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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
3
Washington reports Colorado will soon house a fully equipped timber testing laboratory in Boulder. Two new machines, 200000 and 30000 pounds capacity, will test dead and fire killed timber versus growing timber, with a power saw and planer for specimen prep.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson reports that planting timber alone cannot solve eastern wood supply. He backs watershed reforestation, noting successful broadcast seeding at 5000 feet in Deadwood forest reserve and urges wholesale efforts by the department.
Baron Takahira met with President Roosevelt in Oyster Bay on a secret mission not conducted through usual cabinet channels. He would not reveal the purpose, saying the public would learn soon, and hinted the visit might relate to the upcoming fleet voyage to Japan.
Washington reports from the department of agriculture say American forests can yield more wood per acre if well managed, potentially exceeding Germany’s noted holdings. Native forests offer richer timber and better climate and soil, but ignorance and carelessness have left U.S. woodlands poorly stocked.
First Lieutenant William B Bowen of the Coast Artillery Corps based at the Presidio San Francisco was convicted by court martial of neglect of duty and false reports and sentenced to dismissal. The president confirmed the sentence but General Murray and the secretary of war recommended a commutation to a 30 file reduction in rank.
Washington reports indicate a probable early clash between Brazil and Argentina Republic. Cable from Spencer Eddy notes Argentina's chamber of deputies approving a 55 million dollar armaments credit. Argentina seeks warships and will pay cash.
Special orders of the war department announce that by presidential direction a general court martial is appointed to meet at Fort Wayne Michigan on September 19 1908 for the trial of persons brought before it. The court includes high ranking officers, signaling a high ranking officer may be tried.
Washington September 1 The department of justice announced that George Perry United States marshal at Fairbanks Alaska had been removed by order of the president The reasons were not disclosed officially but Perry favored the mine owning interest.
Three officers conducted a balloon ascent at Fort Meyer on Wednesday with Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm acting as pilot. Accompanying him were Lieutenants Foulers and Elfridge as observers ahead of the upcoming Berlin international balloon race.
The Rosebud Indian reservation lands in South Dakota will be disposed of by lottery on October 19 under a presidential proclamation. The South Dakota tract, adjoining Gregory county lands opened in 1904, is highly desirable for farming and stockraising. The opening is expected to be larger than Gregory’s, with a registration and drawing plan similar to the Gregory process but removing earlier hardships on applicants.
Washington reports Minister Gertes of Colombia denied any plan to aid a revolutionary movement in Venezuela. He said Colombia has grievances against Venezuela but will not seek redress by unfair means, despite pending Holland Venezuela tensions.
The state department rejects reports that England would act with Holland to coerce Venezuela and denies any U S approval of joint action by Holland and Great Britain. It notes the United States would be the discipliner if Venezuela needed punishment, not a European power.
Diplomatic notes indicate Britain may send aid to Holland in the Castro dispute, with informal talks between British and American diplomats about Venezuela. State Department officials say the United States is simply watching and awaiting developments in Venezuelan affairs.
Acting Secretary Forster visited Sagamore Hill on a Sunday night with official business for President Roosevelt. He remained at the executive's summer home for some time before returning to Oyster Bay and staying late at the executive offices. The nature of the business was not divulged.
Washington on September 4 reports the state department weighing official recognition of Mulai Hafid the sultan of Morocco. Factoring European recognition, the United States is expected to follow if Mulai Hafid is acknowledged as ruler.
Oyster Bay reports Kermit Roosevelt left the area yesterday armed with rifles shotguns revolvers and cartridge belts for a practice hunt in the Northwest in preparation for an African expedition next March with his father.
Washington September 3 contract awarded to W. H. Mason of Klamath Falls for extending the south branch canal of the Klamath irrigation project. About seven miles of canal to be built with excavation and embankment totaling about 112000 cubic yards. Mason bid 22703 dollars.
Washington reports the war department orders a nationwide house cleaning on September 8. All old-fashioned and out-of-date ordnance material on hand will be offered for sale during the event across arsenals in the United States.
Paris reports Germany has demanded immediate recognition of Mulai Hafid as Morocco sultan, sending Dr Wassel to Tangier while France braces for fallout. French posts face Arab attacks near the Algerian frontier as tensions rise over German policy and Morocco’s leadership.
Backed by the Sage Foundation and Mrs. Russell Sage with ten million dollars already donated, trustees explore an extensive plan to provide affordable life insurance. Dr. Leo Franklin, in Europe since June, investigates governmental models, with Miles M. Dawson of the Armstrong committee as partner, under Governor Hughes’s 1905 reforms that reshaped New York life insurance.
Lake Geneva Wisconsin September 4 Director Edwin B Frost of Yerkes Observatory announced a new comet found from photographic plates made Tuesday night by Professor D W Morehouse of Drake University. The object is well defined with a tail several degrees long in Camelopardalis and may be visible with opera glasses. It is not connected to Halley's comet.
Joliet Illinois September 4 Several hundred acres of land are underwater and property valued in thousands of dollars destroyed by a dynamite blast at the Jackson street dam on the Illinois river Lake Michigan canal. The dam was wrecked and a hundred feet of canal bank torn away releasing water onto rich farming land. Authorities say angry farmers, angered by canal officials refusal to repair long demanded works, are believed responsible for the explosion.
Caracas reports President Castro refuses to allow Brazil’s chargé d affaires to assume charge of French interests in Venezuela. The move adds to tensions over Venezuela’s international diplomacy with Brazil and France seeking representation here amid the rebuke.
In San Francisco on September 4 a third juror, subject to peremptory challenge, was accepted in the Abraham Ruef bribery trial. Much of the day concerned probes into alleged improper interviewing of potential jurors before they appeared in court.
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