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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
2
A weekly roundup of global events from rail rate cuts in Minnesota to plots against leaders. Reports include Warsaw bombing injuries, police corruption probes, mass resignations, and looming conflicts in Europe and the Americas.
In Bronx City Iowa on August 21 hot winds and a week of heat have damaged late grain and corn. Temperatures 90 to 100 degrees dry conditions from South Dakota to the region have left corn tassels tender and kernels vulnerable. Expected losses range from 5 to 10 percent with greater impact in drier districts.
Aug 21 report from Valparaiso Chile describes a major quake at 7:52 pm with 82 aftershocks that night. Most buildings burned or damaged, with estimated losses near 250 million dollars and about 2000 fatalities. Surrounding towns Vina del Mar Quillota Quiriba Santa Limache were destroyed. The railways failed. food scarce. people shelter in hills parks and streets as cold rain follows.
Cable dispatches from Santiago indicate the August earthquake caused severe damage but few deaths. Valparaiso is reported in ruins and on fire, with rail and telegraph lines interrupted. Communications remain limited and dates of the dispatches are uncertain.
Oregon reports show a drouth and poor cultivation reducing the forthcoming hop harvest. Last year yielded about 112000 bales and this year forecasts range 100000 to 120000 bales, with early hopes of 140000. About 80000 bales are tied up by contracts and many growers who did not tend yards face losses. Despite shorter output, employment for pickers remains available as a top crop is expected.
Tillamook reports a bumper hay crop with fine weather in the past month. Barns are filled to capacity and feed abundance is expected next winter for dairy herds. The dairy industry is growing annually and dairymen prosper, growing their own feed and relying on green pasture.
A. Lowell announces the Oregon Irrigation Association convention will be held October 11 and 12 in Hood River. The event coincides with the biennial fruit fair, with Hood River hosting and preparations underway for a large Eastern delegation.
Pendleton J B McDill county poor farm superintendent reports the second alfalfa crop will reach about 180 tons. A limestone crust about a foot below the surface hindered root growth and moisture retention, but dynamite breaking of the crust proved successful.
General W. E. McCaskey, commander of the Texas department, recommends to the War department that negro troops at Brownsville and along the Rio Grande be withdrawn immediately. The plan also suggests leaving the Twenty-fifth Infantry battalion without garrison in the interim before relief can arrive.
San Francisco August 21 officials warn a citywide halt of construction on major buildings after hoisting engineers refuse further work unless wages rise from five dollars a day by one dollar. Contractors rejected the demand, threatening a general stoppage effective tomorrow.
Plans call for Grand Ronde Water Company to build a $2,000,000 irrigation system across Grand Ronde and Indian valleys and parts of Wallowa county. Water from the Big Minam would also power lighting, with a 34 mile main canal and 60 miles of laterals. Final surveys proceed, construction to start after completion.
The quarterly exam for teachers' certificates was held in Eugene last week under County Superintendent W. B. Dillard with Professors Arnold Baughman and Martin. Sixty one applicants sought county certificates and several state papers. Dillard reports a smaller class than average and predicts teacher shortages countywide this fall.
State Land Agent Oswald Weat concludes the Blue Mountain forest reserve land would save the state $1,000,000 if buyers relinquish their claims. The land, bought from the state at $1.25 per acre, could yield $7.50 per acre as a base.
Earl F. Cranston sold 720 acres in Powder valley near Baker City to Brown Phillipe and Geddes of Baker Packing for 35000. The deal includes this year's crop estimated at 5000. Five years earlier the land was government property bought for two dollars an acre when it was scrub desert.
President Leon Cohen of the District Fair Association announced that Salem approved a $1500 appropriation for Pendleton’s fair to fund cash prizes for educational agricultural horticultural and stock exhibits. An additional $250 in printed advertising materials will be produced by the state printing office for the September event.
First load of coke for the Takilma Smelter has left town. Captain J. M. McIntire reports many hauling teams are available as teams prefer coke and matte to lumber. From now until rain halts work, large freight teams will haul coke to the smelter and return with matte. A five day round trip.
A. Smythe & Sons of Arlington sold 18 000 head of mutton sheep at 3 50 each to Oxman in Chicago, the maximum price. The deal totals 63 000 dollars with Smythe & Lone to winter about 26 000 head next season.
Lima Peru Aug 21 reports say Villa del Mar Petorea Hierro Viejo Lailai Banta Roca de Los Andes Nogales Melon and Zoupallar in Chile have been destroyed by the quake.
Oregon City board of trade seeks a cement factory site on the Coast after correspondence with a Kansas City Missouri producer. The plant would employ over 250 workers with a monthly payroll near 25000 dollars. Efforts to secure the facility for Oregon City are under way.
Readable prices for wheat, hay, fruits, vegetables, dairy, poultry, and meat are listed. Includes No 1 white feed $26 and other grain values, orchard fruit boxes, crate prices for melons, fresh vegetables, eggs, butter, and livestock meats with per pound figures.
Reports from Valparaiso after the August earthquake show conflicting fatality and loss estimates with figures ranging from about 500 to 2,000 dead and up to 250 million dollars in property damage. Refugees flood Santiago as railways fail and relief efforts begin amid widespread panic and hardship.
Washington reports July commercial receipts from the Alaskan cable and telegraph lines reached 24000 dollars, surpassing all prior months. The project, directed by Captain Henry W. Stamford, will duplex the system with the Burnside carrying 200 miles of new cable to extend from Sitka to Juneau Cape Fanshaw, Wrangel, Hadley, and Ketchikan, targeting completion before November 1 barring bad weather.
Samuel Byerly, once a junior clerk at American Express and notable for his bid to take $6,800,000 in Panama canal bonds, has become vice president of the Abram White Bond Company. He profited about $25,000 from his Panama bond allotment and has sailed to Europe to establish branches and European ties for the new firm.
In Petersburg Aug 20, seventeen sailors from the cruiser Pamyat Asova who rose against officers on Aug 2 were executed at Reval along with an agitator. Twelve sailors received hard labor sentences, while 13 were sent to disciplinary battalions, 15 faced penalties, and 84 were acquitted. Three civilians connected to the mutiny were handed to civil authorities for trial.
An earthquake has destroyed one third of Valparaiso and killed about 600 people. Quillota Vina del Mar and Limache are reported completely destroyed. Entertaining Secretary Root will be canceled due to national mourning in Chile.
A Chilean earthquake devastates Valparaiso with hundreds killed and many buried. Fire spreads through the business district as chaos and panic grip the city and surrounding areas. Telegraphs and railways fail while Santiago’s fate remains uncertain.
At a Union Pacific executive committee meeting in New York the railroad said no dividend announcement would be made. The year ending June 30 showed gross transportation receipts of 67 281 542, up 7 956 593, with expenses and taxes 36 963 773 up 5 101 059 and a surplus of 42 201 844 up 6 416 337. After preferred stock dividends, the remaining balance was 25 219 812. betterments and repairs were 2 206 619. The Southern Pacific results: gross receipts 105 619 110 up 7 478 531. expenses and taxes 70 586 649 up 4 993 029. surplus 21 560 712 up 9 128 740. after preferred dividends balance 18 790 833. betterments and equipment 2 117 286.
F P Warner of the Manila bureau of prisons returned to the United States aboard the Dakota. He reports health authorities in the Philippines have halted the cholera scourge, with only 13 Manila cases from June 1 to his departure. He also notes 4,000 prisoners at Presidio, Manila, of whom 100 are Americans or English.
Collector of Customs Stranahan held an examination on a Porto Rican Commercial Agency complaint alleging fraudulent coffee clearance declarations. A boy presented hundreds of bags labeled as coffee and red beans but omitted the word coffee in the manifest.
In Constantinople the sultan orders the release of all prisoners who have completed two-thirds of their sentences as a gesture after his health recovery. This imperial act frees inmates across the empire and signals a return to public stability.
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