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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
7
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The state outlines campaign finance rules including limits on expenditures and the need to file accounts within January. It emphasizes transparency for candidates and managers and sets spending ceilings for primaries and general elections, aiming to curb corruption.
Citizens discuss financing river mouth improvements by issuing county bonds west of mountain range to build jetties at the Stuslaw river mouth. Plan envisages $100,000 start, national gov support, 25 cents per thousand lumber tax, sinking fund later to retire bonds, with costs borne by directly benefiting industries.
The Calapoola Line railroad project up the river from Brownsville is surveyed with work expected soon. The line will start from South Brownsville and extend about 20 miles to Holley, opening a vast timber belt and bringing great benefit to the town as river traffic resumes.
Albany actions prompt merchants and shippers to move eastern orders away from Pacific routes. The council seeks a railroad commission order to block a depot change, pushing NY shippers to reroute shipments via an alternative line not owned by the same company.
A community group plans a July Fourth event in Condon with an old fashioned celebration. The program features a parade broncho riding and baseball, plus carnival elements and committee efforts to organize the day.
Chosen at Milton, E. Young is appointed principal of the school after the directors notified the Trustee Board of the position. R. J. Davies was engaged by the directors and notified of the appointment.
A 40 foot section of the main Umatilla irrigation canal near Pendleton washed out due to seepage undermining the soil and a nearby railroad line. Government engineers will complete cement work at an estimated cost of 21 100 dollars. Trains have run slowly as workers secure the area and水 will be turned off during repairs on the O BR and WN track.
In the country south of Huntington officers chase a band of horse thieves active in Malheur county. The group, suspected of planning to reach a transcontinental railroad via Baker or Haker counties, has caused numerous horse losses. Rumor says the gang, once pardoned by Governor Chamberlain, has reorganized and resumed their prior methods.
Marshfield reports oil activity spreading in Coos county as crude oil is said to have been struck near Bandon and gas found in multiple locations. Investigations by Oi men and quiet options by corporations and individuals indicate extensive borings and large preparations around Coos Bay.
Governor Chamberlain says there was no question of his election and expresses gratitude to the people for the tribute accorded him. He credits the result to Statement No. 1 and notes the strong Republican majority, suggesting adherence to the principle could have changed the outcome.
Hundreds of excursionists attended as the head gates of the Umatilla irrigation project opened at Hermiston. An excursion train of six coaches carried a large group of business leaders and farmers from Hermiston and delegations from Milton Freewater Weston and Athena.
The Oregon railroad commission orders a hearing in Monmouth on June 15 at 1 30 P M to consider the Southern Pacific freight depot proposal.
The Portland Markets list broad commodity prices including Wheat-Chile around 90 cents a bushel and various wheat types, oats and barley values per ton, hay in multiple valleys, butter, eggs, and dairy prices, along with fruits such as apples strawberries and apricots, potatoes, onions, peppers, and hops with regional notes for Eastern Oregon and the Willamette Valley.
Northern Pacific will complete the right of way for the Point Defiance line and close Portland cut-off deals. Attorney Charles Murray joins NP legal department to oversee closing of the Point Defiance deals. The tunnel and line will be built jointly by Northern Pacific and Great Northern as the north bank road reaches Vancouver and pushes toward Tacoma.
Physicians and representatives from 50 hospitals and charitable groups joined Health Commissioner Darlington at the department of health to combat infant death rates this summer. The plan splits bureaus into districts to avoid overlap and posts milk depots, nurses, and mothers instruction cards distributed widely.
New York reports the Cunard line will receive a 750000 dollar annual subsidy for the Lusitania and Mauretania after Britain announced in parliament that the ships met the required 244 knots per hour for a trans Atlantic round trip. Mauretania averaged 24.86 westbound and 24.42 eastbound. Lusitania averaged 24.83 westbound and 23.62 eastbound.
Judge Kunkel in Dauphin County Court refused to take the capitol case to the jury. All five defendants will stand trial. Ex Attorney General Hensel opened defense denying collusion or falsity in the capitol construction measures and pledged to prove the system proper and saving for the state.
In Teheran reports say over 200 Christian Armenians were massacred by Kurds near Urumiah. Urumiah city is besieged as Kurdish tribesmen pillage a wide surrounding district. The frontier crisis fuels talk of possible war with Russia.
In the 1905 Hearst McClellan election recount in New York seven boxes from the first assembly district show Hearst gaining four votes. After day’s recanvassing, totals add 20 more for Hearst. A total of 48 boxes recounted yields Hearst a net gain of 107 votes.
Seventeen overland Burlington and Northern Pacific trains are blocked by disastrous washouts in the Northwest. Nine trains stalled at Livingston, five at Drummond, and three at Missoula as traffic remains tied up since Saturday night.
A man arriving from Munich, Germany, proclaims himself the real John Alexander Dowie and says the late Zion City founder was his brother who adopted the Dowie name in boyhood. He intends to establish a church of Moses in Chicago.
In Washington on May 30 the La Follette filibuster ends after a lengthy stand in the senate as the currency bill passes 43 to 2. The house approves multiple measures including life-saving provisions, pensions for Texas volunteers, and compensation for government employees injured on duty.
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission confirmed no new tariffs were filed by July 1 as required a month in advance. The planned increases beginning July 11, debated after a trunk line meeting in New York, appear abandoned due to sustained newspaper coverage. Shippers credit press publicity for the victory.
Washington reports Treasury officials state the new currency law does not ban clearing house certificates and no emergency currency will be issued unless a crisis arises. They note the department is ready to issue 500000 in emergency notes to banks applying under regulations.
The postmaster general announced an agreement reducing trans Atlantic letter postage from 5 cents to 2 cents per letter after October 1. The rate applies between the United States and England Ireland and Scotland and promises substantial savings as cross ocean mail grows.
United Press dispatch reports Panama unrest with 200 additional marines ordered to the isthmus to protect property and aid order during the coming election. A large group of sailors may be moved between the Atlantic fleet if conditions do not improve before voting.
Frank H. Hitchcock, Taft campaign manager, will travel to Chicago to address the national committee on contest seats. He met today with President Roosevelt at the White House and later with Mr. Tait to discuss strategy.
The Honduran foreign minister, complying with the state department request, orders the arrest of F. G. Bailey former president of the Export Shipping Company New Jersey and detains the steamer Goldborough and her cargo in a San Salvador dispatch dated Wednesday.
American chargé d affaires in Caracas reports seven plague cases since May 24 when La Guayra port reopened. Two fatalities confirmed and one death listed in Caracas. Daily bulletins track plague conditions.
Oklahoma Senator Thomas P. Gore, blind since childhood, began a course of treatment today at the Episcopal Eye Ear and Throat Hospital in Washington under Dr. William Holland Wilmer, hopeful that his sight may be restored.
Washington reports the Panama presidential race advancing to July and prompting the U.S. to deploy about 600 American marines to voting sites. Minister Squiers will report on developments and may answer questions about alleged pro candidacy bias before sailing home tomorrow.
The House wood pulp and paper investigation committee will resume work during the congressional recess. Chairman Mann aims to collect census and Commerce data, appoint subcommittees to visit mills nationwide, and possibly tour Canada. The panel seeks testimony and follow up with publishers and manufacturers who did not respond.
Hale presents a statement of appropriations to Congress showing 1909 revenues at about 878.1 million dollars and next year expenditures near 952.1 million, yielding a 26.0 million surplus after subtracting 1909 deficit charges and canal bond provisions.
Secretary Metcalf alleges Adams Express and Northern Pacific and other carriers gauged the government by charging 40 cents per 100 too much for merchandise to the Bremerton navy yard. The dispute centers on a $1500 amount and serves as a test case to fix rates.
Washington reports supporters insist the ocean mail bill remains alive after the House failed to adopt it by 145 to 153. Backers say the measure passed the Senate March 20 without a division and was sustained in the post office bill 46 to 12, predicting a decisive victory next December.
Secretary Root selects the U S Tokio exposition commission for 2012 with Francis B. Loomis as commissioner general and Frederick J V Skiff and a Minnesota judge as other members.
Senator Bourne expects to sail for Europe soon to join his wife on a world tour. His colleagues say he will depart before the Chicago convention, but attempts to confirm the report have failed.
About 200 Annapolis mids yearly class graduate next Friday. One hundred eleven are ordered to report to the Atlantic fleet in San Francisco July 1. The mids look forward to a voyage to the Far East and back via the Suez Canal and the Atlantic.
In Falls Mont, three youths aged 15 to 17 plus a 16 year old accomplice confessed to the Great Northern stockyard robbery. Albert Hatch led the plan and actions including forcing the conductor to collect fares. They planned the crime two nights prior and considered a second hold-up on No 236 before Hatch’s threat deterred the attempt.
Birmingham June 2 A 52000 ton steel rails order valued at 1456000 from the Illinois Central to Tennessee Iron and Coal marks a major post depression contract. The deal follows only Pennsylvanias large order and promises new mills in Tennessee and Alabama with work for over two thousand skilled men. It aims to lift southern business activity and circulating money.
A Brussels dispatch to the Petit Journal claims the Red Star steamer Vaderland was wrecked in dense fog with 1600 passengers aboard. Lloyds has not confirmed the report. Earlier, three North Sea collisions were reported and Dover Ostend mail packet passengers sighted a vessel on Goodwin Sands.
New York report says no official confirmation of the Vaderland wreck is available. Red Star Line offices closed. Vaderland scheduled to sail Antwerp May 30 bound for New York and was due to reach Dover Sunday without any arrival report by Sunday night.
In Dover a 24 hour fog caused multiple wrecks with the British steamer Queenswood towed to harbor after a collision with the Spanish Bermeo which began leaking. A Hamburg bound Loanda crew member reports colliding with an unknown vessel near the harbor.
The two day city meet drew several thousand spectators. Ralph Hamlin equaled the coast record for 80 miles on a circular track by driving 50 miles in 57 minutes and 43 seconds in a 42 horsepower six cylinder car. He set the mark during the last 50 miles of the 100 mile race and repeated the time today.
Ely Nevada June 2 reports a heavy snow storm dropping about a foot of snow overnight. The storm was widespread from Ely to Cobre and affected the surrounding region with significant snowfall and travel disruption.
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