Show They r lle in inI I Older Olden D ys Too Did Food Chiefs The present world war is not the only conflict in which America has engaged where food regulation became a necessity As early as 1775 forefather patriots patriots patriots pa pa- were placed on a war bread food diet by a trio of ot provincial adjusters as a measure of ot food economy This fact came to light in Salt Lake today when G. G D. D D. D Kirkpatrick Kirkpatrick Kirk Kirk- patrick supervisor of ot surveys of the tho United States land office inthe In Inthe Inthe the federal building received three copies s of American newspapers published before the revolutionary warIn warIna war Ina In a faded and ragged issue of ot the Philadelphia Journal and Weekly Advertiser o of May 17 1775 an order of ot Mayor Samuel Rhoads fixing the size of ot bread loaves and the price of flour lour was pub pub- The edict was signed by bythe bythe bythe the mayor and Samuel P Powell well and Samuel Shoemaker aldermen The price of ot white flour was fixed at 18 shillings and 6 G pence a hundredweight ht 15 shillings and C G pence a hundredweight hundredweight hundredweight hundred hundred- weight and rye at 10 shillings a hundredweight In a copy of ot the Philadelphia Gazette of ot May 30 1771 there appeared appeared ap ap- a notice of ot sale of ot the old homestead of ot Mr Kirkpatrick where he resided for more more than twenty years From the advertisements it can I be he noted that h horse stealing was somewhat o of a popular p pastime pp in those thase days das The pages of ot tile Re old periodicals als also contain numerous advertisements and rewards for last lost strayed pr pI stolen slaves According to ta one COP copy of the Journal martial law was declared in Philadelphia June 30 1775 by Thomas Gage governor and commander commander commander com com- mander In general of ot the British province of Massachusetts Bay Day Immunity was promised In a proclamation proclamation proc proc- issued by Gage to Americans AmerIcans Americans Ameri AmerI- cans who would lay down their arms with the exception of Samuel SamUEl Samuel Sam Sam- uel Adams and John Hancock two rebel leaders le who wha were promised condign punishment if It captured |