Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
THE four HIGH
LIGHTS OF THE
So tr ~
LIBERTY LOAN
Farmer Has. Out-bought the
City Man in Third !
Campaign.

Minneapolis. Mimi. May 1.-The
farmer Of the northwest. the COM
munities of German blood; the indit
vidual allotment plan and high per-
centage Of Observation-Disclosures arc. tho
four high lights Of the successful
Ninth federal reserve district.
In this loan the farmer has out
bought his city brother whose batting
average in the first and second loans
was what carried the loans Through.
Failure on the part of the farmers TO-
buy more literally in the former
loans is ascribed to lack of familiarity
with government securities. !
German communities, in many of
! which the government received little
support in the first two loans. this
time took off their coats and went
to work for Uncle Sam. In practical
~ every instance where German
blood predominates in a community.
that community this time has report
ed a healthy oversubscription.
The individual allotment plan and
the high percentage of distribution
went hand in hand in this-campaign.
The allotment or card index plan met
with some opposition when first sug-
gested but soon was accepted. AZ
Weeks in advance committees met
in every Ninth district community
and carefully listed Up every person
suspected" of having the price Of q
bond and placed after each name the
tee thought each individual should
take.
The Ninth district did not start its
sales campaign until April Is, nine
days after the remainder Of the ma
ton had started. Saturday, April 20,
the district was oversubscribed and
A. r. Rogers registered in Washing
ton over the long distance telephone
as the first district over the top.
More than 5000 counties. cities.
villages and townships already have
put in claims for honor flags. Many
asked for the n star flag. indicat-
ing 100 per. cent oversubscription.
some for the wv star flags. indicating
treble their allotment, and Whitefish,
Mont. made claim for a three star
flag to show the world that White
fish went four times over.
The entire district followed the
lvarious counties Injected some orig
inal 'methoda sgs4ergusi Falls. Nina.
published the names and bond all6t-
ments Of every individual in their
daily papers, together with a notice
summoning those named to appear
OF q certain day at headquarters to
buy bonds. They did.
At Yankton; S. D., Liberty. loan
statesmen were established at every
regular polling place and the buyers
bought bonds as IL voting.
Buffalo Lake, Mimi. probably
takes the honor of being first over
the top Of those communities which
lived up to the starting rules. This
town Is IS per cent German blood
All her citizens were summoned tc
appear in the village hall at mid
night, April IA. At m minute after
IL, April is, the citizens began sign
ing up and calling off their subscrip.
tons, which were slapped down or
adding machines. IL
At 1915 the town was through
buying and the adding machines to.
tah came flying out allowing $50 pei
cent oversubscription.
In Bemidti. Mimi. lumberjackt
sold their mackinaws to get the price
Of a first payment on a bond.
In the two Dakotas whore tt rained
for two days, bond statesmen slept Ill
Knight in automobiles mired in the
deep mud. but they all went over.
Parades. fireworks, loyalty meet.
ines. red fire and all that sort Of thina
were features in almost every town
throughout the district