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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1911
Page
2
Politicians await Victor Murdock as insurgent Kansas leader visits La Grande under the high school lecture series. Seat tickets go on sale tomorrow at Silverthorn drug store for the Thursday event filling the local lecture card.
New York September 23. The first aerial mail route in the country will operate next week from the Brooklyn post office to Garden City on Long Island. The test aims to show feasibility of using airplanes for urgent mail between major cities with Pierre Vedrines possibly piloting. The experiment is one of interest to post office officials as a speed benchmark and could hint at rapid city-to-city mail service in the future.
Idaho Odd Fellows on the October journey to Twin Falls will halt in La Grande for a half hour from 1 30 to 2 00 p m to rest and dine during the annual meeting. A second item notes regular service begins on the Grays Harbor line linking Centralia Aberdeen and Hoquiam with local officials announcing the schedule.
Notice is given that the Union County Oregon board of equalization will meet at the La Grande courthouse on Monday October 11 1911 to publicly examine the assessment roll and correct errors in land descriptions or values. Interested persons may appear and present affidavits with grounds for complaint during the first week of the meeting. Clark Assessor for Union County Oregon.
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