American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1919-08-30
UTAH STATE NEWS

Typhoid fever season is Just coming
on In Utah. The state hoard of health
announces that typhoid vaccine is fur.
nished free by the board.
Retail stores which deal in food.
stuffs are coming under the eye of the
government In the federal foodstuffs
investigation now in full swing.
The body of Lander Johnson, who
was killed by Il Mexican sheepherder
upon his ranch near Elkhoin, Wyo,
was brought To Ogden for burial
The building of an addition to the
Martha home to cost about $4,000 Is to
be carried out by the merchants, man
ufacturcrs, citizens and organizations
of Ogden.
The plant of the Mt. Ncbo Marble
company at Salt Lake, closed when
the mill workers demanded Il wage In.
crease of 80 cents Il day, and has not
resumed business.
This year the peach crop to go out
OF Utah county Is estimated to he 400
carloads, with 4SO bushels to each car,
making total output of approximate
ly $4,000 bushels.
Shecpmcn from every part of the
United States met ut Salt Lake the
fore part of the week for the fourth
annual ram sale of the National Wool
Growers association.
Spectators are buying drafts from
Salt Lake banks on Italian and Ger
man banking houses. anticipating an
advance In the rate of exchange. ac-
cording to local bankers.
Twcnty-four hundred Utah cx-ser.
vice men are today wearing on their
coat lnpcls the government bronze 10.
tory button, which the army is issuing
10 men who saw wartime service.
Vivian rapplcton. II years old, of
Ogden, was struck over the head with
water bottle by burglar whom she
discovered IN her room when she
awoke. The blow rendered her un.
conscious.
Employment agency proprletorS and
union labor leaders Of Salt Lake have
declared that They will oppose the
control of the private employment
agencies.
Il. A. Hart, supervising drainage
engineer, who has returned from II
tour of the state, says projects are
under way that viii cost about $500.
900 and viii reclaim approximately %
900 acres.
Nine cadets of the Salt Lake high
schools are back from six weeks at
tendance at the reserve officers
training camp at the Prcsldo. San
Francisco. with excellent showing for
their time spent.
According to the government csti.
mate of crops, sent out from the Unit
ed States department Of agriculture,
the average probable potato yield for
Utah viii he 49, bushels per acre, ~
against 225 10 80 last year.
Miss Lucla Funcy, formerly with
the bourd of health al Salt Lake has
returned Ia this country from Serbia
after winning from Prince Alexander
at that country the cross of mercy for
her work with the Red Cross.
The llfeless body of Mrs. Charles
jenkins. - years Of age, of Ogden,
was found upon the floor of her kit
chen when her husband, IN employee
of the railroad shops. returned from
work Heart failure was the cause
of death.
Miss Donna Wyona Calvert first
"lerk of the Ogden city draft board, an
employee of the war risk insurance
bureau at Washington, u. C., and
activities, died nj an Ogden hospital
from typhoid fever,
Because of serious shortage of
water NJ the county inflrmary nj Pro-
Va. caused by the complying of the res
cryoir and the drying up of the
springs, the county commissioners are
iunnclng further into the mountain
Ia develop more water,
The people of Provo bench and Pro-
Va canyon bench have begun the gath.
"rlng of their peaches and pruncS,
From reports mnde by fruilgrOwrrS,
ilit IINllt crop - lU' liNNlfSl fN'l
raised In this valley. The peach crop,
however, Is n little under normal.
The activities al the Utah Water
Storage association, recently formed
10y representatives appointed by the
ounty commissioners of Salt Lake,
Davis, Weber, Utah, Wnsatcl, TooeIc,
summit and Morgan counties, will be
extended To the entire state.
Aerial fcnts in Curliss planes owned
10y the Western Aircraft corporation
will feature the ffh annual Good
Time carnival of the Lchi Commercial
club mt Saratoga Springs ON Labor
day, il the plans OF the entertainment
committee are fulfilled
John II. Smith, ColOred, was arrested
at SAT- Lake last week for the alleged
murder of. II man named Brannon IN
san Francisco April II, 1919 The
arrest was made mt the request Of the
California authorities.
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