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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1910
Page
8
The contract for the new water system in Joseph was awarded to J. M. Mitchell this week. Construction will begin in a few days and the system is described as among the finest for a town of its size in the state. Campers continue to flock to Wallowa Lake with trains bringing crowds and the lake’s amusements taxed.
George Graham of North La Grande pleaded guilty to removing O R N coal from coal chutes and was sentenced this morning by Judge Knowles to pay a fine of 100 dollars.
Oregon state railroad commission to investigate passenger traffic on the O R & N and Southern Pacific lines. Hearings scheduled for August 30 with sharper scrutiny on rates over two and a half cents per mile. An ordinance in La Grande governs garbage disposal and stockyard practices with fines and immediate effect.
The Pacific Express Company a Nebraska incorporated firm with main business in St Louis Missouri and a deposit of 50000 with Oregon State Treasurer plans to cease express forwarding in Oregon six months after first publication dated December 1 1910. Claims must be filed before that period with the state treasurer. Dated St Louis Missouri May 23 1910. James Eggleston president.
At Seaside on July 20 80 year old Mrs Regula Zeltler said she was a drag on kind relatives then walked into the surf in a bathing suit and drowned. She could not swim and made no effort to save herself while staying with her niece Mrs H J Hetty of Portland.
In Lebanon Ohio on July 29 W J Gatts was killed when a dynamite blast designed to deepen a well exploded in a two inch pipe. James Johnson broke a leg and 12 year old Chas Houck was seriously hurt. Gatts leaves a widow and six children.
The La Grande Commercial Club plans a dues drive led by Miss Ethel Gulling to fund pending ventures. Directors approved a Monday mailing to members to raise working capital for an exhibit hall at the depot, Oregonian Union county writeup space, Spokane and Chicago apple show exhibits, prize donations for the Portland apple show, and December threshermen’s association events.
The administrator of Elias Bair deceased's estate, John W. Morblock, invites all claimants to present their claims with proper vouchers within six months from the first publication date, June 24, 1910. Notice posted at La Grande, Oregon dated June 8, 1910.
Dan Smythe of Pendleton, secretary of the Wool Growers' Association, was in a railroad wreck near Tacoma yesterday and suffered the loss of an arm. Newport Construction Company manager Ross Newport arrived and stated the injury may be fatal. State Land Board bids due August 1, 1910 for school lands in Oregon with minimum $15 per acre.
State Land Board invites geared bids by 11:90 o'clock a.m. August for school lands described as all of Section 1 in T1S R40E and Lot 12 of Section 16 in T3S R34E. Bids require a purchase application and at least one fifth of the offered amount. Minimum bid is $7.50 per acre.
Notice lists addresses and instructions for filings to G. G. Brown Clerk State Land Board Salem Oregon with marked application and bid language. Also notes final account hearing for Ovanda M Noyes administratrix of David Hawes estate scheduled August 24 1910 at La Grande Oregon with objections process.
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