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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1905
Page
10
Conrad Layer, a prosperous farmer near Mohler, was found dead with a single .22 rifle shot to the head. An inquest will determine whether it was suicide or foul play as investigators study the scene and surrounding evidence.
A Madras Pioneer item notes a sale of high priced cattle described as miles of fine cattle priced from twenty to sixty dollars per head. The account praises the buyers and the quality stock, implying strong demand and fortunate purchases by local purchasers.
The following prices on produce are in effect today with bid and selling figures. Hens dressed 60 to 60 cents, young chickens dressed 40 to 60 cents, ducks SeI, geese Team turkeys 12 ½ cents. Butter country 60 to 65 cents per roll. Apples 10 to 60 cents per pound, potatoes 1.25 per sack, onions fresh, cabbage 6 cents per pound, cauliflower 2 cents per head, radishes 5 cents per bunch, lettuce 5 cents per bunch, turnips 4 cents per pound. Spinach 6 cents per bunch. Cranberries per quart. Potatoes and other listed items appear with varying prices, reflecting market values for the day.
Promotive Association of Mireshare men agrees on six cent per bushel rate in the valley and six and a half in the wilted region. Northwestern Threshermen's Protective association held its second meeting at Walla Walla to form a constitution and by laws. Aiming to regulate threshing prices across Umatilla, Walla Walla and Columbia counties, the group seeks to curb undercutting and improve coordination among about 200 large machines. Officers named: Mike Toner president, John Moore vice president, George McGuire secretary, D J Myers treasurer.
Mixed local notices cover physicians architects and builders in Pendleton Oregon. Listings include doctors in various offices, hotels, an architectural firm, contractors, and chambers of commerce type business notices. Also notes banking details, real estate, funeral services, livery stables, and a stockholders meeting notice for Golconda Consolidated Gold Mines with a call for a special meeting and bond authorization.
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