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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1908
Page
7
The first batch of homeseekers from the west is due Friday as colonist rates take effect yesterday. Tourists need about three days to reach La Grande from starting points, and past experience shows hundreds will travel west with the low rates, promising overtime for local passenger train crews for the next two months.
F C Greer drills a well on his ranch south of Freewater highlighting the oddities of the Freewater locality. The report mentions the ongoing drilling and the peculiarity observed in local formations.
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