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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1910
Page
7
The article extols the General Electric Medina Lamp claiming it delivers nearly three times the light of ordinary carbon lamps and costs no more to operate. It emphasizes white, sunlike illumination and urges homeowners to wire homes and prove the lamp’s convenience and value.
Sam Dalton, famed English funny songwriter, headlines the Orpheum on the Pantages circuit. The show also features Gardinier and The Juggling Parrots, Lilian Traville performing Dalton’s songs, and May Emerald the contortionist. Tonight’s program promises broad comedy and novelty acts.
The Burgomaster company arrives in the city for a Steward engagement tonight. The show features Gus C. Weinburg, a crowd-pleasing comedian, and a cast of about fifty, with many pretty girls. Songs are updated but keep popular favorites.
Sherwood presents a varied program at the Isis with The P i c u r e s a comedic draw featuring Hank and Lank Take Rest and a selection including A Bouquet In Spreewald and Cannibal Isle. The illustrated gong shows a lively screening and a full house last night.
Notice from the City of La Grande Oregon detailing Improvement District No. 13. It designates N Wieeliver as project district official and outlines Fir Street improvements with bitulithic pavement from Monroe Avenue to S Avenue. It states a $2529.40 estimated cost, a public hearing on December 7 1910, and a special assessment levy to fund the work.
Oregon Trunk builders secure 3000 tons of California granite to reinforce concrete piers of the Celilo bridge over the Columbia River. Freight will cost $10 per ton, adding about $100,000 to the project. Granite chosen to protect piers from ice and debris and to stabilize work before spring freshets.
Alberta Claire a Wyoming girl riding a Buffalo to New York City via San Francisco and New Orleans arrived in Baker City, claiming a 2308 mile trek since April 2. If she completes the journey she earns a ranch and 1000 dollars, riding a Wyoming cow pony with a guard dog while appearing in vaudeville in each town.
A discussion on developing Wallowa county resources including minerals and corn deposits along the Grandecade river. Emphasizes local initiative, rail and water transport, power, and intensified farming to foster a profitable, self-sustaining future for the district.
Portland Oregon December five Special Nine thousand acres of burned over timber lands in the Pacific Northwest will be reseeded with Norway spruce and Scotch pine according to J F Kimmel of the Forest Service Seeding is underway and aimed to finish before snows in the Suislaw forests of Western Oregon and Olympic forests of Washington The Forest Service plans reclaim in this manner millions of acres each year nurseries hold many seedling trees ready for planting where reseeding is feasible
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