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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1911
Page
5
Farmers urged to bring cream to Valley creamery as it offers 26 to 30 cents per pound for butter fat, claiming higher prices and honest weights. Also notes a special rail excursion to Portland with round trip rate of 10 dollars and stopover rights, for North Beach resorts and Astoria.
A string of local guests and travelers are listed with stays at the Sommer and Savoy hotels. Notables include A A Reardon Portland H. Harper Hollywood Calif Nellie Hansler Tacoma L Grande, Ed Brady, L A West Portland, Snook and Bork camping Joseph Lake, Jay Van Buren Joseph Lake trip, J H ONeill O W travel agent, Judge J W Knowles Court Reporter Hanna, C E Cochran Portland trip, Mrs Atkinson South La Grande improving, H D Spencer Blenand Miss Spencer Elgin Savoy guests, W R Holmes Elgin Eugene Holmes Wallowas, Elsa Newquist O W dispatch left for Willamette valley, Frank George Arcade theater Idaho trip, George Miller Cove Walowa meeting Klein Imbler Alicel, O M Heacock Salt Lake optician convention, W J Church J W Walden fishing Wenaha, Marjorie McCall Bisaouch Melen-Bartlett to California Berkeley Palo Alto.
The Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Company offers special reduced round trip tickets to the seashore on August 23. Tickets allow stops at Portland and Astoria for a $10 round trip fare with children half price. Tickets are limited to fifteen days and reservations should be made promptly.
The piece notes ancient Egyptian maps from 1400 B C and laments slow progress in chart accuracy. It cites errors in Alaskan coast charts and railroad maps, claiming many maps misrepresent terrain and coastlines, with the Broad Street Station map praised as only about eighty percent accurate.
A well known bishop at Canterbury’s convocation of prayer book revision says “We are not writing on a clean slate, there is a good deal of giftnder the door,” per the Church Family Newspaper, startling Episcopal brethren with mixed metaphor.
Help wanted notice seeking a furnished 2 to 5 room house. Recipient to contact Observer offices via co QO. M.8-11-6t.
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