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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
2
A garbled local record lists subscription pricing and publishing notes for La Grande Oregon. It mentions post office entry, second class matter, signed articles, ad rates, and various local items about harvest hands reading Dante, underground wires cost, a reading room in Harrington, and the Gans Nelson prize fight pending in Goldfield Nevada.
A city committee reports Beaver Creek provides about 1 820 000 gallons daily, enough to supply La Grande in dry periods. Government may reserve watershed for city use after proper council application. Gravity system would lower costs and improve water quantity and purity.
An Wenatchee orchardist rejected a bid of 1800 dollars per acre for his 10 acre orchard this week. He notes land and trees are no better than Grande Ronde Valley lots selling for about one third the price. The record high for local orchard land is 700 per acre, but 1000 per acre may soon be common.
A young Russian girl was whipped after remarking that a Cair's troops detachment looked "gay as if they had taken Port Arthur." The incident is cited as an example of Russia's harsh actions against women and civilians in wartime.
Regular troops at the American Lake encampment show poor morale as mock battles reveal growing desertions. They complain that $3 a day pay is far below the wartime allowance of $43 a month, fueling discontent. The Durkee bean rustling case involves rustlers amid the turmoil.
Report from Ohio states the ten cent railroad fare did not hurt steam roads. It harmed electric lines, the chief competitors, and nearly doubled steam rail traffic in the state.
The piece notes anxiety in Republican circles that Uncle Joe Cannon is not achieving a strong campaign result in Congress. It references President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor and his influence as a factor in the situation.
In Milwaukee on August 16 twenty thousand Eagles joined a parade amid talk of a New England convention site. The presidential race pitted H D. Davis of Ohio against Edward Krause of Delaware. Lieutenant Governor Coon was elected vice president over Theodore Bell of Napa, California as the business session was skipped for the parade.
Wheat opened at 78 and closed at 7B while corn started at 43 and ended 48.4. oats opened at 81 and finished 30. Crawfish and crabs sold by White's Grocer on Main Street at 42.
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