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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1908
Page
4
Published. Bally Except Sumdity editors and proprietors Coited Press Telegraph Service, subscription rates Daily and Weekly listed. Entered at La Grande post office as second class matter. Paper will not publish articles appearing under nom de plume. signed articles subject to editors discretion. please sign articles to avoid disappointment.
Advertising rates state display ads priced on application. Local reading notices cost 10 cents per line for the first insertion and 6 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Condolence resolutions and cards of thanks are charged 6 cents per line.
Riverside residents rally for a public park path linking La Grande with envisioned groves and carriages. The drive aims to secure funding and support from local groups, urging prompt action and unity to avoid repeats of past delays.
A reader reports ongoing construction and waiting issues in La Grande noting power and water access, then describes a city tour showing improvements despite prior setbacks. The account mentions patrols and public works plans, urging residents to view the evolving streets.
Offhand reference notes a past plan by the Oregon, Transcontinental & Northern to build three similar depots at Pendleton, La Grande, and Baker City costing $25,000 apiece. A $275,000 concrete brick stone structure is now suggested as fitting for La Grande, aligning with local progress.
The football team returning from Joseph received a royal welcome and invitations for games from every town along the route. The reception left them short of adjectives to describe the hospitality shown by the Joseph people, and suggesting Wallowa county should take note.45
A reflective note on recent good weather and the hope it continues. The writer ponders whether the mild spell will last three months and worries about a harsher season ahead, while praising the present days.
The completion of Bolton and Podmer and the M. and M. buildings is expected to greatly enhance the general look of that city district, particularly for residents and visitors strolling to the port area.
On November 18 1404 in La Grande Oregon authorities seized several unlabeled cattle listed as one spotted cow with right hip brand one red cow with no brand and one red and white patch cow all branded H lack mark or ear notations. The animals are declared forfeit to the city of La Grande and ordered to be sold to cover costs and expenses within 70 days per local ordinance. Joan W Walden Chief of Bailiff signs the notice.
Fine Peerless seed potatoes for this week only 85 cents per crate at Conley warehouse or $1 per crate delivered. Thronson Fruit Co. by G. L. Cleaver.
Notice states funds available to pay all warrants issued on the pension fund and general fund from No 752 to No 6783 and No 15121 to No 7766 with interest on warrants ceasing from the date. Also funds on the water fund through No 7746 endorsed. La Grande Oregon November 1808.
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