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Show Utah Government Expense Is Among Highest Utah State Government costs are among the highest in the country, coun-try, according to reports of the Census Bureau. In 1948 her per capita general state expenditures of $96.69 were 32 above the national average of $72.96. But 6 states had higher costs Nevada $126.49, Michigan $121.37, Washington Wash-ington $113.34, New Mexico $112.-37 $112.-37 Colorado $106.15 and Arizona $99 11 The General Operating per capita costs' of $53.20 in. Utah were 70 above the national average av-erage of $30.52 and were exceeded by tout 3 states Connecticut $63.-37, $63.-37, Michigan $59.18 and Nevada $58.15. Building Permits Show Increase InCounty Areas Building permits in the unincorporated unin-corporated areas of Utah county exclusive of cities and towns, were greater in number for June than during any other time during the last two to three years, according to Hugo Price, county building inspector. in-spector. Records revealed that 29 permits per-mits were issued during the month and that 15 of the total issued were for now homes. The valuation valua-tion of the residence permits amounted to $69,500 of the over all monthly valuation total of $86,-450. $86,-450. Comparison figures reveal that only 19 permits were issued for May of this year with a total valuation of $83,000. Of the May total, nine permits were for construction con-struction of new homes with a valuation total of $60,000. Bananas are the main agricultural agricul-tural crop of Panama. |