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Show PRODUCE MEN STRIVE TO GREET TRAVELERS Stands on Market Row Will Present Pretty Spectacle Thursday Morning. ' j Dealers or. Market row bad but very little spare time on their hands Wcdncs- j day. for. In addition to business being considerably heavier than usual, every avallahlo moment was required for the ! completion of the decorating of the stalls for the big U. C. T. celebration, which begins Thursday. Each dealer is endeavoring en-deavoring to make his stand look the prettiest, and the result will represent a great deal of hardCwork. "A large consignment of California new potatoes was a welcome" arrival, and the ' doinanil for the vegetables was largo, much :noro so than for the I.'tnh product, which as yet retnahui rather (Scarce. I Another tumble was noticed Wednesday Wednes-day In tho quotations on Utajt strawberries. strawber-ries. The fruit retailed at 10 and 125 cents a box. The ' Hood Rlvor variety was rather fcarce .at 15 cents a- box. out two carloads, however, are promised for the latter part of the week, tho arrival of which. It Is expected, will tend to rc-duco rc-duco the price. Cantaloupes are coming In moro freely than over before so early in the. season. Although tho price remains unchanged 15 and 20 cents each the variety Is becoming be-coming larger and the quality better. Watermelons are also plentiful for so early !n Jhc season. Tho price of these, too, ronmlns the same. |