Local Foundry Lands Major Wheel Contract
The La Grande Iron Works secured a large four month contract with the George Palmer Lumber Company to cast twelve hundred car wheels and one hundred axles. The job will consume ninety two tons of steel and cast iron, with Mr. Fitzgerald running two shifts to finish on time. Coast representatives sought the work, but Palmer Lumber chose local manufacturing to support home industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grande Iron Works
George Palmer Lumber Company
Fitzgerald
Good Roads Delegate and Officials Visit Local School
A C News Observer reports C A G delegates and District Attorney Ivanhoe visiting the school this week. The O A G basketball teams beat Monmouth at home, while the O A G boys triumphed over the University lineup in Eugene. Ben Greenhaw was elected athletics general manager for next year.
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C. D. Huffman
The
Good Roads Association
Salem
FS. Ivanhoe
Forrest
Monmouth
Eugene
Ben Greenhaw
Hugs and Huggins Referenced in Humorous Union County Notice
A clipped Hood River News item mocks local surnames by comparing Hug and Huggin families across Union County and Elgin. The piece lists many names such as Ben Huged R Huged A Hug and Henry Hugs while poking fun at communal pride and a wedding connection.
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Hood River
Union County
Elgin Recorder
Elgin
Ben
Henry
Albert
Fridley
Julius
Eugene
Dave
Harry
George
Charley
John
Jacob
Objections in Thaw case shape insanity defense strategy
In New York Jerome’s pistol issue surfaces as Delmas and Thaw face admissibility fights. Dr Charles Wagner testifies on insanity, detailing spells of instability in the defendant and the need for a legal framework before pursuing the insanity plea.
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New York
May McKinzie
White
Jerome
Delmas
Thaw
Charles Wagner
Binghampton
Mayor's Reasons Against Water Bonding in La Grande
The city council lacks authority to furnish street lighting or divert water for power or irrigation. A prior contract with Grande Ronde Electric Co. runs until 1909, delaying need for a light plant. Diverting Beaver Creek waters risks legal actions and delays. aim is pure domestic water supply. Bonding limited by debt load and property values. small issue planned to fund only essential water use.
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la Grande
Beaver Creek
Grande Ronde Electric Co
Mney
Osteopath Bill Rattles BonTs
Salem Oregon February 7 a heated debate over Senator Nottingham osteopath bill with committee report offering a substitute doctors opposing expanded powers while osteopaths rally to support passage. Lawmakers urge action Tuesday morning amid calls for consistent medical education standards and public protection.
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John W. Kelley
Salem
Nottingham
Gale
Malarkey
Senate
Committee On Medicine
I T
Ihs
Cola
How Nickle Got Its Name From Old Nick Copper
The New York Tribune recounts how a copper mine ore resembling copper yielded no copper. Chemist Crondtedt isolated a new metal unlike copper or silver, leading to the element nicknamed Old Nick. The term Nickle stuck, and the name persists today.
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New York Tribune
Crondtedt
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A.C. News
Smith & Dawson
G. L. Biggers
M. D. Cursigian
Office Ralston
J.m.barry's
J. H. Hubbard
M. D
Slater Building
Fir Street
Jefferson Avenue
A. L. Richardson
Hill's Drug Store
N. Molitor
Adams Avenue
Bacon & Hall Physicians and Surgeons
Foley
T. Bacon
M. K. Hall
F. E. Moore
H. C. P. Moore
Osteopathic Physicians
Kirksville
J. T. Lefevre
B. L
Summervice
Oregon
H. Vott
F. Moormeister
Corpe
Moormeister
H. T. Williams
A.C. Williams
Williams Bros
Attorneys-At-Law
Ralston
L. A. Pickler
Bohnenkamp Pautleine
Ry la Grande
J. R Oliver
P. A. Charlton
Hill
Nickle
Standard Commercial College
M. M. Slattery
la Grande, Oregon
Imbler
Grande Ronde Valley
London
Spain
J. W. White
Grocer
Fhone Main
GEO. T
Parr-Simmons Company
Inca Rates
Jefferson Ave
Greenwood St. la Grande
Anna G Carlson
Robert Miller
la Grande National Bank
Independent Phone No
L. C. Smith
Creamery
Japa
Lac
W. H. Bohnenkamp CO
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