The Third Liberty Loan was going strong and Morrill county was headed, in the first five days for that usual mark, "surpassing its quota." A rousing series of patriotic meetings were held on April 7th and 8th at Broadwater and Bayard and Bridgeport with serious patriotic addresses by Hon. W. L. Dowling, of Madison, Nebraska. The United States Boys' Working Reserve was prepared to register every boy between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one for non-military, agricultural and other industrial service outside of school terms. The enrolling officers for that work in Morrill county were:

Bridgeport, Agnes fl. Clark.

Northport, Mrs. Effie B. Mann.

Broadwater, Coila E. Etchison.

Bayard, Mabel C. Yensen.

Angora, Amy E. Dyson.

Bridgeport, County Superintendent Kelley.

Thrift Campaign

T. B. Estill of the Nebraska State Bank of Bridgeport was appointed chairman for Morrill county in the campaign of selling Thrift Stamps and War Saving Certificates. The men who were appointed to handle the sale of Morrill county's quota of $117,800 were:

E. L. Case, Angora ; Mark Spanogle. Bridgeport: Ja. Millett, Colver; W. V. Dove. Lynn; N. C. Dunlap, Redington : J. E. LeBlanc, Bridgeport: E. F. Kelley, Bridgeport; Miss Emma Lyon, Bridgeport: C. O. Morrison,

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

Bayard ; J. R. Minshall, Broadwater ; E. V. Deuer, Broadwater ; Jesse Edson, Northport ; J. E. Parsons, Yockey ; J. L. Finn, Simla ; Miss Mabel Johnson, Bridgeport ; T. B. Estill, chairman, Bridgeport.

Morrill county went over the top on this campaign in March, 1918, and pledged 20 per cent more than her allotted quota, thus doing her full share in helping to make Nebraska the first state in the Union to subscribe its quota. The fifty-two districts o<f the county returned 1,843 subscriptions, with a total subscribed amount of $134,055.00.