Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-10-13 | Page 2 | 250 Students Given Holiday to Harvest Beet Crop

50 STUDENTS HOLIDAY i iJO TO JO HARVEST Off CHOP CHOPin boIs bols in Jordan District Take Two Weeks Time of Y Young Young- oung- oung Spent in the Fields HAT SHAT AT the entire beet crop of salt Lake county DIn may be Rested vested ested within the next two ks and before inclement Sher sets in E. E C. C Jensen su- su of schools for the Jordan 01 district today declared a twos twos' two twos twos' s' s vacation in all schools of the let ct so that 1250 children may 2 In the fields object of ot the vacation accord- accord tp Mr lr Jensen is a purely patriotic Ion on the part of ot the school board he ic Jordan district The students st h he ie district were given the holiday they expressed the desire to the farmers harvest the big subeet su- su beet crops of labor in th the beet fields ding to Mr lr Jensen has worked havoc and it t is the belief that g aid is given the farmers the croo croop will not b e harvested bead bead be- be ad bad weather In answer to the theis eals is of the farmers Mr Jensen I ded ed the sentim sentiments of the students 1250 enlisted in a voluntary army I in the beet fields le students will be available for by all an farmers in the Jor- Jor I The farmers may enlist lid aid Id of the students by applying he principals of the various o ls s. s Each Kach principal has a list of Tents who are ready for work in f elds and a as the farmers apply Dud a aid d the students will be bo l a to the farms according to Mr fr Jensen ld Id apply to tho the nearest school for forThe forThe forThe The principals of the various I who have lists of students are M. M f. f Merrill principal of the Jori Jor- Jor i I ligh school W. W W. W l f Dale D. D D. D Greenwood Butler I Ballard Crescent Reid Beck Deck per per Alice L. L Brady DradY Granite S S Herriman C. C L. L en n Midvale A. A D. D Isaacson R Riva n nl p Loui Louis s Peterson Sandy D. D Verts W. W erts South Jordan O. O T. T Olsen n and J. J H. H West Jordan rents eats or farmers according to Mr en n i should not count upon the tIle sers ser- ser s of the school children for more moret t I two weeks as they will be corned corn com ed d to return to school at the cx- cx of that period i I lie only obligation of the farmers j l 11 for aid from the students to Mr Jensen is that they them the standard wage of beet I workers and that in case they J so sp far tar from their homes that they I Compelled to stay away overnight farmers furnish them board and andIng I Ing g in addition to their wages r I r