“Prices current. Corrected weekly by Higbee & Company, dealers in general merchandise, groceries and provisions, corner Main and Wall street, Bannock City.

“Groceries and produce:

Butter, per pound$ 1.25
Chickens, per dozen 36.00
Eggs, per dozen 2.00
Ham, per pound .75
Lard, per pound .40 to .50
Salt, per pound .35 to .40
Side bacon, per pound .60 to .70
Tea, per pound $ 1.50 to 2.00
Flour, per 100 lbs $33.00 to 36.00
Onions, per pound .25 to .30
Rice, per pound .50
Sugar, per pound .70 to .75
Candles, per pound 1.00
Nails, cut, per pound .40 to .50

Clothing.

Women’s hip boots $30.00
Women’s calf boots 6.00
Men’s calf boots 12.00
Woolen drawers, per pair $1.50 to 2.00
Red drawers, per pair $2.50 to 3.50
Men’s quilted brogan 3.50
Gum boots, long legs 12.00
Gum boots, short legs 11.00
Men’s cavalry boots $12.00 to 15.00
Men’s boots, long gr. 10.00
Cal. best blankets 16.00
Salem blankets $13.00 to 15.00
Oregon socks, per doz. 9.00
Best Cal. wool shirts $3.00 to 4.00
Buck gloves, per doz. $18.00 to 30.00
Red undershirts, per doz. $30.00 to 36.00

Wines and Liquors.

Best Champagnes, per doz. $48.00
Cal. Wine, per case 24.00
Claret Wine, per case 24.00
Sherry, per gal., in wood 7.00
Port, per gal., in wood 7.00
Baker’s Bitters, per case $24.00 to 30.00
Goddard Brandy, per gal. 10.00
Hermitage Whiskey, per gal. 7.00
Kerosene Oil, per gal. $8.00 to 9.00

(The above prices were usually paid in gold dust at the rate of $16.00 to the ounce, when the real value of gold dust was only $14.50 to $15.00 per ounce.)

The above list has been considerably shortened in reproducing it.

CHAPTER II.
SOME NATURAL HISTORY.