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Show Price Active Freight PoUi. Tlie importance of Prices a freijjlit-handlin station 'Oi-V the Denver Sc Ivio (irande liat? increased' in-creased' live-fold wivhiii the last year, according: to Robert McKutie, a commission merchant mer-chant of that town, who is in ; Salt .Lake" ott business. Mrj McKune sas there is now1 400, ; 000 pounds of freight stored at : Price, waiting to be taken by ' wagon to Vernal and jollier' points in the resepfflffon eoun-: try. "Thejafroad has more; thandonuied its force at the ' PivC station, and the relief, from the former congested con-dition con-dition of the Price freight house : is most welcome' to the busines ; ; interests of the town," said Mr! McKune.- In former years, Price was) the shipping point for nearly I all of the reservation country I to the north, but for the last i : few1 years, ; since the mail has , been routed by way rf Mack! and Dragon,- freight has been! ! diverted ihat wav. Xow, how-: ever,- the stage line from Price ! ! to' Venial is to be resumed, and ' 1 tin Price gateway to the reser-! vation countrv is handling iuore ' ! merchandise than ever before.- ' i Salt Lake Tribitne.- I |