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Show Ogden Women To Pled ge Against All Unnecessaries "Believing that the present high prices are largely due to lack of supply, we the undersigned, pledge ourselves not to buy any new wearing apparel except actual necessities ne-cessities for a period of three months." Og(Jen- women will be visited during the next two weeks and will bo asked to sign the above pledge to assist in the fight against high costs which is being carried out throughout the country coun-try by the division of worn en's .activities .activit-ies of the department of Justice, in a campaign which has been launched against the high cost of living. In addition to the first pledge, cards from tho department, reading as fol-lows, fol-lows, will be distributed among women o Ogden: "Realizing that it Is just as patriotic pa-triotic now to be careful in the expenditure of money as It was during the war, I will practice economy in my home and in my dress, buying only what I actually need. "I will report any profiteering that falls beneath my notice to the local chairman of the high cost ot living campaign." A blank for the name, street, town and state and Instructions to return tho cards to the state chairman, follows. fol-lows. Mrs. Horaco Nebeker has been appointed ap-pointed local chairman of ' the campaign cam-paign and said that the pledges will be placed in tho hands of every woman's club and organization in this city. Relief Re-lief societies, federated clubs, charit able organizations, women's lodges and other agencies where large numbers of women can bo reached, will be given pledges and cards. Dr. H. M. Rowo and Willard Scow-croft Scow-croft have been appointed as leaders of the men's fight against high living liv-ing costs in this city under the fair price commission. |