Show S U I LI L. STORE SALE TOTAL MOUNTS Sa Salt t Lake City was vas t the e bright spot in October for department and apparel store sales in the I Tw Twelfth I federal reserve district ac according according ac- ac cording to a report Monday An increase of 4 per cent over sales of October 1937 was shown by the report ort as compared to a decrease de de- de- de cr crease ase aae of 3 per cent for the entire district The district figure was arrived at by excluding San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco where stores were strikebound strikebound strikebound strike bound for most of the month TakIng Taking Taking Tak Tak- ing the San Francisco figures the district showed a decrease of 9 per percent cent i Utah and southern Idaho showed in an increase of of- department and apparel apparel apparel ap ap- ap- ap parel stores of 2 per cent Every other region showed a decrease Salt Lake City was the only city to show an aa thi increase A decrease of 4 per cent was registered in hi Los Angeles 6 per cent in Spokane 3 per cent in Tacoma 2 per cent in Seattle eattle and 7 per cent in Portland The index figure for Salt Lake City's department stor stores s sales for forth forthe th the the- month also rose The index based upon a 1923 25 average equal to showed shoved that Salt Lake City's Index figure for October was 88 as compared to to- 76 in September and 78 in August The index was 2 points higher than in October 1937 when it was 86 The index figure for th the entire district was 88 as compared to the figure of 86 and the August Augu t one of 83 |