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Show Representative Hammond In Life Struggle at Hospital effort to aave Mr. Hammond'a life. It I waa found, however, that their blood i Is not compatible with that of tha victim vic-tim and other volunteers were sought. I Mr. Hammond was stricken shortly short-ly after the opening of the legislature; with an ulcer of the stomach, Hta physiciana aay an inflammation of tha , liver set In and the complication rea-dreilmrltlrsllyn BATTLING against death with the ravages of a chronic and complicated com-plicated ailment. Representative C. A. Hammond of Moab was re-' re-' ported today upon the brink of a life lor death crisis. He la critically 111 at . the L. D. 8. h spllal. where attending physicians are waging a night and iday battle to defeat the grim reaper, j Hope, however, has net been abandoned aban-doned and at noon today he waa re-' re-' ported to still have a chance for his 1 life. I Death will be cheated If the offers :of physical sacrifice from doxens of : friends In all parts of the state are 'accepted and prove beneficial. Blood j transfusion ia the only means by which Mr. Hammond's life can be saved, according to hla physicians. , When this Information waa apread broadcast calls came from every section sec-tion of the state from men offering to 1 give up their blood. The only transfusion so far made was from Senator J. William Knight of ITovo. whose blood was the first found to be compatlb'e with that of the patient. President Thomas K. McKay Mc-Kay of the senate and other legislators volunteered to give their blood lnan |