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Show WOMEN URGED TO SAVE FRUITS WASHINGTON, July 31. Reports from twenty-four states, showing enormous surplusages of perishable fruits aud vegetables threatened with loss, prompted the issuance of a statement state-ment by Secretary Houston today urging urg-ing the women of the country to respond re-spond Immediately to President Wilson's Wil-son's appeal to save these products. The states particularly affected are Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshiro, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Caro-lina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Ver-mont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. "In order to avoid this waste," says, the statement, "there-must be 1mm e-, diate. organized, intelligent energy expended ex-pended in canning, preserving, pickling, pick-ling, drying and storing these products for local consumption," Senator William Craig was also appointed ap-pointed to act as manager of tho food conservation department of Ogden city. He assumed his duties yesterday. yester-day. The appointment of Mr. Craig was confirmed by the commision at the meeting last night. Other appointments confirmed last night were those of Warren L. Wattis as director of the library board, to succeed the late Ralph E. Hoag, and John L. Herrick. Heber Bennion and German Ellsworth as Ogden's representatives repre-sentatives and delegates to the American Amer-ican Civic association convention in St. Louis, October 22, 23 and 24. Thrpugh the mayor, the appointment of Wi N. Hawkins as city fireman, made by Chief Graves, was presented to the commission and confirmed. oo |