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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
4
La Grande Evening Observer outlines subscription rates and policy. Editors Currey Brothers publish with telegraph service and advise signing articles. Advertising rates are listed and local notices priced per line with discounts for repeats.
Fragmentary verse evokes stormy weather and nature imagery. The speaker hints at harvest, seasons, and the looming northern gale.
The passage extols Oregon on the Pacific coast highlighting vast resources and large land compared with eastern states. It notes Oregon contains nearly two and a quarter million acres more than several northeastern states combined and references a population exceeding 15 million across those states. It observes shifting weather, with Willamette valley experiencing more severe winter than eastern Oregon last year, and this winter.
At its annual meeting the Oregon Game and Fish association endorsed changes for wildlife conservation. Proposed rules limit duck season to September 1 to December 1 with a 60 bird weekly cap and ban market sales. Pheasants and quail protections mirror dates with strict female limits. crows and predators would face $5 fines. Dr. F P Longworthy elected to succeed Dr Churchman as president. A H Lomax named secretary succeeding A E Gebhardt.
The article discusses the role of snow in filling reservoirs and enabling an irrigation project in Umatilla County. It notes landowners delaying water rights, the shift to a general road supervisor, and the county court's coordination with commissioners to fund and prioritize road improvements amid scarce funds.
The Wallowa County Woolgrowers association met at the Wallowa National Bank with many flockmasters. J. H. Dobbin and Thomas Morgan were re elected president and secretary. A one half cent per head levy on 192 630 sheep was approved to sustain the 1 50 bounty on coyote scalps and hopes were raised the county will add about 1 000 back from funds once given by woolgrowers for a state bounty that failed to pass. The group urged the county court to restore the money to its original purpose. Resolutions on forest reserve and tariff were endorsed, and grazing land in the national forest should be excluded from the reserve.
Enterprise residents discuss forming a county wide choral union with singers from Wallowa county to unite into a grand chorus of at least 150 voices. A summer festival is planned with Prof Boyer of Portland proposed to train the chorus in July and August, aiming for a successful result after his work with the Portland chorus for a March festival.
Fragment mentions a brother possibly being held up about a decade ago, affecting work health and happiness. No clear details on location, parties, or outcome are readable in the fragment.
A testimonial from W. R. Losc omb of Washington describes a man saved from hopeless consumption after using Dr King s New Discovery. The ad touts quick relief for coughs colds bronchial ailments and offers 60 cents and 1 trial bottle free guaranteed by Newlin Drug Co.
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