The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-18
Bic CITIES
FALL DOWN
On THE LOAN
Some Of Indiana's Most I'm
portant Counties Are Put
to Shame by Lake County,
Which Holds Over Sub
soription.

Twenty-six Indiana counties having
distributed their quota OF Indianas $50
10000 of the third liberty loan bond
issue, continue TO pile UP over-subscrip-
tfons. Lake county has put them all to
shame.
The close Of tho twelfth day or the
third liberty loan drive In Indiana wit
messed the posting of q total based upon
an average daily distribution OF more
than 100000 worth OF United States
securities. This is q marked decline
an the average OK the nrst i've days OF
this drive, when the returns averaged
nearly 100000 per day. The figures
. indicate the magnitude a. ths task Get
for the aixty-elght counties OF Indiana
IN the seventh federal reserve district
which were asked 10 subscribe for
minimum CT R53770.ooo. and OF tho Ct
9ectivaaess OF the organization which
was abs to accomplish much IN such
6 short time ln many OF tho counties.
with more than s1s00o.oo0 remaining
Of the minimum. It Is apparent. says
statement: from headquarters today.
that there can be no letting down IN
+he work IL the state IL to roll up the
heavy over-subscription wanted 20 keep
Indiana IN her proper place behind the
federal government IN prosecuting the
war with Germany.
Among the largest counties stul lack
Eng IN the distribution OF their mini
Mum allotment arc rae following:
Allen county. allotment $500. 600:
distributed sl,25o.oo0.
Howard county. allotment. &ssoooO;
distributed $24t450
la lagrange county allotment. tsI6.o0o;
distributed s67350.
Shelby county allotment. s42S000;
distributed s165.oO0.
steuben county allotment $4,000.
elstr, outed $50
1t; pecanoe county. auotmcnt ST.
Too 01C: distrl -t.cj S90u.oo1
4-ebash county. allotment. s650.0o0;
q strihuted SESSION.
Marion COUNT allotment $4,000. 900:
DIR buted s7OoooG6.
If the smaller counties Warren has
distributed but $50 1000 Of a $4,000 al
lotmeut; Starke $4,000 OF $4,000 allot-
ted; Ohio. s47.450 Of $4,000 allotted
Lake county with an allotment OF So
100000. has already distributed s744.-
000 In excess Of that figure: Madison
county has sold s1.150000 or 5000 600
more than the allotment and Decatur
county IS maintaining her IS per cent
over-subscrlption leadership.
All county organizations are known
u be devoting themselves 10 the task
CT securing the largest possible num-
Der IL subscriptions. IN addition to tho
efforts that are being made to each
the minimum quickly, by calling on
persons able and willing TO buy in large
quantities rather than on the banks
which might under-write practically the
entire balance Of the sum allotted they
are expected 10 add to their totals
heavily in the next few days. The at
1empts at complete distribution are IN
line with the requests that come from
the United States treasury. and for
which the government Is almost as anx-
.ous as It is to secure the over-subscrip-
tons. It IS believer. too. that some of
the counties have actually distributed
bonds far in excess Of the figures re-
ported to state headquarters. and that
they may 60 over the minimum with
the n>2t official return Of figures