Exclusive Passenger Train Proposed for Wallowa County
Traveling Passenger Agent Jack ONeill recommends an exclusive daily passenger train between La Grande and Joseph in Wallowa County. The plan aims to complete a circuit in one day, allow crews to live in La Grande, and shorten mail connections while keeping freight service separate. Officials are likely to grant sanction soon.
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Wallowa County
Jack O'Neill
O'Neil
Walloway County
la Grande
Joseph
Special Train to Enterprise for Union County Day
Traffic department arranging a special train to Enterprise on September 24 for Union county day at the fair. Enterprise delegates will visit La Grande in about a week to promote the event.
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Traffic Department
Enterprise
Union County
la Grande
Schedule tweak speeds Portland Baker City train
The O R and N announces a minor timetable change for the Portland to Baker City run next Sunday. The service will depart Portland at 3:00 a m instead of 7:45 while arriving in Baker City remains the same.
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Portland
Baker City
Primary voting and registration deadlines emphasized in county notice
The notice warns that only registered voters may participate in primaries with registration books closing September 14 and reopening September 25 for November elections. It notes downtown registration drives led by County Clerk Ed Wright aim to boost turnout by about fifty percent and lists La Grande precinct registrations to date.
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Ed Wright
Steinbeck IO Candidate for County Sheriff on Republican Ticket
John F. Steinbeck, Union county resident and former city police chief, filed declarations to run for county sheriff at the upcoming primaries on the Republican ticket. He formerly ran a business in town before moving to a ranch near the city.
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John F. Steinbeck
Union County
Steinbeck
Golmudas & Deer Store
Taft Sherman Confer With Party Leaders in New York
Beverly August 19 Taft and Vice President Sherman conferred with party leaders today. The meeting followed the New York state central committee’s action yesterday which named Sherman temporary chairman of the state convention.
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Beverly
Taft
Sherman
New York State Central Committee
Roosevelt Beaten for Same Position Discussed
The article notes Roosevelt was defeated for the same role and mentions Taft seeking harmony and likely favoring a conciliatory approach.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Curhantion
Great Wool Mill Merger Organizes Across States
A major merger of woolen mills is forming under New York capitalists with more than twenty mills and 25 million dollars in capitalization. Mills span Massachusetts Rhode Island Utica and Syracuse New York Philadelphia and New Jersey. The New York headquarters will oversee a selling company that distributes products directly to retailers, cutting out middlemen.
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New York
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Utica
Syracuse
N. Y
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Desirable Lots and Homes Advertised West of La Grande
Real estate notes advertise three lots on the hillside west of La Grande with price £2,290. The listing also promotes desirable lots and houses across nearly every portion of the city for prospective buyers.
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la Grande
Desirabel
Real Estate and Insurance
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President
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Telocaset
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Summerville
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Lower Cove
Alicel
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Imbler
Court House
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Geo. H. Currey
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