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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1909
Page
6
A condensed survey notes Yerkes, Dickinson and Taft links, railroad and irrigation plans, and royal intrigues. It cites Ethel Roosevelt engagement talk, Alfonso Wright flights, and a California anti gambling/anti saloon push. Fire at Lovelock threatens town, judges decide Snell fortune, and Elbe flooding widens concern.
A mass meeting sparked a mob of 800 to 1,000 men in South Omaha seeking vengeance for a death. Over 30 buildings were burned or wrecked and about 100 were injured, many seriously. Fifteen arrests were made, with 400 Greeks moved to safety and guarded. Governor Shallenberger considered troops if needed.
A series of strong earthquakes struck Elche and Crevillente in Alicante province on February 23. The 4 a.m. tremor caused panic at the village church with people rushing to the doors. furniture overturned and windows shattered. In Crevillente, about 18 miles from Alicante, two shocks between 8 and 8:30 a.m. forced residents to flee to open fields.
Ottawa report notes a long list of divorce applications awaiting senate hearings. The piece compares current proposals to past trends, suggesting the potential total could reach 24 if all requests succeed, with each case costing about $1,000.
London reports Count Takahiro Kato the newly named Japanese ambassador to Great Britain says Japan and the United States can maintain excellent relations. He states there is no dominant Pacific power and Japan will seek its own sphere of influence without harming others.
Reports from the Prinz Wilhelm IV describe widespread hospital distress at Cara cas as doctors and nurses walk out over shortages of food and medicine. About three hundred patients face starvation while relief efforts struggle to reach the facilities. Haytien minister A Paulus Lannon is listed among ship passengers.
Private William Lane, paymaster clerk at Fort Gibbon, spent 500 dollars daily during a five day Fairbanks visit and departed without accounting, triggering an investigation into missing army funds at the post estimated at about ten thousand eight hundred dollars.
Oyster Bay on February 23 reports a reception for Theodore Roosevelt as part of the celebrations. Roosevelt and his son Kermit are expected to depart on March 13 for Africa, marking a notable page in local events.
Ex vice president Adlai E Stevenson is ill at his Bloomington home according to reports received here today. His recent campaign activities are said to have strained his 74 year old health.
Salem February 20 Both houses finished late after approving appropriation bills totaling about 1 1 million more than two years ago Several measures will boost state revenue The house passed funds for new buildings at the Agricultural College and the dairy development bill The tuberculosis sanatoria bill received 45 000 The new military code assures Adjutant General Finzer holds his post during good service The fate of a constitutional convention will be decided by voters in 1910
The legislature moves on multiple measures including a $106,000 appropriation for Weston Ashi and Monmouth indefinitely postponed, a $70,000 continuation for Monmouth, and a joint constitutional amendment for 30 senatorial and 60 representative districts. Other items pass or advance include the armory bill, state fair premium increase, an Eastern Oregon experimental farm, water code, insurance commissioner, portage road extension, and publishing game and fish laws with 10,000 copies. The Eastern Oregon asylum proposal awaits a vote in 1910 and the high school secret societies bill clears the senate.
The Senate killed appropriation bills saving the state 101091.69 dollars. House passed tax reform measures including exempting municipal bonds from taxation and a marriage license health certificate rule. A warehouse storage rate receipt requirement also passed in the Senate.
Four or five sheepmen from Montana and Wyoming visited Condon Gilliam county in the last week. A Fort Fortman buyer purchased 10,000 mixed yearlings for April delivery to Condon at four dollars per head with wool. Wool price stays four dollars per head with wool on and three after shearing. Wool prospects look favorable for the year.
Salem February 17 governor sends message to legislature outlining plans to aid Central Oregon urging a bill to extend support to the region. Senate backs bounty on coyotes cougars wildcats and wolves while debates continue on various finance and public safety measures.
Salem reports $318000 passed in the house and $10000 in the senate with earlier totals of $1739000 and $726000. Alaska Yukon expo $25000 defeated then approved, Eastern Oregon asylum $200000 approved, and overall two year state expenditures may exceed $4 million. Senate also allocates $20000 for sanitarium grounds, adds a third judge, and votes on a pilotage bill and normal schools, while house kills Orton bank guarantee and sets advertising tax at 44 mills. Both chambers aim to adjourn by Saturday as night sessions continue.
Salem reports the 1909 10 general appropriation bill passed along with the deficiency bill and a 75000 extension for the portage railway The state fair funding is raised to 15000 per year while normal school funding is debated and a 60000 agricultural college request is defeated Hop industry revival noted with rising hop contracts and prices statewide, reports from Oregon City indicate better prospects for growers.
England Scotland Wales and Ireland report 696088 old age pensioners with nearly 600000 more pending final action. About one in seventy UK residents are pensioned. Full $1.20 weekly is paid to 539388, with others under $3.12 adjusted by income. Regional disparities show England 38 percent, Scotland 49 percent, Ireland 98 percent.
Reports from Buenos Ayres say the Argentine steamer President Roca burned and sank between Puerto de San Antonio and Puerto Madrid. Initial tallies claimed 200 missing with 350 rescued, but later messages lowered deaths to about 20 while 350 were saved and the ship belonged to Hamburg South American line.
Washington February 22 the Interstate Commerce Commission has reached a decision in the Spokane rate case and will announce findings this week Rumors say the ruling favors Portland and other coast points and disfavors Spokane asserting Spokane cannot obtain as low a rate on eastern shipments as tidewater cities with water competition No commission member commented to confirm the rumors
The Ashikaga Weavers league refused to participate in the Seattle exposition in response to anti Japanese sentiment along the Pacific coast. They urged all weaving towns to join the boycott and support their stand.
London reports that one or more neutrals will soon offer good offices to Austria and Serbia to settle their differences. Britain will not lead the effort. Indications point to France directing the mediation, a proposal Austria-Hungary is reportedly open to amid improving terms.
Omaha Neb Feb 22 Dr. Fred Millener experimental electrician for Union Pacific will depart tomorrow for a Eastward tour visiting numerous wireless stations He has spent months experimenting with wireless apparatus in relation to railroading.
Tillamook cooperative associations issued annual 1907 08 reports detailing milk intake and cheese output. Seven associations collected 14 326 111 pounds of milk led by Maple Leaf with 2 619 494 pounds. Cheese produced totaled 1 574 320 pounds valued at 194 448 01 dollars. Maple Leaf led in milk in 1907, with expectations for Tillamook creamery to surpass in 1908.
H D G Cox, who oversees local unions in the county, attended a Pendleton meeting where delegates from all unions will be chosen. The Athena farmers union plans a special meeting to elect delegates and expand the movement in Umatilla.
Pendleton reports Oregon sheep averaged 8 1 10 pounds of wool last year, the highest in the nation aside from Washington which averaged 8 1 10 pounds. The U S average was 7 1 10 pounds. Oregon outranked all other states except Washington in fleece yield.
Dr. H. E. Pinkerton of the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry reports mange nearly eradicated among ponies on the reservation due to last month’s snow storm. Between 800 and 400 Indian ponies died, with most diseased animals among the losses.
Sawmills in Cottage Grove are operating at full capacity with many planning night shifts to meet urgent lumber demand. Business is booming across sectors and several new dwellings are planned, awaiting weather to start construction.
Pendleton Umatilla county orchardists report hoped for full crops this season with peaches not heavily damaged by last month’s cold snap. A few reports of frozen peach buds exist but consensus says minimal to no impact on overall fruit yields.
Grants Pass reports the Rogue River Fruit Exchange closed its first year with extensive shipments of finely graded fruit. After paying expenses, maintaining warehouses, and funding improvements, the organization still has money on hand.
Monmouth reports the Cockle place boundary of 3800 acres has been sold to Southern Oregon capitalists. They plan to subdivide into small farms and orchards, with extensive planting expected this spring in Polk County.
Quarantine at the Oregon State Insane asylum in Salem is lifted after a period of diphtheria cases. Health officials announced the measure following a drop in new infections and improved conditions at the facility.
Wheat prices range from $1.10 to $1.98 per bushel for various grades with odd sums noted. Oats and hay show wide regional figures, potatoes at about $1 per 100 pounds, vegetables listing diverse per sack and per pound costs, butter around 34 to 34.5 cents per pound, butter fat below standard, and poultry prices vary by type from hens to ducks and turkeys.
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