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Show UTAH LEADS Ifi TIFT CAMPAIGN CHAIRMEN FROM ALMOST EVERY COUNTY IN STATE REPORT SATISFACTORY PROGRESS. Plans Are Outlined at Meeting of Chairmen fcr Intensive Work to Place War Savings Stamps in Every Home in State. Salt I. alee Ciiy. Claims are responding respond-ing in their ti.-nal loyal manner to the call for tin' purchase of war savings thrift stamps. At least such was the "indication of the reports received at the lii'st meeting here on January 111 of the county chairmen of tin.' Ct.ih war savings committee, with Stale Ii-rcclor Ii-rcclor Ceorge T. Udell anil Stale Chairman Chair-man J. W. Collins. The reports re-reived re-reived are to the effect that the slaie now leads in the number of selling agencies established. Figures as to the amount of stamps and thrift bonds sold are not available, but. it was authoritatively au-thoritatively stated thai from the interest in-terest already aroused Utah might he confidently depended upon to maintain her record of being in thev front rank when the call to duty" was sounded. Good Representation. The meeting was held at the Commercial Com-mercial club, opening with a thrift dinner and concluding with a smoker, at which the plans were discussed and addresses given by the Kev. 1'. A. Simpkin, George T. Udell, J. W. Collins Col-lins and others connected with the great movement. The chairmen present pres-ent included Archibald McKinnon, liandolph, llich county; Walter Firtch, Jr., Eureka, Juab county; W. P. Jensen, Jen-sen, Kichlield, Sevier county; Guy Eewisv Itichliold ; T. II. Burton, Nephi, Juab county; Orson Kyan, Price, Carbon Car-bon county ; F. B. Hammond, Mono, Grand countj ; L. F. Curry, Vernal, Uintah coutKy ; Archibald Thurman, Provo, Utah county ; George A. Adams, -Monticello, San Juan county ; Dwight Meteor, Gartield, Salt Lake county; Archibald Bevan, Tooele, Tooele county coun-ty ; William C. Bentley, Jr., St. George, Washington county; It. E. Homer, Cedar Ce-dar City, Iron county ; J. W. Funk, Iticlimond, Cache county ; A. W. Francis, Fran-cis, Morgan, Morgan county ; J. F. Tol- " ton, Beaver, Beaver county; L. G. Montgomery, Heber, Wasatch county; E. G. Geary, Huntington, Emery county; coun-ty; L. C. Miller, Murray, Salt Lakj county; W. B. Days, Junction, Piute county; It. D. Collett, KoosevelL Duchesne Du-chesne county. "Parson" Simpkin, in an eloquent and fervent address, stirred his auditors audi-tors to the depth and brought a storm of applause. He paid a glowing tribute to. the loyalty and devotion of the people of Utaji as manifest in the Liberty Lib-erty loans, eulogized the necessity of inculcating the habit of thrift, and declared de-clared that no American had any right to possess more money at the close of the war than he had now, as every dollar dol-lar he made ought to,go for the cause. He said that more than twice as much hioney had been spent by America in the war since the nation had entered the conflict than had previously been spent since the first tap of the Liberty bell, from that time down to the beginning be-ginning of the year 1918. "It's up to us to pay the freight now," he declared. de-clared. "We cannot, will not. back down." Director Odell, who has just completed com-pleted a tour of the state, told of his observations, laying emphasis upon the necessity of securing the co-operation of the banks and financial institutions, not leaving all the work of investing to -the children and students, pointing out that the sum called for, approximately $9,000,000, called for the investment of about $-0 per capita for each individual individ-ual in the state. J. W. Collins, the state chairman, followed with a short discussion of the subject, dealing particularly with the means of getting the initial importance of the question before every citizen. His talk was filled with numerous suggestions sug-gestions to the county chairmen, and ho said that as they thought of methods meth-ods they communicate with the stale headquarters, so that the suggestions might be passed on in the reports sent, out through the towns of the stale. W. It. Putnam, chairman of the pub- licity committee, laid stress upon making mak-ing as much use as possible'of the power pow-er and of the efficacy of the "honor roll" in the various schools of the state. Many questions were asked ami many phases of the subject discussed by the workers present, each in I tint at the close fixing his name and town, and reporting the progress made in the campaign now just started, but. at once to take on an intensive and determined de-termined character. |