Show fO FOOD D SUPPLiES SCANT CANT HALF Alf Alff OF f AM AMOUNT UNI ORDERED Salt Lake Orders Turned Down in Many Cases and Refund of Cash Must Be Made Here HereAFTER HereAFTER AFTER A FTER three months during which more mora than of Salt Lakers' Lakers money has been held up by the government less than half of the tile surplus army food supplies ordered from Omaha has arrived In this city The delivery of or oft It t by the tho local will vill begin tomorrow with the tho uso use of or government trucks h lOut Out of ot a total total of or thirty-seven thirty tons of or miscellaneous foodstuffs c ordered dered fifteen tons were finally sent from the Omaha Omah supply depot This Is all that will vill bo ho sent The zone surplus supply officers explain that many of or the articles were cleaned out before the Salt Lake order was filled As a result the money for approximately approximately separate will have havo to be bo refunded by the tho postoffice officials officials of ot- I In toto and for about It must be bo refunded partially because tho the orders can only be bo partially filled BACON IN DEMAND Of or tho the goods received bacon is the tho chief Item Green peas have come InconsIderable in inconsiderable inconsiderable considerable quantity There are aro some baked beans in the large size cans and lesser amounts of or corned beet beer roast beef corned beef ber hash and anti beans There is no sweet corn at all for which there thero were many orders neither is there rico or dry beans Doth Both Bothof of or the tho latter Items in great de de- de mand The Tho goods have arrived In case lots and the orders will wilt be filled directly at atthe atthe atthe the houses according to the order slips Orders will witt then be given for tor the amount of refund It is considered that all of the orders can bo be finally delivered by Saturday night ARRANGEMENT CRITICISED It has been the most troublesome and unsatisfactory proposition wo we have ever tackled said Assistant Postmaster ter ten W. W E. E Block explaining the tho great amount of ot work that will now be oc occasioned oc by the partial filling of or orders and tho the rotund refund of or the tho money We IVe e hustled the orders off oft as soon as they were v received three months ago and since that time timo we have havo dono done nothing but answer an impatient public pub pub- lic lie who couldn't figure why the tho war department was not showing more signs of ot speed That has been a question question ques rues tion we wo couldn't answer ourselves but nevertheless we have had to stand the brunt of or the tho blame Wo Ve cannot explain why Salt Lake got less than half hair of or what It ordered unless they put our slips on the bottom of or the tho pile and gavels gaves what was left lett |