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Show ' i GOVERNOR EMMETT D. j ! BOYLE of Nevada, who ; was guest of the Alta club j last night. hi ii wmmmmmm tel; :-.'-.:----WteJ .jmmm Itllllfiililjlllillii 1 i V I if J- iiif!y.-ld mk. Ok V. , V' ' F J 1 1 limil ' "SHOVEL DAY" TAGS REMIT LAKE School Children Make Ready for Campaign to Open January 30. OiTwaj'il tine schoolboy and omvard the schoolgirl brie"ade! Alavk the day, January Janu-ary 30- On this day the army of little coal savers and waste fighters in Salt Lake, : as well as throughout the country, vill : pfight one of the most tbrrible of the nation's na-tion's war enemies, Fuel Famine. The cry will be "Save that shovelful of coal.' by taking home and tyins to the family coal shovel the tag supplied by tho Utah fuel administrator. The tags have already reached Rait Lake ajid are in the hands of t he city superintendent of schools, Dr. E- A. Smith, ready for distribution dis-tribution among the children of the lower grades. Pity tho poor, unpatriotic sho el that will lack this tagr! The "Tap Your Shovel day" calls for no contributions, no expenditures, no money from children or parents. On the contrary, it Is, perhaps, unique In urging the children to save, save, save. And the thing- to be saved by the "Tag Tour Shovol day" 13 coal. Coal is power. Coal is transportation. ' The country tet said to be 50,000,000 tons short on coal. Xo coal, no power, no guns, no victory. That tells the story. Therefore i.t is the particular aim of tho government to save coal. There are 15,000.000 shovels to be tagged in the home of the United States. Bales of manila tags have been shipped to superintendents of schools. The big movement is under way. Tho day is coming. The children are expectant. The government is placing a trust in the hands of the schoolboys and girls in Salt Lake. Ic Is relying upon thein, as an arm of the service, to become little missionaries of thrift, to carry to their own homes the message "Save coal,'' and to be the consecrators of the family coa shovel to the world-wide cause of humanity. |