Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-30 | Page 3 | Boys to Save Peach Pits for War Purpose

Boys to o Save Peach Pits for forWar forWar or War Purpose an and girls of or Utah have ha B BOYS been called upon to start stan a a. campaign n for fOJ saving peach and cherr cherry pits and nil all kinds of nut nul nutshells nutshells shells from which carbon can be bo made for Cor use UNO In gas JRe Such uch campaigns nH have hae been initiated In other states and the tho combined efforts ef efforts er- er forts of thousands an of or youths are arc expected to save e man many a a. soldier soldiers a life from the effects of at tho the deadly Hun JIlin gas Request for the starting of oC such uch sucha a campaign camPILI n was seas received by lIy Pi Prof of J l. l C. C of ot the tho Utah Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agri- cultural college state tato leader of oC boys hOK and anil girls girls' clubs from 0 O. H II Benson Denson In charge of oC club work In Inthe Inthe inthe the north and west Ho lie urges that the work of or ln saving begin In Immedi Immedi- at h Tho war Avar department will furnish Ja bags and collect the pits and nut shells saved Alread Already several o thousand girls s and boys boyn have ha been asked to as assist assist assist as- as in the patriotic work in answer answer an an- to the call all of tho the war department depart depart- ment Canning factories will be asked to 10 co Special efforts ef efforts efforts ef- ef forts are to be made matIe to gather thousands of peach pits pitH at the tho Peach day tIny celebration scheduled for Brigham ham Cit City and other places In Utah next month