Current Events Of The Week
Philadelphia’s registration is 17 208 less than four years ago Turks prepare for war with Balkan states California women suffragists held first political convention by women A revenue cutter in San Francisco bay fired on a smuggling launch Taft's Vermont vacation entertained by Lincoln’s son Prosecutions in dynamite cases planned to blow up Panama locks Capture of Leon Nicaragua kills eight wounded four rebel losses over 50 Postal inspectors recover part of $200 000 stolen from Havana to New York Cuban journalist Enrique Mara sentenced to two and a half years Mrs Marguerite Field’s neighbors raise new house after fire A Cleveland court clerk to summon jury of ball players for winter service First farm survey west of Rockies in Willamette Valley Oregon Aviator Walsh killed attempting spiral glide in Tren ton N J Runaway streetcar in Pittsburg causes deaths and injuries Train wreck in Connecticut kills eight and injures many Railroads expect heavier colonist travel to Coast Ely mines close for winter due to strike Bulgarian troops cross frontier battle with 400 killed Vancouver board of health bans public drinking cups and glasses.
Seattle Markets Prices for Wheat and Farm Goods
A listing of local dealer purchasing prices in Seattle for grains meats produce and fruit. Wheat and corn prices per ton or bushel are shown alongside eggs poultry butter dressed meats and a wide range of produce including almonds peppers cabbage onions and tomatoes with varied per unit and per box rates.
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Seattle
Washington
Yakima
Aweet
California
New Jersey
Aviator Sets Mark in Endurance Flight at Annapolis
Navy lieutenant John H. Towers piloted a hydroaeroplane for 6 hours 10 minutes 5 seconds near Annapolis to set a new endurance record surpassing Paul Peck though not official as the course was not measured. Towers started at 6 06 a m and landed after 1 p m with 42 gallons remaining.
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Annapolis
John H. Towers
Navy Aviation Corps
Paul Peck
Towers
Peck
American Aero Club
Aviation Field
Missing Havana to New York Mail Pouch $200,000
New York post office inspectors from two countries and private detectives probe the disappearance of a registered mail package containing 200000 from Havana to the National Park Bank. The loss was found late last week and it is unclear whether the package vanished in Havana aboard the ship or on the transfer in New York.
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New York
Secret Service
W. J. Burns Detective Agency
Havana
National Park Bank
Post Office
Mrs Sage buys Bird Isle to create migratory bird refuge
New York announces Mrs Russel Sage purchased Marsh Inland off Louisiana coast for a bird refuge to be dedicated in perpetuity. Plans for administration undecided whether federal state or a private association will run it. Island cost about $150000, about 75 000 acres, 18 by 9 miles, 200 miles SE of New Orleans. Birds to receive absolute protection from poachers.
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New York
Russel Sage
Louisiana
Mra. Sage
Gulf
New Orleans
Ice Invasion Predicted by Cornell Scientist
Ithaca N Y March 12 Professor Nathaniel Schmidt of Cornell history argues the earth is in an inter glacial period and humans must marshal all knowledge to fight advancing ice He cites Swiss discoveries of four glaciation periods and Professor Winchell of Minnesota who linked Kansas to the same cycles asserting global contemporaneity of glacial ages.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Alto
Nathaniel Schmidt
History Department
Cornell
Switzerland
Winchell
Minnesota
Kansas
No Forest Fires in Linn County This Summer
Linn county reports a summer with no forest fires, aided by a new fire patrol association formed by timber owners. John Marrs led 21 patrolmen and lookout stations linked by telephone, with 56 miles of new trails and 60 miles of lines added, plus 100 miles repaired. cost to owners was 3 cents per acre.
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Albany
Linn County
New Fire Patrol Association
John Marrs
Lacomb
Government Forest Service
Vale Project Secures Funds for Bully Creek Irrigation
D M Brogan reports Eastern funds approved to build the Bully Creek irrigation dam two miles above Westfall. Work to begin soon with contractor from Boise. The project will serve about 40 000 acres of new arid land near Vale, with 20 000 acres already subscribed. The railroad boost should make Vale a busy Eastern Idaho center.
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Bully Creek
D. M. Brogan
Rigby
Brogan
Boise
Westfall
Vale
Recon
Electric line promised for Grande Ronde valley
Citizens of La Grande and the Grande Ronde valley welcome a proposed electric line to connect La Grande Cove Imbler Alicel and Island City. A secret survey from La Grande to Cove to Imbler and back hints the Boise and Idaho Interurban lines may back the project. Extensions to Summerville and Elgin are contemplated as possible bids for the line.
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la Grande
Grand Ronde
Cove
Imbler
Alicel
Island City
Boise and Idaho Interurban Lines
Summerville
Elgin
Logging Road Near Ready For Big Creek and Crossett Holders
Astoria C L Houston reports completion of about five miles of railroad from tide water to Knappa for the Big Creek Logging company. Camps are established with men felling timber, ready to haul logs in about a month. Crossett owns about 2.5 billion feet of timber in the district, enough for 50 years at 50 million feet annually.
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Astoria
C. L. Houston
Big Creek Logging Company
Tide Water
Knappa
Crossett Timber Company
Crossett Company
Salem’s rail company seeks injunction and tariff change
Salem and Sumpter Valley Rail Road Co files injunctive suit to block the railroad commission from enforcing its order cutting passenger and freight tariffs. It petitions to modify the commission’s order, favoring the Scribner scale for lumber instead of Spaulding and requesting weight-based rates for logs instead of measurement.
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Salem
Sumpter Valley Railroad Company
Railroad Commission
State Railroad Commission
Lske
Navy officers balk at new uniform order seeking congressional control
Washington DC naval officers protest a department order mandating new uniforms costing 300 to 500 dollars each. They call the change financially burdensome and plan to push a congressional bill to require explicit authority before any uniform changes.
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Washington, D. C
Department
Congress
Yukon River Steamship Service to Reach Fairbanks Next Year
Seattle President Dickeson of White Pass & Yukon railway announces the Yukon River steamship service, now running White Horse to Dawson, will continue next year to Fairbanks, Alaska. Fairbanks residents appeal to President Taft and Secretary MacVeagh to make Fairbanks a sub port of entry.
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Dickeson
The
White Pass & Yukon Railway
Yukon River Steamship Service
White Horse
Dawson
Yukon Territory
Fairbanks
Alaska
Taft
Treasury
MacVeagh
Mohler Returns After 110000 Fish Distributed Nearby
Mohler of Oregon City who left in May completed government fish distribution across 90 lakes. He delivered 110 000 fish in a trip covering over 60 miles with only five deaths, despite hardships. The government praised the effort and called the voyage very satisfactory.
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Oregon City
Mohler
Florida Citrus Crop Set to Ship 7 Million Boxes
Reports from Washington note Florida will ship 7,000,000 boxes of citrus this season, with grapefruit comprising more than half. The move will require 23,000 railroad cars to transport the harvest.
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Washington, D. C
Florida
Grange backs constitutional amendment in November vote
Blue Mountain Grange No. 845 adopted a resolution opposing excessive initiative use and urging a majority vote by all electors at any election to amend the constitution. The group endorsed the so called majority amendment to be decided in November.
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la Grande
Blue Mountain Grange
Grange
Contract let for second unit of Klamath Falls project
The second unit contract for the U S reclamation project at Klamath Falls has been awarded after bids opened August 20 and sent to Washington. The interior secretary completed the award. Only limited work may occur this fall to meet the December 31 1912 10 percent excavation requirement. Seven schedules cover over 300 000 cubic yards. The Reclamation Service builds the Lost river steel flume and the canal link from the main canal end. the flume structure is completed and steel is on site.
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Klamath Falls
United States
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Interior
Lost River
Reclamation Service
Old Land's Yield Large on Clover Seed Farm
Ed Meeker, ex-county recorder of Linn county, reports a remarkable clover seed yield of 11 bushels per acre on 104 acres seven miles north of Albany. The land is part of an old donation claim previously taken up by John Meeker, father of the current owner.
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Albany
Ed Meeker
Linn County
John Meeker
Linn County Apples Abundant This Season
Albany Linn county fruit inspectors estimate a total marketable apple yield near 20 000 bushels, five to six times the 1911 level. Last year was light. this season shows a good average yield though the county’s prone crop remains light at about 25 to 80 percent of normal with some orchards at half an average harvest.
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Linn County
Albany
Rumbaugh
Magone Strawberries Marketed in Oregon City
Splinter of Maple Lane marketed Magone strawberries in Oregon City. He brought 17 boxes raised on his half acre farm with other land planted to different berries and fruit. The price received was 123 cents per box.
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Oregon City
A. Splinter
Maple Lane
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