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Newspaper
Heppner Times
Location
Heppner, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1904
Page
7
Linn county farmers face hard times as Albany-Rain arrives too late to save crops. Grain and hay yields are below average with many fields failing or stunted. Fall sowing on low ground fares slightly better, but overall feed prices rise as farmers scramble to buy grain for winter.
Notes list multiple events from July to September including Spiritualista camp meeting at New Era, Willamette Valley and Southern Oregon Chautauquas, North Pacific regatta in Portland, Grand Lodge in Seaside, Oregon Development Association convention in Portland, American Mining Congress, and State Medical Society. Also mentions Salem Secretary of State Dunbar directory of officers, Oregon City labor conditions, Willamette Pulp & Paper mill hiring, and woolen mills struggling to find capable operatives.
Granta Paw W C Slade, owner of a placer mine on Johnson gulch a tributary of Sucker creek near California Bar, reports a four foot ledge of gold bearing quartz partly on his racer claims. He is a leading figure in the mineral district and believes cinnabar deposits may be uncovered. Slade says he has found amalgamated gold in tanning drifts forty feet below the surface.
Hillaboro county reports show frost last week damaged vegetables across all lands, with projected losses reaching about 50 600 dollars. In Tualatin lowlands one crop valued at about 1 000 dollars suffered heavy losses. Cottage Grove notes two rich strikes in the Golden Rule and Great Eastern, Bohemia district, where free gold is abundant.
Balem pioneer John Minto plans a party to map a shorter overland stock route from the Knetero Oregon ranges to the Corvallia & Eastern line, via the Camade mountains, with manager Edwin Stone backing the effort. The old Minto trail remains used for linking western and eastern regions, but a new cut could aid stock shipments to market.
Mesers Greenley and Strand of Portland employ 10 to 12 men to construct a tramway and furnace for lime making on Hon Plinn Cooper’s farm seven miles south of Roseburg. They bond 100 acres of rich limestone and plan extensive development. A railway spur about three miles may be laid from the main line of the B P KR B at Greens station.
Balem harvest begins as season proves uneven. Eugene Bonse forecasts a fairly good yield despite poor conditions. Flax stalks range from 20 to 34 inches. pull in fields with tall stalks or cut with mower. Bosse owns 106 acres and holds contracts with several farmers growing flax.
Roseburg Hon A Le Roy of the Oregon Information bureau Portland secured a quantity of fine mineral exhibits from the county last week. The items will be housed at the bureau headquarters in Portland before the American Mining congress opens sessions in August.
Market report listing extensive Portland prices for wheat, barley, flour, mill products, butter, cheese, poultry, vegetables, fruit, honey, potatoes, fruits, meats, wool and mohair. Includes per unit costs across grains, dairy, produce, and livestock with numerous figures and varieties.
A Western street railway uses discarded scrap iron to forge axles. bundles of No 1 and No 2 wrought iron are heated in a reverberatory furnace and welded into slabs, then hot rolled and finished by lathes. The process yields cheaper axles with greater ductility than market buys, aided by waste-heat steam recovery.
Ancient reports describe Egyptian intolerance toward dogs under Mohammedan rule, yet dogs guard property and even approach humans cautiously. Cats hold reverence in Egypt, while legends tell of Bubastia and Atribes opposing intermarriage. A Caribbean legend claims an Adamless Eden island exists for women, explored by Columbus and cited by Irving, with men and lovers visiting sparingly before unknown fate.
A Philadelphia Press quote portrays a lighthearted exchange where a woman asks if she is the man’s first love. He candidly admits not his first but calls her something just as good, a playful affirmation of affection from a drug clerk.
London July 20 Two naval orders from the British admiralty signal a tougher stance to protect British shipping from Russian navy aggression. The Mediterranean fleet sails from Gibraltar to Alexandria while two armored cruisers move through the Suez Canal to the Red Sea to guard vessels at ports where Russian cruisers have halted British ships. Officials say Britain aims to end Russian interference and prevent further molestation of British vessels.
Directore T. J. Matlock E. M. Shutt J. M. Hagar serve as district leaders with Clerk L. W. Briggs listed.
General Kuropatkin reports heavy losses after the Mo Tien pass attack on July 17. He notes that Kureki’s army may have been reinforced and highlights Japanese forces occupying Wa Fankwan and nearby bluffs with strong artillery fire, while Russian troops struggle to bring field guns into action.
London dispatch reports the Woodcock and Dalmatia detained for three hours in the Red Sea by a Russian volunteer fleet steamer. The St. Petersburg’s captain warns British residents at Aden to inform the British consul at Suez and Port Said that any British ships bound for the Far East lacking clear manifest details will be seized.
Refugees from Teheran tell of cholera ravages with mortality reports as high as 900 on some days. Europeans abandon property and flee to a mountain camp. Rail stations face near starvation while the government closes the frontier to prevent disease spread.
The Milwaukee line, known as the Great Railway, runs Pioneer Limited trains daily between St. Paul and Chicago and Omaha and Chicago with air line connections. Luxurious coaches, electric lights, and steam heat. Tickets read via The Milwaukee to any U. S. or Canadian point. sold by all agents.
Address for information is 3 W Caeser Trev. Pass Agent Portland Oregon HH 8 bows.
General Davis, governor general of the Panama canal zone, asks the Panama Canal Commission for 100000 yards of steel galvanized wire gauze to bar mosquitoes. He says it could be the largest order of mosquito netting ever and urges a 17 mesh per square inch specification.
Sir Frederick Borden, minister of militia, advances a contract with an English firm led by Sir William Armstrong to build an Ottawa ammunition factory capable of producing 20,000,000 rounds annually.
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