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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
2
A digest of early 20th century items notes Taft's arrival in Japan and Japan Canada tensions, Kipling on tour, Bryan's anticipated Democratic bid, a Seattle man linked to domestic abuse, Idaho land fraud trials, train wrecks in West Virginia, Boxer rebellion in China, rail strikes in Havana, and major philanthropy by John D. Rockefeller. Also reports on strikes, floods, politics in San Francisco and Alaska, and railway regulation debates.
President Small left the city Friday with documentary evidence against the telegraph companies and traveled to Washington on a secret mission. He met Labor Commissioner Neill in St. Louis and sought a power to settle for the operators. Neill delays until authority is clear. Unions plan a vote to place settlement in the hands of the national executive board.
Seattle report notes Gale touring the territory claiming 99 percent support for home rule and urging national legislation to free Alaska from restrictive rules. He cites a near unanimous vote and a draft bill to be introduced by Senator Samuel H. Piles to end legislative swaddling.
Patrick Calhoun of United Railroads defends his clients and blames Luther Brown a Los Angeles lawyer for instigating the alleged kidnapping plot against Fremont Older. He says Brown swore out a warrant in Los Angeles and a San Francisco judge approved it before Older was arrested and the attempt to move him to Los Angeles.
In Hillyard near Spokane the Great Northern yard is rapidly encircled by a high fence described as a stockade. Strikers warn that strikebreakers could spur a machinists walkout. The company has already laid off about 40 of 70 machinists amid mounting labor tensions.
In New York on October 1 Thomas M. Piercon of Eastern vice ident of the QI spoke at a meeting of commerce representatives. The remark urged that if strikers were asked to resume arbitration they would strike back or take action.
Mexico City officials announced completion of arrangements for the arrival and welcome of Mr. Root and party. The official reception committee prepared a formal welcome at the capital, with details of the program to be announced.
Freewater packing houses near season end shift to apples. Over 100 car loads of apples including pears and plums have shipped via O R & N and the Walla Walla line using Northern Pacific refrigerators. Traction line support eases car shortages. shippers contacted growers by long distance telephone. Apple crop is good with high prices. trees sprayed well reducing ailment losses.
Local dealers Carter and Robson have built a seed supply business focusing on alsyke and red clover seed. A cumulative 240 000 pounds are scheduled for Milwaukee shipments by week end as the firm aims to fill seven carloads valued around 25000 dollars. The market opens new prospects for valley growers and may boost clover seed production.
Freighters at Klamath and Sascee along with Palley Transportation keep several teams on the road as winter freight rates rise during bad roads season. McIntyre Co operates 13 teams with a round trip every five days. After October 1 freight will unload at Reno and be moved by steamer Klamath to Klamath Falls, with no route change likely until spring.
Grant Lindley of Lebanon reports a rich quartz ledge in Quartzville mining district. He collected ore samples and intends to file a location for the mine. Assay results are pending, but Lindley believes the ore will be exceptionally rich and plentiful.
The Pendleton area weighs establishing an irrigation project station at Hermiston. The decision rests with the board of regents of the Agricultural College. Regents will visit soon to evaluate viability and present the case to local residents and county leaders.
Northern Oregon land seekers gather as the Fremont forest reserve in the Prineville area will open for entry on October 28. Officials anticipate crowds at the land office at opening time with many hoping to claim squatter rights on Estend and Steno among others. All means of conveyance will be used to reach the site.
The Postoffice Department assigns the Burns Ontario railway station near Burns to Harriman. A new post office is established in Harney county near Lowden. The names reflect federal designation for the line and the local community.
A record 510 pound sturgeon was brought to a cold storage plant after being trapped in the Columbia River. The fish, described as the largest caught in recent memory, was weighed and prepared for storage.
The state land board accepted a contract with J E Morrison of the Deschutes company for 31000 acres in Crook county. The agreement sets higher per acre liens, requires reclamation, and transfer to the Water Users association within five years free of incumbrance. objections by the company were overruled.
The university opens Tuesday September 24 with registration up over 20 percent from last year. Most high schools and academies in the state are represented and many carry credentials from Eastern penne schools. Enrollment is expected to reach a new high, but funding shortages prevent furnishing and heating all library rooms and idle the new girls dorm for the year.
Trade notes that local shippers of cereal goods face severe car shortages with grain exporters unable to secure rail cars. The crisis, now worse than in the prior year, leaves Oregon shipments waiting. one order has lingered 25 days without delivery, while several others have been pending a week.
A section of forest reserve land near Klamath Falls will open soon attracting many locators from Michigan and Wisconsin. Several parties are expected this week as representatives from across the state rush to secure claims amid reports that the sites are exceptionally good.
A large force of Japanese harvesters work in Grand Ronde and Willamette valley hop fields. After a week, the La Grande factory will start for the fall beet dig run.
A detailed listing of Portland market prices across grains, produce, and livestock. Includes wheat varieties, barley, corn, hay, apples, peaches, prunes, watermelons, pears, turnips, carrots, cabbage, celery, cucumbers, onions, pork cuts, fowl, and beef with per unit costs and weight notes. Notable entries show ste inch values and ranges for several items.
Portland, Sept 30. Reports say a new transcontinental link will connect Portland and Salt Lake City via a Mount Hood backed route. The plan, linked to the Rock Island system, envisions a waterfront terminal between Sherman and East Caruthers streets and a Cascades route with a 1 percent grade, reaching Deschutes and the Klamath region before a direct line to Winnemucca.
BoiseSept 30 Peter Neth juror in the United States Senate Borah land fraud case was violently sick last night his illness may delay the trial though official word was not available The government counsel suggested the illness could be temporary mental strain from the trial Neth had shown questions after his empanelment and was paid for his attendance while ill rumor swirled about his condition.
London reports the Royal Irish Yacht Club will hold a meeting on October 2 to decide how to respond to the New York Yacht Club’s challenge. Sir Thomas Lin pressed for an under old rules contest and sought a top designer for the event.
Reported revival of the commercial telegraphers strike may spread to railroad telegraphers. Samuel J. Small, national president, is in St. Louis and held talks with railroad telegram officers. A vote could come within two weeks.
A brief item notes a statute abolishing saloons in districts under 100,000 and smaller towns. It mentions the ordinance for future incorporation and the sweeping reform aimed at temperance.
Government lawyers produced roughly half a dozen letters from William Sweet, an indicted participant, in the timber land fraud conspiracy case involving Senator William E Borah. The notes mention sums around 29000 dollars and reference Steunenberg, Richards, Worthman, and a governor’s involvement.
The federal grand jury returned five indictments totaling 124 counts against the Pacific company and the Pacific Steamship company for alleged violations of the Interstate Commerce Act. Convictions could incur fines from 124 to 2,489,000, with per count minimums of 1,000 dollars and 20,000 dollars. Indictments allege secret rate reductions from 1.25 to 1 on Kobe Japan to San Francisco matting shipments. Pacific Mail Steamship and Southern Pacific company also faced multiple indictments for related transport actions from Kobe to San Francisco and onward shipments eastward.
In Omaha on September 28 judges T C Munger and W H Munger denied injunctions sought by railroads to halt enforcement of Nebraska grain rate reductions by the state railroad commission. The restraining order tied to the case was dissolved and the railroads may appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
Three members of the eestI ba Telegra union vow to vote against calling a strike of operators in broker and newspaper offices. If the board majority acts, the request of striking New York operators will be refused. No official action yet due to no communication from the New York local.
A wireless from the armored cruiser Colorado reports all aboard well and states the ship, part of Rear Admiral Dayton's squadron, will arrive in San Francisco tomorrow after leaving Honolulu.
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