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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
4
United Press Telegraph Service subscription rates and policy notes appear. The La Grande newspaper lists mail and ad rates and mentions non acceptance of unsigned pieces and signed letters subject to editor discretion.
The article notes New York City controls about half of the United States foreign commerce on a 325 square mile land area. Medford shipped sixty carloads of pears in two weeks, with the first Chicago market car at 4.23 dollars per box. Portland market quotes small white beans at seven cents per pound. A local quip about crop luck follows, and a New York City street car ends a clash spree by meeting a steam road roller after a string of vehicle collisions.
Gasoline engines have become a major factor in commercial life, supplying motive power for many enterprises that cannot afford steam. This quiet revolution has developed mostly in the past twenty years.
A legal win by Mr. Hill over Mr. Harriman spurs faster railroad work along the Dechates river. Observers note he previously warned of a time limit and now accelerates construction to finish without delay.
Rural markets show high prices for steers sheep and eggs while Willamette hop growers face rain risk. Idaho local option votes loom with women voters and temperance politics echoing across counties, amid debates on suffrage and liquor laws.
Freshman Bros offer cucumbers of all sizes for pickling. It’s time to put up dill pickles. Contact Black 622 and residence 1812 Y avenue for details.
Conservation leaders in Seattle discuss delaying actions to focus on organizational purposes. Governor Hay and Mayor Miller attend welcome addresses at the exposition. Messages from E. H. Libby and H. W. Carroll are noted amid formal proceedings. A separate item reports on Mrs Wright claims and a Dayton denial of Orville Wright marriage rumors.
A Boise Idaho fire at the Ells Hotel in Placerville Boise Basin destroyed the building. Forty guests escaped in their night clothes with belongings left behind as flames raged early today.
Omaha Neb Aug 26 farmers face 15 million dollar loss as heat wave sweeps the state. The average crop is 85 percent short across Nebraska due to the heat.
The Riverside park association schedules a 7 30 gathering at W H Bohnenkamp residence to consider W F Chace landscape architect proposal. All members urged to attend. Mrs B Polack secretary.
H Elchenberger offers a $100 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person who took a black pony from the pasture last week in March. The animal weighs about 1000 pounds, has a white hind foot, a small H brand on the right shoulder, and a V hat circle on the left stifle, with recurry of animal.
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