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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
3
Advertisement lists women and children's jackets with spring stock and clearances. Prices shown include various jackets at marked values and sale figures, with multiple price lines and values for ladies and children jackets.
Readable text shows a clothing sale offering men and boys suits at deep discounts. Includes Young men's odd lot and boys knee pant suits with prices ranging from eight to twelve dollars and up to eighteen dollar values. Limited sizes noted for youth pant suits and long pants sets.
Cold cloudy weather dries the ground and slows grain moisture while harming cherry and apple crops though not yet fatally. Apples drop as trees recover with potential sun, and regional residents report dry conditions across Morrow Umatilla Union and Wallowa counties. Pendleton plans a large woolen mill despite prohibition and Baker City seeks park and civic improvements as a prosperity push. A Pendleton liquor keeper faces arrest for issuing fraudulent checks from a mythical bank account, with local authorities awaiting transfer of custody.
The Ladd Canyon community invites all to Linebarger's park on the Friday after June 1% for a school picnic. Pupils will perform a program while attendees enjoy shade, swings, games, and a picnic lunch. A baseball game between South La Grande and Ladd Canyon resulted 19 to 1 in favor of Ladd Canyon.
Milton Oregon residents prepare for the annual Strawberry Festival and Home Show with numerous entertainments. The event features invigorating programs, press races, ball games, and assorted acts planned for tomorrow.
In Union County Oregon the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company sues to condemn two, three, four and five lots of block twelve in Riverside addition La Grande for new sidetrack, switching facilities, and repair shops. Defendants John Eastlake Susan Eastlake Alfred Crane Ethel Crane Christopher Crane must answer by June 11 1908. Citizen notices follow.
In Freewater Oregon during June, peaches are being thinned as many orchards thin at this time. J N Stone employs 17 men to carry out thinning work in his orchard.
A reader notes Ta Grande ran dry on June 4 while claiming a year ago a rich supply of artesian water exists within 1000 feet. The remark questions why artesian supply is not tapped and argues for immediate access to underground water.
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