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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1908
Page
3
G. L. Biggers M D located in the Ralston Building above J M Berrys Store with office block 1321 and residence Red 1001. J H Hubbard M D surgeon in New Bank Building rooms 40 21 with residence Main 89 and office Main 79.
Local items from North Union and surrounding towns report T J Norvel quarrying rock for a new home, Helena Love visiting Nina Wolfe, life insurance for J C Glover, possible Central Railway work up Catherine street, Mrs John Kennedy's pneumonia recovery, Mr F M Housh praying for rain, cannery hopes in Union, R A Marr arrival from Malheur oil fields, Iva Minnick illness, Vera Campbell moving to Vancouver, B C, Dodson visits, O F W Davis sells North Union property for 1300, Hempe district Japanese student, W L Dishman hog shipments, coal carloads from North Powder, sleighing parties, city caucus March 3, Grandma Garrett ill, and Rev J D Gillian at the M E Church with Abraham Lincoln topic.
Pilot Rock awakens as a Commercial association forms in a Wednesday meeting chaired by Douglas Betts with O T Carnes as secretary. The plan mirrors Pendleton’s model and aims for county wide cooperation, with a permanent structure to follow next week. Mayor Roy, Postmaster Casteel, and Henry G Harrison were named to recruit members.
The O R and N offers a special one fare and third fare to all who wish to attend the annual Christian Endeavor convention at Eugene. The convention runs February 26 to 28. For details contact J H Keeney O R and N agent La Granda.
The Wizard of Ox author Frank Baum releases Ozma of Ox detailing Dorothy Scarecrow and Tin Woodman with new characters the hungry ther Nome king Tiktok and the yellow hen. Louis Joseph Vance’s The Brass Bowl tops retailer shelves as a strong tale with a clever villain and a twist ending though Handsome Dan and the Girl in Grey figure in.
George Moore of Grimesland North Carolina credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life from consumption and says he recovered after a dozen bottles. The Newlin Drug Co. offers a trial bottle free as a remedy for coughs colds and lung issues.
Trees and shrubs from The Union Nutseries of Union Oregon offer a large stock of apple cherry pear and shade trees at reasonable prices. Send for their price list.
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