The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17
Only Richland County Is
Between Kenosha and
First Place In Liberty
Loan Sales Today.
aUST Rave PLACE or HONOR
three Million Goal Will Put Kenosha
First In the State Tn Oversubscrip-
ton of Her Quota of Bonds.
Added Efforts to Reach Goal.

Kenosha county is pressing for the
lead in Wisconsin in sales of Liberty
Loan bonds of the fourth issue today
with but one county in the state hav-
ing higher oversubscription Of the
loan. That county is Richland county,
which has sold l06.01@o of its quota.
In the last two days Kenosha county
has jumped from seventeenth place
among the Wisconsin counties to second
place, jumping over Racine, Milwaukee,
real counties in the state, until today
only one little county stands between
Kenosha and the first place on the roll
of honor Of the state.
Kenosha must lead Wisconsin in the
over-sale Of the bonds. Passing the
three million dollar mark will put
Kenosha far in the lead Of all the
other counties in Wisconsin and will
insure to the city the Honor Flag for
the state Kenosha will not fail to
win this coveted honor. Riehland
countv,a 0Aota wqg less than million
dollars and for this reason it was rela-
lively easy for that county to secure
an over-suhscription to place it in the
front rank. Racine county has just
touched the three million dollar mark
and she is more than half million
dollars behind the quota set for her.
With the demand that Kenosha lead
the state the men and women in charge
of the bond sale in the city and county
started out with renewed vigor this
morning determined to have a great
avalanche Of applications for bonds
before Saturday.
The reports from the county wers
coming in today and it was shown that
Somers went over the top with her
quota and Bristol and Pleasant Prairie
were crowding very close to their quota.
while every other town in the count7
was making renewed efforts. 1t IS
forecasted that every town in Kenosha
county will meet the full quota plac-
ed upon it.
The great rush Of the tsmall buy
ers"-the most sought buyers in the
nation--continue and thousands of
dollars worth of the small bonds were
being sold over the counters of the
banks today. The leaders in the cam
paign feel certain that the total mum
Der of buyers in Kenosha win be far
over the twelve thousand mark.
At noon today the total sales for
Kenosha county had passed the
$2,4s50O0 mark, The Boy Scouts and
the woman s committees are doing won
derful work this week and they are
making whirlwind finish for the cam
paign which is certain to give Keno
sha county the honor place.
There are some big subscriptions
coming for Kenosha county later. A
lot of the big companies which maiu-
tain Offices in this county are going to
follow the lead of President Mackey
of the Postal Telegraph Company and
help Kenosha county by chipping in
some portion of the subscriptions Of
these companies.
"The important thing now,' said
the chairman of the general committee
this morning, "is for the people to re-
alize their individual subscriptions. A
lot of people who have bought bonds
should buy more bonds We want them
to buy until they convince their con
science that they have loaned to their
government, on the best security ever
offered every dollar that their credit
viii stand. We are not going to be
satisfied with any other result for Ke.
nosha county. We want to be first
in the state and if possible first in the
nation in our support to the nation in
It's hour of crisis"