Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-22
NEW MEXICO GOES
IS PER CENT OVER
WAR FUND QUOTA
Total of S276,797 Raised in
State, With Three or -Four
Counties to Be Heard From;
Influenza Hampered Work

made by patriotic New MeXicans to
| the United War Work fund as re-
| ported by State Director S. ]. BRENT
| Mt midnight Wednesday night the
! last night of the drive, was $276.797,
| or 30 per cent over the quota of
| $2O4.5O0 which was set for the state
when it was thought that but $40
100000 was all that would be re-
| CURED to meet the demands OF the
seven participating war work agencies.
or IS per cent over the original as
signed quota.
An ANALYSIS of the renorts as re-
ceived by telegraph shows that of the
| tWenty-eight counties of the state six
| teen went over the ton to the aggre-
cate of S9O,3S1, while ten fell short of
! their aggregate quota hv $1S,lS4. Two
counties made absolutely no report.
though It is known that considera hle
sums were subscribed in each, while
TWO other counties met their quotas
to dollar and no more.
| Reports continued to come into
state headnuarters Thursday but State
| Director BRENT is taking the addi-
| tons into post campaign account.
standing on the report teleoraphed
| into national headquarters Wednes-
| day night, till it is believed all sub
scriptions are reported when the
totals bv counties will be published
for the information of the public.
1t had been hoped that the state
would meet the later demand based
upon the suggestions of President
Wilson. that It and all other states
oversubsCribe their respective quotas
by so per cent but on the face of the
returns made to state Headquarters
it fell short of that goal by $30.1O1,
which may be made uD by the three
or four counties which have not as
vet reported. II is confidently be
lieved that when complete returns
are in front outlying precincts the
total will exceed the 1905 900 it was
hoped would be contributed by the |
the state.
The Banner Counties.
The counties making the so per
cent oversubscription as suggested by |
the president and the secretary of !
war were. Bernalillo, SO per cent; |
Chaves, 60 per cent; Colfax. so per
cent; DOna Ana, 60 per cent Eddy, !
80 per cent Grant, 1874 per cent; |
Santa Fe, 80 per cent. Other coun-
ties exceeding their quotas were: |
Curry, Guadalupe, Luna, Lincoln. Nc
kinley, Otefo, Quay, San Miguel and !
Valencia.
Owing to the prevalence Of the in. !
fluenZa in many of the counties the
work of organizing and soliciting nat /
uraily dragged, but. in every one of |
those counties which are behind in
the race. the managers assure the |
state director that the full amount
required to make up the demands |
upon the state as a whole will be
Forthcoming as soon as the epidemic |
abates to the point where the proper
Vancass may be made with safety.
BRENT Well Satisfied.
While / would like very much to
have been able to show in the report
sent to departmental and national |
headquarters that New Mexico had .
met the requested so per cent over
subscription, said State Director
BRENT, last night, II must confess,
however that under the crcum-
stances the state has done rsmark-
ably well. The campaign so far as
New Mexico is concerned was q wo2-
derful success and the credit for it |
should go to the loyal and patriotic |
men and women who, as members of |
the state executive committee and as
county and district chairmen, got I'M
der and behind the movement which !
was productive of such grand results
in financial way.
Thanks to Workers.
Il desire particularly to mention
the state executive committee CON
sisting of Col. r. E. Twitchell, chair
man; George A. Kaseman. represent
ing the Y. NJ. c. a.; Mrs. F. w. Parker |
OF the Y. w. G. A., Edward p. Davies
of the knights of Columbus, e. T.
nf tn
service, Alfred Grunsfeld of the Jew
ish Welfare board, Miss Evlyn Shuler
OF the American Library association
and T. j. Mabry of the Salvation
Army. The district chairmen who
did valiant service were C. j. Roberts
of Santa Fe, William Springer of Las
Vegas, Max Nardhaus of Albuquerque,
H. b, Jones of Tucumcari, w. ID. Muir
ray of Silver City and Roy Ammer-
man of Roswell.
County Chairmcn Did IL.
The men, however who did the
heavy work on the firing line were:
w. c. Oestreich, Albuquerque; DR..
FRANK Talmadge. Roswell; c. n.
Blackwell, Ration; C. w. Harrison,
Clovis; Sam j. Nixon. Fort Sumner;
w. A. Sutherlan. Las Cruces; T. c.
Horne, Carlsbad Percy Wilson, Sill
yer City; c, H, Stearns, Santa Rosa;
A. w. Pollard, Deming; A. T. Tarton,
Lovington' NJ. U. Finley, Carrizozo;
j. M. Bently, Wagon Mound; J. r.
Merle, Gallup; Rev, A. n. Porter,
Alamogordo; II. H. McElroy, Tucum-
carl; Prof. II. r. Hill. Ell Rito; A. B.
Renehan, Santa Fe, Thomas Mears,
Portales; F. A. Burdick. Pennington;
w. j. Lucas. Las Vegas: Phil Jaegles,
II |
IL. A. Wolford, Hillsboro: p, NJ Do
Ian, Taos; N. l., Meyer, Estancia; Paz
Velvarde, Clayton, and George Hoff-
man, Belen.
Force Will Go Home.
The state headquarters which have
been maintained in Albuquerque since
the opening of the campaign on Sep
tember | will be closed Just as soon
as the odds and ends of our work can
De picked up. | and all the members
OF the staff of workers which has
been IN charge of the several depart
ments will leave for our respective
homes by the last Of the week.
AN office will be maintained,
however, for some months to come,
in charge of w. P. Mcdowell. state
director of collections, who. with NJ.
e. Hickey, state treasurer, will have
charge of collecting the pledges made
by the people of the several counties
of the state who elected to pay their
in installments.
These men will have volunteer
representative in each county to aid
them In making their collections. The
county representatives will. in turn.
have their representatives in each
precinct who, in most eases. will be
the nerSon who conductad tho cam, |
paign for contributions while the
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