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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
10
The auction will sell to the highest bidder at the Depot Stock Yards. The property consists of forty one head of cattle.
Special Correspondence from Pleasant Hill reports Mrs R Bradford sells her store and residence to M E Farrow who will move in when his postmaster appointment arrives. Others relocate. Rev Wiltse named pastor, harvesting nears finish, and local property trades include L E Parks selling his shop to A S Statzer. A mix of farm rentals and school year housing also noted. Local commerce updates CHAMBERS HARDWARE Co.
Statement from the Eugene Loan and Savings Bank in Lane County Oregon shows the amount on deposit of every depositor who has not deposited or withdrawn for over seven years as of July 1 1907. It lists names and addresses or notes if unknown with balances totaling 46.00 and other small sums noted.
Eugene market items show mixed commodity prices across categories. Livestock notes list steers and cows by price per pound, veal and mutton, while produce quotes cover potatoes onions lemons oranges and a range of hay grains and feeds with per unit and per ton figures.
Warm weather boosts demand for watermelons in Portland front street with incoming freight reshipped. Tomatoes and peaches face varied supplies from The Dalles and California. Potatoes, berries, butter and eggs show mixed prices as hogs decline and cattle stay steady. Receipts today include six carloads of cattle, prices firm for top steers and steady overall.
Fair to medium cows with values listed at 2.50 to 2.75 dollars. bulls 24 and 2.50. calves 4 to 5. sheep good to 4.25. lambs 4.75 to 5.25. Hogs best 6.65 to 6.75. lights fats feeders 6.25 to 6.50. Creamery butter 2.74 per pound. eggs 21 to 22 cents. chickens 12 to 13. wheat Valley 1. bluestem 0.84. oats 24.50 to 25 per ton. barley 21.50 to 22.50. hay Timothy 16 to 18. vetch 7.50 to 8. grain hay 7 to 8. mohair chalice 29 to 30 cents. wool valley coarse to medium 18 to 20. hops prime 6 to 7. potatoes new 1.431.25 per cwt. onions 1 to 1.25 per cwt. chittim bark 5e per lb.
Herbert Gordon, previously in Eugene’s furniture trade, opens Herbert Gordon & Co. shade cloth plant on Union avenue Portland. Jerry Horn, ex-Eugene, joins. Gordon’s Park and Yamhill five story brick building advances rapidly. second story done, expected completion by December 1, with October contract target.
Poet Joaquin Miller returns to Eugene after a trip to Eastern Oregon with his brother Geo Melvin Miller. They plan to file for a water right on the Lower Siuslaw river to power a plant serving Eugene and nearby cities, with canal repairs soon to begin. Miller has ample funds from mining ventures and may build a summer home near the site.
Marcola's M W A dance drew sixty five sales and ended about 4 30. Fischer Bros repair work continues on a flame while Mrs Ida Aldrich visits from Kiona and Miss Jennie Cox visits from Newberg. Families travel to Eugene by promised two daily trains and Wendling plans a game with Mabel. Senator Booth and party return from a July hunting trip across Roseburg Umpqua and Deschutes, reporting many deer and plenty of fish but no bears.
Lost Valley July 29 notes Mr and Mrs B F E Williams depart for Bend Oregon to visit friends. R G and Byron Dunton plan Harney county trip. Neighbors dip 324 sheep in a vat. Little Joe Parker nearly drowns in the vat. Ice cream social deemed a success with many attendees. Miss da Mooney travels to Middle Fork district to help with measles in sister’s family. E A Wegner returns from Camp Creek visit with parents. Roy Addington back from Rigdon ranch. A L Roney and T H Hunsaker fish Crescent and Odell lakes. both skilled at bands and expected to land big ones. L E Parks from Cloverdale buys sheep. Reference to Loge ra fairness in last Guard. Cleland’s handling blamed for dues.
Owing to higher costs for shoes iron steel living and labor the undersigned Eugene blacksmiths set new prices effective July 22 1907 led by GEO FORREST THORPE SON C C SMITH SHERMAN HELLER BURBACH BRISTOW J M SLOAN and others. Also real estate and rental notices from Farmers Real Estate and Loan Co and J W Belshaw advertise quick cash sales rentals and farm listings in Eugene Oregon.
A scrambled clipping reports a Bears tie with Calestotia in a game described as frantic and uncertain. Officials and players are unnamed, but the event is highlighted as a dramatic, last moment draw amid confusion on the field.
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