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Show if REPORT OF THE LABOR AND Mh SUPPLY BUREAU t 'jA''' ' Tlie folowlnK l8 the report or. the $ ;'4"''' Labor .and Supply Bureau of Cacho i -VifV " 'County for the, period from April & '! 36 to December 31, 1917: :i .yf'; ,' . To t10 Central Committee of the JrX v iibor and Supply Bureau of Cache ! J?.'- v C6unty. $ 3 i Gentlemen:' Herewith is respect- '',' SuF ,a UDmltted a "Port f tne "ork h kf&$"'-' ct the Lbor and Supply Bureau of ! . $' Cache County for the period from 'W TjW April 26 to December' 31, 1917: w jji Seeing the urgent necessity of i. ' &: some concerted and organized action " Vji-' in the. matter of inducing the most ' - extended cultivation of land, and I, ';ffi V furnishing seeds for the same, to- "v" "'' gether with the finding, and placing i1,' " of help on the farms, and providing' 1&Vn work for the unemployed, the Com-, "!.?,. ," Tnerclal'.Boosters Club, through Its . ' jftf president, and Logan City through Its v ? mayor, took the initiative and suc- ''Vv ceeded In effecting the organization $?" of tbe Labor and 'Supply Bureau. ', V '''' . Mr. E. R. Owen was made presi- ' $W. dent and E. W. Itoblnson executive "JxPl '' secretary of the organization. ;,,'"' Each city and town in the county "' , effected, a local organization to bo "li known as a branch of the Bureau, ' each with a local committee. 1 Members of those committees when v , In session together, constitute the ','' Central Committee, which directs , '. : the policies and activities of the Bu- ' '. reau. ft , . In order to encourage as extended IV v planting as possible the Central Com- :;fjk ' i inlttee instructed the Bureau to ad- '' "W. ' vance seeds without cost to worthy 4k,if' people who had some land, but who 'fik& ' ' were unable to pay for the necessary ' viK''" ,1a, eases where people requested a !SPy,"::vloaa;ot: necessary seeds until their ''Wfc cron couliVbe i matuj-iBd. JtheAseed HL . wereiTincSd"" afitf:ihe note of the . ti borrowers' Uken f 6r a. period of six 1-' . .months; 'X t la U such cases of charity or loan ; fi v the seeds were furnished only on the , y , written, recommendation of the local ' ' . committees. - k,' Briefly the work of the Bureau at V. ' ' during the eight months is as fol- dd '.' 't lows:.. . le- 'tr . -Seeds Found For People w. $&' ' Pounds i'm Potatbcs 110,000 ..-! ;! -yVheat 36,000 Wc ;'', oats i'.!: I9-000 l;;; v&y- 4000 mmm Bmbei -of Trees Sprayed 700 e M''1' dumber of Applications For ,'IRk - Work, Men 82 Women 73 894 of 5K Practically all those were placed and ll'H ome of.them several times. llo. 1 , .Another useful service the Bureau old Wi X '" j a performed has been In getting Ise. llf. together buyers and sellers of anl-- anl-- WW? ma,B 'arm and. garden Voducts, ma-He ma-He mffi I chlHery" and Implements, locating vro ,.; M ? renters, etc. " Mr ' The. Bureau has been made possl- i- Wh " cble in a financial way through the ' -m?L ' -generosity of, the folWwlng contrlb- MM Mp!'! utors: .mm 'fl. Recelnts IK'i ' . From Cache County $800.00 ' From Utah Power & Light Co 50.00 "lwk '' '' From Amalgamated Sugar Co 350.00 mlM) ' From Went Cacho Sugar Co.. 50.00 I5lk ' From Logan City 100.00 MtW From Utah Condensed Milk W$k Fr" Bwden Mllk Factory- 100lOQ "IWfc. From Notes'ltedeemed 195.80 tm 5MrF' t ' 'WtV' ToUl .'20-80 ' BISr bttnt Advanced For Seeds Mfif (Notes Taken) ....f 395.39 'H.'$B?l Expenses (Salary, Printing, ISp , Sign Boards, Books, Ilall-' Ilall-' ' -roadWes, etc) 900.33 ill Advanced For Seeds (Charity) 100.75 iHr'r CaBh OnHand - 318-29 Imii' Totally; 11.720.80 -JB - (Unpaid Notes On. Hand $198.87 MM XmWP Through the1 generosity of. the lo- tH 'H'.ii cal newspapers almost unlimited ' I'.'t''-'"- space has been tendered tho Bureau ' C Without cost for publity purposed. I ifli - ' Respectfully submitted, H'JH'-W'- ' E. BOpiNSON. I laWl'C '-'' " Executive Secretary. r H f M .1. " |