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Show totiuding as they may seem. THIRTY YEARS AliO. Tlic Irrftilful I'rlcnn hy Our Vallmtt This week.BishopXiehols banded band-ed us some paers containing the j. rices that Ihe old Utah pioneers bad lo pay for some of the common articles of wear and groceries. He thought it would be a good thing for our youth to comjtare the low prices of today with the almost incredible in-credible figures paid twenty-eight years ago. These are tbe regular Salt Lake store jiriccs in 1SG-1: canton can-ton ilaunel. !fl a yard; shirting, 00 cents; thread, o0 cents a spool ; i boy's ovcrsbirt, $(1.50; codec, l.'io a ! pound; rice, 50 cents a pound; J gunpowder, ff'J.oO a pound; nius-; nius-; tard, $2, ginger. '2.25, cinnamon, $2.ol), and cloves $-1 a pound; rope, $1 a pound; tea, $5 a pound; coal oil, $10 a gallon and sugar $100 a sack. These figures are authentic, as- |