Bids Opened on April 10 for Exhibit Project
The Commercial club will open all bids for the exhibit project on April 10, inviting bidders to present proposals and compete for the contract.
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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1911
Page
7
The Commercial club will open all bids for the exhibit project on April 10, inviting bidders to present proposals and compete for the contract.
Real estate notices offer ten acre tracts one mile from town with water rights and crops several thousand dollars in annual value. Prices range from 3500 to 6500 with down payments and installment plans. Properties include homes, barns, orchards of apples and cherries, strawberry land, and garden plots near schools and main county roads.
In a notice dated April 3, a bidder must remove the hail within five days after April 10 from railroad land now occupied. Bids should be addressed to the Secretary of Commercial Club in La Grand Oregon. Ground occupied by the bidder under the current arrangement is specified in the notice.
Convictions have been numerous in the present circuit court session as jurors were excused today for a week and will return Monday. Yesterday a jury found a Black man guilty of robbing the Haines Mercantile store at North Powder, while his alleged partner pleaded guilty. The court then took up the Hamer case, accused of stealing pants from Tony and Scranton.
A major blaze in Echo destroyed two warehouses belonging to the Henrietta Milling and Grain Co. with about 4,000 dollars claimed value and 1,250 dollars in insured coverage on each building. Quick fire response limited further losses as wind pushed flames away from adjacent mills. Investigators doubt a deliberate cause, suspecting a spark from a passing engine or discarded refuse.
Sealed bids will be received by the La Grande city council for 4965 square yards of bitulithic pavement on Main Avenue between Fourth and First streets with excavation curbing and drainage. Bids due by 8 p m April 12 1911 with 6 percent certified check. Council may reject all bids. Warren Brothers Company license agreement noted. La Grande Oregon April 6 1911. Recorder Co M Humphreys.
Sunset Magazine presents Lloyd Osborne travel story and four color illustrations. The Spell by C N A M Williamson appears alongside In the Shadow of the Dragon by Grant Carpenter. Descriptive piece on San Francisco's Chinese quarters. April issue now on sale for 16 cents.
An advertisement touts fruit orchard investments in the Imbler district as ideal for small savers. It highlights steady returns, easy land care, and profitable past deals like the Laidlaw purchase, urging readers to choose an honorable firm to handle tract purchases.
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