Show WIDOWS WIDOWS GLADDENED BY ANNUAL BONUS Hearts of widows with dependent depend depend- ent children under 15 years of ag age were gladdened when county officials official distributed d the usual annual 5 bonus to each widow The bonus was added to the monthly check of ot 10 given widows in accordance with Utah lawA law A comparison however between treatment accorded widows and that tha extended aged men arid and women on the county's old age pension list Us showed the latter were denied a 5 bonus County officials said this was necessary necessary necessary sary on the ground that a 2543 surplus surplus sur sun plus in the pension bure bureau lU budget budge must revert to the general fund a athe at atthe atthe the end of the year It is the first time an an attempt has been made to give old age pensioners pensioner a bonus Dr J. J H. H Paul director o othe ot of the bureau explained to county commissioners com corn missioners that the surplus was made mad possible through failure to fill vacancies vacancies cies on the pension list when pension pension- ers died He asked permission to distribute distribute dis dis- dis tribute the sum among those who v had remained on on the list |