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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1910
Page
7
Mrs C M De Vere received a letter from her father D H Stewart traveling to Nevada by auto with Mrs Steward and Dave Steward Jr. He said they reached Welser Idaho on the 13th, roads in fair condition, four hours through sand near Olde Perry the only trouble. They planned to resume toward Boise soon with no further road problems expected.
The Philaphea Class of the Christian Church Bible School will host an ice cream and cake social tomorrow at the first door north of the L. Thorne grocery store. Proceeds support church activities and student programs.
A motor sled adapted from caterpillar principles promises greater efficiency on polar ice. Captain Scott plans to use the four cylinder engine delivering twelve brake horsepower as a tractor for hauling sledges with minimal steering and no brakes.
Dr Bertillon challenges the view that opening schools raises prisons. He cites statistics that married men with families are steadier and that widowers crime rates align with bachelors, with childless widowers worst. He asserts women are generally of good character and less criminal than men, with male crime peaking by forty and declining afterward.
At 3 o clock in the morning Mr Younghusband crept up stairs and trod on the cat tail waking his wife. She asks if it is late to be singing and notes neighbors might complain.
Williamina announces its first brick structure, a 50 by 70 foot building to be erected, marking a notable upgrade in local infrastructure.
Sugar cash price 6.75 and beet sugar 0.25. Vegetables include onions at 26 cents, spinach at 26, fresh peas 1 cent, asparagus 3 for 26, radishes 3 for 100, lettuce 10, green onions 6 cents, tomatoes 10, new potatoes 2 for 2 francs. Fruit lists oranges 40 cents, lemons 35, bananas 40, cherries 25, geese berries 2 quarts for 26 cents. Meats show hogs 10 per cwt, veal 4 to 4.5, mutton 5.5, poultry prices live 18, dressed 27. Barley 190 percent producer price, wheat clubs 80, blue stem 82, Willamette valley price 15c. Flour new crop patents 6.15. Butter extra creamery 29 cents, store 23 25. Butter fat Portland delivery 27.5, sour 25.5. Poultry values include mixed chickens 18, fancy hens 18.5, turkeys alive 20, dressed 27.286, pigeons 2.50, dressed chickens 1 to 2 cents higher than alive. Millstuffs include bran 20, midlings 29, shorts 21, cop 19.25.
M W A La Grande Camp No 7703 meets Mondays at 1 00 P M in the I O F Hall visiting neighbors invited I R Snook C D E Cox Clerk Women of Woodcraft Grande Ronde Circle No 47 meets first and third Thursdays at I C O F Hall visiting members welcome Chloe Robinson G M Rizzi Ellsworth Clerk La Grande Lodge No 41 A F and A M holds meetings first and third Saturdays at 730 PM John C Hodgin W M A C Williams Secretary
Rebekahs Crystal Lodge No 0 meets Tuesday evenings in the I C C F hall. Visiting members invited. Officers: Mrs Cora Fitzgerald N G, Susan McIlroy Sec. Knights of Pythias Red Cross Lodge No 27 meets Monday nights in Castle hall. A Pythian welcome to visiting Knights. Ed Wright C R, L Lincoln M of R & S, Neri Ackles C C, J H Kpeney Clerk. erin Y
I C F Subordinate La Grande Lodge No 16 meets in their hall every Saturday night. Visiting brothers cordially invited to attend. GEO Grout N G J R Snook Rec Sec W A Worstell Fin Sec.
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