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Show EGGS GO TO 50 GENTS Were Twelve Dollars a Case Wholesale Yesterday. VERY FEW ON THE MARKET Cold Storage Supply Exhausted and Fresh Eggs Not to Bo Had AH Shipments From Eastern Points Snapped Up by Hotel and Eestau. rant Proprietors Poultry AIbo Ijj Scarce, Spring Chickens Selling at) 17 1-Z Cents nnd Turkeys at 20 Cents Creameiy Butter 25 Cents, Those who doubt thit the raising of poultry would be a profitable ventuto In Utnli wore probably not called upon lo Invest In elthr eggs or poultry on) the bait Lake market jesterday. ' 3Vhit nre eggs worth today?' waaj asked of an obliging dealer on Market low vesterday morning. Twelve dollar" a oase, wholesale,'" waa the bland reply, which Informa. tlon nearly took the breath ot tha ciucetloner. NO GOOD REASON FOIl IT. Then a dissertation ensued as to tha cause of this advance, which Is about "i per case higher than they have been quoted this winter, and the pith ot the opinion of the dealer as to why It was necessary for Utah to Import poultrj an! eggs was that the peoplo of the State nre "Just too lazy" to give chickens the proper care to make them a profitable Investment The dealer sild 'Theie Is no good reason In tho world why at this season of the year residents of Utah should be compellel to 1 ay frnm 15 to 20 cents a pound for chickens, while In Knnais, where most of the chickens now on slO here are bought by the wholesalers, they nre plentiful at 5 and 6 cents a pound, and eggs at 15 cents a dozen." Kfins VI311Y scAitcn. Very few cases of eggs were to bo found on the market yesterday In fact several of the dealers did not hive one on hand 3V!iat few were to be had were quickly picked up by hotels, res taurnnttc, etc. leaving the market com-' parntlvel) barren of this very neces. siry article of food Poultry was likewise like-wise tcarce. hens Belling at IS cents a pound, spring chickens nt I'M cents; roasters, ;o rents, turkeys, 20 cents; lueiBirrs, .ii cents, luraeyn, zu cents; ducks 11 cents, geese, 16 cents a pound. Twenty-five cents per pound ls asked for the best creamery butter, and from 16 to 23 cents for ranch butter. Cauliflower retails at 15 and 20 cents a head, Ilrursels sprouts 15 cents a pound, Bplnach, four pounds for a quarter: quar-ter: lettuce, 5 cents a head, radishes and onions, 5 cents a bunch: celery, 5 cents a stick, pieplant, two pounds for n quarter, potatoes, 90 cents to it per bushel: sweet potatoes, six pounds for a quarter. No change Is noted In the prices ot staple nrtloles to bo had of flour and Eraln merchants The best grades of high patent Hour Bell at from J2 25 to 12 75 per hundredweight; tho straight gtado from $2 to 32 23 per hundred; bakers' grade from SI !K) to 32 per hundredweight hun-dredweight Tanners nie receiving II 15 per hundred for borlej , Jl 45 for oata. 7U to 7? cents for wheat; tl 25 for rjo, Jl 30 for corn $11 per Ion for loos timothy, ill to J12 fur lunoe ulfulfa, 7 to 75 cents per bushel for potatoes Choice fiosh nnd cured meats are letnlllnir nt the following figures Prime ribs of ronst, 15 to 17V4 cents a pound, steaks from 12V4 to 20 cents a lound, pork nnd mutton chops 13 cents, sans me nnd Hamburger stnaks 12'4 tentB, sliced ham, 20 cents, sliced bncon 20 ccnlB sweetbreads 40 cents a pound, c-ilvea" liver 20 cents a pound THICKS OF riSII. I'lsh eleilers joBterday had a plentiful plenti-ful supply of fresh fish and crustaceans, crusta-ceans, which they were otTerlng nt the following named prices' Striped basi, reel snoppers and s-ilmon, 17 1-2 cents a pound, halibut. 15 cents: sturgeon, fknle. California white herring, soles, flounders and hcrrlntr, two pounds for a qunrter: crabs, 25 nnd 10 cents each! lobsters, IS cents a pound; oj stern, U and fO cents n quart; blue points, 2$ cents a dozen, Hoekavvays, 60 cents a dozen. The variety and price of fruits are about the same na have prevailed for several weeks. Oranges of rather ant Inferior quality mny be had ns low as 10 rents a dozen, but the better ones range from 30 to 60 cents per dozen. Lemons nre felling at from 20 to 30 cents a dozen ns nro bananas Apples ranke from '2 50 to fl per barrel. Real Estate Transfers. Abstract of e Countv Recorder's of- flee Silt Lake Clly, telruary 17th: Gcnrgn J In) lor lo Dora 3Ionter. warranty deed lc,x3l from north-cist north-cist from IS feet esst of southwest south-west comer lot 1, hlock 139, plat A , ' J 1 SOD Andrew Simiielsnn to Chris Schwab, wnrrinlv deed Iota lii-17, block 3. Onldeti l'-irk ... TM Lrtllh Sheaimm In Itohert II Con-ham Con-ham wnrranty deed, lot J-i block 2 Heaths subdivision block 39, plat C . . 3o" w Joseph P Newman to Thomas IL H Hess warranty deed, M acres NL southwest quirltr southwest K quarter section 2, township 2 IU south range 1 east . . l H11I Iwird Investment compnny to Nnpnleon (le nerntrc, wnrranty drcri. lots 1-2, block 7, Arllohtoa . Heights .. a a 1 ranklln L Arnnl 1 to Otto Arnold, trustee w-irrnnty deed lot 10, H blick 50, Kinney O pint . I W Sumo to ('onstiiiitlnn p Arnold, t trustee wnrnnly deed, lot i", V Bi'raii 3l' B3'hite to Jnsephlilofl' H 33ood warranty deed, 7x2 rods U northweet rrom 2 tods south 10 9 rods wesl of norlheist corner of , . lot 1 block li 1.131 A .. . . W Thomas II Vvoodhury to Herbert M 'an Dam warrint) deed 117x75 feet southeast from northwest cor- M. n ner lot s block 4. 3-acre plat A .. 871 fj A r Holcl.n to 6110 Liefer, war- W nnl) deed, rist one-half lot 4, 1 block M, pl-it A . . . tm John 13 Illinois to same, wairanty deed 10x3 roda southeast from deed 10x3 man southeast from 71, rods cast of northwest corner , lot 5 block a", plat A lOOOtJ A Klopenstlne In Mu) P Klnpen-Bllne, Klnpen-Bllne, warranty deed, lot 1, block . 8, plat A 33 likes a lllngham ,. t Joanna Oregon to Jsmea H Hon. enberger, wirranty deed lots IS 14, block 1, JnrteiBOll sliest subdlvl- . slnn . Lucille II llnslgn In Annie 17 Mul-lo) Mul-lo) warranty deed, 40 feet b) 5 rods northeast from eojthwest . . corner lot 1, block 111, plat (1 .,13 I.dw II WickB to A 1" Holden, quit-claim deed east one halt lot , 4 blctk 1.' I lilt A Anna 1. 1 rlckson lo 33lillnm P. Affleck Jr. quit clnim deed, part . lot , hlock 40, plat II J Total 'H |