Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-08-15

wheat, and last spring made up his
mind to devote not less than one third
of the proceeds to the war. This one
family is planning to subscribe $1,000
for the fourth Liberty loan, and II
all goes well, will be able to pay
down nearly half the amount.
A Horde Of Huns at Your Door.
You know what they would do to
you and your women-a fate far worse
than death. You know how Huns have
laid bare the countryside they have
conquered-no animal or plant al
lowed to survive, even trees and vines
cut Off close to the ground. Rural
homes demolished, barns burned.
You know how the Boches enslavs
the farmers Of Belgium, Poland, the
Ukraine. Words cannot depict the
horror of It.
To prevent the same thing happen
ing right here to you and your fam
lily, to your own community, stats
and nation-that Is what our boys are
fighting for lover there"
1t is a question of right over might
Shall liberty be destroyed by slavery?
This Is the question the war is to an
swer for you and me and for genera
lions yet unborn.
This final struggle for the surviva,
Of the fittest among humans demands
every ounce of our energy, every cent
! of our money. Noble men and wom-
en- are periodically devoting some or
all of their time. without money and
without price. to help Uncle Sam win
a victory. Others are giving produce
or money to the good cause. Millions
! OF our healthiest young men. the very
seed of the race. are sacrificing their
lives that you and I and others may
| live In peace.
The very least that each Of us can
| do now is to lend our money TO Uncle
Sam so that he will have the funds
with which to fight. The war is cost
ing billions. The only way the gov
eminent can get the money is to Dor
row 1t from the people or tax it out
of them. The more the public lends
to the government, the less taxes 1t
will have to pay.
You can help In this crisis by sub
scribing to the fourth Liberty loan
These government bonds are the safest
investment on earth. They are abso-
lutely good They yield good interest
You can get your interest money twice
year. If you have TO use your prin
cipal, you can sell your bond any min
ute, or you can use It as security al
the bank to borrow for temporary
wants. The latter is the better way
because it doesn't help the government
any for you to sell your bond or fol
somebody else to buy your bond. &c
your bond direct from the government
then your money goes direct to tn
government and will be used by 1t t.
pay the wages of soldiers and sailor
AMI to furnish The ships and munitlon
with which they shall win the vic
tory.
Must Do Our Best.
1t Is up to each of us to do not on
bit but our best. It's II question o
life or death. Simplify. economic, g
without things. so that the effort, time
thought and money thus saved may b
transmitted into the things that shal
enable the American flag to fly owe
Berlin-a symbol of the new civilizf
ton which is to insure peace throug
victory
In our rural homes, on our farms. l
the trenches. In other branches of scr'
Ice, In subscriptions to the Libert
L bonds and War stan%s, our America
: farmers have repeatedly gone over IN
. top. Their efforts, their patriotism
:, their loyalty. have been UNIVERSAL
! recognized. Now in this fourth Lii
I erty loan our rural folks will sho
Y the same generous confidence in II
o eternal principles of human liberty an
l. of self government that were chsn
pioned by those Middlesex farmers
l Their flags to April-breeze unfurle
e Who fred the shot heard round Il
q world"