The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-04-04
BOND CAMPAIGN
is OUTLINED
MANY MEETINGS BEING PLANNED
First Rally at Frankton Monday Night
Edward |. Fraley, Of Portland,
Will Give Talks

cry DOilu campaigns, tIS pItpdf dlloiiH
that have been made for the drive for
the third loan, to begin Saturday. are
far more extensive than those of last
spring and last October, and it is ex-
pected that the enthusiastic and well
instructed teams of canvassers will
pull down a new record for the Apple
| Valley.
The members of the l3 canvasslng
| teams of the county are all lust
''rarin to go. +" At meeting of the
captains and the executive committees
at the Commercial club last Friday
night, the men showed themselves on
the alert. At different dates this
week, the members of the executive
committee will meet with the team
captains and their canvassers and give
them the fullest information.
The Frankton district will have the
honor of opening the liberty loan cam
paign in Hood River county with a
| patriotic meeting tomorrow night,
when Rev. M. l.. Hutton of this
city, will deliver an address. As
the t'rankton service flag viii be dedi-
Gated tomorrow night, the meeting, II
is expected, will create great deal of
enthusiasm.
Other Valley meetings have been
arranged for as follows:
On Tuesday evening, April 9, the
Pine Grove Parent eacher association
| will devote its meeting partially to a
discussion of the bond campaign
| Truman Butler will be the bond speak
er for this meeting.
On April 10, a bond rally will be
held at the Oak Grove school house.
d. &. Cruikshank, accompanied by
his troops of Boy Scouts, will attend
his meeting. Mr.. Cruikshank will de
liver an address and his Scouts will
participate in the program.
Meetings for Cascade Locks Park
dale, Dee and Odell will be attended
by Edward l.. Fraley, who has been as
signed by the central committee, of
Portland. Mr.. Fraley will first talk
at Cascade Locks on Saturday even
ing. Ernest c. Smith, of this city,
| will also be present at the Cascade
Locks meeting and address the citizens
of that community, who have shown
| themselves as patriotic in former
drives.
The Portland speaker will address
the people of Parkdale and Mount
Hood on Sunday morning, April IA
Rev. W. H. Boldly having graciously
given over his sermon hour for bond
meeting The out of town speaker
will then come back to Dee for an
evening meeting. On Mondv evening,
he will address the people of the 0dell
district at the Union high school.
j. K. Niekelsen has promised that
his flying squadron of musicians will
visit as many as possible of the outly-
ing. communities, and Mr.. Nickelsen is
cooperating with chairmen Of district
committees for stirring musical nun
bers.
The names of all subscribers and the
amounts of their subscriptions will be
published.
Hood River county women will take
an active part in the big campaign
Mrs. c. H. Jenkins has been appointed
chairman of the local woman's commit
tee The women will assist in stats
tcal work. They have offered their
services for whatever duties they may
best perform.
Next Sunday every church in Hooc
River county will give the Liberty
Loan message at regular services
The national committee has asked al
churches of the land to cooperate in
spreading the Importance of the grea
drive. The state committee, through
the State Ministerial Association, has
asked all Oregon ministers to preacf
special Liberty Loan sermons next
Sunday.
Invest or Go Under, " is one of tn,
striking slogans of this campaign.
1.-The hun is at the door over there, ;
says Frederick T. Hyskell. in strong
appeal Of the Liberty Bond committee
here, to ravage, murder and take pos
session."
Mr. HyskelI continues
''Uncle Sam the boys on the hrinl
line, the spirit of American liberty
} stand between you and immediate dan
ger
What are you doing to help then
} over there?
will you fight in the trenches a
close range, or fight at long range be
hind the lines by lending your none,
to Uncle Sam to hold up the hands o
those who can actually WELD hayone
for you?
"The issue is squarely before you. !
choice between the two is necessary
! Will you evade, dodge, wiggle ant
twist, or will you assert your bacl
bone and stand up like man?
How pitiable paltry dollars appea
in the balance between American free
dom and German bondage. "'You ar
not asked to give. You are simpl
asked to invest at guaranteed profit
What if it does mean the insignifi
cant sacrifice Of giving up the glitte
} of a passing pleasure? Hundreds 0
I thousands Of others are voluntaril
) sacrificing their lives.
If YOU haven't the necessary cas-
for at least one little $50 Liberty Bon
5 ton easy payments), sign up anyway
take it to your bank and it will be aC
cepted as security while you are max
} ing payments.
Thus. it is easy. Thus, it costs yo
nothing. except the difference betwee
the interest the bank charges you 70
loaning to you on the bond and the II
terest your bond draws from Uncl
Sam This difference is trihe S
small, in fact, that the widows nit
covers it.
"The fateful hour for you, for you
country, the time to submit or cor
quer, is here.
"No American has ever yet bee
conquered No American ever will b
conquered unless it is he who fails
5 this supreme hour to invest or go III
der"
Saturday noon Rev. NJ. l.. Hutto
will address the citizens of Wyeth an
employees of the O.-W. R. & N. Co. {
that place. F, Williams, O.-W. r.
} N. superintendent, who was here Tue
! day, conferring with Chairman Blancl
ar, has list of 70 men working at til
rail lines tie plant and coal bunker