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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1912
Page
3
North Portland yard activity shows lighter cattle, with prices easing slightly from yesterday. Heavy fancy steers around 7.00 to 7.10, heifers and calves mixed, sheep and hogs mostly steady to firmer as buyers resist higher bids. Wheat and mill prices listed, with Chicago futures quoted by Overbeck & Cooke.
Wichita police add women detectives led by Jessie Stalcup to uncover violations of the prohibitory law. Chief Cubbon praises their work. they operate in venues where a man would struggle, including a restaurant where a waitress helped reveal criminals. These country girls bring nerve and risk to expose both male and female suspects.
The poem paints an urgent morning scene as the year turns to spring with warnings of political platitudes and rising rivers. It evokes solidarity among brothers amid shifting hills and wet land, urging restraint before drastic measures.
A vintage advertising snippet urges mothers to use Syrup of Figs for children to relieve constipation. It touts gentle action, claims to cleanse and regulate the stomach and bowels without harsh drugs, and promotes the product as safe for all ages with directions on the package. The ad warns against using castor oil or calomel.
Sealed bids for city printing in Pendleton Oregon will be received by the Common Council at the City Recorder's office until May 6 1912 at 6 oclock p m for two years. Bids must state price per inch for natives in six point type and price per hundred for blanks or per thousand for form information. The city may reject any or all bids. Dated April 25 1912. THOS FITZGERALD City Recorder.
Sealed bids will be received until 6 p m on the Sunday of May 1912 at the city hall office for purchase of improvement bonds of Pendleton Oregon to improve Alta street between Main and Court. Bonds totaling 18259 50 include twenty six bonds of 500 each and one bond of 269 50, dated May 1 1912, bearing 6 percent interest per year, payable semi annually, mature in ten years.
The notice explains bid requirements for city bonds in Pendleton Oregon. Each bid must be accompanied by a $500 certified check payable to the mayor, forfeitable if the bidder refuses to take the bonds. Checks are returned if unsuccessful. Dated Pendleton April 24 1912. Thomas Fitzgerald.
Sealed bids to 5 p.m. May 8 1912 for improvement bonds of Pendleton Oregon for Cottonwood Street and Webb Street projects totaling 19683.55 dollars. Bonds dated May 1 1912 bear 6 percent interest semi annually, mature in ten years, redeemable after one year. Bid must be for 500 dollars per bond and payable to the mayor. If awarded and declined the bonds forfeited. if unsuccessful returned. Dated April 25 1912.
At a regular April 17 1912 meeting the Pendleton Common Council adopted resolutions to improve Johnson street from Water to Court streets with bitulithic pavement on a bituminous base. The plan includes 26 foot wide pavement with curbs gutters, and creates Assessment District No 13 to levy costs on benefited lots. The Surveyor Geary Kimbrell filed plans April 10 1912 and the notice will run ten days in East Oregonian.
Hartman Abstract Co lists trellable abstracts of title for lands in Umatilla county, offers property loans, buys and sells real estate, and provides general brokerage, tax payments for non residents, and investments. Also writes fire theft and accident insurance with local references and Pendleton bank support. Johnson & Strable attorneys listed in Despots building.
Partial public notice dated April 19 1912 in Pendleton Oregon on file with the City Recorder. It records a legal or administrative action requiring attention or compliance by a listed party or party interest in the city.
The Pendleton Common Council on April 18 1912 adopted resolutions to improve College street from Court to Alta with bitulithic pavement on a bituminous base. The project includes curbs gutters and related work with a 44 foot wide pavement and district 15 assessment boundaries. A detailed plan by City Surveyor Geary Kimbrell is on file for public inspection and cost allocations.
The document lists 1911 road and public works spending of 4 250 000 dollars and 1910 values for farm products at 14 799 000 dollars, imported livestock and more at 14 962 000 dollars, manufactures and minerals at 35 000 000 dollars, timber at 17 160 000 dollars, fish at 3 000 000 dollars, and clearing house returns of 536 565 892 dollars with 1 040 000 000 feet of lumber cut. It notes an average farm land value of 74 dollars in 1910, low land occupancy, mild climate, distance from Portland and San Francisco, and mentions North Coast Land Co. Ltd of Vancouver with paid up capital 1 600 000 dollars.
FOR SALE S C WHITE LEGHORN chicks for hatching at 1 per chick or 5 per hundred. Day old chicks 12 per hundred. Wm F Braun Box 432 Hermiston Ore offers live stock and stallion announcements for printing with no extra charge.
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