Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-07
MANY MAKE 3.
SACRIFICES
Toby BONDS
oversubscription in Third
Loan MAIDS Possible
by Sacrifices.

that the northwest oversubscribeds its
quota Of the third Liberty Loan, q
true test of the patriotism Of those liv-
Ing In his district. does not tell the
many incidents in the campaign which.
made possible the oversubscription
and the self sacrifice Of some Of the
subscribers The largest cities in the
northwest. Minneapolis and st. Paul,
displayed a fine spirit OF loyalty, piling
up their oversubscriptions. to millions
OF ollar but 1t remained the lot Of
country districts to share heavily with
the poorer people of the cities the
true spirit of patriotism.
From every corner Of the northwest
reports come of those who would un-
dergo hardships should they purchase
Liberty bonds. In. nearly. every in
stance h bonds were purchased. In
many cases the committee making up
the allotments were criticized for
amounts assigned to some.
Mary .Kopplemann, a widow with a
crippled son. living nea St. Peter,
war, declared. she was ONLY too willing
to buy a bond and although it would
be a hardship, she would gladly use
the small pension she received from
the government to pay for the bond.
II am glad you called" she told the
bond salesman. II was not sure that
you would. My son and 1 have de-
cided to buy a bond and pay for it
with the pension. We will have a
large garden this year and that will
help u.s."
In Duluth. the oversubscription Of
a million and a half vas aided by
such patriotism as that displayed by
John Henerson, a carpenter, who
visited the Liberty Loan headquar-
tiers. II want to buy a Liberty bond.
but if l use the little money 1 have
saved for that. l will not be able to
pay my taxes" He was told to buy
the bond and the taxes would be
cared for.
The same day a ~lumberjack entered
headquarters. He took $3.50 in cash
and a check for 5000 from his pocket
and put it on the table. i've got fifty
going out to get that. While I'm
gone you fellows make out bonds to
me. My fighting days are most over
so I'll help this way"
In addition to the pathetic incidents
In the campaign the statesmen were
treated to many surprises. The allot-
ment committee for Rice county in
making up their sheet for the village
OF Lonsdale placed $3.50 opposite the
name Of a German born farmer. and
inserted a question mark. They were
not sure that amount would be SUBJ
scribed. His neighbors were assessed
$3.50 each. Before the campaign
started the German born farmer heard
Of the allotments. He arrived at the
loan committee headquarters early
morning.
I've heard that you have made my
subscription $3.50" he said angrily.
The chairman Of the committee told
him they thought the amount was
only fair. mo it is not" the farmer
said. you have allotted each Of my
neighbors $3.50 and I'm just as good a
farmer as they. l want my allotment
changed" He left with a receipt for
$3.50.
Out at Hutchinson. where the 10y
atty Of the citizens is sometimes
questioned, Hans P. B. Peterson was
allotted $500. After inquiring il the
committee thought him only 500 per
cent loyal he impressed upon them
the a C that $4,000 worth of bonds
was just his size. y
In Red Lake county there were
more than one hundred persons who
told the committee they would double
their allotments. but it remained for
John Helm of Red Lake Falls tc
multiply his by six. He was allotted
a $50 bond after the committee had
taken everything into consideration.
Helm appeared before the committed
and announced he wanted $500 worth
Its going to be a hard pull, but
have a brother on the firing line with
the Rainbow division, and I'm going
to back that boy to the limit"