Bid Notice for City Walk Construction in La Grande
Bids for a five foot sidewalk along the north side of Lot 6 Block 110 in Grandy's addition La Grande Oregon must be in by 4 p m October 20 1909 with a 10 percent certified check. The Common Council reserves the right to reject any or all bids. D B Cox Recorder October 11 1909.
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City Recorder
Grandy
la Granda
Oregon
Récorder
Common Council
City of
la Grande
D. EB. Cox
Notice of Administrator Sate for Frank Milne Estate
The administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of Frank Milne, deceased, directs sale of specified lands in Union County Oregon. Private cash sale for 2000 dollars with balance due in one and two years at 8 percent interest, secured by mortgage, subject to existing mortgage of 1500 dollars. Parcel details include sections 31 and 36 in township 1 north range 40 and 39 east Willamette Meridian. sale after November 5 1909 per county court order.
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de Bonis
Frank Milne
Union County
Oregon
Willamette Meridian
R. KR Lloyd
de Bonts
F Prank’Milne
Pendleton Fears La Grand In Tough Season Showdown
Pendleton high school football players view Indian City’s La Grande as the season’s strongest foe. Pendleton beat Walla Walla 6 to 0 last Saturday and rely on coach Brown to mold a fast, fighting eleven led by Fatty Graham and a strengthened line as they prepare for La Grande.
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Observer
Pendleton
la Grande High
la Grande
Walla Walla High
Trace Baker
Pennsylvania
Brown
Kimball
Devine
Fatty Graham
Uul
Hime
Dry Farming Congress Opens as Fourth International Meet Nears
Billings Montana October 25 Deluges arrive for the fourth international Dry Farming Congress devoted to reclaiming arid lands without irrigation. The exhibition at the International Exposition of Dry Farming Products opens today as delegates from across the country prepare for deliberations beginning tomorrow. The congress, a student body of agriculturalists, aims to scatter practical knowledge on soil culture, weather, and crop selection to aid dry land farming worldwide.
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Billings
Mont
John T. Byrne
Dry Farming Congress
Lre
Tis Statistical Bureau and Fratertional Department
Last Big Land Lottery in Aberdeen Draws Wide Attention
Aberdeen hosts the final major land lottery of its kind as about two and a half million acres on the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock reservations are awarded. Thousands gather while envelopes are shuffled on a platform, with children drawing names as Superintendent Whitten narrates progress. Winners must prove claims by April, with upfront costs around $14 per acre and five years to complete payments.
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Uncle Sam
Dakotas
Samoas
Missouri
Walworth County
Aberdeen
Northwest
Mecca
Cheyene River
Standing Rock
Whitten
Megaphone
Inckr
Plan to issue 5 billion in gold bonds spurs irrigation talk
Delegates at the fourth Dey Farming Congress in Billings Montana urged adoption of a resolution by Arthur Hooker Spokane secretary of the 18th National Irrigation Congress. The plan calls for United States government gold bonds of 5 billion dollars at up to 3 percent for 100 years to fund highways deep waterways forest protection irrigation of arid lands and drainage of swamp lands. Hooker warns of 500 million in annual farm area losses from poor roads and says waterways improvements would boost county transportation and expand 40 million acres of irrigation and 80 million acres of overflowed lands drainage.
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Spokane
Dey Farming Congress
Billings
Montana
Arthur Hooker
National Irrigation Congress
United States
Hooker
Opening of National Apple Show to unite Inland Empire
Spokane hosts the second National Apple Show on November 15 with President Taft delivering a message via direct wire. Thousands join a citywide celebration as fire bells gongs and air whistles mark the opening, with Howard Elliott of St PaulPresiding.
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Spokane
Inland Empire
Northwest
Taft
White House
Washington
Hary W. Neely
Arthur W. Jones
Booster Club
South
Central Bieh
Rade
Howard Elliott
St. Paul
Johnson Will Hear Petition In Estate Case
In St Paul Oct 26 a hearing will decide the appointment of Justice Thomas D OBrien and Frederieck B Lynch as administrators for the estate of Mrs John A Johnson widow of Minnesota's late governor. The estate is valued over 87000. Also a notice of bids for the Grande Ronde Reservoir project in La Grande Oregon for 452 miles of canal work with earth excavation and embankment. Proposals due Oct 26 1909.
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Grande Ronde Reservoir Company
la Grande
Oregon
Grande Ronde Project
Grevd
Ronde Reservoir Company
la Gravd
J. E. Reynold
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Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co
Southern Pacific
Chicago
St. Loulé
Omaha
Kansas City
WM. McMurray
Portland
Ore
Justir
J. H. Peare
Merchant of
Oregon Merchants Mutual Fire Assurance Association
Dayton
Oregon Merchants Mutual
W. Oliver
R. A. West
8. M. Bloom
Cove
F. S. Ivanhoe
Helen FB. Bloom
Jefferson Wef Mr
BF .Waterit
Congress
Apple Show, Inc
Canada
A. B. C. Laundry
G. J. Black
C. J. Black
Pric
W. 125Th Nt
New Fork
Waters-Stanchfield. Produce Co
RAI
Johnson Will Hearieg
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