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Show THIS MURPHY MUST BE OF LARGE BUILD Salt Lake, May 1. That Utah polo po-lo growers should be in a position to meet the demands for big potatoesthe pota-toesthe kind of "Murphies" that weight ten ounces or more badly-wanted badly-wanted just now by the Northern Pacific Pa-cific Kailroad company for dining car use, is the opinion of passenger officiate of the Oregon Short Line. The news has been received at the local Oregon Short Line offices that farmers of Montana have been found wanting when the railroad asked for big potatoes, and so word Is being pasesed around In Utah In order that Utah growers may understand that there is a good market for large "spuds" if they have any. The Northern Pacific road doesn't want small potatoes. That road has a reputation for serving big baked potatoes, and it has sometimes been called the Big Baker Potato Route. The road operates about fifty dining cars and forty-two eating houses on Its lines. Reports from Billings, Mont., say that William Gaffga, of th Northern Pacific dining car service, serv-ice, has been offering as much as 5 cents a pound for the ten-ounce tubers, tub-ers, and has failed to find tnough to supply the demand. |