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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1909
Page
1
Grande Ronde Reservoir company directors prepare plans and specifications for Meadowbrook south ditch line and collateral canal bids. An engineer will present yardage distances and data at the next meeting, with contracts let once bids are received and acted upon.
Miss Essie Evans a trainee nurse at Grande Ronde hospital underwent an appendicitis operation yesterday afternoon performed by Dr Molitor. Evans from Walla Walla has been at the hospital four months training to become a nurse.
A Canadian paper dated three months after President George Washington's death will be shown at the county fair as a rare colonial curiosity. Mrs. Fred Toufveson of West La Grande owns the relic and hopes to encase it for display throughout fair week, noting slow 18th century communications delayed news from the United States.
Explorer Cook refuses to meet Commander Peary to settle the pole controversy. He says the matter will go to higher authority, not Peary, and two months are needed to prepare scientific data for submission to a scientific board. He will present his findings to the University of Copenhagen and plans a quiet life with no further exploration.
Refugees report at least 300 lives lost along the Louisiana Gulf coast after a Monday night to Tuesday tidal wave. Property damage exceeds 5 million dollars as fishermen and planters perish and New Orleans suffers widespread flooding and wrecked areas.
La Grande high school coach Wall received a letter from Baker City manager Meyers confirming November 6 as a satisfactory date for the football game to be played in Baker City.
Rev J C Reid resigns from First Presbyterian Church of Walla Walla and accepts general management of Guardian Life Insurance Society in Seattle. He will assume duties October 7.
About 90 sheep branded with a star on the right shoulder were taken up September 15 seven miles west of La Grande on Whisky Creek by the Schalstrom brothers. Owners must pay all charges.
State Tax Commissioner Eaton visits to align county assessments with actual cash values. Union county fears unequal state levy, but Rinehart sets Road bed and rolling stock values for the O R & N line at $27,000 and $3,000 per mile respectively. La Grande property improvements valued at $200,000.
Governor John A. Johnson lies in state in the capitol rotunda as thousands view his body. The body will remain in state today and tomorrow, guarded by militia. Brief services were held this afternoon, with final services planned at St Peter’s Presbyterian Church tomorrow.
Captain Feber of the French army died instantly during a Voisin bi plane flight at Boulogne Sur Mer on the coast. The aircraft collapsed after a ground somersault, burying him in debris. he had a brief moment of breath before passing. Feber, widely known, used the alias Dely to avoid his aristocratic family name.
President Taft arrives in Colorado greeted by Governor Shafroth and officials. Crowds gather as a public reception at the state capitol and a quiet evening are planned. He will visit Pueblo and Colorado Springs tomorrow.
Philip Becker a Berkeley carpenter ambushed his former wife near her home and shot her in the left breast likely fatally before turning a pistol on himself. The shooting was witnessed by several bystanders.
Chief Forester Pinchot in Los Angeles asserts Roosevelt conservation policies must guide the current administration. He references Taft's stance in the Pinchot Ballinger controversy and says the nation will demand these policies be carried out by President Taft.
Lisbon papers say the engagement of Kitz Manuel of Portugal to Princess Alexandra daughter of the Duke of Fife will be officially announced at Windsor Castle on November 15.
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