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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1909
Page
6
Across nations China tightens controls on foreigners while Japan grows tense over American sealers killings. US labor feuds expand as Farley strikebreakers move toward San Francisco and streetcar strikes press city transit. Cuba’s revolution spreads. US anticipated outside intervention looms.
Havana dispatch reports a spreading insurrection with fighting in Cardenas and claims 3,000 armed insurgents near Cienfuegos. Insurgents reportedly control towns in Santa Clara and Trinidad as railway security erodes. Government forces recruit successfully, but lack cavalry. insurgents use mountain trails to harass and loot.
News from Pekin via the Tarar reports rising anti foreign sentiment as Tung Saeyi strengthens youth of customs directors. Americans and Britons fear China's path with police limiting foreign premises. A constitutional framework is planned within 10 to 15 years.
In an office building at Pine and Water streets the Cuban junta established offices with Colonel Aguirre Major Joseph A Castellaney and Senor Nardose present as official representatives. Aguirre said the New York junta is not for revolution but to keep the American people informed about the movement.
In New York on September 4, workers from navy yards naval stations arsenals and gun factories established a national organization and chose officers The declaration insists on a plan to keep employees steadily employed by linking craftsmen to serve both government and workers best interests.
News item reports a woman who killed General Minutil refuses to reveal identity while admitting a false passport. She warns authorities of further extremist violence in St Petersburg beginning the eve of a series of acts.
Oregon reports show public school salaries climbing to record levels with men earning an average of 60.02 and women 44.95 monthly. Multnomah County tops for pay, while Lake County leads men and Harney County leads women outside Portland.
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled the 1905 grazing tax statute unconstitutional, noting it functions as a revenue tax rather than a license law. The decision, based on a Umatilla county test case, offers limited immediate effect but may aid 1907 tax legislation as lawmakers refine licensing versus taxation. The act imposed 20 cents per head on sheep owned by non residents brought into Oregon for pasturage.
Superintendent Ackerman's annual summary reports state the state school population rose by at least 6,000 this year and total days of attendance surpassed one million. Despite higher attendance, the average daily attendance declined by more than 100 days while the average months of school taught rose from 6.05 to 6.19.
At a recent district meeting, voters decided to lease the Santiam Academy building and grounds and add the 11th and 12th grades to the high school. The change takes effect October 1. The teaching staff elected includes Principal E. K. Barnes, Vice Principal Frank McDougal of Dallas, and assistants Mrs. C. F. Bigbee, Miss Harriet Alexander of Gresham, Miss Mary McCormick, Miss Margaret Cotton, and Miss Tressa Moffitt of Salem.
Ashland public schools begin fall term September 3 while the State Normal at Ashland delays start until September 26 to complete improvements. A contract was let for a new heating plant serving the main campus buildings.
At a Willamette Hop growers meeting in Woodburn 85 hopmen attended. They endorsed weight based picking but allowed growers to choose weight or nine bushel baskets. The group favored a price of 50 cents per box or 1 per 100 pounds.
The electric company struggles with higher demand and insufficient energy from Cone power house. This week it began tapping power from Morgan lake and currently uses 700 horsepower with plans to gradually raise this amount.
The Myrick postoffice on the W and Co R R line has been re established after discontinuation. It is a fourth class office with William Love as postmaster. Myrick sits 12 miles northeast of Pendleton in a rich wheat growing region.
W A Taylor, Waldo Hills farmer, says farmers in the Willamette Valley are reducing dependence on warehousemen and millers. He notes farmers are buying their own sacks, storing grain on farms, and will sell for the best price. He adds millers seek control through sacks and inducements, but few farmers are committing.
Eugene S W Curtis representing the Pittsburg Reduction Co of Niagara Falls filed location notices for a power site on Horse creek near Foley springs 60 miles east of Eugene. The plan covers 20 000 miners inches under six inch pressure and an estimated 30 000 horsepower. Curtis did not disclose employer intentions but a Eugene plant may follow.
Hood River officials call a mass meeting for September 1 in the Commercial club rooms to plan the Hood River Biennial Fruit Fair and to arrange hospitality for the Oregon State Irrigation association. President Hood River H L Smith and Secretary G J Gesaling lead the effort among residents and fruit growers in the town and valley.
Lack of railroad cars forces closure of the Eugene Royce & Peterson ex celsior plant after warehouse space runs out. The Junction City plant can operate about two weeks longer if cars remain unavailable.
Market notes list grains fruits vegetables and livestock prices for Portland markets. Wheat ranges 64 to 71 cents, apples up to 2 per box, melons and berries shown, vegetables with mixed per unit quotes, poultry and meat prices across several grades, hops and veal values included.
The U S transport Sheridan ran aground on a coral reef at Barber's Point Oahu with 125 through passengers and 50 soldiers aboard. Crews fought heavy seas to reach shore as the vessel listed and repairs began to refloat at high tide. Captain Peabody assumed responsibility for the accident, hoping for salvage if power can be applied soon.
Spokane reports contracts for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line from the Bitter Root mountains to Lind via the St Joseph river Idaho line Ferrell St Joe Tekoa Rosalia Rock Lake and Ellensburg. Grant Smith & Co will build part with E N Jones of Spokane stating crews of about a thousand men at $2.50 a day with work starting at Rosalia and to be finished within a year from January.
Victoria reports the Japanese government plans subsidizing a Dalny to North Pacific coast line with Shanghai Dalny and Vladivostok steamer routes to boost Manchurian trade. It will include a Dalny Yokohama connection with Seattle and San Francisco links, or a direct line, details not finalized.
Rumors of a police conspiracy and a public quarrel between President Palma and Vice President Mendes Capote circulate in Havana on September 3. Reports lack confirmation. Capote allegedly bargained with insurgents in some quarters. Palace clashes reportedly ended with Palma calling Capote a traitor, and Capote retorting that Palma is a powerless president.
The Southern Pacific advances a proposed coast line linking Eureka to San Francisco and extending to Portland. Central to the plan is the California Northwestern, controlled by Southern Pacific, with approval to be formalized at Santa Rosa.
By September end famine will reach Kesan SAmara and Saratov provinces. Zematra treasuries are exhausted and feeding the people falls to the central government. Grain needed for food and sowing in four provinces costs about $21,500,000.
Report from San Francisco records a weeks long rise in wages and living costs with a fire-driven price surge. Restaurant prices jump about 20 percent as bread meat and fruit costs rise while labor rates climb across trades. Workers fear further strain as strikes and high bids continue.
London reports circulated claims of defective workmanship on battleships Montague and Dreadnaught. Denials cite authoritative statements while noting alleged rivet defects and holes after launch. Dreadnaught reportedly in drydock for inspection following leakage.
Vancouver report of Babine River Indians near Skeena headwaters revolting. Militia called as business operators along Skeena fear inability to cope. A force of not less than a hundred men is deemed necessary to prevent possible murder.
Official statistics from St. Petersburg record 101 officials killed or wounded, 912 private persons harmed, 384 spirit shops looted, and combined losses of $264,896 to private and state institutions. Over 160 armed attempts to rob banks and houses were reported.
Prof. Mansfeld Merriam of Lehigh University civil engineering announces that the Carnegie system of reformed spelling will be used in all quizzes lectures and bridge reports for department students.
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