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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1909
Page
4
George M Currey editor and proprietor notes United Press Telegraph Service. Subscription rates listed for daily and weekly editions with advance payment options. Local notices priced per line. readers urged to sign articles. posting restrictions apply.
The Commercial Club seeks to finish stock subscriptions totaling 100000 for an irrigation project in La Grande. After a strenuous campaign, public support has been strong as the books near closure, with a grand jury report and local investigations noted as upcoming developments.
Pendleton city council weighs sinking a well to secure an artesian flow. Officials stress a wholesome water supply as vital to growth and note Weston’s steadfast support of continued schooling, with potential community gains from the project.
Dave Stoddard begins his annual two week vacation tomorrow while the other carrier, H C Ball, returned to work last Thursday. Stoddard has sold his home in the first ward and bought the Abegg place in East La Grande. His first day will involve taking down and putting up stove pipe. Stoddard plans to move at first light. Monzan Pile Remedy advertised as a tube with a joule inch and can be applied directly to affected parts, price five percent, sold at Silgerthorn's Family Drug Store.
Ailing Geo bh Eleven in Sprintian N C is told his son has consumption and is doomed. Doctors urge grim prognosis but Dr King's New Discovery is praised by Mr Blovens after three weeks the boy recovers fully. The ad touts cures for coughs colds and lung diseases with a money back guarantee and testimonials from Dr Brown of Pittsfield Vt.
J. Le Dumas of Dayton, visiting Walla Walla, cites his orchard and J. De Tasgard’s in Touchet valley to claim the peach crop will be about half the normal. He blames irrigation neglect and insufficient thinning, with some upland orchards possibly better. Apple yields also look half as small due to two prior heavy crops and lacking thinning.
Notice directs water consumers not on meters to visit the City Recorder's office to fill out an irrigation water application. Dated 4-19 and signed by Water Superintendent Gulman.
Advertises Oregon property deals with cash down payments from 50 to 200 and easy terms on the balance. Describes a five room cottage with orchard for 9000 priced as a near term offer and a four room house with three lots and barn selling at a loss as closing opportunities.
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