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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
8
Continued from page 1, Cooke muses about writing a song titled Oregon's coolest place as the train starts. He jokes about not naming the Willamette banks while relaxing in his seat, humming Carry me back to good old New York town beside deputy Mr. Nicholson.
A long burning forest fire in the Stannam forests near Sonora, California, now menaces the Calaveras big tree grove known as the finest in the world. Families flee as flames near the hotel within the grove. The situation remains urgent with stewards rushing to combat the blaze.
Missouri State Horticultural Board President W. P. Stark and James M. Irvine arrive in La Grande on Saturday August 15 to tour the valley’s fruit conditions and learn local shipping methods. They plan to meet as many prominent fruitgrowers as possible during the visit and discuss industry practices.
The L D church youth host a party tonight at the L D 5 Amusement Hall with the band opening the program and dancing to band music. Refreshments will be served and admission is standard. The program includes Verdi Pilgrim's Chorus Lomberi Lorena The Prince Imperial and other marches and waltzes.
Hot Springs August 7 William H Taft and party depart for Sulphur Springs for a weekend trip in a three coated buckboard with General Edwards Cameron Forbes and Senator Bourne in the group. They planned a 40 mile journey leaving at 7 30 and aiming to arrive by 3.
London reports that a British Agriculture Department study reveals an American meat trust scheme nearly cornered the Smithfield market. The report notes current prices are near famine levels and proposes opening the market to Canadian and South American competition as a retaliatory measure.
Report notes threat of a 4 strike over higher wages as the town, rebuilt with temporary shacks after total destruction, risks prolonged disruption. Two smallpox cases have been isolated, raising fears of an epidemic.
Decree ln Beach reports a 16 percent drop in tuberculosis deaths in Philadelphia compared with the same period last year, attributed to the citys public health education campaign against the white plague.
William Muer, pioneer of the Grande River district and first Golden Star owner, departs for Diamond Field Nevada after returning from the Golden Star mine. He reports a busy mill, substantial concentrates shipped, and Indiana Mining Company expanding machinery to develop the ledge.
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