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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1906
Page
5
Pasture available for rent includes 100 acres of meadow land and 70 acres of grain land. For inquiry contact Dr. M. K. Hate regarding rental details. Horses lost notice appears sequestered with no further details available in the readable text.
J. L. Mars seeks teams to haul gravel or sand at $4 per day for five loads of 5,000 pounds each with one man. higher pay for loads 6,500 pounds or more. Haul one mile on a good road, simple loading and unloading.
Eight acres six room house barn and outbuildings with orchard fruit trees and abundant water. Place suitable for poultry or hogs with land east of flouring mill. Will exchange for city property. Apply at premises John Gavan.
La Granog Investment Co reports timber claims on Foley Elk totaling two million feet or more with multiple parties involved in the title.
A B Contry issues a formal trespass warning prohibiting hunting and fishing on all of their lands. The notice states that all parties are forbidden from entering to hunt or fish, with enforcement implied.
List of uncalled letters for the week ending Sept 7 1906 including Mrs Edith Brown Lizzie Cotter Miss Louise Chalmers Harriet Laurence McReynolds and others. Letters will be sent to the dead letter office Sept 21 if not delivered. callers should say Advertised and give the date. G M Ricuey P M
Local ad offers two good work horses five milch cows and five calves for sale. Contact J T Baxen Box 11 R F D No 2 for details and viewing arrangements.
An inscribed fireman’s helmet from the San Francisco fire and earthquake travels via Wells Fargo Express. Agent C. V. Baar displays it in La Grande with tags and speeches at each stop. Pendleton’s Lee Morehouse photographed a Umatilla man wearing it, and cities across the route add notes as the hat proceeds toward a global circuit.
A Portland Gas Company clerk Bernard Velgwhin admitted stealing at least six thousand dollars to fund lavish times with Mrs. Nadine Nichols. Detectives trapped him as he entered the car with her. he confessed to the district attorney but could not name the exact total. He remains jailed, silent.
A historical note recounts Craney Island defenses during the 1812 war era near Jamestown Exposition grounds. It recalls a June 22, 1814 clash with 4000 British troops, repelled with 200 killed, and a May 19, 1861 Sewell's Point battle with no Norfolk casualties. The piece ends with a local real estate ad offering a five room house near a new school, cheap on easy terms.
In Union County Oregon the county court cites Ida M Keuhoy and Rhoda Lee Cameron and unknown heirs to appear October 11 1906 in La Grande to show cause why W P Pangburn administrator should be granted authority to sell the SE quarter of Section 2 Township 2 South Range 59 East Willamette Meridian and apply proceeds to debts and claims.
A local note touts a new music school claiming the latest, most practical teaching method. It offers two departments for different ages with limited daily sessions and optional weekly lessons, located opposite the Folay House over the candy store.
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