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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
3
President Grant Lincoln says the new uniforms arrived in sections and must be assembled by local tailors to fit players. They will be kept under cover until the season opens, with no practice today due to rain.
County Fruit Inspector C D Huffman issues instructions to fruit growers urging an early spray campaign against fire blight and apple scab. He advises spraying dormant trees with Bordeaux mixture and pruning infected limbs, offering help via portal card for information.
The Observer proprietors nearly became millionaires after a Spokane land venture with Col. George B. Currey and Joseph Gaston. They planned to locate land near Spokane for water power profits but were postponed and others reached the site first. Had they persisted, the site’s value would have made them rich today.
Local shop La Grande advertises an exposed line of Indies shirtwaists inviting ladies to view over two hundred styles. The Van Duyn Co promotes the new assortment as finest in the city.
A crowd of candidates declares for the 1908 Republican primary in Union County. T. T. Geer John Stoddard Ed Rumble Richard D. Hamilton S. F. Richardson and D. I. Proctor announce bids for state representative joint senator circuit judge recorder assessor pledging to support statement No. 1 and promote local interests and taxpayer protections.
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