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Show MARKET ROW MEN One or Two,. However, Will Remain Re-main at Their Posts Regardless Regard-less of Conditions. SHORTAGE OF POTATOES IS'PRESENT EXPERIENCE Strawberries Are Deteriorating, hut Raspberries Arc Coni-ing Coni-ing in Regularly. Nearly nil of the business men on Market Mar-ket Row have decided to celebrate today, to-day, a few did not know Wednesday whether they would. close their eutablish-mcnts eutablish-mcnts and ono or two declarod emphatically emphati-cally that they would remain at their posts regardless of patronago and climatic cli-matic conditions. Some of the stalls will be. closed all day, but the majority will minister to the wants of their customers cus-tomers 'until about 11 o'clock thi3 forenoon. fore-noon. Considering this fact, It might bo well for all stewards whose larllors aro not already well filled to make tholr purchases this forenoon. Business on Wednesday was bettor than usual, and this was probably duo to tho propinquity of the Fourth tho housewives will honor the nation's holiday, no matter how tho day la npent by tho provision merchants. Tho local market Is at present experiencing experi-encing a shortage In new Utah potatoes. Wednesday afternoon thero were not two bushels on the entire row and an effort to procure tho product Jn .bushel quantities quant-ities proved futile. According to tho fnrmors who markot goods on tho row, tho home-grown potato will bo a delicacy del-icacy this year, since the crop was badly bad-ly damaged by froDt and delayed by cold weather. It is eald that this delay prevented pre-vented sprouting and Instead of being removed re-moved from the vine as Is customary tho tubers cling close to the vine. They are selling at 0 cents a pound. Strawberries aro fast deteriorating and aro arriving on the market In greatly diminished quantities. The change In the weather conditions Is causing the few berries that remain unpicked to ripen too fast and consequently they are exceedingly exceed-ingly delicate when they reach tho market. mar-ket. Tho price romalns unchanged 10 and 12 cents a box. Raspberries are arriving ar-riving in large quantities and aro much-In much-In demand. They are selling at 10 rents a box. Among tho new arrivals Wednesday Wednes-day wero shipments of California peaches and California plums. Both are retailing at 20 cents a pound. Conditions on the liah and vogetnble markets underwent no change Wednesday. LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS. Chicago. CHICAGO, July 3. Cattle Receipts. 13.000. Market, steady to 10c higher. Beeves, $4.70tfi7.l5; cows, $1.755.00; heifers, $2.604v5 00; calves, $5.007.76: good to prime steers, S5.75fji7.15-. poor to medium, $4.705.G5; stackers and feeders. feed-ers. $2.9005.25. Hoga Receipts. 31.000. Markot. 5"10c lower. Light, $5.S06.15; mixed. $5.80SJi G.10; heavy, 35.106.00; rough. S5.40 5.70; pigs, $5.40ifJ6.00; good to choice heavy, ?5.50S)G.OO; bulk of sales, 5.80 C.O0. SheepReceipts, 13,000. Market, strong to 10c higher. Natives, SI.00G.55; Western, $4,000)0.10; yearlings, ?6.10 G.75; lambs, ?5.50Q7.70; Western, Su.oO (JP7.75. Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, July 3. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 3000 Market, strong to 10 cents higher. Native steers, 4.50G.75, native cows and heifers. J2.755.25; stackers and feeders. $3.25Q)5,00; bulls. S2.75CP5.10; calves, $4.00fi6.25: Western-red steers. ?4.256.G0; Western-fed cow3, 33.00 I'llogs Receipts, 10,000. Market, 510c 1 higher. Bulk of sales. $n.905.0il; 1 hcaw, $5.S55.92t,; packers, So.90(g'G.00; pigs "and light. $5,9066.00. I Sl100pnecclpts, 3000. Market, steady. Muttons, Sf-.OO'G 00; lambs, 5625(5)7. 65; range wethers, ? i.755.75; (cd ewes, $4.25G'5.25. Omaha. f OMAHA. July 3. Cattle Receipts. 3900. Market, steady to 10c higher. Native Na-tive steors. 34.75fD6.75: cows and heifers. $3.00tf?5.00. Western steer, S3.60u.40; Texas steers, S3.004.50; cows and helf-rs helf-rs S2.50ff?1.35; canners, $2.003.00; scockers and feeders, S3.00j.75; calves, $3.25G.25; bulls and stags, 3.00o.Jo. Hogs Receipts, 14.000. Markct. 10c lower. Heavy, S5.55ffG.75; mixed, t"-0 5 75; light. S5.775((f5.90. pigs, 5i.-oy-5o: bulk of sales. ?5.705.77J. Sheep Receipts. 2000. Market, standy-.Yearlings. standy-.Yearlings. ?5.75C.25: . wethers. $a.00 6.05; ewes, $4.50u.25: lambs, 50.00 6.75. St. Joseph. ST JOE. July 3. Cattle Roceipts, 1900; market active, steady to strong; natives, 54.507.00; cows and he ers. $2.255-60; stackers and feeders, S3.50fJ' '''Hogs-Receipts. 10.600; mostly 10c low-er- ton. 55.95; bulk of s;iles. $o.S;3)o.00. Sheep Receipts, 300; market steady, ' yearlings. S5.506.00; wethers. So.2oo.i5; ewes, $1.75Q'5 50 1 St. Louis Wool. ST. LOUIS. July 3. Wool steady: medium med-ium grades, combing and clothing. Ju 6"c; light fine. 22B23c: heavy fine, lo Qii7c; tub-waalied, 3O036c. Now York Produce. NEW YORK, July 3. Butter, steady, unchanged. t ISkes, firm, unchanged. Cheese, steady, unchanged. |