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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
2
The Longworths return from Europe amid global turmoil and political shifts in Poland Britain and Turkey. Bank troubles in Milwaukee and Chicago unfold with indictments and reforms. Panama Canal population and finance figures emerge and Vladimir era tensions rise with Russia and Armenia. Roosevelt third-term talk and assorted financial intrigues frame a turbulent week.
San Francisco August 14 rebuilding has begun with vigor as insurers face a $560 million total claims bill. So far $50 million has been paid 20 cents on the dollar of policyholders’ totals. Most suits are test cases to challenge clauses and determine what is truly owed while a large organizational effort presses for fair settlement.
St Petersburg reports Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch refused the offer to lead all imperial troops amid martial law. The decision may be linked to the Krasnoye-Selo assassination attempt and his view that such a post belongs to a military man, with General Linievitch as alternative. Terrorist activity in provinces includes an attack on General Karatelieff and the wounding of Captain Ivanoff in Libau.
The fourth annual conference of United States Reclamation service engineers will meet in Boise Idaho from September 8 to 14 during the irrigation congress. Engineers and West figures will discuss administration economics and project methods with brief papers on cost keeping design construction and operation.
The Sveaborg mutineers trial opened, with Lieutenants Kochanovsky and Emilian, aged 20 and 21, and five soldiers found guilty and sentenced to death. They were executed and buried in a common grave. Kochanovsky’s father is a St Petersburg guards colonel. Emilianoff’s mother sought a reprieve from the emperor by telegraph, but to no avail.
Constantinople officials report the sultan suffered a week of cold symptoms but has fully recovered. Physicians caution against outdoor exposure and urge abandoning the selamlik on Friday. Local press forbidden to publish health or salamlik abandonment details.
Washington August 14 hearings will be held at the Department of Agriculture from September 17 to 23 to give food manufacturers a chance to submit suggestions for enforcing the new pure food law.
A 30 page circular by the Agriculture Department, authored by irrigation engineer A. P. Stover, surveys irrigation in Oregon. It notes arid eastern areas require irrigation, winter irrigation on Umatilla lands yields about 24 dollars per acre with alfalfa, describes Deschutes canal operations and Umatilla Maxwell and Irrigan projects, and urges economical water use for future development.
Salem reports the Oregon Supreme Court lags by about a year in Rewerk and plans, with 67 Western Oregon appeals and unknown Eastern Oregon counts awaiting trial. 84 cases on the preliminary docket promise more hearings, while recent bench changes and a heavy workload slow operations.
Salem buyers set price at one dollar per 100 pounds or fifty cents per box for hop picking, a figure likely to prevail in the valley this year. Growers at a meeting of about twenty Oregon Hop growers association members favored reaching twenty cents per unit by harvest time and supported holding out for that amount.
Dry weather hurts the hop crop in Salem, especially in old yards and poorly cultivated plots, with many predicting yields well below the 215000 bale forecast. Well cared for yards resist the drought, while potatoes and corn look good where properly cultivated and the second clover crop is progressing well.
M A Harlow reports a two acre Roy al Ann cherry orchard north of Eugene yielding 23 700 pounds this summer. Picking and marketing cost 236 dollars, net profit 712 dollars or 256 dollars per acre. He notes 20 percent loss from cold rains in January.
Albany mill stock rises as Red Crown mill receives Linn county wheat daily from the Portland Flouring Mill branch. The new heavy wheat yields well, with reports of higher bushels per acre across many localities and overall good crops in the region.
McMinnville reports harvest underway with workers in old Yamhill. Wheat yields at 23 bushels per acre, Oates at 40 bushels per acre weighing 39 pounds per bushel. Barley yields range 60 bushels per acre. Harvest days estimated from 26 to 00, the season expected to be the largest in years.
Albany reports the first season begun by a clover huller in Linn County. Frank Roth and Ernest Howard list about 1000 acres of clover to ball, promising a 40 day run and a growing clover industry as part of the county’s annual harvest.
Twenty farmers in Wasco county allege an irrigation company diverted all water from Three Mile Gate and Rock creeks depriving households and stock of supply. They ask Governor Chamberlain to start state action to protect their rights.
At a Lane County Poultry association meeting it was decided to hold the first annual poultry show in Eugene from December 12 to 15, 1906. Secretary Williams to arrange judges. County Assessor Keeney named assistant secretary.
Market prices across Portland list wheat varieties at 68 72c, hay values from 1.50 per cwt, and barley at 23.50 per ton. Fruits show apples at 50 75c a box, peaches 75c to 1, grapes omitted, and melons to 2.25 per crate. vegetables cover beans 5 7c per pound to turnips 90c per sack.
Prominent Colombian generals and officials were seized in Panama after police uncovered documents believed to prove a conspiracy to overthrow President Amador and declare Colombia's sovereignty. Amador expelled implicated Colombians and remained at public events after the arrests.
Berlin reports fear in Germany over Secretary Root's South American diplomacy. German articles claim the United States forced Brazil to grant a 20 percent tariff reduction on many American goods and warn of U S influence driving a Japanese economic presence into Brazil. The pieces urge bold German concessions while predicting a clash of interests with the United States and Japan.
After preliminary probes military and naval prosecutors decide to try over two thousand Cronstadt and Sveaborg mutineers by court martial. Emperor orders two extraordinary commissions headed by Generals Vodar and Gunderoff and Admirals Mollas and Makaro f to investigate causes and responsibility. Officers blamed may face dismissal or retirement in a broad navy and army shake up.
Fort Worth reports Paul Stensland the Chicago banker travels toward Mexico. Henry Adama, a former Chicago broker, says he rode from New Orleans with the absconder unaware his bank had failed. Stensland claims a mountain health trip.
Omaha August 13 The case of the railways against ticket scalpers in Omaha and Lincoln was decided and the injunction against the brokers granted under the relief clause. Brokers cannot traffic in reduced rate tickets. This case is part of a series against scalpers from Low Agate Salt Lake and Denver to Indianapolis St Louis and Eastern centers, all decided against them.
The Clans movement plans restoring the Preckels Mansion on Van Ness Avenue at an estimated cost of 800000 dollars. The contract terms indicate completion and readiness for occupancy within one year.
Washington bidders prepare for 2500 Chinese workers to be sent to the Isthmus for canal construction. The plan faces organized labor opposition but aims to meet urgent labor needs as Jamaicans and Spaniards prove insufficient. The commission will solicit labor agents to contract with China, ship laborers under fixed wages, and return them upon completion.
W C Brown, VP of the New York Central, toured Illinois Indiana Missouri Iowa and reports excellent crops this year. He predicts record grain harvests with Kansas set to yield about 90 million bushels of wheat and corn crops in Kansas Nebraska and Missouri reaching near record levels.
Thousands of teachers across the kingdom apply to join United States excursions planned for fall and winter. About 500 educators from kindergarten to university level may participate, with the first group of about 30 to sail for America on November 30.
Captain Truebridge of the steamship Northwestern brings a photo from an officer of the revenue cutter Perry showing a newly formed island about 50 miles west of Dutch Harbor between Castle and Fire islands. It appeared in June and is about 900 feet across.
Beacons were sighted last night in Melilla calling combatants of different tribes to assemble. Reporting suggests a conflict with the Multan forces may occur, amid rising tensions in the area.
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