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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1909
Page
1
Passenger train No. 3 on the North Bank road plunged into a ditch at Granddalles Washington early this morning. Engineer McLaim was badly scalded as the engine baggage and mail cars left the track under loosened roadbed caused by recent rains.
A landslide at Punta Gorda, 15 miles south of Santa Barbara, buried an engine and a car with sleeping workers killing four men. The dead include an American foreman and three Greeks. many others are injured. A relief train was dispatched.
World famed preacher now at Tacoma voices sharp criticism of the New York policy set while affirming other positions. The article notes Seowls at president as a controversial figure amid libel clashes and public debate.
A large audience gathered in La Grande's Steward Opera House to hear the Northwest Irrigation Association program. Speaker Stephen A. Lowell and others outlined Meadow Brook project plans, fundraising for more acreage, and organizational steps by the Commercial Club led by John Collier.
Oregon legislators in Salem plan a caucus of eastern district members to decide whether the branch insane asylum should be at Baker City or Pendleton. Representative Barrett has many signatures to the call. The fight centers on location as the main issue amid crowding at the Salem institution.
In Tacoma on January 25 sympathy poured out for 16 year old Jose Uhly who faced a $50 fine for killing a deer out of season. The Uhly family, described as in straightened circumstances, faced hunger with children suffering while the mother pleaded that the boy walked daily through the woods seeking food.
In London a mob and police cornered two Polish bandits after they killed a constable and wounded five others while attempting to escape with pay envelopes for factory workers. They shot themselves dead as officers closed in. A bystander grabbed the satchel of money during the chaos.
Portland reports indicate creditors of the wrecked Farmers & Traders National Bank of La Grande Ore may recover dollar for dollar if government prosecution can be forestalled. Insider accounts detail parties including J W Scriber, C cashier Coolidge of Spokane and Thorsen of Elgin, with Receiver Niedner discussing the case and forged notes. Continued on page B.
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