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Show Ogden Girl Gives Up Blood to Save Utah Legislator Miss Temperance Shupe of Og- den yesterday gave nearly a quart of blood for transfusion Into the veins of Clyde A. Hammond, member of the house of representatives represen-tatives from Grand county. 'I he transfusion took place In the L. D. S. hospital In Srtlt Iake and was I entirely successful for the time being, be-ing, but further transfusions are likely to he necessary, for the object ob-ject of such operations Is to give the patient sufficient strength to withstand a more serious opera- ! lion which is expected' to follow, hi Drains 111 pnsiciHns. Mr Hammond's illness lias been diagnosed to be a stomuch ulcer, and operation for thai is impos- I slble until the patient is In a condition con-dition to withstand the shock and loss of blood. Miss Shupe and Senator J. Will Knight have offered to submit to further blood sacrifice i" order to save the life of Mr Hammond, but it was said yesterday that another such operation may not be necessary neces-sary for several days A few hours after the transfusion yesterday Mr Hammond showed decided lm- provement, and his physicians were considerably encouraged. Ahout thirty persons have offered of-fered then- idood for the transfusion, transfu-sion, but only that of Senator Knight and Miss Shupe hae been found to bo of the type thnt would fuse with that of the patient Others willing to make the sacrifice sacri-fice are being sought Mr. Hammond, a ho is the j. n S. bishop of Moab ward, was stricken about ten days after the j Fourteenth legislature convened, and his seat in the house of representatives repre-sentatives was vacant nearly the entire session He is a son of the latM Fletcher 1! Hammond, for Several terms : member of the state legislature. |