| Show Saturday Last Las P. P P P. Willey Observed His Birthday Saturday of last week Parley P. P Willey the oldest native born citi citi- citizen citizen citizen zen of the three East Bountiful wards attained the age of 84 With the exception of a few years spent in Chesterfield Idaho Mr Willey VilIe has resided resided resided-in in Bountiful ful fut Mr Willey Villey and wife arc are believed to be the oldest native born couple in Bountiful LI Dishonest grocers resort to t o what is known as penciling su su- su sugar gar This is a term applied to t o the practice e of taking five or t ten pounds out of a one hundred pound d cloth bag of sugar without opening or cutting the sack The trick is accomplished ac accomplished a through the use of 1 long sharp pointed tube shaped shape d like a machine oil can spout Thiis This Thi s is pushed through the fabric of the th e sack and the desired amount of sugar is withdrawn When the in in- in strument strument is removed the fibres of the sack which have merely been A forced apart close up leaving no evidence of what has taken place place- I 4 The Thc unwitting purchaser p pa who buys f fa a bag of sugar which has been I penciled may get only ninety or ninety-five ninety pounds as the case may may- be The practice is resorted to by J dishonest grovers who desire to tOo undersell their competitors orr- orr or the the- do not sell under who if they market make from five to ten per percent penciled sacks of or tent lent more on sugar s than could be made on full 1 hundred pound sacks The The- t one is liable liable- seller seUer of penciled sugar to prosecution whether he sells the the- bag of sugar merely as a bag oF i 1 sugar or a one hundred pound bag ba of sugar because be bethe cause the assumption of f the purchaser is naturally that he he- heis 1 is securing a full futI standard one one- onehundred onehundred J hundred pound bag of sugar T |
