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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
3
Judge Knowles schedules motion day for 10 o clock as circuit court prepares for the June term beginning on the first Monday. Peter O Sullivan plans to meet with the grand jury on the same day. The grand jury will convene before the term to review matters ready for submission. The aim is to minimize expenses.
The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court ruling in the case of F. F. Schafer vs Oral Beecher involving the sale of pasture lands in Wallowa County. All justices concurred with Judge Knowles presiding.
A steel mail car toured through La Grande on its way to Seattle for the A Y P exhibition. It is all steel with an electric dynamo for lighting, resembles a regular car yet is more durable and free of wooden attachments to reduce fire and wreck risk.
Sunday evening at the Central Church Ford Ellis will preach on Christ via Common People beginning at 7 46 with special choir music. He questions why the great working class do not attend services and whether churches miss the real Christ as he boards the evening eastbound train.
Employment notice seeking immediate applicants for waitresses at the Model Restaurant. Applications must be made in person at the premises.
Sealed bids were invited by the City Recorder of La Grande Oregon for constructing 1663 square feet of cement sidewalk at the Court House. Bids due by 5 p m Wednesday June 2 190 noting a 10 percent certified check. The committee may reject any or all bids. May 24 1906, George Kreiget chairman ways and means committees.
An advertisement touts Dr. W. H. Keating in La Grande offering to fit eyes and glasses for difficult cases. It claims a unique system, lifelong focus on this study, and comfort with headaches or weak vision, urging immediate consultation and noting available references.
Summons in Union County Oregon requires Laura W. Knowlton to answer by June 28, 1909. Plaintiff W. W. Knowlton seeks divorce for wilful desertion after over a year and dissolution of marriage with general relief. Court order by Judge J. W. Knowles of La Grande Evening Observer publication begins May 14, 1909.
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