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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
7
Notice by J W Sherman administrator of Zella Sherman deceased that final account has been filed in Union County Oregon. Hearing on objections and settlement is set for December 28, 1908 at 10:00 AM in the county judge's office La Grande Oregon.
The San Francisco Opera Company presents a Christmas themed musical comedy at Steward opera house Thursday night. Dolls and mechanical playthings starring the Evelyn Francis Kellog model and others promise novelty with figures like Mabel Hilliard and Stella Gray while performers in the chorus deliver festive humor and fashion.
General Superintendent England and Passenger Agent Davis of the Central returned from Portland after an absence. The new engine will feature electric headlights and be heavier than the largest engine now in service. Mechanics have been examining the roundhouse contract and work is to proceed quickly after award.
Robert Herrick's new work To gether and Charles Rann Kennedy's The Servant in the House are featured at Ferguson's and Van Duyn Co provides silk mufflers and a range of small gift items for Christmas. Phonographs are promoted for holiday gifting with a wide selection of records available from Newlin Book and Stationery Co.
County bids for the Union County Poor Farm property at Union Oregon with water rights are invited until noon January 1909 in La Grande. Four described parcels totaling land blocks in section 19 and 18 township 4 south range 40 east with specified metes and bounds and a 5 percent certified check required. The county court reserves right to reject all bids.
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