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Show NQIHAS1TSGHANCE fllay Furnish the Supplies Necessary Neces-sary to Sustain Our Boys i at the Front. Loyal Utahns Urged to Invest In War 6avings Stamps that Soldiers May be Properly Equipped t Defeat the Hun. Stop. Listen. Your boy has gone to the front. He may be in the trenches "over there," he may be In cantonment liere. he may be on the high sea, but wherever he is in the service of Uncle Cam he is denying, himself many of the comforts of life, not to say lux-Cries, lux-Cries, ns he is taking his life in his own hands so that the stay-at-home army may be safe. He must have food end clothing of the best, arms and emmunltlon that are perfect and 100 per cent good, everything possible for Lis comfort, and to fight the Huns. All this takes money. To furnish the supplies necessary Uncle Sam lias called upon the American Am-erican people to give their savings not In the way of a gift to him but in the way of a loan. This has been done In I.lliurty bonds, the three calls made having hav-ing been largely oversubscribed, Utah In particular going over the top In very call made. Conies now another loan, the War Pavings Stamp loan. Uncle Sam asks jou to buy two billion dollars wortli of War Savings Stamps, the money to be fised in making your boy comfortable liile in his service, to supply him with all the appliances of war needed to wipij PrussUudsin and all that It Implies from the face of the earth. Utah's Share 9,000,000. Of this two billion dollars Utah Is naked to take $9,000,000. This means $20.00 for every man, woman and child In the state Including Indians and aliens. To meet this allotment you re asked to purchase from your savings sav-ings War Savings Stamps or to give Blgned pledge that you will buy every month of the remaining seven In tills year so many War Savings Stamps. These stamps are the best Investment you can make. They bear four per cent interest, compounded quarterly. They are free from tales. By calling Bt your post office you can have them registered against loss. No such opportunity op-portunity has ever been offered you to place your savings. Mcisage from McAdoo. State Director Geo. T. Odell Is in receipt re-ceipt of the following message from Secretary McAdoo of the treasury department de-partment In regard to the War Savings fctamp campaign. Says the secretary: "It Is essential that the American people economize and save In order to Inake available to their government the tnoney Indispensably needed for the War and to release supplies and labor required for the production of things necessary for our own military forces' end for the military forces of the nations na-tions associated with us. One of the est methods of bringing about this result is for everyone to pledge hlm-Jielf hlm-Jielf to economize and save and to purchase, pur-chase, at definite periods, a specific mount of War Savings Stamps, thus living concrete evidence of his support sup-port of the practice of War Saving.. "To achieve this object, there wUl tie conducted, under the direction of the Treasury Department, a campaign for pledges, culminating on June 28th, when loyal Americans throughout the country will be asked to commit themselves them-selves to this program. "The progress of the war demands constant and Increasing sacrifices. We re sending our young manhood to represent rep-resent us on foreign battlefields, where they are called upon to sacrltic not only their personal comfort and material mate-rial interests but their lives as well. Jt Is appropriate, therefore, for the American people who are privileged to remain in safety and comfort at home to consider their sacred obligation to fcupport our gallant men and to pledge themselves earnestly to save and economize econ-omize In order that our soldiers and sailors may have the food and clothing end the arms and ammunition without, Which they cannot fight. "To the end that this Intensive campaign cam-paign may he most effective, I earnest-, ly bespeak the co-operation of all thej organizations and Institutions of the nation which, through their Infuencej nd active support, can further thl rk. It is desirable that the atten, tlon of the entire people be centered on their obligation to pledge the gov-, rumen: this kind of support for tha Winning of the war. and with this ob-i Ject In view, that June 2Sth, 1918, ba, observed as a National War Savings lay. : "With adequate preparation for a Na-ttotuil Na-ttotuil War Savings Day on June 28th, I am sure that the American people 'ill bv glad to participate and tq pledge themselves to become war avers, (hereby giving concrete evti dem-e of their devotion to their coun-fc'i." If you have bought War Savings Stamps, buy more. It may mean a sacrifice sac-rifice upon your part but this is a time for sacrifice. Your boy is making !t. War Savings Stamp societies have .been formed in your locality. Your county lias been divided into dis. tricts. These districts are In "barga of a chairman who will auk you to work, to call upon your neighbor 'and usk him to buy War Savings Stamps. A house to house canvas will be made. There can be no slackers. The limit tli ' I can be sold to any one person Is J" 'OU, but every member of a family Cin buy the limit. |