The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-04-12
MASS MEETING
Is CALLED: D FOR
SATURDAY EVE
Question of Increased Food Pro-
duction in the Community
to be Considered a.
PART OF STATEWIDE PLAN
Meeting is to be Held at Request of
Central Food Committee of
the County

Benton county has been quick to re-
spond to the call of Governor Lister
for concerted effort to increase the
nations food supply. Following the
plan outlined in the governors procla-
nation County Auditor Syfford start
ed the movement by calling a meeting
in Prosser Saturday at which a CEN
tral food committee was named as fol-
lows: E. C. Houston, chairman, Luke
Powell, secretary, ]. F. Sears, Guy H.
Pearl, Lee M. Lampson and A. C.
Jones: s># PIP -e-
For making the organization county
wide the committee has suggested the
following plan:
"That committee Of at least five
in each school district have charge of
the affairs Of that particular district.
We recommend that the three men,
bers of the school board meet imme-
diately and appoint at least two other
persons to work with them.
"In view of the fact that the United
States is now in state of war with
the Imperial Government of Germany,
it will be just as much patriotic duty
for the people at home to produce the
extra food necessary to properly
nourish The boys in the trenches as It
is for them to shoulder gun and walk
forward.
I'VE suggest that you arrange in
compliance with the Governors pro-
clamation, for a patriotic, rally to be
held Saturday, April 14th, in your
community for the purpose of plan
ming action that will be of most bene-
fit to the nation for encouraging ag-
ricultural preparedness and that your
committee be represented by one o.
more members at a general conference
with the central committee to be held
in Prosser, Wednesday, April 18th, in
the court house at IL am, at which
time a report will be expected from
each delegate, as to what you have
done and what you are planning to do
in your community.
Now is the time for action, not
words. Your country needs you."
Pursuant to this appeal Chairman
M. M. Moulton, of the school board has
called public meeting for Saturday
evening of this week in the CONNER
clal club rooms. At this meeting plans
Tor increasing food production in this
community will be thoroly discussed.
AS matter of fact campaign of this
hnd has already been put under way
by VIM. Meikle, head of the agricul-
tural department of the high school.
This plan was outlined at the regular
meeting of the Commercial club Tues
DAY evening and the financial supper.
OF the club was pledged.
While the community seems to be
united in the opinion that it should
pend its every effort toward increased
1000 production there are many who
question the wisdom of some of the
suggested plans. While the PROPOSE
~ that the boys and girls be organ
Aed to cultivate the vacant lots sounds
good and can be successfully carried
out in some of the larger cities, its
advlsabiIty here is questioned. Where
enere are plenty of boys and girls with
hotning to do the plan is all right, but
lole boys and girls in Kennewick dur
ing the summer months are few. Dur.
lug berry and fruit picking seasons
nearly every youngster is busy doing
MS bit toward harvesting the crops
ana TO take them away from this la
oor TO cultivate vacant lots might be
a loss rather than gain, especially in
view OF a probable shortage of labor
ourlng the harvest season.
At a meeting in North Yakima yes
'eroay at which Kennewick was rep
resented by Lee M. Lampson, plans
were considered for increasing the
,ooa production of the entire Yakima
'aliey and delegates were chosen to
a..end a state wide meeting in Sc
a.'ie Saturday. The plan which SEEM
ca 60 appeal most favorably to the
meeting, says Mr.. Lampson, is the
"eamzation of commissary soldiers