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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
2
A compiled digest of varied events from the week notes major political shifts and international affairs. Topics include Woodruff on army age limits socialists naming candidates aviation trials a Paraguay upheaval and battleship movements, plus domestic incidents from accidents to labor and politics.
The Chicago to Canada balloon race concludes with nine craft making landings across Ontario Quebec Michigan andIllinois West Shefford Quebec hosts the winner Fielding owned by F J Fielding of San Antonio Texas The Ville de Dieppe and Columbia among others suffer dramatic accidents with several crews rescued or injured The final landings include Chicago Atwood Port Huron Carsonville Glenn Island and Benton Harbor with the Illinois and U S crews reported safe
Hammondsport New York July 7 The Curtiss June Bug earned the right to be the first name on the Scientific American trophy for a official one kilometer straight line flight. The plane flew 1700 yards including a 600 yard extension after crossing the finish line with a two thousand yard S shaped glide. About 1000 spectators witnessed the test conducted with calm winds and smooth air. The trial marks the first official airplane test in America.
New York July 7 The Socialist national committee named Martin R. Preston of Nevada for president and Donald Munro of Virginia for vice president. Preston’s nomination was unanimous after D de Leon praised him as an honest working man amid a controversial claim of a 25 year jail sentence for shooting a restaurant keeper in Goldfield during a strike.
A major blaze in Port au Prince near the Palace and Senate district yesterday burned four hundred structures as a high wind fanned the flames. The courthouse and prison were destroyed and guards evacuated inmates including several women. Sparks reached the arsenal and ammunition stores were lost in the fire.
Lincoln Nebraska July 7 Mayor Brown member of the resolutions committee from Nebraska is devising a notification scheme to bring back all Denver delegates to surprise William J Bryan at his Fairview farm with the announcement that Bryan is to be the leader.
Official report from Yuzono in European Russia states 228 bodies have been recovered from the Rikosky coal mine after a gas explosion. Nineteen miners remain in hospital. The mine fire is out and eight miners were rescued alive yesterday.
Pendleton and Umatilla county face a labor surplus as harvest hands flood the area at low wages. Last year farmers paid $2.50 to $6 a day, but this year workers, many newcomers from the East, seek $1.25 to $1.50. Farmers welcome the cheap labor while laborers seek any available work amid mill closures.
A Mist meeting nine miles from Clatskanie discussed establishing a local creamery led by C Lang from Wisconsin. Farmers agreed to five year contracts to deliver cream at about one and a half cents below the highest butter price, with buildings and boiler to be supplied. District ships 4000 to 5000 gallons monthly to Portland creameries as dairying begins.
Portland reports arrival of two large oil casting steamers the Rosecrans and Colonel E F Drake towing a three masted steel barge laden with oil. Each steamer can hold about 40 000 barrels, part of growing Pacific coast oil traffic and shift from wood or coal fuel.
Grant's Pass A ladies auxiliary to the Grant's Pass commercial club has organized with a large membership to promote civic improvement. Plans include shade trees yards fences sidewalks streets and more roses. The rose show and flower festival benefited from their work. They will also help attack unsightly billboards and assist the council in paving the streets.
Edward Anderson of the foothills near Weston devises a sulfur and match method to exterminate squirrels. He places paper slips and a teaspoon of sulfur at each burrow, then lights it and covers the hole with dirt and weeds. One pound of sulfur can kill about 200 squirrels.
Judge Trenchard and engineer A. Grondahl of Portland visited Seaside to study bridging the Necanicum river near its mouth for extending the beach automobile road. Grondahl has riverbank tests and will draft plans once measurements are sent.
Contractors have surveyed the Pacific Railway and Navigation line from this point to Tillamook and indicate resumed construction is near. About 20 miles of road are finished outward, and six months of uninterrupted work would finish the grade and bridge into Tillamook.
The University of Oregon summer school and Lane County Normal School began in Eugene. Instructors include Sweetser Shinn Williams Schmidt Schafer DeCou Boynton and Cloran. Lane County Normal School plans six weeks of teacher preparation with 34 attendees on opening day.
The State Board of the Young Women’s Associations announces permanent camp housing for Gladstone and Ashland Chautauqua Assemblies. Tents provide two cots per unit with meals priced at 15 to 25 cents. Miss Frances Gage oversees Gladstone, Mrs. W. J. Honeyman Ashland. Session July 7 to 19.
Portland Oregon Electric Railway seeks local business support to run a one day excursion Friday July 9 to Salem for the cherry fair. Special rates offered. Train departs Salem return at 10 30 p m and reaches Portland about midnight returning excursionists.
Oregon state board of regents voted to recommend to the legislature that the Drain normal school be discontinued to prevent an initiative to abolish the state’s normal schools. The vote followed pressure from Secretary of State Benson and a Drain delegation led by G. M. Bassett, N. D. Cool, and W. C. Edwards.
Wheat prices listed by type with per bushel rates and ton prices for mill products. Livestock prices cover hogs veal mutton and poultry with per pound rates. Dairy and eggs show Butter Eggs and Cheese values by variety and origin. Produce includes potatoes citrus berries apples and other fruits with crate and per hundred weight figures.
A Chicago led tally reports 38 deaths and 1429 injuries nationwide from Fourth of July festivities. Eight deaths and 130 injuries are in Chicago with $41,950 fire loss overall, and tetanus deaths from explosions persist from prior years with blank cartridges and toy devices blamed.
In Oakland California July 6 a narrow gauge Alameda line train bound for Oakland collided with Santa Cruz No. 57 at First and Webster streets. Seven killed and over 300 injured as cars and engines were derailed and wreckage littered the tracks.救
Telegraphic links to Asuncion report the capital’s artillery mutinied and bombarded the market place. Many women casualties are cited. Foreign representatives urge belligerents to avoid bombardment as news reaches Corrientes via a steamship captain.
A fireworks mortar exploded during a public celebration at Lake Merritt in Oakland. Mrs Annie Reigling and her 4 year old son were killed instantly. An iron fragment struck Mrs Reigling, killing her and tearing her chest. Thousands watched the display.
President Roosevelt celebrated Independence Day at Sagamore Hill with family and friends. A display of fireworks lit the evening sky in front of the house while relatives and neighbors gathered on the veranda to share the celebration.
Dispatches confirm fierce clashes in Tabriz with Cossack cavalry occupying the quarters. A detachment moved to the northeast after orders, and 1500 women and children reportedly fled to the Russian bank buildings as looting continued.
A Teheran dispatch details the June coup plot against the Shah involving dismissed courtiers led by Amir Bahadur and Chapsal Khan. Cavalry and Cossacks moved on the palace, forcing a rapid royal exit and a royal garden camp as 400 horsemen protected the queen and crown prince amid stunned crowds.
A Japanese soldier in Ping Yang assaulted a Corean caretaker with a bayonet on Thursday. American Consul Sammons demanded punishment. by Prince Ito’s order the soldier received two months hard labor. Officers of the regiment face 3 to 7 days confinement for similar misconduct noted after a prior incident at Wiju.
Sloop Star 18 tons register reports at the San Pedro customs house Captain Nelson navigator and crew left San Francisco June 18 for Unalaska on a prospecting tour Ten days out from the Gate they had an accident and he sustained a broken leg He managed to sail the Star in daylight hours and battened down at night ending about 500 miles off course near this port
Pasadena July 4 Mrs J Swigert rode through a wall of fire to reach her mountain home and call authorities about a forest fire in Millard canyon. Mayor Early dispatched 50 men and forest rangers to the scene who gained control after a large area burned. Mrs Swigert escaped uninjured.
The court of casuation confirms the civil court ruling condemning New York and Bermuda Asphalt to pay a $5,000,000 fine to the Venezuelan government. No appeal from this judgment is possible. The notice is dated Caracas and routed via Willemstad with references to July 1 and July 4.
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