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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1910
Page
7
Market tone fair with strong demand for select cattle and hogs. Prices reach 9.10 for top hogs while best cattle sell near 5.10 with some sales up to 6.36 but overall quality varies. Mixed arrivals from California and Montana, with notable consignors including D. Jones and several from Gazelle and Granada.
An advertisement extols Pope's Diuretic as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims rapid, thorough cures for backache, urinary issues, and related symptoms through direct action on kidneys and urinary organs, urging readers to start treatment at once. The piece cites Cincinnati based Pape Thompson & Pape and promotes a fifty cent supply.
Local buyer activity lists Pence Brothers of Payette and others delivering cattle and logs. Meesteck yard prices show best steers about 5.25 to 5.55 per 100 pounds, medium cattle 4.70 to 5.00, best cows around 40.04 to 40.25, fancy heifers near 4.40 to 4.60, bulls near 2.50, hogs at 6.90 to 7.10, sheep with wethers 6.25 to 6.50, spring lambs 4.60 to 4.75, calves best 26.75, ordinary around 26.
In a year marked by disaster memory, United States Mine Workers of America members push for better mine safety over wage agitation. Veteran leader John L. Lewis is re elected over William Roo by a large margin as the union plans a stronger push for safety measures and mine protections. Canada builds railroads with record activity, now 293000 miles of track, and Hoxton hosts Jack Sullivan versus Frank Krauss in a boxing bout at the Armory.
Chicago wheat prices opened 1-4 to 3-8¢ lower and closed 7-8 to 12-80 cents per bushel under Saturday as foreign weakness and lower cash premiums pulled values down. Liverpool also slipped while American grain supplies show shifts in corn and oats. cash wheat levels quoted across grades from No. 2 red to No. 1 northern spring. A separate item notes a Jacksonville boy nearly choking to death on croup, and a New York auction of Silent Smith’s mansion and art collection. Ballard’s Snow Liniment is praised for neuralgia and other pains.
Umatilla County Oregon invites bids to build four steel bridges across the Walla Walla river at McCoy ranch 110 feet Dry creek at Blue Mountain station 60 feet Butter creek near Butter creek mouth 40 feet and the Walla Walla river at Milton 90 feet Plans are on file January 20 1910. Bids open February 3 1910. A certified check of 5 percent accompanies each bid. The court may reject any or all bids. Dated January 12 1910 Frank Saling County Clerk.
The twenty fourth annual Connecticut Federation of Labor convenes in Meriden on January 18 with broad union representation. Attendees expect major focus on the Gompera Mitchell Morrison case and resolutions backing labor causes.
An Oregonian notice promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. It guarantees a refund if ineffective and advertises the drug's labeling with a stated price and the seller BH W Groves.
Sealed bids will be received at the city recorder's office in Pendleton for two years of city printing from March 1 1910 to December 1 1911. Bids must state price per inch solid brevier minion type for notices and price per hundred five hundred or thousand for all work. The city may reject any or all bids. Dated Pendleton January 13 1910. Thos Fitzgerald City Recorder.
Want Ads describe a home mal order business with no canvassing and a free booklet. Includes addresses in Lockport and Pendleton and claims earnings for new applicants. Also notes hair work offered, and multiple sale listings for ranches, furniture, and land near Echo and Pendleton Oregon with contact details.
United Engineering Co a firm of mechanical engineers and irrigation power or electric plant producers located at 25 26 P I Building Seattle Washington.
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