concert. parade and speeches that are
to take place, Saturday, April 13. Col
VILE Is going to give the sailors royal
welcome.