The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-04

PORTLAND, March 3.--Thc city
crcameries now quote uniform
price, IS cents a pounw. tor their
best brands Of butter, the few that
held off against the decline yesterday
announcing d reduction 70 that figure
today. All the country crcamerics
were affected also by the decline that
took place yesterday, and their quo
tations now arc 30 10 32s cents. But
ter production " now steadily in
crcasing and there IL no prospect for
months for a return Of the recent
high prices.
Grain. Flour, Feed.
Whca.--club, sc; Valley. SIC;
bluestcm, S4c; red Russian, SOC.
Oats--Producers' prices: White,
SIS; gray. s26@27.
Flour--Hard wheat. patent. A8Oi
straight, 500; graham, $3.50; rye, ",
whole wheat flour. $4.45; Dakota
| $6.40@66O; Eastern rye, 5000
Pillsburg, ~; Corvallis. $40
Rye $i.40 per cwt.
Corn--Wholc. $3z.s0; cracked
$3.50 per ton
Hay--Wholcsalc selling prices
Valley timothy. sl7@is; Eastern
Oregon, s2o@2l; clover Sl4@is
alfalfa. Sl2@l3
Grain bags-D Domestic, Sac; Cal
cutta, &c.
| Milifccd--city bran. $3.50; coun
try bran, $3.50; city shorts. $40
country shorts, $z7; chop. $22; mid
dlings. $30so.
Bariey--Produccrs' prices: Brewing
$3.50; feed. $27; rolled. $2S@D.
Buckwheat-$36 per ton.
Cereal Foods Rolled oats, cream
o0-ib. sacks. 81; lower grade, $3.50
oatmeal, steel cut. 4s-ib. sacks. s.
OH. sacks, $42s per bale; oatmea
| (ground). 4s-ib. sacks, $50 per bar
rel; o-ib. sacks. $500 per bale; spli
| peas, $3.50 per i00-ib. sacks; 2s-lh
boxes, sl2s per box pastry flour
io-lb. sacks, $27s per bale,
! Fresh Meats and Fish.
| Oysters-Shoalwater Bay, per gal
Ion, s2.2s; per sack, $3.50; Tok
Point, si.6O per 100; olympias (i2
lbs.), $6; olympias, per gallon. $22'
Fresh Meats--veal, fancy, 100 lbs
ayerag. otaoic; 100 to $50 lbs. 81
Sic b., large and coarse, s@7c; hog:
fancy block. 7@7ic; heavies, 6@7c
beef, bulls, 3i@4c; cows, 4@sc
steers, sis@6c; muttons, medium
size, i0@iic; large and coarse, S@9e
/ Clams--Little neck. per box, $50
razor clans, $500 per box.
! Fish--Halibut. 90; black cod, &c
black bass, per lb., zoe; striped bass
l3c; smelt. 7c: herring. she; founders
&C; catfish, lie; shrimp. l0c; perch
| "a; sturgeon, i2ac; sea trout, iSc; ton
cod, i0c; salmon. silversides, &c
steelhcads, lie; chinooks, l2c 'lb.
Holsters, 2sc ib,
i Fruit.
4 Domestic Fruits = Apples, fancy
| Sl.75@2.s0 box: common to good. >
@l.s0 box; pears, si.7s@200 box
cranberries, $1,000 per barrel.
Dried Fruits-Apples, o@loc pc
pound; apricots, 27@2oc; peaches, !
@lsc; pears, ilh@i4c; Italian prune'
s@6c; California ags, white, in sack
7ac per pound; black, 6@7c; brick
7sc@s2.2s per box; Smyrna, l6@l7l
Der pound; dates, Persian, 6t@7c pt
pound.
Tropical Fruits s--Lemons, $1,000
$50 box; lines, 7sc per 100; orange
new navcls. $l.7s@2.so box; Crap
fruit, $3.s0@400 box; bananas,
b.; Grated, Sic lb.; tangerines, $l.40t
l.5o box; pineapples, %@s dozen.
Groceries, Provisions, Etc.
Sugar (sack basis)-D. G.. $50
1 Xxx, $s.4s; beets, $s4s; Golden
3 $3.50; extra c. $sis; powdered, $s.s
: boxes, ssc cwt. advance over sac
8 basis; fruit or berry sugar, $50
8 boxes, ssc cwt advance over sac
! basis Cess sc II pal dior in IS days
s Coffee-Mocha, 24@8c; Jay
! ! fancy. 2s@2sc; Java, good, 2o@24
8 Java, ordinary, l7@20c; Costa Ric
7 fancy, l8@2oc; Costa Rica, good,
3 0l8c; Arbuckle, $l663 cwt.; Lio
7l$ls.SS cwt.; Colombia coffee, l4c Il