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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1914
Page
7
Baker city officials notify Eastern Oregon Light and Power that the contract ends May 17 and the municipal plant will be ready to operate. The plant has been completed and tested, lines purchased from the old company, and equipment ordered to improve service. City plans to install a modern cluster lighting system for business streets using remaining funds from a $30,000 appropriation, starting soon.
Mothers should keep a box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powder for Children to ease cold feverishness teething disorders and stomach troubles. Used by mothers for 24 years and sold by all drug stores for 25 cents. Do not accept substitutes. Sample mailed free. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
Portlands North Portland market reports a Sunday livestock record with 98 cars received, hogs totaling 3152 head and cattle receipts of 1289 head. Hog prices ranged 8.40 to 8.76 per hundredweight, while cattle and mutton markets showed firm or steady conditions with strong demand and mixed carload sales.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure not achieved by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo. The testimonial passage asserts Cheney's honesty over 15 years and their financial ability to honor obligations. The note mentions testimonials and price 75 cents per bottle and generic sale in stores.
The report lists buying and selling prices for grains and feeds. Wheat types show milling blue stem around 99c and other varieties. oats No 1 white feed about $23 to $23.50 per ton. barley feed around $20 and brewing $21 per ton. Hay values span timothy, alfalfa, vetch, and clover, with Willamette Valley figures from about $9 to $16 per ton, plus bran, middling, and shorts price ranges.
Arguments closed in Rock Creek injunctive suit by Baker ranchers against Highland mine. They seek permanent restraining order to curb mill output over pollution claims from dump waste and chemical crust harming irrigation ditches and vegetation. Judge Anderson to rule in a few days.
Weston February 24 Special Correspondence The Saturday Afternoon Club met February 21 at the home of Mrs. John A. McRae with 17 members present and visitors from Cornwall Canada and Montreal. The program honored George Washington with songs duets readings and Life of Washington items. Several West on residents were noted visiting moving away or returning. A local dancing gathering on Couse creek drew many youths, while various residents were mentioned in social notes and travel. An advertisement for Chamberlain's Tablets concludes the column.
Palm Beach Florida. John F Harrs vice president of United States Steel Co. rammed the small end of an oar down the throat of a nine foot shark in the gulf. The dramatic incident highlights a tense encounter at sea.
Mrs Joseph Aselin of Minneapolis recounts enduring two years of illness with pains in the sides after childbirth. She says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her strength and enabled her to do housework. The ad invites other women to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
During a 20 minute struggle a diver drowned nearby as Mr Harris fought a massive fish alone in a small boat. He looped a rope around the creature and tied it to the boat while keeping an oar in its throat to suffocate it. The 250 pound fish was later exhibited on the fishing pier.
The advertisement asserts eczema is a skin disease and can be cured through skin treatment. It features a testimonial from W H Holmes of Decorah Iowa praising Meritol Pile Remedy and urges immediate use. Tallman & Company is listed as exclusive agency.
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