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Show HELP FOR BEET HARVEST ASKED IDAHO FALLS. Idaho Upper finske Rlvtr valley potato and sugar btet growtrt are facing what It tx-ptcttd tx-ptcttd to be ont of tht most serious labor shortage! In history. Farm-art Farm-art forttee need of hundreds more worker than are now on band. Almost simultaneous maturing of bumper potato and beet crops this ysar, calling for a greater number of workers at one time, and fewer available transients than In former years cause the predicted labor crista, farmers say. Hundreds of school chlldrtn hsve been released from publt schools to assist in tht harvest. Calls have been mad to Butte, Mont.; Custer, Bingham and Lemhi counties for workers, but few men are available. Higher wages are expected, some say, to be the Immediate result of the shortage. |