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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1910
Page
3
A cheerful exhortation links a smile to social success and welcome at gatherings. The piece notes how mood affects reception, with Mr Long Face and Mr Grouch excluded, and suggests dressing well as part of making a good impression at a fashion bazaar. It ends with a playful sales pitch about refunds and a question about straw purchases.
D. H. Proctor announces Milton News Order now for fall and spring delivery, urging patrons to subscribe as preparations begin for seasonal issues and distribution.
Ralph Murchison will spend a week in Union visiting friends. A Western Union business meeting will be held this evening and all members are urged to attend. Mr Reilly of North Dakota visits to handle land matters with his brother. Miss Leona Bean leaves for Sweet Idaho to visit relatives for a month. Mr and Mrs Claude Mackay return from Albany and attend forestry convention in Portland. The Davises from Meacham visit to conduct business with Meacham Lumber. By H Myers of Nebraska visits his son Don Myers. first time in La Grande, though family has lived here before.
Clarence C. Wilson, formerly a La Grande businessman, is in Walla Walla today for a few days to attend to business matters. He is connected with a nothing house at the Garden City.
Dr Mendelsohn, Heidelberg trained in medicine and a 29 year optics specialist, has a practice in La Grande. He holds diplomas to practice in any U S state, has treated over 2000 people in Union and Wallowa counties, including about 180 children. Office hours 8:30 to 12 and 1 to 6, with evening appointments by special request.
Portland visitor W A Williams travels through La Grande on a political and land purchase trip. Olympia residents BE Robbins and B J Robbins visit the city. Neighbors from Reno and Payette arrive for stays and family visits. Local officials and merchants share business in Imbler Wallowa and Baker County figures attend Rose Show preparations and creamery deliveries.
Head bookkeeper Taylor at the Eastern Oregon Light and Power Company faces a regional payroll discrepancy. Company officials said the issue involves retroactive pay adjustments and is under internal review with no public timetable for resolution.
County assessor T. A. Rinehart says Union county property assessments are about one month ahead of normal for June. La Grande, Union and Elgin are nearly finished, with only a few scattered cases remaining, and the entire county will be completed well before July.
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