Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-11 | Page 15 | Ogden Schools to Close their Doors

DGDEN SCHOOLS TO CLDSETHE.R DOORS Peremptory Orders Issued to Combat Prevalence of ! Spanish Influenza. j Spooial to Tho Tnbun. OdDUN, Oi-t. 10. rorempiory orders that tho sohools of Onden i'tty close im-modiately im-modiately wore Issued this mornlnff by the Nnmt of commissioners of Oudcn city lo the Kxin.1 of etlucatlon of tho city, at a meeting hold at the city hall. The mooting was held following the receipt of advices that the schools had been opened at o'clock as usual by the board j and Super in ton dent Henry C. Johnson. j The immedu'e and drastic action of the city commissioners was taken when I it was learned th.tt Johnson salil tho j city schools would open as usual. While, members of the school board ex; pressed , the opinion that the schools should not be j close. i at the present time, yet the health aai iiorities expressed the determination to close the schools as was ordered by the 1 state board of health. It was announced that tho order closing: churvhes. schools, theaters, pool halls and places for public iiatherinjrs was to tie nirtctly enforced In 1 the cUv. The total of the cases of Span- 1 ish inthionxa and la. grippe Tn the city tolav whs I'M, In a statement made to The Tribune this afternoon. Superintendent Johnson said: "The order for the closing of the svhools was received last niitht at supper time. W e called a meeting of the board, and Dr. Kdward I. Rich, n niember of the b oa rd . c a 11 ed tip his b ro 1 h e r . V r . Bt ra C. Kich, a member of the state board of health, and tho latter said that he had not been advised of the order of the state board. We decided to wait until th'.s morning to gain the facts, as nothmtf definite was learned last night. The schools ,ill remain closed until the state boa.rd of heviltii says we can reopen." The se entoen phvsicians ot the city submitted their reports this afternoon to the city health ofrire. showing that there are 2M cases of Spanish Inrtuenta and la grippe in the citv. Most of the cases are reported as not being severe, although it is stated that two of the t wels e cases in the hospital 1 are severe. Ore of the drastic cases re- ported to the city board today is that of one of the Singer's Midgets, who are ap- j pearmg on the Tantages circuit. It is stated a male member of the small folks is m such a diingerous condition that It will be impossible to remove him from 1 t::e hotel where the company Is stopping. Notice was issued today by the officers of the Mormon church tiiat the conferences confer-ences and other church meetings for Sundav had been called oft. The closing order for the pool halls, theaters and other places where public meetings could be held was generally carried car-ried o-.it today. Members of the Republican party displayed dis-played much concern here this afternoon when they were advised that the state hoard of health s order would prevent the holding of their convention Saturday at the Relief society hall. The total number of rie egates to the convention is given as 33. No action was taken by the members mem-bers of the party today regarding the convention. The loval orsnrdzatinn of the Red Cross h.jq received orders from the national or-1 or-1 uanization t.0 furnish supplies ar.d facili-t facili-t tios to the local health authorities and c tend every possible aid to check the 1 spread of the Spanish influenza.