Beavers and Fur Trade Drive Utah's Big Industry
Utah's fur industry, a major state segment, trims its trapping and sorting as semi annual fur sales approach. About 500 beaver hides linger in game vaults while trappers are urged to submit remaining pelts for sale after the new year. Musk rat profits are expected near 100 000 dollars, with beaver revenue around 40 000. Prices have fallen since 1946 47, with beaver and muskrat pelts sold in trapper lots to ensure better care and higher returns for trappers. State and trapper shares are specified, licenses available to hunters seasonally, and landowner permits used to manage beaver damage with state department oversight.
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Utah
Game Department
Henry Slaugh
Pupervicor
Muskratch
Slaugh
Balti Nouakrate
Tulletrippet
Thia
Baby Bottle Warmer Sparks Portable Car Power Use
A new baby bottle warmer is designed to plug into a car cigarette lighter socket, enabling on the road feeding warmth. The device promises quick heating while in transit, highlighting portable care for infants on travel and follow on consumer tech for parents.
Oil Drilling Activities Reported Around Ashley Structure
Oil work resumes after holidays with Griffith Co setting a new derrick 300 yards southeast of Thomas Hall No 1. Drilling to begin after year start. Ashley structure activity expected when weather permits. Seaboard Old Co and Kerr-McGee Drilling Co crews active nearby. Beard and Robbins Drilling Co. kept at 6300 feet. Ben Slaugh farm site shows derrick setup. Ouray crew observed in town.
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Griffith Co
Ashley
Ouldlala
Seaboard Old Co
Ouray
Kerr- McGee Drilling Co
Beard and Robbins Drilling Co
Equity Oil Co
Ben Slaugh
Meter Installation Aims To Solve Water Problem
City officials advocate water meters to curb waste and ensure steady pressure. Meters expected to reduce reliance on water hours and balance yearly revenues. Owners pay for losses due to neglect. rates not raised, with $46 per project including meter and installation. Installation planned between curbs and sidewalks. committee members listed.
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Taylor
C.R. Hopkins
Eugene Welst
William Slaugh
Inauguration plans swirl for Truman era pageant and crowds
The 1949 inaugural week will run January 16 to 23 in Washington with 750,000 expected visitors. Melvin D. Hildearth chairs the event, the grandstand costs $80,000 and Congress funds the main expense. Hotels raise rates and housing is tight, with 12,000 hotel rooms and 100,000 private rooms sought for guests.
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Vysserroron
Sines Franklin
Hoosevelt
Bank
Abdouss
Trenian
Jam. M
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Capitol
Melvin D. Hildreth
Ringling Brothers
Congress
Villers
Truman
Lcensed
Bome
Pullman
Traini
Baltimore
Utah Egg Market Sees Low Profit and Rising Prices
A Utah State Agricultural College survey shows average profit per dozen eggs over 20 years near .027 cents in Utah with production costs moving from .178 to .462 per dozen from 1933 to 1948. Prices paid to producers ranged from .16 in 1933 to .513 last year, while feed use rose as poultry menus improved and Salt Lake processing plant expansion drew nationwide attention. Turkey prices also trended upward after Thanksgiving, signaling a shifting, uncertain economic outlook influenced by policy and international factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah State Agricultural College
Utah
H. M. Backhurst
Utah Poultry and Farmers. Co-operative
Salt Lake
Utah Poultry and Farmers Cooperative
American Egg and Poultry Review
Pacific Poultryman
United Press
Charlie Rudd
United States
Uie
To Mpet
Small Logging Town Builds a Debt-Free War Memorial
Drain Oregon a town of under a thousand inhabitants completed a debt free war memorial costing over 100000 dollars with donated labor. The project features a concrete tennis court a baseball diamond floodlights and a 75000 swimming pool and bath house. The memorial fund was built from wartime scrap drives donations and auctions. Town residents even sold coupons to fund cement for the pool and grade pupils sold 450 coupons in one afternoon.
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Drain
Oregon
Douglas County
War Memorial
James Whipple
War Memorial Committee
Memorial Fund
War ‘Memorial Committee
Brad
Arbor Day Observance Expanded Across States
Arbor Day, once fixed nationwide, now celebrated on varied dates in many states as leading horticultural groups push tree planting nationwide. Presidents since its inception 76 years ago have urged the holiday and its springtime mission.
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United States
Bruce fever tops list of zoonotic diseases from animals
Bruce disease is a leading zoonosis in humans, common among farmers and handlers of stock, especially during animal parturition. It can spread via direct contact and through consumption of raw milk. Breed samples may be taken for diagnosis, and medical attention is crucial.
Switchman Loses Both Feet and Hands in Sudden Accident
Kenneth R. Shields, a two year old switchman from Moline Illinois, overslept and rushed toward a Rock Inland freight train near his home. He slipped while trying to board and was injured severely. He was taken to the hospital where both legs were amputated. His employer had attempted to warn him not to report to work.
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Moline
Ill
Kenneth R. Shields
Shields
Area's Oldest Releases at 9 Continues on Page 1
Fragmented OCR notes list names and places including Mrs Mary At Weed Salt Lake City Mrs Violet Desk Hiawatha Carrier County Nellie Hathaway Elsie Senlih and others. Prayers offered by Landen Richard Rus and others. Memorial service details reference Vernal and the Third ward.
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Landen
Richard Rus
Mat Auier
Gating Lo
Les
She Manwaring
Lewis Gard
Increase in egg production cited by Utah farmers coop
Clyde C. Edmonds general manager of Utah only gods Farmers Cooperative reports a 5 percent rise in eggs with 3 percent fewer chickens since November last year. The start of the more efficient production program in 1835 is credited to breeding and feeding improvements.
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Clyde C. Edmonds
Utah Only Gods Farmers Cooperative
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