Arizona republican., 1918-04-01
MARCH RECORD IF WAR SAVINGS
 FUR ARIZONA

l. The month of March, just closed, has shown a marked increase in interest and sales of war savings certificates, baby bonds and thrift stamps, accord ing to a report issued yesterday by State Director Harry Tritle. This re- port is being sent to every county chairman, every president of war saw ings societies and among workers gen. orally throughout Arizona.
 Director Tritle goes into the sec tional work and the results obtained so thoroughly there can hardly fail to be | something of interest to everyone in 1 his report. It follows in full:
 We are glad to state that the sale of war savings stamps in Arizona dur l ing the month of March shows a great improvement over the previous months. l hope that by the end of March our | sales will approximate $600,000. While We are greatly encouraged, yet we are | far from being up to our quota by
 months. If we had s1,200,O00 we would
 have just about the right sum. Some 1 counties of the state have done fine others are fast getting into line and we here feel no apprehension that the
 organization anywhere is eventually
 going to fall down." Nevertheless, we respectfully urge upon you the neces- sity for renewed and increased activity
 We especially urge that war savings
 societies be organized. Word from
 Washington places us in sixth place in
 the United States in the formation of war savings societies and thirteenth in
 the sale of stamps. Can't we put Ari- Zona at the top in both contests?
 I have just returned from a ten-day
 trip over the eastern part. of Arizona and am pleased to advise you that I; found much to encourage me. At Mo renci, a drive was in progress under the leadership of Milton Mclean of the Morenci Copper company, and to date this drive has netted close to $40, 900 At Globe, s23,O00 was taken in under Chairman Greer's leadership. "Cochise county is getting busy and Chairman Gaines says to Watch Co., chise from now on.' Pima county is getting into her stride and a Frontier day is planned for early in April. All of the north has been doing well with
 the exception of Navajo, which is due
 a good deal to the fact that the first | chairman was called to war, but the
 new chairmaA, R. c. Kaufman is fast getting things lined up.
 Flagstaff is doing fine. Prescott and Jerome make as proud record | and Kingman likewise. Yuma had two l great drives, one at Yuma and one al | Somerton, with fine results. Santa | Cruz county is awakening and we lool | for big increase there under the lead
 erehip of Bracey Curtis. Apache coun. | ty is doing fine We are proud O | Chairman Becker. Here, in Maricop; county, chairman Dobbns is busy nigh and day and deserves great credit.
 The national committee believes tha
 no definite plan thus far suggested cal
 be anything like as effective in per
 manently carrying on the intensiv
 campaign week after week in conjunc
 tion with the war savings work, as tha r of the war savings societies.
 ''The War sayings societies are in
 struments which can perform the two
 fold task imposed upon the Nationa . War Savings committee and it's organ 7, ization throughout the country Tha U two- fold duty is (first) the opagand !, U of goods and services, labor and ma u terial coupled with the medication o T. habits, of thrift, and (second) the SC |. curing of a loan from the America Il people of nearly two billions of dollar T in exchange from war savings certifi Il cates during the year 1918.
 I It is one thing to get people starte T in the purchase of war savings certifi o cates and thrift stamps, and it is quit o another thing to get them doing it sys d tematically week by week. The frs
 step may be taken either through pub }, licity or through house to house can a vass, personal solicitation, or other s wise. The second to be effective mus Il be carried on through some permaner y agency-salaried or volunteed. W
 cannot afford to hire agents to collet
 these deposits week by week, therefor
 we will be forced to secure voluntee
 | service which it would seem tO us ca
 best be secured by utilizing existin
 organizations for the purpose of graf
 ing on them war savings societies"