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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1908
Page
4
La Grande Oregon brief item notes subscription rates and policy details for the Evening Observer, including public notices rates and rules about signed articles and local reading notices.
Article extols Grande Ronde Valley natural resources and water powers as foundations for future irrigation and industrial expansion. It envisions rail trolleys, increased population, 20 to 40 acre farms, and a new city charter to fund growth.
The forecast calls for a fall night with frost as temperatures dip tonight and into Monday. Strong winds or precipitation are not indicated.
Mis Helen D Harford state organizer of the W C T U in Oregon will visit La Grande September 26 27 for multiple talks. She will hold a parlor meeting Saturday at Mrs R Thornton's home and speak three times Sunday at the M B church Baptist church and morning Sunday School. Topics to be announced later.
Frank Briggs of Starkey was released from further contempt proceedings by the circuit court after testimony showed he was merely taking creek measurements under an injunction context. The costs of the trial were assessed to W. T. Hill of Starkey, with Briggs returning home confident no further contempt prosecution would follow.
A sensational North Powder Justice Court case features Mrs. W. T. Davis and her husband in a domestic dispute at their ranch seven miles from town. Testimony details accusations of misappropriation and a violent altercation ending with a punch and a threat to “blow his heart out.” Attorney Charles Cochran and District Attorney Yan Hoe led the defense and prosecution as the scene grew tense.
Davis returns east after a violent incident in which a one year old boy was protected from a gun. A woman behind the weapon escaped injury and a second near-miss occurred. Five days of peace followed before Davis sought to relinquish his claim as Mrs. Davis retains possession. Further proceedings could trigger more conflict.
The speech argues for continued Republican governance under Roosevelt with a long record of four decades of legislation and two decades of faithful administration. It asks voters to choose policy stability over unaffordable experiments, urging a November verdict in favor of the party.
Receiver Roberts announces that from this date payments for public domain at the United States land office in La Grande must be cash or money orders only. Checks will be rejected in line with department regulations, and the district press should publish the notice to ensure full understanding.
Congressman James Francis Burke argues in Wittsburg that voters should not assume Bryan can do no harm. He compares Taft and Bryan, warns of executive dominance, and cites shifts in party control and legislative balance under Bryan.
This evening the first quarterly meeting of the La Grande Methodist church will be held. District Superintendent J. D. Gillilan will be present and preside. Officers and members are cordially invited and requested to be present.
After a three week wait for casing for the E W Oliver well on the sand ridge is finally on site and the crew will resume drilling tomorrow now at 420 feet. The target depth and water yield remain uncertain though Oliver hopes for a well producing 60 to 75 gallons per minute reaching about 20 feet from the surface. Quail shooting is reported as thriving in southern Oregon.
The Concord Monitor reports the Labor World advocates for Taft, calling him a true friend of labor and predicting Gompers attacks will not sway wage workers. It warns organized labor against factional splits over the political issue and criticizes Gompers for instigating the conflict.
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