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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
3
Hood River Oregon June 15 Disgruntled laborers suspected after giant powder destroyed about 150 feet of the Farmers Irrigating Company flume. The spill cut off water to about 400 acres, threatening the berry crop as 5 to 7 cars of fruit ship daily and losses may reach $30 000 to $10 000 in crates. The repair will take three to four days.
Clara B. True superintendent of an Indian reservation thwarted an ambush by six men during raids on bootlegging. Seven suspects held as raids netted arrests. True fled with Deputy Sheriff Hazel Glenning. officers repelled attackers from a buggy before capture. In St Paul a Seattle financier, H C Taylor, lost 10000 in cash and securities to two thieves aboard a Union station train.
Prices listed for wheat barley oats hay butter hops eggs wool and mohair across regions. Includes club and red Russian wheats at cents per bushel and various hay grades, dairy butter and egg terms, and wool and mohair quotes from Valley Eastern Oregon.
Wheat-Bluestem 90c per bushel. Oats Puget Sound 27 28 per ton. Eastern Washington 27 28 per ton. Barley 25 26 per ton. Hay Eastern Washington 17 18 per ton. Puget Sound hay 10 13 per ton. Wheat hay 12 1/2 per ton. Alfalfa 9 50 10 per ton. Butter Washington creamery 26 6 per lb. Ranch 22e per 3. Oregon 26e per lb. Eggs Selected local 28 6 per doz. Eastern and Oregon 21e per doz.
Chicago dispatch reports the administration favors either Senator Dolliver or Governor Cummins of Iowa for the vice presidential nomination. Delegations caucused on Roosevelt renomination, hoping to avoid a convention stampede. Uncle Joe Cannon arrived in Danville and met leaders at the Union League Club to discuss platform planks including an anti injunction measure. Labor backs the plank, while employers oppose it.
Governor Willson pardons Caleb Powers and James Howard, ending eight years of legal battle stemming from the Goebel assassination case. Powers faced four trials with two death verdicts. petitions nationwide pressured the decision amid a long-running political controversy.
H. W. Freeman, East Oakland grocer, was fatally shot by a robber who entered his store and fled. His wife handed over money during the crime before Freeman returned with a revolver and was killed. In California, A. J. Webster died instantly when a Sunrise Oil Co. car slid from a steep grade. David Kinsey survived with minor injuries.
Reno Nevada June 15 J E Prouty 47 formerly of Keokuk Iowa keeper of gates at Lake street crossing of the Southern Pacific railroad shot himself in his woodshed after being disturbed by an injury to a woman. He had lived in Reno about two years.
Instructions were sent to Assistant Attorney General Cooley to demand the resignation of U S Marshal Ruel Rounds. If he resists, Cooley will dismiss him as he did District Attorney Buick. Hodgson is named as successor, with Borah backing the move amid a Borah indictment dispute.
Strong pressure for modification grew at the convention as Taft forces stand firm. The drive for changes promises a prolonged, tenacious contest over the party platform and resolutions.
Taft movement directs party toward a firmer stance with a complete platform. Wade Ellis, Ohio Attorney General, holds the platform at the convention headquarters in the Auditorium Annex, stating every plank has received thorough consideration.
It is a mistake to let rheumatism become chronic as Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieves pain and often cures. It makes sleep and rest possible, even in long standing cases. Use of the liniment provides relief worth many times its cost. 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by Evans Drug Co.
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