Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-04-09
LIBERTY LOAN
CAMPAIGN ON
ENCOURAGING REPORTS COME
IN FROM Committeeman
ALL OVER COUNTY
START SOLICITING HERE MONDAY
Chairman Shultis Confident County
Will Subscribe Quota.

The Third Liberty Loan was given
an enthusiastic send-off Saturday by
the people of Bonners Ferry in a pa
triotic program both afternoon and
evening. The feature of the after
noon exercises was a parade partici-
pated in by the Boy Scouts, the Camp
Fire Girls, pupils from the two local
school districts, and citizens in auto
mobiles. The parade traversed sew
eral of the downtown streets, finally
ending at the corner of the First Ma
tional bank where a brief but stir
ring address was delivered to the
assembled citizens by Attorney o. C.
Wilson. Mr.. Wilson dwelt upon the
necessity of hearty response to the
third Liberty Loan and held the close
attention of his audience during his
strong address.
In the evening large audience
gathered in Kent's hall to further
to an excellent program. Maughan's
juvenile band opened the exercises
with several musical numbers and
received the warm applause of the
audience. Other musical features
were vocal solos by Miss Veona john
ston and Mrs. G., H. Wilbur, violin
selections by Miss Medora Walker
and several selections by Maughan's
orchestra These were all so pleas
ing that the audience would glad,v
nave listened to more but Miss
walker was the only one who re-
Sponded to an encore. Two short adj
dresses were delivered by Attorney
p. M. Flood and Judge Henderson.
Both delivered enthusiastic addresses
urging their hearers to stand back of
the boys in the trenches, in the small
way granted them, by subscribing to
the limit of their resources to the
Liberty Loan, and both speakers were
vigorously applauded. Walter James
who presided at the evening meeting.
stated no attempt would be made to
secure subscriptions at that time but
that vigorous campaign would be
lnaugurated Monday. The meeting
closed with selection by Maughan's
orchestra and pryaer by Rev. Wilbur.
County Chairman F. A. Shultis,
the members OF the county executive
committee and the various precinct
chalrmen for Boundary county in the
Liberty Loan drive which started on
Saturday, anticipate that this county
, will not fail to keep up with previous
records in the present drive.
Boundary county's quota of the
Third Liberty Loan drive is $4,000.
2 This is a large sum to raise in a
: county with no more developed re-
sources than Boundary county has
and the county chairman and his
committeeman realize that every cit
. izen will have to buy bonds if the
quota is subscribed.
Chairman SHUTS announced this
, morning that Honor Week would be
observed in Bonners Ferry and that
no canvass for Liberty Bond sub
scriptions will be made until next
Monday morning, when committees
will make house to house and per-
, sonal canvass.
) The executive committee is well
! pleased with the reports which have
2 come in from the outside districts
the past few days. Earl w. Newton
: Of the Curley Creek district. was
first to report and he has turned il
a subscription list for bonds amount.
ing to 81 800. Porthill reports that
; $500 worth of bonds have been solo
1 and the Eastport district has solo
over $500 worth.