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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1910
Page
2
A fragment from the La Grande Evening Observer shows editor George H. Curhey and notes United Press Telegraph Service. It includes subscription rates and advertising terms, with incomplete lines about pricing and posting, as well as a guidance to sign lines to avoid disappointment.
The brief remarks describe January as a severe month in recent years and March as pleasant, noting an uneven pattern that balances out toward milder conditions this year.
The speaker urges constant public attention to the Chautauqua. He notes non committee members should still promote it and states the committee is active but wider effort is needed to boost attendance and support.
The text notes fuel dealers face intense demand in March and April, with prices rising as the usual famine tightens supply. It highlights the annual spring spike and the pressures on consumers during this period.
Local chatter grows about a railroad entering the Wallin Walla valley with talks intensifying over merits of the proposition, suggesting tangible action may follow weeks of rumor and debate.
Local readers are disappointed that La Grande will not get a new depot now while Pendleton and Baker City have received new structures. Officials say La Grande’s turn will come and the depot will arrive in time, as monthly payrolls underline the city’s waiting.
The excerpt laments outsiders purchasing valley land as values rise, recalling past bargains and local disbelief. It notes Walter Pierce from Umatilla County buying the Sam Booth place around 35 an acre, highlighting changing perceptions and new investment incentives among citizens.
Elias Whitman of New York known as the human rattle box shows in the city his ability to dislocate and replace every joint. At 23 he began performing young and has traveled giving demonstrations to doctors and audiences.
A surgeon demonstrates modern methods for setting dislocated joints and lectures to doctors. He claims to have achieved reductions that practicing physicians could not perform, highlighting new techniques and expertise in the field.
Census Supervisor C. Beach of Portland received a list of enumerators chosen to conduct the federal census in Union County Oregon. The initial instruction pages go out today for work starting April 15th, with vacancies to be filled later. Names include Vanderpoel Lantz Reeves Cook Williamson, Burns Kiddle Worstell Proctor Peare Wells Morelock Moore Ferguson Grouter among others in La Grande Cove Union Elgin Summerville and Islnd City.
President Taft mourns Associate Justice David J Brewer who died suddenly of apoplexy. Brews rise traced to Asia Minor birth in 1837. son of missionary Josiah Brewer and Emily Field. Yale graduate 1856. Albany Law School 1858. Kansas move in 1859 preceding Supreme Court tenure. Lloyd Bowers tipped as likely successor.
Full rehearsal of principals and chorus tonight at the Elks hall. Gentlemen please arrive on time as the chorus performs first. The performance day is Monday April.
On the stand Chandler testified about the night of the burglary at the Oliver farm near La Grande. The defense rested after five witnesses while the state had eight. Jurors were expected to retire for verdict late that afternoon after short deliberation.
Sumpter March 28 report says the Sumpter Valley Railway will soon resume extension toward Prairie City. Track reaches the divide summit between Austin and Prairie City with grading finished to its foot. No verification on a branch to Susanville mining district. Communication with the outside world was cut for days causing shortages of butter and other essentials.
A county court at the March 1910 term audited numerous items including purchases from Wdigesse, Newlin Book & Stationery Co, and Bolton Boimer Co. for supplies. services listed for stock inspectors, relief payments, and commissioners’ fees. road and bridge work, fuel, and equipment for the poor farm. totals show numerous small expenditures across multiple vendors and individuals.
The Van Duyn Co announces a four day sale commencing Wednesday offering an entire line of ladies and misses skirts at a big reduction. Styles include voiles fifeamas and French serges in black blue brown grays and tans. Don’t miss this sale.
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