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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
5
Describes artesian well digging for the OR & N at the head yards. Diggers report ten and a half days of operation, reaching 56 feet. Details include gravel sand strata, casing descent, mud scooping by a pan, and adjustments when hard rock is met. Existing progress shows the wall nearly one tenth finished per contract.
Mas J R Foureer announces a storewide millinery sale with all items offered at reduced prices for the next thirty days.
Governor Jesse F McDonald calls the Trans Missouri Dry Farming Congress to meet in Denver on January 24 and 25 with delegates from western states. The aim is to form a permanent educational interstate body and discuss scientific soil culture for western development. Delegates will be appointed by county courts from Baker Umatilla and Union counties, with others expected to attend.
A competent man with years in the grocery business seeks employment. He has worked at this office and offers reliable service and familiarity with store operations.
The W O W reserve fund reached nearly two million dollars on zero assessments in 1906. The order states death claims paid and over two and a half million placed in bank. The O W A reports no conclusions drawn and notes a net gain of over one hundred thousand new members in 1906. Consul CS Williams and F B Currey sign off.
A Tennessee seller promotes Electric Bitters as a proven cure for back and kidney distress. The testimonial claims initial relief after one bottle, with complete cure after several more, urging readers to buy at Newlin drug store. Price listed as six shillings.
The advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and strengthens lungs and cites Dr. G J Bishop of Lene Michigan who reports three severe pneumonia cases with good results. It pitches supplying office goods for 1907 and promises savings for the buyer with Newtin Dave Co.
The Union County Oregon County Court cites Frank Tiffany Annie Tiffany and minor heirs in the Estate of Ira D. to appear January 12 1902 in La Grande for show cause why an Administratrix petition to sell quarter sections and a private sale should not be granted and to execute a Deed Bond per prior order. Witness Judge J C Henry with seal dated December 10 1906.
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