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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1908
Page
5
Local notes record visits and travel by Union and La Grande residents including S. A. Gardinter W. K. Davie and Rev W H Gibson with several planning trips to Baker City Union and North Powder. Building boom along East Adams avenue signals growth as workers construct homes and restore old houses.
Mr and Mrs Fred Housh joined a Wallin Walla trip for business and pleasure. Mr and Mrs H C Rinehart returned to Summerville after a Sunday in the city. W H Ferguson plans to visit Portland for Turkish baths, away at least two weeks. Richard Scott grand Pastor of the Odd Fellows in Oregon visits and will address local lodges. James Anson sells land east of the city to B P Staples and plans to scout eastern Washington for new opportunities. He expects to relocate if a good area is found.
The town awaits an evening gathering of Lyle Tuesday Musicale with four guest invitations per member and a varied program featuring Ebb and Flow, I Dream of You, A Bowl of Roses, and a mandolin guitar club finale. Violinist Zamona prepares a recital tour east after a Northwest stint. A St Peters church Guild tamale sale is set for Thursday at 3 to 8 pm at 3rd and Main with celebrated dinners and broad community invite.
Denver under the new local option law predicts the May election in the Ninth district will banish saloons from that area. The outcome will strand the national Democratic headquarters a full mile from the nearest bar, creating a symbolic setback.
Advertisement notes a coupon book offer at Cherry's New Laundry offering 50 cents savings per five dollars of washing for four dollars and fifty cents in cash. The ad includes the phone contact Main 78.
New Hampshire Senator Gallinger warns that too few manned colliers threaten the transfer of a battleship from Atlantic waters to the Pacific. He cites a shrinking American merchant fleet and calls for stronger support of the American merchant marine amid global tensions. A second item notes land claim proceedings in Oregon and a home cure ad for piles from Notre Dame, Indiana.
Land Office La Grande Oregon January 17 1908 announces compliance with the June 3 1878 timber and public lands act for sale of timber lands in California Oregon Nevada and Washington with location details forthcoming in the territorial extension notice.
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