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Show UTAH STALE NEWS I Sixty-one boys wero nrrestcd ut Salt Lako In one ,day for violating iho truffle truf-fle ordinance. Forty-two members of tho Tnbcr-naclo Tnbcr-naclo choir nt Salt Lako havo entered tho military service. Tho Utah State Federation of Labor held its annual convention nt Ogdcn, September 0 nnd 10. Utah's crop of pears this season has been the largest of record, with prices most satisfying to tho growers. To Provo fulls tho honor of having tho first company sworn in in tho new regiment of the national guard of Utah now being organized. Six men of the 175 sent to Camp Lewis by the Ogdcn draft board on August 28 havo been rejected, 'according 'accord-ing to tho advices received last week, Fines collected In Bingham for law violations totaled $1,101.70 In tho month of August. Most of tho money was collected In fines for gambling convictions. The first Utah soldier to bo reported ns Interned In u German prison camp is Harvey M. Murdock, 21 yeurs of nge, of Ogden, who wns previously reported report-ed missing In action In the official casualty cas-ualty list of August 20. Through a campaign Just completed nt Murray for tho sale of n thoroughbred thorough-bred Hereford cow and calf, presented by Nenl McMllllan, tho Murray chapter chap-ter of tho Bed Cross Iiuh obtained the nmount of $1438 for relief work. The national guard movement nt Brlgham City, which wns only started lato last week, htm been ovcrenllsted. Now enlistments nro being tnken, bow-ever, bow-ever, for fear that some will fall In the final examination which will bo made. Lnbeled "olive oil," two bnrrels of whisky wero confiscated nt the Blng-hnm Blng-hnm railway depot by deputy sheriffs. The liquor, totaling 100 gallons, had been sent from San Francisco. The conslgneo will bo charged with boot-loKKlng. boot-loKKlng. Fishing ns a cure for shell shock Is one of tho plans being worked nut by dipt. M. S. Game of Fort Douglas In tho expectation of the arrival of men suffering from this nervous mill-ndy, mill-ndy, who aro soon to nrrlvo ut Fort Douglas. Official figures show that tlio average aver-age dally cost of n nldlcr's rations nt Fort Douglns last month wns 42.83 cents, or n little less than 2 cents n day moro than tho nverngo cost to feed a soldier at the Presidio In San Francisco, Arrangements liuvo been completed by Salt Lnko chnpter, Amerlcnn Jted Cross, for supplying men enrolled In the students' training corps nt tho University Uni-versity of Utah nnd tho Utah Agricultural Agricul-tural collego with swenters, socks nnd bnth towels. Kggs hnvo ndvnnccd from 45 cents per dozen to GO cents In Salt Lake in less than two weeks. Tho ndvnnco bo-gnn bo-gnn Immediately after restrictions wcro placed upon tho margin of profit tho commission dealer nnd tho retailer could collect. Samuel Sweat and Fred A. Johnson, both of Bingham, havo broken collarbones, collar-bones, and Fred A. Johnson, nlso of Bingham, sustained n painful Injury to Ills right leg, ns the result of nn auto-tomoblto auto-tomoblto accident nt Brlghnm City. All thrco wero delegntcs to the stato firemen's fire-men's meeting. TucAday, September 17, wns proclaimed pro-claimed Constitution day, to cotmncmo-, rate the lltlst anniversary of tho adoption adop-tion of the Amerlcnn constitution, by Governor Bamberger, who, In his proclamation, proc-lamation, emphasizes tho Importanco of observing the day this year, owing to the r'orld wnr. In order that tho surplus of vegetables vege-tables may not go to wnsto, tho food administration' hns made a request that nil vegetables over tho nmount necessary for linmcdlnto needs be salted salt-ed down for winter use. Tho process Is simple. Tho only equipment necessary neces-sary Is water-tight kegs. To enter protest against a proposed ndvunco in commission rates for bundling bund-ling sheep, and against a proposed advance ad-vance of 25 per cent in wool freight rates contemplated under tho now consolidated con-solidated freight rates schedule, Secretary Secre-tary S. W. McCIure of the National Woolgrowers' association has gone ease. Dietrich Wltto, a German, 31 years old, Is held at Salt Luko for Investigation Investi-gation by the federal authorities, Wltto walked'lnto pollco headquarter nt Salt Luko and, after stating that ho had traveled afoot from Sacramento, Sacra-mento, Cul., to Suit Luke, unnounccd that ho had fulled to register as an enemy njlen. The double honor of being the first naval officer to bo' killed In nctlon while fighting with laud forces und tho first dental surgeon to give his life to tho causo of liberty on the battlefields bat-tlefields of France hus fallen to Dr. Weedcn Tdward Osborne, formerly of Salt I-nko. Dr. Osborne was struck by I n shell Juno 0 nnd Instantly killed, while assisting n wounded fellow officer offi-cer to n safety zone. Adopting resolutions requesting Gov--cmor Bumbergor to exercise his Influence Influ-ence to havo the Utnh legislature net fnvorubly on the prohibition amendment amend-ment to tho national constitution, nnd transacting much routine business, tho Presbyterian Synod of Utah, In session nt Salt Lako, udjournod September 5. The stnto trensurer's report for August shows that n total of $81)1,-012.10 $81)1,-012.10 was the cash balance on hand on August 31. Tho cash on hand on August 1 wns $1,090,072.81, with receipts re-ceipts of $180,875.05. Tho mouth's disbursements were $720,230.33. I |