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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1909
Page
4
The LeGrande Observer announces editor George H Currie proprietor and United Press service. Subscription rates listed for daily and weekly editions with monthly and advance options. Notices and cards priced per line. obituary resolutions and condolence ads priced separately.
The article notes two Chautauqua organizations in Oregon City and Ashland and compares Ashland’s smaller size with La Grande’s potential. It argues La Grande could secure a Chautauqua and contends such programs would prove worthwhile if established, praising the speakers and teachers highlighted in notices.
One hundred Californians under the California Promotion Committee left San Francisco on June 12 for a special train trip to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. The eleven coaches and dynamo car featured telephones and wireless telegraph, presenting a mobile social club. The group aimed to strengthen friendship and commercial ties among Pacific slope states, advocating a regional union to boost the fair’s success and regional development.
F L Meyers cashier of La Grade National and treasurer elect of the Oregon State Bankers Association returned from Seattle where he and Mrs Meyers attended the tri state bankers convention. They visited Victoria New Westminster and Vancouver on side trips enjoying ideal weather and reporting strong patronage at the fair. Meyers noted the booster mood in Vancouver and said his offices in the state bankers association are highly regarded.
Details outline a special train from Elgin and stops to La Grande for July 5 celebrations. Departure from Elgin is 8:00 AM arriving 9:00 AM, return at 10:30 PM. Round trip fares 1.00, children 50 cents. other listed stations include Imbler Alicel Wand Island City with small variations. La Grande band will greet arrivals with music.
The county clerk's office reports two weeks of activity issuing warrants totaling 136.50 dollars. Thirty dollars covers cougar skins while the rest pays for coyotes. Hunters are misreading the law as only a coyote scalp has been submitted. the law requires a whole skin for warrants.
In Salem the Circuit Court reverses and remands a $7500 damage award to J. A. Russell for his son J. Donald Russell's death at Perry in July 1907. The court says negligence was not proven as the O R and N train was thirty minutes late.
The Taylor Brock Co presenting The Fighting Hope at the Pastime in La Grande earns high praise for both the company and Mr. Taylor. The Man of Mystery opens tonight with a matinee tomorrow offering a 20 cent souvenir with tickets.
A Scenic program features Petrie and Budd eccentric comedians who draw large calls back by La Grande audiences. Rosa and Green also win friends as "The Carnival at Nice, 1909" film showcases gorgeous floats in bright clarity. Tonight is the last show.
A deal closed this afternoon transferring 14 acres from E Z Carbine to the La Grande Park Commission for 1400 dollars. The city anticipates a fine park area with cleanup to begin soon. Local ladies and residents contributed through fundraisers and donations to support the project.
A Springfield merchant recalls doctors declaring his son hopeless from consumption. After three weeks with Dr King's New Discovery the boy recovered fully. The medicine claims to cure coughs and colds and lung diseases, with a free trial bottle and $1 guarantee. Newlin Drug offers the remedy.
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