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Show uu ARRESTS MADE IN SALT LAKE CITY Salt Lake, Sept. 4 The peck and measure went under the wagon seat and the ancient spring balance was hauled out in the market wagons at the growers' exchange, Second West and First South streets, early yesterday yester-day morning. But the exchange was made too late to save twelve farmers farm-ers and vendors of produce from arrest ar-rest on charges of violating the state weights and measures law. In the guise of purchasers, without other intentions than the acquisition of produce, Heber C. Smith, state superintendent of weights and measures, meas-ures, DeputyC. S. Condie and Inspector Inspec-tor P. W. Lemon, accompanied by T. L. Irvine, city sealer, strolled nonchalantly non-chalantly among the wagons at the exchange yesterday morning, making purchases. They bought by measure, peaches, plums, potatoes, tomatoes, etc., and informed each vendor ho was under arrest. The alarm finally spread, but for which, saying Superintendent Super-intendent Smith, they might have made many more purchases and arrests. |