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Show WAR GARDENS IN DEMAND BUT SOME OWNERS OF LOTS SEEM TO BE HOLDING FOR A PROFIT All the lots in the city that were given to the garden committee of the council of defense have been assigned, and there is a clamor for more, according accord-ing to a statement made today by Chairman Thomas G. Burt of the garden gar-den committee. Mr. Burt makes an appeal to the citizens citi-zens of this city who have vacant lots that they are not planting, to list them with him at once so that some boy or girl or man or woman, wno desires de-sires to aid the Stars and Stripes in the battle for democracy b produe ing food, may do so. Mr. Burt states that there are still many vacant lots in this citj that are not planted and will not be planted unless un-less the own rs uirn them over to the committee for the gnrden patriotic work He believes that some of the ' owners of lots have simply not taken the proper interest in the matter or have simph neglected to advise the committee, while undoubtedlv there are some who are not patriotic enough to turn over the vacant lot to aid the government plan, preferring to hold them for possible profit. Mr. Burt states that the council of defense and other government agen- I ries are preparing to list every vacant lot in the city and to learn why it is not given to the war garden program, in case it is not planted by the owner. A record will be made, he says, and the owners will have to tell Uncle Sam why they are not showing a good brand of patriotism. A large number of calls have been made in the past few days by school boys who have secured their seeds, but cannot get the garden space. Mr, Burt request ; that all owners of lots, who an- not using them for their own purposes, list them with him so that they niaj be assigned to some one who will plant them. He promises to sec that the vacant lot is turned over to some who will take good care of the garden and use the ground properly The last piece of ground was taken) by Manager Joseph Gobs of the Or-I Or-I phcum theater and the bill posting , 1 crew, consisting of R club of 18 mom-I mom-I bers. They w ere assigned a whole ' block Of land at the corner of Washington Wash-ington avenue and Twenty-seventh street. They are going to go out for the record as the prize garden ol the season among the war gardens of j Ogden. Mr. Ooss says they will win. |