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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1909
Page
8
The Union Republican reports an excellent crop outlook with estimates of fifty bushels per acre. Recent rains finished the crop prospects, making a bountiful harvest seem an absolute certainty.
La Grande has organized a second baseball team to debut in a Sunday matinee at Cove tomorrow. The lineup lists Ellsworth catcher Claude Noyes pitcher Woods first base Metcalf second base Blythstone shortstop Pidcock third base Watson right field Ray Noyes center field Garrick If. Read the Observer.
Father J M Whyte resigns as priest of the local Catholic church due to failing health and nervous collapse at Hot Lake. He plans to travel to California when able, as Father Alden of Ontario arrives tonight to take charge, ending Whyte's fifth year in Le Grande.
Fire department takes on showers at the Central Hose house built by its own plumbers at cost. A large tank with double coils provides hot or cold water within five minutes of starting the stove. Chief Joe Jones proposed the idea and praises the new facility for post fire recovery.
Carl E. Waters and Olive Wortman of Elgin and Al Fuller and Lizzie Page of Imbler were issued marriage licenses.
Washington June 26. The secretary of the treasury is expected to issue before night a call for 25 million dollars in national banks. In total 75 million dollars are held in national depositories.
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