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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1909
Page
7
The Ladies of St. Peter's Guild announce a fall rummage sale to be held Friday and Saturday October 15 and 16. Location to be announced later. A large assortment of rummage will be offered for sale with further details to follow next week.
Fine tailored suits silk waists and a large line of pillow tops are advertised at VAN DAYN Co with child and ladies coats arriving soon. Fall lines invite customers to call and see. (8-20-81) VAN DAYN Co. Milk Goes Up.
Major Lee Moorehouse arrives to join Tall Pine curator of the Umatilla exhibit. The collection, built over 20 years, includes diary wear, Squaw bonnets with Hudson Bay beads, war bonnets, Indian regalia, a scalp relic from a Cheyenne chief, and a nephew of Old Sitting Bull’s costly suit. A La Grande Journal note confirms Moorehouse’s Washington visit with Chief Peo Homi and Young Chief to seek redress.
Harry Kingston of the Philadelphia Press arrived in Walla Walla Tuesday morning from Boise and left again to try to reach the course with Taft's message before Seattle. Kingston missed connections, trailing about twelve hours behind, after trying Pendleton Walla Walla and North Yakima.
In Pendleton a suit in circuit court seeks about 7400 dollars from the O R N company. Riggs and Martin fruit shippers allege October and November 1907 losses from the railroad’s failure to furnish twelve cars when ordered, causing fruit spoilage.
J C London half-brother of novelist Jack London is in St Elizabeth hospital with pneumonia. Born in New York City, he left home at age 11 to see the world. He recently returned from Alaska and worked for the Eastern Oregon Light and Power Co. He is about 30.
Stringing out pipe is underway with about six miles of ditch already dug. Superintendent Dutch notes rapid progress as pipe lay becomes ahead of ditch digging. The work on the Beaver Creek line continues to move forward at a steady pace.
The town awaits a 4 15 kickoff as the local squad rests after a strenuous scrimmage. Coach Wall fields a new group for the 1909 season against Enterprise high school, which arrives on the noon train. Expected strong turnout, weight edge to Enterprise, with several substitutions anticipated and the La Grande lineup listed.
Kidney weakness drains life from blood through albumin loss and uric acid spread. Doan's Kidney Pills are promoted as the remedy. Testimony from James M. Johnson of Union Oregon cites relief after using the pills, with Buffalo New York as sales agent.
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