The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-12-04
JUDGE DIETRICH URGES
GREATER ". S. S. ACTIVITY

A meeting of the defense council was
held last evening for the purpose of con-
sidering the matter of Latah county's
quota of war savings stamps and to
devise ways and means of obtaining
same.
| An urgent request has been received
| from the treasury department and the
state council advising that Idaho as a
state was away below its quota and it
was very essential that the quota in each
state be raised
E. F. Burke of Boise and Judge Diet
rich we're present on behalf of the state
committee. Judge Dietrich, who is a
member of the executive committee of
bthe state, made statement to the coun-
Gil saying the situation in Idaho is a
serious one. The states quota was fixed
, at $8,OO0,0O0 and up to the present time
there has been raised but $4,000,0OO and
| Idaho stood last on the list of states.
The executive committee felt that the
people of the state did not want and
would not permit this condition to pre-
vail if it was brought to their attention.
L
districted the state and appointed rep
resentative for each district to assist the
local committees and the defense councils
to put on a drive to remedy this condi-
ton and procure the funds which were
so urgently needed by the government.
He stated that Idaho had gone over
the top in every drive and had an en-
viable record which he was sure the
people of the state would maintain by
going over the top in this drive before
| December 81 He stated that Mr.. Burke,
state manager of the Bankers Life In
surance company of Des Moines, Iowa,
had been drafted to assist in the wurk
by the committee had been delighted to
take charge of the work in the ten
north Idaho counties.
When called upon Mr.. Burke stated
the condition in Latah county was the
same as prevailed in other sections. La
tab county had quota of $4,000, of
which $4,000 had been taken. That he
was here to assist the local committee
and council of defense in raising its
deficiency. He stated this money is the
dollars that will bring the boys home,
and the government must have it. While
the war is over our duty to our boys and
our country is not 1t is tip to the people
to provide the necessary funds to pay
the bills that have been incurred by this
great struggle and to bring back boys to
their homes and again place them in
their usual vocation If the funds are
not provided in the form of war savings
stamps, it will have come in the way of
Liberty bonds, and if not in these in the
way of taxation.
Judge Forney, local chairman of the
war savings stamp committee, stated
that he believed there would not be any
question but what Latah county would
do her part. That while Latah was Slow
he felt that she could be counted upon
to be over the top by December 81, the
close of the drive That the committee
had pledges for a considerable amount
to be taken by the last of the month, and
these would be asked to take up their
subscription at once.
Postmaster w. H. Morgareidge was
appointed by the council to assist Judge
Forney in. putting on an intensive drive
to start at once. The machinery of the
council of defense will be started all
along the line and endeavor made to
close the drive as quickly as possible.