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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
5
The Eugene market lists prices for Mohair, poultry, dairy products, vegetables, and livestock. Notable figures include onions at 1.75 per unit, oranges 2.50, good cows at 2? per cwt, veal under 125 pounds 1c per pound, hogs dressed at 10c, flour 5.00 per barrel, wheat 1.05 per bushel, hay around 12 to 14 per ton, oats 55c per bushel, and various feed items priced per ton.
Local wheat values fall with track delivery bids under five dollars per bushel for club, bluestem around one dollar, red Russian near ninety three cents, forty fold about ninety six and a half cents. Cattle, sheep and hog receipts at Portland yards total 220, 1016, and 93, with mutton going to the Sound. Prices steady to firm. week outlook steady. Cattle and hogs show slightly better quality so far this week, but high quality stock remains scarce. Hop crop prospects under average, yield likely higher than last year, with state forecasts up to 70000 to 90000 bales.
New Oregon potatoes arrive freely with a weak market. Grower quotations range from 75 cents to 1 dollar per hundred, with some sales under a tenth of a dollar this week. Home grown cucumbers are plentiful and prices fall to 25 to 50 cents a dozen. Fancy Oregon tomatoes fetch 1 dollar to a half? ounce. Cantaloupes rise due to southern highs, with Dalles cantals showing strong quality but scarcity of good fruit.
Market listings show 1908 and 1909 prices for hops wool and hides in Portland. Includes 1909 contracts for hops, Willamette valley and Eastern Oregon wool, prime to medium hides, mohair, butter and eggs, poultry, grain, millstuff, flour and hay prices with regional references and delivery terms.
Special Correspondence from Harrisburg notes a four week project to raise the ferry approach led by road-builder D H Pierce, promising a high quality job valued by travelers and local traffic. Harvesting is underway though reports of crop failure persist, with crops yielding well and merchants Shishler and Son preparing to reopen. Ruby Scott, excursionist for The Guard to the A Y P, praises the trip and remembers foreign soil as a Scott family milestone.
Special Correspondence from Lost Valley details busy harvests leaving little news. Local tasks include threshing plans with a cook wagon, fishing trips to Point Lookout, baptism at church, and travel notes from Bend Oregon and Harrisburg. Market prices show varied produce and meat rates at Portland yards and regional grocers.
The Guard highlights an ad for Portland Business College touting practical commercial courses under the slogan The School of Quality. It invites interested readers to request a catalogue with details on study programs and sample business forms while noting other items in the issue including Dr Shoop's Night Cure book offer available free through Dr Shoop Racine Wis and dealers.
Grass Valley Oregon August 1 192? injunction dispute flares as armed guards protect the Gurtz ranch entrance. Johnson Porter claims injunction not properly served while Twohy Bros crews attempt returns with wagons and pack train. Guards on scene rely on removal by unhitching mules to move wagons.
The company states water is available beyond Waldo Lake and headwater sources will irrigate Lane county farms for double productivity at construction cost. It pledged cooperation with farmers and Springfield and Eugene, and will soon present detailed proposal embodying this cooperative principle.
Warren J. Hunt and Mrs. Lillian McElroy Luckey wed in Portland on Thursday. Salem friends received the news last week. both are accomplished musicians. Hunt resided in Salem for years and led with a local orchestra before the trip. The McElroy family is well known in Salem and Portland, and the couple will reside in Portland amid musical circles.
Virgil Rexroad fractured his arm after a fall from a cherry tree but is mending well. Mrs. Mary Cartwright returns from a brief Eugene visit. The combined harvester works smoothly. Zierolf and Taylor threshing machine resumes operation. Miss Ida and Florence Zierolf return from Portland relatives visit.
Inquiries about business education as term begins September 1 09. We prepare students for Civil Service Examinations. Send for catalog. Eugene Business College 14 W Seventh St Eugene Ore Office open every day Phone Main 45 J M Craven of Dallas was in Eugene today.
The county clerk reports about $1500 collected so far this year from hunting and fishing licenses. Rough totals show nearly 700 fishing licenses and over 159 combination licenses issued, with reporting delays from wardens complicating exact figures. In 1908 the clerk collected $1705 from hunting licenses, with 1642 licenses issued. Resident fee is $1, non resident $10. Demand for hunting permits has been strong recently.
White Plains Aug 3 three alienists testified in court that Harry K Thaw is insane and dangerous to be at large while seeking release from Mattewan asylum. Dr Amos T Baker acting superintendent testified with importance in ruling.
A slight earthquake was felt in San Francisco and San Jose this morning.
Elmira notes a railroad push with Eugene & Western and Eugene & Siuslaw passing through town, signaling the area as a future rail center. Farmers prepare for threshing, Huston brothers plan local work, Joel Mays rents a Harrisburg area farm, Ed Potriff suffers a foot injury from a falling nail while repairing a bridge, the saw mill suspends operations for lack of logs, and families like Horn and Jones camp or visit relatives in the mountains or nearby homes.
Mrs. F. H. Snoderess and her children journeyed back to Cottage Grove this afternoon following a visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abbott.
An old advertisement extols Perry Davis Painkiller as the oldest and best medicine for internal and external aches. It claims it has served in thousands of families for over 70 years and urges buying 50c or 35c bottles for emergencies and travel.
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