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Show UTAH STATE NEWS . The Junior class of the Spttnish Fork high school has purchased $HK) worth of baby bonds. The Salvation army campaign to raise $15,0)0 in Utah, as part of ihe country's $3,000,000 fund for soldier welfare work, ha been launched. Thirty-two hogs, fifteen cattle and two horses belonging to 3. P. larlckson of AVendover have died In the past month from hydrophobia, It Is reported. County . Treasurer James' K. Pnssy was seriously injured at Pangultch while working a vulcanlzer which he was lifting. He sustained an injury to the spine. The Utah state game and fish commission com-mission has taken drastic steps to conserve the game fish of the state by closing all the waters of the state to fishermen until June IS. Evidence has been received from the Deep Creek Indian reservation that the threatened uprising of Uoshute Indians terminated with the arrest of the eight bucks wanted by the department depart-ment of Justice. . The Rev. T. C. IHff, missionary of the Methodist Episcopal church and superintendent super-intendent of the district of Utah and sections of the lntermountaln country for more than twenty-five years, died in Denver, February 22. J. Edward Taylor, directing the production pro-duction division of the Utah food administration, ad-ministration, points out that hog-raising may be regarded as one of the most important industries In which a patriotic citizen may engage. ; In honor of the ten boys who successfully suc-cessfully passed examinations to enter the army, the citizens of Kanarra turned out en masse at an entertainment, entertain-ment, which was the largest of its kind ever given in the town. ' A warning has been issued by the federal food administrator for, Utah to bakers who have not yet applied for licenses to bake bread, and other bakery bak-ery products, under the provisions of President Wilson's proclamation. After more than eight years of hope and disappointment, the workers at the Dinosaur quarry, near Vernal, ' have found the head of "Boouta-i saurus," the largest animal whose skel-j eton has been found at the quarry. Many employes of the Utah Copper company gathered Sunday at the Magna Mag-na plant for the dedication of the service flag. The flag, ten by fifteen feet in dimensions, bears stars representing repre-senting the eighty-five men In service. One delivery a day on each route, one delivery a day to each customer and the discontinuance of' sending good on approval subject to being returned, are the rules adopted at a meeting of Ogden merchants last week. That there exists a well-laid plot to destroy Fort Douglas Is the belief of army officials and federal officials following fol-lowing the discovery on February 25 of another high-exploHive bomb within the limits of the war prison camp at the fort. Every crop raised in Utah this year will be harvested, promises J. W. Watson Wat-son of the Utah Agricultural college, farm help specialist. Mr. Watson declares de-clares that much of the present unrest nnd alarm over the labor situation is uncalled for. r.ecause he had been unjustly accused ac-cused of having stolen $W from a com-: com-: mode, K. S. Lee, n soldier ami a descendant de-scendant of the late General Robert K. ' Lee, attempted suicide at Salt Lake, , but was rushed to the emergency hospital hos-pital and revived. Members of Salt Lake council, i Knihta of Columbus, last week dedl-' dedl-' en ted their service flag. There are ilfty-one stars on the flag. This Is KO per cent of the eligible membership of he lodge. It Is one-sixth of the entire membership of 315. The home of O. T. McCorinlck and w family at Hantaquiu took Are nnd be-.cause be-.cause of frozen hydrants could not.be saved. Mr. Dubois, un aged man, was asleep upstairs, and was rescued with difficulty by Mr. McCorinlck, who was seriously burned about the face in the attempt. Every state in the Union has been assigned a definite quota of lives to ! be saved during Children's Year, which i will be Inaugurated by the children's bureau of the department of labor April 6, the first anniversary of America's Ameri-ca's entry Into the great war. Utah's quota Is 4!H1. Every pupil in both the Senior and Junior high schools at Spriugvlile have become members of the Junior Red Cross and they ar now trying to secure se-cure another 100 per cent In the call for thrift stamps. The pupils are also making an exhaustive canvass for thrift stamps. Indians of the Uintah reservntlor who have shown no reluctance to rc' tstrntlon and questionnaire procedure jind behave, so long as no white tiVin attempts to interfere with their sun dances, are reported to have found much merriment in the efforts of the (misIiiiIc Indians of the Deep Creek res-cia res-cia mi Ion to evade the draft. Working under the direction of Ihe (icnnnii consulate at Denver before the win-, mid foremost, It Is charged, In sirendiiig Ccruiiiii propaganda and spy activities It. Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado and Utah since April ti, 1!U7, Frank ; M'lllhiiiiiu, lierimiu reservist, was lu-i lu-i tcini'il ut Fort Douglas lust week. Although ground kIiins has been '. found in riniiit'd sulnnm mid In tupi-! tupi-! in n iiir' li:c-i l ai I'ilcii, Lciiii Hone, I -pccial nielli ut' (he department of j justice -tales that consumers Heed ; mil li.-vi.iite aiaiiiit-d 01' nl'i'ahl to eat or I piirc'.ia- I'o'id. |