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Show WAR CHEST A GREAT SUCCESS GOOD WORK DONE ' . The" War Chest Idea has gripped the 'imagination and' tho good business busi-ness sense of the peuplo of Logan and their rcsponso has been hearty. Ever slnco Syracuse, New York, devised the niothod over a year ago, of combining all war benevolences In one great fund and raising It by monthly payments," tho Idea has been sweeping through tho East until the War Chest Is widely In use through the cities of New York, New Jersey, Jer-sey, Pennsylvania and tho Middle West. Logan was the first city In this part of the country to realize and adopt this most practical schemo and the Interest of tho people Is proved by the cordial manner In which they have given it tholr support. sup-port. Tho inquiries coming In from othor parts of tho state lead one to bellevo that before long tho War Chest will also bo adopted by many other Utah communities. Tho Logan City Council of Defense, De-fense, Including Norm Logan and lllver Heights, had already given Logan Lo-gan aBsuranco of Its sound Judgmont and wise methods of mooting tho calls of this crisis. The third liberty liber-ty loan drlvo was very successfully and equitably handled, and tho ward organization of trusted and representative represen-tative citizens Is ready to assist Logan Lo-gan to do her bit In meeting all calls from tho government. In preparing for the War Chest drive the central committee of the City Council of Defense made an exhaustive study of the system and of the calls to which Logan would be subject. They fixed the need of the next eight months at a minimum of 140,000. This was apportioned to the various vari-ous "wards to. be raised by their respective re-spective eonsmUTees.' hiadverth-ingw'as hiadverth-ingw'as weir plaatM 'and 'effectively 'effective-ly carried through. In this the cooperation co-operation of the printers and newspapers news-papers was exceedingly helpful. The ward commutes did their canrasslng In a most Intelligent and faithful manner, as Is attested by the results and the good feeling manifested by all the people. Special mention Bhould be' made of the most faithful work of the Boy Scouts who delivered tho dodgers dodg-ers to every home for ten successive success-ive days. The assistance of a number num-ber of young ladies of Logan In attending at-tending the big chest on Main street, was very Important also. The Idea was readily received by the citizens and as a result nearly every ward exceeded its quota. The generosity of the response Is proved by the fact that the commltteo had to take up a labor with only a very few reluctant givers and inonly two checks and possibly three, will be returned as totally Inadequate and unacceptable. Corporations and business houses were asked for relatively small amounts, as their owners gave In most cases very cordially as Individuals Individ-uals and this was planned to be primarily pri-marily a popular subscription. The following list of subscriptions by wards shows the results: First Ward $13,012 Second Word 1,307 Third Ward 1,834 Fourth Ward 8,750 Fifth Ward 3,445 Sixth Ward 4,309 Seventh Ward 2,930 Eighth Ward 719 Ninth Ward 1,859 Tenth Ward 1,226 North Logan Ward 1,000 River Heights Ward 619 M Corporations 2,572 H Banks 1,000 'H ' "sTsTsl Total $44,34 ' 'H Of this amount the sum of 114,- ,H 225 has been patd in. H It Is Interesting to see how truly :M this has been a popular aubscrlp- 'B tlon. From a. total of 1725 families no less than 1527 subscriptions were vv'H received, or 89 per cent. 'II By wards the percentage to faml- JM lies Is as follows: .H First .Ward 107 Second Ward 74 'M Third Ward 122 Fourth Ward . . 71. H Fifth Ward 97 ' Sixth Ward .....J............ 84 , " Seventh Ward 84 :'H Eighth Ward 77 ; Ninth Ward 109 .. Tenth Ward 74 North Logan Ward 100 H Rivor Holghts Ward 90 Tho City Council of Defense Is H thoroughly conscious of Its respon- H slblllty In disbursing these funds H and wishes to assure tho public that "H they will be expended for war pur- H poses authorized by the government M only. It Is grateful to the people ( iH ,of Logan for their generous support of tho Council In Its efforts to meet H the nation's demands. -'Hj I Reports of all receipts and dls- 9 bursements of the War Chest funds 'K will be regularly published. fi.f ' LOOAN CITY COUNCIL ' ,M OF DEFENSE. . r |
