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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1910
Page
7
The article profiles Wallowa Oregon and the Grande Ronde valley bank led by Charley McDaniel, noting a $50,000 capital, about $200,000 in deposits, and a $300,000 loan account. It highlights strong local support, steady dividends, and cautious lending as the bank remains not for sale.
The article portrays Wallowa as a thriving western town with free enterprise and civic spirit. It notes a $25,000 school building under construction, cheap power from a local water plant, a long-standing Blue Mountain Creamery run by Tully Brothers, and a hardware firm owner A. McSmith who has just sold out. The tone emphasizes community confidence and growth.
The report highlights Wallowa’s sturdy water system and strong town improvements. It notes a modest bonded debt around 10 000 dollars and local business growth in ware and harness trade. A new arrival from Iowa, who built a confectionery and wagon business, expresses pride in staying in Wallowa and fostering festive ventures.
Sugar cash price six sixty six and a half. vegetables show onions six for one dollar, peas ten cents, rhubarb three cents, lettuce one dollar per head, tomatoes fifteen cents per pound, potatoes ten for a dollar. Butter extra creamery thirty five and a half, butter fat f.o.b Portland cream thirty two and a half. poultry rates include mixed chickens sixteen to sixteen and a half cents, turkeys alive per dozen. blackberries two boxes for seventy five cents. meat: hogs five weight nine dollars per cwt, mutton three to four, dressed chickens one to two cents higher than live. Barley says prices for producers and rolled at twenty five, Willamette Valley wheat at ninety seven and floraling mill stuffs. flour old crop patents five dollars thirty six cents.
Local fraternal organizations list weekly meeting nights at I O O F halls and various venues. Entries include M W A La Grande Camp No 7703, Crystal Lodge No 60, Grande Ronde Circle No 47, A F and A M La Grande Lodge No 41, Knights of Pythias Red Cross Lodge No 27, La Grande Lodge No 433, Hope Chapter No 13, and Woodmen of the World La Grande Lodge No 165 with visiting members welcome.
An advertisement notes the liniment as a cheap remedy for lame bark pains in the side and chest. It claims better relief than plasters and promotes purchasing the product for twenty five cents.
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