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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1909
Page
4
The slice reports on currency, weather and local business. North Yakima reports 150 autos, Yale thermometer hit 106, barleys sold for 1.25 per hundred to Portland. Weston yields run about 40 bushels per acre. F B DeGuire, pioneer, dies at Bilverton aged 91. A Spokane plant for sale, built for 14000 with 9000 debt.
The report notes an oil well being drilled at Dufer Oregon now 1400 feet deep and in oil bearing formation. It mentions Senator M Teller in Spokane predicting tariff actions by Aldrich and ongoing irrigation projects expanding canal work in the valley.
The piece lauds the Seattle fair and its Northwest impact praising visitors for hospitality and the positive effect on western interests. It argues Taft tariff policy lacks clear public support and envisions tariff reform via a specialized commission to set rates on business grounds.
Reports in New York indicate J. D. Rockefeller plans direct grants to the poor through Rockefeller channels and a formally incorporated company. The exact method remains unconfirmed, but officials say funds will go straight to the needy with minimal intermediaries.
Chris Furhburg arrived at Hot Lake last Friday morning and died there this morning from heart failure. The body is being sent to Seattle tonight via Henry & Carr. He is survived by two brothers and a sister in Seattle and had been a member of the Foresters in Los Angeles. John Welch accompanied him and will return with the body.
Senator Jones writes Governor Hay urging action to ratify a proposed income tax amendment. He seeks to be among the first to adopt the plan and urges a special session to accomplish this goal.
In Annapolis on July 27 officers and soldiers from the death inquiry into Lieutenant James Sutton of Oregon were placed in the defendants role. Mrs Sutton, his mother, was ordered to act as prosecuting witness. The hearing was postponed until next week when Lieutenant Utley, a designated defendant, arrives. The ruling followed a letter from Mrs Sutton to the navy department requesting the inquiry being entered as evidence.
San Francisco report says A A Lillsett postmaster of Alcatraz Island was held up at gunpoint on a street corner early today. A sealed bag containing government papers and $100 in gold was taken. He was beaten and taken to a hospital for treatment.
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