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Show plague. The survey began this year in Washington county early in April. No evidence of plague was found in that vicinity. Other counties surveyed sur-veyed during the summer with negative neg-ative results have been San Juan, Grand, Emery, Carbon, Duchesne, Uintah, Wasatch, Summit, Cache, Rich and Box Elder. Indications of plague were first discovered in Morgan eounty early in August. A re -check of this area within the last week confirmed positive pos-itive results. Utah county has been surveyed but results are not yet. available. Other counties which are yet to be surveyed by the mobile laboratory of the Utah State Board of Health are Juab, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute, Garfield, Kane, Iron, Beaver and Millard. o ft .ionic Plague v Germs Found In ! Utah Rodents " :,:3ss pestis, the disease germ ' lor. - Causes bubonic plague in hu- , ' v': :. icings and sylvatic plague in ! !?K " has been isolated from ma- E" , :J taken from two ground squir- s'.'' . lie-half mile east of Morgan, 1 w t I '.. ...according to information re- zer , A Way by Dr. J. L. Jones, j jj.. .Health commissioner. The manias ma-nias taken in a routine survey i is now in progress by the aid ; mobile laboratory operated by rny i Me Board of Health. 'd : c. R. Eskey, medical officer cnirge of plague suppressive : its at the United States Pub-' Pub-' Health Service Laboratory at : Francisco, isolated the disease a tram the material sent to him it Division of Public Health stories, Utah State Board of :x - taes said this finding should a cause for alarm, but should ' : is a warning to Utah residents o handle wild rodents. The s My is transmitted to hu-kings hu-kings through the bite of a : an infected rodent. Bu-. Bu-. -: Plague can not be transmitted . . -one human being to another, Pneumonic plague can. r-; survey which discovered this ''evidence of plague is a -nation of the survey which r --ilast summer with the aid of -initcd states Public Health , Mowing the discovery of . Plague in rodents and fleas ..fw. Sevier and Garfield :' e&tce of bubonic plague )t!r ..as first discovered in June, if!'Us boy, while play-lei: play-lei: , waver Canyon, was bitten ;c P wed ground squirrel and developed bubonic |