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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text mentions telephone issues and medical or vision references with broken phrases. Core readable elements include mention of a Colt office in Judd and possible references to conditions and impairment, but details are incomplete.
For sale at the East Oregonian office large handles of newspapers with over 100 papers per handle. Also for sale new Chicago type writer universal keyboard munching first lines. Take a look. Thirty dollars will buy it.
In commodity markets sugar shows a rise to 5.25 per hundred pounds as refiners near settlement of disputes causing earlier drops from 6.25. Meats hold steady with prices unchanged for weeks, and wheat remains at 54 cents with no sales. Wool and live stock markets show no change besides sugar’s movement.
Wheat in San Francisco May 15 shows quiet activity with exporters sparing, stocks smaller than usual, and cash wheat unchanged in price but not strong. California shipments remain robust with about a dozen geesels loading and expectations of a very large crop. No. 1 shipping at $1.12 milling at $1.15 per cental.
Prices paid at Pendleton market include Strawberries three boxes for fifty cents Turnips seventy five cents per sack Parsnips one cent per sack Cabbage four cents a pound Cheese two cents per pound Onions one dollar fifty cents to two dollars per ewt Green onions twenty five cents per bunch Potatoes one dollar fifty cents to one dollar seventy five cents per ewt Horse radish twelve and a half to fourteen cents per pound G lick sixteen and a quarter to sixteen and a half cents per pound Sauerkraut forty cents per gallon Chickens hens three dollars fifty cents per dozen Roosters four dollars fifty cents to four fifty Turkeys ten cents per pound Geese nine dollars per dozen Spring chickens three dollars fifty six cents per dozen Ducks three dollars seventy six cents per dozen Pigeons one dollar sixty cents per dozen Eyes license trade Butter twenty five or sixty cents per roll Choice bee cattle etc Cows three dollars ten cents per hundred Steers four dollars twenty five cents to four dollars fifty cents Hogs hog dressed five to six cents Wolves dressed seven to eight cents
A price list shows sugar cane, coffee, rice, salt, flour and more with per sack or per pound figures. Portland May 15 market commentary notes wheat dull, high prices, limited selling, strong carry, few ships, and steady club bluetstem valley values at 66 68 cents per bushel.
Market remains quiet in Boston on May 15 as wool manufacturers hold steady prices despite ongoing wool mill strikes. Territory wools are quiet and quotations show little change with best fine secured at 45 to 48 cents per pound and fine to fine medium around 43 to 45 cents. Australian wool shows firm demand with choice combing scoured at 72 to 74 cents, good at 68 to 80 cents, and average around 65 cents.
Pendleton readers are assured that Van Daan Bros Prop is the best hotel in town and as good as any. The ad extols comfort and quality as a top lodging choice for visitors and locals seeking dependable accommodations.
London reports auction sales numbered 14 235 with spirited competition. Scowreds were in active demand, especially for the home trade.
Kansas City cattle and hog prices rise with higher bids across native and Texas steers cows and heifers stockers and feeders and bulls. hogs steady to higher with strong bulk sales and regional ranges. Chicago market follows with higher cattle prices and strong hog and sheep markets across good to prime steers and mixed lots.
The Portland market lists prices for various wool grades and hides. Wool categories range from short to long, with up to 60 cents per pound for some types. Dry hides, kip, calf, and salted hides have diverse per pound quotes, with miscellaneous animal products including horse hides and goat skins priced per item or per pound.
The homeliest and handsomest residents are invited to call on any druggist for a free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs. The remedy is guaranteed to cure or relieve chronic and acute coughs asthma bronchitis and consumption. Price 25 cents and 6 cents for sale by Tallman Co sole agents.
Notice to voters states registration books will be kept open at the courthouse every evening until a specified hour. On Thursday May 15 registration closes at 6 p.m. and no further registrations will be accepted after that time.
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