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Show YES, CONDITIONS COULD BE WORSE HERE When we receive reports from other parts of our own state, showing the serious condition of unemployment and suffering, it v. ould seem that Beaver county it not nearly so bad off as a few n her counties in the state. The following clipping from the Price ;:n, describes the seriousness facing that county, where 3,000 j i i, pie are facing stravation: "A committee composed of the mayors of Price and Helper, a county commissioner and representative of the Red Cross will ii :tve the end of the week for Salt Lake City to present a plea In-fore the Utah Coal Producers' association and Gov. George H. I ern for money to carry on relief work in the county during the : ummer months. "Mrs. Alice Maxwell, case worker for the Red Cross, presented present-ed a dangerous and critical situation and made a plea for aid, statin stat-in ;f that the money appropriated had been exhausted and that tiiose relying upon the county were desperate. She suggested the possibility of starvation and rioting unless immediate relief was furthcoming. |