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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1909
Page
4
Subscription rates and mailing terms for La Grande Observer are listed including daily and weekly options and advance payments. The notice warns against anonymous or nom de plume articles and requests signed submissions. Advertising rates and local notices are described with per line pricing for initial and subsequent insertions.
The legislature passed a suitable code of laws for Union bounty fishermen and nimrads. The code, Beaver-Dioged until 1920, opens July 15 and runs through November 4. The text notes the deer date and lists three deer dante.
The notice lists hunting seasons and restrictions across Oregon counties Coos Curry Klamath Lake for birds elk and fowl. It details open dates closure rules bag limits and methods for ducks geese swan pheasant grouse and prairie chicken plus trout fishing season and illegal gear.
Eastern Oregon today faces a series of struggles over establishing a branch asylum in the region. Each individual struggle must be fought separately and in the proper sequence with careful steps within possible limits.
Fragmented remarks discuss the possible site near Baker City Union or Pendleton and warn the three counties must rally support to pass the asylum measure. The outcome hinges on convincing western and southern voters and hints at shifting county loyalties and local school movements amid regional development.
The piece urges Union and Wallowa lodge events to strengthen business and social ties. It suggests annual entertainments for Wallowa guests in La Grande, with rotating beneficiary lodges and broader regional outreach. It notes Normals students aid and criticizes legislators over funeral appropriations and a Taft mishap.
The acting governor faces a tight moment as he weighs support for the woman suffrage bill. He may encounter pressure from allies and opposition from factions within his party, testing leadership and political risk.
The Chan dler trial nears completion and the criminal docket for the term faces finis. The jury may be discharged after the current case and could be recalled for Bum merville whisky trials in about three weeks. The February term featured 19 days of continuous jury trials and many cases of wide importance.
A Portland paper reports a near fatal incident in Underwood Oregon where a cat crawled onto a sleeping little girl biting and sucking at her breath before rescuers revived her. The mother returned to find the cat on the child and the scene described as dangerous and alarming.
The Ladies' Ald Society of the Presbyterian church will serve supper this evening at 6:80 to 7:30 at the home of Mr. H. R. Hanna. Price is 25 cents per plate. Public invited. Funds for the new church are growing steadily.
In Guayaquil on February 4, a main line train toppled over a 100 foot cliff near Rio Pamba. Between 25 and 30 people were killed in the disaster.
Bert Huffman, formerly of Union vicinity, farms east of Calgary this year while O R N conductors Jack Smith and Len McCrary begin work near the Bow River settlement. AEl Burnett harvested 60 percent of No 1 wheat on new land in 1908 and oats exceed 100 bushels on adjacent land. Spring wheat ripens in 120 days with long sunshine. Don’t be a renter when you can own a home in a new country in Alberta. pay for a section of land with one crop.
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