Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1918-09-27
FOURIHL0M Drive
/ OPENS TOMORROW
Six Dllllon Dollars ls slze Of New
Lean, lust Douhle That Of
Third Loan
Committee Mesls THIS MognInn 10
Complete Plans 70 send lls Over
TOP Again


Luna county starts tomorrow,
with the rest Of the United States,
10 raise $423,OO0, its share Of six
billion dollars, the sum the govern
ment has decided on for the fourth
liberty bond ISSUE The sum was
made public only last Wednesday
and for that reason, also because Of
the absence Of County Chairman J.
A. Mahoney, who has been visiting
IN the east for three weeks past and
who has just returned home, local
plans for the drive are still some
what nebulous. Up to Wednesday
night the county quota was still un-
known, with the drive only two days
away. However, Local Chairman P.
A. Mclaughlin has called meeting
Of the business men and members Of
the old committee that achieved such
fine results last spring, at the Dem
pg club today at 10 o'clock to formul-
ate plans for the drive to begin to-
morrow. II is possible, even at this
late hour that some such demon
stration as that Of the last campaign
opening may be staged. Part Of the
committee will visit Columbus Sat-
urday or Monday to assign a quota
10 that city.
The llth district quota is not quite
as large in proportion TO the total
issue as II was last spring, as the
government apparently decided to go
easy on the southwest, which has
had a hard year from drouths and
crop failures from other causes. The
Dallas district is asked to raise only
a little over two per cent Of the to-
tal, the exact quota being sl20,O0O,
600. This is the lowest sum asked
Of any district, whereas last spring
at least three district we're assessed
less than this one. However, Luna's
quota is exactly twice that Of the
third loan.
Luna'saquota was $2ll 800 last
spring and the amount subscribed
was $266,OOO. II will require a lit
tie more effort this time to reach
the goal. There is not as much
loose money hereabouts just at this
tla as there was in May, owing TO
the absence of the soldiers and the
departure from the city of some good
concerns. A month or two later we
could do much better: that is we
could do our part much more easily,
but we will do il anyway-see if we
don't. Luna county has never failed
when Uncle Sam called, not even
when the rest Of New Mexico fell
short as in the case of the W. S. S.
drive, when this was the only county
to 90 over the top. Even at present
only one other county-Socorro-
has climbed over the barrier into
our company. When the smoke lifts
we will again be found among those
who have charged clear across No
Mans Land into Kaiser Bills first
line trenches. But wen have to-
make real effort to do it--half-
way measures win get nowhere. It's
.eyerybOdy's duty to see that we do
Il.
'We will 60 over the top" said
Local Chairman Mclaughlin yester-
day morning; "its a pretty big Job
and will take some sure enough work,
but so does everything else that's
worth while. | believe Luna is as
patriotic as any county in America,
and If the money is here it will be
forthcoming
II Is 10 be hoped that the public at
large will not take a "let- George do
it' attitude aud let the committee as.
suIae the whole burden. Shorten their
work wherever you can; don't wait
for them to ask for your subscrip-
ton; be able to report il already in,
and in It's place have someone else's
ready FOR them Remember, these
fellows are not on salary. They are
giving their time and labor gratis to
the government, from a disinterest-
ed, patriotic and wholly admirable
desire 10 see the loan succeed and
the kaiser wiped off the face Of the
earth with his baby-killing legions.
So do your part, too
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