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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
2
Honolulu June 2 The Nippa Jiji organ of Japanese strike leaders calls for Japanese government intervention in the Hawaii strike scene. The paper accuses courts and federal officials of unfair treatment. Police seized papers showing alleged conspiracy among island Japanese. Editor Y Soga indicted twice but released on 2250 bail.
Canadian manufacturers anticipate radical changes to Canada’s customs tariffs in response to the Aldrich tariff bill. They expect possible widening of the British preference and foresee announcements next spring depending on Washington developments. Government plans and aggressive advocacy for tariff shifts are already under discussion.
Washington reports a lingering uncertainty over the tariff bill with a final vote date still unclear. The senate plans to tackle hides duty, wood pulp, corporate tax, and remaining schedules including lumber, pig iron, wire nails, free cotton bagging and binding twine, signaling a potentially extended debate.
Friends of Commander Robert Edwin Peary say they believe he has planted the Stars and Stripes at the North Pole after his July departure for the frozen north. No confirmation has arrived since his last contact from Utah and North Greenland on August 17, 1908, and word may not reach telegraph until August or September.
Charles Knox Johnson a Chinese baritone after eight years studying in Germany France Italy and the United States awaits sailing the Minnesota to return home He plans to teach European and American music in China and is engaged to teach at Nanking University in Nanking.
A severe storm swept the Mississippi coast on June 22 injuring no one reported. Storm surge reached eight to six feet above normal tide as several stormboats were beached and shore property sustained damage along the coast near New Orleans.
Panama report says heavy rains over the past week caused widespread floods on the isthmus. The Chagres River overran its banks in several areas, inundating towns and disrupting travel and commerce.
President Taft urges Congress to adopt a constitutional amendment granting the federal government power to levy an income tax without apportionment, arguing it is essential to cover deficits. He endorses a 2 percent excise tax on corporate net income as part of a revenue measure, with House already adopting a related inheritance tax.
Dispatches report that La Ceiba and the Honduras northern coast are in open rebellion. Emissaries have sought Manuel Bonilla to return and seize the government while Cavillas appeals to the U S. Paducah patrols Ceiba harbor to prevent bloodshed. Bonilla is in New Orleans and denies major significance to his departure.
The Illinois Supreme Court today declared the state nominating law unconstitutional leaving the state without a valid method to nominate candidates. A special legislative session is expected to be called to enact a new framework for nominations.
Police in Perm area report an inquiry into the Crimson God sect accused of human sacrifices. Disappearances and a secret grave with a mutilated body fuel the probe as authorities search for more victims in the rural district centered on Perm.
Berlin June 16 the reichstag re assembled and heard a government communication on taxing the unearned increase in real estate values. The government says it is inexpedient for imperial purposes due to difficulties in adjusting taxes on city and county values.
Plan for the Pablo buffalo herd roundup on the Flathead Reservation in Western Montana. The herd will be corralled at Ronan and driven to the Ravilla stockade, then loaded onto special cars. Selected animals will head to the Canadian National park as part of a historic effort.
Kansas City June 17 Governor Hadley vetoed a bill to provide a $20,000 appropriation for a Missouri exhibit at the Seattle fair. The action blocks state funding for the display.
Oregon lawmakers pass a set of acts during a special session including hotel safety, outward opening public buildings, codifying laws, appropriations for the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station and the asylum, hospital, and state institutions. Umatilla County farmers favor a trolley line to improve wheat sales via an independent electric line across the wheat belt. A county farmers meeting in Pendleton June 26 will discuss construction options and partner involvement.
Governor Benson appoints a long list of Oregon citizens as delegates to the Trans Mississippi Development Congress to be held in Denver from August 16 to 21. Names include H L Corbett E W Wright W C McBride Henry Hahn A H Devies I N Fleischner and many others from Portland Salem Astoria Eugene Hood River Pendleton and more.
The board opened bids for new school buildings in North Salem. Southwick and Herrick of Salem bid the lowest amount at 56844.90 and will receive the contract. Other bids ranged above 79000. Completion set for December 1 with a main building 172 by 105 feet, a dormitory 90 by 45, and a boiler house 37 by 37. A new power station will be built by Oregon Electric near the campus.
Albany Albany college announced at its trustees annual meeting that a fifty thousand dollar endowment is secured. President Crooks said twenty five thousand dollars needed in Oregon is raised and will trigger an additional twenty five thousand from the national college board of the Presbyterian church. Eleven thousand dollars was subscribed in Albany and ten thousand in Albany Portland.
The University of Oregon in Eugene publishes its 1909 10 catalogue detailing entrance requirements, a complete synopsis of work, a list of instructors and students, college equipment, and student life across departments.
Albany President R F Shier of Black Eagle Mining and Milling reports a rich ore strike near Gates. He says the caprite ore is 80 percent copper with gold and silver, claiming it may assay at $200 per ton.
Pointing John H. Lewis state engineer Jay Bowerman president of the state senate C N McArthur speaker of the house F S Stanley Portland chamber of commerce and Tom Richardson Portland Commercial club as an executive committee of five to arouse interest in the National Irrigation congress at Spokane August 9 to 14 The committee aims to interest commercial clubs and other organizations entitled to representation at the congress Governor Benson will announce the twenty honorary delegates from the state at large Commercial organizations county courts incorporated cities and irrigation companies are entitled to representation It will organize in a few days and adopt plans for its work to secure Oregon a large and representative delegation in attendance
A large high grade ore deposit, rich in copper, gold and silver, has been uncovered within five miles of town. Thirty claims have been staked and location work proceeds under a prominent organizer. The enterprise is reportedly backed by Portland investors.
The Sumpter Valley railroad will extend to the Thomas ranch and possibly to Susanville this summer. The route will go down the John Day river middle fork, about 22 or 23 miles, not from Austin to Prairie City as first planned.
The committee to boost support for the National Irrigation congress at Spokane August 9 to 14 includes C. N. McArthur State Engineer Lewis Fred S. Stanley Jay Bowerman and Tom Richardson.
A crowded listing shows commodity prices across crops, livestock, and dairy. Wheat and barley futures, oats, hay in Willamette Valley and Eastern Oregon, apples, strawberries, cherries, potatoes, vegetables, butter and butterfat, eggs, poultry, pork, veal, hops contracts, wool and mohair, and cattle prices with regional variations across Oregon and nearby areas.
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