The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-04-12
LENHI SALES OF U. S. BONDS

The third Liberty loan campaign
was opened according to schedule in
Salmon last Saturday afternoon with
Mayor Glennon in charge of pro
gram which was carried out at the
opera house.
( Salmon, always active and sound
to the core in patriotism, outstripped
all former demonstrations of the
kind held here Before nightfan there
had been $4,000 of the total sub
scripti0a already rolled up in the city
alone. That was very nearly a third
! of the allotment TO Lemhi county.
which had been placed at $4,000.
1 AT the meeting the auditorium was
packed by eager listeners TO hear the
/ speakers, VINO included the present
mayor and the former mayor. l.. +.
| Glennon and t. j. Atkins, Senator
| Whitcomb. A. c. Cherry and +. H.
Casterlin in tentminute talks. Rev.
/ j. +. Meredith offered an eloquent
and noble prayer and a choir of
| splendid talent, with Mrs. Meredith,
Mrs. Herndon, Mrs. Biscoe and Miss
\ Lonsdale and Messrs. Mack, Atkins,
Clark and Watkins as members. sang
patriotic airs. Other musical mum
bers We're offered by the band and
the Salmon schools.
Intending subscribers did not wait
/ to be called upon to order their
bonds. All wanted TO take them Ear
| ly in the afternoon the executive
committee was called upon by two
young Americans for permission to
solicit takers. These lads We're Will
! lam H. Shoup, Jr., and Jack Zabris-
/ XII. The boys were on their Job at
once as they sailed forth on their
mission. 1t was a strong team and
pulled together like seasoned wheel
ers. The first place they entered was
the Kelly real estate office where
they fell in with number of promi.
nent citizens who put their names
down for $500 worth of the wares the
youngsters had for sale. Then the
/ boys went out into the street, solic.
4 iting every man they met right on
, the spot until late in the day when
! they had names with amount after
them TO the total of more than
! $4,000. The boys are still on their
job Young ShouD is son of w. H.
! Shoup. Salmon business man, while
his companion Zabriski is a son OF
/ Al Zabrish and a grandson of the
dredge man, Johnny Mullen, OF
Moose creek, for whom he Is named
Both are sure TO be heard from again
in matters of pith and moment.
The erection of a liberty pole al
] the Brough corner on Monday and
Tuesday attracted nothing like the
notice belonging to it for the reason
/ that there had been unavoidable de
/ hay int getting Il ready The pole
stands 40 feet high in pure white, q
new flag floating from the top. The
/ pedestal Is an ornate column ten feet
/ high. two feet square at the bottom
/ and Is inches at the top, with cap ot
/ blue and base of red. In the panels
/ on opposite sides of the pedestal are
painted the bulbs of thermometers in
! the tubes of which from day to day
are painted the rising red to show
the growing subscriptions. BY Mon
day night the painter had been order
ed to redden up the bulb TO the
( $38, 900 mark Tuesday night ii had
risen to $4,000; Wednesday night
/ TO $4,000; Thursday night $4,000.
! The officers and committees hav-
ing the work in charge are as fol
/ lows:
General secretary. A. c. Cherry;
county chairmen G.. II. Monk. Mrs.
J. F. Melvin; city chairmen, L. +.
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