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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1904
Page
7
A collage of ads and notices from Pendleton outlines legal services, teaching jobs, laundry and cleaning, engraving and card printing, clothing dyeing, and subscription offers. Wary readers see Doan’s Kidney Pills testimonial, local employment, and old newspaper utility items. The page blends professional listings with household services and promotional pitches.
Reports from Morrow County detail a large cattle shooting where 90 head belonging to Ben Swaggart were found with rifle wounds near farm districts east of the river. Authorities suspect local farmers as the shooters, disputing range conflicts as the cause.
The market shows a standstill with about 300,000 bushels of wheat still in farmers hands and little price movement expected until next crop arrival. Beef prices range from 4 to 3.75 dollars per hundredweight as demand ebbs. hides are scarce due to mild winter and abundant feed. Pockets of activity appear in coffee, sugar, and pantry goods with various price levels listed for staples, produce, and meats across regional markets.
Second payload of large timbers arrives at the exposition grounds for the House of Hoo Hoo a showcase by U S lumber interests. The structure will feature a giant flag star and display lumber from Texas Michigan Minnesota California Florida Wisconsin and other states. Livestock and poultry prices listed for a winter market in the city of Darth with routes paying the following figures.
The notice lists gilt price ranges for poultry and livestock including turkeys 12 140, chickens $3 4 per dozen, roosters 4 to 6 cents, geese $9 per dozen, ducks $3.50 per dozen, beef cattle Steere 4.26 03,75, cows 2.60 2.76, veal dressed 66ze, sheep $22.60, hay and feed items such as chopped burney $22.50 per ton, oats 144 cents per Ib, alfalfa $19 per ton, wheat bone $13 per ton, timothy baled $20 per ton. Hides prices show beef green 4c per lb, beef dry 10Gpi2%ec, mink 60c each, coyote Dugt6c, bear king to $15, coon $8 40c, horse $11.26, lynx or bob cat 16 30, skunk 25c, badger 16 90.
Madisan Wis Feb 3 nearly every county in Wisconsin is represented at the annual convention in session here of the State Agricultural Society. George Mee Kenow president opened proceedings in the assembly chamber with papers and addresses on topics including agricultural education and profitable farming. Sessions continue through tomorrow with related meetings of horticultural and livestock groups and alumni associations.
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