The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-08-16
HOW FARM FOLKS
HELP IN THE WAR
Little Stories From Real Lie
Illustrating How They Back
Up Uncle Sam.
oNDs IElcaTuRIH
Encourage Saving Hablt IN These
Who Never oavsd 0ssore-
Great Crisis Demands The
Best From Al a. %.

0vV0S NTtOsO OOWbOVOO W.
Best From Al o. u.
ey HERBERT MYRIck.
President Of the National Farm Power
Group Of Agricultural Paper.
Did you read that item in the news
papers the other day, Of q one-time
distinguished ana prosperous citizen
Of Chicago who died suddenly in the
hospital, unknown, alone. unloved1
He was an old man, q victim OF ad-
versity, forgotten by the acquaintance
Of his prosperity. The authorities yer
about to consign the body to the pot
ters' feld when they found In his pock-
ct q Liberty bond for $50 and 4 GER
d0cate Of . fraterral lodge to which
he had once belonged. That society
was notified and gave him q Christian
burial. the undertaken and cemetery
accepting the bond In payment for
CONN and lot.
Jamie, We Salute You'll
A good mar and true Is jamie Bliss
age five years, who lives with mamma
and papa on a farm near Eau Claire,
Wis. jamie had heard all the discus
sion about Liberty bonds and Thrift
stamps, and. not yet being established
In business for himself, wal puzzled
q little to know how such q little boy
could have q part In this great un-
dertaking. At. the same time he learn
ed how sorely our fighting men need
wool and the great idea came to him.
Without consulting anyone. jamie
started about the farm harvesting
from hedges and wire fences the little
wtsps Of wool left there as his fathers
sheep pastured. As q result Of his
expedition Jamie came into the house
with his pockets and inside Of his
waist bulging with wool. Mamma
Bliss was somewhat astonished when
he explained that he was gathering
wool to sell 30 he could buy Thrift
stamps. but being q wise mother, she
,aw the point quickly.
Since then Honorable Jamie, wool
gatherer to Uncle Sam. makes daily ex-
cursions into the sheep pasture. Al
ready his wool has purchased two
s. War Savings stamps and . good
start toward another one. This. folks.
II something which was not taught
out Of a book, but It Is q sample OF
the patriotic citizenship now growing
up, ready to stand at the helm q few
decades hence.
Becoming 4 Dondholdse.
Among my friends for years 10 q
Woodworking farmer with wife and
several children. He Y seemed
to quite get there" Though he work
ed hard. he Just lacked the knack OF
getting 4 BIT ahead. During the past
year he seemed to have prospered.
When ! saw him last week he said:
TITS this way: subscribed
$50 for q Liberty bond last year.
and simply had to pay for 1t. l
did SO by paying in every dollar I
could spare, instead Of spending money
for things we could just as well do
without. It Is curious how n accumu-
lates II they 60 at 1t that way.
II see now that one reason why I
never saved any money was because
I didn't have anything like this to take
my cash q little at q time. ! used to
think that I would begin saving when
I had my bills paid and &25 to the
good. bur I have discovered at this late
date that the way to do It is to save .
little 1t Z time and put It by a you
get Il. have been surprised to flnd
that the same 10 true Of 90 many other
farmers. especially renters. What
they have put into the Liberty bond 10
money that would have slipped
through their fingers. They would have
nothing to show for It, whereas nov
they have got . bond earning good
interest, while their money II helping
to lick the kaiser. Ny drst bond 10
now paid In fun ana / am beginning
TO save up my subscription to the
fourth Liberty bond"
This reminds me Of stiIl another
are where the boys and girls have
earned and saved along with their
parents until their subscription for
each Of the three Liberty loans are
now paid up. They did not . how
they could raise the money tor their
6rst subscription. but their second vas
double that. and the third was still
larger. The oldest boy was taken By
the draft. which made the family all
the more determined. The mother
II saving her egg money, each Of tn
children has ! BIT Of : garden from
which they = selling stuff. one of
the girls - : member Of the pig club,
and the oldest boy still at home has
quarter q N acre Of onions that
promises splendid crop. The n
ther II harvesting Z heavy crop uf
LIBERTY BOND IN FIRE