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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
2
La Grande professional notices announce R H Lloyd attorney at law practicing in all state and US courts and A Crawford attorney at law practicing in all state courts with offices in the La Grande National Bank Building Oregon.
Charlies Skaggs, once reported killed in a Snake River mine explosion near Burt Idaho, is alive and working today. He spent three weeks in hospital with injuries but recovered and now works in a Burt hotel, asking his obituary be retracted.
In Pendleton the supreme court hears arguments from J D Slater for the defunct Scriber bank and its cashier and from Leroy Lomax for Booth in an appeal from a district court accounting suit. Booth deposited funds with Scriber, some were returned, others left unpaid as the account stayed open. Lomax says certificates of deposit were fraudulently endorsed by Scriber and the money used, a detail noted during the original trial.
Pendleton promoter W F Nelson and J J Martin returned from a three week survey of central Oregon and northern California. They reported the proposed Oregon Trunk line as feasible with low grades and shorter clearances than the existing Oregon and California route of the Southern Pacific, from Bend to Silver Lake.
Survey teams work in Pitt river valley plotting a Southern Pacific line up the valley then northeast to Ontario. Projections estimate 6000 to 10000 new residents in Lake County next year. cattle shipments of around 9240 head noted by local official.
In Ontario Oregon a deep oil shale well shows oil in the shale with drilling progress to 400 feet. A gas pressure and an explosion injure bystanders including Postmaster Sprol. Experienced drillers from California and Pennsylvania remain encouraged about oil below the shale.
Piano tuner B. EB Francis available a few days for tuning and service. Orders received at Smith's rooming house. For sale a 660 acre tract with 100 acres cultivated. A $1000 restaurant and other creek prospects, house and barns, creek crossing, one 40 acre tract for $5000 cash. Six miles from town on R. F. D. Write to Indian Valley Realty Co Elgin for details.
Property near the city center offers a modern five room house and a good barn. It includes household goods and furniture. Terms to salt purchaser. Located at the corner of 7th and Pennsylvania in La Grande.
A Vermont man from Pittsfield describes using Dr. King’s New Life Pills for years with growing satisfaction. The ads claim relief for stomach, liver and bowels without fits or friction.
An advertisement promotes an asthma remedy with a positive prompt and sale details. It lists a $1.00 price, a mall trial package for 10 cents, and credits Williams Mfg. Co. Cleveland Ohio as the producer with distribution by Hill Drugs.
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