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Show EPIDEMIC DYING OUT, BEATTf ASSERTS Precautionary Measures Effective Ef-fective Here and in Rest of State. Influenza egldslc conditions In Salt Lake are rapidly bring eradicated by the present precautionary measures. , acrording to Dr. T. R. Beatty, state health commissioner. In the state outside out-side Salt Like and Ogden, the peak j of the epidemic In many towns was i reached about November 1, lr. -Beatty I asserts, and. despite the peace cele-! cele-! brat Ions, there has been no recurrence ! of the epidemic character of the dis-1 dis-1 ease. . I DENVER DROPS MASK. The compulsory masking order In Ienver was abolished Saturday, ac-! ac-! cording to a telegram to Dr. Beatty from lr. H. Hharpley. health commissioner com-missioner of Colorado. "We find the masking Ineffective.' Ir. Sharprey states, "and removed the ban November Novem-ber . We are quarantining affected houses and prohibiting public funerals-We funerals-We think the second wave due to peace celebrations, but cities thai did not have tHHce celebrations and which compelled masking also hatP a second wave.- Kverythinar Is open here except ex-cept public schools." MANY DEATHS IN COLORADO. In spite of the fact that Ienver reported re-ported thirty-two deaths and 270 cases .Saturday, the hichest morbidity and mortality rate y-t reorted. lenver theatres and pool ha Us are open, but the public schools mill not open until January I. The epidemic nas leen prevalent in Innver ten days longer than In Salt I.ake, 1 r. Beatty asserts, as-serts, and where Ienver nun nad S9 j d Hths. Halt lak reports lexs than 300 deaths. . SCORES VACCINATED. Vaccine stations in Salt 1-ake mere stamped today by persons desiring inoculation aa a preventive against the rt.sease. Doctot s vt Salt Lake are recommending rec-ommending the use of the vaccine, and lines ten and twelve deep are at the vaccine stations. If the rush for vac-ciiMtitn vac-ciiMtitn continues, the supply of vac-tine vac-tine soon will be exhausted, but more will be procured from California. Kive Greeks were fined $ each this morning by Judge W. H. Wilklns, in the city court, when charged with violating vio-lating the regulationa of the state ioard of health. They were accused of congregating con-gregating In a coffee house and play-in play-in k carun. 'l'hirt - five calls ftir nurses for Influenza In-fluenza patients were received at Bed ri-ss headquarter yesterday, but only a small portion could be filled, according accord-ing to Manager It- J. Shields. The Bed i "roes today sent out an sppeal to those teachers who have not et volunteered vol-unteered their services to aid in caring for the influenza patients. Twenty new ases of Influenza de- ve oed in Mtigna yesterday and there! ere f.ve dealt.. Thirty-sis cisea of the disease are repot ted at Torrey ville. I" tali. l re. Kuith Christy is the only nurse on duty there according to Manager Svhields. A large supply of yarn for socks has been received by the Bed Cross. Srks sre needed by sold ers stationed where climates are rigorous. j The annua) election of offlcera fori the local chapter will be held Wednesday Wednes-day evening in the gauceroom at the Amelia palace. Mayor Mont Ferry !-Wilt !-Wilt preside. Masks wilj be worn by all. Kvery member of the Red Cross : is privileged to be present and cast a vote. |