The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-08
ChairTnen Business Houses
Gather in Conference
at Palace.
TO MAKE QUICK WORK
MissOula COunty's Quota to
Be Pledged in Two Days
Intensive Drive.

The actual work of organizing Mis-
soula county into War Savings socic-
ties will be launched at a meeting TO
be held today at the Palace hotel. All
the chairmen of the different business
houses. trades and professions. named
last week by J. p. Lansing, chairman
OF the Allied Thrift Stamp drive for
the county, will attend this conference
to get final instructions for the or
ganization.
All to Be canvassed.
r. r. Flint OF Malta assistant state
director of the War Savings societies,
will be present to explain the plans OF
operation. From this meeting the
chairmen will go to work in earnest to
get every branch of business in Mis-
soula under organization. 1t is the
intention to get every man. woman
and child in the city enrolled as unit
in order to get the weight of the whole
nation into the war.
Each person will be asked to sign
pledge card, promising to eliminate tho
non-essentials as regards food, cloth
ing and amusements in order to make
as much money as possible free for the
conduct of the nations part in the war,
The pledge follows:
Pledge Cards.
u pledge myself to a systematic
savings; second, to eliminate the
purchase Of articles which are not
necessary to my health and eff
cheney il order that labor and ma
terial may be released for the ac-
tual needs Of the army and navy;
! further agree that | will purchase
$..-,............. in Thrift or War Saw
inps Stamps each month during
1918 and will encourage others to
do the same"
Spirit Of the People Great.
1T IL the individual who must be
awakened said Mr.. Flint last night
If the United States is going to do
what she should. l have just come
from Great Falls where 295 War Say
ings societies We're formed. Before
that l was in Lewistown. where 100
societies were organized. ! have been
In nearly every county of the state
since this move was organized and so
far the spirit of the people has been
excellent
=" The work in Missoula should be
wound up by Wednesday evening with
every man. woman and child can
vassed. 1t should not take longer
than a couple of days. If it Is found
that any of the chairmen are not do
ing their duty, they will be removed
and some one who will get results will
be put in their place
Full Quota in Couple Days.
1T is hoped to get Missoula county's
full quota pledged within the time
have indicated. This amounts to
100000. The results will not be lin
tied to the pledging of this $3O6 900
worth of War Savings and Thrift
Stamps. The expectation is that this
campaign will awaken the proper pa
triotic spirit so that when additional
calls for Liberty loans are made the
response will be more spontaneous
Also II Will arouse the people to the
necessity OF doing their best to aid in
the war by doing those things at home
which will dc of the greatest assist
ance.
The point should be made clear to
the business men of Missoula that
when the committe calls at their places
OF business they will be doing a patrl-
otie service if they will simply halt
business for a few minutes that every
emplOye in the establishment NAV be
given a chance to sign one of the
pledge cards"