Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-19
BOND CAMPAIGN
COAL BOOSTED
TO SIS 0 5000
County Chairman Hutchi-
son Reports Total of
$685. 400, With Work
Still Progressing.

ID hand reached $1.489,400 and with
the amounts telephoned in by rural
workers but for which the actual sub
scrfptions have not yet been filed, the
total in Wapello county II now $685..
400. The quota ID 31,166,o0o.
LOOK FOR @1,soo0oo
"It looks like the subscriptions will
total 31,600.0o0 before we STOP" de.
clared Chairman M. B. Hutchison In
charge Of the county drive. "All die.
tricts have not yet completed their
work and some of the big sources OF
pledges, including some Of the rail
roads and industries In town are still
to be heard from as only q portion
Of this has been turned in thus far"
The list of the various committees
throughout the county is to be pub.
Hshed when the campaign IL com.
pleted and each group Of workers will
be able to see how they stand with
their fellows.
SHOWS BONDS IN MAKING
Under the auspices of the govern
ment reel Of moving picture film is
being shown at the Rex theater today
in which the printing Of the third LIB
erty Loan bonds 10 pictured. The scene
is laid in the government printing Of
fice at Washington.
Among the energetic solicitors In the
rural districts, the committee In Cen.
ter township south of the river that
had charge Of the High Point district,
made a quick Job of their task. In
two days the workers raised $500
and they are jubilant at their success.
IOWA BRAND OF "kULTUR"
"Iowa lifted herself from the bot.
tom Of the ladder to the top and
did 1t in four days Of four weeks
race" said C. H. McNider, director
of sales for the state I'm doing so
she gave an example OF 'kultur that
makes the German variety Of that
article look like a false alarm. What
Is called 'kultur' in Germany ID state
organization and in that sense it de-
scribes the Iowa idea towards the
third Liberty Loan.
Iowa was at the bottom Of the
list in the Seventh federal reserve
district for the second loan, and the
criticism was made all over the
United States that Iowa. being 20
predominately an agricultural state,
the returns indicated a lack Of true
patriotism on the part Of the farmer.
As a matter of fact, all that the rural
districts needed was m intensive
organization that would give to the
farmers the same opportunity to evi-
dence their loyalty that IS enjoyed In
urban districts"
COUNTIES MADE RECORDS.
For instance" continued Mr.. Nc.
Nider, Davis county In Iowa IL q
strictly rural county. In the first loan
Davis county subscribed IL per cent
of her quota, in the second loan rs
per cent, but In the third loan with
the same county chairman, but an in.
tensive plan Of organization, Davis
county within forty-eight hours after
the drive opened, had reported 4l2
per cent of he- quota.
Another county, Sioux, reported
but 60. per cent of its quota for the
first loan, 50 per cent for the second:
but on the third within three days was
the third county in the state to 60
over the top with 201 per cent of it,
allotment and the remarkable record
Of every person in the county subscrib.
ing his individual share. Sioux, also,
IL strictly rural community.
SIOUX CITY FIRST.
"On the other hand, they have been
making the same record In the cities
and towns. Sioux City, county seat OF
Woodbury. county, ID contesting with
Lynn, Mass, for the honor Of being
the first city in the United states to
exceed its allotment. In the state at
large there were twenty-1even coun.
ties over the top the first day Of tho
drive, forty counties the second day.
sixty-two counties the third day and
seventy.six were over the fourth day.