The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-08-10
WILL COLV|LLE
PLAY CAME TOO?
CHEWELAH REVIEWS CAMPAIGN
IN ATTEMP T TO REACH
w. S. S. QUOTA
Is Challenge to Local PatriOts-WiIl
Begin August 10 Says Chairman
Thayer

at is only natural to suppose that
Colville will take the same action"
says the Chewelah Independent in tell
ing of the methods to be used by Che
welah in removing the Stacker stigma
which has rested on both Colville and
Chewelah in the matter of the War
Savings campaign. "In the case of
Chewelah, at least, it is proposed to
correct this seeming indifference"
states the Independent.
"The loyal and patriotic citizens of
Chewelah do not propose to allow this
community to rest under the stigma of
being composed of slackers in the
matter of the war savings campaign,
and are going to make another can
vas for the purpose Of increasing the
subscriptions in this territory to sum
at least in proportion to the subscrip-
tions of the other towns of the county.
In practically all Of the smaller towns
of the county the apportionment al
lotted by the county committee has
been subscribed.
Letters were sent out in Chewelah
calling a meeting of representative
men, saying that if the receivers of
the letters were not present and Of
fered no excuse for their absence, it
would be taken for granted that they
were opposed to the campaign. The
meeting was held and committees,
territories and other details arranged
for an aggressive campaign.
''This matter must be closed up
right, and the only way is for every
citizen to respond willingly with his
share-there will be no shortage if
this is done. The wealth is here,
and the amount now subscribed can
easily be doubled if all will respond
in the proportion to their ability"
Action Challenges ColviIIe
Chewelah's action is somewhat of a
challenge to all loyal Colville people
to rouse themselves in one more eff
fort to reach their quota. 1t might
make an interesting and delightful
little game to see whether Colville or
Chewelah would reach it's quota first.
1t all depends on whether the people
of this city wish to play the game or
not.
That many stamps have been pur-
chased in Colville for which no credit
is received on the lists of subscrip-
tions, is a statement made by r. A.
Thayer, chairman of the city cam
paign. People have discovered that
they can buy more stamps than they
have pledged themselves to buy, but
in purchasing them they fail to give
the city credit in its attempt to reach
it's quota. It is very hard, according
to Mr.. Thayer, to keep record of
savings stamp purchases. He thinks
that Colville has raised more Of her
quota than is realized, and that il
more of an effort were made to raise
on subscriptions and keep account of
stamps purchased, that in the remain
ing five months, the city could attain
it's goal.
"The man who purchased stamps
and was able to pay in cash at one
time the total amount of his subscrip-
tion is quitter," said Mr.. Thayer.
ut means that he has undertaken no
further obligation for the remainder
of the year, unless Of course that sub
scription was SO large as to mean real
saving and scrimping the rest of the
time. Those fellows are cutters"
A meeting is to be held soon of the
committees at work on the city drive,
and they will work out some way Of
renewing the campaign which will be-
gin August 10. If Colville is to play
the game with Chewelah in removing
their stigma of slackerism, it is up
to Colville to line up her team and
get busy.