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Show NEVADA FARMERS HAVE CORNER ON POTATOES . Reno, Nev.. Jan. 28 Following the floods which ruined crops In California, Califor-nia, Nevada farmers are enjoying an Independent prosperity for they have a corner on potatoes and onions. In the last two weeks, commission merchants mer-chants representing California firms j I have been buying up local produce and . stocking the warehouses with the re- suit that the price of potatoes has in- j creased from $15 to $29 a ton. The price of onions shows a similar in-1 crease. Local merchants declare tho 1 price will go even higher, intimating j that potatoes will sell for as high as $50 a ton. |