Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-16
REPORT OF THE
BOND SELLERS
Total Amount Loaned by Sank
County People to Government Is
Over Million and Quarter Dollars

the late third llDerty loan DOnQ sale
campaign, especially in view of its
phenomenal success in Sank county,
will be of interest to the readers Of
| this paper. 1t is not quite possible to
do individual justice to all those who
contributed to this remarkable show
| ing, as their name is the proverbial le-
gion. The publicity bureau furnishes
| this report, not complete and perfect
| in figures.
To begin with, there was as perfect
an organization as ever was effected
for any public measure in Sank couD-
| ty. There was the executive commit
tee, of which F. R. Bentley was chair
man and r. P. Perry chairman;
| speakers bureau, A. S. Kingsford,
chairman, and J. A. Stone, vice-chair-
man; publicity, T. f. RisIey, chair
man. and V. S. Pease, chairman;
/ agriculture, G. w Davies, chairman;
w0men's activities, Mrs. Frank Avery,
/ chairman: Barab0o city, E. e. M0rey
/ chairman and e. P. McFetridge, vice
! chairman; Baraboo city ward chair
men, A. P. Cheek, Oscar Gust and
Ad0lDh andre. These men worked to-
gether in perfect harmony and with
an enthusiasm and singIeness Of pur-
rose seldom witnessed in public under
takings. This aggregation, with B, G.
Bentley, secretary, and r. Cahoon,
statistician, comprised the effective
. central organization.
Reedsburg had it's own organization,
under the general supervision Of Vice
/ Chairman r. P. Perry, and each town
| ship and village was organized, usual
/ Iy under the direction Of persons
/! chosen by the executive committee.
| And then there were solicitors in ev-
! cry. community; men and women who
worked to the purpose Of giving every
person in Sank county chance to
! subscribe to the bond issue, or give a
good and valid reason for not-subscrib-
| ing
From it's inception, the theory of
the campaign was that every citizen
of Sank county was in the war; that
if any were found who were not in
the war, they were wrong and must
be made right And the system inaug-
urated for making right these delin-
quents was not of homeopathic origin;
it was based on the priority rights Of
America over individual rights, a
strictly war theory and one that has
been found necessary.
J. Sank county may we'll be pleased
with the success of the campaign, and
much credit is due the county chair
man, F. r. Bentley. He took up the
| job at great personal sacrifice, devot-
ing his entire time for six weeks. He
entered the campaign with his usual
energy and enthusiasm, inspired his
fellow-workers and put Sank county
over the top to an amazing record.
Under the enthusiastic direction of
the speakers bureau, more than 100
public meetings were held, at which
addresses were made by those who
were informed on the subject of the
liberty loan AS a rule these speeches
rang true to the ruling spirit of the
campaign, as expressed by F. r. Bent.
ley, chairman, in his address at the
formal opening Of the campaign in the
| courthouse This did not sound a soft
and pussying note; it laid before the
| people the needs of the government
and the necessity of getting behind
the government, not formally, but in
real earnest-in fighting attitude.
Flight with musket, or fight with
your money" was the slogan in spirit,
at least.
II Conducted consistently and aggres-
sively on this plan the campaign has
proved a phenomenal success Each
chairman, vice-chairman, solicitor and
worker did his very best Quarter
was not given; it seldom was asked.
Men who have been Indifferent to the
war became enthusiastic workers for
our government in it's cause; commu-
mites that have been worse than in
different in their collective attitude to-
ward the needs Of the government
have come into camp with most patri-
otto and cheerfully made loans to I'm
Gle Samuel At last it may be said
truthfully that Sank county is all
American-in the. war to the very
end
4 Sank county banks were most loyal,
not alone to the government, but to
the executive committee that worked
| out the marvel of selling a million and
quarter Of dollars worth Of bonds.
j They worked most patiently and in
dustriously in filing out subscriptions
and have made generous 1onas to
those who had not the cash with
which to buy. They were Just fine.
| Everybody worked and did it most
cheerfully Men lent their autos to
carry speakers to distant rural school
house appointments; business and
professional men trayersed the county
making speeches and answering ques-