Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06
BOND QUOTA IS
PASSED.; TOTAL
is S1,580,OOO
Final 0fficial Checking Brings Sub
scription Amount for CITY
Above Expectations
HOLD NOISY PEP MEETING
Great Credit Due TO 4. j. Lind>trom,
Chairman of Liberty Com
mittee for Showing.

mlItee LOT SHOW ing
Due TO a great extent to the in
spring leadership and untlrlng ell
forts OF 4. j. LindstrOm, chairman
Of the third Liberty loan committee
of the west end OF the county, work
ers and committees have reported a
anal official total OF sl,5SS,b0O, we'll
over - per cent above the mini
mum of 81. 900 assigned TINS
district.
A. an enthusiastic meeting OF the
Liberty loan committee at the ROCK
island club Saturday night sub
scriptiOns aggregaung Sl,7S i'3oo
were announced. There was plenty
of enthusiasm and pep at the gath
eriug and each additional report re
ceived loud applause. Final hgures
al Saturdays meeting were NOT
available. however, several commit
tees bringing in their reports TINS
morning In announcing the clos
ing OF the campaign, Mr. LlndstTOm
said. y want to take this OppOr-
tunitv to express the deepest per
sonaI obligation to the workers.
You have all gone to il. II has been
a display OF splendid cooperation
and very thorough work has been
done throughout
In a short talk F. W Bender, sec
rotary OF the Chamber OF Com
merCe. reminded the campaigners
that the work for the third Liberty
loan just completed marked Mr..
LindstTOm's last public endeayor in
behalf of this community. Mr..
Bender asked that rising vote OF
thanks be given Mr. LindstrOm, both
for his efforts in the Liberty loan
arrive and as a citizen. The vote
was given amid continued applause.
The efforts of George Schneider,
Jr.. chairman of the publicity COM
mirtee. throughout the campaign
are deserving of much praise Get
ting behind the drive with all of his
energy. his interest never Tagging;
Mr. Schneider working in harmony
with local papers kept the Liberty
loan before the public in way that
was bound to get results.
The final day of the campaign
was a strenuous one for all con-
Cerned Boy Scouts were on the
job from early until late. Banking
houses throughout the city remain
ed open all afternoon and were
swamped with business.
Farmers Did Fine.
Warm praise is due the rural
townships II was pointed out that
in this county the rural townships
were appoTtiOned from 40 to 70 per
cent higher than their neighbOrs in
adjoining districts but despite this
handicap, topped their maximum
quotas in splendid fashion.
Too much credit cannot be given
those enthusiasts who gave their
evenings TO work that the drive
might be a success. Those who
throughout the campaign have es-
pecially helped in this manner are:
Z. NJ Grim. Charles Montgomery,
George Bartholomew, Ira Roberts;
Misses Anna Hoffman. Teresa Her
litzka. Julia Marshall, Bella Car
penteT, Jeanette Martin, May
MitChum. Nellie Biddison, liberia
Glasgo. Marguerite Anderson, JOS
eph Meehan, A W. Christensen, Ray
Osterman, John Freistat, Carl See
berger.
$4,000 Over Maximum.
1t was learned in the final check
ing that the largest contribution
received was $4,000, while over ten
thousand subscribers helped to win
the third Liberty loan honor flag
for this district. Rock Islands
maximum quota of $l,500,000 was
overtopped by SSS,600 while the
minimum of s1,135,00O was oversub-
scribed over % per cent. The re-
ports by teams follow:
M Team