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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
4
Report covers Chicago wheat and corn prices with record levels and foreign trade activity, plus regional crop outlook. It recalls La Grande figures, local business ads, and notable residents, banks, and enterprises from 1908 era.
Rates for display ads are available on application. Local reading notices cost 160 per line for the first insertion and 5 per line for each subsequent insertion. Condolence resolutions and cards of thanks priced at 5 per line.
Review of the September 17, 2001 issue notes time changes in the community while glancing through the paper and its advertisement pages.
The Eugene Register reports the Monday night council vote to prohibit near beer sales. Stores halted sales as ordinance appeared in Tuesday’s issue, while Roseburg Brewery seeks test of the measure’s validity. Authorities may defend the ban citing local charter authority.
In Union County public sentiment supports halting violations of the local option law. The city and county show a strong desire to enforce the law and end bootlegging during the dry period.
The plan envisions opening vast interior regions to the world within a decade, potentially housing over a million people. It highlights irrigation projects to support settlement and growth, suggesting hundreds of homes could be built through contracted work and improved land use.
In the Western section of our county the area is called wild and woolly the label reflects a shift from old rules as authorities struggle to cope with the changes. The old tax or debt line is no longer applied, indicating a major policy uncertainty.
A garbled report notes concerns during the first week about injuries from children accessing weapons. It questions safety measures and hints at more accidents if access continues, stressing tighter control to prevent deaths.
Reading from a fragmented dispatch, farmers expect widespread rains across eastern counties to improve forage and stock conditions for winter. The message notes general rain coverage and urging preparation for livestock health and feed supplies.
In a Chicago dispatch Governor Hearst and supporters charge Oklahoma Senator Haskell with acting as an agent for the Standard Oil Company. Monnet of Ohio levies that an error occurred in aWatthateh division events. Hearst in Columbus accuses Haskell of political paymaster ties to Rockefeller. The letter by Charles N. Haskell’s agent is called false by Hoakett.
Gorlin Sept 18 members debated proposals for arbitral resolution of all international disputes including those outside The Hague conference. The session focused on promoting arbitration as a global mechanism and called for broader adoption by nations and parliaments.
Avory Was received here today that the forest fires are raging within 200 feet of fine residences on the outskirts of Eagle River. A large coast tract of Chippewa county is burning. Hundreds of men are fighting the fire.
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