Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-22
DELAY NECESSARY BECAUSE OF
INFLUENZA AND CLOSING
OF SCHOOLS.
IoWA's PART IN WAR
WILL BE FEATURED
State Has $4,000 Men in Service and
Many Are in Thick Of Fighting
Liberty Loan and Draft Work Sets
Pace For Entire Nation-Work OF
Soldiers First in Importance.
,cial TO Times-Republican.

Special TO Times Republican.
Des 'Moines, oct 22.--With the Iowa
schools closed because of the influenza
the observance of Iowa day. which had
been fixed for Oct. %. has been post
poned to Nov. ~.
the public school pupils learn of Iowa $
resources and its achievements thru a
special program was instituted two
years ago. This year it is recognized
there is more reason than, ever for Civ
ing consideration to the achievements
of the state.
The wonderful performance of Iowa
soldiers on the western front, the heavy
casualties in the Iowa ranks showing
Iowa has a large proportion of men IN
the thick of the fighting, the fact that
the state has almost $4,000 men in the
service, the record Iowa made in this
last liberty loan as well as in the one
preceding. being the first state TO SUD
scribe it's quotas and then oversup-
scribing them. its finishing first in its
class in classifying the recent draft. it's
liberal subscriptions to the Red Cross
and all other war activities,-these are
among the new accomplishments made
by the people of the Hawkeye state in
this time of greatest need.
Proud Of State.
Iowans who have been east the past
several days and observed the struggle
which other localities were having in
meeting their loan quotas have come
back with especial pride in the work
of their own state.
II was never prouder TO be from Iowa
than when | was in Chicago last week
and saw the frantic endeaHors of that
city to sell its quota of liberty bonds"
declared Paul Junkin. of Creston, WELL
known Iowa publisher and editor. on
his return from the Great Lakes train
ing station where he went to secure in
formation relative to taking the sailor
vote
Il was repeatedly accosted on the
street and asked to buy bonds. | all
ways replied that had bought mine in
Iowa and that answer was enough. Al
most invariably the solicitors would
say a kind word for Iowa and ask me
how we put over our loan so promptly.
Chicago is greatly interested in the
way Iowa is organized for the bond
campaigns. In my judgment Iowa never
attained so much desirable advertising
thruout the nation as when the old
Hawkeye state led the way over the
top with this fourth drive and in the
third drive of some months ago"
Iowa men in Washington last week
while receiving congratulations on the
way this state went over the top in its
liberty loan subscriptions mad still
further cause for congratulation when
the Washington papers published the
news that Iowa was the first state to
complete it's classification Of the new
draftees.
The Iowa men are proudest Of all over
the wonderful record which Iowa SOL
ders have been making at the front
which has attracted the attention of the
nation at large and challenged the ad-
miration OF every one.
These are some of the facts which
will be brought forward this year in the
observance of Iowa day in the schools
The state department of public instruc-
ton has prepared for the observance
of the day a booklet. Iowa Day and
! Patriotism."' which contains extracts
| from patriotic addresses and also spe.
cial articles written for the booklet.