The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-27
HAVE YOU THE PRICE
If So Your Thanksgiving Dinner Will
Be "0ut of Sight"
ALL OF THE DELEGATES
There VIII Be a War on Turkey In
Butte and the Sultan VIII Know
Nothing About 1t = Game,
Fruit and Such.
Ii OF THE DELlCACIES

Turkeys are down to Is cents per
pound. Probably this Is not due to any
acts of the Cleveland administration
but 1t is something to be thankful for.
Heretofore in Butte good turkeys have
ranged On price from 20 to 25 cents
and never got below Is cents. This
year the select turkeys are selling for
Is cents per pound, and inferior turkeys
for 1914 cents.
Never did the markets of Butte look
so we'll as they did yesterday. They
contained all that can be found in mar
kets anywhere in the West and II Is
doubtful If anywhere in the West so
great a variety of choice things to eat
can be found. The markets are trim
med and decorated in such a way as
to show off the tempting birds and
game to the best advantage.
There are carloads of turkeys, geese,
ducks and chickens and all the poultry
is considerable cheaper this year than
last. Fat geese sell for Is cents and
less tempting ones for Is cents. Then
in the game line there is a great va
riety. Quails are plentiful at SO per
dozen. Then there are pheasants,
prairie chickens, blue grouse, gray
grouse. wild ducks and wild geese and
pigeons. The pigeons sell at 80 cents
apiece, the grouse at so cents each,
pheasants at 80 and 60 cents. There
are jack rabbits at so cents and cotton
tails at 80 cents. There are a few
squirrels in the markets. g... -.
The possum is one of the Thanks
giving delIcacles most in demand.
There Is never any difficulty in selling
'possums in Butte. The large popula-
ton here from Missouri prefers the
dinner of 'possum, sweet potatoes and
corn bread to anything else that this
world can furnish. The 'possums are
grabbed just as soon as they get Into
market. They are selling at from rs
cents to $3.50, according to size. Pork
ers, or sucking pigs, are also in great
demand.
Strawberries are a feature of the
markets and are selling at 40 cents
per box. There are also raspberries
and blaclkberries. Then In the line OF
vegetables nearly everything can be
had, even at the edge of winter. There
are new potatoes, sweet potatoes, Gu
cumbers, egg plant, tomatoes, aspara-
gus, pears, beans, string beans, cab
bage, radlshes, onions. caulifower, let
tuce, Brussels sprouts, chlckory, par
sley and celery. Cranberries are sell
ing at 1914 cents per quart.
In the fruit line there are California
navel oranges, bananas, grapes, per-
simmons, fine new figs, ETC., and there
are also nuts of all sorts including the
Nevada pine nuts.
In the fish line there is quite a vac
riety but there Is not much demand
for fish for Thanksgiving. There are
bushels of oysters. saddle rocks and
blue points, plenty of Holsters. CLANS
and sfrimps. There are dill pickles.
cheeses of an kinds and new apple
cider and Norwegian herring for those
who want something out of the ordi-
nary.
Everything that money can buy is
30 be found in the Butte markets.
There IS something wrong with the
mans digestion that can't be tempted
by taking a look at them. The war
on turkey Is declared and all prepare
tions are made for the greatest on
s1aught ever made in Butte.