The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-05-18
Wheat Market is Strong and
Large Lots Are Chang
ing Hands.
STRAWBERRIES SCARCE
Quotations From New York, Chicago,
san Francisco, Portland and
Elsewhere.
Spokane. wash. May a.

Spokane, Wash, May IA.
Yesterday was an ordinarily busy day
In local trade circles. The wheat market
continues firm. and there are frequent
sales Of large lots. The Centennial Mill
Company bought 5000 bushels yesterday
at 30 cents in bulk. Large lots, sacked,
sell readily at 3S cents in the country.
THE wheat is not all out of the coun-
try yet by any means" said Moritz
Thompson, Of the Centennial mills yester-
day, although buyers contend that it is.
We have been offered about 100000 bushels
at 50 and IS cents"
There were no California strawberries
to amount to anything in the market yes
terday. the delay I'M shipments being due
to rains. supply is expected in this af-
ternoon.
Yesterdays local market quotations
were follows:
Wheat-A No. /, dry bulk. S5c; country,
sacked. 3Sc.
F'lour-Plansifter, $3.50; Superb. S235;
Gold Drop, S235; our Best, S2.35.
Spokane breakfast cereals-Rolled oats,
per barrel So per BALE $2.75; wheat man
ma, in bulk. 75-lb. box, 81; per case, 50;
rye -four 81 per barrel. farina, 500 per
bale of 100 pounds.
Feed-Bran and shorts, per ton. IS;
clear shorts. 50; straight bran. ton. $3.50;
chopped barley, per ton, $l2Q13; oats, per
ton, S15.50Q1650; chicken feed, ton, s9qlO;
timothy hay, Nd75O; grain hay. S6q6.5O.
zoe; Cheney creamery, 2OQ2lc; butterine,
! creamery, 1Sd20c: butterine. dairy, 1Slhc;
country butter, in rolls, per pound, lOMl2c;
cheese, twins, skim milk, per pound
( &c; cheese. Cheney, full cream, lie;
/ eggs, ranch per case, S3.25QS.I5; honey,per
pound, 13%Q1Sc.
Groceries - Blackberries, dried. per
pound, DC; apples, evaporated, Sc; cur
rants, dried, SQSl5c; peaches, evaporated,
/ Sc; Italian, Sc; silver 1Oc; pitted plums,
i faufe hu Ia
don layer, boxes. S1.15; Snake river italian
prunes, 7GSc silver prunes. &c;
dried, &c: vinegar, Washington cider. 24c;
sugar. graduated. sac; extra c. sac;
golden c, sc; green coffee, per
pound. 2liAc; roasted. S22.30; Arbuckle's.
$3.50; Lion, S22.3O; Cordova. $22.S0; Nc
Laughhn's. S22SO; gold band. $22.3O; salt,
rock, per cwt, soc; dairy. per cwt., N.1s,
crackers Washington sodas, &c; xxx,
6lSc; oyster. 6l5c; ginger snaps, 10c; XXX
goods, per case, 2lA-lb- plums, S2Sc. 21s-lb.
apricots SO; 2iA-lb. peaches, $3.50: 21s-lb.
pears, 1920; 2la-lb. assorted table fruit,
1926; 2h-lb tomatoes. $500: cove oysters,
lib cans, 81 per dozen: 2-lb. cans Sl.75 per
dozen; Columbia river salmon. S1.50; evap-
GRATED cream, per case, 1915: sugar loaf
corn, $40; corn meal, bulk, per sack,
S21O; 1910 bales. $780, rice Japan. &c;
Siam, 47sc.
Coal oil-24c per gallon in bulk, S2.s5 per
case.
neutrality-suspicious., hens, per dozen, $2.75
as turkeys, live, per pound, lie; dress
ed per pound. 14c ducks, S4q425.
Soap-Spokane Soap Works Co.. Golden
Climax, 100 cakes SO pounds, 1915; Smlax.
60 pounds $3.50; Home Industry, $2.65: Old
Baldv. $375Q5.1O; Uncle Ned, tar S1.90;
J Nugget, 70 pounds. $50: Savon Blanc.
s315; Borax, $3.50; Toilet CASTLE. slips: sal
soda, per pound &c.
Vegeta bles-Potatoes s5c; turnips, per
cwt 75c: beets, per cwt.. 81; cabbage,
Cal, S2.7503 per cwt.; onions, S2.25Q25(
> per cwt.; green onions, l213Ggl5c dozen
spinach, 2Q3c pound; rhubarb l1aq2c Id.
e asparagus. 607c pound; radshes. 25c pei
2 dozen.
Nuts-Walnuts, 15c per pound; Brazils
- 14c: almonds, soft shell, 122Q15c; peanuts
green. &c; roasted, &c; pecans. 14c.
q Fruit-New California navals, SS.50G375
= seeding oranges, SIPS to $3.50
, Sicily lemons. fancy, Messina. pei
\ box. s5.5OQ6: Cal. lemons, S3.5OGS.75; ap
- PIES S1G125 per box; cranberries, $500
. California figs, $l.25 per 10-pound box
. Turkish figs, Hc per pound; dates, $l5
per l4-pound box; bananas, $4O0Q4.50 pei
bunch, California strawberries, $2Q2.1
Der crate; Snake river cherries, $3.50 pei
D box; California cherries, sl.50q175
Fish and oysters OetaiD-Fresh trout
: per mound, 2Oc; shad, 15c; fresh salmon, pc
pound, 121kc; smoked salmon. 25c: smoked
|, smelts, 1Oc: herring. 10c; founders, 10c
r Goldfish, l5c; rock cod, 15c: shad. 15c; lob
c sters, per pound, S5c; crabs. 15d25c each
e. clans, shell, SC per pound; bulk clans
i 4Oc per quart: oysters. in bulk. select. co.
y per quart; Olympia. Csc: in cans, New
S York counts, csc; extra selects, Coo; Sc
}, lects, soc.
J. 'yOvisons-Smoked bacon, Sssc; pack
r ing house brands, none; breakfast bacon
lie; dry salt clears, Sc; hams. medium
home sugar cured, Spokane brand 11Ac
Chinook brand, 11Ac; II. & F. brand, 11Ac
e lard, pure leaf, 5-pound tins, Sssc; tens, Is
,. less; ffties, &c less: cottolene 3-poun
n pals SIC: 5-lb. pals. &c; 10-lb- pals. SBc
# Meats-Beef. stall fed. $3.5Od3.75; dressed
; s6a7; retail. 3G12lkc; choice cuts, sc; hog:
: live weight. 3l5c; dressed. 415Q5c; retail
- lOc; mutton, 4G1Oc; veal, 4Q12c; choic
cuts, 10G15c; mutton by the carcass. 81
veal by the carcass, 5Q6c.
Tallow-Steady and dull: &c in barrels
ell raw tallow. 155q2c; prime grease ~
1t 2ikc.
= MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.