The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-05-08
HAND COUNTY OVER
in VICTORY LOAN
South Dakota Second I'm U. 8. and First
In District to Reach Its
Quota


score I'm her war record by going over
the top in the Victory Loan. The
$3.50, 000.0 0 OF five year notes allotted
to Hand county we're very readily TAX
en- up by her citizens as have been
all the other calls in the past two
years.
Not all the townships have reported,
two or three on the edge of the county
not having sent their reports In as yet,
but these will only put the county fur
Their over the top.
South Dakota was IN Of the first
states i'm the u. s. to oversubscribe her
allotment, and was the first In the
ninth federal district. The states
quota in this loan Is $22, 900, 900. but
acting on a request from Washington
the state committee is trying to bring
the state subscription up to $50. 900, 900.
Aberdeen. s. D., May 6.-The state
victory loan headquarters here has is
sued the following statements:
I'VE have been advised by the Unit
ed States treasury department that
the victory loan of the nation will not
be subscribed unless some of the states
in the union buy a larger amount of
Victory notes than has been allotted to
them. South Dakota is one OF the
states i'm the union which can come
to the relief OF the union in this hour
of extreme necessity providing that
the people OF South Dakota are willing
to do SO.
I'm the third loan South Dakota was
asked for $22, OOO, 900. and she raised
$3I,448, 500. In the fourth loan she
was asked for $31. OOO. 900 and she rails
ed $36.S15,S S We have been asked
for $22, 500. O00-we can raise $30,OO0.-
900.
South Dakota leads every state in
the union In production in 191S-with
a total production Of s5S1,119, 000-as-
sessed property value Of South Dakota
In 1913 was over one and a half bill
lion dollars. Surely a state that is
as well off as those figures indicate
South Dakota to be. can afford to buy
thirty million dollars of the best secur-
ity on earth.
Your state has one of the most won
derful records Of any state in the un-
ion in furnishing OF money. men and
supplies. Let us close the efforts of
this state with a big Over-subscription
so that any one of our citizens who
walk the highways of the world in the
future a feel proud to say that he
&c from South Dakota. The records in
dictate that the state as a whole Is
over-subscribed in its fifth loan quota.
but there are many counties that ere
yet tagging behind. II you are in one
of these counties, do your best to help
the country 60 over the top with a big
oyer-subscription. Your government
is knocking at your door, and giving
you the opportunity to become one of
it's heaviest creditors.
South Dakota is the second state in
the nation to exceed its quota. but let's
put the oversubscription SO far beyond
its quota that there Will never be any
question in any ones mind as to where
South Dakota stands when 1t comes
to patriotic assistance and true alleg-
lance to the government of which 1t is
a part. In this hour of national need,
South Dakota looms large as a state
that has done her full duty on every
occasion in the past, and therefore has
established a reputation which she is
confidently expected to maintain.
South Dakota has in the past met
every demand upon her for
assistance with an open hand and
purse, with the blood Of her sons; the
devoted service OF her daughters and
the sacrifice Of her mothers, and by
that perfect and answering adher-
ence to the principles Of American citi-
zenship has established a reputation
not only among the states in the un-
ION but among the boys who fought
her battles on the worlds ~battlefields.
South Dakota is entering on u year
which promises the most bountiful
harvest in her history. She bought her
fifth loan quota without pausing In
the days work. and surely there is
no state In the Union today that is
buster than South Dakota. A year age
much was said In the newspapers In
the country regarding the lack Of pa
triotism Of some of the South Dakots
people. Today the newspapers Of the
country are talking about the won
derful record that South Dakota has
made.
The state headquarters has replied
to the request for an over-subscrip-
tion by stating that the people Of South