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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
4
The Grande Evening Observer lists subscription prices and notice rates. Daily and weekly plans are shown, with post office details and a note to sign articles. Local reading notices are priced per line, with forms for condolence and card notices.
The third assistant postmaster general provides figures for the fiscal year ended June 26, 1907. Stamped stock insured to postmasters totaled 1730006476.27 with 133,919,056 pieces of stamped paper and 17,046,800 stamp books. Postcards were valued at 3,329,119.90 and postage stamps at 126,210,349. Large accounts included stamped envelopes 27,954,982.42 and wrappers 579,083.26.
The Eugene Guard notes that friendly intertown support boosts state growth. It cites Roosevelt’s naval plan and the Senate’s stance on building two battleships yearly as a pragmatic win, aligning with the idea that slow progress can feel like progress.
The Texas primary contest centers on whether Senator J W Batley will be sent to Denver as a delegate at large. The Baileyites and anti Baileyites wage a high stakes fight, with charges over Waters-Pierce oil firm ties and anti trust issues fueling the dispute. Bailey supporters warn defeat could mean resignation, while opponents say he pledged to resign if Democrats oppose him in the primary.
I. Smith announces an automobile hack service to all parts of the city from the depot. The auto will meet all trains and the regular fare will be 25 cents to any portion within the city.
Fire losses from the Chelsea blaze force the Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co to retire and transfer reinsurance to the Royal Insurance Co of England for about 917 million. All Chelsea claims will be paid. The article notes evacuation in Chelsea and shifts of saloon stock to a wet area in nearby Danville township amid prohibition. It also reports looming conflicts in Central America and promotes electric bitters as a remedy.
A $5000 hotel is offered for sale at $3600 this month. It includes hot and cold water, electric lights, furnished rooms for boarders and transients, eleven rooms with upstairs toilet, office, dining room, kitchen, parlor, two bedrooms and bath downstairs, good basement. Call W. J. Ransom at the Palmer House or phone Black 402.
The county republican central committee calls a meeting in this city on Monday May 4 at 7 p.m. to elect delegates to the state convention. Chairman J H Peare signs the notice.
Wheat traders report tight supply with prices pressured by large holders. Retail prices for soda water and ice cream at Silverthorn and Mack's show marginal increases as commodity controls bite into margins.
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