Show Public Asked To Conserve Electricity Now Pledging wholehearted cooperation cooperation tion of Utah electric utilities with the governments government's voluntary conser conser- conservation conservation conservation program J. J Hamilton Calder Jr president of the Utah War Var Em Em- Emergency Emergency Power association today announced the association is distributing distribUting a free folder to assist resi resi- residents residents residents dents of the state in conserving electricity ty While there is is no shortage of electricity in in Utah Mr Calder said manpower is scarce and trans transportation transportation transportation is at a premium In addi addi- addition addition tion there is great reat need to conserve fuel and critical materials For these reasons members of our association are arc lending fullest cooperation to towar the war production boards board's conser conser- conservation conservation program pro ram The associations association's folder gives ives con concrete concrete I crete for suggestions the saving of electricity in homes under five cate cate- categories categories gories lighting Ii refrigeration cook cook- cooking cooking ing washing and ironing and water heating It points out that clean lamp bowls and bulbs give ive third one-third to one half more light than dirty ones that white lamp shades reflect light while dark ones absorb it and that watt laO bulb gives ives half again as much mu h ight as four watt 25 bubs I Users of refrigerators are urged to to defrost their units keep hot foods out of their refrigerators refrigerators refrigerators and open the box door dooe as sel sel- seldom seldom dom dorn as possible while suggestions for electric cooking urge that more full meals be cooked in the oven that much Cooking can be done at a a. a lower heat than often is used and that the switch be turned off before the food is done thus enabling the already heated units to finish cook cook- cooking cookin cooking ing in the food Washing machines the folder ex ex- explains explains plains should seldom be run more than than seven seven to 12 minutes and should never be overloaded while irons which are not automatic should be disconnected when the iron is hot hotto hotto hotto to conserve electricity and then re reconnected re- re reconnected reconnected connected again when more heat is needed Leaky hot vater water faucets are arc was was- wasters wasters wasters of fuel the folder declares It urges careful use of hot water and andI suggests home owners should be I tsure sure their tanks lines are and lines arc prop prop- properly erly edy insulated In addition to being president o othe of the Utah war emergency emergency power as association as- as association association Mr Calder is chairman p of the Provo city department of util- util and a t Utah county banker The association embraces 20 public anc and private ate electric utilities of the state banded together to pool their power manpower equipment and material resources to assure an uninterrupted ed supply of electricity |