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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1908
Page
7
A diverse international digest notes Servian reforms, a US speakership fight, Cuban business pauses, and Turkish irritation shaping Franco German tensions. It highlights railroad thefts, Ecuador congress wrap up, and unrest in Cuba and Mexico with political and social upheavals across nations.
Moscow indicated new lines in Bosnia and Herzegovina disputes. Russia may discuss the annexation issue at a powers conference with Austria-Hungary and others. Vienna would allow Bosnia’s status only if delegates avoid challenging its Berlin treaty terms. Negotiations continue with no clear path to agreement.
Visiting businessmen from the Pacific Coast of the United States arrived in Kobe to a highly enthusiastic reception. They toured the inland sea on a chartered steamer with provincial officials, visited dockyards and large industrial plants, and ended the day with a torchlight procession. The Americans were impressed by modern Japanese life and the cordial reception.
Berlin reports indicate Chancellor von Buelow's hold on power is near collapse as imperial newspapers regret the foreign office mishandling. The emperor supports von Buelow but the chancellor’s authority is severely damaged, possibly prompting a plea for relief.
San Francisco November 3 J D Lindsay of Nicholl Anable Lindsay New York is the backer of J J Egan whose bid to win 240 miles of street railway franchises for the city has led to a ballot measure for settlement at the polls today. Lindsay’s detail emerged through advertising pieces promising immediate construction if the right is granted.
Nov 3 reports say highwaymen operated in Bay City and San Francisco with limited gains. A lone robber held up a saloon in the Tenderloin eight men present, taking 60 dollars. Earlier a California Street holdup near the Fairmont Hotel yielded 15 dollars and a watch. Several burglaries were noted with no arrests.
In Constantinople on Nov 8 Bulgarian delegates M Liaptcheff and M Miltcheff arrived to finalize an arrangement with the Porte. They seek pecuniary compensation to Turkey for relinquishing Turkish rights in Eastern Rumelia. Liaptcheff previously oversaw the seizure of the Oriental railway.
A group of Minnesota Montana and Oregon cattlemen has leased 10000 acres of growing lent near Chilico Lake near the head of Butte lake British Columbia. Thousands of yearlings will be the stock. Bretson of Duluth outlines the arrangements. The region reports no snowfall and the cattle are kept to graze year round.
Eugene cap italist Robert McMurphey announces a new ice factory and cold storage plant in Eugene with 20 tons daily ice capacity and 6,000 storage capacity. Main building 60 by 160 feet, electric machinery, on property near Southern Pacific depot. Plant targets supplying iced fruit cars once a Weed to Eugene railroad line is completed.
The University of Oregon reports 62 thousand? students? no. 62 on record as greatest in its history with total enrollment expected to reach 600 by the second semester opening. The 521 count covers liberal arts and engineering. medicine and law would push total toward 750. Fifty three students hail from outside Oregon, with Multnomah and Lane counties leading in registrations.
A local movement seeks to route 5000 tons of Lake County freight yearly through Klamath Falls. Judge George Na land conveyed Lake View business leaders message urging competitive rates to win all shipments. The 100 mile haul could make Klamath Falls a regional distribution point for Southeast Oregon.
Over 600 men employed across camps from Huntington to the Ox Bow with the Ox Bow camp housing the largest workforce. A daily carload of supplies is handled through the Utah Construction Company camp at Nagel, where unloading and reshipment occur. The company runs an electric lighting plant at the Ox Bow while pushing one of the line’s longest tunnels, over a half mile in length.
W J Howell and John H Haak, new owners of Belknap springs near Fugene Belknap, plan to spend 150000 improving the resort. They propose county cooperation to build a McKenzie river road and would run an automobile service for the public until an electric road is completed.
A Salem dispatch notes the black tailed jackrabbit’s first appearance in the Willamette valley with Eaton and Lane counties overrun for four or five years. Gardens suffer as jackrabbits devastate outdoor plants and the terrain complicates efforts to control them.
The Carver railroad is nearly ready for ties and rails as bridge gangs place small bridges. The west branch line has connected with the main line forming a Y switch, allowing log trains to run north or south without extra switching.
The Citizens' National bank finishes its new corner Washington and Front streets building. Built of native stone, the structure is cited as among the finest banking houses in the state and will cost about 75 000 dollars, with occupancy expected in a few days.
Potatoes crop heavy as buyers from the Northwest visit fields in the Grand Ronde valley Alicel and Imbler. Carloads head to Walla Walla and Seattle calls for large shipments. Digging speeds up with frost risk looming. Prices rise with offers near one dollar per sack for stock on the cars. Northwest will absorb surplus this year.
Burns pending Interior secretary decision, many settlers move to home steads on land held by Harney Valley Improvement Co under the Carey act. Company contracted to irrigate 60 000 acres. ditches surveyed but injunction from Pacific Livestock Co halted work and the project was abandoned.
Vale insurances have been received that the forthcoming convention of the Oregon Promotion and Development association will be held in this city early in December. Vale people will plan arrangements for entertaining members and a program featuring good roads and state highways.
Eugene C E Stewart of Cottage Grove purchases the Creswell orchard crop from Dr L D Scarbrough. The 2 acre orchard supplies apples to Ray and Hatfield of New York who paid a record price for upper Willamette valley apples. Experts praise the fruit as among the finest in the Hood River and Rogue River valleys.
Agricultural department soil survey by Al J. Sweet finds the Klamath country yields about three tons per acre on average, with expert farmers achieving up to five tons. The report highlights Klamath as superior for alfalfa in the West.
Market report shows Wheat varieties at 89 to 94 cents, barley around 26 to 28.65 per ton, oats $30.50, hay by the ton from Willamette and Eastern Oregon, fruits with apples to pears priced per box or basket, cranberries by barrel, potatoes near 90 cents per hundred, and numerous vegetables with per pound or per box rates along with butter and poultry prices for regional markets. Local Oregon and Eastern Oregon notes include regional price ranges and pack sizes for produce and dairy.
The nearly finished assembly room decoration by Edwin A. Blashfield is shown in New York for a few days. It portrays Wisconsin's past with explorers and a Civil War color guard, the present with workers and prosperity figures, and the future guarded by conservation symbols among pine trees.
In Constantinople on November 2 a loyal battalion halted a mutiny by troops at the Yildiz Kiosk. Three mutineers were killed or wounded after a single volley. The Salonica regiment, aligned with the constitution, arrived, captured the rebels, and paraded them on the square. The swift action aims to deter further unrest in the garrison.
Two carloads of Finns miners from the Lake Superior district travel under a boss toward Ely Nevada to help staff the Nevada Copper Company mines. They will earn 2.50 per day on board, a lower rate than Ely wages. George C Butler, directing the party, says they are not strikebreakers but imported to meet a labor shortage and expects no union dispute.
The first squadron of the Atlantic battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry will stay at Olongapo with a celebration today and begin target practice soon. The Vermont will arrive in Manila tomorrow and other ships follow at irregular intervals. Cholera cases average three daily, mainly in outlying districts.
Los Angeles November 2 Professor J B Zerbe president of the Aero club of California reports near completion of his aeroplane He plans to fly slowly rather than fast as the secret of air ship control and expects to lift off at any desired speed within a week
In San Francisco on November 2 the Ruef jury deliberations were again incomplete. A venire of forty men was exhausted Saturday morning without reaching a verdict, and jurors were recalled to resume Monday with a fresh group to be drawn if needed.
Charles W. Morse, jailed in the Tombs, is pursuing bail and a possible appeal after a 15 year federal sentence for misapplying National Bank of North America funds and false bank entries. Alfred H. Curtis gained a suspended sentence. Morse’s lawyers seek a writ to admit bail, with a new trial likely debated.
Prominent architects and engineers warn that proposed high limits on new buildings could trigger deadly congestion in evacuations. Ernest Flagg and others cite European cities with much lower caps and oppose a 300 to 350 foot ceiling. No alderman action was taken.
Long Beach California November 7. School principal asks police to prosecute after several Burnett school pupils appeared intoxicated on school grounds. Three Japanese residents of Signal Hill were fined amid claims they supplied liquor during a Japanese Pevens celebration.
The H. M. Whitney of the Metropolitan line sank in the East river on a voyage to Bouton after a collision with Steep Rock while avoiding a tow. Vessel valued at 500000 with 300000 cargo loss. crew escaped in lifeboats and no recovery expected.
The J and P Coates company thread mills in Pawtucket Rhode Island employ 2600 men and will resume full time schedules immediately. The mills had been operating on short time since the financial depression last fall.
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