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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1903
Page
2
A wide range of reports notes tensions with Russia and Japan edging toward war while diplomacy staggers. Other items include Roosevelt pushing forest reserve power, land fraud probes, and public land reforms.
The monthly report shows collections of internal revenue for September 1908. Total receipts were 177 9985 dollars, with various taxable categories contributing to the aggregate.
Reports from Butte recount a rich gold discovery on Owl Creek near Hamilton. Miles Romney, mayor of Hamilton, describes vast veins, surface ore chunks, and a potential for a thousand stamps yearly. over a hundred claims have been staked as investors form a company with a $50 million capital and twenty men at work.
Five hundred citizens attend a mass meeting in Ogden Utah on October 24 to organize a Citizens League vigilance group. More than 100 men sign a call to act against suspected criminals, with Mayor Glasmann backing and orders to begin operations at once.
Washington report shows steerage arrivals reach 857046 with total aliens reaching 921315 for 1908. Italy leads arrivals at 230622, with Austria Hungary Russia and Germany following. Japan tops Asia at 19968. Rejections total 8760. concerns about alien colonies in cities cited as threat to national security.
Butte Montana reports the Amalgamated Copper company preparing for a months long halt as pumps stop in major mines. Officials decline to estimate duration, hinting six to eight months or more. Citizens aim to urge a rapid Supreme Court hearing on the Boston & Montana receivership appeal to pressure a reversal. Indignation grows as business halts until the receivership issue is settled.
Reports from Jafer Coal New York dated Oct 26 indicate keen competition for Welch coal heightening pessimism about the far east situation. The Herald dispatch from London says the British admiralty has sought to charter at Conti.
A sailing vessel South Portland struck a reef in fog last evening, sinking rapidly after 25 aboard and 14 passengers were aboard. Six survivors clung to a raft and were carried south by current while most crew and passengers perished.
President Roosevelt issues a proclamation calling both houses to meet in Washington on November 9 to consider approval of the Cuba United States reciprocal commercial convention. Public notice requests all eligible members of the Eighth Congress to take notice.
The Chefoo Herald reports Russians protest the United States treaty opening Mukden to world commerce. St. Petersburg will lodge a protest and deny the port will ever begin. Novos Krai in Port Arthur denounces the treaty as proof of regressive policy and Chinese concession to Russia on Manchuria.
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