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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1910
Page
7
Portland reports Frank W. Benson, Secretary of State, plans to retire at term end and his brother Judge Henry L. Benson may seek the Republican nomination for Governor. Governor Benson, in California for health reasons, denies candidate speculation.
Seven young men from Gresham traveled to the Cascade forest reserve for a month of seed planting for the Government. They work on a forty square mile burn area where denuded timber will be replaced with Douglas fir seeds planted at irregular intervals using a mattock to cover each seed.
H. H. Corey chief clerk of the Secretary of State's office states most petitions for the state wide prohibition question fail to meet legal requirements. Names not sworn or copied on backs, unsworn lists, mail submissions by unknown persons, and missing consecutive numbering delay filing and submission until defects are fixed.
For the first time in Willamette Valley history male hop vines are blooming nearly a month earlier than usual. Growers watch developments with keen interest and speculate on whether the early bloom will yield heavy growth or sparse hops, recalling past years of early bloom and poor yields.
Cora Seaton, 16, confessed to Sheriff that she set fire last April to the house and barn of farmer David Shook near Klamath Falls Oregon. She said she was hired by Mrs Maggie Jones Deal to torch both buildings. The barn fire destroyed 13 horses grain hay and farm wagons and carriages.
The Progress Club a women's group in Gold Hill has begun a campaign to fund an exhibit building on the Southern Pacific right of way near the depot. More than 50 dollars raised by a home talent play has been given as the nucleus for the needed amount to realize the plan.
Portland union machinists in thirty eight shops walked out demanding an eight hour day and a ten cent daily wage raise from three fifty for nine hours. Railroad shops not involved and no shop has been forced to close.
Canyon City jury delivers verdict of guilty on second degree murder. Earlier ballots showed eight for first degree and four for second. Hinton has prior sentence of one year in the penitentiary for larceny of a check. Eugene report notes survey start for line to Coos Bay by F B Kidder directing from Marshfield.
The Sunsets Telephone Company hires expert vocal teachers for a voice culture course for fifty central operators. House amends the sundry civil bill with a Marin of Illinois provision approving 30000 with Agriculture Dept experiments in paper making. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the Woman's Suffrage Association, lies seriously ill after an operation in private care. A 30000000 stock dividend is planned by Singer Manufacturing at a June 18 meeting, with a 100 percent payout and 30000000 surplus. Hotel consolidations valued at 10000000 unfold between major U.S. cities. Women temperance workers gather in Glasgow for the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention, Taft present as orator. Memorial tribute to General George Armstrong Custer at Monroe Michigan marks the 1876 battle. Iowa fruit crops suffer 95 percent loss from late frosts per state official Wesley Greene. House clears a boundary dispute resolution for Washington and Oregon along the Columbia River. Sherman anti trust funds restricted from targeting labor organizations per amendment to appropriation bill. Eva Prosser held without bail after plea of not guilty in Seattle for a Great Northern train slaying. Nome spring gold yield estimated at 1175000 with major contributions from Candie Creek and Kangarok creeks. Madriz forces routed near Bluefields signaling northern Nicaragua war shift. Between March 1 and April 15, 40000 to 60000 colonists move to Pacific Northwest and western states. Interior Dept designates about a million acres in Wyoming under the enlarged homestead act, not suitable for irrigation. Wyoming total designated area reaches 14500000 acres.
Shipping records show tiny Hood River strawberries set an early-shipment milestone. Salem plans Flag Day exercises June 14 under the Salem Lodge of Elks. Monroe hosts a June 14 hearing by the State Railroad Commission into Corvallis & Alsea service. Redmond tests pumping Crooked River water to high tablelands. McMinnville hosts the Oregon Society of Mutual Insurance Companies annual meeting on June 8.
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