10 Jan 1910
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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1910
Page
1
La Grande moves toward hosting a chautauqua with July entertainment planned. Ticket sales remain incomplete but sufficient backing from local merchants and the Commercial Club proposes to close a contract with a chautauqua agency. Public support and canvassing continue as organizers press for finalization.
Patrick Calhoun billionaire traction magnate faces postponed bribery trial as district attorney Charles M Fickert seeks more time due to unfamiliarity with the case. Former prosecutor Francis J Heney steps back amid political shifts. trial resumption expected this week in San Francisco.
In Muskogee Oklahoma on January 10 about 24 tracts totaling 18 000 acres of rich farming land formerly owned by Poor Lo will be sold to white buyers this week by the Indian Agency. Sales will be held in several towns across Eastern Oklahoma beginning today and continuing until Friday.
At the anti Tuberculosis Congress in Oklahoma City Dr J C March state Commissioner of Health urges establishing state tubercular dispensaries in large cities to provide free treatment for the poor. Governor Haskell and other officials, physicians, journalists, educators, club women, lawyers and clergymen support the movement as the congress continues through tomorrow.
Joe Crowley aged 10 faces murder charges after fatally shooting Mrs. Patrick Sullivan at the Port Costa railway station. The weapon was a rusty revolver the boy had been playing with, and investigators seek to determine who left the loaded gun accessible to children.
Evanston Wyoming January 10 Stockold ers of the Goldfield Consolidates Mine Company met for the annual meeting. The manager will submit a full report detailing the year's operations including exact tonnage mined and treated and ore values from each part of the workings now over six miles long. The report will estimate available ore reserves based on surveys in progress. The management has previously refused to commit to ore reserve estimates and figures are expected to surprise many unfamiliar with the deposits.
Chicago and Northwestern Railway stockholders may buy at par a share of the new 30 million issue. Purchases limited to 25 percent of their existing holdings.
News dispatches from Portland and Washington report Gifford Pinchot preparing a public statement to vindicate his stance in the Taft dismissal controversy. Allies say he will condemn Taft administration actions on conservation while awaiting broader support and reaction from national figures.
Los Angeles hosts a ten day aviation meet featuring fifteen prize events and plans to crown America’s premier air feats. World famous aviators and a large field of aircraft enter contests for 80000 dollars in prizes including a 10000 dollar grand prize for balloona cross continental flight and 5000 for world distance records.
Hearing in the Supreme Court was begun on a rule seeking to stop further attorney fee allowances from the Carter fund. Judge Kolsant of the Chicago Circuit Court is to show why the circuit court should not be barred from granting fees to recover government money tied to Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, convicted of fraud in Savannah harbor improvements.
Fragmentary note reports an arrangement or stage near Los Angeles involving individuals or groups described as Chub and Alb. Text is incomplete but suggests a planned action or setup around a track or location near the city. Further details are not readable in the fragment.
Kansan Oklahoma farmers and poultry fans gather for the Sunflower State Poultry Show in Wichita. Experts promise lessons on breeding hens for wealth, egg crop values, and backyard poultry profits amid praises of the fruitful hen.
Boston officials ordered three Dr. Frederick A. Cook travel books shifted from travel to fiction in the city library after Copenhagen consistory findings questioned his polar records. The volumes are Through the First Antarctic Night The Daily Work on an Arctic Explorer and The Top of the Continent.
The poet famed for The Woman With the Serpent's Tongue will not attend the Contemporary Cruth event. He had promised to address Philadelphia's college and literary circles, but a recent incident involving the Aysquiths led to his withdrawal from the invitation.
Binger Hermann faces a long trial for conspiracy to defraud the government of public lands in Portland. Jury selection begins with 103 potential jurors after 98 failed to appear. 45 more excused for illness or business. Trial expected to last at least a month with transcript evidence from Washington read to save travel costs. Miss Mabel Counsel of Ladd Canyon visits at the Grandys.
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