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Show J oo ! T.HE POTATO SHORTAGE i ! San Francisco has its potato shortage, short-age, Ihe same as Ogden. In fact the ; potato shortage is nation wide. In iSan Francisco the women sought to I bring a reduction in the price of the j tuber by a boycott. They thought that !by refusing to purchase for a few days .the price would drop. ' i But C. J. Hansen of tho market bu reau of tho department of agriculture declares that potato prices will ad- Vance, boycotor no boycott, and that all indications point to potatoes selling sell-ing at 10' cents a pound by summer. ! lie suyS' consumers should confine themselves to potatoes once a day and jeat olhpr-('vcsctablcs at the other mcal, -The secretary or the--California, Vegetable Veg-etable union .says new potatoes will be ,on the market next month. ! But new ' potatoes are not a substitute substi-tute for good old "murphies.' |