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Show GOOD TIGS FOB MTH Housewives Will Find the Local Market Well Stocked Today. FISH VENDORS HAVE ALL KINDS OF SUPPLIES Utah Poultry Off the Market, and the Substitute Gomes From Kansas. ITouscwIvos will .find the local market well stocked- today with everything that goes to make a Sunday dinner and, what is more important, these provisions will for the most part be fresh, for the merchants mer-chants had nearly closed out their supplies sup-plies Friday morning and have since received re-ceived new goods. Business was rather brisk Friday, considering con-sidering the fact that it preceded the day for which the hoavlestjbuylng of the week Is reserved and as might be expected, ex-pected, tho greatest activity centered about the fish market. Since railroad traffic resumed its normal condition tho fish vendors have experienced no dif- j ficulty in getting all kinds of supplies, but they are complaining about not being be-ing ablo to keep one of their side lines that of poultry. Utah poultry Is off tho market entirely and the only thing that is being offered as a substitute is an importation from Kansas. Bnt even this Is limited, inasmuch as the supply Is limited lim-ited to dressed hens. They are selling at 22 cents a nound. The following provisions will be found on tho market today at the prices quot-' cd: California lettuce, 10 cents a bunch; Utah lottucc, 5 cents a bunch; rhubarb, 4 pounds for 10 cents; onions. 2 bunches for 0 cents; green peas, 20 cents a pound; string beans, 25 cents a pound: cabbage, 6 cents a pound; asparagus, 12j cents a pound; carrots, 5 cents a bunch; tomatoes, 20 cents a pound; new potatoes. pota-toes. 2 pounds for 25 cents; artichoke, 2 for 25 cents. Oranges, from 20 to 60 cents a dozen; bananas, from 25 to 40 cents a dozen; strawberries, fine grade, 20 cents a box; blackberries, 25 cents a box. raspberries, 25 cents a box; pineapples, 40 cents each; lemons, from 25 to 30 rents a dozen; cherries, 30 cents a pound; grnpc fruit, 10 cents each. LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS. Chicago. CHICAGO. May 10. Cattle Receipts, 1500; market steady, beeves, $4.30(fiG.45; cows, $1.80(3)4 S5; heifers, 52.605.30; calves, $4.256.00; good to prime steers, $5.406.45, poor to medium. S4.305.35; stockers and feeders, S2.905.10. Hogs RecelpLs. 15.000; market 5c higher; high-er; light, $6.20(71)6.571; mixed, S6-30(fJ6.55; heavy. 5G.10iJT)6,521 ; rough heavy. $6.10 6.25; pigs, 55.90fo6.40: good to choice heavy, S6.40(Jt)G.521. Sheep Receipts, 5000: market sieadv; native- and Western, 54.50ig'6.S0: yearlings, yearl-ings, ?G.75tf?7.65; lambs, ?6.503)S.70; Western, .?6. 50(5:8.75. , Omaha. OMAHA. May 10 Receipts. 1000; market .steady. Native steers. S4.40 5,90; cows and heifers, $3.00(g'5.10; Western steers. $2.50S'5.30; stockors and fcodcrs. $3.005.00; calves, $3.005.50; bulls and stags, $2.25tf?4.65. HogsReceipts. 5000; market 5f?10c higher. Heavy. $6.25jflG.37b; mixed. $0.30 ((5)6.35; light. Si.356.45; pigs, $G.500.25. Sheep Receipts, 1500; market steady. Yearlings. S6.5087.65; wethers. S6.25(?D 7.00; ewes, $5.506.75: lambs, $7.50S.G0. Kansas Oity. KANSAS CITY. May 10. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 1000; market steady; natlo steers. $4.75g)6.20; stockers and feeders. $3.755.20; bulls, ?3.15(&4.50; calves, $3.50 5.50. Western-fed steers, $4.405.60; Wf-stern-fcd cows, $3. 25 4.75. Hogs Receipts, 9000; market 5c higher; high-er; heavy. $6.324(?J)6.371; packers. $G.35i) 6.47J: light. $G.400.50; pigs, S3.257J)5.75". Sheep Receipts, 2000; market rteadv. muttons, $5.50(J?.'6.75; lambs. $7.25BS.00; range wethers, ?5,307.00; fed ewes,' $5.00 56.75. St. Joseph. ST. JOE. May 10. Cattle Receipts, 100; steady; natives. $ 1.507)6.25 : cows and heifers, $2.005Jj4.75; stockers and feeders. feed-ers. $3,750)4.80. Hogs Receipts. 5000; market 10c higher; high-er; top, $6.50; buki of sales. $6.40(?)6.47J. rAiiJ!PT.noc'2ls- 1S00' Urm; lambs, 5S.2o$.0o; yearlings. ?6.006.50. i Government Crop Report. WASHIN'NGTON", May 10. The official crop report, Issued today at 12:30 p. m. by tho Department of Agriculture, covering cover-ing the period up to May 1, 1907. was as follows: Winter wheat, condition S2.9. Area remaining under cultivation, 2S,-133.000. 2S,-133.000. Winter rye, condition 8S. Meadow growing lands. S3 6. Spring pastures, condition 79.6. Spring plowing contemplated. 71.5. Spring planting, 47 per cent, actually done up to May I, 1907. The .area of winter wheat remaining In cultivation May 14 is 11.2 per cent, or I about 3,533.000 acres less than the area reported sown last fall, and o per cent, or about 1.46S.000 acres less than the area of winter wheat reported as harvested last year. The average condition of the growing winter wheat crop on May I, namely, S2,9, Is compared in the report with 89.9 on April 1. 1907; 90.1 on Mav 1 1906; 82.0 on May 1, 1905. and S5.5, 'tho moan of the May averages for the last ten years. The average condition of meadow mowing mow-ing lands on May 1 was S3.6. against 92 0 on May 1, 1006: 03.3 on May 1. 1905, and 90.4 the mean of the May averages of the last ten year?. The average 'condition of spring pastures pas-tures on May 1 was 79.6. against 91.4 on May 1, 1906.; 92.3 on May 1. 19(15. and S9.6 the mean of the May averages of tho lat ten ycani. The 47.0 per cent of spring planting reported re-ported as having been completed on Mav i Is compared with 53 per cent a year ago. Boosts Wheat in Chicago. CHICAGO, May 10 The Government crop report, declaring that the area under winter wheat cultivation is about 3,535.-000 3,535.-000 less than reported as sown last, fall, caused tho price of wheat, on an already strong market, to advunce Immediately. Within half an hour of the publication of the orop report July wheat advanced from Sic to S7ijc Tt trailers were slow to grasp tho full significance of the Government figures but when I hoy did so general buying spt In on all sides, and the price advanced strongly, July reaching 883c. Minneapolis Wheat. MINNEAPOLIS, May 10 Wheat lU. . P1 4c September. 91jtc: No. 1 hard. 0i&)94Jc; No. 1 Northern, 93(fr93Jc- No Northern, 915791e; No. 3 Northern, SU 5SSc. Liverpool Wheat. MVTJRPOOU May lO.-CIftse: Wheat May. OS sart; July, 6s 7d; September, Oe fine110 woat,,cr ln J3nBland today was |