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Show 110 UOIHGED IN NOTICE SENT SHERIFF Sheriff Herbert C. Peterson today received from Henry A. Wise Wood, chairman of the nation-wide conservation conserva-tion committee, headquarters In New York, a request to post a proclamation throughout Weber county for the cultivation cul-tivation of all idle lands and rigid economy in the consumption of foodstuffs. food-stuffs. "To win this war," Mr. Wood said, "the whole nation must curtail luxurious lux-urious living. Food Is the crux of the military struggle. In this work, every man, woman and child can do his or her bit to aid America and her allies in this hour of need. "Wo are a nation of 102,860,000 persons, per-sons, of upwards of twenty million familios. If each family will now reduce re-duce its consumption of food by but a pound a week there can be added to the food supply of Europe ten thousand thous-and tons of foodstuffs a week, or more than 500,000 tons a year. This saving is necessary to bring the war to an early and successful conclusion. "Not only must the most rigid economy econ-omy be practiced, but an enormous increase in production must be made as well." Answering this appeal, Sheriff Peterson Pet-erson said: "The press and public and all officials of-ficials of Weber county for several weeks have been co-operating vigorously vigor-ously In an effort to obtain the results desired. Through a committee on preparation and safety, with various sub-committees; through a militant organization or-ganization of public-spirited women, through the churches, public offices and every available medium, the residents res-idents of this county are doing their best to serve the national need. These efforts will be continued, constantly Increasing, as long as the war shall last," |