THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1913. .
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EGG MARKET
COISTET MEAT AKD HALIBUT
ABB FIRMER,
Apple Trad rntlna? flood la Fort
land Shops.
From Portland cornea the following
Announcement, In regard to Portland
' Markets:
Storage operations are general In
the egg trade and the market Is firm
er and la come Instance! fractionally
higher. : .
The demand for eggs la now fully
p to supplies, and In some lniitnaces
tetter, Most of the call Is coming
from storage interesst, but the fresh
consumptive demand Is growing and
the two added together take care of
everything now coming from the
country.
The market for eggs along the coast
Is generally showing a stronger trend
with some advances In the price. San
Francisco Is now quoting 18c for best,
which Is but a fraction lower than
the price in effect here today. Best
yrlce in Seattle la standing at 20c.
Country Meats Are Firm.
- Country killed meats are firm in the
Front street market. Hogs are going
well at 11c for best offerings, while
extra fancy calves are ranging from
14c to 14c. Receipts are quite- fair
la the hog trade.
Halibut Market Firmer.
There was considerable strength in
the market for halibut In the whole
sale trade. Best borings were firmly
eld at 10c a pound, a substantial ad
vance over previous figures. Salmon
remains firm at former figures.
Apple Trade Continues flood.
While the , tales of apples in tbe
. wholesale market do not reach . the
MONEY
TO
LOAN
l on farm lands in Union,
S Wallowa and Baker S
counties.
I When youfwant good I
SERVlCE,jCALL 1
JONES
Transfer Co.
Large Wagons - Goody
Horses Careful Men!
f n i
LetJUs Protect
by putting your plumbing in first-class sanitary con
dition, connecting it to sewer so i will pass all sani
- , tary laws.
Licensed Plumbers BAY &
Complete Equipment'Jor
-'.. Rubber Buggy Tires
t A GRANDE IRON WORKS
D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor
' COUPLETE MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY
' grand totals of last week, the move-
ment Is considered very tavoranie sua
I far better than the trade had anu
pted. : ..-"
' Eggs have touched the low point of
the 'year, and. retailers are generally
I selling the best ranch stock, at 25c
' dozen to ' consumers. This Is . the
time of the year . when cold storage
operations start, therefore It Is the
I general rule tor prices to go to the
bottom. . , . - ' '
There has been a gradual Improve
ment In the quality of eggs that are
being offered to consumers. Former
ly It was the rule for anything In the
shell to be sold as good eggs, but this
Is no longer possible, owing to . the
activity of the pure food Interests.
Eggs are now one of the cheapest
foods In the market, but tbe public
has scarcely recognized . the fact
Prices have been so low for such an
extended period that they have not
yet acquired the taste for the hen
prod'ict.
' Mlllloni of dollars' worth of eggs
.are annually stored in the United
'States during the latter part of
March and April. The latter Is gen
erally considered tfie""most favorable
i month for storage, because not only
Is the production greater then, but
the quality is better. Only the beat
eggs are placed In storage because It
does not pay to put In Inferior stock.
Tbe loss Is too great. Some Interest
put eggs In storage during the hot
weather months, but they seldom
make a success of this, because the
stock Is not first class when It Is put
In the ice houses, because of Its over-
TOU JITJST TBI OH
GOSSARD
CORSET
TO EEALIZE WHY IT EXCELS
If you are in need of a corset
phone Red S221. and I will call
and give yoa a trial fitting. A
complete line of all new spring
models on band. Prices $3.50,
$5.00, $6.50 and $8.50.
Mrs. Robt. Pattison
rhnne Red M1 CORSETTEEE
Your Health
ZWEIFEL LA GRANDE
Resetting andRtpairing
heated condition, therefore caunot
be any better when withdrawn from
storage.
On the Pacific coast storage opera'
tlons start earlier than In the oast,
because the season Is more advauoJ
California always stores Its eggs from
two to three weeks earlier than eiii.e.
Oregon or Washington, because of
the earlier season there.
Before being placed In stor-.ce
every egg Is carefully selected, it Is
"candled", to see that It is first Class,
and Is then put Into new 'cases so that
there can be no contamination from
dirt' In old cases. Tbe candling pro-
cezs consists of placing an eqg In
front of a very strong electric lUht
or candle. A fresh egg Is transparent
therefore the older stock Is quickly
discovered. After being placed In
case, the eggs are then taken to the
ice houses. The room they are stored
In Is kept at a certain temperature
but not so cold that tbe stock will
freeze. After the market . becomes
short of fresh eggs and prices at!
vance, then the eggs are taken fiom
the storage places. They are recac
died and the poor stock placed on o-.e
side and the better quality on anoth
er. Only the latter are as a rule sold
to consumers.
Nine months Is the full limit that
eggs can be kept In storage and with
drawn In a marketable . condltiou.
After six months, however, the deter
ioration is so great that the stock Is
no longer considered first class.
Hereafter It will be unlawful to sell
cold storage eggs as fresh stock, or
even ranch' stock. The law . will be
strictly enforced, according to offi
cials. Contrary to some beliefs, the cold
storage egg Is at times Is better in
quality than the so-called fresh
stock. This Is during the heated
season, when It Is impossible to gath
er them quickly enough v to stop de
terioration. '
Rhubarb is now coming to market
in abundance, and tbe price is going
down. iMbst of the stock is coming
from California, and Is selling retail
at 12 ',4c a pound. Hothouse stock
from local places Is still coming, but
It Is quoted slightly higher.' s
It was not many years ago that to
matoes couldn't be secured all year in
the local market. Now they can be
had any time. Some specially fancy
stock Is now being offered from Mex
ico and Is selling at 10c a nound
Buy a sack of potatoes at a time.
because that Is the only way to Bave
money. Good stock can now be se
cured In the grocery at 75c a sack
In fact some sell It cheaper.
While there are some good oranges
in tbe market, most of them are more
or less frost kissed. The best are
selling around 30 to 40 c a dozen, but
the smaller sizes may be obtained
from 20 to 25c. The1 latter are theJ
most popular.
The local market quotations are:
Floor, Feed and Grain.
, Wild Hay (retail) $12.00,
Timothy $15.O016.0O. '
Alfalfa hay $13.00 (retail). '
Shorts $1.45 per cwt
Oats $1.60 per cwt
Bran $1.25per cwt
Rolled Oats $1.50 per cwt
Rolled barley $1.45 cwt
Blue Stem flour $1.40 sac7:.
Patent $1.30 sack. .
White Quarts $1.40 sack.
Snowdrift $1.40 sack.
Fruit ttu
Home grown apples 75c $100 a
box.
Oranges 25Q60c.
Bananas iOc per dos.
Pineapple 20c and 25c, stse.
Grape fruit 1015c.
Sugar Fruit sugar, retail (cash)
$7.70; same grade 30 days, $6.10.
Beet sugar, cash $5.50; thirty days,
$5.60.
YrtaMee and sflseellaneens.
Onions $2.00 cwt email lots 2V4c
lb.
Potatoes 50c per cwt
Beans White, S t-lc: lt.se, 10 eeate
Radishes 2 batches lie.
Cabbage 2c..
Spinach J lbs. for 25c.
Celery 15c bunch straight (Pom
grown 16a)
Heney 26o. S lbs. fer See.
Green peppers 20c lb.
Squas-Jc lb.
Turnips 24c lb.
Earn aed Bettor.
Freeh ranch egg 25c.
Butter Fancy creamers'. 45 cents. 1
lb. roll; 2 lb. roll. 85c.
Hanoh bwttec I lb. rell 25c; 2 lb.
roll 70cO75.
Cattle
Choice $8.60.
Common I6.50OC.75.
Oowa, toe K.TtOI.M.
Fancy light cowe $8.0006-25.
Heavy calves $4.0601.61 cwt,
Fancy light calves 701c.
Begs.
i Best light $8.15
Medium light $8.10. '
Best heavy $8.00.
Rough and heavy $5.7506.00.
Sheep.
Bes: Iambs $6.6 cwt
Ordinary lambs $6.66 9 15 cwt
Poor lambs 4)4.6 ewt
, Best yearlings $5.2 ewt
Yearlings $4 J ewt
Ewes $4.6604 JS.
Few! and atiseeUaaeeM.
Ducks, dressed. 18c. - . -
Geese Dressed 18c.
HOW SHE
SOLVED IT
By EDITH V. ROSS
, "Tbe servant question T remarked
lira. Tldball to Mrs. Stratbniore.
"Talk about the cost of Uvlngf It's
not to be Mpokeuif In tbe same breath
as ' the servant question. And tbe
trusts! What do 1 care about their
extortion when I can't get a servant
without paying her double wuut 1 used
to pay? And she won't stay with me
anyway!"
'It's tbe universal experience.' re
plied Mrs. Strathniore. ' "I'm having
the same trouble." .
'When I found 1 couldn't use white
or black servants," continued Mr.' lid-
ball, "1 thought I'd try yellow. So 1
got a Chinese cook, who was highly'
recommended by the employment
agent , who sent him to me. , 1 thought
that coming from tbe Celestial king
dom far away on the other aide of tbe
globe, where bis class are very poor
and must live on mice and such things,
he would be In clover at $25 a month,
with as good focd as tbe market af
fords, notwithstanding roast beef Is
north nearly Its weight In gold. But
I found that je bad come over to make
money In order that be might go back
home to feed on tbe more expensive
diet of kittens, and nothing but bis
wages In dollars and cents counted
with blm. What do you suppose be
did when I paid blm bis first wages
Why, be said I bad agreed to pay him
$30 a month, and when 1 demurred,
although tbe dfbner was to 'be pre
pared, be wild: 'Kelly good. I go to
'not her place where I get $30.' "
'How provoking!" sympathized Mrs.
Strathniore.
Weil, there wasn't any use to begin
back where I had started with white
help and run through tbe races to tbe
Chinese, so I must stick to tbe yellow.
determined to 'fight It out on this
line if It tj;es all summer' and told
the employment agent to send me an
other Chinaman. He sent me a mild
eyed man, who looked as Innocent as
dre. though not tbe some ' color.
He went into tbe kitchen, cooked an
excellent dinner, asked me for a small
advance on his wages, which I was
silly -enough to give him. and the next
morning. !::- riif: ximnds below, I
went d vi :n-(i round tbe fire
gone out tu We kitcueu and not a sign
of breakfast My man bad departed
with his advanced pay."
What a miserable creature." put In
the listener to the tale of woe.
'I was obliged to make a fire my
self and get breakfast Luckily I bad
learned to cook before I was married
my daughter shall learn to cook If
worth a million and I got up a break
fast whlcb I had paid the Chinaman to
get I thought that it would be better
to keep on getting It myself without
paying some one else to do It tor me.
but my husband objected, and. since
I hadn't yet got through with the yel
low peril. I railed on the employment
man for another cook. He didn't say
anything, but be looked surly, and I
knew well enough be was thinking
that I didn't treat my servants kindly.
But 1 smothered my anger and paid for
another servant
"This one remained with me two
days, got up excellent meals, and I
was congrntutnllW myself that at last
I had found a treasure when, on the
second day. he paralyzed me by giv
ing me notice that be was going to
leave me.
"For heaven's sake, I exclaimed.
why do you go? Why does every
Chinaman who Is sent me goT
'He bealtated. and I urged blm. Fi
nally he said:
' 'You no pay Chinaman.'
"Don't pay? The last man I bad I
advanced bis wages, and be MX nie
without even working out what I had
paid blm.'
"The man shrugged hi shouMer
"Tell me why you think I lnnt pay
my servant their wares?" I uroM.
"He went to the kltrheii tndle. turn
ed It uplde dvn. H?nt there mi fol
lower side of the rtonrrt In red chalk
were Chinese elm rni tei
"'now did they wmie there?" I k
ed. "What do they mean?"
"'You oo ny rhlnioitii He write
that to tell oilier Ciilpniiieii.' nas tile
reply.
"A lliht litvke iu ,.M!i mi iu:lo
brain. "7sa w&stA a'Chinaman'To
work for me. thinking the Chlneee In
nocent of tbe ways of western serv
ants, and. heboid, be bsd gone far be-
i yond them In shrewdness! He had de-
: manded more than I bad agreed to pa?
' and. wben I refuned blm. not only left
me with tbe dinner uncooked, but left
behind blm a fain statement
1 " Translate If I kuIuV
"This lady belly bad. She no pay
ages'
"After arguing with the man a long
bile I induced him to remain with me
oa condition that I pay dully, but he
was Kitlxfled that the swludllng was
on tbe otliei xlde and preferred to get
bis wugnt jit tne eud of the month
Bnt wben be wa advised by a friend
that he i-oiild get more at another place
he left me. "
"Slue then I bnve been trying all
sorts of expedients. I endeavored tc
get a jrlrl for the afternoon and even- i
Ing. to sleep in ber on borne. Tbus !
far I've not bud a single hlte for tbis ;
plan. I've considered giving up hoUHe- j
keeping and tbe comforts of borne, but
my husband and children could not en- '
dure boarding. I have finally decided
to plod on as I am. indeed, there are j
advantage In doing one's own work..
We have onr bouse to ourselves, bave
oo fear of disasters In tbe kitchen,
and It Is mot ti less expensive." .
BULLS IN PARLIAMENT.
The
Welcome 8ound That Cheered
Lord Balfour of Burleigh.
It would be hard to say which of
England's two bouses of legislature
"t-kes tbe cuke" for committing bowl
en., and still more difficult to pick out
the member who has taken pride of
place In tbls respect during recent
years. But perbaps for simple effec
tiveness Lord Balfour of Burleigh
would be burd to beat when be suitl,
'The noble lord shakes his bead, and i
am glad to hear It!",
' Another noble lord during a debate
on Indian affairs exclaimed: Talk of
tbls as a loan to India! It Is a flea
bite Is the ocean!" Nevertheless It
stands to reason tt at tbe lower bouse
Is more prolific In quantity. If not in
quality, In its stock of howlers than
tbe upper, seeing that it baa so many
more opportunities. '
Captain Craig, the fl;ry Ulsterman,
cooked the following oratorical stew:
'The naked sword Is drawn for tbe
fight and never again will tbe black
smoke of tbe Nationalists' tar barrels
drift on tbe home rule wind to darken
the hearts of Englishmen." If any
fthing could kill home rule one would
think that would. .
Sir W. Hart Dyke was criticising tbe
standf&g order forbidding peers from
speaking during general . elections.
Some one bnd quoted Lord Halsbury
as doing so. and Sir William solemnly
said. "I muat admit that tbe honor
able gentleman has gone to the top of
the tree and caught a very large flab."
London Tit-Bits.
Easy.
"Henry," she said, "I wish I could
organize a society of some kind. It
seems to be the only way to secure
social recognition in this town."
"Weil, why don't you go abead and
organize one?"
"I can't think of anything that I'm
an authority on. If I should organize
a drama club some' other woman who
knew more about tbe drama than I
would butt in utul get herself elected
president It would be the same way
with suffrage, ethical culture and child
study and music. I'm unfortunately
not an ' authority on any of these
things, and If I got op a society I
should, of course, want to be the head
of It" .
"Well, why. not organize a Browning
club? You can pretend to know all
about Browning, and tbe other women
who pretend to know all about htm
won't know whether you're fooling
them or not" Chicago Record-Herald.
Five Varieties of Salmon.
Kamchatka has Ave varieties of salm
on cbavitcha (king salmon), krasnaia
(red salmon), keta (dog salmon), gor
busha (humpback salmon) and klshuteh
(sockeye salmon). The ran of cbavitcha
begins about May 10 to 20 (old stylo)
during the period of spring rains and
the overflow of muddy water. They
run in large schools, and the run con
tinues for several days. The fish,
which weigh twenty to twenty-five
pounds. Is purely a Kamchatka fish
and Is not found In tbe Okhotsk and
other districts. Consular and Trade
Reports.
He Didn't Hush.
"Mamma." queried little Willi.
"what is 'hush V
"Why do you ask, dear!" said his
mother. '
"Because." explained the observing
urchin, "when I asked sister what
made ber hair all mussed after ber
beau was here this afternoon she aM.
'Hush, dear.' "Chicago News.
Deadlier and Safer.
"Let's send the czar a bomb conceal
ed In plum pudding."
"Why not merely send him a plum
pudding?" suggested the other callous
plotter, "if he eats It our work I
done and we ruu oo risks." Louisville
Courier Jonrnnl.
YMI Mtf CURE THAI BAGKAliric.
Piinalous lh hc. U'lM". ll f"l
iMMimr. Ul packiMi ' WUr .rS Alio-MATIC-ltKAy,
iu piautot rt mu hb oir
for si I Kjdor, Bladder wl Ury troabU hm
on tnl HI rao down, tlr.it. wmk sod without
new w thti rauifctbl (ombmuJon of tutor.
karbr and wrts. Aa a tonic laiatlw It huaatoml.
Mother Gray Aromatie-lx' l old by ljrni
iaorarnlhTaUoreta. SaniSa awt FKJCX.
AdiiM, Tbe Mother Gray Co., la lluy, H. I.
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WANT
, : BRING
RESULTS
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FOR SAL&100 quarts of fruit 1662
Oak St Phone Black 8752. -ll-3t
FOR RENT OR SALE A new med
, em house for cash er terms. 1366
W avenue.' Phone Red 8881. 8-8-tf
! FOR BALB Plane.
I Phone Red 1232.
MT tents.
THREE FINS LOTS Oe. Washington
aveame, 50x110. Each priced $t7l.0
. per tot. . Terms If desired. Address
"T," care Observer. Ne agents. .
2-22-ot
WANTED Clean, rags at the Observ
' er office. Pay 2c per lb. 1-16-tf
FOR RENT CHEAP 2 small homes
with 1-4 acre of ground, 1 . block
from shops, furnished or anfurnlsh
ed. Phone Red 1232. Black 257.
; - - - 8-8-tX '
SIGHTLY LOT Faolac north. Orsr
looking the 'entire valley. 31se
' 66x116. Price $666.66. Ne street -assessments.
Easy terms. Ad
drese "R.L.," Observer. 2-28-tf
GOOD INVESTMENT 2 small houses
and eight 80x110 lots on "W" ave
nue, close to school. Owner has to
leave town, and will glye right
price and terms. Address. "F," Ob.
server. 2-22 tf
DRY WOOD FOR SALE $3.50 per
cord. Phone Red 61. 12-21-tf
FOR SALE BY OWNER Modern 5
room bouse on North side. Close
to. Size of lot 50x116. Price very
low.- Term like rent Address "D"
Observer. 2-22-tf
BOARD AND ROOM 1601 Adams Av.
Mrs. O. E. Moore. 3-4-tf
COLLECTIONS Bring your harl old
collections or any other to roon 9,
Newlin drug building.
FOR RENT Furnished rooms. Mrs
Brltta. S-8-6tp
WANTED Girl for tone raj hoeee
work. Call Dr. Underwood's el
flee. X-Stf
PIANO TUNING. Expert work guar
anteed. Chas. Berger, P. O. Box 188.
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FOR OUfltT House and bam, iwe
acres ground. Fifteen dollars per
month. Phone Farmers SOS 2-V6t
FOR SALE OR TRADB FOR CITY
PROPERTY 10 acres of Improved
strawberry land at Kennewlck. Wn.
Address Box 345, La Grande, Ore.
; 8-7-t
FOR SALE 200 egg Incubator in
perfect condition; $7.00. Call at
Clnb Tailors. Black 1241. S-10-tf
FOR SALE OR TRADE FOR HORSBS
Five passenger Overland car. U
W. Weeks, Imbler, Ore. 3-16-6t
IXR RENT Three room house large
garden spot Place for chickens
On X avenue. Phone Red 192.
' 3-10-tf
FOR RENT "Nicely furnished single
room. 1311 O avenue. Phone Black
sti- J-10-tf
FURNISHED ROOMING HOUSE TO
rent to right partlee on corner of
Sixth and Washington. No chll
dren. George Ball.
FOR RENT Five room furnished
bouse to right parties. Phone Black
. S-ll-tf
FOR) RENT Three furnished rooms.
Phone Red 251. . 3H-tf
xoncE,
Heng War Oo. have houckt th
Hip Ylag Gfceng etere formerly known
as Hong Tuck store.
LOW YOUNG,
TOT SAX
WONG LAM,
LTB JDt. 1
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