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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1906
Page
4
City of La Grande Oregon to impound all stray dogs on streets and highways unless the 1906 dog tax tag is displayed. Dated February 1 1906 Ep Hanpino Pound Master.
The piece notes Oregon being dubbed the Beavers state and urges commercial clubs to propel development. It discusses unity in Eastern Oregon, a proposed Eastern Oregon Development League, and routing via La Grande for inland Empire representation. It also reports surveyors through The Dalles toward Des Gouttes, a Bend-area railroad plan by O R N, and Des Chutes incorporation with $100000 capital to build 180 miles by Bend, tying into Harriman lines.
A youth cut a tree on a hill and pulled down electric wires. Immediate danger passed as linemen briefly shut off current, avoiding instant death. The Hood River News-Letter notes the near-miss and urges notifying electric workers in future.
Open an account with the hens and diary the January layers for breeding. Dr. Twitchell praises poultry as a capital growth industry while cautioning limits. A Tenn. woman, Mrs Mollie Holt, recovers from a severe lung infection after using King’s New Discovery. 60¢ and $1.00 at newiin oRVO co. Trial bottle free.
An old advertisement text extolls Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea products with a humorous line about judging by company and hat. It mentions 55 cent items Tea or Tablete and credits Newax Deva Co.
Idaho Senator Heyburn shows partial improvement with acute appendicitis and developing peritonitis. Condition is less troublesome today, though aggravation remains a concern. operation decision pending.
The list shows the six top scholars at La Grande High School for January, chosen for perfect attendance and scholarship standings. Named are Maud Clements Effie Snider Edgar Pickler E W Carbine Julia Carbine Lottie Howard, with signatures from Thomas L Williams Grace Swan Alice McKinlay JM Martin Superintendent.
Reports claim surveyors for the Washington and Columbia River Railway are pushing plans for a line from near Helix to Stage Gulch and north of Echo, entering town by a ravine, then to Rhea aiding on the Heppner branch. Gooseberry post office would be struck, with a southward extension toward John Day river and Prineville, aiming to connect with a California line. The project is reportedly moving toward actual construction.
A new town named Roosevelt on the north bank opposite Arlington is platted on land owned by Klickitat county treasurer T. B. Montgomery. A post office will open at once with O. S. Eby named postmaster. Montgomery presented President Roosevelt with a choice corner lot as a gift.
The Chicago Tribune discusses Meydentauer's cosmic origin theory of diamonds and reports a meteorite find in Arizona with iron masses and a central crater. A meteorologist claims sections show stones harder than iron and diamonds, prompting chemists worldwide to pursue meteorite diamond hunting.
A fragment notes Bird's Golden Meat used in constructing a marten nest that has been dug. The text references waves and a term Prigtand, with unclear context and entities.
Nawum Devo Co advertises savings on 25 and 50 cent novels reduced to epents with window stationary on display.
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