The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-02-13
the 4th LIBERTY LOAN
Chairman. A. |. ACkerley Gives the
Official Figures, Decatur C0un-
tvs Record II2 Per Cent.

A NUMBER or people have asked me
for complete report of the Fourth
Having Just recently received final
recapitulation from the Federal Re-
serve Bank of Chicago, ! am pre-
pared to make final and complete
report of the Fourth Loan in Deca-
tur county.
| Decatur county's quota was $S63,-
700. The amount remitted in as
collected through the different banks
of the county is as follows:
Bank. Subscribers. Par Value.
Weldon h9 Savings Bank, 80 80
Van Vert State Bank, 80
Exchange Bank, Leroy .1O4 $4,000
Pleasanton S avi ings,
PleasantOn :. -. .154 $4,000
Leon Savings, Leon. . 81 $3.50
Farmers & Traders,
Exchange N al ionai, :
State eos Savings, Lamont :57o & sG,,o5S
Farmers State, Lamont 462 $500
First National, Grand
Farmers State, Grand
C. NEse' s. stearns State, 1oA 'o'oo0
Garden Grove 49,. $40 1O4,75O
Decatur State Savings,
citizens Rasas"' State, tai; Deca- ~ ~
Valley Bank, Davis
Farmers Bank, Davis
Amount recei we'd
through c. B. & @. ,oooo
Amount received Chi
cago Great Western 100
American Telegraph &
Telephone Co. $50. 500
Total =. s9e3,6oo
In snalyzin1g; e this report we we thsi fra
the the quota per capita was $52:s4;
that the amount raised per capita
was $685.; that the per cent of the
loan subscribed was 112; the per
cent of population subscribing for
said loan is 25 per cent-that is, one
in every four persons, men women
and childgseen;o The average subscrlip- srlp
one person out of every four, in
cluding women and children, in De-
catur county subscribed for $24O
worth of bonds
! feel that this is a record OF
which Decatur county may be prones
Every precinct in the county over
subscribed their quota. The first
their full quota was Grand River
township. They went safely over
the top by noon the first day of the
drive and had a written report into
this office early the second day..
wish to express my appreciation
to the entire committee and to the
citizens of Decatur county who SO
and Fourth Loans. It is nearly i'm
possible for me to write an individu-
al letter at this time but | will say
that l will try and see that each re-
ceives recognition from the Treasury
Department.
tographic letter from w. G. Nc
AdOO, Treasurer:
"My Dear Mr.. Ackerley:
''The armies of freedom have won
a glorious victory and have brought
near the dawn Of new day for
humanity.
the other victories. on land and sea
would have been impossible. The
success of the four Liberty. Loan
campaigns is due chiefly to the un-
selfish work of thousands of men and
women, and I take this opportunity
of expressing to you my deep appre-
citation of your splendid services to
the country. Will you please convey
to the other members of your COM
mittee my sincere thanks.
eve still have before us great
task-the task of raising the addi-
tional moneys required to meet the
war expenses already incurred, the
return of our victorious armies to
American soil, their rehabilitation
and civil rehabilitation. Until this
work has been done, our duty to our
heroes and to our country will not
have been performed.
81 am sure that | can count on ev.
cry loyal and patriotic member OF
the Liberty Loan Committees and
the War Savings Committees
throughout the country to continue
their support of the Treasury Depart
ment until the great work is COM
pleted.
every sincerely yours,
"W. G. McAdOO.'