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Cost of Living.
There is probably no important city in the United States
where most of the necessaries of life are more reasonable than in Ontario. The following are normal retail prices for
an average year:
Pears, 2½ to 5 cents per pound; peaches, 2 to 3 cents; plums, 2½ to 5 cents;
apples, 4 to 6 cents; fresh figs, 4 to 6 cents; watermelons, 5 to 30 cents
each; cantaloupes, 3 to 15 cents; lemons, 5 to 15 cents per dozen; oranges, 10
to 40 cents per dozen; guavas, 4 to 6 cents per pound; blackberries, 5 to 10
cents per box; strawberries, 4 to 10 cents; raspberries, 10 to 15 cents.
ONTARIO'S NEW CITY HALL
(3.5"
X 2.6")
Potatoes,
$1.25 to $1.75 per hundred pounds; seed potatoes a little higher usually;
squash, 2 cents per pound; string beans, 2 to 3 cents; sugar peas, 3 to 6 cents;
tomatoes, 3 to 5 cents; celery, 5 cents per bunch; sweet corn, 20 cents per
dozen; cucumbers, 15 cents per dozen; egg plant, 5 to 7 cents each; carrots and
turnips, 1 to 2 cents per pound.
Meat: Round steak, 12½ cents per pound; chuck, 8
cents; rib, 12½ cents; sirloin, 15 cents; porterhouse, 20 cents; tenderloin, 18
cents; rib roast, 15 cents; chuck roast, 8 cents; leg of mutton, 12½ cents;
shoulder, 10 cents; chops, 15 cents; lamb, 15 to 20 cents; veal, 20 to 22
cents; roast pork, 12½ cents; Pork chops, 15 cents; lard, 45 cents for three
pounds, 65 cents for five pounds, $1.25 for ten pounds.
Fish,
10 cents per pound for all ordinary varieties; rare varieties, such as
sand-dabs, pompano and mullet, 25 to 30 cents per pound;
broilers, fryers and roasters, 3 cents per pound; oysters, 50 to 60
cents per quart.
Butter,
25 to 45 cents per pound; eggs, 15 to 45 cents per dozen; turkeys, 32 cents per
pound; California hens, 22 to 25 cents per pound; ducks and geese, 25 cents per
pound.
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SCENE IN SAN ANTONIO CANYON
(3.5"X 2.25")
Groceries
are reasonable in price. Coal oil sells
at 90 cents to $1.50 per five gallon can; flour at $1.60 to $1.90 per
fifty-pound sack.
Fuel: Eucalyptus, oak or mesquite are worth in
ordinary seasons from $8 to $10 per cord, and coal from $10 to $12 per
ton. Gas is largely used for fuel; also
kerosene and gasoline, and a distillate made from Los Angeles crude
petroleum. Owing to the mildness of the
climate, fuel bills are light here.
Lumber
averages from $23 to $25 per thousand for rough pine; $35 to $40 for rough
redwood; $40 to $60 for clear surfaced redwood.
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