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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1909
Page
8
Notice from J Ek Wright City Treasurer of La Grande Oregon dated March 1 1909 calls for payment on warrants levied on General fund of the city up to and including No 6882 and warrants on Fund from No 6797 to 6492 inclusive. Wording notes landing warrants and warrants on General Fund.
A broken wheel sent freight cars into a ditch at 7 o clock causing delays. Passengers waited on both sides for hours as a wrecking crew led by J H Watson cleared the line. Traffic opened later with trains from No 5 No 2 and No 1 resuming service and crews shifting to restore normal operation.
Eight passenger engines were sent out this afternoon with more needed tonight as freight business climbs. Flood conditions have blocked traffic for 15 hours, creating unprecedented passenger congestion and stressing the power supply.
The article notes a lengthy July session with a possibility it could run into December, as Democrats and insurgents argue over tariff bill debate. It suggests insurgents will stall while Republicans push their bill and the Senate will adhere to its deliberative methods.
The article notes Oscar Straus, ex secretary of commerce and labor, being considered for the Japan ambassadorship. It recalls Straus as Turkey minister under Cleveland. It questions whether Truman H. Newberry will take the Italy post to replace Friscom, with a report he declined. It also mentions Loeb, Roosevelt’s private secretary, appointed collector of the port of New York as a first official act.
A concise statement from Martial asserts that living is not the aim but achieving wellness as the true purpose of life. The remark emphasizes a focus on health and well being over mere existence.
The high school program features an orchestra, piano duet by Marjory McCall and Helen Richardson, vocal solos by Sanford Robinson and Greta Jackson, violin solo by Marble Green, a school quartet, piano solo by Anna Bacon, cornet solo by Ernest Funk, clarinet duet by Stoddard and Schofield, mandolin solo by Ethel Redhead, and the school song School Days.
On next Monday’s city election ballot voters will decide Yes or No on the establishment of a city park commission. The commission would own and police a park outside the city limits, appointed by the circuit judge to serve with the city. The measure seeks to have the park finished and turned over to the city under the law governing population.
A reflection on tens as fearless fighters shaping a world in ongoing, brutal conflict, noting the harsh realities of war and the enduring courage of those named.
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