The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-25
Will Rule With Members of Court Necessary as Side Dishes, But Prices
 Will Be High.
FOWL PRICES UP TWO CENTS
Cost Per Pound Ranges from f5 to 32 Cents, According to Location of Store and Quality of
 Bird.

The reign or king turkey VIII com mence tomorrow when he will rule the boards of thousands of Thanksgivlns dinners in this and every other city of the land There will be lesser lights In the court of King Turkey, such as Prince Mince Pic Duchess Cranberry, Duke Duck Earl Pumpkin Pie, and many other nobles of the court
 An of the above dalnties are being sold now in vast quantities in every store in tho city that trades in them Prices range largely according to To- callty, customers. and the amount of profit the owners of the store wishes to and can make
 Turkey Is two cents a pound more than it was last year In nearly every store Up in the Oak street, section if can be had as cheap as l5 cents a pound and in one store for l2 cents a pound In the medium priced places prices on the chief viand of Thanks giving dinners range from lS to 9 cents 2 pound, while in the more highly priced places patronized by the wealthy the bird is valued as high as 30 cents pound. the top price being 39 cents pound on n flew extra choice" tur keys in one store Hence it can he seen that there Is 9 difference of el cents pound betwo n the prices of the cheapest and the dearest birds of the breed in town II Is not known just why one member of tho turkey clan should he worth so much more than one of his brothers one dealer said that this is because there Is differ ence in turkeys as great as there Is iu diamonds one diamond of a certain size is only worth slo while ono that is no larger Is worth $50 There are flaws in the one and none in the other h turkeys he added. the Whitney lyo. nue family might find an Oak stree' turkey unpalGtahle, while n Ghetto ln- habitant would hnd it delicious feast
 Mnce pies will cost from to oo cents each depending likewise on make. inc amount of rent the proprietor pays and tho amount of profit that will sat isfr him
 The homely. dispised but ever-eater potato is taxed at the stores from ev. cry conceivable price as each atore seems 10 have different style ol measure
 Cranherries. indispensable to the tnr key dinner are sold at from 10 tn IS cents quart
 Celery costs from s to ls cents q bunch
 Those families that have chicken or duck on the side with their dinner will find it a cent or more a pound higher than q year ago. Most of the stores are charging a few cents over % cents pound for each, but prices range from IT 10 2S cents for each tf ounces of these fowl
 The nuts, plum pudding grapes, raislns and other articles of the after dinner eating are about thes prices as usual The widest range of prices is In oranges This fruit costs any where from 10 cents dozen to e5 cents a dozen and the latter price is only for regular stock. Some specially ordered oranges can be had al only 10 cents each
 The oranges that can be had sr cheaply are small and hard The x pensire ones are some of them as big as cannon hall and filled with luscious juices
 The only real raises in the prices of provision is on turkey and fowl This is because the supply has been small and there have been many troubles in raising the frail birds this fall Tn other parts of the country, however, the dealers say that turkeys are more plentiful and not SO expensive, but caE- not be had from such localities any cheaper here because of the cost of transportation and the danger of spoil ing.