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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
3
An item notes an office located in the Ralston Building with a reference to HI Williams in La Grande. The fragmentary entry identifies a business space listing and a person name tied to La Grande. No further details are provided.
The twenty fourth general conference for Christian Workers opened in Northfield Massachusetts on August 3 and will run to August 19. Led by evangelist W R Moody the event includes a sub conference from August 6 to 11 with fifteen minute talks followed by an open forum. The plan targets evangelists and pastors seeking effective methods and centralized action ideas.
About fifty to sixty prominent retail marble dealers and many wholesalers gather in Lithia Springs for the States Marble Association annual meeting at Sweetwater Park Hotel. The program includes special features and racial events, with attendees accompanied by their wives.
John J. Yeend, a former state senator in Walla Walla, Washington, plans to have his four daughters assist with the harvest on his Dry Creek wheat ranch as labor shortages bite. Alma drives a header box and Bertha operates the derrick as dawn work begins, with sisters taking turns and the family eager to solve the labor problem.
Sealed bids for 30000 Water Bonds of La Grande are due by August 1 1906. Bonds bear 6 percent interest semi annually, run 20 years with redemption after 10 years on three months notice. G E Fowler chairs Ways & Means. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and Baby Medicine advertised.
The La Grande area lodges and fraternal groups schedule regular meetings in Elk Mall Hall Odd Fellows Redmen and K P facilities with weekly or monthly dates. Visiting brothers and sisters are welcomed at La Grande Lodge 453 169 Woodmen of the World and related orders in the Gothic Grove area.
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