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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
4
A church study in La Grande continues next Sunday at 10 a m led by O H King. The topic is What Would Prohibition Mean to La Grande and This County with several local men to join in the discussion.
An editorial urges Oregon farmers to expand orchards citing $33,000 potential from winter apples and the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle 1909. It argues 100 acre tracts rapidly boost valley prosperity, increase employment, and support exhibit contributions while highlighting labor and debt considerations.
A Pendleton crafts group staged an April Fool joke for friends inviting a crowd to dance then a banquet. Guests were seated for a grand march to tables where the "food" was a lone toothpick wand and a glass of water, and a lemon was handed as they left.
William J. Bryan will visit Colorado early next week with stops in Denver and Pueblo. He is expected to arrive tomorrow in Pueblo for a charity address before speaking in Denver on Monday.
Reports describe executions without court martial despite promises. The body of Arsene Cherry, noted poet, was found hanging and bullet riddled, believed linked to royalist or revolutionary factions. White laborers in Go Alves warn they may act to defend interests if violence erupts.
If you missed last night you missed a fine program at the Electric theater. The pictures were excellent and the songs well received. The program was praised as near perfect for weeks.
An unclear report mentions Mt Bt Marys Emmitshiarg and a kneeball task with Catholic University of Amperiva. The piece lists teams and places such as Car Herd Indians Bele Cross Muakraelt Villa Nova Georgia Merland Tivertte in a scrambled event outline.
Paso Robles April 3 Admiral Evans declares the public supports his bid for a vice admiral commission and condemns the Washington opposition by a political faction. He says politicians opposing the grant can bury their aid commission in the stove hole of hell and that his reward is the people’s approval.
Several city churches join for a first general union series after years. Evangelists T B Fretz and C WM Waudenschield will lead sessions at the Baptist church and a skating rink venue, with cottage prayer meetings in various city districts.
Pope and officers launched a citywide hunt splitting the town into zones. North La Gone was visited as part of the effort to trap a highly suspected hog using a meat lure and a long pole to secure a noose.
Union County shows a diverse economy not tied to one industry. No western county matches its mix of sugar beets fruits wheat lumber hay dairying mining horses cattle and more. The article highlights broad agricultural and industrial resources across the region.
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