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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1905
Page
5
The La Grande Real Estate Association stockholders will meet at the office of Wm Miller & Bro on Monday January 15 1906 at 8 o clock P M to elect officers for the ensuing year and transact other business as may come before the meeting Wm Mincer President
The thirteenth annual Northeastern Fruitgrowers Association convention will be held in La Grande Oregon January 4 5 and 5 1906. All members and others in the fruit industry are urged to attend with a special program planned and a trip fare of one and a third offered from all points. A certificate plan receipt is advised. G D Huernan Secretary Northwestern Fruitgrowers Association La Grande Ore December 21 1905.
In St Petersburg the strike nears end with thousands resuming work as the strike committee cannot support them. Nearly a thousand leaders are jailed and Socialists promise future scenes in Moscow. Witte's faction grows as ministers plan to move troops into Baltic provinces under Orloff.
The Chronicle reviews Wasco County's origin and name etymology. It traces county formation from 1854, its immense eastern extent, and later splits into Baker, Umatilla, Union, Grant, and others, noting boundaries along the Columbia River and Cascade Range. It explains Wasco's name from a local tribe and their basins used for grinding camas roots.
J C Ardrey, former resident now near Portland, offers piano tuning services in La Grande. Those needing tuning may leave orders at Huelats music store. Ardrey will remain in the city for about ten more days.
The High School and Commercial Club meet Wednesday evening in a rivalrous basketball clash at the Commercial Club gym. Blachtanan trains hard for the contest with a low admission price expected to draw a crowd. Lineups include Edvrarde and Williams for the High School, Falk and Bay for the Commercial Club, with guards Bunn and Mack in the backcourt.
The Geological Survey reports that electric steel production in Oregon rivals Germany in cost and quality. Dr Day's preliminary tests at Lewis and Clark show magnetite from Hammond near Astoria and Aptos, California yield high quality steel in both small and large furnaces, with later runs at higher temperatures matching top blast furnace products.
Assemblyman Berg of New Jersey drafts a bill to abolish the death penalty and will seek Governor Stokes to grant reprieves for all condemned murderers until the Legislature acts. If granted, two women Mrs Valentine and Mrs Lotta and a man in Hackensack jail and three men in other county jails would receive reprieves into the spring.
London dispatch reports Dr. Dillon of the Daily Telegraph predicts Moscow events signal the peak of Russian anarchy. He believes the economic base of Russian finances is ready to fail, forecasting a terrif crash and an unprecedented commercial and industrial crisis likely to bring famine.
An advertisement describes a remedy named Arica Salve as curing blood poisoning and wounds, claiming it saved a man’s life after a friend was badly injured. The note references Beile Plaine Mina and J. E. Stearns and promotes a 25c price at Newlin's Drug Store.
The shareholders of Farmars Traders National Bank of La Grande meet at the Grande banking house on Tuesday January 20 1906 between 9 am and 2 pm to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year and address other business. J W Scarman cashier notes the date December 18.
A fragment from Calhoun Georgia recalls a fiery city saved by dynamite and a testimonial endorses Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. The ad touts bronchitis remedies by Newlin Drug Co with price 60 cents and 1 00 guaranteed.
Notice declares the partnership J. A. Garity & Company dissolved. All creditors are asked to settle with the firm at their office before January 1, 1906, as all accounts must be cleared by that date.
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