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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1910
Page
4
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The Jefferson dollar dinner will be served April 13 in St. Paul Minnesota. The Democratic Congressional committee nears establishing its campaign headquarters in Chicago. William J Bryan is invited to speak at a May rally promoting county option in Minnesota.
Former Representative William P Hepburn of the Eighth Iowa District intends to re enter politics and seek his former House seat after a long tenure followed by defeat to a Democratic challenger in November 1908.
Caleb Powers, freed from eight years in a murder case by a gubernatorial pardon, launches a campaign to win the 11th Kentucky district seat in the legislature challenging Representative Don C. Edwards. Friends say Powers has a strong chance.
Prohibition is set to be a central issue in upcoming fall elections. The temperance movement has spread rapidly in recent years and will contest dry territories lost to opponents. A swing back to wet none would signal continued effort to prove prohibition a failure, while expanding dry gains could delay any reversal for years.
The article notes a pivotal temperance result across the nation with strong regional signals from Oregon Washington Montana Indiana Illinois Massachusetts and beyond. It emphasizes that no period in history shows a result as meaningful as this year's full elections across the country.
The Mikado principal cast list includes M. Richer Nauki-Pooh as the Mikado of Janan G, Robert Dur ton as Jove, M. A. Mosely as Ko Ko, Chas. Cross as Pooh-Bah, Miss Nellie Garrick as Yum Yum, Miss Neil Young as Katisha, and a line of life maids led by Erma Stoddard to support the chorus to be announced later.
Special for Up-to-date Farmers Extra offers seed potatoes from last season’s imported stock. Varieties from Maine Wisconsin New York and Colorado cost growers 3.60 to 8.00 per cwt F O B cars La Grande now 1.50 per cwt F O B Card Imbler Oregon or Beckley Hudson ranch near Imbler.
Department of the Interior Land Office at La Grande Oregon given notice that William B Ross of Meacham Oregon who filed a timbered entry and homestead claim in 1907 intends to make Final Proof on land described SE 14 and NE 14 in section 17 T1S R24E and Sec 8 T15S R36E Willamette Meridian before the Register and Receiver May 6 1910 witnesses Jay Marshall John R Shockley Earl Giilanders Charles Hudon all of Meacham Oregon F Bramwell Register
S V Sandiger backs live-in improvements at Geo Comstock property while Barlgren mill resumes for a major run. Apple growers begin first sprays for scale with coddling moth control planned as blossoms fall. Hundreds of acres of new trees planned as Mitchell place expands to 200 acres. spray orders pool for cleaner orchards and better fruit with three sprays targeted this season.
Irving Blatt assistant manager at Columbia National Insurance Co of Seattle has arrived in La Grande to establish offices and oversee a ten acre fruit tract purchase from Cleaver Throwson Fridges holdings. He is among Seattle buyers purchasing Grand Ronde orchards this spring with C. J. Black, a noted realty dealer, traveling to Union on business.
The show Stubborn Cinderella entertained a large Steward audience with a well timed, catchy program. It featured a strong male chorus and a troupe of chorus girls, earning favorable notes for its artistic presentation and novelty.
Executor announces final account hearing for the estate of Ann M. Starns in La Grande Oregon. Objections to the account may be heard on the Lib day of March at 10 o clock a.m. at the courthouse, with distribution to the heirs at law. Dated February 8, 1910. STFRARNS Administrator of the estate, Cochran & Cochran Attorneys.
A dispatch from Catalina says Roosevelt plans to visit Sicily and Mount Etna to observe the eruption. He will then proceed toward the Straits of Messina following a new itinerary.
Union County Oregon treasurer announces funds on hand to pay scalp bounty warrants issued before April 1 1910. Interest ceases on March 30 1910. John Frawd County Treasurer and official notice with details for claimants.
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