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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
7
North Portland market showed heavy cattle supplies at 686 head, with buyers cautious as prices ranged and hogs up a nickel. Dressed veal and hog markets noted strength or steadiness, while grain, flour, and hay prices reflected producer levels. new potatoes eased with top stock around 2.76 and sizes smaller.
Hale McAfee, the Acme Quality paint store representative, emphasizes a fast and pleasing job for customers seeking durable finishes and trusted painting supplies from Acme Quality paints.
Oregon Agricultural College reports blackleg or black stem disease affecting Irish potatoes in Oregon. Bacteria cause symptoms from undersized plants to blackened stems. some yield loss possible. Prevent by using sound tubers, drying seed, or treating with formalin solution before planting. Soil carryover unlikely but not proven for Western Oregon.
Oregon leads a Northwest potato outlook with 13,060,000 bushels in 1912, boosting total regional acreage by 32,000 acres from 1911. Figures show Oregon 65,000 acres. Washington 68,000. Idaho 66,000, with statewide totals around 166,000 acres and 41,? million bushels across the three states. Pendleton council approves Court street gravel pavement project under assessment district No. 17, to be financed by benefited property owners, with plans by City Surveyor Geary Kimbrell. publication in East Oregonian for ten days.
vallis Oregon June 19 Last night Prof C I Lewis and Scoffield of the U S department of agriculture conducted the annual inspection of the Hermiston experiment station established three years ago on sage brush land with a focus on fruit and vegetable growing on forty irrigated acres Prof Lewis praised results to date and Prof W I Gardner of Oregon agricultural college will tour the Nehalem valley to address growers on small fruit production next week he will speak at The Dalles Chautauqua and study cherry pollination in that region.
The City of Pendleton Surveyor filed plans to improve Court street from Main to Ash with gravel bitulithic pavement. The Common Council found plans satisfactory and included parcels to be benefited, stating costs and assessments.
This snippet lists historical economic values for British Columbia and regional trade, including 1911 road and public works expenditure of 4,250,000 dollars and 1910 values for farm products 14,299,000 dollars and imported livestock and meat 14,962,000 dollars. It notes 36,000,000 dollars in manufactures, 26,183,000 dollars in minerals, 17,160,000 dollars in timber, and 5,000,000 dollars in fish from 1910, plus a 1970 clearing house return totaling 536,565,892 dollars. It mentions land values and farming climate in BC, proximity to Portland and San Francisco, and business solicitations from North Coast Land Co. Ltd. It also includes newspaper subscription offers and various classified notices and services.
Hartman Abstract Co offers reliable land abstracts in Umatilla County and real estate services. James Johns and C H Marsh listed as officers with various local professionals. May as contractor, Baker as funeral director, Steiner and Bailey as attorneys. Offices and contact details noted for multiple Pendleton trades and services.
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