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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1902
Page
7
The fragment notes First National Bank of Pendleton Oregon with officers W F Matlock C B Wade HB C Guernsey and services including drafts on China Japan and Europe and collections. It also mentions a junk and hides buyer L Shank & Co Pendleton Oregon with contact prompts and a claim of staying in the area.
Commerce trade section lists local market prices for produce and livestock. Turnips and parsnips at 76c per sack, cabbage 4c per lb, cheese 20c per lb, onions 2 dollars per cwt, apples 1.50 per box, kraut 40c per gallon, hogs dressed 7 to 8c, steers four dollars, cows eight dollars ten cents per hundred, geese and poultry rates per dozen and per unit, bees and butter ranges noted. Poultry prices include hens 3.50 to 3.60 per dozen, roosters 4.50 to 4.60, spring chickens 3.60 per dozen, ducks 3.76 per dozen, pigeons 1.60 per dozen.
Pendleton prices for sugar cane granulated sugar sacks five fifty to five sixty five dollars per sack twelve and one half pound units. coffee varieties Modia and Java up to six cents per pound. rice best head twelve and a half cents per pound. salt coarse one dollar thirty six to two dollars twenty per hundred. flour BB three dollars per barrel.
Portland market report dated March 6 shows as priced ranges for sheep skins and hides. Figures include short, medium, and long wool categories with per pound valuations, various dry hides by weight class, salted hides and calf veal pricing, and small animal skins such as cat and goat skins with per unit costs.
A historical price list shows values for furbearers such as lynx mink martens otter and wolf, with prices by size and condition. Skins range from 60 cents to several dollars, including beaver otter raccoon wolverine and bobcat varieties.
The Portland board of trade and Inland Empire bodies seek to finish a road from Cello to The Dalles to aid wheat transport from the Columbia and Snake river basins. Ten miles of 16 are done, with over 200000 dollars still unspent for river transport. They will petition authorities to reclaim the remaining funds and push for more federal or local funding.
A fire at Downing station near Weston threatened the Pacific Coast Elevator warehouse as sparks from a passing train set a timber pile ablaze near the rail line. Cliff Overturt and Otis Turner spotted the smoke and, with scoop shovels, contained the blaze before it spread further.
Classified notice urges readers to buy new and second hand goods at 212 Court Street in the Opera House block. George O'Daniel advertises as a dealer in second hand items and offers furniture stoves granite ware and crockery with prompt pricing. Strongle also advertises as a dealer in second hand goods at the same address.
Old newspapers sold for wrapping shelves or walls at 25 cents per bundle at the East Oregonian office in Pendleton Oregon. Subscriptions offered by mail with risk of loss covered by the publisher. Also ads for a Chicago typewriter offered at $30 and Brabath metal bars at $1 each and rooms for rent in the East Oregonian building with steam heat and bath.
The blaze threatened the Keer-Gifford Co. warehouse, where significant grain stocks remained. Firefighters saved at least $20,000 worth of property as the flames subsided.
Coughs colds croup grip and throat lung troubles are claimed to be cured quickly by One Minute Cough Cure. It purportedly softens and liquefies mucus, draws out inflammation, and treats the disease cause. Safety is asserted with testimonials from J Q Hood Crosby Miss and mentions Tallman Co. and Brock McComas.
The excerpt asserts that continuous advertising yields ample returns for money invested, calling it one of the best methods to squander funds. It presents a contradictory stance on spending for promotion and hints at guidance on budgeting.
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