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Show .;. ii i i This Week IN IDAHO A News Review IDAHO SHOWS DROP IN BEER CONSUMPTION Statistics released by the Idah( state department of law enforce ment indicated that Idahoans dranl less beer in 1940 than in 1939. The state's nickel-per-gallon ta on beer returned only $220,745 ir 1940 compared to $224,455 in 1939 License sales were also off, bring ing $19,335 this year against $21,-290 $21,-290 last. JDAHO DEATHS (TOTAL) To January 1, 1941 19C To January 1, 1940 16c Entire year, 1940 19C FRANKLIN COUNTY To January 1, 1941 1 To January 1, 1940 ; C Entire year, 1940 1 UTAH DEATHS (TOTAL) To January 1, 1941 171 To January 1, 1940 161 Entire year, 1940 17C Efforts of Utah and Idahoi to re duce traffic deaths during 194, failed as unofficial totals for th( two sates1 were ten higher in Utal this year than last and 27 highe; in Idaho. Franklin county's perfect recorc which had extended for bette. than two years was broken thii fall when Ephraim Bergeson o. Cornish died of injuries received in- an accident near Banida. Although the accident toll wai not reduced from the year previou it was felt that the campaign was yjecessful as many more would robably have been killed had il ' of beenfor the campa'su. Tht . se was due mainly to ihe fact that more cars were on tli. road and doing more traveling. n , |