| Show AH GOES a OVER THE TOP 2 h 1 9 1 4 f f Aa DRIVE FOR W WAR AR FUNDS l e 1 y 4 4 44 1 UNCIL r OF DEFENSE AIDS t 5 war 1 t record of or Utah will always stand as an emblem of or the high MJ of citizenship of the state To every call that was vas made the re- re was wes whole-hearted whole and nev never r once was v failure recorded The if f Utah will always be able to refer to the record as ono one of momentous to the tho fact that in in- in and point with parti particular pride every ery Je where the United States government e t called for foT assistance and named mount to be raised or the he thing to Io o be accomplished or designated the ice to be bo made the response and result achieved were far beyond that acted ted When in April 1917 the United St States es entered the war against J Utah together with other states was confronted with financial and andr nd r obligations imposed by the federal government and during the tho period I he lie war and that following the signing signing- of the armistice these obliga- obliga 4 3 J came in the form of Liberty loans War 1 ar Savings Saving's stamps Soldier f fare re funds tho the Victory loan and other activities for the promotion on of ess ess ss against th the enemy The condition of modern warfare called for thorough ordination co-ordination l ration tion state county municipal and individual resources and ability i 7 as s imperative that all units of the tho th government work hand in in hand the common cause and to this end the Council of National Defense formed at Washington D. 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C Then state councils of or defense were ored or- or eed ed throughout t the e nation to act net with the national council On April 26 20 1917 in response to a call can from tho the governor a number met at the State Capitol and it was at this meeting that tho the council couI o of defense was effected I Immediately upon the perfection of the state council of defense this I commenced ced to organize c throughout the state county councils of dej de- de j These county councils were to assume charge ch charge o of all war work in f counties working g un under er the direction direction of the state coun- coun The county councils of defense were asked to appoint community coun- coun of f defense in m every ery town By this method of organization it was ble for the state council l to carry its work to every ery part of the state stale the efficiency of the organization was thus assured The rhe success s attained by the state council of defense during all its rt is a n direct result of thorough thoro h organization and efficient work 11 the committees together with the p patriotic enthusiasm of the gen gen- public c and their hearty support for all aU forms of war activities During Dhring all the trying months of war the people of Utah showed at li ime e a n diminution of spirit or patriotism but from the thc first Liberty I Io to o the Vi Victory r tory loan they went top the jn n every drive with a n I margin to their credit In fact the total financial quota for Utah from the War Yar Savings stamps amounted during durin the war and after while the amount raised was an over Jr if of more than thirteen and one half million dollars Cl Che e following results from the various drives dri will win indicate the mann mane man- man n e which Utah responded to the call and serves ser as an index to the in- in table spirit of her people K Record I. I m Quota Raised Liberty loan s ul 1 Liberty loan lom l 1 loan 1 th Liberty loan 1 lIed lied fled Cross Cress s fund f id d lied Cross fund ers eVs Welfare fund O Cross Membership drive o 49 OO C. C A A. War fund d d i War Work Vork campaign r TYr Loan 13 15 Saving Saving- Stamps 1918 1 S l 0 0 10 i. i E otal en en Ie the he edict from tho the food tood ad ad- ad 1 order to win the war food must be I came declaring that In I I conserved and moro more foodstuffs pro pro- 1 I 1 r. r I Utah cams came first among al all l I western states in n the the Increase of or fob food d production showing an Increase o omoro of ot f moro than 33 3 1 per vor cont cent floss nesa marked the manner in which 1 citizens of ot th the state r responded In spirit l and action to the tho uso use of or substitutes i In n L order that food of oC tho the most wholesome wholesome whole some nature might roach reach the tho fighting g forces at tho the front Were cre Aided Much de depended u upon on farmers o of th the o state for tor the tho production of ot proper quantities of foodstuff but because o I of ot lack of oC thorough organization their efforts cHarts were vero under a great handicap Realizing this condition the president t of the Utah Agricultural colle college so called l I together tho the county chairmen of tha that t Institution for tor tho the purpose of at considering consid tiring ering ways and means of at putting th tho e I states state's agriculture In a position t to o I meet an any emergency that might arise arcs Upon the tho creation of or tho the state council council coun coup cil of defense the organization arranged arranged ar ar- ar ranged by the Agricultural college was wa s I merged and later with the passage ot of the national food rood control act net there thera was created tho the Ce federal oral food tood administration administration adminis adminis- for Cor Utah Under this department there thero wa was s created the production division whose aim it was to stimulate the growing ot of staple food crops To this end lh tho o division maintained constant and sympathetic sympathetic sym Gm pathetic contact with the growers responding re responding re re- I to every cery appeal for tor assistance I I with the view of averting any an preventable prevent prevent- i i j n able lc loss In crops Private a agencies encle and Individuals op co-op operated co-operated crated with this I I division c and whenever er an appeal a wa war amade made mado for assistance the tho response came came unselfishly Seed Stock Stocks Supplied Because of oC of the lon long lone and unusually severe severo winters wInterS' of 1917 and 1918 the tho seed stocks both commercial and those thos' In tho the hands of or farmers were very verv Ilow l I low and one of the first problems at attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted was that of supplying seed I First In locating a available commercial I stocks stock stocks and second providing financial i assistance to the farmer Carmer who was unable un un- unable able because prevailing of oC high prices I to secure eu Bu such h seeds is s were necessary sar to plant the land sary available By i this assistance thousands of or acres I were made to produce that otherwise would have lain Idle i Another feature of or work undertaken b by the tho council In this conn connection was the Increasing of ot the water supply to tho the farmer for or Irrigation purposes The Che snowfall of or 1917 Hili and 1918 had been unusually un un- unusually usually low and In consequence a large acreage o of the state was threatened threatened threat threat- at ened with f I serious reduction In tho the yield By Dm in an appeal based upon tho national necessity for Increased food production which was met with hearty response It t was possible to furnish an additional acres with ample amplo water for Irrigation i i Along tho line of or food conservation I one of the tho notable efforts of oC tho council council coun coun- cil ell was the saving of tho the peach crop cropIn cropIn cropin In Utah county in tho fall of 1918 HIlS ti when hen because of or lack of cars the tha fruit was spoiling before It could bi be shipped Through a patriotic appeal to the food administration Iced letrI refrigerator cars were sent In two special trains ono one Sunda Sunday afternoon and the fruit crop of or that district was saved sa Irrigation Problem Met I The Tho state councils council's work covered cohered a wide range of or activities and required the Judicious distribution of oC water to h points most needed Local disputes Involving the use of or water were wore adjusted adjusted ad ad- the transfer of or water In Irrigation Irrigation gation ditches to canals canala In drought 1 I 1 I areas and tho the diversion of or water ater used for power purposes and tho the substitution substitution tion of oC electrical power were vero among amonS' other oilier features of this work Tho The abnormal demand that was made upon the lumber Industry for tor shipbuilding ship ship- shipbuilding building purposes left len the tho fruit growers growers growers grow grow- 1 ers of oC the tho state slate with a shortage o of or shipping boxes In tho the fall of or 1917 tho the danger of or an apple crop waste vaste became be he- came acute The state slate council of oC defense de defense defense de- de appointed a sp special cial committee to operate co-operate with tho the committee on food supply and It was through the efforts of or this committee that empty boxes were secured for COr delivery delivery de- de livery to tho the growers which resulted In a considerable saving of or fruit and andI allowed the normal marketing of tho the cr crop op I r |
