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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1909
Page
4
Local issue notes cover a range from post office footing to advertising rates and weather quips. Articles discuss wire worms, summer heat, and Oregon exhibition booth debates. A Washington law change on parole and the old indeterminate sentence law are debated by officials.
Government efforts under Secretary Ballinger push efficient resource use of public lands. The US Geological Survey classifies coal lands while coal right retention is favored. In Colorado 96 percent of entrymen elect to keep surface rights, leaving coal rights to the United States and shaping new coal land act amendments.
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