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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1906
Page
2
The O R and N Co announces a special rate of 52 50 from La Grande to Kansas City Missouri. Tickets on sale November 14 and 16. Good for ten days outbound and thirty days return. Rate to facilitate attendance at the seventeenth annual convention of the Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress.
War rants were sworn for the arrest of Roy Stewart and Sam Endicott after a poker game at the Rainier beer hall. Stewart was arrested and pleaded guilty, fined $75. Endicott remained at large by 3 pm. G W Biggers of La Grande alleges loss of $400 plus a $1000 certificate of deposit, claimed during a second game where an extra card was slipped to his hand. If sustained, indictments in circuit court for larceny are possible.
George Westinghouse earned fame for the air brake and wrote to Commodore Vanderbilt asking a personal demonstration. Vanderbilt replied with the remark I have no time to waste on fools. Alexander J Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad backed the test, and after success Vanderbilt sought an interview.
Breeding stock available now at Orchard Grove Poultry Farm in La Grande Oregon. White and brown Leghorns and Orpingtons bred and raised on the largest poultry farm in Northeast Oregon. L P Day Prep R F D No 1 La Grande Oregon.
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