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Show THE BEE HIVE STATE There have been nr8S cases of Spanish Span-ish influenza in Salt Lake to date, with 111 deaths. A charge of having issued fictitious checks is made against Koy Churchill, who was arrested by the officials of Iteno, New, October L'S, and is wanted in Salt Lake. Tlie monthly report of Joseph Itirie, state auditor, showj that the disbursements disburse-ments of the state for October are f 587,012.45, of which almost one-half is represented in outlay for state road work, Local musicians have offered to render their services free of charge at all military funerals to he held in Salt Lake, according to resolutions passed by the Salt Lsbke Federation of Musicians. Mu-sicians. (.'apt. l' L. Fink, Fort Dough, a yuar-tennasler, yuar-tennasler, paid out .$.'!2,U00 In government gov-ernment salaries at the fort on October 31. Of that sum $25,000 was paid to officers alone, a circumstance that has never occurred before at the post. Outlying counties m the state wil. be counted upon for an enthusiastic effort during the coming United Wai Work campaign, which begins November Novem-ber 11. according to reports being received re-ceived by the state campaign manager. man-ager. Lieut. Kdward Conroy, who went through the first engagements with the Americans against the Germans, and who was decorated by the French government with the croix de guerre, has arrived in Ogtlcn, his home, on a short furlough. A protest, signed by numerous resi denls along the Hamburger railroad between Salt Lake and Ogden, was entered en-tered at the hearing of the Bamberger petition for an increase in passenger and freight utiles before the public utilities commission. "Hysteria has handicapped greatly the work of those who are combating the influenza," says Dr. Paul. "It is that which the public should avoid. Yet brazen lack of precaution has contributed con-tributed just as much to the seriousness serious-ness of the situation." About $500 a day is being earned by Salt Lake lads of the boys' working reserve, who are busy in beet fields and orchards, according to J. Challen Smith, head of the reserve. More than PM) Salt Lake boys are employed by the farmers of the state. Recent cold weather has driven range stock to seek the low valleys, according to J. Cecil Alter, local weather man. The frosts on the mountains have killed all vegetation, thereby making it impossible for cattle cat-tle to live only in the valleys. The executive officer of the state council of defense and the chairman supervising non-war construction, have been aslced to be present at a conference confer-ence in Washington November 11, when matters concerning non-war construction con-struction will be considered. Andrew J. Stewart, pioneer surveyor, sur-veyor, 72 years of age, died on a Denver Den-ver & Kio Grande train, about twenty minutes out of Salt Lake, en route to i'rovo from a Salt Ltike hospital, where he had undergone an operation. Mr. Stewart came to I'tah in 1S50. Forty Chi Omega girls of the University Uni-versity of Utah are now spending their time milking face masks from gauze furnished by the Red Cross. In less (ban a week they have made 1S00 masks, which helped to relieve the increasing in-creasing demand on the Red Cross. in a letter sent to school superintendents superin-tendents of the state, Dr. K. O. Gow-nns. Gow-nns. superintendent of public instruction, instruc-tion, urges that the work of the Child Welfare organization be taken up at once, and that some one be employed who can devote his entire lime lo the work of health supervision. Gust Katsoliorakia, a Greek, was lined $50 by the food adminis-ira'ion adminis-ira'ion last week. lie was charged Willi making false affidavits in order to receive a larger sugar allowance. al-lowance. The Greek had been gelling ten pounds of sugar each month and was staying by himself at Winter Quarters. r.ceoiiiing despondent anil lonely 1 after the suicide of one son. in l'.ul't'alo, X. Y., and the drafting of her two re-.niaining re-.niaining hoys, Mrs. Sarah l.anno. 5:1 years of age. widow of John C. l.anno, a Spanish war veteran, of l'.ul'l'alo. New York, attempted suicide while visiting Salt Lake by drinking a solution so-lution of lye anil water. 11 is believed she will recover. Fanners of t'lah county are protest-In;; protest-In;; against the prices proposed for beet pulp by the I'tali-ldaho Sugar company, and say they will cancel their orders for feeder steers, and silo the beet tops for stock they expect to hold oer. Auto mechanics will ho culled lo the student nrtn.v training corps, I'tah Agricultural Ag-ricultural college. Logan, every month, It Is predicted. II Is also believed Iheiv will be monthly calls for chauffeurs,, radio operators, telephone electricians, machinists, blacksmiths, horse-diners, surveyors, topoaraphical ilral'lsincn, concrete workers and wag- A stray bullet, evidently shot from a rifle In the bauds of hunlers, crashed (liniic.li the windshield of an automobile auto-mobile driven by I low aid Y. Alrey and I Uie cheek of bis wife, I r. Grace Miration Airey. while they were ilii inir near I lolllday. I'lioloi.raphs of family and homo surroumlln." ' are lo constitute pari of (he cheer dispensed lo sobl'ers and iuIIoi s ill I 'lirisi nais lime. plan for the "laklui;" of such pictures has been do Isod by Hie Flab War Molhera' association as-sociation as a part of a national cam-1 cam-1 : i i i ; 1 1 . |