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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1914
Page
7
Portlands hog market shows renewed strength with another fair run of offerings. Montana ships hogs here due to higher net returns. ranges include prime heavies 226 to 250 pounds at 8.55 to 8.60, lves 176 to 226 pounds at 8.65 to 8.70, and other classes across cattle and sheep sectors with mixed prices.
Chicago wheat market steadied after an early loss with closing gains of 1 8 cent for July and September and 1 4 cent for May. Prices showed strength near day’s high, with May, July, and Sept futures all closing higher. Grain market prices for club, milling bluestem, oats, barley, and flour were listed with various producer and selling figures.
A short note describes renewing leather bags by rubbing with beaten egg white, polishing with wax and turpentine, then final buffing with a soft clean cloth to restore appearance.
An 19th century advertisement states deafness is curable only by constitutional remedies. It explains deafness stems from inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube, causing rumbling or impaired hearing when blocked. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is offered with a $100 reward for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured, with circulars free from Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
Pendleton Oregon invites bids for remodeling and construction of an 80 by 100 foot five story hotel building. General contract covers all work except heating plumbing and elevator, which are separate bids. Bids due 10 a m Thursday March 26 1914 at Mark Moorhouse Company Pendleton. Owner may accept or reject any bid. Plans from Tourtellotte Hammond Portland. Contractors must deposit a $10 check.
An adv appeared calling for guaranteed return of architectural plans. Signed by Mark Moorhouse, Secretary. The fragment suggests an official request or notice related to a withheld or requested set of drawings and a formal action to ensure their return.
The Pendleton Common Council on March 11 1914 approved plans for gravel bitulithic paving of Vincent Court Alta and Lee Streets with a district assessment No. 95 detailing benefited lots and cost shares. A ten day notice will publish the surveyor’s estimates and district map in the East Oregonian. Thomas Fitzgerald City Recorder issued the resolution March 12 1914.
John 8 Baker operates a funeral director and licensed embalmer service opposite the post office. Details note two funeral cars and 24 hour call responsiveness via phone 76. Mention of J T Brown's Furniture Store as another funeral establishment with a modern parlor morgue and cars at Main and Water streets, phone 63. Hartman Abstract Co offers land abstracts in Umatilla County plus real estate services and insurance. Records show local brokers Bentley Leffingwell James Johns and Perry Attorney listed at 15 Main Street and over Taylor Hardware Co.
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