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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
8
Notice that Ordinance No. 464 took effect July 30, 1910 requiring restaurant hotel and residence garbage receptacles to be tightly covered and waste to be hauled in covered vehicles. Stables must have screened manure receptacles. Police chief to enforce to improve health and sanitation.
The council convened as a band played next door delaying discussions on key items. A dog nuisance case, a hydrant denial for the Sugar Co, and fire limit building repairs were addressed, with several petitions and department reports referred to committees.
City council considers water contracts with O T N company and seeks bids for a sewer project. It moves to obtain a deed for Jefferson avenue and paves Chestnut street from Adams to Jefferson. A rink complaint prompts police scrutiny while residents favor hard surface for Fourth Street. A fire hydrant is eyed at Adams and Chestnut.
The piece notes demand rising as wheat sections fill with machines that save labor and money for ranchers. In Union county few combined harvesters exist, but their wider use is now assured by demonstrations proving profitability, aligning with Grande Ronde valley grain growers.
A Chilean and a Japanese plant called the flower of the air twines around dry trunks without fixed roots. Each shoot bears two or three tiny white flowers that are transparent and odorous. It can be transported 600 to 700 miles and vegetates while suspended on a twig.
A frontier tale opens with Broncho Bob recalling Faro Joe as one of Crimson Gulch’s leading citizens before he left town. The dialogue frames Joe’s stature and hints at a disappearance fueling the local legend.
A New York Press excerpt contrasts shabby boarding house romances with two young people who admit they have been pretending to dine with friends. The woman grew tired of isolation and social slights while the man hid his own loneliness, culminating in a shared confession over a cheap meal.
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