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Show UTAH STATE HEWS Sixty-one boys were arrested at Salt pike In one day for violating the traf-tic traf-tic ordinance. . Forty-two members of the Tabernacle Taber-nacle choir fit Salt Lake have entered the military service. The Utah State Federation of Labor held its annual convention at Ogden, September 9 and 10. ' ' v Utah's crop of pears this season has been the largest of record, with prices most satisfying to the growers. To Provo falls the honor of having the first company sworn in in the new ! regiment of the national guard of Utah i Dow being organised. ' Six men of the 175 sent to Camp Lewis by the Ogden draft board on August 28 have been rejected, according accord-ing 'o the advices received last week. Fines collected In Bingham for law, violations totaled $1394.70 in the month of August Most of the money was collected In fines for gambling convictions. . ,L . The first Utah soldier to be reported as Interned In a German prison camp Is Harvey M. Murdock, 24 years of age, of Ogden, whd was previously reported report-ed missing la action in the official casualty cas-ualty fist of August 29. - Through a campaign Just completed at Murray for the sale of a thorough-, bred Hereford cow and calf, presented by Neal McMilllan, the Murray chapter chap-ter e the Red X has obtained the amount of $1433 for relief work ' The national guard movement af Brlgham City, which was only started lati last tweek, haS beaa overenllsted. New enlistments are being taken, however, how-ever, for fear that Some will f nil In the final examination which- will be made. . . . .- , , , : -. ;:; . Labeled "olive oil," two barrels of whisky were confiscated at the Bingham Bing-ham railway depot by deputy sheriffs. The liquor, totaling 100 gallons, had been sent from San Francisco. The consignee will be charged with bootlegging.' boot-legging.' Fishing as a cure for shell shock Is one of the plans being worked out br Capt M. S. Game of Fort Douglas In the expectation of the arrival of men suffering from this nervous' malady, mal-ady, who we soon to arrive at Fort Douglas. ' ";. - Official figures show that the average aver-age dally cost of a soldier's rations at Fort Douglas last month was 42.88 cents, or a little less than 2 cents a day more than the average cost to feed u soldier at the Presidio in San Francisco. Arrangements have been completed by Salt Lake chapter, American Ked Cross, for supplying men enrolled in the students' training corps at the University Uni-versity of Utah and the Utah Agricultural Agricul-tural college with sweaters, socks and bath towels. Eggs have advanced from 49 cents rn. Anman i AA ortt In Rnlt T.nlro In less than two weeks. The advance began be-gan Immediately after restrictions were placed upon the margin of profit the commission dealer and the retailer could collect Samuel Sweat and Fred A. Johnson, both of Bingham, have broken collarbones, collar-bones, and Fred A. Johnson, also of Bingham, sustained a painful injury to his right leg, as the result of an auto-tomoblle auto-tomoblle accident at Brlgham City. All three were delegates to the state firemen's fire-men's meeting. , . Tuesday, September 17, was proclaimed pro-claimed Constitution day, to commemorate commemo-rate the 131st anniversary of the adoption adop-tion of the American constitution, by Governor Bamberger, who, in his. proclamation, proc-lamation, emphasises the Importance of observing the day this year, owing to the world war. In order that the surplus of vegetables vege-tables may not go to waste, the food administration has made a request that all vegetables over the amount necessary tor immediate needs be salted salt-ed down for winter use. The process Is simple. The only equipment necessary neces-sary is water-tight kegs. i To enter protest against a proposed advance In commission rates for handling hand-ling sheep, and against a proposed advance ad-vance of 25 per cent in wool freight rates contemplated under the new consolidated con-solidated freight rates sehedule.'Secre-tary sehedule.'Secre-tary S. W. McClure of the National Woolgrowers' association has gone east. Dietrich Wltte, a German, 34 years old, is held at Salt Lake for. Investigation Investi-gation by the federal authorities. Wltte walked Into police headquarters at Salt Lake and, after stating that he had traveled afoot from Sacramento, Sacra-mento, Cal., to Suit Lake, announced that he had failed to register as an enemy alien; The double honor of being the first navul officer to be killed In action while fighting with land forces and the first dental surgeon to give his life to the cause of liberty on the battlefields bat-tlefields of France has fallen to Dr. Weetlen Edward Osborne, formerly of Salt Luke. Dr. Osborne was struck by n rfiell June 6 and instantly killed, while assisting a wounded fellow officer offi-cer to a safety zone. Adopting resolutions requesting Governor Gov-ernor Bamberger to exercise his influence influ-ence to have the t'tnh legislature set favorably on the prolUbition amendment amend-ment to the national constitution, and transuding much routine bunineHB, the I'resliyterian Synod of tJtnh, In session j at Suit Lake, adjourned September 5. i The state treasurer's report for August shows that a total of $851,-ClU.lfl $851,-ClU.lfl was the ensh bnlunce on hand on August 81. The cash on hand on j August 1 was $1. (CM 1.072.84, with r.e-I r.e-I coiptM of $180 875.0."). The month's ' disbursements were $720,2:f0.33. |