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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1909
Page
4
The La Grande publication list shows George W. Currey as editor and proprietor with subscription rates and mail details. It notes signed articles may be declined and requests contributors sign submissions. Advertising rates are offered on request, local notices priced per line, and condolence cards charged per line.
A Oregon Journal excerpt critiques postal schemes as impractical compared with a farmer’s corn and stone concept. Colorado allocates 16000 dollars to breed a disease resistant potato while Kansas and nearby regions explore using experimental facilities to produce alcohol from potatoes, aiming for about 30 cents per pound in output.
A Southern Pacific survey of Rogue River Valley orchards notes shipments of apples and pears from Medford and Central Point, plus peaches from Ashland, Pit and Woodville with totals in the hundreds of cars. Jackson County faces figures around 300 to 425 cars over two years.
Fragmentary notes mention Grants Pass shipping 60 cars with 48 vs 30 in a past tally and Medford shipments split between pears and apples. A Pendleton paper hints at a Catholic prep college for young men in Laterty údaj. Oregon potato prices edge up to $2 per hundred.
Doctor Pons brings new examination instruments and lens duplicating machinery worth ten thousand dollars. Offers up-to-date nose classes and optical woods stock with a specialist of fourteen years experience to examine eyes. Available this week only.
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