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Show L UTAH TOMATOES BOUGHT BY U. S. Ogdcn Man Contracts With War Department for 79.000 Cases Sevent -nine thousand ce of I'tnh tomatoes hn bn contracted for by the war department. the total pur- MM amounting t" almost a quarter of a million dollar, according to word recr-lved h n terda by Mayor Ma-yor Frank Francis from H- ! Olson, former secretary of the L'tah Cannora' asorlntton. who rloaed the deal at 'ashnr'Ti l.t wfk. Of the total purchase of the kov- rmnii iii .if 111, 04 MM the firms of l'tah received more than 20 per cnt nf th- entire order. The tomatoes pun h isad I the government gov-ernment will he furnished by the factories fac-tories of V ibi r emmtv, according to H. L Herri nytoHi vice president of the L Utah can m t t iiot latlon T: Th canneries or thi section fur I nished many thousands of cases of I tomatoes during the war. OO |