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Show THESE FOOD SLACKERS Reaver county has the reputation of being one of the most patriotic counties in Utah, but there are within its limits, certain prominent citizens who are doing their share towards ruining that enviable reputation. repu-tation. They think that the fooa regulations are only laid down for the other fellow and that It Is their privilege f-o beat those regulationa whenever it is possible. When Mr. Hoover says only two pounds of sugar per -capita, it is so eaBy to get around it by increasing the number of persons in their family by one or two, when they make out the sugar card; or they sometimes sign their name differently on different caxds; Or they go to various stores in the county to buy sugar, little dreaming dream-ing that all these sugar cards will be checked and rechecked by authorized auth-orized agents of the Food administration. admin-istration. Should any one be founa who has overdrawn their allowance they will be severely dealt .with. So it is important to them and also important to Beaver county. Even if they are disposed to violate the rules, if they have no loyalty or patriotism and no respect for the good opinion of their neighbors, they must be made to suffer and Beaver county will receive a blot on her good name which can only he erased by the punishment of the offender. |