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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
2
Westbound Portland Special No 1 arrives 25 am departs 930 am. Eastbound No 6 arrives 645 am departs 650 am. Eastbound No 2 Chicago Special arrives 205 pm departs 210 pm. Westbound No 5 passenger arrives 955 pm departs 1000 pm. Regular mixed train departs La Grande unknown time and returns 3 o clock. Logging train leaves 1230 pm and returns 745 pm.
Only a dozen have notified Agent Keeney they will attend the Rose festival in Portland. The O R and N warns train service may be strained during the rush unless more travelers register intentions promptly. About fifty are expected to go in the early June week, prompting assurances of accommodations if informed now.
Department of the Interior contest notice in La Grande Oregon details that W Albert Burns files an affidavit contesting Charles M Perdues entry No 14054 for the NEW NEY in section 69, alleging abandonment and lack of residence or cultivation. It orders publication after personal service proved impracticable and sets a June 16 1908 hearing before the land office register. Also includes political notices urging Oregon University funding yes vote and endorsements by state groups.
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