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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1911
Page
4
The Observer announces editorial leadership changes and local notices with limited readable text from La Grande, noting post office filing and second class matter.
An editorial argues settlers stay by following familiar trades such as dairying farming or fruitgrowing in the Grande Ronde valley. It urges the city to fund street intersections as a shared burden, not individual real estate, as fair public policy.
Citizens dispute paving costs as La Grande completes most work for years. Midgeis states he is examining the charges to uncover any injustices to property owners and determine who owes what.
A community should consider entering land shows in Chicago Omaha and Pittsburg to advertise local products. The writer suggests joint county displays to reduce costs and reach eastern buyers, praising land shows as a great advertising window for regional wares.
The Oregon Tax Commission sits with a heavy task ahead. The assessor bears the risk of human error in valuations. The commission seeks a plan to ensure fair, accurate property values and reduce needless state expenses while taxpayers pay proportionally.
Col James Mason, noted military man and financier, born in Toronto on August 25, 1843, is referenced in a birthday item. The fragment notes his birth date and prominence.
The article traces Gold Mason's career from banking director at Toronto Bank to military service with the Queen's Own Rifles. He led a service company in the 1885 North West rebellion, crossing the Saskatchewan at Fish Creek, volunteered for a dash on Anal position but was halted by General Middleton, later being wounded and eventually commanding his regiment and serving in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
On August 26 events span from 1758 battles at Zorndorff and Hume's death in 1776 to 1818 Bank of Cayaga openings, 1824 Lafayette reception in Boston, 1830 Belgium independence start in Brussels, 1885 Baltimore and Washington RR opening, 1867 Farraday’s death, and 1910 cholera arriving in Vienna.
The battleship Utah will be turned over to the government at League Island Navy Yard by New York Shipbuilding Company. Along with sister ship Florida nearing completion, Utah is expected to reach 22 knots with Parsons turbine engines and will carry a large fuel-oil reserve due to bottom-mounted tanks.
A Ram's Horn cartoon caption portrays a mother and child discussing heaven and wings. The girl asks if she would receive candy in heaven, the mother answers with a crown and a harp, then denies candy. A doctor is referenced as helpful.
The fragment mocks dialects and manners across papers from Allentown to Chicago, contrasting a cultivated man with casual phrases and behaviors, noting honesty, paying bills in cash, and propriety in living and eating, reflecting satirical column tone.
A concise piece notes that focusing on a single purpose yields success. It emphasizes singular aim and practical value for the La Grande audience without offering broader claims.
Baker City Oregon resident C B Fosterling recounts a 1896 endorsement for Doan's Kidney Pills after a complete cure of back and kidney pain. The ad notes the fit price of 60 cents and promotes Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo New York as sole U S agents with the slogan Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
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