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Show SHORT-WEIGHT BUTTER IS FOUND That short-weight butter is being sold In Ogdon was mado evident by a trip to a few stores this morning by state and locnl food inspectors, after a meeting in tho office of the sanltar inspector this morning. Butter under ail trade-marks, according to Sanitary Inspector Georgo Shorten, was found to be under weight and logal stops will bo taken at once against the of-fenderij. of-fenderij. Willard Hansen, state food inspector. inspec-tor. Herman Harme3, state chemist, and James Carver, chairman of the state pure food bureau, met with Sanitary Inspector Shorten this morning to discusB. The proposition of having a city nnd county sealer of weights and measures was discussed and advocated, and it is tho intention of thoso present to ask for legislation that will eliminate price discrimination. discrimina-tion. It waB pointed out that undor present methods, tho larger creameries creamer-ies are able to freeze out the smaller companies. After the meeting, the state officers offi-cers visited several stores where they found the short-weight butter, but due to the shortness of the time of the stay of the state officials they were not able to canvass tho city. |