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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
6
A digest of notable events from 1907 including roosevelts political standing, battleship Mississippi commission, Sherman merger lawsuits, wars and international tensions, floods, riots, labor and crime cases, and public notices across the United States with mentions of Rockefeller and riotous events in Mississippi and Bavaria.
Washington February 4 Secretary Garfield plans to reform Interior to aid bona fide entrymen seeking homesteads on public domain. He argues land laws aim to help honest settlers and will not punish minor errors. The new annual report promises a shift from Hitchcock era toward encouraging rightful entrants.
Imperial County reports that about 50 improved claims in the Imperial valley held by nonresidents were jumped under a change in law. The general land offices commissioner rules that a claimant may take only one assignment, reversing prior practice of multiple assignments up to 320 acres. Contests are filed on many farms as mutual water companies press to present the dispute to Secretary Garfield.
The Geological Survey reports higher lumber prices and more use of fireproof systems may curb forest yields, but the national lumber cut remains high. Despite cement growth, 9 percent of building in 49 leading U.S. cities in 19th year used wood construction, not counting countless smaller towns.
In Denver on February 4 a mass meeting of union labor formed the Yellow Peril Exclusion League to curb Asiatic coolie labor entering the United States. A speaker claimed thousands of Japanese arrive as students via El Paso, led by a San Francisco figure directing operations from a Mexico City clothing agency.
Engineers Otto Werner Charles Bradley J H Van Horn T Myers and Walter E Rudolph in charge of the dry dock Dewey arrived on the transport Cook, reporting its voyage from the Atlantic coast to the Philippines. The vessel left December 28 1905 and reached Igapo July 10.
The steamer Thespis arrived from Rio Janeiro today with twenty sacks of mail for the American battle area.
Weston farmers in the Downing neighborhood near Weston, a 60 bushel wheat region with $100 an acre land, intend to build a local warehouse at Downing Station to counter exporters’ higher handling charges and unsatisfactory wheat receipts. The R and N company pledged open policy and nominal warehouse space, prompting a mass meeting as farmers organize a union and press for lower charges.
Residents in northern Benton urge redrawing Linn and Benton boundaries. They propose Linn annex one or more Benton townships across the river, trading for a Willamette crossing township near Corvallis. Plan aims to improve roads and bridge taxes benefiting both sides.
W B Andrus of the Hood River Commercial club filed the petition with the secretary of state to divide Wasco county and form Hood River county. The petition reportedly contains 10 357 signatures and consists of several pamphlets each with an artistic cover displaying three red apples on the front and a strawberry on the back.
Salem men J Frank Hughes and A Carter operate a lime plant at Gold Hill turning out 100 barrels daily. Carter returns from the kilns with news of orders from paper mills at Oregon City and Lebanon. Southern Pacific quotes 15 cents per hundred to Portland.
Reports from Linn County detail cattle and sheep wintering well as mild weather provides excellent grazing. Farmers expect no hard winter due to stable conditions and may avoid drawing on stored feed unless extreme changes occur in the coming weeks.
The Burns land office reports higher activity for the quarter ending December 31 than in 1906. Officials say 1907 was very lively since establishment and expect 1908 to be even better with improved advertising and a large influx of new settlers anticipated in spring and summer.
The committee of Portland bankers in charge of city banking reports all one million dollars in clearing house certificates issued during the recent depression have been redeemed including two hundred fifty thousand dollars in loan certificates issued to the suspended Merchants' National.
Salem official G. W. Blakeley of the state board of pharmacy tours Western Oregon gathering evidence of violations. He warns prosecutions will follow unless offenses cease.
The Horticultural Society has permanently organized as the Milton-Freewater Horticultural Society. A series of meetings will be held in Milton Tomalum Grange Ferndale and Bienkie Hall to promote horticultural education.
Over the past week Elgin and Wallowa coal regions sent multiple hog shipments to Walla and about ten loads to Troutdale. Several carloads of cattle also departed for Portland in the same period.
Members of the Willamette Valley apple league discussed orchard duties and debated a vigorous campaign against the San Jose scale. Resolutions endorsed state and county inspectors and courts to enforce laws against the pest where needed.
The Dallas cannery venture progresses with over two thirds of capital subscribed. Stock is in 100 shares of 25 each, limited to two shares per buyer. A donated site in the northern city, with construction planned for early spring, aims to expand as new trees are planted and fruit supply grows.
The final wagonload of four carloads of mining equipment reached the Indiana Mining company at North Powder 22 miles from town at the head of Grand Ronde river. The Muir mines employ 40 men to install a new concentrator with capacity of 100 tons per day and an electric hoist is being constructed for a 1 000 foot sinking operation.
Salem druggists censured after state board inspectors led by Secretary Blakeley found Salem stores not under pharmacist supervision and failing to keep required poison records. District Attorney McNary confirmed missing case records as required by law.
Citizens of Fairmount authorize an Oregon nursery to supply 1,000 trees for planting along streets of the suburb of Eugene. Trees will be placed about 50 feet apart on both sides, spanning eight miles in total.
Local poultry fanciers meeting results in a February show in The Dalles. Committees are arranging and the event will be open to all poultry enthusiasts.
Market listing from Portland shows butter at 30 to 35c a pound and poultry prices for old hens to turkeys, live and dressed. Eggs steady at 25 to 26c a dozen. veal, pork, fruit, vegetables, grains, and hay priced per various units with many regional notes and tonnage figures.
King Carlos and Crown Prince Luis Philippe were killed as they rode in an open carriage near Place de Comercio. Queen Amelie, unharmed, tended the dying king. Premier Franco’s foes were suspected, and Manuel IV survived wounds with a swift recovery expected. The royal bodies were embalmed and will lie in state with a funeral likely February 10.
Harry Kendall Thaw was adjudged not guilty by reason of insanity in the Stanford White murder case and ordered confined at Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. He was deemed a dangerous fanatic and was transported to the asylum after a long deliberation period.
The Friday tornado west of the area extended 40 miles across and has eight known dead, four fatally injured, and at least 100 seriously hurt. Authorities fear 15 to 20 may die, many likely African American residents. Property damage exceeds $300,000 and could reach $500,000 with four churches, six cotton gins and several stores crushed. Relief teams deployed as streams flood and roads littered with debris.
Kingston Jamaica February 3 English insurance firms faced two more adverse verdicts over losses from the 1907 earthquake and fire. The Supreme Court affirmed a lower ruling finding no coverage for earthquake damage.
William J. Ridgeley, controller of the currency, warned at the l annual banquet of the School of Commerce that political agitation endangers banking reform. He urged reliance on a central bank and a credit currency rather than politics to avert panics.
The Home Bank of Brotlyn in South Brooklyn failed to open on Saturday amid a run. It is a small institution with $100,000 capital stock and $53,670 in surplus and profits, and deposits once around $400,000 have fallen sharply since the October panic.
President Roosevelt in a Feb 1 message to Congress defends his policy on railroads and trusts and pushes new employers liability laws. He denounces criminals and backers of wrongdoing, defends Federal judges, and urges restricting injunctions while supporting strong action against deceptive finance and monopolies. The reading drew wide applause in both houses.
In Seattle on February 1 President A J Earling announced plans to push the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line into the Orient. A route of steamships between Puget Sound and Asia is under study with J H Hiland and F A Miller sent to China and Japan to assess traffic and trade prospects.
About 70 steel men from United States Steel, Republic Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Jones & Laughlin, and Pennsylvania Steel met in New York City to discuss a possible general price reduction. Officials stayed noncommittal, but unofficial word cited a price-cut proposal as the conference topic.
In Buffalo on February 1 the office of the superintendent of poor at West Seneca was overwhelmed by about 60 men begging for food. The hardship arises from the partial suspension of gunmaking in the steel and iron industry, affecting foreign laborers and causing widespread suffering.
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