Local visitors and guests in La Grande area noted this week
Miss Maggie Coleman attended Joseph visits as Jd. M. Ganse from Ogden Utah stayed at the Foley hotel. Lilian Harger of Holdman registered at the Summer. Anna E. Bourne of Wheeling West Virginia remained at the Foley. William Allinston sold La Grande property in Baker City. C G Holts from Jos eph traveled to Wallowa for business. Mrs Mabel Counsel Grandy of Ladd Canyon visited friends. Mrs W J Roup and daughter of Joseph transacted business. W W Brook secretary of the Eastern Oregon Blue Rock Association visited from Alice. Ransom J Skillings and Amos B Skillings of Wallowa filed final homestead proofs. F Cary W W Slorah and H Caldwell of Portland stayed at the Summer hotel in La Grande. Chief of Police Walden returned from fishing in Wallowa. James Wagner of Pendleton visited Joseph and stopped in La Grande. The 12 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs L E Jordan of Enterprise was brought home after appendicitis surgery. Engineer Walter Parker and his brother L E Parker plan a few days in Joseph camping.
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Walter Parker
L. E. Parker
Portland
Joseph
Brown couple to travel from Portland to Chicago for study
Cecil Buster Brown and his wife left this morning for Portland and onward to Chicago. In Chicago he will enter a school to finish training in window trimming and sign writing and they expect to be away for several months.
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Cecil
Buster) Brown
Portland
Chicago
Mr. Brown
Prunes Set to Sail From New York on West Coast Demand
Walla Walla reports to Spokane chamber of commerce that Goebel Day of New York contracted 100 railroad cars of Italian prunes from Blalock orchards. About 1,500 tons at near $20 per ton fob. Pickers start soon. first 17 trees yield 400 pounds each from Columbia variety. At three cents a pound, about $18 per tree and $1,800 per acre at 100 trees per acre. Estimated 75,000,000 prunes in the consignment. end-to-end, a prune path four times around the globe.
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Spokane
Wash
New York
Gothard
Pacific Northwest
Walla Walla
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Goebel & Day
Blalock
Remodeling of Dr Richardson Offices Completed
The offices of Dr Richardson have been remodeled to connect two reception rooms by an arched opening. The operating room will become a space for electrical apparatus while the adjacent room will host the operating suite. The reconfiguration aims to improve convenience ahead of new equipment arrival.
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Dr. Richardson
Oxford hotel emerges from Harris hall remodeling
E C Tuckey was the architect as Harris hall east of the railroad track was remodeled and completed yesterday to become the Oxford hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Hall
E. C. Tuckey
Oxford Hotel
Can Attend as Delegate to Eighteenth National Irrigation Congress
Citizens may obtain credentials to attend the Eighteenth National Irrigation Congress in Pueblo Colorado, September 26 to 30. Mayor F L Meyers will issue delegates passes and forward full delegate details to the congress secretary. The program features experts in irrigation forestry and government officials with an information bureau on site for attendees.
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Pueblo
Colorado
F. L. Meyers
Congress
Meyers
National Irrigation Congress
Block
Annie Martin to Marry Fred H. Story in Alaska
Miss Annie Martin of Lynn will marry Fred H. Story a wealthy Alaska mine owner. The Aug 11 report from Boston notes the couple will wed in Alaska.
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Boston
Annie Martin
Lynn
Alaska
Fred H. Story
Humor and Philosophy in Modern Living
A clipped essay of wry observations pokes at everyday habits and social norms. It lampoons self satisfaction, diet, fashion, courtship, and letter writing with brisk, playful satire.
Peace and war themes in 1914 era sermons and essays
A collection of statements by Jacob Gould Schurman William T. Stead Elihu Root Jacob Dickinson and others arguing for peace while acknowledging the inevitability of military power. The texts discuss tradeoffs between private property immunity, naval strength, and the prospect of postwar settlement as a guiding motive for nations.
Dream of universal peace as an iridescent dream
Profemor George W. Kirchwey of Columbia University argues that nations chase ever larger armaments and reorganize militaries in the name of peace, making universal harmony seem an idealistic, iridescent dream in the modern world.
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Profemor
George W. Kirchwey
Columbia University
Senator Burton Urges Permanent International Tribunal
By Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, ISPUTES of nations should be settled by INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL. The constitution of an arbitration court must be permanent and accessible. Any plan lacking ready access to an established tribunal is a makeshift.
Eel and Snake Bedtime Tale From a Rural Memory
A father recounts a childhood prank and rural childhood memories about eel and snake, as EB asks about eels and the tale ends with a moral about not assuming city folks know better than country neighbors. The anecdote includes skinning and frying snake, a cousin named Ben, and a warning about pride.
Mistake in Makeup Sends Telegraph Copy Anew
A telegraphic slip in The Observer mixed headlines for two articles. Classified: FOR RENT nine furnished rooms suitable for lodging or housekeeping and one store room. Location 1208 Spring Street. Contact for details.
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Observer
Spring Street
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Johnson
Pathe
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Maggie Coleman
Jd. M. Ganse
Ogden
Utah
Foley Hotel
Lilian Harger
Holdman
Anna E. Bourne
Wheeling, W. Va
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Foley
William Allinston
C. G. Holts
Wallowa
Mabel Counsel Grandy of
Ladd Ganyon
W. J. Roup
W. W. Brook
Eastern
Oregon Blue Rock &Sdciation
Alice
Ransom J. Skillings
Amos B. Skillings
F. Cary
W. W. Slorah
H. Caldwell
la Grande
Walden
Wallowa County
James Wagner
Pendleton
Childers Camp
City
Particu
Dially
Banking Home
United States National Bank
Oregon
Dvuacan
Cupid
Ghent
Great Britain
Sy Jacob Gould Schurman
Corneal University
William T. Stead
Elihu Root
Jacob M. Dickinson
Tor
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Samuel Fallows
St. Paul
Daddy
Eel
Bridget
Evelyn
Samuel
Jack
Ben
Pan
Dalton
Wallowa Lake
Joseph, Ore
Lake Ansoisement Co
Remington
F. L. Lilly
Comer’ Depot
Adams Ave
F.L. Lilly
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