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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
2
Editorial notes urge better water supply and larger allocation for 1907 projects. It advocates a local mattress factory and improved business education, arguing La Grande should add a business department or support a new business college to prepare clerical workers.
For years the valley weighed artisian water risk and feasibility. Now the trend leans toward storing waste water to enable irrigation during droughts or lean periods, testing whether storage can justify the expense and provide needed supply.
A fragmentary report discusses McAlister owning extensive land and pursuing crop yields and revenue from forty acres. It notes surrounding land conditions, rapid subdivision, and growing housing as construction advances. The text references price, productivity, and the pending time for infrastructure improvements between La Grange and Stand City.
The piece notes a new primary law shifting political focus in the state. It predicts the legislature will meet in five months and mentions an upcoming Senate election favoring Bourne. Public attention is low and the session is expected to focus on minor state matters.
A call to attract one hundred new families to purchase eighty acres each of Union county valley land and settle by January 1907. The plan promises $800,000 immediate circulation and $70,000 yearly in ongoing spending, with home-seeker rates offered by transcontinental rail lines to spur arrivals.
Wanted salesmen and collectors to work in La Grande and Union County apply by letter Singer Sewing Machine Go Baker City Oregon.
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