The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-10-04
THE HOOVER FOOD
SAVING CONFERENCE
Morrow County Represented by s. Il.
NOtsOn and MIR. and Mrs.
c. W. Shurte.

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Hoover, National Food Administra-
tor. requested Mr.. w. b. Aver, Food
Administrator for Oregon, to call a
conference of representatives from
the different counties Of Oregon and
Washington to meet In Portland on
Monday following. The call was sent
out by telegraph, and although the
time was very short, two thirds of the
counties were represented. Morrow
county was represented by Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Shurte and s. E. Notson.
The latter was appointed county
chairman for Morrow county.
Three of Mr.. Hoover's personal
Representatives were present at the
conference and presented the plan OF
campaign for food conservation. The
American people, as Mr.. Gerard says,
are not yet aware OF the fact that we
are at war with the most formidable
military power on the earth. We
must wake up. Mr.. Hoover says,
Food will win the war" OF course
II is not food alone, but with the
finest, largest and best trained
armies, thoroughly equipped with
every kind of instrument known to
modern warfare, we are powerless
unless we can keep the men fed. We
must also say the people behind the
armies. Seventy millions of men
have been withdrawn from produc-
tive industry by the war. The great
er part of the burden Of feeding the
world will fall upon the American
people.
We are wasteful people. Mr..
Hoover says that 1t is possible for the
people to save an average of two
cents per person on each meal. II
that can be done, 1t means saving
of six million dollars day, which in
the aggregate amounts to two billion
dollars in one year. The figures are
staggering. Not only is 1t our duty
to try to save that two cents per meal,
but 1t is also our duty to economize
on the use Of the great staple foods
which the armies of America and her
allies must have. BY substitution,
we must save wheat, meats, fats and
sugars. 1t does not mean that our
people need to fast or go hungry
We may reach the stage Of rationing
the people before the war is over,
but that time has not yet come. Some
of us, no doubt, might be better off
If we ate less or missed meal once
In a while, but that is not the plan.
The substituting Of corn meal for
-four in part may not be a saving In
money, but 1t will save the wheat.
Full information will be furnished as
to how we may save the great staples
without much inconvenience to our
selves. The question is: Will every
patriotic man, woman and child en-
list in the service of our country?
We may think 1t small matter, but
IL Is HO Siudll mdltel W uoc q HeeiO
care, to use some substitute for wheat
or meat or sugar, in order that the
boys who are going out to the battle
fields to die for our country, to die
for us, may be fed. Will YOU do
your part? If so, be ready to enroll
when the cards are sent out, and
make an honest effort to do your bit.
When volunteers are called for to
make the enrolment, be ready to
stand up and offer your services. Let
us show the world that Morrow coun-
ty is in the war. and that Morrow
county will do its part to win the war.
s. E. NOTSON, County Chairman.