Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-12-13
State Sets New Record in Great
est War Work Campaign
in History
WISCONSIN. SUBSCRIBES
4 AND A HALF MILLIONS
RissIx and Sixty-fOur Other Counties
Exceed Their QuOta.-Great
Records Shown

By subscribing 1873 per cent of it's
original quota in the United War
Work campaign Wisconsin wound up
it's first postwar effort in a blaze OF
glory. according to official figures just
announced by State Executive Chair
man Emerson Ella. A total of $4,494,
Pol go was raised in the state. The
The original quota was S3,390, 1000.
Although the campaign has been offi-
cially terminated there are still sew
cral counties engaged in raising funds,
having been handicapped during the
official period by influenza epidemics.
The final results are confidently eX-
pected to boost the totals well over the
four and a half million mark.
The tabulated figures show that
sixty-five counties Oversubscribed their
original allotments with only six cOun-
ties under the 100 per cent notch. Of
these. Sawyer county is still continu-
ing its campaign. Ets chairman has
been i'll of the influenza while reports
from that county assert over half OF
the homes have been under quarantine.
Undaunted Sawyer county proposes to
keep up it's drive until at least its min
imum quota is attained.
Ruslx County Exceeds Quota
Rusk county went "Over the top" as
usual subscribing $S,036, whereas it's
quota was $500. The percentage of
the quota was 107. Sawyer county
has reported subscriptions amounting
to only 81 400 so far, or only AZ per
cent of its quota of $4,000.
Price county made a great showing
in this drive, being the first county to
not only report raising it's 100 per cent,
but also $50 per cent of its quota.
Subscriptions in our neighboring cOun-
ty on the east amounted to $17,5S0, or
1853 per cent of its quota of $10,50O.
Barron county just raised its quota,
which was 1000.
All Districts Over
All of the ten districts exceeded their
100 per cent quotas District No. 4,
whose chairman was J. III. Taylor, OF
Green Bay, set the pace with 143 per
cent over-subscription. The other dis
tricts and their chairmen follow in
their order of percentage: District
No. ), A. L. GoetZman of Lacrosse,
chairman. 139 per cent; District No 8,
f. j. Yea, of Stoughton, chairman, 1876
per cent District No. 6, |. p. Witter, of
Grand Rapids. chairman. 135 per cent :;
District No. 10, H. f. Lindsay, of Mil
waukee, chairman, 135 per cent Geo.
p. Wheeler, of Eau Claire, chairman
132 per cent; District No 3, j. n. Man
son, of Wausau, chairman, 132 per
cent District No 1. T. j. Roth, of Su-
perior. chairman, 124 per cent Dis
trict No s. A. w. Kopp, of Platteville,
chairman. 100 per cent District No. &,
f. j. HarwOod, of Appleton, chairman,
107 per cent.
State Chairman Ella is quoted as
saying that despite the fact that some
districts netted better results than
others. this is not a criterion for basic
estimates. while some districts did
better than others the percentage basis
does not necessarily reflect the effort
put forth or measure the achievement
in those districts not at the top of the
list" declared Mr.. Ella. Various cir
cumstances must be-talzen into consid-
Grafton The most striking feature of
the whole campaign though, is the re-
markable success attained in all of the
ten districts of the state.
wisconsin subscribed the greatest
benevolent sum ever raised in its
history. Prior to the United War
Work campaign Wisconsin's high mark
i'm benevOlences was two and quarter
million dollars in the last Red Gross
drive This has been doubled in the
campaign just brought to a close. The
people of Wisconsin have a right to
feel proud of their record and on be-
half of the state committee | want tO
thank all the people who gave so gen
erously of time and money to the
United War Work campaign.
Many Fine Records
Tabulated figures show that sixteen
counties subscribed $50 per cent OF
more These filed their reports in the
following order: Brown, Price, Keno
sha, Pepin, La Crosse, Dunn, Clark
Monroe, Marquette, Green Lake, Calu
met, Richland, Forest, Columbia, Woof
and Polk.
Green and Brown counties both re
ported that they had exceeded theil
original 100 per cent quota at exactly
one minute after midnight on the frs
day of the campaign.
Nov IL was the official date for tn,
Inauguration of the drive. B otl