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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1911
Page
7
In Portland contests readers are urged to vote to help a friend win trips to Portland, the ocean beaches, and San Francisco. Voting is tied to regular paper price and subscriptions, with paid current dues advancing a friend toward prizes and scholarships.
A brief note indicates three trips are to be extended to Francisco. The readable text mentions the extension plan and the involved traveler, with no further dates or locations specified.
A local Observer contest invites entries with prizes including all expenses trips to seaport cities, and tuition valued at 100 dollars in any Whitman College department. La Grande and Union County residents compete regionally for trips to Portland Rose Festival and other destinations, with votes earned by subscriptions and nominations.
An advertisement mix lists sale remnants from The Golden Rule with half price footwear and a remedy claim for chest cold relief. The document includes a final settlement notice for the estate of W J Snodgrass in Union County Oregon and a city notice in La Grande for Elm Street bitulithic pavement, district boundaries, and a $6,300 assessment with a May hearing.
In Union County Oregon the executrix Ada h Fowler of George B Fowler deceased issues notice to creditors to file claims with vouchers within six months from first publication. Claims should be sent to the executrix residence or Ivanhoe Simmons offices in La Grande. Dated April 20 1911.
To whom it may concern the common council of La Grande Oregon by resolution adopted February 9 1910 creates Improvement District for street work to be undertaken subject to city proceedings and notice requirements.
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