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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1909
Page
1
A remarkable traffic record unfolds as 100 colonists are reported on the Durkee route with six trains stalled in the mountains. The first train carried settlers bound for La Grande and subsequent trains arrived at regular intervals.
More than 1100 homeseekers entered Oregon in one day with four hundred colonists on a single train bound for Oregon and Washington points. Sections carried 327 salaried diners, while the second section held colonists and the last neared 400, amid traffic recovery after the Horseshoe Curve wreck near Durkee.
Important session of Local Park Boosters invites all members and prospective members to gather at the Commercial club parlors Saturday afternoon at 2:30 for the Riv erside Park association gathering and discussion.
Washington reports three dead and three dying from exposure after a city blizzard during the inauguration. Hospitals list nearly 100 storm related injuries as visitors remain to view sights. hotels and eateries struggle to feed crowds while police manage the throng around the White House.
President Taft at his White House desk issued his cabinet list for Senate confirmation including Knox MacVeagh Dickin son Meyer Wickersham Nagel Hitchcock Wilson Bal linger and Bal linger. Taft and Straus held their first official conference as the Senate opened to receive the appointments. New ambassador to Japan and Italian court case noted as developments.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamship Aki Maru completed a 4240 mile passage from Yokohama to Puget Sound with uninterrupted wireless contact. Captain Nigac explains signals were relayed by additional vessels and stations in Japan and British Columbia. The Seattle fair will feature a Grand Military Camp with an army camp and parade, and the War Department may order the 14th United States Cavalry to camp on government land from May 15.
Senator Geo Chamberlain of Oregon was sworn in by Senator Sherman at the first session as Taft and Republican members discussed the coming special session. Bourne and others accompanied Chamberlain to the desk amid a large gallery audience in Washington.
Rev. Bills of Wheeln Nebraska arrived late in the day to accept the position left vacant by the resignation of Rev. C. H. King at the Central Church of Christ.
The Washington House killed the initiative and referendum bill this morning after a viva voce vote. Speaker concurred with the ruling. The bill, attached to Todd, was not present for the vote and was defended by Denman of Spokane.
Ex President Roosevelt and wife reach Sagamore Hill at 2 16 am after a trip from Washington. He says he plans to “have a corking rent” and will see no one except two servants at home. The former leader departs for Africa on March 23 aboard Hamburg Atlantic Line ship.
After a ten year gap the disappearance of 8 Davis, a Crook County stockman, is believed solved by the discovery of a skeleton near his Bend home. The remains were moved to Prineville for examination, and authorities think he was murdered, the body found in a shallow grave.
Washington March 5. The capital is quiet after inauguration with many statesmen remaining to plan the special session set for March 15. Democrats hope to push tariff schedules and legislative work, while Congress must elect a speaker and form committees before any action.
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