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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1911
Page
3
A Knox racing car driven by Lee Oldfield jumped the track at the State Fair circuit after Taft left. It crashed through fencing into spectators, killing nine and injuring 14 as the 160 mile event ended. The wet track is blamed. officials report several may die.
Honolulu reports describe a giant lava bubble inflated by gas from the earth’s center that carried a black crust island across a fiery lake at Halemaumau. Scientist Frank A. Perret and two Japanese assistants photographed the event as a sausage shaped floating mass with a rotating lava fountain. The sight, lasting briefly, may never be seen again.
Premier Peter A Stolypin died Monday from bullet wounds after a gala performance at Kiev Municipal Theatre. He remained conscious most of the night and spoke of lifting lights as he died with relatives and officials nearby. Authorities moved to protect Jews as 000 troops reinforced Kiev to prevent rioting.
President Taft accepted an invitation to visit Seattle and attend a Seattle Press Club event. A Chinook jargon invitation addressed Copa Tyee Taft was mailed to him. Postmaster George F. Russell delivered it to Beverly, Massachusetts.
Felix Devlin, 22, fell into a vat of boiling water in the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific roundhouse at Limon. Railroad officials disrupted schedules to rush him to Denver for treatment, but he died after being rescued alive for a time.
Mayor Gaynor responds to a Kansas resident asking for a wife with a witty caution about seeking a spouse far from home. He warns that going far for a wife may lead to deception and questions the suitor's own appeal.
Police report anarchist groups are regrouping in St. Petersburg after two years since the Azell exposure revealed his dual role as Socialist leader and police spy. Officials warn of renewed terrorism as violence surfaces including the murder of Alexander Skopinsky, an assistant public prosecutor, on a train near Simferopol, and the killing of the 18-year-old son of Commander Kurosh of the cruiser Admiral Makaroff, in Oger. A threatening letter linked to Riga and Helsingfors factions preceded the latter assassination.
In Leadvilled Colorado a wood carved Finnish note tied to the Morning Star mine hoist reveals three miners are buried 350 feet below after a cave-in. Rescue teams work in short shifts lowering food and coffee while an iron pipe is driven through the rubble to aid freeing them.
The report details crop losses in multiple valleys and counties. Prunes head toward a reduced harvest while hops suffer from wind and rain damage. Oats, vetch, and wheat rot in sacks, with only a fraction threshed. Pickers face harsh weather, causing labor shortages and likely bonuses.
In Pendleton area, auto ownership has surged among grain growers with over 400 machines. large cars favored for hills and roads. A Good Roads association, formed two years ago by auto owners, drives highway improvements, including macadam roads, straw usage in summer, and permanent bridges.
Fruit from Sam's Valley orchards shows peaches weighing three quarters of a pound in local markets. Varieties include Mairs and Chairs Choice. Miller orchard plans to ship 1000 boxes to Portland. local price at best is five cents per pound. Grapes from local vineyards appear with high quality but limited crop.
Nine large storage tanks at the Hercules Oil Refining plant between Los Angeles and Vernon were destroyed by fire starting Monday night. Firefighters fought to save other tanks as the blaze damaged oil worth a half million dollars. officials fear remaining oil could be consumed by the flames.
A Ketchikan cannery built on harbor piles collapsed during a furious gale. The entire building plus 200000 cans of salmon were swept into the water, causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. The cannery belonged to the Fidalgo Island Packing company.
C C Clark, a 1870 Oregon Agricultural College graduate from Corvallis, now supervises large holdings of the British Columbia Land and Water Co at Kamloops. The firm farms 350 acres with a significant fruit planting while Clark previously served as horticulturist for British Columbia's department of agriculture before moving to Kamloops.
The Shinyo Maru, a Japanese triple-crew turbine liner, docked after its first voyage to San Francisco carrying silk valued at 2,000,000 dollars and 376,000 dollars in gold, adding to the growing trans-Pacific fleet.
Portland firm W A Bowers and associates of Elwood Ind purchased the 100 acre farm of Lorenzo Sleepy near Talent in Jackson county for 15000. The tract lies in a noted fruit district and the new owners plan to develop it and plant a commercial orchard.
Brooks Hops section shows most yards picked with a few remaining unpicked areas and a report of mold formation in the field.
Benton County Salem Benton County won the capital prize of 300 dollars for the best county exhibit at the State fair for the fourth time in succession. The display was arranged by W. F. Groves and financed by the Corvallis Commercial club. Other winners included Clackamas 250, Polk 200, Columbia 150, Clatsop 100, and Coos 100. The exhibit focused on fruits and vegetables and balanced colors aided judging by I. L. Smith of Spokane.
William McMurray, Harriman lines agent, urged Oregon to craft an appealing speech and vivid pictures to persuade up to one million people to settle in the West. He highlighted favorable climate, strong regional brotherhood, and abundant crops from affordable horticultural lands bought now.
Lebanon suffered a major hail and wind storm with damage estimated at no less than 10000 dollars. Nearly every house reported broken windows and many properties damaged including Mayor Reeves home which had ten panes broken. Crops and fruit were ruined and telephone lines were severely crippled, hindering extent assessment.
Prospects for an average prune crop in Albany area look decent despite recent rains. Crop losses are not expected to be great unless rains continue. Hop yields are about 25 percent below normal in the few yards, with harvested hops reportedly satisfactory but in-yard hops at risk from further rain.
George Mottett of Walla Walla was fined 87.50 for hunting four grouse before the season opened in Umatilla county Oregon. Moments earlier Tom Vaughan, a noted Umatilla Indian, paid 78.80 for a deer hunting privilege before the season opened.
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