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Show mountains. This was occasioned by tho unusually heavy fall of snow. It Is stated by meat men that thoro Is usually a rise In the price of meat at this time of the year, but not for many years, if ever, have the prices gone so high. Thero seems, furthermore, further-more, to bo little hopo for a permanent perma-nent return to lower prices, an the demand Is still much la excess of the "visible supply," and although a sllgh drop will undoubtedly occur before i long, tho lower prices of former yoar; will hardly bo reached fop a yrar or two. BUTCHERS MAY PTJSIIESS With meat prlcea floarlnp Into tho realms of iuxury. Ogden is apparently poising on the verge of soojo form of vegetarianism. Peanut butter, vulcanized vul-canized "pork chops," "mock tenderloins," tender-loins," veal cutlota a la Bessemer and cereal concoctions to within an Inch of your life will shortly be the accepted ac-cepted menu In all well rognlated famlll, wbll most of our erstwhile butchers will take up tD0 gentle prao-tlce prao-tlce of medicine and genera surgery. Not only sre the consumers complaining com-plaining at tho "outrageous- prlco. but It is a fact that several local re-tall re-tall meat men are seriously contemplating contem-plating a suspension of their business until a change In moat prices Is secured se-cured for tho better. Prominent retailers stated last evening that they had been paying 9 cent per pound for beef the preceding week and that they expected the price would rise to 9 H cents this morning; morn-ing; possibly higher. The accepted reason for theso prices is the high cost of feed, hay having sold until a few weeks ago at $14 per ton. The scarcity of feed ! due largely large-ly to the hard winter. whlcJi forced stockmen to descend with their flocks j to the lower valleys and procure hay j dnrln a ocneldeTable lcugth of tlm ' when In ordinary 7" tt,e 8toc,t would hanj ooatlnwd to f&od la tho |