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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1908
Page
8
Bargains presented with discounts from 26 to 50 percent below regular price. Remaining stock to be offered at half price. Examples include $1.50 values now 75 cents and $2.25 values now $1.15. Local sale details and timelines unspecified.
In a high scoring game with two home runs and sharp fielding by Zimmerman the La Grande Babes defeated Baker City Nuggets 11 to 1? The visitors led early but Houston’s first inning homer sparked a late surge. Zimmerman hit another homer in the fifth. Nelson pitched well for Perry County and is slated to start again tomorrow.
Two base hits were recorded for Houston Childers Dugan Long and Ward. Home runs by Houston and Zimmerman occurred. Campbell struck out six times and Ney made a double play Nelson to Hoffman. Passed balls by Childers three times. Rochon was out bunting on a third strike. Price and Standridge were hit by a third strike.
The article details land and irrigation policy in the arid west, including not adding 7000 acres to 16000 until canals are in good repair and cultivation improves. project extension toward the Columbia may reclaim about 46000 more acres. It notes a Pendleton reception for Secretary Garfield and a South Carolina battleship launch.
The czar, near nervous collapse from assassination fears, announced a tour of European capitals. He will visit Emperor Franz Josef of Austria first, then the Italian king, President Palleres of France, King Edward, the Kaiser, the king of Greece, and the prince of Montenegro in that order.
Panama reports indications that presidential electors will vote tomorrow in an orderly manner. Authorities stand ready to suppress any disturbances. Domingo de Obaldia appears likely to win, with electors meeting August 1 to choose the president.
Chicago endures a severe heat spell with 91 degrees in shade at noon and a new 99 to 100 degree reading from government thermometers. One death, four prostrations, and about a dozen heat illnesses reported as residents flee the city and stockyards grow quiet.
Eighteen Baker residents filed hive node timber claims in Grant county since yesterday morning. Names include John E. Benjamin Otto J. Ig ml Woostey Beckhorn Percy Z. Goding Louis H. Sergeant and others. additional land seekers listed from Centralia Elmira Rye Valley Cedar Rapids Pa. and Portland.
Denver July 11 A suit filed by E H Thompson of Marble Company seeks 50000 from heads of the American Federation of Labor including Bam Gompera John Lennon John Mitchell and Max Morris claiming they caused a strike and losses from suspended business. Trial set for August. Ginkal wanted ad follows.
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