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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1911
Page
7
City treasurer Rol W. Logan calls in all warrants issued against the water fund up to No. 9,729, endorsed September 21, 1911. Interest on warrants from No. 1 to No. 9,729 ceases from the date of this call. La Grande, Oregon. September 1, 1911.
City of La Grande enacts assessment to fund Adams avenue improvement from Fourth street west curb line to First street east curb line. Sets total cost at 253.00 dollars and apportions benefits to described lots within the district. Reads ordains levy, assessment roll, delinquency timing, and special assessment collection by city recorder.
The La Grande city recorder is ordered to prepare a special assessment roll for Grady's Addition owned by Kate Hanley and Caroline Ry MOAKEON, with assessments entered in the city liens docket. Assessments due after docket entry, delinquent within ten days. Notice to publish in newspapers and allow installment payments via Chapter 5, Title 26 Oregon Law. Mayor A L Richardson approved September 9 1911.
New York stockholders received checks representing the final dividends from the old Standard Oil company as its dissolution follows the U S Supreme Court order. Shareholders will receive stock in subsidiaries equal to their old holdings, with no expected income loss. Since 1882 dividends totaled 752 million dollars, averaging 40 million per year in recent years, while profits funded reinvestment and securities. The high confidence kept stock selling at several times par, peaking in 1901 at 48 percent annually with shares trading up to 842 dollars.
A French magazine recounts a curious Chinese lodging practice where guests sleep in feather beds under a ceiling drawn down by pulleys each night to deter theft. The setup uses a canvas ceiling with head slits and a drum wakes guests each morning before the canvas is raised again. The Deacon Todd anecdote follows.
A light verse defines a diplomat as one who can prove a man a lot without calling him one. The playful quip appears in London Tit-Bits humor column.
A quotation attributed to Epictetus underscores that no great achievement arrives instantly, likening progress to ripening grapes or figs. The message emphasizes patience, steady work, and deliberate growth toward meaningful goals.
A young woman in the stern whispers yes then warns Jack to stay where he is or he will upset the boat. He asks how she knows and a horrible suspicion grows. This dialogue from London Ideas hints at a tense, intimate moment aboard a vessel.
The excerpt contrasts laughter’s physical expression with a discussion on matter and force. It cites convulsive breathing and facial tension as core components of laughter while mentioning philosophical ideas on matter’s indestructibility and chemical reactions, referencing a Philadelphia Ledger quote and debates from science writers.
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