White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-23
REPORT OF COMMUNITY MARKET

August It n cloStu Nosehhpei ~
l19ls. II a conducted ny the
women on food administration under
lcirection OF a market committee con
sisting of j. II. Gallagher, Arthur
Smith and c. W. Jensen. Mrs. J. II.
Gallagher. Mrs. E. B. .Purseil and
Mrs. r. P. Arnold.
This market was purely a war
measure. The women gave their
time.
No commission was paid by the
~ranebmen. They brought their
products. set their price. weighed
them and received their invoice from
us. When the products were sold
the ranehman received his check. The
settlement was made according to
the invoice. the ranehman allowing
a small per cent for shortage and he
standing loss if there Vas any.
Amount of produce handled Is as
follows.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 22,S6f
pounds. carrots. 1.464 lbs. rutaba-
gas. 81 lbs. peppers. "a lbs turnips,
ISIS lbs: squash, S,110 lbs string
beans S54 lbs. tomatoes. 12,2S5 lbs;
icauliflower. IS lbs; beets. 5s4 lbs:
cabbage. 4fdoz.: corn. 372 ears.
FRuIT-Apples. 23.e45 lbs; crab
Iapples. 660 lbs, eitron. 80 lbs
primes. 2.s20 lbs; plums. 1907 lbs;
peaches. 800 lbs: peas. 1920 lbs.
DRIED PRoDUCTS-Dried corn,
Is lbs: dried beans. 4s6 lbs; dried
apples. 20 lbs. dried onions. 525 lbs.
POULTRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Eggs. 14is doc; butter. 90 lbs:
chickens. 10.
Cider. lie gallons.
From the sale Of these products
We received ~s4,010.s7. There re-
mains in the hards Of the committee
sI2e.s1 derived from the following
sources.
s6O.65 contributed to women on
the committee to be used as they
thought best for the good OF the com
munity BY Messrs Paul and Ralph
Irwin. soe vegetables from Mrs.
Wheels garden. money To be used
for a community or recreation house.
$3.50 vegetables from Mrs. Gal
laghers garden. money fer SANE pur-
pose: S1s5 vegetables given hy K. T.
Arnold. money TO be used for same
purpose. $3.50 butter. contributed
for same: si-7o check given 10 Roy
Aatsuda for vegetables and returned
By him I o Mrs Gallagher. money TO
be used for same purpose. The re-
nainder Of the fund is from he sale
of vegetables in small quantities for
which ie more per pound VISA
charged 10 prevent loss r. shrink
age.
The following ranehmen patron
ized the market s H. ArnoIsson.
Paul and Ralph Ir~in. c Bradley,
"a Funk. 3. P. VIM. " Il. Harri-
son, " Hendrix A r Whitehead.
James Berenssn. J. l. Butler. John
Terry. 4. 4 Smith. ". {. Jensen.
A Beznder. Carter Lafayette. G. 4.
Terri. Roy Nzfs1da Peter Lzuntzsa.
L SNYDER. Gas Cote. y {. Trad
les. John Gosh Lester Robasz A
Kirkebs. A-zz- YelEzzz. II E05-
inson. D. J. Carszosrsaz Hrs
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tables xsre Assorted ea@az ard at
trzstlve an SO lacked thaE fhey ar
rived a. sbe szzrker in excellent or
1irioz.
We estimated ne handled about
~oae-fourrh OF the fruit produced IL
the district and barely touched the
vegetable prOdutiOn- WITH good
roads and trucks ve beAeTe there
would be more than enough fruit and
vegetables marketed IN Esy to supply
the entire district.
We wish % thank AZ the ladies
who helped in the market and also
extend q thanks 10 the public for
their generous patronage
The ladies' on the committee wis-
10 extend their thanks 10 Mr l. Rob
inson for squash and NJ A. r.
Whitehead for potatoes presented n
them.
The books that were kept are in