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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1909
Page
4
United Press Telegraph Service lists price plans for Wally distribution and local copy rates. Includes daily and weekly options with varying advance payments and durations. Editorial note warns subscribers to sign articles to avoid disappointment. Advertising rates and local notices priced by line.
The annual report lists 419 prisoners with Multnomah leading at 129 and three counties Benton Lincoln and Yamhill with no convicts. It notes demographics including temperate and intemperate prisoners, occupations, and a Bilensburg Washington irrigation project planning to divert 226000 acre feet of water. It mentions Senator Henry Teller retiring and Northwest irrigation schemes, plus state school debates and Maine-born legislators.
The Coon Town four hundred minstrel group performs at Grange Hall next Friday evening with free admission. A basket supper funds hall furnishings. The program includes songs recitations solos and choruses featuring named performers such as Jim Craw Rufus Brown Nancy Printee Aneolitical Shingletite Wonove Pondyiard Nancy Hanks and others in a period entertainment card style.
Bids opened last Saturday night for the J. W. Scriber home at Fourth and Washington were so low that the trustee refused to disclose amounts. In creditors' interest, the trustee will seek higher remuneration for the property.
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