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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1910
Page
4
The post office telegraph service note states unsigned articles will not be published and signed letters will be revised at the editor's discretion. Readers are urged to sign submissions and save the newspaper from publishing unnamed material.
A long analysis notes that 4 percent municipal bonds fail to attract buyers and banks cut deposit rates, while private investors seek higher returns. Experts foresee a future broad readjustment within five to ten years, with long term securities at risk and a gradual cooling in markets like stocks and goods. The piece cites diminished public spending, higher taxes, and nonproductive expenditures as drivers of higher required returns.
A telegraphic update reports Western railroads have discharged thousands of workers. Officials fear a wider labor crisis, with demand for public works outstripping supply, tensions with foreign workers, unsettled federal railroad policy, and a possible retrenchment that could slow rapid national progress.
The TRE County Fair board votes to start work immediately and expand beyond Grande Prarie Valley inviting Union and Wallowa counties. The plan blends trades display with exhibits to boost local manufacturing and retail. The article criticizes Portland salaries for teachers and quips about Mary Adele Case, the Oregon nightingale.
Those who did not attend the daytime circus plan to take the children to the evening performance. The plan emphasizes that the children must see the show and enjoy the circus once more today.
In Hubbard the city council denies a license for a second saloon. The decision blocks expansion of local alcohol venues and maintains the existing licensing status.
In the Circuit Court of Oregon Calon County BE Brownell sues Ella L Brownell for dissolution of marriage. Ella must respond within six weeks after first publication in La Grande Evening Observer. Judge Knowles authorized service with first publication June 9 1910. Attorney T H Crawford represents plaintiff.
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