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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
6
The Daily News notes a British war scare decried as hysteria while French sailors strike, halting ports. Indonesia and Venezuela reveal political trials, labor unrest spreads across the Pacific, and Great Britain resumes naval build-up with new dreadnoughts.
In Seattle on May 26, exhibitors at the A. Y. P. show formed the Exhibitors' club to oppose Oregon and other states rights to erect booths on allocated grounds. Oregon says no booths on its land, while authorities insist booths will be built, threatening court action to resolve the dispute and guard the court of honor.
Secretary Meyer trims 10 million dollars from Navy department estimates for the next fiscal year, signaling broader cabinet efforts to align expenditures with actual needs. Treasury head MacVeagh plans to assemble department estimates by June 1 as Congress nears its regular session.
May 25 Cape Haitian reports a growing revolutionary movement in Santo Domingo with Gen Camacho and Gen Quirito Felice attacking Guayabin and Da jabon on the Haytian frontier. Combat continues at Monte Christi while Jose Bordas fate remains unclear amid interrupted communications and incoming government troops by sea.
Lisbon May 25 China refuses to negotiate with Portuguese delegates unless Portugal announces the enclave and neighboring islands. The Portuguese government plans to send General Jose Machado to urge an amicable agreement, though China remains adamant on terms.
Reginald McKenna, first lord of the admiralty, defended naval policy in London on May 25. He stated that this year’s battleships will be at least 30 percent superior to their immediate predecessors. He disclosed two known improvements but not all details.
Dunkirk N Y May 26 It is reported that the Union Pacific railroad has placed an order for 100 engines with the American Locomotive Company and will deliver at an unspecified date.
Oregon news reports that eastern capitalists show interest in a Coco Bay electric railway franchise. J. H. Somers and J. F. Clark seek a route choice Myrtle Point to Roseburg or Sumner to Myrtle Point with six month start and eighteen month half completion deadlines in Coos county.
In Pendleton, residents anticipate trouble over coyote bounty payments as a new Oregon law takes effect May 22. Coyotes killed since February 1 are eligible, but officials discover that four feet must be attached to each hide along with the scalp.
Jackson County court orders construction of a new steel bridge across the Rogue river at Woodville below Gold Hill to connect an enlarged agricultural district. The project will shift trade from Grants Pass to Woodville as new industries and a brick schoolhouse rise in the town.
W B Sherman completed a rapid transformation of a 60 acre tract near Tokay Heights from pine and underbrush to a cultivated orchard of thrifty pear and apple trees and Tokay grapes. In five weeks the value reportedly tripled as the improved land sits near the river and in plain view of town.
The Lebanon Business Men's league committee announced Friday and Saturday June 4 and 5 as dates for the Lebanon strawberry fair. A rose festival will accompany the event and a horse show is planned for Saturday afternoon June 6 with local ladies invited to participate.
Salem D B Chamberlen of Cottage Grove files informal complaint with the railroad commission alleging that Southern Pacific rates on fancy poultry and eggs are prohibitive. M C Smith seeks a small freight shed at Walker flag station on the Southern Pacific serving the southern part of the state.
Interest grows for the Presbyterian Brotherhood convention in Portland on June 8 and 9. A banquet opens the first night, the second day features addresses and conferences by seven leading state men, and the gathering closes with a mass meeting led by National Brotherhood officers.
The region faces a potato shortage with dealers asking up to 2 cents a pound as supplies tighten. The scarcity extends beyond Coos County to the broader district, signaling rising prices.
President Homan announced Pendleton visits confirm Willamette University in Salem will construct the region’s largest athletic stadium. The project is expected to draw major outdoor meets and become a regional sports hub in the Northwest.
Ontario representatives from Ontario Weiser Payette and Vale met to urge Congress to begin the Malheur irrigation project. The petition targets Oregon and Idaho delegations. The district contains about 145000 acres of fertile land and seeks water rights action against private interests.
Freewater Realty reports active sales this week with Hall and Rorie selling 11 acres of alfalfa at 200 dollars per acre from Nelson Allen to Miss Grundry of Boston. Another 40 acres of alfalfa move from Harry Badgero to J. Adrain for 5000 dollars, plus nine acres of fruit land from W. F. Korts to J. J. Garner at 300 dollars per acre. Fred Moreley sells his livery barn in Freewater to J. Seat of Walla Walla. Fruit outlook strong.
Market prices feature apples at 65 cents to 2.50 per box, strawberries at 12 4 cents per pound, Oregon produce including turnips at 1.25 per sack and lettuce 50 cents per dozen, plus parsnips, beets, radishes, rhubarb, corn, barley, oats, hay, butter, poultry, pork, hops, wool, and cattle price ranges. Values reflect Willamette and Eastern Oregon sources with contractions and multiple period figures.
Article describes a planned exhibit titled wild-cat still showing moonshining in a rugged setting near the Pay Streak of the Yukon Pacific route. It recounts a recreated illegal distillery with copper kettles and fires, set with guns and a band of gray haired men portraying illicit practice for spectators.
Four masked men stopped Union Pacific train No. 2 known as the Overland Limited five miles west of the city. They forced the mail car clerks to open seven pouches of registered mail before fleeing south. Passengers were not harmed and the train continued to Omaha after the holdup.
Spokane story notes Major Nichols a Fort Wright veteran student of photography has developed a personal formula to reproduce colors in negatives. He studied Lumiere methods but reports his own technique yields detailed color images on plates taken at military grounds. He plans lantern slides and aims to photograph tropical scenes on a forthcoming Islands trip
Tamaqua Pa May 24 hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent to extinguish a fire burning for 50 hours in the Lehigh Canal and Navigation company's mine at Summit Hill it is spreading toward the Spring tunnels and 300 Reading company carpenters and masons were sent from the Ashland district to help build concrete walls to check the flames it may be necessary to fill the shafts with water to continue the battle
An official report from El Paso dated May 24 states Honduras apologizes for the invasion of the Mexican consulate in Tegucigalpa by Honduran soldiers who arrested a fugitive, marking an attempt to ease friction with Mexico.
The full text of President Taft’s special message to Congress on Porto Rican affairs has reached readers in San Juan. Republican readers praise the document after careful reading, calling it a statesmanlike missive.
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders Harriman lines and Northern Pacific to join in through routes and joint rates via Portland for Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City and Seattle corridor travelers. It holds jurisdiction to open the gateway and sets deadlines for through routes and baggage service with potential injunction risk during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition period.
Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit travel at Juja ranch owned by George McMillan in British East Africa. They boast 60 specimens from 20 species including water buck impala and other antelope. Roosevelt killed a python and Kermit dispatched a charging leopard at six paces after it had mauled a beater.
Spokane May 22. C H Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners says working agreements are probable with the United Mineworkers of America but union merger is unlikely due to differing fields of usefulness. He adds the federation remains strong despite reports.
Explosion at the Oriental plant of Dupont Powder company in Fairchance sparked a forest fire near Pittsburg on May 22. The blast affected the wheel mills and involved about a thousand orewies, with authorities investigating the blaze and its containment.
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