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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1910
Page
7
Public notice from La Grande records bids for installing 8 permanent telephone lines along Beaver Creek Pipe Line from intake to city. Bids due by 4 PM May 18 1910 with 5 percent certified check. Plans and specs at City Recorder D B Cox office.
Notice from the District School Board of La Grande Union County Oregon bids for the two story brick high school building with basement and for plumbing heating and ventilating will be received until 12 o clock noon Monday May 23 1916. Bids open to per cent of amount of plan. Board may accept or reject any bid. Bond required from successful contractor. Plans available from the school clerk and architect Newton C Gauntt.
A fragment describes a medicinal plan aiming to aid cabare and restore the system to health in Unga. It mentions opening secretions and improving overall condition as a goal of the treatment.
The statement notes wiring lamps and current costs are small compared with the ease comfort and safety gained from using it.
Sugar cash price $6.75 beet sugar $6.25. Vegetables list with various prices for onions parsnips spinach peas rhubarb celery lettuce radishes green onions and tomatoes. Butter extra creamery 27¢, eggs 23 23 1-2c, poultry live price and dressed price, pigeons and squabs, barley prices, wheat quotes, mill stuffs and flour prices.
A father recounts a German folk tale about Hans a curious boy who climbs a mountain and is carried by kobolds to their cave. He learns where the kobolds mine gold but escapes at moonlight to tell his father. The kobolds leave the area and Hans is reunited with his family at last.
The Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hillis of Brooklyn argues immigrants enrich the nation. He says only the courageous and healthy leave Europe to settle here and that the country could absorb a million immigrants yearly without harm. He compares assimilation to grass feeding an ox, noting immigrants become Americans within a generation.
A fragment notes Chamberlain's stomach and liver tablets claimed to cure weakness and indigestion. The brief mentions health benefits without detailed claims or endorsements.
Fraternal groups list regular meetings across La Grande with dates, times, and halls. Includes A M ceremonies, Odd Fellows Encampment, K of P, Rebekahs, Knights of Pythias, and Pythian sisters inviting visiting members and the public to attend.
Directory of doctors and professionals in La Grande listing M D physicians surgeons eye nose and throat specialists osteopath physician and surgeon veterinary surgeon and other services with offices and contact details including Adams Ave Depot St Main 68 and Hill's Drug Store La Granda with phone numbers and residences.
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