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Show H RECRUITING D ISTR ICTF0 R HED The local recruiting office of the marine corps announces a change In the division of the districts of that tervlce Ogden and Utah were formerly In what was known ad the Pacific division, divis-ion, but owing to an enlargement of the district.- and the udJItiou of sev-fral sev-fral new towns to the recruiting list, the Pacific division has been subdivided, sub-divided, and what will be termed the Utah district established. Th latter district will comprise Utah, Idaho anil Wyoming, Montana and Colorado, Including Boise, Denver. Den-ver. Butte, Cheyenne anj Ogden, with headquarters In Salt Lake City, and Cuptulu J. M. Wright In charge. The above named towns are all that will be opened at present, but It Is announced that later other smaller towns In the intermountxiin country will be added. The ottlclals of the ser ice announce an-nounce that the percentage of recruits re-cruits Is greater in the mountainous Mates, thau iu the lower altitudes, and expect to compare this district with any of tin: others. Since Sept. 1 Sergeant .1. 1. Bauer, jit Ogden, has enlisted nine men for the marine corps, and expects to Lriug this month above the average lor recruits enlisted. |