Observer Brige Dennis Editor and Owner
The Observer Bruge Dennis is listed as editor and owner. The notice shows it is entered at the La Grande post office as second class matter.
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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1911
Page
4
The Observer Bruge Dennis is listed as editor and owner. The notice shows it is entered at the La Grande post office as second class matter.
Grande Ronde residents focus on Cove as trains haul workers and bumper crops head toward combines. Farmers anticipate crisp harvest steps and rising incomes while city streets, usually busy, see fewer crowds as locals stay home or work.
The article ties crop failures in the middle west to a threatened downturn in the northwest, stressing how light harvests in Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska reduce demand for Oregon pine, slow mills, and curb lumber and related money flow, warning without pessimism but stating the interconnected economic impact.
Cattle from Wallowa county pass through La Grande en route to Portland as prices rise on a short supply. The article notes high summer prices due to heavy demand, limited supply, and the lasting impact of previous declines in cattle herds. It emphasizes the cattle industry as the hills staple and predicts eventual recovery with continued promotion of cattle raising.
Forecasted crop losses trigger reviews of lumber production in northern mills. Companies already reducing output to cut costs and stabilize finances as demand shifts and field yields decline.
Cove hosts its first cherry festival attracting large crowds as local growers exhibit abundant cherries. community leaders push to publicize Cove’s claim as an ideal fruit spot in the Northwest and the Grande Ronde valley.
A fragmented article notes a transition from solitary cattlemen to cooperative efforts, citing Franklin’s maxim about unity. It contrasts past finger on the trigger and isolated fencing with current fencing and joint action to survive in the industry.
Success Magazine quotes Iris H. Weed noting how cattle sheep and related interests formed the American National Live Stock Association to defend grazing and meat interests against transportation and manufacturing pressures. It claims stockmen control over 500 million dollars in livestock assets and aims to organize political influence.
Judge Julian W. Mack, associate justice of the new court of commerce, was born July 19, 1866 in San Francisco. He studied in Cincinnati public schools, at Harvard, and in Berlin and Leipzig. He later served as Chicago civil service commissioner and taught law at Northwestern and the University of Chicago.
A compact ledger of events dated July 19 across years: 1688 Spanish Armada in English Channel. 1776 Paulus Hook action by Major Henry Lee. 1808 death of Gen John Peterson. 1810 Prussian decree against American vessels. 1814 Samuel Colt born. 1821 coronation of George IV. 1864 execution of Iturbide.
A German professor and a French dermatologist claim microbes cause baldness by lodging in sebum and destroying follicles. They promote Rexall hair tonics as a cure with a money back guarantee, offering two sizes for 50 cents and $1.00 at Hills Drug Store The Rexall Store.
The Lafayette post G A R of Brooklyn adopted a resolution condemning the blending of blue and gray battle flags at the Bull Run reunion and says only the union flag should be displayed in the ceremony.
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