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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1912
Page
2
The Supreme Court upholds the national employers liability law and Taft favors government ownership of telegraph lines. Earthquake felt in Cal and Oregon floods threaten mills. Boeing? No. (Note: This line preserves multiple items in compact form.)
Chicago retailers report butter prices rising to about 45 cents per pound with Elgin creamery butter hitting 47 cents retail and 42.4 cents wholesale, as market observers warn of further increases. Authorities consider an injunction to curb the Chicago Butter and Egg board for fixing prices amid investigations into a possible trust and market cornering.
The report lists bids and wholesale prices across grains and produce including Bluestem wheat 85c a bushel, No.1 oats $380.50 per ton, bran $23 per ton, oats and hay prices in Eastern Oregon and valley regions, butter 38c, eggs and poultry quotes, hogs and sheep values, and assorted vegetables and roots with unit prices and ton or per crate measures. Notable items include potatoes at Burbanks 90c to $1.15 per hundred, cranberries $10.31 to $11.50 per barrel, peppers 4 to 10 cents per pound, and corn at $33-$37 per ton.
Congratulatory messages from Pekin and foreign legations flood in for Premier Yuan Shi Kai after an attack raises doubts about Manchu loyalty. Observers say Yuan is key to China’s transition, while threats of intervention and unrest spread across North China.
Harriman officials relieved as a steeple jack sealed the burned Equitable building and recovered the stored record books of Union and Southern Pacific railways in the third floor vaults. The volumes list stockholders by name and address, avoiding a lengthy canvass abroad.
The speech from the throne in Stockholm announced a forthcoming bill to enfranchise women and allow them to be elected to the Riksdag on the same terms as men. All Swedes over 24 with no legal incapacity will have voting rights.
Puget Sound Cannery Packers' association reports 1911 pack valued at 29,869,000 with 21 new Alaska canneries planned for the coming season. Puget Sound silver salmon pack of 1911 was the largest on record for the species.
Gold rush erupts four miles from Minitonas Manitoba after nuggets found in fowls killed on the Elliott farm. Local stores close as keepers rush to stake claims. over 50 claims marked and many people head to the site.
Eastern brewers forming U S Brewers association plan to invest 500000 in 1912 to plant 1300 acres of hops across Oregon and California. California allotments total 1150 acres with irrigation ready for harvest, plus 200 to 250 acres in Oregon. Expected 3000 bales harvested in 1912.
Madrid reports that Jose Camalejas led a radical clash with King Alfonso over commuting a rioter’s death sentence in Cullera Calencia. The 1869-era strike tied to a plot against General Weyler and the king’s suspension of constitutional guarantees. The crisis mirrors past uses of Ferrer and the Maur cabinet as leverage.
Law rence Massachusetts reports a pause in violent outbreaks linked to a wage cut tied to a two hour reduction under the 64 hour law. Mill agents weigh a broader shutdown affecting over 26 000 workers as Everett mills close indefinitely until conditions normalize.
Governor Hunt announces early term plans including appointing a warden who will provide Christian treatment to convicts at the state penitentiary. The speech came at a banquet hosted by the Men's Forward Movement of the Presbyterian church in Globe Arizona.
Jules Vedrine flies a monoplane at the Aero drome in Pau covering 142 kilometers 150 meters in one hour to claim the world speed record beating prior marks.
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