The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-26
Average Cost of hanksq Z
Dinner About Same as l., st
Year Say Figures of Fan
Price Committee.
SOME ITEMS HIGHER
OTHERS TAKE TUMBLE
Turkeys Slightly Higher; Pota-
toes Lower, Apples Same;
Prospects for Abundant
Feast Appear Good,

The festive feed of Thanksgiving ,
Everyone around the house from the
cheerful cherub to toothless grandpa
is lookking forward to the big event
OF Turkey day. And in the mean
time, father is consulting the family
bank roll to see if it will stand the
strain, while mother is figuring on
making the cake according to an egg
less recipe.
One thing seems to be evident, to-
wit; That if the pocket.book got by
last year without total collapse, it
will have no more trouble this year,
for according to the fair price com
niittee the average cost of the ingre.
dents that so to make up a success.
full and wholly satisfying Thanksgiv-
ing dinner, is about the same as last
season.
Some things are little higher. In
fact the main item on the yearly
menu is slated for a slight advance,
The turkey will cost around 80 cents
with the dressed bira coming at 10 to
42 cents. Last year the wholesale
price on these birds was about four
cents pound less, with the retail
corresponding. Some think that the
price may slump at the last moment,
but there seems little indication that
that will be the case
II you don't want turkey at that
figure, there is always another fowl
that prowls the barn yard and which
this year may be had for 22 cents.
Hens are bringing that price today
with fryers quoted at like figure.
According to figures given out, Chick
ssha folks paid more than that for
hens last year
or q long list OF produce including
cranbcrries, sweet and Irish pota.
toes, celery, apples and oranges tho
prices were no higher with the ex-
ception of oranges than last year and
in some cases lower.
Sweet potatoes are quoted at G5
cents per peck, the same costing :
dime to 10 cents more per reck last
year. The same is true Of the lowly
Murphy or spud. that is the Irish po-
tato. This old standby is quoted at
IS cents per pound. Last year you
could buy nuts at 25 cents pound.
Oranges are running higher, but
at this time show a decrease as com
pared with the price of the past few
weeks, when naval oranges were
quoted as high as 10 cents each.
NThey can be purchased now at GO
cents a dozen.
The market also affords green veg
etables, including tomatoes, lettuce,
young onions, etc, and the prices
compare favorahly with the stuff
shipped in during the summer.
The time honored fruit cake is go
ing to cost about the same as last
year No one but the COOK knows
what goes into fruit cake, but max
ing a wild guess on some of the in
gradients, raisins, citron, lemon and
orange peel as we'll as spices and
what not, are quoted at prices on a
par with that of last year About
the only things quoted az higher
price is nuts. OF course, if it is nee
essary to put little kick" into said
fruit cake-well you'll simply have
to sit down to a fruit-cakeless dinner.
for according to neutrality-suspicious.
it must be around Sl2 a quart, plus
a fine chance of getting III Dutch
with Matt Sankey and his wrecking
crew.
After going over the list of possi-
bilities for the Thanksgiving feed,
the members of the fair price COM
mittee decided that despite the fact
/ that America has seen another year
%. war, or practically so since the
annual feast a year ago, it can be
had for practically the same money