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Show Onr' Fork HE VOLUME XVII V SITU10II lira HI lilts j HOW The backbone of the "flu'' epideman ic now secnia to be broken end now can It be said safely epidemic. that the flu" la a thing of the rust. Two new caeca only have been reported for the week and now there are only about eight caeca under quarantine and tbcae acem to be llght-- , r than the flu" has been In the past. Regulations, too, are not ao aevoro as they have been In the past, although the health board Is vigilant Parents "Seven come eleven crapped." Well, 1 failed to catch the Kaiser, but we did get all hla Jacks. Now, dear parents, peace baa been declared and we are all feeling flno. You will wonder why I am in enforcing tho quarantine ruins and bore In the hospital, but lean conthe rule concerning the quarantine fess the truth, now that I am fecllug of persona who come Into the county. At a meeting of tho board held last ao good and my pleusure iu life has Thursday night. It was decided to just began. We have been fighting reopen the retail store but to enforce (tliats what we came for) and 1 e wearing of masks In all public cejrej a wound ao could not stay to places. Yesterday morning the mask the Raster,' Its nothing serious rule waa lifted ao far as wearing them get I got one to the side of my Mother. un the street was concerned, but to to still enforce tho rule with regard jaw and another In the flesh of my In houses. business them the wearing cheat, hoVcver they are both healed People ahpuld still bo ver r8U up and I am feeling better than I ever llnus about going whore tho disease Of eou.se the letters w-llt- . Is known to be. Too great emphasis! Mt la 1 have written In the past were som-cannot bo laid upon the need for l 1 caution. Influenza la a disease that lnt exsgnratc-- but wanted you to readily spreads In crow'ds. and peoplel think every thing was alright, to should therefore, remain at home as keep you from worrying. That was much .as it is possible until the con- why 1 never let you know we were in tho game and I never Intended to dition Is well cleared up. Transact business as much as poa let you know that I was In the hosy!- sible over the telephone and through tal, as 1 would probably went back the mall by checks: Your .health to the front if peace had net been But now every'jiinc la and life are of a great deal more lm-- j declared. 'Ane no matter where I go from and portance to you than what little ln t to my company or work to. convenience you may be put around here somewhere, Ill be cl- . right. 1 couldu t say when I will ANOXUXCKMEXT 'come home.but I hope its by spring any way g0 j can tjjjg n,e iianj Work Monday, December 23rd, will be 0fj y0ur shelders For I know you tho annual day for the settlement of have been mighty busy, and I can tell tithes of thd people of the Fourth an the world I have been too. This ward, at which time the Bishopric ja the first time I have had a real will bo at the Relief Society Hall. rest since I left home, and now that do get. I havent had any Kindly call and see that your credit ja ajj for the year 1918 la full and complete maji tor two months, but I guess It WILLIAM GROTEGUT, has been delayed. II. R. WILLIAMS, I suppose you had some colebra-jt!o- n D. W. DAIVIS, Bishopric. when you heard the good news, We sure lld here, cripples parading lull around. I lost everything I had jwhen in the fight, except the watch father gave me and it wps all lack that back, I might get some of things back but hardly think so. have found out that the Lord Is on my side and I think I'll come out Four Clarl- - alright. I think we sign the pay roll Five Boys Wanted to-- , ' wiU our net players and one 'piccolo player morrow, but money is no good here anyway., We get plenty to eat and wear and plenty of sleep, so we ought The band is being organized from to enjoy life. Now we have peace a- boys of the sixth to the ninth grade.' and dont drill or fight, just 3it our nd talk about past. lucky When we secure the above metUlon-jrun- d sure feel lucky, two hits and no .il a will have band;boneg cd instruments, we brokent j gur(J am gome lu(.ky of forty members, including a enj gve mother the credit tet of saxophones. jbcccuse cf tho things she taught me. The clarinet (reed) is the most I have not hoard from Len or Jake important section of the band, being jthey mlgbt be over here by now. quite as important to the band as jj tbey were and I knew it I would vfollns to an orchestra. In the pres-jjr- y an(j jjn( them so we could have ent military bands, eight clarinets ol,r Thanksgiving dinner .together are being used, the cornets are three, n Par(J . j ,op9 they are having ns mention j good a t,m0 trombones three, etc. j Bm ln the g00,i 0y is ln, clarinet the show that this to g A Give th0 reat pf the family demand. In the orchestra we can use iJuy I would write to wishes. as many as five clarinets and a dozen them but j can hardly writing but there can bo but two jaj wrjte to you once a week, cornets and one trombone without 0f time but not the material j09 breaking the balance. Clarinet Is 8(J have to make one letter take the without doubt of all the hand lnstru- - paC(? of tcn r,oUt Christmas ments the most healthful to play, tjme or will be whem you get this ' the part written for It as the violin, lettei( g0 j wlll wl8h you an a Merry Is more full, but this makes It the Christmas. I guess you received that more interesting. French apron I.sent you, I bought It Clarinets are made In two ByB( while marching to .the front. I terns, the Boehm and the Albert, bought It might make a souvlnor for The Boehm Is the superior, having yon. everthlng is well Hoping rvr.y advantages ln fingering. Its and good with you all, mice ia much in advance, but tho I remain your Smiling Soldier,' f et that nearly evrrv jdayor who Lester Andrua. has learned on the Albert system ncr sells, his instrument at a loss! oemCGS Held t.r.,1 learns over again on the Boehm, For Evans Child. best fs argument that the pays. All will agree to the worth of a oclock Friday services It helps the town .At twelve "Tot'd city band. were hid fer Anna May Evans at not only ln a business way tut ia home cf her grandparents, Mr. the many other ways. r.r.d Mrs. J. B. Evans. Bishop Ralph Give that boy of yours a chance to Ell Clayson offer- invocauou. Bishop Marinas and It will prevent him from keeping was the speaker. Two solos Larson verso company. were rendered by Miss Florence the - Funeral services were held at the Rowe. D. J. Evan3 pronounced was the little The benedicatlon. girl cemetery for Marie the one year old of ' Mr. and Mrs. Lewis daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas daughter, Utah. Her death Bona at two oclock Friday after- Evens of. Price, n the noon. Bishop Ralph Morgan was in was the third among within a Evans Mrs. and Mr. of charge ond offered the Invocation. month of influenza ond tho sixth In C. y:. Booth made a short address. and a son. Two duets were rendered by Misses the family, a disease. of the died Beside Gardner hnd Cora Simmons. nephew having All have been burled here. Bishop Morgan dedicated the grave. I r- .f j.. - . w j ' J ; .K ' - 7 , i , i. V A f. 4 t ' . V '",' t . . r t . , i i J. Boy Word, m.imcmt.1 adjutant. mid .he type of gnu of th ll.'tii artillery (First linh) tml.icd with. on Im home. yon look thcni The Imys of the ll.'iih will cau-wsquare In tlio eye nml say: Tv?fnked you to the limit T Yu you buy your full share of War Havings Stumps. tlif Cf pt. I. . i j I . , i Funeral services were held at the Markham Moore, wife homo of J. Will Lewis In the Fourth of Loo Moore, died suddenly at her ward Tueaduy. over tho reniams of homo this morning of pneumonia, j Mrg Emma C. Moore Hicks of Rood- brought on bv Influenza. Tho young ovult, Utah, wife of Robert lllcks and woiiiuu had been III about n wock, formally a resident of this city for but seemed to be recovering until a many years. sudden change for tho worse WednesBishop William Crotogut presided day evening. Tho deceased was the and u mixed choir under the direction daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. of Ernest Whltwood sang, Sister The Markham of Lcland and was born In Thou Want Mild and Lovely. years ago. opening prayer was offered by John SpanlHh rork twenty-fouShe bus speut moat of her life here Moore. t except a few years that tho family The speakers were Bishop Marinas lived In Idaho. About four years Larsin and David T. Lewis, both f ago the was married to Leo Moore, whom spoke words of praise for tho and ho and one son, Gln, eighteen deceased and comfort and consolamonths old. survive her. She Is also tion for the bereaved. Bishop Larsen survived by her parents and two spoke of the honesty of the bereaved brothers, Eugene Markham of Delta, family and Mr. Lewis spoke of tho and Henry Markham of Leland. inoral worth of the deceased. Bishop Mrs. Moore was of a quiet and un- Crotogut spoke briefly in closing, Inassuming disposition and won many dorsing fully what had been said. friends by her gentlo, lovable char Tho choir sang In closing I Need Funeral arrangements Thee Every Hour after which the ecterlstlca. have not yet been made. benediction was pronounced by Er- ) ' qu'.tr-jggjj-i- er , mater-violin- s, 1 liberal - grand-childre- son-in-la- w Joha A. Lewi3 Advises Boys Working Reserve Inoculation For Flu To Help Feed The World For tho benefit of the public and Washington, D. C. December 13.1918 lion. Ben S. Allen. Director of the cape is Uy these ho have not hod the Educational Division of. the U. S. Influenza, will you please publish the Adinniotrctlob makes the following? Food 1 was or.e of the first In Spanish following statnent in regard to the V. S. Emplojment Service of tho De- Tcrk to ba 'n vulatcd for the "flu partment of Labor which has bean and r.s It caused no 111 effect, 1 had conspicuous for Its contribution to Br. Hughes inoculate the whole famthe worlds food supply during the ily, except Mrs. Leals and two younger children. present year: The United States must feed the j Notwithstanding th'.3 precaution, world and keep millions from starv-jw- o got the disease ln the family and cun be this before Bnt ing. donejjj took It except myself and one thera must bo food to sand. Of j,cy who was Inoculated. corn se there cannot bo enough food Hoc ever, I noticed, as did our to send unless enough Is raised. doctor, that those who were InoculatTo laiao enough there must he ed had very much lighter cases un- enough workers. And the boys 4of (ttr tbe cum trartirunt then Mrs. this country mu3t help, not a fcw,rf La Is and tbe two small children who them, but all. The United States were not inoculated. Each cf the Boys Working Reserve must try to Let lime mention".! were left very lead the way ar shining example to much weaker pid'hrve coughs The or other coniplbat..kns, which th; other boys and to grown-upeddrfs3 cf Mr. Hoover to the State others were not troubled with. Administrators la an indication of the I would advise from my experience momentous proUen which only In- that inoculation Is a very good precreased production ran solve. caution r.nd advisable to ell these who Richard Hatton, have not yet suffered with the disDirector of Publicity, ease. U. 0. Boys WorkingRcsrvc. Yours very respectfully, . TUITLE . HASWEIL Mrs. Emily Miller Tuttle, wife of Iluswell A. Tuttlo, died Friday morn Ing of pneumonia, brought on by In fluenza, after an Hire ra of only a few daya. Funer.il services were held over the remains cf Mrs. Emily Miller Tuttle ct the family homo lu First ward afternoon, commencing r.t oclock. Bishop William Beckstrom Jur.d 2 .v presided. A trio, O My Full er was rendered by William. D. Holt. Mrs. Marie which IIL.tt hnd John B. Jex,-afte- r tho Invocation wua offered by Nathaniel Ludlow. The spankers rer.s Bishop William Grotegut-wh- o spoke cfher as he tied known her when she was a tnem-jbe- r of the Fourth ward before her OmimM, wba marriage, Villi-spoke of her school life and C, W. Booth, who offfred wolds of cm sal , ation on behalf of the Fire D of which Mr. Tuttlo lias beqn a member since Its organization. Another trio, I Need Thee Every Hour was rendered by William D. Holt and company, after which the benediction was pronounced by Kiel L. Gardner. JOHN A. LEWIS. Mrs. Tuttle is survived by her husband and four children, Mervin, STOMACH TROUBLE. Marva, Blaine and Fay, ranging In Before I unsed Chamberlains age from seven years to fourteen Tablets I dortored a great deal for months. stomach troublp and felt nervous and tired all the time. These tablets Open air service were neia at the helped me from the first, andinside ecr utr-ry-. over thn remains cf Mrs. of a weeks time I had Improved ln Vefly Oldfield, wife of Robert Oldevery way, writes Mrs. L. A. Drink-ari- l, field of Oliveville at eleven oclock Jefferson City, Mo. Saturday morning. Bishop Wm. C. Beckstrom was in charge of the PIUTE COUNTY FIRST Holly Cornuby was the TO MELT PLEDGES main speaker. Wm. Holt renered a Full Quota of W, S. S. Bought, nml a solo at the opening and closing of Comfortable Balance Over. the services. Bishop , Beekstrora dedicated the grave. Tho first county to . meet Its pledges on W. S. S. Is Piute, which - Allen Brimball Is back In Spanish bes bought more slumps than asked Fork, after spending four months in cf it. .Just what the amount Is has southern Utah. not been given out, as the poople of Mate county are still huyins W. S. S. Mrs. William II. Ifayc3 and family and will probably lead all other desire-texpress their thanks to Mr. countries in the state per capita. Carboii county Is the next county R. L. Howard and the employees of that has met its quota, but came in tho sugar company; who so generously assisted them during the death second to Piute. .Which county will be third to meet of their beloved husband and father. and rodeem Its pledges? Next week ought to see several Join with Piute The following poem, describing the ond Carbon countries. attitude of mind of the soldiers lr W. S. S.'-camp, was written by Robert Thomas, . r to his mother, Mrs. W. E. Thomas. reMr. and Mrs. Peter F., Boyack ceived. a telegHTm Monday advising When the trouble is ended, them of the sudden death at RooseMother, I'll return to you; velt, Utah, of their granddaughter. We have the Kaisorbended, ' Mis. Frank Colgate, nee, Maud Keel, But still were fighting flu. of leakage of the heart. - The young woman spent lust Hummer here with I may return before very long. her grandparents, her husband being Or I may not come till Spring; in the army. It all depends on Uncle Sam , m d Mrs. David E, Thomas and frmlly wish to thank the officials and citizens of Spanish Fork for their most and for the use of kind your City Hail snl privileges afford i by your Mayer, in laying to rest tbe 'herished form rf cur son end brother, Mordecnl Thomas. Yours with gratitude end respect, Mrs. David E Thcmas and family. Funeral Services Held For Mrs. G. Ray Hales Funeral services were hold at the residence cf G. Ray Hales over the remains of Mrs. Hales at 2 p.m. Saturday. Bishop Ralph Morgan was in charge and delivered an address. Other speakers wee Bishop Johnson and Earnest Boyer of Spriugvlllo, A mixed qunrtette from Sprlngville. led by Mark Robinson sang the open- -' Miss ing and closing selections. Elinor Whitmore sang a solo during the service. Ell Clayson offered the invocation and Wm. Jex dismissed. The remains were taken to Sprlngville for interment. I1LL THEM UP. In nearly every home in the county, the Press ventures to say; there are one or more Thrift Stamp Books which have from one to fifteen Thrift Stamps in, and lack Just the few to fill the book, and enable kthe owner to exchange them for one of the Baby Bonds that bear Interest, which the Thrift Stamps do not. Children who lack a few stamps to fills the'r books should make every effort to get them completed by the (liTt of the year, and turn them in for Baby Bonds, and thus have something that will be paying Interest on the money Invested. Dtg.up the books, buy the stamps, and got the money to working making more money for you. W. S. S. Milk Tickets for sale at the Tress 25 cents a hundred. office The many friends of John E.Booth will be pleased, to learn of his promotion to the rank of Sergeant in the medical department of the service r.t Camp Lewis. The young man received his stripes on December 5th. lie writes that he will probably be mustered out of service about the first of February. Delinquent Tax Lists for sale at this office 10c each. , nest Whltwood.- , The fiord tribute were very beau- ben s. ROOSEVELT AT Mrs. Geneva j , IS THIS 1 r 4 J,; IEO MOORE j Appeared in War Zone j The following letter, dated at a base hospital somewhere In France, November, 19th, hut been received from Lester Andrus, sitd explains In part the reaaon that he waa mistakenly reported klllod in action: Dear lies. Utahs Own as They re-th- . NUMBER 52 SPANISH FORK, UTAH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1918 part-rnent- tiful and abundant. Mrs. Hicks was thcT daughter of Joseph Moore and Emma Cook, both nntives of Derbyshire, England. Ebe was bora ut Goshen, Utah, December 17, 1362, her mother dying at the same time. On tho third day of her life she was brought to Spanish Fork and adopted by Mr. and Mis. G. U. Hicks, tho parents of tho writer, who raised her to womanhood, having her educated in tho schools of this city. On December 25th, 1832, she was married to Robert Illclts. She is the mother of fourteen children, six of whom died in infancy. She is survived by her husband and two brother:, John T. and Willard Moore of Rigby, Idaho, also three sons and three daughters; George, who Is ln Franca with the American . army, Wallace, Bin In P.nd Jay. Her daughters tro Mrs. Emma Hither of Payton, Mrs. Maud Lewis of, Spanish Fork.' and Misa lllcks of Roosevelt. The causa of her death was pneumonia, superinduced by Influenza... She was a loving wife, an affectionate mother r.nd an intelligent and useful citizen. For, the past seven years the family have lived at Roosevelt. She was a virtuous loving wifo Who kept her homo with prudent is-b- ell care, In doing good she gave her life, And was respected everywhere. , G. A. It. The Red Cross now has plenty of yarn on hand for socks. All ladiC3 who can do knitting should make r.n effort to knit a few pairs of socks for the boys who are Btill in the Borvice. CHECK THE HUMID OF MAIL INQUIRY. enormous to the increase Owing of Government war work, the govern- mental departments at Washington are boing flooded with letters of on every conceivable subject concerning the war, and it has been found a physical impossibility for the clerks, though they number an aimy ln themselves now, to give many of these letters proper attention and reply. There Is published dally at Washington, under authority of and by direction of the President, a Government newspaper The Oxclal U. S. This newspaper prints Bulletin. every day at the more important rulings, decisions, regulations, proclamations, orders, awards of contracts, specifications, Invitations, and bids as they are promulgated by the several departments and th many speelu committee and agencies now in operation at the National Capital. This official Journal Is posted daily in every post office in the United States, more than 56,000 in number, and may also be found on file at all libraries, boards and chambers of commerce, the offices of mayors, gorernors, and others officials. By consulting these files most questions will be found readily answered; there will be little necessity for letter writing; the unMy advice dont count a thing. necessary congestion of the mail will be appreciably relieved ; the railroads If I were writing out discharges, will be called upon to move fewer The words would he butvfew, 'correspondence sacks, and the mass The trains would all be loaded, of business that is piling up In the And the boys would say Thank Government departments will be You. Hundreds of eased considerably. clerks now answering the correspondBut Uucle Sammy has the right, ence will be enabled to give their time lie knows Just what to do; to essentially important work, and In a very Bhort time he won tho fight, a fundamental patriotic service will And hell tell us when were thru. have been preformed by the public. |