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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1909
Page
4
The La Grande Evening Observer outlines subscription prices and deadlines, states no nom de plume articles will be published, and notes editor discretion on signed pieces. Advertising rates are available on request and local notices are charged per line with first and subsequent insertion rates.
Local business leaders in La Grande project a strong 1909 with growth across Grande Ronde valley. They cite expanding grain and orchard activity, robust lumber shipments, and irrigation potential as drivers of profits and long term prosperity despite irrigation challenges.
Citizens warn that water projects will cost far more than anticipated and warn buyers to inspect land values before paying inflated prices. They urge visiting the affected sections to see land worth only for its production.
B M Sherwood of Logan Sherwood Realty returns from Hermiston upbeat about irrigation progress. He says Hermiston will grow to about ten thousand residents in five years, with land turning from worthless to productive for grapes peaches and other crops at around one hundred dollars per acre. Government dam ditch and pipe line work aims to cut maintenance costs using durable materials. Sherry’s La Grande trip will be brief before resuming firm duties.
The building once occupied by Poster hardware and Virtous offices at Adama and Depot will pass to Joseph Valmer, president of the States Farmers and Traders Bank, following bankruptcy proceedings. The sale price is 600 dollars.
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