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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1911
Page
8
M Hoyt city water superintendent and Charles Burley Mount Rose laundryman renew their boyhood friendship in this city. Burley visits while en route home from the coast. They spent youth together in Wayland Michigan. A 3 PM mass meeting for all Sunday school workers is scheduled for tomorrow.
Rev. J. D. Springton leads the Sunday School institute at the Baptist church with an 8 p.m. evening session. He will also preach during the morning service.
Charlie Heckart will present the Philo math school house with a 30 foot fringe structure topped by a hollow gilt ball. He intends to place a copy of the Gazette Times inside along with an account of the school building.
J M Arrington of North Bend pleased the Coos Bay Harbor man by presenting a sample of Mammoth blackberries averaging two inches long and three quarters of an inch in diameter. Twelve filled a jelly dish.
Reports show the Hot Lake line connected to the Central road linking Union and Hot Lake with work ongoing to ballast and ready the line for travel. City officials face heavy questions over a $12,900 water bond and possible delays in selling bonds. A cannery by Dennison and Johnson plans expansion next fall after initial home canning. Carnegie funds a new library with $5,000, contingent on $500 yearly maintenance, as Spokane architect Ellis completes detailed plans.
Circuit Judge J W Knowles denied Hogg a new trial after motions were overruled. Hogg, convicted of assaulting a neighbor girl in High Valley, has been jailed since the oil arrest that led to a posse chase through the Union hills. The case drew intense testimony and was hard fought throughout.
Grover Cleveland Alexander, the sensational young pitcher of the Phillies, has signed a three year contract with President Horace Fogel.
Sugar climbs to about 74 per hundredweight with cane beet blends and cash, marking the highest levels in years and roughly 1.40 above earlier prices. Water melons, with over a dozen carloads sold locally, now fetch the lowest prices in years at about 1 canto per pound as sugar rises.
Dr. B Cauthorn and Elsie Wiecks wed quietly with Dr J D Gillilan officiating before the couple traveled to Portland. A Methodist reception celebrated the Gilliams return to La Grande with speeches and music. Naomi Kirtley hosted a lively party on Fourth Street with Miss Beuhler heading to Annie Wright seminary in Tacoma and guests enjoying lantern-lit lawn games and a formal luncheon.
Fred B. Currey publicity chief at Hot Lake Sanitarium presents the newly arranged booth at the Astoria Centennial. He highlights the lake curative powers and promotes the great Eastern Oregon country as a key feature of the exhibit.
This morning G. W. Robbins a farmer from Sand Ridge was brought to Dr. Molitor's office with a broken collar bone from being thrown from a horse. The fracture was reduced and he is resting well. A novelty at the Polo grounds in New York will be marble boxes designed by architect Jim Foster for baseball arenas.
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