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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1910
Page
4
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La Grande expects the largest visitor turnout for Union Day with a stock show drawing residents from La Grande Union Elgin and Wallowa. The editorial urges travel to broaden horizons and discourage superstition while praising Secretary Ballinger’s land restoration and urging more western land openings for settlers and ranchers.
A page of discussion prompts questions about a mother’s duties in housekeeping and home making. Topics include hygiene, child education, food values, gender training, and the family’s social responsibilities within the community.
The article notes men can farm government land, yet settlers seek land. Grants Pass awakens to irrigation benefits, likening the Grande Ronde valley. Crops can grow without water, but irrigation promises much better yields. The Grande Ronde is expected to use water currently wasted.
La Grande plans a several hundred strong representation at the Rose Carnival in Portland, a respectable turnout for the event.
Engineer E P Baldwin traveled 150 miles from the high line Irrigation ditch at Kittitas to Ellensburg where his ten year old son Alfred had died after filling pockets with dynamite and lighting a fuse. The incident occurred yesterday as the boy handled the explosives.
State forestry board urges all campers and residents to prevent fires as timber wealth and state labor value depend on careful fire control. Includes cautions for campfires and matches and notes public publication of land claims and final five year proof in Oregon in 1910.
In Union County Oregon May Terril sues Fred Terril for absolute divorce. Fred Terril must answer by July 1 1910 or risk decree annulling marriage. Published weekly six weeks starting May 20 1910 in LaGrande Weekly Observer per Judge Knowles order.
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