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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1906
Page
5
Eight acres six room house barn place for chickens or hogs orchard all kinds of fruit and plenty of water located east of flouring mill will exchange for city property Apply at premises John Gavan over 200 good farms for sale See our list before you buy A A Barry the land man Valley House Washington Land Man Phone 191
The commission proposes taxing railroads power companies and banks by net earnings or capital stocks. Household exemption cut from 300 to 200. Tax collectors shift from sheriff to county treasurer. Washington style tax certificates delinquent licenses yield 10 percent to state. Five member tax commission to assess public utilities and set values. First assessment under new method in 1908 with levy in 1909. Exclusions include express telegraph telephone sleeping car and other companies to be taxed under separate laws enacted June 4.
Governor Joseph Folk of Missouri arrived in Madison and will speak at the Monona Lake Chautauqua Assembly this afternoon He is expected to stay several days delivering two or three more addresses before departing.
The Retail Lumber Dealers' Association of Oklahoma and Indian Territory opened its annual convention in Shawnee with about five hundred dealers in attendance. Local organizers prepared an elaborate program for visitors.
The third Avenue Theatre opens its season under Marti Dixon with The King Of Diamonds a new melodrama by Findley Fauley. The up-to-date drama centers on high life in New York and features a race between an express and a local train in the subway in a pivotal scene.
P. J. Ahborn of Baker City owned a valuable young horse that died after a yard accident at Brown's livery stable. Stray splinters from a broken fence board pierced the heart as the horse ran and fell, causing fatal hemorrhage within minutes.
The article praises acting seals and seaboard performers with The Great Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Shows United. Captain Webb’s studies of deep sea creatures informed the trained seal act praised as a remarkable feature.
Washington July 28. Captain Leutre commandant of the Washington Navy Yard has urged no standard method of labor for the naval gun factory. A hearing will decide whether to adopt piece work or the premium system. Labor representatives will argue the premium system boosts production and allows skilled workers to raise earnings.
Poughkeepsie N Y July 28 Frits Constantine held on suspicion of the Chicago murder of Mrs Gentry was released this morning The Gentry home inmates say he was not a former boarder and deny any connection to the crime.
Mrs Sylvia Langdon Dunham, widow of Chauncey Dunham, celebrates her 106th birthday at home in Southington with family and friends. A DAR member, she has seen hearing decline over four years, while her health remains generally good.
Atlantic Iowa July 28 The Atlantic Chautauqua Assembly opened a session with an unusually fine program of speakers and attractions. It runs through August 4 featuring Win Sunday former baseball player and revivalist Brooker T. Washington educator Beau camp humorist De Witt Miller and others.
J T Lasselle of Albany Oregon arrives in the city to arrange prune handling for the Grande Ronde valley. Lasselle Bros own the Union flat dryer and are adding furnaces and improvements for the 1906 season. A new dryer at Cove, costing about 2600 dollars, will be ready for this season. They expect to handle at least 1000 tons of prunes at Union and Cove, paying 10 dollars delivered, starting around October 1 for about forty days. 2000000 pounds of fruit will be received and dried at Union and Cove this fall, requiring about a six mile long string of teams to move the crop.
Greensburg Pennsylvania on July 2 reports a Pensyl vans eighteen hour train running at sixty miles an hour derailed some, left the track only slightly, pilot plunged into wreckage scattering cars. In three hours the train resumed its run with minimal damage and no serious injuries observed by local crews.
Milwaukee July 26. Post masters of the Fourth Class in Wisconsin met in convention to organize a state association for mutual benefit. Attendance was large with nearly every township represented.
A large open air meeting near Prosperity South Carolina at Young's Grove will be addressed this afternoon by United States Senator Tillman. The event includes a barbecue and other entertainment features.
Pillsburg July 28 The district attorney plans to arrest two active local attorneys accused of conspiracy in forgery. They are accused of collecting and preventing evidence in the Hattie case, a matter already drawing strong public interest due to the famous negro cane involved.
The Dalles Chronicle reports a massive blast by Andrew Rosen co. that shook a mountain opposite Mosinr Tuesday night. The blast spent $6000 to remove 50000 yards of obstruction, with a mountain 208 feet high, 90 feet wide, and 200 feet long. One thousand kegs of powder were cached in eight pockets and ignited with considerable force.
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