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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1908
Page
2
A festive note invites shoppers to visit for a curated selection of gifts and low prices. The aim is to match gifts with people, offering a cream of the world’s best items for all ages and conditions, to save time and ensure satisfaction this holiday season.
Spokane's National Apple show draws fruitgrowers nationwide as eighty boxes of the finest fruit are shown by the Northwest Fruitgrowers association and Oregon State Horticultural Society in Portland. Twenty premium takers race to New York then London Berlin Paris and St Petersburg in specially sealed boxes. The Portland Woman's club plans an excursion to gather Oregon grape branches for Plymouth church in Brooklyn.
The article notes dairying will greatly contribute to wealth for farmers who also engage in fruit growing and ranching, each of which is already a profitable industry.
For back lameness apply Chamberlain's Uniment twice daily massaging five minutes each time. Then bind a flannel soaked in the ointment over the painful area. Expect quick improvement as the treated person regains ease.
Administrator J W Sherman announces the final accounting for Zella Sherman deceased. County Court of Union County Oregon sets December 28 1908 at 10 AM in La Grande for hearing objections to the final report.
Thronson Fruit Co provides Peerless seed potatoes at Conley warehouse for 85 cents per crate with delivery at 1 dollar per crate. G. L. Cleaver advertises the sale on behalf of Thronson Fruit Co.
Butter fat prices in La Grande reach a record 24 cents per pound for December as Blue Mountain Creamery guarantees a high price to patrons. The move aims to spur dairy expansion in the Grande Ronde valley while a local creamery in Union County lifts prices to attract limited regional supply.
A group of keys was found on the road between Pierce Place and La Grande. Please pickup at the Observer office.
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