Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-01-14
W. POINTERS
FOR 1919 BUYERS
INFORMATION RE-
GARDING WAR STAMPS FOR
YEAR 1919
COUNTY PURCHASED Sal, 375.27
Only About Half of Quota 4 Assigned
for the Past Year

Following is a letter from Allen B.
Eaton, Boise, Idaho, executive secre-
tary for the state of the National War
Savings Committee, in which he gives
to County Director T. ]. Jones some
general information in regard to the
1919 issue of war savings stamps;
We are constantly receiving inquir-
les from all over the state a S to wheth-
er there are to be war savings stamps
for sale during 1919. and what the
character of them is. whether partly
filled thrift cards are any good; ditto
as to war savings certificates, etc.
Here are the facts: please give them
as much publicity as you can. lrres-
pective of whether you are in posi-
ton to do any pushing of the plans
for the sale of war savings stamps,
the public wants to know these facts
and is entitled to them.
THRIFT STAMPS AND THRIFT
CARDS-The general idea that a thrift
card not entirely filled and turned in
for war savings stamp prior to Dec
ember 31st, is worthless, is entirely
wrong The same thrift stamps and
thrift cards will be used during 1913.
If a child or an adult has thrift card
WITH a lew STAMPS Oll Is hS Gan WI
tinue the same card until it is filled
and then exchange it for a war saw
ings stamp.
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS AND GER
TIFICATES-The new issue of war
savings stamps mature one year later
than the 1918 isue, or on January l.,
1924 Their sale price in January is
S4.12, and they increase one cent per
month as did the 1918 issue. Many
int 1oda IN tho
inconvenient size of both the stamps
and certificates; accordingly the 1919
war stamps are smaller. their color
is blue instead of green, and the GER
tificates on which they are placed cor
responds in size to the thrift card al
though entirely different in character.
InS addition, there are issued straight
certificates for $50, 500, $500 and
$1,000 for those who wish to buy in
quantity at one time.
Unlike thrift cards, a war savings
certificate is finished when the last
1913 stamp is put on it, whether it con-
tains one or two or five stamps just
as much as if it had the full twenty
stamps on it. In other words, addi-
tional stamps, bought in 1919 are not
placed on an untitled 1918 certificate,
but upon a new 1919 certificate. If
a 1918 certificate has upon it only four
solar as it goes; it bears four per
cent interest, compounded quarterly,
and will be redeemed January ], 1928
But in this case it is only $40 GER
tificate and not a 500 certificate as
it would have been had it received the
full twenty stamps.
A very earnest effort will be made ia
induce all citizens to put regularly a
part of their incomes into war saw
ings stamps, the best security there
is. While some of the bonds can be
realized upon. in case of necessity
only by selling on the open bond mar
ket at anywhere from 80 to 95 cents
on the dollar, war savings stamps are
always worth 100 cents on the dollar
and up, depending on how long they
are held.
Please pass on to the people of your
county the urgent request of the
treasury department that everyone
hold both his bonds and war savings
certificates who can possibly do so.
The 1919 issue of war saying:
stamps have been received here ant
are on sale at the various postoffice:
of the county. The first purchase o
the 1919 stamps was made by Thoma:
2 A. Hooker. proprietor of the Interna
tional hotel.
The total of the war savings stamps
sales in Boundary county for 1918 il
2 1882 a little over half of thu
quota figured on the basis of so
worth for every person of an estimated
, population of 1000. John r. Wiley
postmaster, has submitted the follow
ing report of war savings stamps sale
r for each month of last year: