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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1909
Page
2
Across continents reports include China planning military officer schools, ships wrecked on Lake Michigan, a Yucatan hurricane toll, and Smuggling from El Paso to Chicago. Roosevelt backed by New York Republicans for mayor, California crop lifts, and indictments in sugar weighing fraud.
Leaders of fraternal insurance societies warn that House Bill 562 contains a joker allowing insurer rebates for union lodge and related members. If enacted the measure could create a billion dollar combine and drive smaller fraternal insurers from the market. A strong lobby will press Springfield to defeat it.
Excavation for St. Francis church in Dayton Kentucky draws crowds amid legends of buried Confederate treasure from Morgan’s raid. Local lore cites a hidden subterra from the McArthur home where Caldwell supposedly left several thousand dollars before fleeing toward General Organ, who was killed in Tennessee.
Three bombs exploded in quick succession at the residence of Dom inick Pecovere but caused no injuries. The blasts follow the death of Mariano Zagone and come after Pecorero, reputedly wealthy, received Black Hand threats for months demanding money.
Madrid May 11. It is reported the Moroccan sultan Mulai Hafid has ended negotiations with Spanish minister Merry de Val who visited Fez to discuss affairs. The sultan reportedly wrote to King Alfonso demanding Spain withdraw from the Rif and warned he might declare war if not.
Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister to the United States, has accepted the presidency of the Chinese school of Chicago. The institution is part of a series started under imperial Chinese government sponsorship and will offer courses in Chinese literature domestic science Chinese and international law and Chinese customs and habits.
Fifteen hundred Japanese laborers on the Honolulu Sugar plantation struck for higher wages today. Field laborers demand $1 a day and mill and other workers seek proportionate increases, with spread to other plantations anticipated.
Government experts focus on 160 acres of Egyptian cotton on the Indian reservation at the Yuma valley experiment farm in San Bernardino California. Professor Howard L. Preston arrived and reports the desert cultivation has been remarkably successful to date.
Pekin May 1 Prince Chen, regent since Yuan Shi Kai’s dismissal, issued an edict rehabilitating the reputations and rewarding the families of five officials of the late dowager empress who were beheaded for opposing the Boxers.
Paris observers report favorable conditions for the government in the postal employees dispute. The government’s firm stance has left a deep impression on the ranks and a strike seems unlikely at present.
Secretary Symthe reports heavy activity in Oregon sheep movements with a big sale near Os ton shipping 20 000 to 26头 yearlings to outside markets. Prices for mixed yearling weathers rose to 8 4 per head versus 2.76 to 3.25 last year as buyers from Wright North Yakima R F Bicknell and Scott Anderson plan Idaho shipments.
Mitchell Woolgrowers report a highly favorable lambing season with ideal weather and abundant range grass. The 1909 lamb crop is expected to exceed 100 percent, wool quality and prices improving. Shearing starts around May 10, with 300 head of cattle planned to move from Girds Creek to Toppenish via Arlington midmonth.
Heppner's clip sold this week with transfers in Heppner totaling over 1,000,000 pounds. W. W. Smead bought nearly 800,000 pounds for William Ellery. Frank Lea arranged the remainder for F. Frankenstein. Prices ranged from 18 cents to 207 seats, and Smead now offers 21 cents. Sheep are all sold and wool will be off the market by mid next week.
Shaniko wool quality is cleaner and finer than last winter. Output is projected to be larger with about 4,000,000 pounds slated for three sales at Shaniko on June 1 15 and 20. Growers differ on likely prices.
Timber cruisers numbering 20 to 80 work on the Benson timber holdings at the Clatakanie river headwaters and Oak Ranch creek to the Nehalem. Rumors say a prominent Michigan syndicate is involved and the tract may transfer by month’s end.
Salem residents A. F. Hofer W. P. Babcock and other local business men closed a deal for the Jury prune ranch of 128 acres south of Salem. The price was 15260. The farm, regarded as one of the best in the area, will be subdivided for development.
Three deals involving more than 7000 acres in Oregon with total value about 275000. The Ladd and Reed farm known as roadmead in Yamhill and Polk counties sold to a Portland syndicate led by J R Patterson D E Keasy L R Menefee and George Akers for 150000. The Keasey Menefee group secured an option from Martin Winch representing the Reed estate and Ladd interests, and the property was turned to Columbia Trust Company for subdivision into five ten and 20 acre tracts for market.
Seventeen lumber manufacturers in Clackamas county file a complaint at Salem against the Southern Pacific asking the State Railroad Commission to investigate and compel adequate car loading facilities at Oregon City. They say lack of loading capacity hinders growth and market access and a hearing may be scheduled soon in Oregon City.
Pendleton state organizer of the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America unites local farmers to press equitable freight rates lower warehouse charges and improved grain handling methods. The group will coordinate with county and state granges to advance these aims.
Hopyards in the Willamette valley show severe underdevelopment with only 6 percent sprouting in some areas and none above 15 percent in places. Overall about one third of last year’s hops are missing so far this season, with little chance of a major rebound in average yield.
A suspension bridge spans the North Santiam river at Detroit connecting Linn and Marion counties for the first time directly above the town. Built by Detroit merchant John Outerson the structure replaces an older wooden crossing nearby.
The Portland markets list Wheat-Bluestem at 1.80 to 1.35, Turkey red 1.26, oats 40 to 41, hay prices in Willamette valley 14 to 18 per ton, apples 65 cents, potatoes 1.85 to 2 per hundred, vegetables with mixed per unit costs, butter around 22 to 24 cents, pork and poultry prices, hops by year, wool and mohair quotes, and cattle and lamb rates across several grade bands.
The Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition is ninety nine per cent complete and ready, while the second exposition features expansive scenery and many tours. Rail experts credit Northwestern appeal and romance for expected visitor influx. Grounds glow nightly and attendance averages around 56 000, with exhibits filling the Manufactures Palace and Oriental and European pavilions. Government displays advance though Hawaiian and Philippines sections arrive late, due by June 1. Steamship traffic increases for excursions, and nearby Cascade resorts are accessible via major rail lines including Great Northern and Canadian Pacific to Banff.
Washington may see nearly 1 million dollars in river and harbor appropriations revert to the national treasury if Congress does not act at the special session. The measure concerns unexpended balances as of June 1, 1904, with claims that funds are needed to continue work on projects including the Mouth of the Columbia, Coos Bay entrance, Sacramento and Feather rivers barriers, and Tacoma harbor.
Rome reports daily shocks since December near Messina and Reggio with 213 quakes recorded from December 28 to May 10. While walls topple, there has been little loss of life since the initial disaster.
In Butte Montana on May 10 District Judge Donlan told Assistant County Attorney Baladin to target building owners where gambling occurs. He urged prosecutions of those responsible and warned that gamblers will no longer receive continuances in court.
One thousand cab drivers walked out after a meeting between the livery men’s association and the union. They demanded 14 dollars weekly and refused to settle for 13. Tomorrow about 100 funeral processions are planned with police denying priority.
An investigator reports all American property at Kessab destroyed by local raiders. The girls' high school led by Misa Effie N. Chambers is gone while three quarters of native houses are wrecked. People return to find lootings, destitution, and unreliable Turkish guards. relief is disorganized and scarce.
Paris May 8 The Post Telegraph and Telephone Employes association in several cities has voted in principle for a general strike and railroad men council has ordered a referendum and strike committee. The government vows to discharge any worker who strikes, with cities like Lyons and Havre already involved as local unions defer to the national strike committee.
Helena May 8. Montana plans a new railroad linked to Harriman interests. Authorized capital stock is 16 million dollars with a filing fee of 1800 paid by J L Wines of Butte. The route runs from Lapwai Junction via the Clearwater drainage into Montana through Lolo Pass to Butte, about 350 miles, passing Missoula Granite Powell and Deer Lodge counties.
Buenos Ayres remains in the grip of a strike that began earlier in the week in protest of authorities firing on a May Day crowd. Customs receipts decline and several navigation companies store ships in port due to the inability to load or unload cargo under the current conditions.
Lieutenant L C Easton assistant to Captain Fries government engineer announced after exploring the Grand and Green rivers in Utah and Arizona that a report will be sent to Washington declaring these rivers navigable for many miles above their junction with the Colorado.
Ex-banker C W Morse now imprisoned for banking violations testifies in supplemen proceedings that his estimated $30 000 000 fortune has vanished leaving him with no shares bonds or real estate.
Messina Sicily May 8 Lt Commander R R Belknap American naval attaché at Rome hands over 400 wooden houses to the prefect to shelter earthquake sufferers. Expect completion by June 7 with local authorities constructing the dwellings.
A parliamentary commission fears Abdul Hamid has deposited large sums in New York banks, with reports mentioning substantial funds in German banks and related holdings, including about ten million in the area.
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