Show CHURCH WH E AT TAKEN OVER BY government salt lake may 21 one of 0 the most interesting phases ot of the food situation lon was brought before local church arid and civic circles tuesday with the announcement by presiding bishop C W nibley that morning that the wheat saved by relief society women since 1876 was to be turned over to the he government for use in the big war As to just what this wheat would amount to bishop nibley stated it would be difficult to estimate as the grain had in the past been kept fairly well on the move being used in some districts for spring planting in that a greater yield might be obtained and grain sold in some instances in order that the new tall fall wheat might be purchased in the latter case the bishop stated the orders were in many cases already with the millers awaiting the turning in of the grist grisi however according to the last report given ou OIK by the relief society there was on hand at the time of the spring april conference bushels a great part of 0 this about pounds in in the presiding bishops storehouse and some bushels Is stored at richfield I 1 bishop nibley stated that the government ern ment through the food administration had requested the turning in of all the relief society wheat tor for use in the present war in accordance with this request the presiding bishops office lie he said is sending out letters to all ward relief societies asking that the societies comply with tho the governments governments request the price given for the wheat according to the bishop will of course be that fixed by the government varying according to the points of delivery the money he stated was to be put safely in the banks by the various organizations and reinvested invested re after the coining harvest so that the terms of the trust given the women ol of the church should be fully complied with the wheat fund being a trust fund established by president brigham young against days of faltine and for the relief of the poor the government it was stated the government it was also stated iliad had given its guarantee that the wheat should be replaced with the coming harvest from box elder county a number of ward relief societies have already released their wheat to the state food administrator as follows tremonton Tre Tremon monton tom bushels garlind garland bushels collinston collingston Col linston deweyville Dewe fielding Bot bothwell liNell bear river A number of the local relief societies have their wheat stored at richfield |