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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
1
Taft pursues wide reforms from a central bank and postal savings to stronger rail regulation. Key measures seek expanded Commerce Commission power, railroad rate control, through routes, safety devices, and court reforms for quicker justice.
Whitman College faces possible abolition of football unless rules are changed to curb mass plays after multiple injuries to lightweights in the Thanksgiving game against Whitman’s heavier opponents from WSC. Faculty action follows ongoing discussions on safety reforms.
The county court reviewed selling county warrants at par and the profit for county deposits. It was noted warrants earn six percent and can be sold at a two percent discount for cash within a year. The Grande Ronde Reservoir Company secured rights of way for canals along Alliance Streets. Only two Elgin area road petitions were graded and surveyed. no other major public matters appeared.
Milwaukee December 2 Progressives in Wisconsin unite for a decisive senatorial fight led by Senator La Follette with U S Senator Moses E Clapp of Minnesota as ally Clapp famed for his debate strengths and praise from Francis E B McGovern who notes Clapps timing will counter Aldrich The speech will cover The Progressive Movement in Congress delegations from across Wisconsin attend with Senator A W Sanborn of Ashland presiding.
Amalgamated Copper mines in Boston and Montana shut today as railroad switchmen strike halts ore transport. About 3000 miners lose work while Great Falls smelters idle 1500 workers. Freight lines on Great Northern crippled with many Brotherhood members joining the strike. Chicago Milwaukee St Paul expect strikebreakers as rail traffic and mills face shutdowns across Montana and Minneapolis.
Captain P. Figari is dead after a 50 gallon gasoline explosion aboard the Nevada. Captain Nellis Jenson barely escaped in a nearby launch as the Nevada sank with its bottom blown out. Jenson called to Figari to jump but deafening engine backfires prevented a response.
Bakersfield Cal December 2 posses search for Garrity a man who killed Hamilton Proctor in a Uttle Lake store and fled as a justice fugitive in the Mojave desert Proctor died hours after a candle dispute with Garrity who allegedly struck him A $1000 reward stands for Garritys capture.
Brakeman Schley was injured when he fell from a moving freight near early morning. He sustained a broken left wrist and possible skull fracture and remains unconscious in the hospital. The freight train was heading east at about 1 am. witnesses described a fall from near the front of the car.
The great mills of the Twin Cities lie silent and only a handful of smaller manufacturing firms are attempting to resume operations amid hardship and slow demand.
Reno dispatch reports the Salt Lake division of the D P R R will switch from Oregon Short Line to the old Southern Pacific on January 1. After that date the D and R G W will operate the line.
W J Spears, a homesteader near La Grande, encountered a cougar while watching a deer for venison. The predator leaped from the timber but the deer escaped, and Spears headed to La Grande to share the encounter.
A man was found unconscious beside the trail after an apparent fall on frozen ground. Dr. Bacon and Dr. Barn attended, noting skull injuries with uncertain prognosis. None of the crew saw the fall, and Schley’s presence there remains poorly documented due to the man’s condition.
New York report says Jeffries Johnson championship bout promoters accepted a bid led by EB M Rickards allied with Jack Gleason. A guaranteed purse of 101000 and two thirds of moving picture receipts are promised with a venue promised in California Nevada or Utah. Tom McClary of Los Angeles says the deal excludes him, alleging a frame up by a combine.
Washington reports indicate the United States plans an immediate solution to the Nicaraguan situation. Secretary Knox halted relations with Zelaya and ordered Prairie to transport 700 marines to Central American waters while Albany and Yorktown head to Corinto, signaling war measures with President Taft’s approval.
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