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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1909
Page
8
A declaration pledges to supply a pair of excellent spring shoes to anyone in need. The message focuses on ready distribution and broad access to footwear.
Eighteen thousand acres in Oregon and 25,000 acres in California were withdrawn from the Pitt River reclamation project and restored to entry as the government decided Goose Lake waters could not be feasibly used for the project.
Newlin Drug Co presents a window display featuring a camera priced at 35 dollars. The message emphasizes value and invites customers to inspect the item in person.
A plain gold cuff button was lost on Sunday afternoon in La Grande. Return to this office for a reward.
The message stresses contacting lawmakers to push freight, coal, and lumber issues and to rally support for better waterways and affordable essentials. It urges cutting out articles and sending them to representatives to prompt action.
In Washington on May 25 Senator Beveridge praised Taft as the conservative Republican, urging a downward tariff revision along protective lines. Indiana's Schively attacked the Aldrich bill, saying it would raise general tariffs. The Senate Finance Committee postponed the lumber schedule, planning a recommended sugar rate and lumber rate of one dollar fifty per thousand feet.
The Geo Kreiger brick yards will light fires in the first season kiln containing 350000 brick. After two weeks of burning and cooling the kiln, a second kiln of similar size will be ready for burning. Once finished the low price will be restored and brick will be available for all building purposes.
The paper notes an error in commentary on the recently passed law limiting female work to ten hours in a day and the overall weekly cap of sixty hours. It promises tomorrow to print the full law and the minor presence regulations for resorts.
A misread schedule caused four travelers to miss the Elgin train this morning. Hartfhan Pennington McKennon and Church failed to board, while Smith drove toward Imber to chase the next connection. It is unclear if they continued by service to Enterprise or by team after Imber.
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