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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1905
Page
3
A London Daily account claims Japan has gained the upper hand in the Far East prompting peace talks. Reports say Russia struggles to respond as mobilization pressures rise and officials seek terms with Britain to influence settlement.
A streetcar of the Portland Consolidated Railway overturned on a sharp curve at East Twenty-eighth and Glan streets at 7 20 am. One man died and thirty-one were injured as passengers, largely workers, were hurled from the car. Eyewitnesses said the motorman did not reduce speed before negotiating the curve.
Weston February 7 The army appropriation bill passed by Congress includes funds for improving army posts. At Vancouver Barracks planners seek new officers quarters and a guard house, with requests for four additional infantry barracks and officers residences. The measure proposes a total of about 600,000 dollars for new structures and living quarters, aiming to modernize facilities and meet military needs.
Portland February reports say the Federal grand jury, in its last week of a two month investigation, will end Saturday and reveal entanglements tied to land frauds in Oregon. Names including Representative J N Williamson and former Interior Department employees are mentioned as under scrutiny or potential indictment.
The measure authorizes the Interior Secretary to raise or lower Lake Lower Klamath and related waters under the National Reclamation Act. It allows disposal of lands acquired through such projects by cession or other means in Oregon and California. Senate acceptance of House amendments clears the way, with Senator Fulton and Chairman Mondell pivotal to passage.
Sacramento reports two senate bills signed by the governor. The Coggins bill allows lowering water levels in parts of northern lakes to aid irrigation and reclamation by the United States. It is linked to federal plans to invest 4 million dollars in the Klamath district and to irrigate 200000 acres in California and 100000 in Oregon. A second bill appropriates 70000 dollars for a California exhibit at the Lewis and Clark exposition, funding boosted by prior appropriation of 25000 dollars.
Rt. Peterburg Feb 6 General Kuropatkin has tendered to the czar his resignation of the command of the forces in the Far East. General Grippenberg had been removed from command of the Second Manchurian army at his own request after declaring he was dishonored by Kuropatkin's orders to retreat at the Hun River battle.
Fragmentary OCR text indicates a land sale notice from Aberdeen County Washington referencing a purchase of a parcel near Beetion Ne. The readable portions mention land tied to a transaction dated around 194 and a likely public sale action, but details are obscured.
Public notices announce timber land and land entries in Roseburg Oregon. Names witness witnesses include J Rogers W Frankin and S Baum with dates set to November 6 1804. Claims must be filed before the stated deadlines and dates with the Register J T Bridges Cannon Roseburg Oregon.
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