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Show NO MORE DINNERS OF GAME AFTER TUESDAY WAR IN PRICE OF ORANGES IS STILL . WAGED BY DEALERS. The feature of the foreign fruit () market is the war in oranges. 0 which Is being indulged in by most 0 of the dealers. Some are Indlffer- 0 ent and are keeping out of it. A peculiar contrast Is offered when In 0 one atall navel oranges are marked 0 0 15 and 25 cents per dozen, while In Ofi the very next place of bualness 0 huge cards announce the fruit for 0 sale of the same kind and size for 10 and 16 cents per dozen. 0 per bunch and the latter two for 15 cents per pound. Cocoanuts are 5, 10 and 15 cents each, grape fruit at 10 cents each; bananas, 30 and 35 cents per dozen; lemons, 23 cents per dozen; dates, 12 cents per pound, and figs, 7 cents per pound. Oregon apples and Missouri pippins are the only representatives of this class of fruit on the market. They bring 6Vi cents per pound. Cranberries at 12 cents per quart, and cellar-raised rhubarb rhu-barb at 15 cents per pound are plentiful In the markets and complete the list of fruita. Following are the Jobbers quotations on hay, grain and straw: Oat straw, per bale, 30 to 35 cents; alfalfa, al-falfa, $11; timothy, per ton, baled, $14 to $104.50; wheat, per bushel; 90 cents to $1; corn, per hundredweight, $1.30 to $1.35; corn, cracked, $1.35 to $1.40; oats. $1.50 to $1.55; rolled oats, $1.60 to $1.65; barley, rolled, $1.30; flour, bakers. No. 1, $2.20 to $2.30; flour, straight grade, $2.30 to $2.40; flour, high patent, $2.50 to $2.60; rye. $2.60; graham flour. $2.40 to $2.50; commeal, $1.80 to $2; bran. $1 to $1.10; bran and shorts, $1.10 to $1.15. Open Season for Ducks and Geese Drairs to a Close; Birds Are of Poor Quality. From the poor demand for game it would appear that Salt Lakers either do not fancy that kind of meat, or else do not know that the spring shooting period will close on next Tuesday, after which time it will be Impossible to purchase any wild ducks or geese until next October. Oc-tober. The supply during th past month, when the season was open, was not great, but It was more than equal to the demand. The -quality of the ducks, however, was not as good as when the fall shooting began, the birds being small and poor. A shipment of two dozen geese received re-ceived by a local dealer yesterday are about the finest specimens seen on the market for many a day. They came from the Bear river district, and weigh from eight to fifteen pounds, selling at 1"V cents per pound. About half the shipment has already been disposed of. There is a fair supply of wild ducks on the narket, which bring from 30 cents each to 35 cents per pair, according to quality. There are no tame geese or ducks on the market, and not more than a dozen 1 turkeys. The latter bring 25 cents per pound. Chickens in Demand. Chickens of roasting size find a ready market at from 17 to 20 cents per dozen, doz-en, the demand being about equal to the supply. No Increase in the price of meat is noted today, though dealers predict a rise before another week. The increase was expected three weeks ago, whn the Russo-Japanese war began, and prices had raised in the East, but it has failed to materialize. Some of the dealers say that meat at wholesale rates has Increased In-creased somewhat, though not enough to cause & raise in the retail figures. Roast beef is quoted at 22 and 25 cents per pound; mutton, from 5 to 20 cents per pound, depending on the cut; porterhouse steaks, 20 cents; round steak, 12 cents; ribs of beef. 15 to 20 cents: bacon, 25 cents; ham, 20 cents a pound. Every One Can Buy Eggs. The supply of eggs continues to Increase In-crease arid the prices to tumble correspondingly. corre-spondingly. Good fresh farm eggs can now be purchased for 20 cents per dozen, as compared with 45 cents for' the same quantity two weeks age. An Inferior grade can be purchased for 17 cents per dozen, or two dozen for 35 cents. The big demand for salmon- this week and the difficulty in securing even a fair supply has almost depleted the market. This fish brings 20 cents per pound. Regular dally consignments of black bass fresh from Utah lake have been received by one dealer this week. This fish costs only 5 cents per pound, as does also carp, which comes from the same place. Halibut is still 20 cents per pound. There la still a small quantity of mountain trout on. the market, retailing at 40 cents per pound. New York oysters, oys-ters, counts, are quote at $1.60 per hundred. hun-dred. Sturgeon brings 15 cents per pound. Pompano Is 25 cents per pound; claims, 35 cents per dozen; bonlto. barracuda, barra-cuda, shad, codfish, catfish, sea bass and smelts all bring 14 cents per pound. Butter Should Be Cheaper. Creamery butter remains at 25 cents per pound, the demand being hardly equal to the supply. Ranch butter brings 17 and 20 cents for the same quantity. Another decrease is looked for shortly In the price of the latter. The vegetable market Is utterly devoid de-void of features this week. As yet Utah radishes, lettuce and other early spring stuff have pot made their appearance. ap-pearance. There is a fa(r demand for parsnips at 65 cents per bushel; turnips, beets and carrots bring 60 cents for the same quantity, while yellow danvers and sil-verskin sil-verskin onions sell at 25 cents per peck. California radishes, green onions, lettuce, let-tuce, parsley, artichokes and bru peels sprouts continue on the market, though the supply is scarcely equal to the demand. de-mand. The first three sell for 5 cents |