Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-20
Total Amount Of Bonds Sold
to 9 O'clock Last Night Is
S1,005,250, According to
Committees Final Report,
ALBUQUERQUE CLOSE TO
100 PER CENT MARK
Women Show Unusual Ability
as Solicitors During Cam
paigni Work Tifelessy and
Reach S450,600 Mark.


Bernalillo county went over the top
in the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign,
subscribing for more than a million
dollars worth of bonds. The county's
quota, as fixed by the United States
government was $S44 500. The total
in bonds sold up TO 8 o'clock last
night, the closing hour of the cam
paign was 81, ,O05,25 Dealing in stat
isticS the county overscribed its quota
30 per cent. OF the total amount sub
scribed, the Santa Fe employees of AL
buquerque, bought bonds to the
amount of $190,700. The campaign
in Albuquerque was remarkable in
many particulars 1t is estimated that
one in every five people in AIpuquer-
que bought a bond Albuquerque reg
istered almost 100 per cent in bonds
sold, figured on the basis of commit
tee assessments. The work in the out
side precincts was seriously handi-
capped during the closing days of the
campaign because of the spread OF
the Spanish influenza. Nevertheless
the towns and villages in the county
responded splendidlyIy
Women Sell Many.
The telling of the story of the
Fourth Liberty Loan campaign in
Bernalilo county would require col
umns. Only the high places can be
touched. of first Importance was the
remarkable records made by up en-
tirely of women. The women of Albu-
querque sold in round numbers a total
CT $450.600 in bonds. This is more
than half of the total amount of bonds
sold in the county, excluding the
bonds sold in the Santa Fe depart
ments. which sold Independently by
1f.,it tlNts Al.
shops station, storehouse and other
branches of the railway organization.
The work done by the women was
accomplished under the direction of
Mrs. j. 7. Mclaughlin, chairman of
the woman's committee, Fourth Lib
erty Loan assisted as clerks by Mrs.
James Bell, Mrs p. r. Sherwin, Mrs
j. Finlay Sims and Mrs Paul G. Red
ington. The women solicited their
own bonds. drove their own cars. de-
posted their own collections in the
banks. kept account of the subscrip-
tions taken, and in fact did all the
detail work required by the govern
ment to be done.
II wish to thank the women who as
sisted | nthe campaign" said Mrs. J.
T. Mclaughlin, chairman of the wom-
ems organization. I'VE will let the1
people judge as to the part we took
in the work. The men were all lovely
to us and / want to think them also
for their assistance and cooperation"
The happieSt man at the Liberty
Loan headquarters last night was Max
Nordhaus, organizer in all loan CAM
paigns in Bernalilo county For more
than six weeks, Mr. Nordhaus has done
nothing but work for the success of
the Fourth Liberty Loan. Naturally
he was extremely pleased when the
firal results were tabulated.
Best Campaign.
Its the best campaign I've ever
been in" declared Mr.. Nordhaus,
Thank all the people who bought
bonds and all those who helped to
make the campaign success. I'll
looked at the start as if we couldn't
possibly make our quota, but we de-
termined to more than make it, and
we did The people of the county are
TO be congratulated On the splendid
way in which they responded to the
governments call for financial assist
ance. The spirit among the people is
wonderful and ! am sure that no
place else is there greater patriotism
and love for country than right herel
in our own Bernalillo county"
At noon yesterday when it was
CeItdl1 lIldt Tie CUunly Hdu Iflduc itS
quota there was a determination at
Liberty LoaE headquarters to sell a
million. dollars worth of bonds be-
fore the o.osing hour of the cam
paign. number of large subscrip-
tlons were turned in just at the noon
hour, adding speed and impetus to
the work. The Postal Telegraph)I
company paid III a $1,000 cash SUBJ
scription. through Manager J. S.
Creegaf The Postal responded
promptly and effectively to the ap-
peal of Mr.. Creegan for Albuauer-
que's pro rata of the companys bond
buying. Martin s. Tierney, general
agent for tlt Missouri State Life,
bought $4,000 In bonds for his com
pany. The Northwestern Mutual
Life company, through General Agent
Ervien. purchased $4,000 in bonds;
the Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph company. through District
Manager E. B. Reynolds, jr, bought
$500 worth of the securities, and
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