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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1910
Page
1
A startling development emerges as new orders go out signaling Western Talon reports will be handled by an observer in Union and Wallowa counties, leaving observers in place with limited media access.
The Observer will broadcast the Jeffries Johnson fight results for Union and Wallowa counties on Monday afternoon. Western Union offices statewide are canceling reports, with only United Press coverage allowed in these communities. Returns start at 3:30 PM with fans urged to gather by 3:45 PM, and telephoned summaries available for out of town parties via the Observer.
June reports say Jeffries and Johnson face scrutiny amid quick health claims and pre fight news. Indigestion rumors about Jeffries, possible elbow inflammation, and Dr Porter visit circulate as betting odds lean toward Jeffries within 15 rounds.
The report notes Gleason is seen as friendly to Jeffries and Berger, with belief they will press for Welch or Eddie Graney in the negotiations, signaling a preferred outcome and potential matchups.
Kansas City news reports Dr. Hyde was sentenced to life by Judge Latshaw after convictions for murdering Colonel Thomas Swope with strychnine to gain the Swope fortune. The defense seeks a new trial and plans an appeal to the Supreme Court. Hyde remains in jail as his wife nears childbirth amid a court finding of a calculated plot driven by avarice.
In Chicago on June 20 the Browne jury, after 121 hours out, failed to reach a verdict in the bribery case tied to Senator Lorimer’s election and was discharged by the judge. Jurors appeared fatigued and marked by visible strain.
Flooding in Middlebrook creek wrecked thirty houses and numerous structures in Saylersville Kentucky. Seven bodies recovered from submerged homes, with search parties downstream for additional victims as we go.
Ex-champion Bob Fitzsimmons reached Seattle from Australia and boarded the Pueblo to San Francisco for the Johnson Jeffries match saying there is nothing to it but Jeffries. He spoke of the bout as a decisive affair and planned to attend the event.
Pendleton residents push for a special Pendleton to La Grande train on July 7 to hear Joseph W Folk former Missouri governor speak at the Chautauqua. Folk is viewed as a possible future Democratic presidential candidate and is billed for an eight oclock lecture in La Grande.
The Isis continues its acclaimed program noted as the best for weeks. The house ad lists the films and promises every reel will interest and please the guests at the picture house.
Hans Stetzinger, a 22 year old North La Grande resident and Kreiger brickyard worker, was buried by a clay bank collapse while undermining a bank with Ned Slater. The accident caused suffocation and fatal injuries. his body was recovered hours later. He left a wife and an ailing mother, with no funeral plans yet set.
Local clothing houses will close all day Monday. Grocers and meat dealers will open until 11 a.m. on July Fourth to meet demand. A city business canvass led to the agreement. Several firms will stay open until 11 o clock Monday. Meat dealers will close at 11. Two weeks’ rock supply allows War Construction crews to begin street work. Oro Dell HQ established. Machinery arrives and crews prepare to crush rock within two weeks.
Cleveland June 29 The Ohio Racing Circuit begins its season today at Hamilton and continues at Dayton Xenia Springfield Lima and Findlay. The circuit ends at Findlay on August 5.
A state article notes elections for state officers including the state auditor and attorney general. A state committee comprising one member from each county will also be elected.
County wide effort to form a tax payers league continues with talks among interested parties. Proposals involving large sums of money are to be settled, while exact plans remain undisclosed. Taft arrives in Boston en route to Beverly and intends to visit the Italian victim of a car accident, who suffered a fractured skull but is expected to recover.
Officials of the National Finnish Temperance Society report a large proportion of Finnish American citizens nationwide favor temperance and the abolition of the liquor traffic at a session in Duluth Minnesota.
After three months of individual appraisements timber claims are now assessed by a district official in La Grande land office. Filers may no longer set their own values as a fund shortage previously halted appraisals. About 1200 Oregon claims remained unappraised with 100 in La Grande. twelve claims in the district were appraised by filers.
John Tierney a well known resident of La Grande died at Hot Lake early this morning from complications of diseases He was uncle to Mrs Frank Pike and often lived with Mr and Mrs Pike at the Greenwood and Washington corner Interment will be at Huntington next Thursday at High Mass time He was aged and had been ill for some time
Mrs. Emma Kirkpatrick sold her Island City residence and will relocate to North Yakima to live with her daughter Mrs. Al Heulat. The buyer is Illinois man Nathan Perine with a family of two daughters.
June meeting of the Ohio Music Teachers Association opens in Columbus with 29 members convening for a three day session to discuss standards and techniques for music education.
Pennsylvania educators meet in Erie for the fifty fourth annual state association session starting June 29. Five topics will distinguish the program as the event opens in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Manila June 29 The dry dock Dewey is afloat again following weeks submerged. A special board began an investigation today to determine why she sank.
Montpelier hotels fill with politicians ahead of the Vermont Republican state convention set to convene at 9 oclock tomorrow morning. Nominations expected for governor lieutenant governor state treasurer and secretary.
In Chicago on June 20 a man using the name William Thompson shot and killed a woman registered as his wife in the Leland hotel and then killed himself. A note found with the bodies asked that they be buried together and spoke of love and sin.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved about a 26 percent average freight reduction on transcontinental rail rates, benefiting Spokane Portland La Grande and Salt Lake. Railroads filed for rehearing. no stay until October. La Grande leads efforts backed by the local mercantile club with attorney Turner Oliver, signaling durable gains for inland towns.
At a meeting in London the stewards moved to withdraw the 1909 handicap rule that No weight shall be allotted to any horse until he has run three times in the United Kingdom. The rule was adopted after the Agnew Hart law and the transfer of top American horses to England.
It is expected that complete figures will show that a million immigrants landed in the United States during the fiscal year ending tomorrow. The last million immigration was in 1907.
Two earthquakes were recorded by the seismograph early this morning. The tremors were reportedly felt in Cleveland with the disturbance traced to a location about 2000 miles away.
Two special trains left Chicago for Reno carrying a Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago and Detroit group who will use cars as hotels during their stay for the Jeffries Johnson fight. The journey began today in clear weather with fans bound for the event.
Forty women’s organizations from across the Dominion send delegations to Halifax for the annual National Council of the Women of Canada meeting. Delegates gather to discuss federation plans and advance women’s causes in Canada.
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