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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1909
Page
1
U S senator and reform figure Robert M La Follette arrives in La Grande to lecture at the L D B tabernacle on Representative Government. He will speak from 8 to about 9 45 pm before departing for the west, with audiences hoping for a long talk.
Delegates from the dioceses of New York New Jersey and Porto Rico gather in Utica at Trinity church for the Second Missionary Department council of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States. The event follows 1907 Richmond action creating eight regional departments with annual councils to promote missionary work and instruction. Simultaneously in Olean Baptist clergy and laity from New York attend the state convention opening this morning.
Nome reports the worst storm in years sweeping the Bering sea. Dozens of ships driven ashore, the whaler Olga wrecked, the Senator stranded near Sledge Island with about eighty eight passengers aboard. Captain Mogg and crew are missing.
Tokyo reports confirm Mirobumi Ito died after a Korean assassin shot him at a Harbin railway station. Director Tanaka of the Manchurian railway wounded. Ito’s death echoes earlier plots as the empire mourns. Ito, born 1841, helped shape modern Japan and the Shimonoseki treaty.
Supervisors and others interested in good roads met in Jackson to organize the Mississippi Good Roads Association. Delegates will witness demonstrations of road building machinery.
Librarians from across Missouri convene in Columbus on October 26 for the tenth annual meeting. The gathering begins today with sessions and discussions planned on library services, collections, and professional development.
The annual Texas Electric Physicians convention opens in Dallas today with discussions on many medical topics of importance to the profession and state physicians. The event highlights advances in electrical medical treatments and professional collaboration among practitioners.
Judge Oscar N. Wellborn of Princeton retires after thirty six years on the Indiana circuit bench. He is the oldest serving judge in the state and is succeeded by Judge Hordin.
Cape Girardeau Missouri October 26 President Taft arrives early after a stop of an hour and continues down the river with his fleet of vessels. The next stops are Cairo Illinois and Hickman Kentucky expected later today.
The Pendleton third party platform proposes one saloon per 1000 residents, max two per block, $2500 annual license, $2000 bond, felony bans, ten day license notice, bans on sales to minors drunks Indians and others, license forfeiture for violations, and saloons closed 1 pm–6 am and 11 pm–6 am weekends. It requires a single room with visibility from the street and bans games of chance. The amendment would take effect when state law allows alcohol sales.
La Grande bankers meet with the board of equalization this afternoon to compare assessments and discuss the matter. The board sustained the assessor on the property of the QR N company and raised some private parcels while slightly lowering the Central Railway of Oregon assessment. Overall, few protests were filed and little change occurred.
The fourth International Dry Farming Congress opened in Billings Montana with delegates and exhibits from Western states Canada Mexico Brazil Hungary Turkey and South Africa. Sessions run through tomorrow and Thursday with world renowned agricultural authorities delivering papers and addresses.
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