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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
6
Walter Pierce, W G Hunter and Engineer Pickler returned from a Grande Ronde river trip to scout irrigation sites. They urge using waste waters to store a fraction for peak use, arguing better land values with water could double.
Dr T R Monk proprietor of the Electric Concert Company will give an exhibition at Cove next Saturday evening and will also show at North Powder the following Tuesday. The company has held many exhibitions in the region and offers a moving picture machine with extensive film collections including a new San Francisco disaster reel.
Chief of staff General Bell met with the president at Oyster Bay to confer on the Brownsville affair before any further action. He said that the established black troops with white troops were sent back to Fort Rano.
St Paul Aug 25 The committal of insurance commissioners adopted a resolution backing a standard policy for every state in the union and are now deciding the form of that policy.
In a contorted excerpt, Achon son of Carmi is linked to graft and divine anger against Israel. Gahazi, Elisha’s servant, is accused of graft from Naaman the leper, with leprosy allegorically spreading. The piece condemns graft as a disease and urges elimination by Americans. A second item notes Aberdeen fishermen fighting a 60 foot whale in the lower harbor from 4 to 1 o'clock.
Miss Mabie Williams visits Higard today while Ex-commissioner Blumensten rides in from Elgin. Gov Chamberlain appoints W. T. Wright of Union to the Irrigation Congress. Four foot wood priced at 4.25 per cord. St Bartholomew’s Day Holy Communion at St Peter’s. O R N surveyors lay out grounds for new improvements. Page place sold to Nibly. Joe Woods heads to Haines for a team. Harvest and labor shortages persist. La Grande National Bank brick study completed. Wallowa dairy patron Barner reports strong payments. Dickey family buys 400 acre farm near Baker City for 10000 with possible Dickey/Boynton involvement.
Aug. 23 Lapponi reports the Pope emphatically denies rumors he is suffering from heart disease. The denial follows speculation and presses demands for clarity on the pontiff’s health.
San Salvador August 23 The Unionist party has been organized to unite all the Central Republics into one Republic.
This afternoon shortly after two o clock while Jack Childs was moving the Baptist church the capstan pulled up and struck him. He was thirty feet away when the pins pulled and was knocked unconscious. The capstan weighs nearly a ton but he escaped with his life. He has not regained consciousness and Dr A L Richandson reports no bones broken and no definite permanent injury yet.
Robbery occurred at the Grandy and Russell market as the back door was opened and the cash register emptied of about twelve dollars while manager Charles Disqua was at dinner. Police rounded up five hobos, searched them, and kept them in jail for further inquiry into the theft.
John Sumpter of Butler Nevada arrived in La Grande and tried to mingle with people while drinking rye water. He brandished a large butcher knife during arrest by Chief Rayburn. He waived examination before Justice Haugh and posted $300 bond to await October term.
A warrant for the arrest of Chas Black of Hilgard is issued on charges of robbing the Hilgard section house. It is alleged he stole five to six dollars in cash. Sheriff Childers departed for Hilgard with Black and the witness this afternoon.
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