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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1905
Page
2
Local reading notices appear in a daily La Grande publication with class mail designation Beyond Class Mail Matter. Display ad rates and pricing details are furnished on application.
Coal dealers wear a rare smile as business shows first signs of improvement after weeks of sluggish trade. Industry sources report steady inquiries and cautious optimism among sellers and buyers alike.
La Grande basketball team visited Baker City and drew a large crowd. Organizers plan to return the honor with a reciprocal visit tomorrow.
The speaker notes an ongoing severe winter, predicting three more days of cold similar to the hardship of the winter of 1863 4, and that this period could be remembered as the toughest in years.
Local officials note La Grande now has the largest payrolls of any city in Eastern Oregon and suggest a regional campaign could unlock further economic growth.
A businessman proposes residents deliver selected books to the sheriff to speed library growth in the prison project. He also notes that if property owners act on Adam[e] avenue, cement sidewalks could extend from Cheanut to Fir streets on both sides of the street.
One hundred people daily arrive in Portland from the East using colonist rates. The influx to other state sections continues as tide shifts. Grande Ronde Valley could gain if its opportunities are publicized, yet few have heard of this county and its resources.
Samuel Truesdall died and was buried in Union, Union County. He was regarded as a history maker whose life helped lay the foundations for future generations' happiness.
Business men join the Commercial Club raising its effectiveness. The piece argues wooden water pipe and tamarack compare well to iron and last as long, suggesting a local factory could produce such pipe to save freight costs compared with Tacoma.
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