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Show LENT INCREASES DEMAND FOR FISH Local Dealers Find Difficulty in Supplying Trade Eastern Hens Go "Well. Tho Lenten season Is having a very noticeable no-ticeable effect on tho fish trado. Commission Com-mission houses havo very largely Increased In-creased their regular orders and aro yet hardly ablo to copo with tho demand from retailers, many of whom aro buying more thai double tho quantities that wcro needed before. Fairly good ahlpaients of salmon wcro received yesterday, whloh relieved tho situation considerably. Trado In poultry Is also very good, tho Eastorn chickens belns: picked up as qulcklv as they arrive. Eggs are still on thc downgrade down-grade in price, a few sales having been mado yesterday as low ns 56.50 a case. Among tho new arrivals ln fruits and vegetables yesterday wore carload lots of cabbages and oranges and lajgo shipments ship-ments of tomatoes. Tho prices aro unchanged. un-changed. Hay, Grain and Straw. (JOBBERS' QUOTATIONS.) Oat straw, per bale 5 .305? .35 Alfalfa, 11.00 Timothy, per ton, baled 14.0O314.60 Wheat, per bushol 85 .90 Corn, per cwt 1.25 Corn,- cracked l.y) Oa-Xs , 1.40J 1.45 Rolled oats 1.50 Barley, rolled 1.25 Flour, bakers' No. 1 ' 2.10 Flour, straight grade ;.. 2.20 Flour, high patent 2.40 Graham Hour 2.30 Cornmeal 2.00 Bran 1.00 Bran and shorts 1.10 Meats. Dressed beef, per pound 5 .06 f.07 Dressed pork, per pound .07 Dressed veal, per pound .03 Dressed mutton, per pound 06 .07 Dressed lamB, per pound .07 Poultry. Dressed hens, per pound J ,1C Dressed turkeys, per pound 23 Ducks, per pound .17 Springs IS Lle poultry, hens, per pound 11 Live spring chickens... 15 Fruits. Clown of Malno lemons, per box J3.50774.25 California oranges, per box ..... 2.00f?2.75 Utah apples, per bushel 1.23ttl.B0 .Lemons, per box 3.503J4.50 Oregon apples, per box 1.60 Figs and dates 6ce Sc, 10c Vegetables. Winter potatoes, per cwt...,.,.. J 1.25 Utah onions 3.00 Utah celery, per dozen .SOQ100 California sweet potatoes, per pound .03.0I Cabbages, per 100 3 00&J. 50 Cauliflower .12 Parsnips, per 1(0 1.10 Carrots -85 Boots 1 00 Turnips 100 Green onions, per doz 35J .40 Lettuce 403I .60 Dairy Products. Butter, per pound S .21 Cheese, per pound .12 Eggs, per case 7.00Q 7.50 Fancy cnccsc, per pound...... .13 Comb honey, per crate 5.00 Strained honey, per pound.... .J7 Sweltzer cheese, per pound.... .18 Fresh Fish. Stcelhead salmon, por pound 5 .15 Halibut, por pound 12 Striped bass, per pound 12 Shad, per pound .'ix Mountain trout, per pound '-SO Soles, per pound 09 Flounders, per pound .09 California smelts, per pound 12 Codfish, per pound .13 Catfish, per pound 12 Perch, per pound -10 Lobsters, per pound .15 New York oysters (counts), per 100 l- Utah carp and mullet..., .00 Perch 12 Bea bass |