Elgin Oregon Frontier Days Narrates Tough Town Past
An Elgin Oregon reminiscence recalls its apple fame and rough beginnings. The piece notes Joe Woods driving the stage to Waltown country and hints at changes since early frontier days.
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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1911
Page
8
An Elgin Oregon reminiscence recalls its apple fame and rough beginnings. The piece notes Joe Woods driving the stage to Waltown country and hints at changes since early frontier days.
The Elgin region prospers as a fruit belt with rising apple lands and substantial grain and timber markets. Cecil Galloway, North Grande Ronde county commissioner, is noted for local leadership while Weatherspoon Thorsen run Springdale Farm drives a model fruit operation. The Recorder and Observer provide ongoing coverage of Elgin’s development and community leaders.
In Union County Oregon Joseph Palmer and Julius Roesch sue John Harris and Susan Harris First National Bank of Elgin and J F Phy trustee in bankruptcy of J W Scriber The defendants are ordered to appear within six weeks of first publication and answer the amended complaint seeking quiet title to extensive described real estate in Union County Oregon The summons published by order of the circuit court with first publication January 10 1911 in the La Grande Evening Observer.
Mrs. Charles Kline of Easton Pennsylvania endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as a reliable cough remedy. She notes it soothes throat irritation and loosens cold symptoms and recommends it for la grippe coughs and stuffy colds for all ages. Contains no opiates. Hills Drug Store.
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