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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1910
Page
1
Union County reports 672,165 noses in Oregon and Idaho trend shows 100 percent increase per official announcement. Data presented without detailed context.
Baker County shows a narrow lead over Union County as Oregon votes for three congressmen. Pendleton leads all eastern Oregon counties with a strong margin in the count.
Population figures list for counties including Multnomah Union and Douglass Baker Umatilla with counts 226,261 430a 19.674 18,076 26,309. The data appear as an OCR fragment from a historical county population table.
Washington reports Oregon's population at 672,765 with a 62.7 percent ten year increase, adding another congressman under current apportionment. Idaho rises to 325,594, Nevada 81,675, Colorado 799,034, with Idaho up 100 percent and Colorado up 48 percent. Nevada falls short for an extra seat. Canyon County 25,323 Nes Perse 24,850 Kootenal 22,747 in Thalia county figures.
Seattle residents learn women statewide may vote in class elections starting next Tuesday. Attorney General opinion says women have first right to vote in this election. In cities above 20,000 population, registration for the city selection is required.
A severe cold snap gripped the region with killing frosts reaching to the Florida peninsula. Reports from Jacksonville Mobile and Augusta confirm damage to crops and at Atlanta a man named Sandy Stewart, a Black resident, died in zero weather.
Cardinal Gibbons denounces trusts in Baltimore arguing Christianity is a stranger to business. He cites subterfuges to dodge debts and calls for truthful publicity of inner affairs of mobile service corporations to curb unfair practices.
An accident near Soldier Summit Utah caused a freight engine to blow up and derail, killing three people as several cars were blown from the tracks. The blast occurred while the locomotive was pulling a freight train, with debris scattering across the line.
The grand jury, meeting since last Thursday, returned four more true bills this morning. Paul Less and Samuel Peck face larceny charges for stealing Frank Bay s bicycle from the Elks club building. Thomas Cady is indicted for sodomy in East La Grande. Hal Spodgill and Tip Dover are charged with larceny from a dwelling. Bruce Pleads Guilty. C W Johnson and Mrs A M Walker plead not guilty to adultery. Their trial is set for early next week.
Twelve thousand bushels of wheat changed hands at Adams in one of the county’s largest transactions in years. The sale, reportedly at 74 cents, was paid by Woodward Brothers with the Balfour Guthrie company purchasing. Wheat quotes around 70 cents locally. Woodward Brothers, owning their warehouse, received the full market price plus warehouse and handling charges. The deal was processed through the Wallace Wall a agency of Balfour company.
Chicago reports that 55,000 doctors and trainmen west of Chicago will renew calls for a 15 percent average wage increase totaling about 5 million dollars yearly. Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen plan to renew May demands next week amid ongoing Mallet negotiations and a looming December 10 strike threat.
Three bandits robbed a Utah railroad station at Devil's Slide looting the safe. They killed the station agent and escaped with the loot, according to dispatches received.
William Moody retired justice of the United States Supreme Court is critically ill at his Washington home. He is fifty years old and in fragile health, according to initial reports from the capital.
The report describes Irish opposition to rule from London with Unionists fearing Liberals will push home rule. It notes arms purchases, secret armed groups, and potential clashes as Liberal-Labor blocs seek a Commons majority while Lords resist. Predictions split on whether Liberal victory can pass Lords into political defeat.
Washington reports for the year ended June 20 the Agriculture Department allocates 25 percent of National Forest revenue to states for roads and schools totaling 506 194.84 dollars, up 67 492.03 from last year. California Idaho Oregon show largest gains as timber sales rise. overall income seen as permanent with growing demand for government timber.
Fire that began this morning destroyed two blocks in the heart of the city and five more areas remain burning though under control. The loss is estimated at half a million dollars with no fatalities reported.
Pendleton reports eight sites are offered in eastern Oregon for a proposed state asylum. Local residents supply locations while state board representatives Cochran and McCarthy investigate options.
New York officials ordered the deportation of Marie Sagejin who escaped a Damascus harem and fled to the United States. She argued she would be killed if sent back, but migration authorities decided to deport her.
A quake struck near San Diego early this morning with no reported damage. Local observers noted tremors felt across the city and surrounding districts. Authorities urged calm as residents assessed minor impacts.
J H Watson publishes a signed statement denying any intention to run for mayor. He reiterates the Observer's claim that he would not be a candidate is his final decision and remains not a candidate for the office.
Washington reports the Ballinger Pinchot minority conference nears a final report with Senators Paynter and Fletcher and Rep Madison in attendance. Fren Lehamon of St Louis named solicitor general to replace the late Lloyd Bowers. There is no U S shelter for Madero as revolt rumors surface and he faces neutrality law questions amid vast family wealth.
The East Oregonian reports plans to extend the Umatilla project to include 70 000 acres in the proposed west Umatilla area. Engineers surveyors map a main canal line and West Umatilla Water Users association files articles of incorporation with 10 000 shares and 5 directors.
In Ottawa on December 3 the government won the Naval policy vote in the House of Commons. Four Bristol class cruisers and torpedo boats will be built in Canada. Since no Canadian yards exist for the work, English firms are invited to establish shipyards in the Dominion.
Coroner Ford reports that about three fourths of University of Pennsylvania students may be addicted to poisonous drugs. An inquest into Leroy Scott’s morphine poisoning noted students use morphine, strychnine, and other drugs to cope with exams and studying.
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