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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
1
A corporation files papers detailing a network of lines running from Union County west to Wheeler County and toward Snake, outlining planned routes and rights of way. The move signals expansion across regional borders and potential impact on local traffic and commerce.
The Baker Interurban Railway company filed articles with the Secretary of State to build an electric line network around Baker City affecting Union and Wheeler counties. Incorporators include Thomas B. Neuhaugen Anthony Mohr and A K Bentley of Baker City. Capital stock set at 50000. Union County to be tapped.
A plan outlines rapid transit lines spreading east to Snake River and northwest through Union County linking Baker City with La Grande and the Grande Ronde towns. The scheme taps Eagle River power to supply the vast system, with delivery to Baker City within a year or the franchise may be forfeited.
A fire in Everett destroyed the stenographic notes of the court stenographer, nullifying many trials. Vault records survived, but untranscribed notes from June 1909 onward leave judges scrambling to reconstruct cases and continue proceedings.
President Taft affixed his signature to the tariff bill making it law. The leather schedule change and final passage followed swift action in Congress with Republicans split over the agreement. Insurgents led by Doliver and Cummins opposed the measure, while Aldrich and Payne praised the result. Speaker Cannon signed the bill before Taft left the Capitol.
A divorce decree granted this week by Judge Knowles dissolves the marriage of Maude L. Hanson and George Hanson Jr. The custody of a minor child remains with the mother.
Police detectives search for William Haney an alleged gang member linked to a Canadian Pacific train robbery near Ashcroft B C last June and the subsequent killing of Constable Isaac. Authorities believe he is now in southern California.
The Noa 11 and 12 services will run behind schedule in the near future. No. 11 will not stop in La Grande for breakfast as it is delayed.
Nine days overdue voyage from Cuban to Cape Town. Ten bodies washed ashore after the Naori foundered near Cape Town last night. Survivors landed in a life boat from the English ship Naori. Warships searched for Warath with about 300 passengers, possibly lost in the cyclone.
City council approved a paving resolution and set in motion a special apportionment committee to estimate benefits to abutting property. The panel will report soon, enabling a 10 day objection period before council ordinances assess affected properties.
L. A. Lalmore a commission man shot himself in a Seattle hotel leaving a note directing the coroner to take his body to the undertaker. Officials believe financial pressures caused the act.
J. T. Williamson took the oath of office before Recorder Snook at 11 this morning and will serve as councilman from the Fourth ward tonight. His persistent effort brought the Beaver Creek water project into focus and led to his first vote under a new term on the ordinance backing the project after months of private work.
A note states pavement is assured and the procedure is simple with two payment methods. It indicates that selling improvement bonds is not necessarily required.
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