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Show OVER TOP, UTAH IS LEADING STATE OF DISTRICT IN LOAN Senator W. H. Kin at Washington today wired the local Liberty, loan committee that he stood ready to subscribe $10,000 towards Utah's quota in the loan, provided nine other mencould. ber found "Who-woul J "doTo. Officials-here believe that Senator King; had not yet been informed that Utah is already over the top, and as the remaining time is so short, found it impossible to take Senator King's offer. The National Life Insurance company of Vermont today sub-scribed sub-scribed $10,000 and the Western Pacific railroadejpployes-$7S00 OVER the top with approximately 18,855,000 in subscriptions for the fourth Liberty loan, Utah, at last report, was leading all the other states of the Twelfth federal reserve district. x Salt Lake, as the capital of the state, has likewise made the splendid record of an oversubscription amounting to nearly half a million. x In reporting the city over the top, Lester D. Freed gave as the definite subscriptions, $10,790,000, with an allotment of $10,212, 700. The state ; allotment was $18,570,800. The "oversubscription of both the city and the state is expected to be materially greater when final reports are received at the close of the campaitrn tonirht. For any state to have exceeded its quota of the .argent loan ever flouted In hlMory, Is an achievement worthy of highest praise. Kor I'teh to have done this in face of the fact that she haa had absolutely no war industries of any kind with which to increase her resources, entitled her to signal distinction. distinc-tion. Most of the citlea of her sia In the Twelfth federal reserve district have large manufacturing concerns enriching en-riching their respective communities by millions of dollars in the production produc-tion of military supplies, and consequently conse-quently furnishing a stock of wealth which has materially assisted them in ralfflnT their quotas of bonds. Adding to her glory ts the fart that Bait Jake has raised her quota with 116 per cent of her allotment of Individual Indi-vidual subscribers. It was the most earnest desire of the administration to make the Liberty loan popular and to have the largest possible number of people holders of bonds. Salt Lake's : allotment of individual subscribers was j 3l,l6v, and this has been passed by i more than 5000 and will he still fur- I ther exceeded when the final reports are received. THREE DRIVES NECESSARY. Three distinct drives were necessary during the campaign in Halt Lake, ow- Tng lfrTheaifTiculties encountered and the enormous sum required. The call for subscriptions was responded to promptly and by a large number of people, but the subscriptions were not large enough. This necessitated a renewed re-newed drive, which brought the city within $800,000 of its goal three days before the campaign closed. In order to secur.e this sum. the ISuO.000 Honor club was formed. The manner In which citizens of the city have responded to the call to join this club and save their city from failure fail-ure givea reason for keen satisfaction. Although unexpected subscriptions were recef ved which cut d own the deficit considerably below $800,000, the motives of the men who joined this club are deserving of highest praise. The organization will go down In the history his-tory of the campaign: as the $300,000 Liberty Loan Honor club, because of the fact that the. membership was finally fixed at 300 l p to last night 283 individuals and firms had joined and It la expected that today will see the round number completed. J. Parley Par-ley White, chief of police, alone secured se-cured twenty members for the club and said he expected to enroll several more. x CHAIRMAN DELIGHTED. State Chairman lfeber J. Grant, who haa taken a keen Interest in the drive and made many trips and addresses In its behalf, expressed great delight when lnfortiied last night that the state and the city were over the top. I "I am pleased, of course, -to know ! that both Salt Lake and the state have succeeded with such excellent records,", said he. "Of course I never doubted mrTffiTni!le That they, wouldT but it has nevertheless been a difficult task, and those who have accomplished It deserve the lasting gratitude of the commonwealth." J. David Larsen. state campaign manager, upon whom has fallen tne detailed direction of . the campaign throughout the stale outside of Salt Iake. was deprived the satisfaction of (Continued on page 2.) j OVER TOP j (Continued from page 1.) being In the fight at the end by an ' attack of Bpanfsh Influenza, which haa j kept hi in at his home. Hut he tiever-: tiever-: theless has received numerous con-I con-I gratulations for the effective way In , which he handled his end of the drive. i PRAISE FOR WORKERS, j Similar praise haa been accorded W. ! R. I'utnam, state director of publicity, 1 and John H. Oltchlow, chairman of the j speakers' bureau, who have been ao I efficient tn keeping before -the public i mind the necesmty for a loyal response ! to the loan. In the city,, tester I. Freed i haa shown remarkable capability in I the handling of large numbers of com-l com-l m It tees and In keeping enthusiasm at : a high pitch In the face of tremendous ' difficulties. H I g best honors are being accorded the women's organizations fur the way ; In which they have conducted their end of the campaign. With a devotion and a peralatcjicejthat set an example for the men, they' have kept at" the I Job every hour of the drive and have . rolled up a total of subscriptions that haa surpassed the most sanguine expectations. ex-pectations. The women's state execu-I execu-I tlve committee consists of Mrs. Kdnah j T. Kerrt, Mrs. W. K. Adams, secretary; I Mrs. J. H. Hyde. Mrs. ft. R. Lyman, ; Mrs. K. 0.,J,ee, Mrs. Frank M. (ray, I Mrs. A. J. Oorham, Mrs. John T. Brown and Mrs. o. P. t'herdron. LIBERTY LOAN BANK. Mrs. Km eat Bamberger, alao a member of the committee, has had the j direction of the Liberty Loan bank, which she has made the means of securing se-curing thousands of dollars in subscriptions. sub-scriptions. C. Clarence Neslen, brigadier briga-dier general of the house-to-house canvassers, and his committee have alao done valiant work as gleaners In a most difficult field. To the Boy Scouts must also be given heartiest congratulations. They I have already passed the $100,000 mark i In the drive and are still working. It , Is certain that they will eclipae all i their former records. Follow ing are some of the large sub- I scrtptlons reported late yesterday and , today : Clayton Investment company, $15,-000; $15,-000; Consolidated Wagon and Machine company, $4.0,000 additional; Inland Crystal 8a It company, $15,000; Crane company, $10,000; Gardner A Adams company, $700 additional; Aetna Life Insurance company, $30,000; Prudential Pruden-tial Life Insurance company, $20,000; Mountain (States Telephone and Telegraph Tele-graph company employes, $31,600: i Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance f company, $7500: American Railway , Kx press. $5000; Third war prison company, com-pany, quartermaster's detachment and fire hose company No. 847 at Ft. ivigiaa combined In a subscription of $6i00. |