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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1911)
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In taid im provement district as hereinafter de- scribed, by laying thereon bltulithJc navement. the council will, ten aays after the service of thla notice upon the owners of the property affected and benefitted by such Improvement, order that said above described Im provement be made; that the boun daries of said district to be so im proved ar as follows: . " , All that pornon or Elm street, from, the north line of Washington avenue, to the south curb line of Jefferson av enue. ' (A) And the property affected or benefitted b said improvement Is as -follows: All the property In the east 1-2 of blocks 106 and 113 and all the nroDerty In the west 1-2 of blocks 107 and 112, all In1 Chaplln'S addition to La Grande, Oregon. . Notice Is hereby further given teat the council will levy a special assess ment on all the property affected and benefitted by such Improvement for the purpose of paying for such ira- Drovement is . the sum or ouu.uu. That the council will on the 10th day of May," 1911, meet at the council chamber at the hour of 8 o'clock p. m., to consider said estimated cost, and the levy of said assessment, when a hearing will be granted to any per son feeling aggrieved by such assess ment. : ' La Grande," Oregon, April 27th, 1911. CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE, OREGON. Recorder of the city of La Grande. Ore. Ap 29 M 10 "Read In Sunset Magazine, Motoring Through California by Lloyd Osborne, beautifully . illustrated in fourjcolors. The Spell, a romantic serial by C. N. A. M. Williamson. In the Shadow of the Dragon, by Grant Carpenter. De scriptive story of San Francisco's Chi nese quarters. April lsBue now on sale 15 cents." ; eoc Y (By John Day.) Astoria, Ore., May 6. An even h n dred years ago April 12, 1811 tii2 good shop Tonquln, owned by Jc':i:i coast this year and offers the follow ing attractions: Pacific coast motor speed boat re gatta with $12,000 in cash prizes last- tk A.inr GDiiod tut,, the mmit'i nf . inz one week September 4 to Sep the Columbia river, rode, over tha' bar , tember 8 inclusive. At this regatta and anchored ten miles up the rivet- in a cove opposite what has now b come Astoria. The Tonquin brought the first white man to the great Ore gon country which at that time em braced all the land from the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho . have since been carved. It Is in celebration of this settle ment that the Astoria Centennial was projected. The pageant will be open ed with simple ceremonies on August 9. The public opening will be the fol lowing day and the Centennial wiil continue for 0 days, or until Septem , ber 9. ' The legislature of the state of Ore gon appropriated $50,000 toward the expense of the Centennial. Clatsop county made a special tax levy which brought $25,000 additional funds to the committee; Col. John Jacob Astor of New York city, donated $10,000 to the cause and the business men of Astoria contributed $50,000. Addition al subscriptions from the transporta tion companies and Portland business men have brought the available si news of war up to $150,000 This centennial celebration is . the only official exposition on the Pacific I 1L. All l.nmntxncV,ln infill Vl II lilts irctriui'ttu cuauiiuuDuii um decided and $5,000 Is the prize money for this one event alone. Practically every coast city will enter a boat and craft will be entered from Peoria, 111., and several boats are expected from the Atlantic seaboard The displace ment boat championship will also be decided at this regatta as will suprem acy in the fishing craft classes, sail rigged hulls, sculling contests, tub races, canoe races between various Indian tribes of the northwest and such feature 'as are usual at western regatta tournaments. The manage ment, of the regatta is in charge of the Asioria Motor Boat club, affili ated with the Pacific Coast Interna tional Motor Boat association, the oiiicers of which will direct the con tests. ., GUnn Curtlss will have an aero plane and a hydro-aeroplane exhibition lasting four days of the third week of the celebration. Mr. Curtiss is under contract to fly over land, seas and rivers, starting from the surface of the Columbia river, running at a speed of at least 35 ' miles an hour down to the mouth of the Columbia river, rising from the water without aiecbanical aid, circle over the beach raer encampment of the Oregon na to the Gearhart hotel, and return to tional guard during the continuance the starting point Hying in the air SSS enana. ( ianniai 'General Finzer and his staff to work From the opening of the centennial -nmninment and the United States war ' department has ordered the artillerymen of the to the close, there will be two fleets of battleships In the harbor, one de tained by the United States govern ment and oni from the pick of the British squadron. In addition the South American republics and China and Japan have promised to detail battleships to the scene of the centen nial and participate in land and ma rine pageants. ; The Gearhart hotel has been select ed as tho scene of the great naval hnp which 'Will be given in honor of the officers of the various battleships. The Gearhart hotel is within a short distance o( Astoria and right on the Pacific ocean. It is an ideal place for social functions and the centennial committee will have many social func tions at this hotel. General Finzer, head of the Oregon national guard, has decided upon As- milltia to report to the forts adjacent to Astoria for annual target practice during the centennial. Officers from the national Tiard of the various states will be invited to participate in the evolutions and ob serve the work of the combined na tional guard and the United Stateo regulars who will be assigned to As toria for war practice. , Gearhart beach, the scene of the big coast automobile race metts annually will be the mecca for the motoi car Bpeed experts during the celebration. The beach Is wide and miles In length so that all the raced will be straight away cents allowing the beat possible 1 I ' ITT 1 .1 I At f.,An lime, yvubueu uy tua uueau uueo un til the sand Is packed as hard as stone this beach offers ideal advantages for two hour entertainment This enter tainment will be, bullded upon the water and is to be one of the big fea tures of the centennial. It U the first time that any big fireworks spectacle has ever bsen attempted upon the wa-- ter but the development of the fire works business Is such now that sue- ; cess is assur sd. ' ; : ' i Eight different conventions will be in session "during the centennial eels- . bration including the school .teachers state institute to which national du cators have been invited for a week. The teachers will have a school- ex hibit and discuss educational matters of today and a century ago. It is a big feature and nunnrous social features are planned for the enter- ; tainmeht of the teachers who will at tend the convention. As it is an of iflcial state affair all the tfachers of the state will be compelled to attend unless prevented by sickness so that' It is bound to.be a ; representative meeting of educators. Specially interesting will be the op portunity for visitors to witness the fishing for sahnon at Astora. There are more than 3,000 salmon flBhlug craft at Astoria and the salmon fish ing season ' will be opened until AuguBt 25 allowing the visitors to see bow the mighty salmon is caught and torla for the scene of the annual sum-'1 motor car speed contests and arrange ments have been perfected for a car nival of speed m:rchants' wh kin will include all the top notchers In the pro fession. This meaj will be In charge of the Automobile club of Portland and the northwest and , will be offl cially sanctioned. , The Oregon Development league has selected Astoria as the meeting place for the annual coi.vrntion cl the 118 cities holding membership in the league. C. C. Chapman, manage- of the promotion bureau of the Portland Commercial club is secretary of the Oregon Development league, and., he nas already perreciea tne program . canned. These monsters weigh as for the convention which will decide muCQ BB 70 pounds and average about upon the policy to, be followed in the 20 pounds each. Salmon which weigh development of Oregon for the next (49 pounds are numerous and it is an year to come. ' excellent opportunity to see how mil- : "Early Days of Astoria, or ine iti- j Hons are made out of the ealmon catch ' .structlon of the Tonquin" is the title every year. of a jyrotarhnlcai dlsplu wllch wt , Altogether,1 the Astoria centennial be offered as' a night feature of enter- j Is to be a fitting climax to 100 years of talnment during the centennial. This prosperity which has come from thej pageant will have a ballet of 200 founding of this city by the sea by a foreign vaudeville artists and numer- trading party Bent from New York by pub special features to complete a .lonn Jacot) ABtor. l speed or at least 35 miles an hour ,. . h . v 2r sX7r77rLL-' -1 n Ti TVH i W 1 ' li 1 1 r "' 5 V