Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-27
BONO
CAMPAIGN OPENS
DRIVE TO SELL CITYS QUOTA OF
S4s6,6o ON AT MARSHALL
.i L
TOWN CLUB.
INSCRIPTIONS BY MAIL
MAKE TOTAL OF $4,000.
Slightly More Than 40 Per Cent Of
Allotment Is Taken Before One Day
Campaign Opens-Seeond District
Sells Sc Per Cent Of Its Quota Before
Headquarters Opens.

Starting early this morning, Whet'
the earliest of workers were going TO
their work, TIE one-day drive, during
which 10 was expected that this city,
quota of si26,OOO of liberty bonds
would be subscribed was opened at the
Marshalltown Club. BY forenoon
the rush to buy bonds was such that
the indications were that the allotment
would be sold. with the start that sub
scriptions received by mail up to this
morning gave the campaign.
Up to the time when bond headquar-
trS were opened for business a total OF
SlI5, 900 OF the citys quota of Si-btVo
had been ordered by those who re-
sponded TO the request Of the commit
tee to get their subscriptions in before
the campaign really opened.
There was realization, however at
the bond headquarters, that the city
had before it Il task of large proper
tons to dispose of the city's allot-
ment in the single day, but it was the
opinion of some of the leaders that the
job would be cleaned up today. Heau-
quarters will be kept open until 8
o'clock tonight for the late corners.
Second Leads the City.
The subscriptions received by mail
up to this forenoon, which did not in
clude all the mail subscriptions for a
good many that were received by mail
after headquarters were opened, were
included in today's sales represent
something over 40 per cent Of the city's
allotment Both in the total Of mail
order subscriptions and in the per-
centage of it's allotment, the second
district led. OF it's quota of $155, 900
the mail brought subscriptions for
$780, or Sc per cent of the allor-
ment up to today.
Mail subscriptions in the first dis
trict were s3s,25O up TO today ON
quota of $4,000, or nearly 40 per cent.
In teh third district mail subscriptions
amounted to $4,000 on a quota OF
$4,000 or nearly 80 per cent. In the
fourth district the subscriptions were
S1s,250, or nearly 20 per cent of the
quota of $4,000.
Busiest Place in City.
Bond headquarters was the busiest
place in the city today. When the rush
Of buyers started early forenoon there
continued all day a steady stream Of
men and women passing in and out,
At times there were more buyers
waiting to get at district headquarters
than could be waited on, which caused
some delay.
Each city district was given a space
behind series of long tables, where
workers had card index files and
blanks ready to wait upon subscribers.
1t required the continuous service Of
from two to four such clerks in each
district
Accountants Keeping Tab.
AS subscriptions were being made
the orders were turned over to two
accountants, who were charging the
amounts of the subscriptions against
the banks on which the orders to buy
were drawn. This record will be used
to follow up the orders and ascertain
whether the subscriber actually COM
pletes the transaction at the bank,
which he has ordered to buy the bonds
for him.
Among the busiest Of the bond
workers were the district -chairmen
and a committee assisting each to
whom were referred cases Of allot-
ments that complaint was made OF as
being too large. Each one Of these
district committees was in session in
different places in the room.
Because the campaign; was being
compressed within one day. and be-
cause of the large number of sub
scribers. the number of those who ap-
piled for adjustments of their allot-
ments naturally was large.
Taking Outside Orders.
Persons living in this city. who own
property in other voting precincts in
the county, have been receiving liberty
loan subscription notices from town.
ship committees wherever they own
property. Many of these subscrip-
lions for the country precincts were
being received at the city headquar-
tiers. thru which, in due time, the order
will be distributed to the bank on
which it was made These subscrip-
tions are, Of course, being credited to
the township where they belong.
Owners Of land in some of the town
ships are finding the allotments large,
in some cases as high as 81 900 on a
quarter section Of land. This means
that these owners must, in effect, loan
part Of their land to the government
for the period Of the war.