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Show Blllilllfi 1 III BIG LIBERIYiOAIl DRIVE i . Great Mass Meeting Addressed By Ex-Governor Spry And ! ' Judge Cherry Patriotic Speeches Applauded By Crowds ! 'And Many Pledge Themselves To Buy More Bonds Bingham j May Double Her Quota. li . New spirit and enthusIaBiu was to-L to-L stilled Into the liberty loan cam-' i palgn Wednesday evening by a bis ' opn air mass meeting on the Bing-i Bing-i ham 'Merc, -porch, which was address-! address-! ed by Governor Spry of Salt OLake, and Judge Cherry of Mount Pleasant i; The speaking had been well adver-; adver-; , iLtised by the committee and the street 1 I? ttdMi long distance was literaUy pack-. pack-. .'i ed with the crowds which came to j! hear these prominent speakers. I 5 The meeting was presided over by i ' Judge John (C. Green, who made a splendid Introductory address calling attention to the great worfc which t (Bingham is to do to help the state i make good its quota. The first thing t on the program was vocal music by members of the Bingham school fac-' fac-' ; ilty.- The music was fine and was j greatly enjoyed by the audience. The first speaker presented to tie J audience was Judge Cherry. He J, ppoke In the highest terms of.Bing- liam In the splendid manner in which her people responded to this and other oth-er Liberty Loan drives. With reference refer-ence to the town he said that Bingham Bing-ham was one of the wonders of the world and he was glad for the opportunity oppor-tunity of speaking to such a patriotic people. He gave an interesting dis-' dis-' cussion of the war situation and impressed im-pressed upon the minds or Ws.liear- era the great importance of the peo-. peo-. , pie, at home backing up the men at 4 ' .thej front. He paid that there were ' ' j pluftses abroad aboi!t food whining - ! the war, about, rr -"' Wtintng the . i war and so on. but he iated that the - i. precious thine that It t ok ti vin If was lilood, and in order that the m" n I !! at the front who are giving their ' ! lives for the cause might not in any j way lack support he urged the peo-i peo-i , pie to buy, more and more t)onds. His V 8De"ch wa4 well to the point nhd it I j ' IrBiadTf'a good impression of the V . JpcroWtl .:- . .: f;' Tho next speaker was former Governor Gov-ernor Spry. At the outset Governor i .' Spry expressed his appreciation, for I ; the courtesy whicij had been shown t i 'him after his arrival in the camp. He . i v also paid a high tribute to the patri- otism of the people of this camp -and I ; said that all the state was proud of j .Bingham. He referred to the fact a that the population of the camp was H' . romped of 27 different nationalities and ofre way that they had all respmd-"'Vd respmd-"'Vd to tho calls of the government was Jndeed remarkable. But he said that the people who came here knew what the real meaning of liberty was and they fully appreciated what we were lighting for. He said we were in the - war to win jnd that we believed in no let up untif Germany is so completely complete-ly crushed that she can never disturb the' peace of the world again. We believed be-lieved )n doln? the Job right wnile we are at it and then t will not have to be done over again. His remarks met with rounds of applause from the large audience. Although it was damp and cold out in the street the crowd did not weary In the leart In listening listen-ing to the splendid speech of Governor Gover-nor Spry. As a result of the meeting and the appeal of the speakers iBIngham has rtarted anew on her campaign und '"when It is all totaled up tomorrow . night It Is hoped and expected that , this camp will be able to show that It has bought mere than twice its quota. The people are busy at work now and Saturday Is the last day of , the campaign ilt """ one who has' not done so go to his limit In sub-i sub-i scribing on this the last day. The whole state Is watching IBing-hnm. IBing-hnm. Let us set a good example for the cities and communities from one end of the , commonwealth to the other. 1 - , ' . |