| Show IDAHO SALT HATE REDUCTION To Bo Put Into Effect for Short Time for Sheepmen On May Sth a flat rate of So a ton will be made by the Oregon Short Line on salt carloads minimum 10000 pounds from the local salt works to all points In Idaho on the Oregon Short Line This Is following the annual ouslom the rate being given for the benefit of Idaho Ida-ho sheepmen who use large quantities of salt and although the price of the salt Is the same the reduced freight rate makes it cheaper The railroad company expects to haul a trainload of salt north on this rate which will keep the plant at Saltalr very busy In loading cars The rate goes Into effect May Sib and remains until May 20th Over In Colorado the price of salt has gone up The Denver Post says Fiftypound sacks that up to a day or two ago sold for 35 cents and 40 cents now bring 50 cents and 60 cents There is no competition compe-tition for the Utah and Kansas concerns con-cerns which control all the salt produced pro-duced In this section of the country reWorking re-working hand In hand A good deal of calL used to be shipped In from tho East but the railroad rates and competition compe-tition bsr the Western companies shutOut shut-out the Eastern men and the two com paniesmentioned have everything their own way They discovered that they could raise prices and they did Bank Clearings of the Week Yesterdays bank clearlncs wf > ri b 117537480 as against 151835 the ame day a year ago The clearings fdr the week were 355830540 an compared with 2G0419171 the corresponding week last year Real Estate Sales for the Week The real statc transfers in Salt Lake county for April 1001 aggregated 1019407 |
