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Show OAKLAND BUYU G EGGS 'J Oakland. Cal.. April 8. In a vast jj co operative movement to if ivc the storage egg a black eye, the people flf of Oakland, through the Chamber of " Commerce, have placod an order with - Petaluma chicken ranchers for 350,- t u 000 dozen eggs a month. The c?gs, 'M the order specifies, must be absolute- 1 ly fresh and so guaranteed, and Pet- aluma has answered that this will fern be the case. While California is one of the sreat- M est of egg-producing states, it does not raise enough, by millions, to sup- ply Its yearly demand, and eggs come here from tho east by the thousands at of cases. These cos', practically as much as the fresh laid oues of this m state and Oakland residents, by plac- ing the hu?c order, can get the ad- vantage of wholesale shipping rates that will bring the cost equal to or if i lower than the price of the storase ,' 1 article. j I Practicallv verv grocer in Oakland has agrec.1 toi the plnn and the eggs 51 will be distributed among them on arrival, each ) taking what he caa handle. ( m |