The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-06
THIS WEEKS MARKETS.
LOCAL BUSINESS PICKING UP WITH
STEADY DEMAND.
Butter Very Scarce ut an Advance
of Three Cents Per POund-Cali-
fOrnia Oranges Now on the Mar
ket.

the past week nave been picking UP,
and there is now steady demand for
late vegetables, fresh California fruits
and other new stuff that is arriving
daily. The markets display quantities
OF good things and the careful house
wife need find no difficulty in selecs-
ing an excellent menu TOR her house
hold.
Inc dealers report a steady increase
IN business, turkeys, ducks and chick
ems beng in demand A fine carload
OF California fruit arrived yesterday
and among the carload were many CT
anges which found a ready sale in
the stores. Eggs are advancing as the
supply is rather short at this season CT
the year Fresh ranch eggs are in de-
mand. The runor that New York
oysters were diseased has not affected
the demand for them and the price
remains steady. Live stock prices are
about The same as last week There
Is great deal of game on sale but
prices are cutie high and most of the
| buying is being done by the hotel men
Shrimps are quite plentiful and find
many buyers. Sweet fall celery is also
in abunrance, and boxes of fresh FISH
are o-tered by the fish dealers. iiutter
took q jump of cents in the last week
Wholesale Live stock.
The live stock market is moderately
active, cattle ranging from 2 to 25s
cents; common to good muttons
brought from 81 to 1925. Veal was in
moderate demand, few sales being
made at $50 Dressed lambs were ac-
tive, bringing 6 to cents
The demand for hogs was good sew
eral sales being made at $3.50 per hun.
dred pounds.
Hay and Grain.
The hay and grain market was quite
active. The following prices reigning:
Flour, $1.10 to $1.4O; oats, 81 per 100;
wheat, 30 cents corn. 81: chopped corn.
$1.05 to $1.10; barley, 20 to so cents; al
falfa, 81 per ton; timothy, 50.
Game.
Ducks and jack rabbits were plenti-
full. Jack rabbits being 81 per dozen
or 10 cents each; turkeys Wholesale at
l21a, retail 10 cents per pound; chick
ems, u to Is cents per pound; grouse,
81 per dozen; sage hens, 81 per dozen;
pheasants, $3.50 per dozen; quail, 121a
cents; eastern quail, % cents each or
$3.50 per dozen; California quail, 81. %
per dozen; teal ducks, $1.35 per dozen
or % cents per pair; mallard ducks, 30
medium ducks. 1925 per dozen, or 40
to 80 cents per pair; cotton tail rab-
bits, $3.50 per dozen.
Dairy Products.
Dairy products are very much on the
raise and future prospects are very en-
couraging Butter advanced cents
since last week; cold storage eggs are
selling at about ST per case Good
fresh eggs are in demand and on the
raise
Retail Markets.
The following are the prices in the
retail markets for the week ending
December 5:
Salmon, 10 to % cents per pound ;
sturgeon, II cents; founders, 10 cents
soles. Is cents; perch, 10 cents; king
fish, Is cents; catfish, Is cents; smelts,
Is cents; mountain trout, % cents
lake trout, 90 cents; pike, 20 cents;
pickerel, 20 cents; pompeno, 80 cents;
halibut, Is cents; herring, 10 to 20
cents; ,mackerel, 20 cents each; shad, 10
cents per pound; crabs, 80 to 40 cents
each; Holsters, 20 cents per pound.
Oysters.
Extra select so cents per can; clans.
50 cents per dozen; Bluepoints, 50 cents
per dozen; New York Counts, S. per
gallon.
Meats and Poultry.
Steaks, 8 to is cents per pound
boiling beef. to cents per pound !;
roast beef, to 10 cents; lambs, s to Is
cents: pork and beef sausage, 12A
cents; chickens, turkeys, and geese, 10
cents; choice pork sausage, Is cents;
pork, to 1919 cents; weinerwerst, 121a
cents.
California Fruits.
Yesterday the first car load of Cali
fornia oranges arrived, and are whole
sailing at $3.50 per box; bodied seed
lings, $3.50 to 1910 per box; fancy
California seedless lemons, S. to $3.50
per box; bananas, S1.75 to $3.50 per
bunch; cocoanuts, $3.50 to SIS per 100 or
81 to $1.25 per dozen: fancy red ap-
pies. 81 to $1.25 per box; Mandrin
oranges bring $3.50 per case; California
lemons. So to $3.50 per case; Macaws,
So to $3.50 per case; cranberries, 5000
to s11 per barrel; navel oranges, 81 80
to So per case; seedlings, $9.75 to 81 per
case; sweet potatoes are wholesaling
at 2 cents per pound or pounds for %
cents retail.
Groceries.
The grocery business is enjoying q
better business this week than last,
notwithstanding the fact that Thanks
giving greatly assisted last week S
business.
The candy stores also are doing a
r1l1ch hetter business than at this, time