The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1918-10-31
UTAH STATE NEWS

/ bN''N'St oshitkuiink INV HCret, tilll
season, and produced yields valued a
S75O,OO0.
A grand jury, to meet on Novembe,
IL. for the special purpose of investi
eating the affairs of the defunct Mer
chants bank, at Salt Lake, was or
dered last week
As part of nationwide movement
drive has been inaugurated In Utah
for contributions of photograph rec
ords to be sent to home environments
and to the concentration campo
abroad.
Though salaries of principals and
teachers of the Salt Lake schools have
been paid to October 1S, they must
make up the time absent from their
classrooms on account of the epidemic
of influenza.
The bodies as well as the hearts of
200 boys at the University Of Utah
were warmed last week by the receipt
of that number of home made sweat
ers from the Red Cross supply depot
mt Fort Douglas.
The Historical museum, which has
been In course of construction in the
Temple grounds at Salt Lake for some
time, Is complete rs far rs the building
goes, but will not be ready for the
public for n month or more.
In the fourth Liberty loan Salt Lake
subscribed Sil,115,150, the subscrib-
ers numbering 5O,140. The quota OF
subscribers was $1,000 and the amount
was S1O,212,7O0. This Is more than
100000 above the allotment.
Former United States Senator
| Thomas Kenrns, who died October Is,
1918, left no will. Statement to this
effect is included In the application
made by the widow, Mrs Jennie j.
Kearns. for letters OF administration.
Tests made by Marcus IL. Jones, Salt
Lake botanist and chemist who has
been studying the rubber plant Of
Utah under the direction OF the Uni
versity of California, show that the
plant yields as much as 10 per cent Of
It's weight in rubber.
william Price Appleby, pioneer,
pony express rider and early day law
yer, died ut Salt Lake. october %, at
the age of 80 years. Mr.. Appleby,
who was native OF New Jersey. came
To- Utah at the age OF IL years, aud
has resided here since.
Thomas II. Mckay. OF Huntsville, is
recovering from injuries received Mt
Liberty, In Ogden valley, when his
automobile collided with a hog. Tho
force of the collision caused the car
20 turn turtle. and Mr.. Mckay was
pinned beneath the car.
Extreme effort IL being made by j.
Edward Taylor. head OF the produc.
tion department OF the Utah food adj
ministration TO provide cars for the
shipment OF cattle and sheep from the
district near Thompsons, the stock
men OF which have made an urgent
appeal.
Utah food administration officials
nre sending out instructions regarding |
food and Influenza. Unwrapped bread, |
unwnshed fruit skins, bakery products |
exposed to the air, food handled with
unclean hands and unsanltary milk |
may all be excellent carriers of the |
disease.
Surgeon General Rupert Blue has
notified DIR. Il. Il. Beatty, state health
commissioner, that he has applied 10 u
dozen large cities In vain attempt
secure nurses to send to Utah. None
Is available and another call has been
sent out by the Red Gross for volun'
teer nurses.
one thousand four hundred and thir-
teen men of the September II regis
tration, between the ages Of 10 and
80, inclusive, and a total OF 127 regis
trants prior to that date. are available
for the call intlmated by General
Crowder, to be made within the next
few days.
Preliminary announcement OF calls
on draft registrnnts Of the state which
possibly may mean as many as 1000
men being indicted into the army in
November and December-possibly, In.
deed, early in November-from this
state, was received at draft headquar-
tiers last week.
With eggs selling In Salt Lake ut
from 90 to 65 cents dozen, now Is
the time to get into the poultry bust
ness, according TO Prof. ii, w. San
born. extension poultry hushandman
at the Utah Agricultural college. He
Is urging the householder TO stock up
with q few hens.
Rather than face a court-martlal be-
cause he could not get back on time,
Frank Bennett, soldier aviator, who
was released recently from the Fort
Douglas hospital after recovering
from Spanish influenza and was on his
way TO San Antonio, Tex. attempted
suicide at Ogden, but will recover.
An ordinance enacted by the Salt
Lake City commission requires that all
veal and pork shipped into the city by
farmers must come with organs at
Iuched TO permit of inspection there
and must be accompanied by n certifi-
cate from the raiser In each instance
10 the effect that the animal was
healthy.
Drafted men with remedial physical