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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1910
Page
8
A notice promotes visiting a specialist for a grand display of tailored clothing, promising measurements and fittings. It contrasts custom tailoring with the idea of obtaining hand-me down garments, urging readers to consider quality and fit.
A local trade note invites customers to place orders for business sacks Prince Albert and tuxedo styles. The ad emphasizes ready availability and prompt service for tailored headwear and formal wardrobe pieces.
The Grande Ronde Orchard Co and the Fair committee offer a $50 prize for the best single box of commercial apples entered at the La Grande Oregon Fair, October 6 to 10, 1910. Eligible varieties include Spitzenberg Yellow Newton York Imperial Rome Beauty Winesap Wagner Baldwin Arkansas Black Jonathan and Gano. Entries must be a special exhibit owned by the Grande Ronde Orchard Co and judged by the Fair committee.
A survey is to estimate the cost of double tracking the O R & N line between La Grande and Huntington. Civil Engineer C C Williamson is establishing headquarters and two crews will work over coming months. The company has been gathering heavy rails suggesting potential track expansion, but officials say the survey may not indicate immediate work.
Rail workers recall the brisk departure of Number 32 the Joseph train, leaving Number six late and fooling hotel clerks about an 11 o'clock departure. Engineer Fauce and family return from Portland to resume work. Blink e and Low Morgen take leave to visit their mother in Spokane. Assistant GMs Stack Bollows and Ladd inspect the line. Engine 216 damaged in Huntington turntable pit returned for repairs.
Engine No 360 will be out of the shop in about a week fitted with new axles. Julius Krutschnitt, director of maintenance for the Harri man system, has sanctioned changes in officialdom on the O R N in Oregon, reaching local officials. La Grande saw a busy depot with hundreds of passengers and several transcontinental trains at about the same time.
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