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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1908
Page
4
La Grande Evening Observer lists daily and weekly subscription prices and terms. It notes United Press Telegraph Service as a provider, and declares it will not publish unsigned or nom de plume articles, urging readers to sign submissions for consideration.
Display ad rates available on application. Local reading notices priced at 19 cents per line for the first insertion and 5 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Condolence resolutions, get well messages, and cards of thanks charged at 5 cents per line.
In Pasco area reports describe sagebrush being uprooted and spread into highways to form a springy, dust-free road bed for grain wagons. After a dry season the method reduced wear, allowed easier repairs, and could replace straw use in the grain belt. Weather dryness leaves questions about rainy conditions.
startling figures to be shown in Washington will claim one death from tuberculosis every three minutes in New York state. Exhibits include maps charts models of ventilated spaces and poor living quarters, plus photos of lungs and medical facilities.
In Panama last month a single storm dumped 4.5 inches in one hour and 1.18 inches in ten minutes, the heaviest on the isthmus since American occupation. The rain began at noon and fell steadily until 9:45 p.m., with the peak between 2:20 and 3:00 p.m. over a three hour span totaling 7.62 inches, washing away part of the roadbed.
The Unson CD company reports a pipeline break but precipitation favored sites with no excavation. Despite sunken tracks and mud, canal work proceeded as normal the day after the storm with only occasional minor delays.
In the Mississippi gubernatorial race a Methodist minister questions Jeff Truly about drinking whisky. Truly replies by asking if the inquiry is a probe or an invitation, highlighting Prohibition debates among aspirants.
Carrbests Van Buren 6 2 6 0 to reach the finals in the Algonquin Tennis Club men singles. Abegg edged Moore 2 6 6 3 6 2 as marathon sets concluded last night. Officials expect a week before the final with doubles to follow and voluntary team selections for partners. A Dallas man saved 500 bushels of peaches from a 4 acre orchard but lost many due to slow handling.
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