Show Gasoline Drops to 24 Cents in in Utah and Idaho Territory j Motorists had something besides a clear sky and prospects ts for a n bright week end Friday morning The leading distributing companies companies com com- dropped the price of gasoline 1 cent a gallon making the price to the public at filling stations 24 cents This includes the 3 cent 3 cent state tax so that In reality the price is 20 cents ap approaching approaching ap- ap the low of 19 15 cents a gallon made here her during the flush oil production in California The tank wagon price is 22 cents a gallon The drop was made by the Continental Oil on company the Independent Independent Inde Inde- pendent Gas and Oil on company Utah Oil Refining company B Bennetts Bennett's lien Ben n- n nett's Gas Gns and Oil company the Texas company and all smaller distributors In the territory The new prices prevail throughout Utah and Idaho with the exception of a few remote sections where freight rates are higher The reason for the drop in price was given by the leading distributors as the general genera market conditions and the lowering of refinery prices Gasoline In this territory reached a p peak ak price of 27 cents a gallon during the midsummer |