The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-30
PUT IN YOUR EXTRA
HOUR IN THE GARDEN
Creates, Drive for ionc Production
Of Foods Ever known
Begins Right Now.
USE FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING
,-,,,,r Clos, 10 Nature the Greatest
pnrricr, Against Growth oi
Unrest Yet Devised.

w,sIuNGTON. March 30 with
.,,r, hour Of daylight beginning
broyghout the country tomorrow
.nJ continuing for 2lO days the
so,,c gardeners are all set Tor IN"
.,,,, ~ the greatest home food pro
Auction drive the country ever saw,
s,.nrding to reports TO the nauona
Co. GARDEN commission, since Jan
'or, rhc got ready drive has been on
n ,s expected next Saturday VIII
'e, millions Of gardeners In the homo
trenches
rho suggestion made hy Charles
,,,bron Pack, president Of the com
,Jssion, that April q, the anniversary
n, Amrrlca's declaration ot war on
c.,ma,,vz he. fixed each year aS the
lato fer unening the home food pro
AUCTION campaign II reported 10 nave
Lsco tnken up all over the country,
V,portg TO the commission show
tho garden campaign is on larger
,.,l, ,han ever and In hundreds "f
,,,re4 n has been made a permanent
'e,rlrc Of community center work
aim ,br slogan "Ni,tory Gardens 20
snr.,. of these reports follow.
Minneapolis Three thousand lots
hardened last year are reserved Tor
members NJ tn" garden club this year
and efforts are being made TO obtain
rerm.ssion from owners to use much
o,hrr vacant property
Estimated nt 100, 600.
chicago Dudley Grant Hays, di-
rector u extension work In public
schools. believes the count will show
100 600 home gardens. The immi-
grafton department OF the Young
Mems christian association is plant
Ing $50 acrcs OF industrial gardens
rof the foreign born To help In the
Amcr.canization work
savannah. Ga Mayor Stewart
announces the city,will do plowing
rec for all victory gardeners
tr'oycland, ohio Victory gardens
VII he made the base 1of big com
muniN development plan here.
sunday school gardens" will he
planted by classes In many parts or
the city
petroit--The park department is
conducting "A course In practical gar
dening in the schools Moving pic
mrc theaters and street car advcrtis-
ing are being used 10 promote the
campaign.
Norman. okla. W, Bridges. as
sis,ant regional director OF the
United States school garden army for
Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado. re-
ports there will be 100000 victory
gardens IN oklahoma alone this year
Prizes Are Offered.
Toledo, OhIo--City will give prizes
Tor best gardens and products and
has appropriated $4,000 for plowing
and other work In campaign II IL
expected that more than $500, 900
worth Of products will be grown by
city farmers.
Memphis. TenD.-Nictory garden
ers are wearing little buttons bearing
a spade and words: Feed Memphis. 3"
Norfolk. Wa big garden cNhI-
hlion with many prizes Is planned
for fall.
Atlanta, Ga.-A demonstration
garden In the city square under way
and campaign is backed by women $
clubs.
New Orleaus-Mcmbcrs OF won
ems clubs have organized to make
View orleans the Garden CITY OF the
United States"
The garden has come TO stay
said Mr.. Pack. for IL is now a
mighty economic factor. business
concerns have taken up the work as
never before and see II as one of the
greatest barriers against unrest that
'he country has. All reports show
gardening is n permanent project and
me central point around which all
community work will be planned"