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Show 1 the LEASED GRAPEVINE Utah's Fish and Game Commission Com-mission recently gave approval for purchase of 419,100 fish and game licenses for 1960. Spokesmen said this number includes all categories of licenses to be sold during 1960. As is normal bids for purchase of the licenses will be called for in the near future in preparation prepara-tion of the new fish and game license year which by law begins be-gins April 16 of each year. Sportsmen were reminded to retain and care for their 1959 license issue which is valid and must be displayed whenever in the field until April 16, 1960. Taxpayers in Salt Lake County will pay an additional one and one quarter mill levy on assessed property during 1960 to help pay for a record budget of $8,-975,400. $8,-975,400. Cou . j Commissioners said the additional levy was needed to help offset the decrease in revenue rev-enue to the county as the result of the long copper and steel industry in-dustry strikes. Hi Salary increases given to Salt Lake City fire, police and health employees were officially approved ap-proved this week by the Salt Lake City Commission, which passed an ordinance approving the increases. These increases amounted to $45 for each grade classification. Retirement of Police Officer Joseph E. Banks effective Jan. 23 was approved by Salt Lake City Commission. Officer Banks has completed 26 years of service and passed the retirement retire-ment age. He was commended for faithful service to the department. de-partment. The Utah State Board of Agriculture Agri-culture this week adopted a resolution res-olution asking that the federal government's subsidy for milk for school children be held at the present level beginning next March when a half cent drop is slated. Officials of more than 300 Utah municipalities were being asked this week by the state engineer en-gineer to provide reports of total water delivered to them and the peak day demands. The reports will be used to help tabulate water use for each municipality. Mark Walton, 124 Lincoln St., retired from the U. S. Postal Service Thursday after 33 years service. Mr. Walton estimates he has walked more than 50,000 miles as a carrier. As a wholesale whole-sale stamp clerk he estimates he has sold more than $5 million in stamps. Despite "spotty" bag limits of pheasants during the season just past, this year's hunt for these brightly colored birds fared out slightly better than average, according ac-cording to a preliminary report coming from department of fish and game offices. The report, compiled from early hunter questionnaire returns, re-turns, shors that this year's bag ' averaged out at a slightly higher figure than in 1957 when the average gunner bagged 2.75 of the birds. In light of this report the har- |