Arizona republican., 1917-09-20
FALL CAMPA PA|GN
 FUR DEFENSE

With the coming of fall. the Arizona | Council of Defense has started many l new activities. George H. Smalley, 1 secretary of the council, who has been l a crop survey in the north 1 and has been in consultation with T. | A. Riordan, appointed food admins 1 trator by the president, is back at the capital and an early meeting of the executive committee of the organiza- tion will be held to consider plans for the winters work.
 Four Minute Men Soon to Appear
 The difficulty of securing complete cooperation on the part of the motion picture houses has been overcome by E. J. Cooper. the new chairman repre- senting the national motion picture in- dustry. and he will soon have arrange ments completed for Chairman George J. Stoneman, of the Four Minute Men. to place his speakers in all motion pic ture theaters in Arizona
 Chairman Stoneman has a perfect organization and has only been wait ing for the arrangements to be com pleted by the theaters. This campaign will be very interesting and will give patrons of motion picture houses an opportunity to learn of vital war work which they could not secure otherwise. The speaking will be confined to not longer than four minutes. Some of the best takers in the state have been se- cured by Mir. Stoneman.
 Hoover Pledge Card Drive Opens
 Timothy A. Riordan, federal food ad- ministrator, is completing arrange ments for a pledge card drive which will cover the entire state, giving every woman chance to sign up in the great movement to save food Fifty thousand cards are being printed by MT. Riordan which will be placed in the hands of chairmen of the councils of defense of the various counties, who will place them in the schools. The boys and girls of Arizona will thus be brought into the work of food conser- vation by taking these cards to their homes for signature and return to the principal of the school, the county chairmen then gathering them up and transmitting them to MT. Rlordan Window cards showing membership in sign the cards.
 Federal Food Administrator Rior- dan will make his headquarters in Flagstaff until the middle of october when he will remove to Phoenix where he will be in close touch with the Ari- zona' Council of Defense. Secretary George H. Smaliey is assisting MT. Riordan in starting and carrying on his work in behalf of food conserva- tion and the elimination of speculation in foodstuffs. The law under which he will work provides heavy penalty for hoarding and storing food, and the cost of living is going to take sud den drop very soon through the activ- ity of the presidents administrator in Arizona.
 Eks Pledge to Save Waste
 The Flagstaff lodge of Elks was the first to hold a conservation of food rally and pledge it's members to save food Special cards were prepared and all of the members were prompt to sign them. Federal Food Adminis- trator Timothy A. Riordan. and Sex retary George H. Smalley of the Ari- zona Council of Defense were invited to speak and their addresses were of such interest that a public meeting was arranged for Tuesday evening at the court house when a large audience greeted the speakers At Prescott Secretary Smalley addressed the stu dents of the high school, enlisting the boys and girls in the great drive to save food.
 Second Liberty Loan
 Arrangements are being made by the Arizona Council of Defense to CO., operate with the Liberty loan commit tee in the big drive to secure sub scriptions to the governments second Liberty loan. The total number of subscribers to the first loan was four million; to the second loan it should be double that number Arizona came to the front generously in subscribing to the first Liberty loan and it is ex- pected that it's quota of funds will be forthcoming with the same patriotic ardor as was shown then to get behind the government in it's war-fund cam- paign.
 Marketing Board for Potatoes
 The immense yield of four hundred cars of potatoes in Coconino county as shown by the survey by the Arizona Council of Defense has brought about the organization of a marketing board with County Chairman V. M. Slipher as chairman. The headquarters are at Flagstaff.
 Conserve Live Stock of Nation
 The Arizona Council of Defense has issued the following bulletin:
 Do you know that thousands of horses, mules, cattle, hogs and sheep are killed annually by railway trains in this country, and that this economic waste approximating many millions of dollars can be reduced?
 The thousands of horses and mules that are killed every year would fill the artillery requirements of many regiments and the thousands of cattle hogs and sheep that are killed every year would provide meat for thousands of soldiers.
 Anyone who aids in preventing the loss of even one animal serves his country periodically and effectually
 This economic waste can be reduced by:
 Owners of stock keeping their ami mals in fenced enclosures and not per hitting their stock to roam at large on railroad right of way;
 Town officers passing ordinances prohibiting the practice of permitting stock to roam at large;
 Everyone making a persistent, per sonal effort to bring about desired re- suits.
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