31 Dec 1908
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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
1
A sprawling roundup notes global and national happenings from Venezuela to San Francisco. Events include diplomatic changes, economic shifts, legal cases, and social stories such as Christmas gifts, a fire in Brooklyn, a canal company dispute, and a proposed referendum on saloon laws.
Stanford University professor George Hemp discovers a new link between Roman and Etruscan languages, challenging the view that Etruscans were foreign to Romans. He claims a shared origin in Troy and asserts most inscriptions remain unreadable but his method may reshape Latin grammar and etymology studies.
The Chicago & Northwestern railroad station under construction faces quicksand beneath the foundation, adding cost and difficulty to sink pillars. George A. Fuller Co reports the risk, while engineers study reliable methods amid Chicago soil said to be alive with quicksand near the river. Two experts from New York who tackled similar subway projects have been engaged to resolve the issue.
Foreign Minister Lewolsky addressed the press in St Petersburg presenting Russia’s annual foreign policy statement. He praised the Japan Australia agreement for upholding the open door and Chinese integrity, with its terms shared with Russia before signing. He offered no new Russian proposals on annexations by Austria or Hungary.
Virginia City Montana reports thirty earthquakes in the section since Sunday afternoon with the last tremor at 4 1 yesterday morning. The ground trembled perceptibly and the earth wave appeared to come from the lava wash near Yellowstone Park 73 miles southeast of Virginia City. No damage beyond plaster thrown down was noted.
Hubert C. Davey of Louisiana's second district died Saturday in New Orleans from apoplexy. Born in 1805, he served in the state senate and was a judge before entering Congress in 1853, with a break during one term when he declined a nomination. He was defeated for New Orleans mayor in 185? and later reelected to the U.S. Senate.
The navy department releases specifications for Pearl Harbor Hawaii drydock. The structure will be 1198 feet long with a caisson division to dock two battleships simultaneously. It will be 15 feet deep and 130 feet wide. Bids are to be opened February 13 1909.
Gilliam County Improvement avocation names January 6 for booster meeting in Condon during circuit court sessions. Discussion covers funding via a local tax for land and buildings, petition signatures with taxable property, and grain bag duty relief. Salem fruit growers plan a seven carload cooling plant to handle apples and berries in 1900. Marion horticultural society backs it. W K Newell and Mr Williamson speak on marketing and overproduction safeguards.
Free short courses begin January 5 at the Agricultural College Corvallis Oregon covering dairy science hor ticulture and home economics. A week of general topics starts January 6 and dairying hor ticulture and farm business courses run through February and March with details available by writing the college for a circular.
In a trial before Judge Bean the Peacock Mill company sues 200 residents along the Walla Walla and Tomolom rivers over irrigation practices. Witnesses report farmers using too much water and applying it too often, leaving muddy wells and hindering proper cultivation.
Richland valley land near the foothills sees rising prices as buyers tour the area. Speculators and home seekers view higher elevation tracts as warmer and better for fruit, with prices at 67 1/2 dollars per acre, up from last year. Ground has seen little cultivation in some parcels, boosting interest.
A residence break in at Mrs A A Brady yielded 130 in oil coins. Trunks opened, contents scattered, jewelry stolen. Footprints traced to soft soils. black hounds from Walla Walla penitentiary engaged. Arrests expected in a few days. Ontario convention results: Stephen A Lowell elected president. Walter Griffeth secretary. meeting set for September 1900 in Ontario.
The site for the new federal building in La Grande has been chosen. It sits on Main Street on the former J. M. Berry residence site and owes over $8000 in costs.
The Deschutes river near Sherar's bridge sees the start of a large power plant project by the United Development company. If plans hold, it will boost development in Wasco and Sherman counties with a dam 80 feet high and a canal 89 feet wide conveying water to the site. A power house will run hydroelectric machinery, backed by M A Moody and other capitalists. The project will employ hundreds by winter, tying into a broader agricultural extension effort promoted by the state college faculty.
Borley Peed at 827 per ton for brewing and various grains. Willamette Valley and Eastern Oregon tim eahy quoted. Apples, pears, berries, potatoes, onions, carrots, cabbage, tomatoes, and meat prices listed with per unit costs. Multiple regional sources reflect a broad local market snapshot.
The United States resumes friendly ties with Venezuela after eight months. William J. Buchanan sails on the North Carolina to study the situation and report to the State Department. A formal U.S. recognition decision awaits the Chavez era’s stability amid Castro supporters and possible unrest.
Judge Wright of the District of Columbia Supreme Court sentenced Samuel Gompers to twelve months in jail, John Mitchell nine months, and Frank Morrison six months for contempt of court. The American Federation of Labor leaders had violated an injunction by listing Buck Stone & Range of St. Louis on the Unfair or Dont Patronize list. Gompers bond set at $5,000, Mitchell at $4,000, Morrison at $3,000, appeals filed. The reading took two hours and twenty minutes.
Missouri Supreme Court orders dissolution of the Standard Oil of Indiana and Republic Oil, with Waters Pierce Oil Company also dissolved. The three firms face $50,000 fines each, effective January 14, as the long legal battle against Rockefeller interests culminates. Judge Lamm and six others concur in portions of the ruling.
Herbert W. Tiers, formerly a discount clerk at the First National Bank, was sentenced yesterday to five years in the penitentiary for embezzling $51,000 during early 1906 from the Pittsburg, Pennsylvania bank.
Caracas reports Ciprano Castro ousted after a plotted assassination attempt on Gomez. Chavez era actions include suspending decrees, Panama and Holland tensions resolve via treaty talks with Seckendorff. Dutch naval presence ends as Venezuela cites transshipment ban and new administration mends foreign ties.
Berlin reports say Castro is unaware of Venezuela party turmoil and dangerous shifts, with insiders noting he has not received cipher dispatches since Sunday and is reportedly on a sickbed. Observers doubt his involvement in any assassination plot while questioning his grip on power.
San Francisco reports progress on the canal project with officials stating about 6,000,000 cubic yards excavated since American control. Of that amount, roughly 49,000,000 cubic yards have been removed in three years, with 31,000,000 yards cleared by November 1908. The total American clearance is nearing completion, and officials expect further progress by September.
In 24 A Gottingen, Bertin and Dee describe a lead bullet adapted to destroy balloons. The design, a crot pomed Schrader haw invention, is explained as a weapon fired from standard infantry rifles.
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