Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-26
LIBERTY LOAN
LAUNCHED AT
LUNCH TODAY
Active Campaign Outlined
at Meeting Of COMMITTEES
This Noon.
Quota for County and City
Will be Known Within
a Few Days.

Approximately fifty persons attend
ed the Liberty loan luncheon held in
the private dining room Of the Fred
erick hotel at 1916 o'clock this moor,
at which E.. j. Lander, county chair
man of the Liberty loan committee
presided. The banquet was a great
success. both from the point Of num-
bers, and the business transacted.
Those present were chairmen Of
Grand Forks county and others who
were actively engaged in the second
Liberty loan drive, the prime motive
Of the gathering being to draw UP a
plan OF campaign for the coming
drive, &name district chairmen and es-
tablish the outlines of each district.
Following the luncheon, at / o'clock
Mr.. Lander gave an outline Of the
work that was before the committee.
He suggested that an executive COM
mittee of five be appointed for the
county, stating that although Grand
Forks city would not mix in the cam
paiEn outside Of the city, he wished
1t understood that n mar from the
city Of Grand Forks be elected as one
Of the members of the executive CONF
mittee.
~Cautiousncss Suggested.
In view of the fact that money is
tight" Mr.. Lander said. it would be
well lOT l1lS Guilty III 8OIlCI ~ 6iIOW
no disposition to "go over the top
but to, nevertheless do all possible
to subscribe the quota allotted.
THE state at large" continued Mr..
Lander, ''subscribed to the last cam
paign $10.500,0o0 Of which amo1nt
Grand Forks county contributed
$4,000. This was a very good rec
ord, but during the coming drive 1t ID
possible that those living In the RED
II S,,>s Ny>ON<s, -,iI ~ nnOsAl %~> -
greater proportion OF the state quota.
to the fact hat there have been
many crop failures in the state, which
consequently means a shortage Of
money in those districts"
A meeting of the central commit
! tee, said the county chairman, will be
held tonight in Minneapolis, at which
arrangements will be made for an
nouncing the various quotas which
will be decided upon, and possibly
within two Or three days It will be
Forks county and city will be.
| Speeches Delivered.
Following Mr.. Lander's announce
ments. addresses were given by vari.
GUS men present. Rev. Harvey j.
! Moore, the f1rst speaker. delivered ar
address, followed in turn by w. A
Mcintyre, chairman Of the Four Min
ute Men; Mayor j. A.. Dinnie. John T
Freeman of Falconer. and A.. B
Landt Of Northwood.
Mr.. Moore opened his address witt
a comparison of two kinds Of men,
slackers and men who are loyal
Some men, he said, do everything
possible to avoid military service
whereas others give up all that the,
have held dear ana offer themselves
and all they possess to the great caus,
for which we are lighting.
1T is pretty near time that We qui
talking" he declared. "and do IN
thing. There 10 little use talking Il
men who know what this war mean
and yet shirk their duty. It Is q vast
Of time to try to convince men VIII
refuse to be convinced.
U. S. Has just Started.
"9ome people say the war is q,
near an end that there is little use Il
buying Liberty bonds as an, excus
for neglecting their duty. When W
make predictions as to when the We
will end we do not know what we ar
talking about. The kaiser won't qui
at present, as it means suicide; Grea
Britain is o ready to terminate tn
war and the United States has onl,
begun to fight ,~ !
"The great majority Of the peopl
have awakened to the realization tina
we are In the war to stay until mill
tarism, autocracy, kaiserism, junker
ism, or whatever we choose to call II
has been crushed forever, but Their
are a few who refuse to be aroused
therefore, we will 60 on withou
them"
Following the various addresses
Mr.. Lander brought before the guest
the immediate business Of the meet
Ing.
as yet when the drive would start, bu