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Show Local Echoes. The state game and lish commissioner commis-sioner w Ishes l he people to consume more carp food ami has Instructed G. M. Bartholomew, J r of Fayette, of whom full particulars may be had, to state that the public Is left free to do lishlng for this purpose. The llsli may be taken from the public waters in any lawful manner, but should not bo w asted. Some believed the action of the city health board last week ordering a quarantine against Spiuiti.h influenza, was unwarranted, but Ihe large number num-ber of cases that have developed since shows wisdom in what was done to check the disease. There are a num" ber of severe eases reported in this city and vicinity, justifying the utmost ut-most care and loyal cooperation of all good citizens in what measures 1 lie health b iard may adopt for the check of this wide-spreading malady. Elmer A. Porter of this city lias been commissioned 1st lieutenant, engineering corps and ordered to report re-port for duty with the 403 Engineers, Fort Douglas, Utah. March 1, 1910, Mr. Porter was appointed w ater commissioner com-missioner on the Sevier river and lias been granted an indefinite leave of absence by the various irrigation companies, com-panies, to aocept this commission with the U. S army. Prior to the year 191(3 Mr. Porter wasdistrict engineer engi-neer for the C. S. Geological survey with headquarters in Salt Lake City. His home is in Reno, Nevada, but he has spent most of his lime during the past ten years in Ulah. Mr. Porter Por-ter expects to leave Gunnison for his new post about October 24. Those who have w heat to sell need not be in haste to dispose of it thinking think-ing that because the government has standardized ihe price it is neediess In hold on. The price established by the government is a minimum one and therefore a higher price is per missible, according to N. L Ilernian-sen Ilernian-sen of our local flour mill. Mr. Her mansen advises holding the wheat by such are financially able, as the price will likely go up after the eastern market is exhausted due to freight differential which now discriminates unfavorably against this section. Among the candidates named at the political conventions held in Manti Man-ti last Monday are of this city on the democratic ticket J. A. Tuft for county commissioner and Car! A Erickson for surveyor; on the republican repub-lican ticket Chris M. Madseu for epreseutitive. Ne.v c unity chairmen chair-men are E. D. Sorenson of Manti for the republicans and Amasa Aldrich of Mt. Pleasant for the democrats. |
