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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1909
Page
8
Department of the Interior Land Office at La Grande Oregon announces a public sale of selected land under an act of Congress. Bidders must present claims by the sale closing date and adverse claimants should file objections with the register before the auction.
Publicity Manager Currey of the Commercial club received a letter from a Kansas man requesting reliable information about a valley about 160 miles from Walla Walla with 200 to 300 settlers and 100 homesteads ready to settle. The valley is said to be level with surrounding mountains timbered in yellow pine.
A Stewards stage actor in The Mills of The Gods collapses after a telegram reports his father’s death. He had believed faith healing would save him, while his family travels from Salt Lake City toward Los Angeles for the funeral.
Mrs Florence White of Boston claimed supernatural direction to a log heap in the Grande Ronde River near Ishind City where a crowd helped dig. She said the drowned boys would be found where she indicated, though officials did not follow her instructions exactly.
Relatives and J F Campbell report fading hopes of finding the two boys after a Saturday search. Five men with four helpers conducted a systematic sweep of back waters and river sections below the bridge, using two boats. The crew planned a thorough effort, noting a past case where a body was found after three weeks once surface decompositon occurred.
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