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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1906
Page
1
Two hundred insurgents attacked Carijadon suburb of Puerto Principe waving machetes. Twenty American marines arrived to arrest thirty-nine raiders. the remaining rebels fled, led by a rebel general, who demanded their comrades' release.
New York Oct 6 Ridgeway's Weekly begins publication as a militant weekly for God and Country. The Ridgeway-Tahey Company runs editions simultaneously in fourteen cities from New York to San Francisco including Boston Philadelphia Pitts Cleveland Chicago Minneapolis St Louis Denver San Francisco Seattle New Orleans Washington and Atlanta. The launch draws notable interest as a bold literary move.
Cripps News Association reports a valuable coal seam found by Reading Goal and Iron Co in Mahony City Pa. The seam spans about a mile wide and twelve feet deep with coal valued at $30,000,000.
The Municipal Club opened this afternoon for the season and will remain open tonight. The September 292% start was postponed due to the Washington unveiling at Williamsburg Plaza. Members toured the harbor invited by the Dock Department to view Grilsea improvement and the new German Ligad plers. They dined on return.
Goldfield report says Frances Mohawk Company paid a dividend today of five cents a share totaling $45,000. Noted as the quickest profit distribution in the region since the firm organized last June and operating a lease of the Mohawk. The company also holds a record shipment of ore from the Mohawk.
In Brookhaven on October 6 the Old Fiddlers reunion and contest drew many skilled violinists. Hon. S. D. McNair, president of the Mississippi Railroad Commission, entered the contest at the invitation of the Progressive Union and was noted as a former Brookhaven fiddler.
J E Chilburg, president of the Alaska Yukon exposition, buys a mastodon fossil found embedded in a girder by prospectors near Mayukits head. An expedition will start next spring to recover the massive prehistoric animal for the fair.
Holmnesburg Junction Pa Oct 6 The Trap Shooters League began operations for the year at this place today with a large representation of members.
Worsening conditions at the Vanderbilt automobile race in New York led to multiple injuries and at least one fatality. Spectators crowded the course as fog and a slippery track caused crashes including a man run down on Long Island City and a driver’s fatal injury near 31st Street. Wagner won the race amid renewed vows that the Vanderbilt Cup will not return to the United States.
The American cars failed to finish fastest, but Tracy, an American, posted the day’s quickest lap. Wagner could not match the time. The tough luck for the Americans is blamed on crowds swarming the course, while they relied less on spectators than the foreigners.
In Crwait Court Helen Lockhart faces charges of taking about ninety dollars from Henry Belmer with no consent. The grand jury reported a true bill. Separately, Percy Harris of Cove stands charged with arson in a case argued before the panel.
Vancouver dispatch reports a Washington state mill operator has acquired a vast timber tract in British Columbia estimated at over eighty square miles. The deal expands the company’s logging rights and resource base in the Pacific Northwest.
Lockport authorities report the trial of Ralph Tillotson, a Lake Shore Railroad mail clerk, for rifling United States mails began today. The case centers on alleged thefts from mail consignments. Officials say evidence is presented to jurors in the local courthouse.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. led his Sunday school class on a picnic in the Pocantico hills near New York on a Sunday in October.
Wheat opened at 74 and closed at 74 4. Corn started at 42 1/2 and finished at 42 3/4. Oats began at 34 and ended at 34 1/8. Market activity noted by the Scrippe News Association.
Subscriptions held by Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition officials reach 608 530 at noon with 6 500 contributors. Officials expect larger final totals as additional pledges arrive. Citizens’ wholehearted response to the slogan Everybody Helps boosts committee confidence in the exposition’s success.
This morning at nine o'clock the Cove branch of the Eastern Oregon Trust and Savings bank opened for business with Geo L Cleaver as cashier supervising the first day. George Stock serves as cashier and will handle daily operations. Banking furnishings were installed this past week in the Cove building formerly occupied by the barber shop, and everything was ready for business.
Staniels and Jarman completed exterior painting and interior decor of Farmers and Traders National Bank. Marble front, up-to-date furniture, safety deposit boxes, and the city’s only fire proof vault highlight its prestige. Bank promotes interest on deposits with conservative management. Free delivery service by a local drug store advertises convenience near the post office.
A wave of theft strikes local leaders including the mayor and a city councilman. Stoddard Lumber Company cash and checks vanish while a cash drawer and safe are pried open. Thirteen boxes of cigars found hidden behind lumber yard piles. Police hunt an organized gang. no arrests yet.
The Central Railroad Company grades toward La Grande with 20 teams surfacing toward the Grande Ronde River. Steel cars are on hand though angle-bars are delayed. Portland has been wired for the missing bars. Ties are scattered along the valley while work continues toward Cove and vicinity.
John Wilkinson a longtime Union county resident of High Valley died in Walla Walla Thursday at 4 16 p m due to complications after foot amputation He was 67 and survived by a daughter and two sons The funeral will be held Saturday at 2 p m from the Methodist church in Union Republican
Monteray Oct 6 A forest fire started last Sunday twelve miles south of here has grown beyond control. It has burned a four mile wide by twenty mile long strip and threatens the Santa Lucia forest reserve. Over 75000 acres burned. cattle feed destroyed. several hundred men fighting the blaze with no lives lost so far.
Norfolk witnesses the launch of the North Carolina, the navy’s fastest and most heavily armored cruiser. Thousands attend the christening led by Rebekah Glenn, daughter of North Carolina’s governor, during today’s ceremony.
The University of Texas prepares to host the United States regular army team from Fort Sam Houston in Austin. This season’s first game follows practice sessions dating back to September 2.
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