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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1911
Page
6
A compiled notice lists multiple lodges and fraternal groups in La Grande with meeting times. It details Masonic Blue Lodge 41, La Grande Lodge 433, Woodmen of the World 169, A L A Grande Camp 7703, Crystal Lodge Rebekahs, Knight of Pythias, Grotto and associated orders, including meeting days and officer signatories for attendance invites.
Bankers and millers report from Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana that the inland empire wheat harvest will total about 65 million bushels, the largest in district history. Eastern Washington counties yield around 39.0 million bushels, with 21 441 acres of winter wheat and 842 000 acres of spring wheat in Washington. The crop is expected to be about two weeks late, while fruit crops including apples pears and peaches are expected to be plentiful and prices higher than 1910.
Sworn proof that a buckthorn bark glycerine based compound named Adler-ika, advertised as the new German appendicitis remedy, can cure appendicitis without operation is visible at A. T. Hill's store in La Grande. A single dose is said to relieve wind or gas, sour stomach, constipation and other chronic appendicitis symptoms.
The second annual July Chautauqua schedule is released with dates July 4 through July 18 listed. Highlights include Apollo Concert Company performances, Dominion science sessions, lectures by Dr. Gabriel McGuire and Dr. DeWitt Miller, and many music programs, with full details to follow in daily papers.
Spokane officials say three months under the commission form have improved efficiency and economy. Commissioner Robert Fairley notes taxpayers receive a dollar’s worth of work for every tax dollar spent and that over 100 cities have requested copies of Spokane’s charter as a model plan.
Mrs. John Bruce Dodd of 610 12 Sharp avenue received hundreds of autographed books poems letters and photographs from prominent men worldwide thanking her for originating Father’s Day the third Sunday in June. A letter from Ira Hayward Lincoln’s ally presented a cane and gavel made from rails carried by Lincoln supporters.
Spokane reports Kwan Kai of Hong Kong says China may seek Indian flour if American flour stays above 3.40 a barrel after next harvest. He travels Pacific slope on grain export prospects, aided by May Back Hui and J D Armstrong, and plans a U S tour for Canton’s viceroy to study libraries.
M. J. Moran Cayuse section foreman who was stabbed in the Italian riot has sufficiently recovered to sit up at St. Anthony's hospital. He was seen on the porch of the hospital yesterday.
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