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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1910
Page
2
The paper will not publish unsigned articles or those under a nom de plume. Signed contributions may appear at editor discretion. Readers are reminded to sign their articles. Advertising rates list local reading notices at 10c per line per insertion and 5c per line for each subsequent insertion. A condolence resolution is charged as one line.
A broad, opinionated survey notes San Francisco’s return to brisk activity after graft trials and hints at Roosevelt’s forthcoming remarks. It discusses street paving spending plans, weather-related anxieties, and a speculative view of China’s future military and census figures amid global power shifts.
City of La Grande invites bids for five acres known as the Peat House Property with bids due by 4 PM April 6 1910. The city retains right to reject all bids and publication in five issues of La Grande Evening Observer is planned. W N Monroe chairman of Ways and Means.
La Grande Oregon enacts changes to license rules for near beer malt beverages. Six month licenses capped at six locations. fee set at 100 dollars per six months. Emergency clause declares ordinance in force March 24 1910 after mayoral approval and publication.
Mount Etna erupts with lava flows rising to alarming levels. Towns Rinagzi Boretto Bell passe and Sanleo lie in path of destruction as fresh eruptions begin after active Tuesday. Inhabitants flee. damage already immense with no deaths reported.
A call to support teacher staffing and school funding with a tax example from Monmouth, urging voters to support the bill. The message claims the Normal School question is free from politics and specifies a four cent yearly tax on a $1000.00 valuation.
Walter B Pratt of Alliel Oregon filed June 24 1909 Sworn Statement and Application No 96723 to buy 81 2 NB Ant Section 8 Township 2 South Range 40 East Willamette Meridian under Timber and Stone Law Land and timber appraised at 245 00 Timber 205000 board feet at 1 00 per M Land 40 00 Final proof set for April 21 1910 before the Register and Receiver La Grande Oregon Contests may be filed by corroborated affidavit to defeat entry C Bramwell Regtster
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