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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1909
Page
5
Local residents and visitors arrive and depart with talks of travels, land cases, and business. Politicians Jerry Rusk and J W Knowles attend sessions in Salem and Portland as others visit relatives, commercial builders, and crop men in Union county.
J H Cowan of Elgin is president Joseph Gale of Union vice president and J W Minnick of Union secretary after a Steward opera house meeting. Fifteen threshers united to form rules modeled on the state constitution to protect operators, improve roads, and foster fellowship among threshing men.
Text outlines membership rules for a threshing association. It discusses eligibility, types of members including manufacturers' agents and farmers, honorary membership with fees or voting rights, application process on regulation blanks, and the duty of members to promote enrollment.
Members of the board of control of the Epworth League for the La Grande district met this afternoon in this city and decided to hold the next convention in Joseph from the first to the fourth in July.
The Scripps-McRae league offers a reward of 1000 for information on the kidnapers. A ransom letter to the father cites 10000 to 25000 dollars. The envelope appears to be postmarked in an Ohio town. The mother collapsed and may be in danger of breakdown.
JAP DESERTS FIANCEE continues from page 1. The Caucasian girl seeks marriage to a Jap but insists on studying the issue herself. She is supported by her mother yet shunned by her father and former acquaintances as she weighs racial mixing.
Deed to the Hilts Andross property on Eurth street, site of a former residence destroyed by a fire, was transferred to H F Torey formerly of La Grande now of Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon for 2500 dollars. Former owners were Rachel Hills Evan Andross and Millis Andross. Ownership filed today with Recorder Snook.
Report notes a push to maintain a 30 cent duty on shingles despite calls for change. Henry Sune and other shingle workers argue Canadian imports flood the market, devaluing U S production and injuring workers. They claim Canadian mills employ many men and produce high fracture rates under costly conditions, urging protective duties.
Henry Hensen, school director, argues against a $25,000 district bond for a new high school. He cites bonded debt totaling $210,000 for the city and $24,600 for the district, rising interest to about 250 per month with added bonds. He proposes using existing rooms and moving the White building to the high school grounds after remodeling.
An eight year old, Walter Galloway Hunt, was severely hurt when a heavy table fell on his ankle as a miniature wagon they were riding turned a corner near the City livery barn. No bones were broken though there was serious pain.
The text indicates someone is placed on the bench and is ready to be appointed. It implies a planned or imminent official selection, though specifics about the person or office are not provided in the fragment.
Dynamiters dynamited two safes at the Six Mile house on San Bruno avenue in San Francisco. They escaped with several hundred dollars after a running revolver duel with pursuers. The proprietor and bartender fired. fugitives fled in a buggy and a posse is on the trail.
Fire in the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph network in Portland disrupted service across the west side of the river. Fourteen thousand telephones were knocked out as six hundred cables with 146,000 wires burned and several switchboard sections destroyed, hindering calls until repairs by Tuesday.
Federal grand jury in Portland returns six indictments charging fraudulent fencing of public lands in Oregon. Principal defendant named William Hanley of Harney County alongside O. C. Jennings, Joe Vey, Anton e Vey, John Boyd, and Frederick Phillipa.
Jefferson City March 20. Rumor says Governor Hadley will resign to accept a federal judgeship in the Northwest. The climate here is blamed for his decision and Taft is said to approve Hindley’s determination.
The notice touts Buckson’s Arnica Salve as a cure for skin eruptions and effects such as burns and piles. It lists 26 cents at Newlin Drug Co. and references various ailments like eczema and rheum.
An advertisement extols Rexall Orderites as a pleasant safe cure for constipation and bowel disorders. It attacks harsh laxatives, promises money back if not effective, and touts Texall Orderites as gentle on the stomach with no purge or griping, suitable for children and the elderly.
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