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Show STAY-AT-HOME ARMY NOWHASITSCHAHGE i ' i '; JViay Furnish the Supplies Necea- pary to Sustain Our Lv.,3 i at the Front. Loyal Utahn Urged to Invest In War Saving Stamps that Soldier May ' : b Properly Equipped to Defeat the Hun. ; i - Stop, Listen. Tour boy has pone to the front. He may be in the trenches, "over there," he may be In cantonment here, he may be on the high sea, but wherever he Is In the service of Uncle Sam he is denying himself many ofi the comforts of life, not to say lux-, orles, as he Is taking his life In his; own hands so that the stay-at-home army may be safe. He must have foodf, and clothing of the best, arms and ammunition that are perfect and 100 per cent good, everything possible foi Jils comfort, and to fight the Huns. All this takes money. ' " - To furnish the supplies necessary tTncle Sam has called upon the American Am-erican people to give their savings not In the way of a gift to him but In the way of a loan. This, has been done in Liberty bonds, the three calls made ha v. Ing been largely oversubscribed, Utah In particular going over the top la every call made. - Comes now another loan, the War Savings Stamp loan. Uncle Sam asks you to buy two billion dollars worth of War Savings Stamps, the money to be used In. making your boy comfortable, while In his service, to supply him with all the appliances of war needed to wipe I'russlanlsm and all that ltj Implies from the face of the earth, r Utah' Share 9,000,000. . j ; Of this, two billion dollars Utah Is L SBked to take $9,000,000. This mean I 120.00 for every man, woman and child! in the fetate Including Indians anil aliens. To meet this allotment you 1 are asked to purchase from your sav- g lngs Wttr Savings Stamps or to give a signed pledge that you will buy every month of the remaining neven in this year sn ninny War Savings Stamps. These utamr) tire the best Investment you can make. They bear four per eeut interest compounded quarterly, f They ore free from taxes. By calling at your post office you can have them registered against loss. No such opportunity op-portunity has ever been offered you to place your savings. Message from McAdoo. State Director Geo. T. Odell is In receipt re-ceipt of the following message from Secretary McAdoo of the treasury department de-partment In regard to the War Savings Stamp campaign. Says the secretary : "It Is esseutlal that the American people economize and save in order to make available to their government the money Indispensably needed for the war and to release supplies and labor required for the production of things necessary for our own military forces and for the military forces of the na tions associated with us. One of the best methods of bringing about this result Is for everyone to pledge him-' him-' helf to economize and save and to purchase, pur-chase, at finite periods, a specific amount of War Savings Stamps, thus 9 giving concrete evidence of his sup- , toort of the practice of War Savings. "To achieve this object, there will be conducted, under the direction of the Treasury Department a campaign fur pledges, culminating on June 28th, when loyal Americans throughout the country will be asked to commit them-jelves them-jelves to this program. "The progress of the war demands constant and Increasing sacrifices. Wa are sending our young manhood to rejH resent ua on foreign battlefields, wher4 they are called upon to sacrlflc notj only their personal comfort and mate rial Interests but their lives as well. Jt Is appropriate, therefore, for the American people who are privileged to remain In safety and comfort at home to consider their sacred obligation to support our gallant men and to pledge themselves earnestly to save and eeoni online In order that our soldiers aa sailors mny have the food and clothing end the arms and ammunition without hleh they cannot fight. "To the end that this Intensive cam palgn may be most effective, I earnest )y bespeak the co-operation of all the. organizations and Institutions of thq nation which, through their Infuencq and active support, can further thl work. It Is desirable that the atten-i tlon of the entire people be centered on their obligation to pledge the gov-i gov-i ernment this kind of support for the 1 winning of the war. and with this oh-' oh-' Jeet In view, that June 2th. 1018. he observed as a National War Savings Iay. "With adequate preparation for a National Na-tional War Savings Day on June 28th, I am sure that the American people will he glad to participate and to pledge themselves to become war savers, thereby giving concrea evidence evi-dence of their devotion to their country." coun-try." If you have bought War Savings Stamps, buy more. It may mean a sacrifice sac-rifice upon your part but this is a time for sacrifice. Your boy is making ' It. War Savings Stamp societies hav been formed In your locality. Tout county has been divided Into di trlcts. These districts are In chargt I of a .chairman who will ask you tfl work, to call upon your neighbor and ask him to buy War Savings Stamps. I A house to house canvas will be made. There can be no slackers. The limit I that can be sold to any one person li f 1 (HH), but every member of a famllj tuit buy the limit, |