Show Basin Citizens Ask For Free Government Wheat f Hundreds of People In Coun County Sign Letter to bo Sent to Governor Dern Bern Asking For Our Share Sharo of or The Tho Free Government Government Government Gov Gov- Wheat In Inlew view lew of the fact that there are now four million bushels of government wheat available for free distribution the people of the Basin are justified in demanding demanding demanding demand demand- ing their share At At- Atthe the present time there is an urgent need for this wheat made more acute by bythe bythe bythe the severe drouth of last year A shortage of hay exists which is also assuming serious serio lions By getting this wheat now when it is needed it helps a great deal to relieve the general situa situa- tion Let us get our share of this free government wheat and get it now You can do your part by signing the petition which is being circulated The letter is i reprinted herewith My Myton ton Utah Mar 14 1932 Governor Geo H. H Dern Salt Lake City Utah Dear Sir It is reported in a press dispatch dispatch dispatch dis dis- patch that Harden Bennion Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Com Com- missioner of Agriculture has stated that he did not think the people of Utah needed any of the the- million bushels of wheat now available for tree free distribution distribution distribution tion by the Government We suggest suggest suggest sug sug- I gest that he take a trip through Emery Carbon and other counties counties counties coun coun- ties and see some of the effects of this death dealing universal depression Would he deny the people something something something some some- thing to eat cat Out here in the Uintah Basin w we are aree suffering from a shortage of hay grain and money due to the extremely extremely extremely ex ex- dry season last year Several Several Several Sev Sev- eral flocks flacks of sheep and cattle have died of starvation said that p people can subsist subsist subsist sub sub- on wheat alone if necessary With thousands of others in the State of Utah we would welcome a portion of this wheat May we kindly enlist your services services services ices in seeing that the people of the Uintah Basin are supplied with some of this free Government Government Government Govern Govern- ment wheat Very respectfully Joe Gorman J. J R. R Bywater Abe Liddell Fred J Burger F. F S. S Mund Andrew R. R E. E Miller Abe Sorensen S. S F. F Mort- Mort ensen Ralph C. C Walker M. M S. S Musser Roland Krebs James Birch C. C P. P W. W E. E Broome Mrs C. C C C. C Cooper F. F N. N Frizzell A. A O. O Smith A A. A R. R Frizzell D. D L L. L Dennis W. W L. L Peterson Peterson Peterson Pet Pet- erson and many more |