The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-03-14
FIRE BOYS
WANT BONDS
$500 APPLICATION MADE MONEY
Organization Meeting for Campaign Of
Third Liberty Loan Held Last
Friday Outlook Good

HOsts
f. o, Blanchar, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee, expresses an opti-
mism over the success of the drive.
The county will be canvassed in school
district subdivisions, captains of drive
teams for these respective districts
having already been appointed Mr..
Blanchar declares that work of organ
ization is progressing rapidly.
The 40 members of the Boy Scouts
are making active preparation for par
ticipatiOn in the campaign, reports
their scoutmaster, ID. &. Crukshank.
Thirteen members of the troop won
government medals for their effective
work in the campaign of last October.
The medals have arrived and will be
presented at the Congregational church
next Sunday morning when the mem
bers of that congregation meet to dedi-
cate service roll. District captains,
other than those named below as at
tending last weeks meeting, are as
follows: Z. Z. Ellsworth, K. W.
Arens, Geo. Galloway, NJ. f. McCarty,
M. 0. Boe, Frank Massee, f. ii. Green
and Frank Williams.
The Hood River organization for the
sale of bonds of the Third Liberty
loan, the campaign of which will be
launched April to last three weeks,
was set i'll motion at luncheon at the
Hotel Oregon Friday Blaine Hallock,
assistant state executive manager,
who has charge of the organization of
all work outside of Portland, was pres.
ent and explained in detail the tasks
that would be imposed on local com
mitteemen and captains of respective
county school districts. Those present
to meet with Mr.. Hallock were:
Truman Butler, member of the state
executive committee for Hood River
county; A. W. Stone, William Stewart
| executive committee; X. b. Bennett
and Joe d. Thomson, respectively
chairmen of the county publicity and
speakers committees, and f. W.
Birge, d. l.. Pierson, J. K. Nickelsen,
George Galloway, DR.. w. T. Collier
j. E. Ferguson and Rev. W. H. Boldly
captains of district teams. m
| When MIR. HallOck explained a sys,
TEN of maps, when the drive comes on
for designating those counties and
towns OF the state that first reach 80
per cent of their quota, or oversub-
scribe their quota, remarking that blue
would indicate those communities that
had reached the quota and oversub-
scribed, Mr.. Stewart declared that it
would be the aim of the local commit
tee to put Hood River first as a blue
city on the map.
!
| 1t was pointed out at the meeting by
Mr.. Birge that the drive will be incon
venient for Hood River county. devoted
almost exclusively to fruit, because of
the fact that it would fall at a time
when growers will find their time de-
manded almost entirely for the work of
spraying. However, Inconvenience,
according to the suggestions made by
Mr. Butler, may be eliminated by con.
centrating on respective districts of
the valley where the growers are not
engaged in the eXacting task during
the weeks of the drive. AS it happens,
because of the different attitudes of the
apple sections, spraying will be week
later on the higher attitudes than on
the lower levels.
f. o. Blanchar, chairman of the
drive committee for Hood River coun.
ty, was unable to attend the meeting,
having been called to Portland on busi.
ness.
Mr.. Hallock talked for two hours on
the technical points involved in the
huge drive. First he distributed among
the men present pamphlet outlining
the campaign organization for Oregon.
The foreword of this pamphlet follows
I'VE are in the greatest war Of all
time.
Already the blood of our brothers
good American blood has been spilled
upon the shell torn fields of France
Already the German sea menace has
claimed its toll of American boys 10
uniform. In the words of President
Wilson, The day has come when Amer
lea is privileged to spend her blood anc
her might for the principles that gave
her birth and happiness and the peace
which she has treasured. God helping
her, she can do no other.
"Oup nations strength is the brain,
the muscle and the wealth of her hun
dred million people. To win she must
tax them all. The brain of the natior
is at work, hard, grueling, ceaseless
The nations muscle, acting through it:
young manhood, is. training to the grea
work.
But the nation wealth, its capital
its surplus, its earnings are almost un
touched.
Notwithstanding some five billion!
of dollars. subscribed TO the first anC
second loans, the wealth Of this country
amounting to more than two hundred
billions was increased by some 40 bill
lions in the last year. Some of thi
wealh, comparatively small amount
is needed by our government to financ,
our part in the great war for the free
| dom Of democracy. 1t is needed t
clothe, feed and equip our gallant boys
| Oh the battle line-the boys who wen
so freely and who are now ready to di,
for US. Are we more tender with on
dollars than with the lives of our boys?
II "You, into whose hands this pam
II phlet comes, have been chosen from
among those at home to undertake an,
Il to perform for your country part 0
the present great work of floating tn
Il third Liberty Loan, upon the success
Il of which depends the success of thos
Il who have marched away.
II This is your call to duty"
II MIR. Hallock then proceeded to tel
/ that as yet the quota for Oregon ha
4 not been received, nor has the interes
4 rate been set, but it was expected tina
/ it would be 4. per cent. He impresse
H on the men present the seriousness O
II the tasks they were engaging in
II In fact, he said, you are to cor
H slider the instructions that you receiv
H from oregon headquarters, and the
Il from the San Francisco Federal K,