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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1907
Page
6
Sept. notes from Umatilla and Adams recount a suspected incendiary fire that destroyed the city jail after three boys rolled a gasoline tank into the river. local praise for Rev Johnson and school arrivals, plus Panama Canal wages, bids for candy concessions, and a Great Northern land sale. Wheat storage grows daily as rains damage little. district fair plans and births mark local activity across Adams and Mil tonnes.
New records from Guernacy Music Store at Court and Cottonwood announce September Edison and Vietor talking machines. Forty Kendrick Idaho ranchers and several local businessmen back Farmers Bank and Trust Co, a new Kendrick state bank with 26000 dollars capital.
An advertisement claims Hyomel targets catarrhal troubles by inhalation through a pocket inhaler. It promises healing of inflammation and germs in airways. Tallman & Co guarantees results or no charge, with a complete outfit priced at $1.00.
For a week Alba reports cloudy and rainy weather with heavy downpours on Sunday. Hay stored in swaths windrows and shocks is soaking wet, risking spoilage if rain continues. Beef prices are strong this fall, foretelling a large post harvest cattle crop. J. L. McLeod and family return to Pendleton, Mrs. Connell travels there by stage. Blue mountains mark an unusually cool summer with early spring withdrawals. Huckleberries near end of season, many gatherings planned to stockpile for winter. District 79 school closes after four months.
A Landers Wyoming letter reports a mysterious cattle illness causing eye damage and death. Rancher T. N. Bord of Little Bear cites about five percent affected, with the disease often starting in one eye and sometimes bursting the eyeball. The issue will be raised with the state veterinarian for guidance on treatment and prevention.
Lost item reported between 9 30 p m yesterday and noon today tied to a box of Dr Kings New Life Pills found at Tallman Co s drugstore. Pills touted for biliousness malaria and jaundice priced 26e.
Rates listed for the period September 1 to October 31 1907 show journeys from Kansas City St. Joseph Leavenworth Atchison Council Bluffs Omaha Sioux City St Paul Duluth Minneapolis and Winnipeg to Pendleton at 22 50 plus higher fares from Des Moines 26 50 St Louis 27 60 Oklahoma City 27 50 Chicago 99 560 Memphis 95 00 Louisville 94 60 Pittsburg 38 60 New York 47 60 Detroit 37 00 and Cleveland 37 25. The notice urges sending the list to friends in the east and to have them stop at Pendleton.
The Seattle News questions coal profits by examining production costs and sale prices. It cites State inspector data showing average production at $2 per ton, with Carbon Hill coal sold at $7 locally. Using transport and handling costs, a $4.27 per ton potential profit is noted, translating to tens of thousands monthly across the Seattle market.
Advertised labor offer from Blalock Fruit company in Walla Walla seeks women and girls to pack frost. Pays four cents per prune crate and five cents per pear or apple crate. Free camp ground and tents, one month of work guaranteed, meals at ten cents each, and good packers can earn three to four dollars daily.
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