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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1910
Page
5
An odd advertisement feature highlights a 24 hour auto race theme at Parke and a curious child’s impulse biograph. It hints at unique names Some-One the Only One and Amission 10 as literary curios.
Eugene Good is due home from an extended stay in Boulhérm Oregon tomorrow. L N Kigede owner of the Summerville Electric light plant spent Sunday visiting friends in the city. Tides Pischistotile Alten Mn omeeotemt also visited here and traveled to Union to spend days with friends. Mrs Kate Nell returned to Portland after an extended visit with her daughter Mrs Fred Boch. Mrs Fred Falconer of Enterprise spent Sunday at the Foley. Her husband secured the highest prices for eastern Oregon wood this year. Ralph Fowler pioneer passenger brakeman on the Pendleton Huntington line spent Sunday with relatives. D Townley astronomy professor at Stanford and his brother W J Townley of Union were in La Grande staying at the Savoy.
Attorney C. A. Johns and Editor Kennedy of Baker City passed through this morning on their way home after attending the funeral of the late Harvey W. Scott in Portland. Hon. Jerry Rusk, job representative from Union and Wattowa counties, traveled via Joseph to Salem and Portland on his return.
Mrs H A Caldwell wife of Best Manufacturing Co representative in La Grande has returned to her home in Walla Walla after visiting with her husband here for several days.
Mrs 8 N Nelson, Miss Hattie Mc Murray, Miss Belle Ferguson and Mrs H B McLeod travel with Union delegates Mrs Carmen and Miss Wolfe to Enterprise for sessions beginning tomorrow.
A series of brief notes from La Grande and nearby towns record residents traveling to Cove Elgin Joseph Portland Baker City and the coast with several returning home today. Notables include Herbert Goones Tom Bruce Miss Meggie Coleman J M Rankin B Smith and Dr J Shields.
Roy Conklin principal of the Cove schools has returned to his home after assisting the superintendent in conducting the school teachers' examinations here last week.
Hooper the Blyin baseball team’s second baseman and Morris of Elgin football spent Sunday in the city visiting friends and returned this morning.
Miss Cathey head nurse at Hot Lake Sanitarium and Miss Kelly a La Grande hospital nurse left yesterday for Wenaha Springs for a well earned vacation.
Prof J D Stout and his daughter returned home this morning after a brief visit to Cove with family friends. The Stouts will remain in Cove for a few more days.
Alex Fraser of Portland died at St. Vincent Hospital Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nice left last evening to attend the funeral. Fraser was the father of Mrs. Nice.
Mr and Mrs F P Childers Mrs Fred Waggoner of Pendleton Mrs Wallace Childers Merril Childers and Don Scott have returned from Joseph where they were camping for several weeks.
Miss Elsie Couch daughter of Mr and Mrs A Couch sails for California to begin a four year stay at Berkeley this winter. She is a La Grande high school graduate class of 1910 with high honors and was a leading member of that class.
Mr and Mrs George Bernie return from a weeklong excursion in the mountains behind Cove. They traveled by horseback via Cove to the Little Millam and over the Big Millam, keeping mostly isolated from civilization. Mrs Bernie is noted as among the few women to fish in upper Minam waters.
Lincoln Nebraska reports ahead of tomorrow's statewide primaries with heavy turnout expected. The main issues include local option and endorsements for U S ship and a gubernatorial race. The Republican slate backs Mayor Dahiman while Shallenberger runs with a Dahiman-led ticket.
Depot Street is set to receive bitulithic pavement as Adams Avenue work advances. The Warren Construction Company prepares to “attack” Depot Street with surface grading nearly complete on Adams Avenue. Sewers on Depot Street are finished, enabling immediate paving with crushed rock layers this week.
R. W. Allen superintendent of the Hermiston state experiment station is in La Grande and says the institute is doing excellent work and the current year has been exceptionally rich for farmers in the region.
C B Johnson takes full ownership and management of City Livery Stables at Pourth and Adams. R 5 Clark previously associated with ownership of the barn and equipment.
The La Grande concert band hosts a Wednesday night dance at the Elks Hall. Arrangements promise a memorable event as each member predicts one of the band’s finest performances.
Petitioning residents seek pavement on Fourth Street and will have their names read at the next council meeting. They favor bitulithic paving over macadam, arguing for a longer lasting improvement.
John 8 Hodgins, local attorney previously in Enterprise, files Intentions to seek district attorney in the Tenth district. Papers circulated in Salem and currently in this county after weeks in Iowa county. Hodgins moved to La Grande from Enterprise where he practiced law for years.
Collector Loeb announces no vacations for port customs staff from today through November 15 to ensure coverage for expected European tourist traffic. The order applies to all port officials and aims to prevent staffing gaps during the peak period.
New York August 15 actress Mabel Hite wife of baseball player Mike Donlin has serious eye trouble that may cause blindness and she has indefinitely postponed her Comedy Theatre engagement planned to begin tonight.
E C Moore of this city joins P Andree a cousin of explorer Andree who vanished in 1887 to operate the tailoring shop at the former C W Baker building. Andree brings twenty five years of New York tailoring experience and the partnership with Moores will establish the business in La Grande.
County Superintendent B. E. Bragg and his daughter Zoe plan a 300 mile horseback trip to the western John Day country starting tomorrow. They will ride 150 miles out and back, travel slowly at first, with a timber cruiser accompanying them and Bragg intending to locate land during the trip.
A nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Eaton fell from a wagon near North Fourth and Lake streets at three pm. He struck his head, broke his neck and died instantly before Dr Hubbard could arrive. Relatives Mrs Johnson and Mrs Weveridge aided the boy and moved him to Mrs Johnson's home. The accident stunned the local family.
Hugh Laverty a Lewiston mining man was shot and killed by Ernest Thomas the housekeeper at the Tramway. Thomas says they went to a cabin in the woods and encountered three men after leaving.
The report describes a staged murder in which one of the attackers handed a man a photo and, at gunpoint, ordered him to shoot Lay ty. The gunman fired, and the body was discovered shortly after.
Klamath Falls Oregon August 15 Ballinger urges frugality and sense in resource use. He says only a small proportion of western people are public land criminals and supports strong law enforcement to protect honest rights seekers.
Guthrie August 1 state officials face contempt charges if they refuse to move to Oklahoma City per the governor. If they rebel the offices will be declared vacant. The Supreme Court is hearing the case that bars moving the capital from Guthrie to Oklahoma City.
A concrete wall collapsed at Messena New York trapping workers. Fourteen men are confirmed dead and about fifty are believed buried beneath the tons of rubble. Rescues are underway as injured are taken to Cornwall Ontario and Ogdensburg New York.
Johnson said during eight years as United States District Attorney 6000 indictments were returned and only one was investigated. He described being called to Washington in August 1905 and noted telegrams about McMurray Mansfield and Cornish led to his dismissal then quick reinstatement, with the successor dismissing the indictments.
London reports the death on Saturday of Florence Nightingale, famed as the queen of nurses, whose pioneering work in modern nursing reform reshaped hospital care and patient welfare. Her legacy influences medicine, reform, and humanitarian service worldwide.
Leblan finished his fifth and next to last lap of the 438 mile race in Amiens France after departing Royal at 6120 a.m and arriving at 6 20 a.m. The report notes a state funeral procession and military cortege for a figure buried in Westminster Abbey, with a burial in sepulchre.
Ed Wright, a business visitor, travels to Cove for meetings and potential deals. He meets local officials and visits key sites to discuss investment opportunities.
Marriage license issued for Franklin W. Severs and Mildred Parker of Cove. License date shown as week 14.
Harper's Weekly notes various shark derivatives including jelly from shark organs for soup, oil from liver for instruments, and sharkskin used in shagreen. It highlights the spine as a walking stick, bones for tools, and the demand among German manufacturers for a delicate vertebrae cane.
A historical description of bull baiting details a bull tied by a 9 to 15 foot rope to a stake, with a bulldog gripping the bull’s nose. The dog maintains the hold amid the bull’s attempts to dislodge, sometimes lifting the dog high into the air before both tire and a fresh dog is sent in.
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