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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1905
Page
6
Mr Donahue purchases a train of ten double-desxed cars carrying 6700 head from BEF Stubblefield to Wood Park ten miles west of Obiga for fattening to spring market. He plans to ship about 40000 head from the west this fall.
JD Matheson of the ORG WN departed for Huntington this morning to obtain two compound engines of the 900 class borrowed from the O and L. The engines will be used to move the extensive fens now being coated over the O and N line.
Lamber company buys all WT Rider’s caw mill output estimated between 160000 and 200000 feet. Lumber to be shipped to Lamber company yards in this city for processing and storage.
Distinct notices mention pasture for 40 head one mile east of the city for the next two months with two head per month under J W McAlister. Also a Bridges Concert tonight at the Presbyterian church and a city beer limit issue at City Recorder Brook. Chrystal Rebecca Lodge No 80 and Odd Fellows social last evening featured mild fanfare.
Frequent city notices list WD Melson, Ed Blackbare, Mrs William Grant and children visiting for the fair, George Webb and AJ Starkey among others in the day’s bustle. Mentions of arrivals, departures, and shipments tie to Portland, Walla Walla, and nearby towns with farming, lumber, and business interests.
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