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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1910
Page
3
Prohibition faces stiff opposition from Drew’s distillers wholesalers and saloon-keepers who argue selling liquor under license would keep profits. They claim enforcement will reduce sales and fear city and county officials will tighten laws, threatening their business.
The Mayor and City Council of La Grande Oregon invites sealed proposals for 65000 dollars of improvement bonds. Bonds issued at 1000 each 6 percent interest payable annually mature in ten years. Sealed bids with 5000 dollar certified check due by Wednesday time and place. Council may reject any bids. Readied September 1916 La Grande Oregon.
The piece argues that prohibition can be enforced given a strong will by officials and voters. It cites a hotly contested election with a seven hundred vote margin and praises Columbus’ new Director of Safety for enforcing the Sunday closing law. It also cites Kansas figures showing social benefits from prohibition and predicts Oregon will gain similarly.
City of La Grande Oregon announces a street improvement district 9 for Fourth Street from Adams Ave north to N Avenue. Bitulithic pavement will be laid with estimated cost 27383.60 dollars. A September 21, 1910 council meeting will hear objections and set the special assessment to fund the project.
The council will, ten days after service of this notice on affected property owners, order the bitulithic paving along Chestnut Street from Adams Avenue to Jefferson Avenue. A special assessment is planned to cover the $3597.37 estimated cost. A meeting is set for September 21, 1810 at 8 PM to review the cost and proposed levy with hearings for aggrieved parties.
W S Duniway campaigns on economy and efficiency citing graft cuts that made the printing department the cheapest in state government. He argues the record proves fiscal restraint and reform.
The passage records the creation of Improvement District No. 25 in Grande Oregon on August seventeenth, 1910 and designation of Chestnut Street as part of the district. A 1919 council resolution confirmed intention to improve that Chestnut Street portion within the district.
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