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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1913
Page
7
In Portland on Oct 16 the cattle and hog markets showed strength with steers at about 8.26 and hogs topping 8.75 in North Portland. Lambs sold at 5.50, two Washington lamb lots in the North Portland yards signaling a higher mutton trend. Prices held above prior highs amid ongoing demand in a tight supply day.
Rest spring lambs sell for 5.50 while ordinary lambs bring 6.00. Wethers at 4.25, fancy ewes at 5.80, ordinary ewes at 2.75. Prices shown as market quotes with various grade listings.
Closing wheat prices eased with December down 3 to 4 cents and May dropping about a quarter, after May opened unchanged at 80 cents and December around 84 cents. Liverpool and Winnipeg reports fed the weak mood as prices slipped on weather concerns and weaker cables.
Doan's Kidney Pills gain widespread praise with over 100000 recommendations, including Pendleton residents like L Greenawald of 414 Lincoln St. He credits relief from backache kidney pain and urinary issues after one box. The ad notes 60 cent price and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as US agents.
India and Austria show weak demand for distant cargoes while March option steadies on Argentina weather. Wheat prices move with open, high, low and close figures across December and May contracts. Nominal producers’ prices for wheat and barley listed with club, milling blue stem, and red varieties, plus flour, hay, millstuffs, grain bags, and clover seed prices for Willamette Valley and eastern Oregon Idaho regions.
In Joseph Oregon on October 16 many cattle and sheep trades are reported. N C Longfellow sold 5343 head of sheep to Jay Dobbin and Fred Falconer and retired from the stock business. Fred Gatford sold about half of 206 cattle to Henry Mitchell. the remainder may be fed this winter. George Sallaby bought Polk Mays cattle on Joseph Creek, about 200 head and 500 acres of range, and will take charge around the 20th. His family will reside in the Belth house in Joseph next year with the children in school.
Sheepmen report the season’s rains have revived new grass in mountain ranges, improving prospects for winter feeding. Dan P Smythe says conditions are better now than in ten years, with sufficient moisture and late growth ensuring forage through the cold months.
Reports from Umatilla County growers indicate no losses from recent snow, though some growers report pockets of necking and limited damage. Herders kept busy moving bands from mountains to low canyons or rail shipping routes, with one local grower noting two bands had no reports yet. Communication gaps amid the snow suggest possible unseen damage, despite overall resilience of sheep operations.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh cure case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. The undersigned bank testifies to Cheney's honor and financial ability. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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