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Show I w u i ; POTATO AND ONION 4 WEEK ANNOUNCED j Letters have been mailed to a.li Idaho chambers of commerce, commercial com-mercial and city booster clubs ie-questing ie-questing cooperation dt:r.ng i.c Idaho Potato and Gnicu t,"K,., January 16 to 24, according, a - ; cording to L. E. Sargent, ld.:bo Ad vertising Commission secretary, j Sargent said that the governor's official proclamation ol t.-.e event is expected to be made soon. I "So much emphasis is being' placed on food and vitamins in this war," Sargent said, "that the advertising ad-vertising commission feels Idaho will be rendering the nation real service by promoting further con-umption con-umption of vegetables so full of minerals, vitamins and nourish ment as are our potatoes and on-i ions." 1 Sargent pointed out that the Ida.' ho "Week" is being conducted na-1 tionally through newspaper advertisements adver-tisements and dealer, service work directed by the ad board. "No mony can be spent in Idaho," Ida-ho," he said. "We feel, however, that our potatoes and onions are enough of an institution to warrant native support. "As a matter of faict, Idaho spuds probably produce more advertising ad-vertising for the state as a whole than any other single commodity, place or person. "This alone should encourage all communities, even those where no potatoes are grown, to get behind Idaho Potato and Onion Week." Special banners for grocery and other displays are being offered free to interested clubs, stores and organizations within the state for celebration of the "week." |