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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1909
Page
4
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The excerpt lists U S cabinet figures including Secretary of the Navy George von L. Meyer of Massachusetts and Secretary of the Interior Nathaniel Ballinger of Washington with other posts such as Agriculture and Commerce and Labor and Norfolk.
President Taft retains James Wilson as Secretary of Agriculture for four more years. Wilson, born in Scotland in 1835, has led the department for 12 years, previously serving in town politics and Congress, with Roosevelt and McKinley connections noted.
The article lists Roosevelt cabinet posts and holders, noting multiple secretaries of state, treasury, attorney general, war, navy, interior, agriculture, commerce, and labor. It mentions Sherman County approving funds for an expert producer and a county exhibit in Oregon with related costs and decisions.
The article notes potential benefits of the Alaska-Yukon-Practfle exposition for Oregon similar to Washington’s gains from the Lewis and Clark fair. It discusses spring bee arrivals, budding political campaigns including B. F. Mulkey in the Pirat district, and praise for President Taft's inaugural address. It mentions Pacific coast egg demand outstripping supply, expansion in poultry, and tariff reform ideas.
Filed with the state engineer are certified copies of all transactions posting notices in the district to be traversed by the Beaver Creek pipeline. Plats and drawings related to the case accompany the filings as part of a mass of accompanying documents. This signals the prompt start of water pipe construction.
The Peru board discussed a special election to decide on a $26 000 high school building project amid plans to fill the superintendent position with over thirty applications. The board formally set a date for the election following petition procedures.
The La Grande school board discussed selecting a new superintendent after Professor Hockenberry announced he would not reapply. They reviewed 31 applicants but took no definite action, planning to meet next week with a larger pool, aiming to avoid lowering school standards in the city.
The United States National Bank begins issuing its own currency after receiving a $25,000 consign ment. Signed by Cashier T. J. Scroggin and President N. K. West, notes range from six dollars upward and are secured by United States heads. The first currency entered circulation yesterday, matching the official national bank issue in all respects.
Thomas Wynn, 79, suffered a paralyzing attack last Sunday night and remains in critical condition. Although conscious, he cannot speak. By this morning his family gathered at his South La Grande home as death may be momentarily expected.
A brief line from a Longfellow poem fragment notes that the world continues despite human absence, reflecting on mortality and relevance. The sense that others endure beyond individual life is framed in concise reflective verse.
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