Show OREGON ELKS TAKE CHARGE HARGE THRIfT WORK B. B P. P O. O E. E President Will Lead S Savings Drive for Sale of ot War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates In the state of Oregon has been placed entirely In the hands of the Benevolent and Protective Order of ot Elks The state body of Elks has taken over management mant man nt of the thrift and savings campaign campaign cam cam- as a volunteer patriotic service to the state and nal nation on This announcement ment has Just been made by Harry G G. G Allen Anen head of th the I Elks Elks' state organization and C. C S S. S Jackson state director of the government govern I ment bent savings organization It Is estimated estimated esti estl mated that existing War Var Savings Societies Societies So So- cleties and school children throughout Oregon can be counted on to purchase In War Savings Stamps before be before fore January 1 which will leave approximately approximately ap at ap- ap proximately to be subscribed through efforts of the fraternal organisation organisation which has a membership of ot in the state tate Mr Allen offered the services of the great fraternal order under authority liven given state organizations of the order at the national convention in Atlantic City which adopted resolutions lag Ing active support of all aU members to the government thrift campaign He has obtained leave of absence from his business and will devote all his personal per- per lonal efforts for the next four tour months to organizing sales forces forcel among the subsidiary lodges i During the war said Mr Allen the order of Elks Eks has felt it a privilege privilege lege to place at the disposal of our country country coun coun- try the services of its members There Thera were several thousand Oregon Elks under un un- under der arms and those of us who were not privileged to wear the olive drab th the navy blue or the uniform of the ma mat tines rines have taken pride In meeting the he responsibilities of war finance and participating par in all other patriotic move move- ments I 8 1 apT W. W a. a ai t a i iTHE o THE BACKING OF MONEY A called so d philosopher once If It th the rich do not spend the poor dU tilt of ot hunger hungar This fallacy w wu was buk of condition that brought broucht on the French drench tion Saving Saving- IB is spending but n It is for tike the t e future rather than for the present I It causes the production of permanent I goods rather than the mere mare satisfaction h of ot transient and temporary pleasures pleasure The trouble is 18 that people confuse contu money with what Is lis b back k of It The They no tee 8 that spending Increases ses trade but butI I fall fail to see see that investing money nI ln- ln I cr ases trade lust just as much Perhaps you fOU never stopped to realize that I time you deposit a dollar doUar in a bank or invest It in some legitimate enterprise you rou not on only help some Bome to get and keep a job lob but a useful Job Every dollar dollarI you bank or Invest provides work for I somebody It is s sometimes said In favor of one I of the larger excesses that jewelry jewelry that diamonds arc are a good investment That Thatis I is people think that they will wm be able abi abhi i to sell their Jewels 1 If they cannot atford at af- j I ford to keep them But aside from the I fact tact that I dont don't believe that anyone ever sold a ring or pin or expensive watch for as much as he or she paid for It there is the further fact t that at money invested In Jewelry earns no in in- terest Extravagance brings in no return Mone Money saved is not only kept but It continues to work for its owner The Thy earning power of money which Is IB spout pe t Is given up for tor all time It l is de d How How to Get Ahead W R S 3 Attending a conference called by Governor Jhn I If q Calkins of the Federal Fed eral oral Reserve Bank of San Francisco at which the decision to introduce the study of thrift to school currIcula were the following superintendents of public instruction W. W J J. Hunting Nevada G. G N. N Child Utah sirs Mrs Josephine Corliss Conies Preston Washington Mies Mies Ethel E. E Redfield Idaho a. a Wood California I f W l-W- I r Forty million dollars dollars' worth of ot eggs 1 aw ue destroyed in the United States Stat each Mich year through careless handling |