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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1906
Page
2
A roundup of international and domestic items includes plans for an American bank in Berlin, notes on debt and mediation in Cuba, and political nominations in Colorado and Wyoming. Reports cover natural disasters in Colorado and Ecuador, naval and military updates, and transport developments across North America and Europe.
Federal grand jury in Knoxville investigates alleged peonage at railroad camps. Hundreds of enslaved workers from North and South Carolina report debt bondage, guarded camps, inflated commissary prices, and possible killings. indictments expected against contractors and subordinates.
Washington reports that battleships Louisiana Virginia and New Jersey are ordered down the Atlantic coast for a shakedown cruise and to stay in wireless contact. if needed, they may go to Havana. Cruisers Tacoma Cleveland Minneapolis and Newark have sailed from Norfolk with about 700 men on Minneapolis and Newark and 150 on Tacoma. the squadron could land 4 000 troops in Cuba by midweek if required.
Harrisburg reports show governors from several states backing efforts for a uniform 2 cent maximum fare on all steam rail roads. Western leaders support the plan in principle for populous eastern states, though some sparsely settled states deem a future when conditions justify a cut.
At 7 30 this morning a Dakota county cloudburst sent Elk creek floodwaters through Tackson causing seven foot waves washing away hay and rail lines. Bridges were destroyed and flood damage is conservatively valued at 100 000 dollars. Several railroad bridges were washed out.
Honolulu Sept 18 The Pacific Mail Steamship Manchuria which went aground on Rabbit Island Aug 20 was successfully floated today and is being towed to the harbor by the tug Restorer A crowd watches as flour bags jettisoned during final attempts wash ashore.
The Pacific Mail steamship Mongolia, sister ship of the Manchuria, is aground on Midway reef. The ship is being lightered and passengers have been landed safely. Weather is fine and seas are smooth.
Polk county shipped 800 fine Angora goats to Washington after a few days’ hold. Carson & Littlejohn of Steilacoom bought the stock, with Boothby & Lewis handling the sale. Goat and sheep raisers report high demand and strong prices for pure bred stock, predicting Washington’s Angora industry will grow.
An expert analyzes Hood River apple prices for Spitzenbergs and Newtowns, estimating yields and potential income from 20 acre plots. He projects 6500 boxes from Spitzenbergs at 2.40 per box and 9100 boxes from Newtowns, totaling about 15600 and 18200 dollars respectively, with higher yields possible from full maturity.
The Rim Rock of Roxy Anne near Medford has been bonded to Blue Ledge copper mine proprietors. A crew supervised by R P Little will drill three tunnels to gauge extent. R B Towne says coal quality is good enough for the smelter. Towne also plans oil drilling on the bonded land.
Professor James Hyde, head of the Mines and Mining Department at the University of Oregon, Eugene, resigns after three years to lead a large mining concern in Mexico due to eye trouble. Dr H B Leonard elected assistant instructor in mathematics, a University of Chicago graduate from the University of Colorado.
A denaturized alcohol plant is to be built within ten miles of Portland by January 31, with an expected expenditure of 100000 dollars. The project will start once land is secured. Secretary J B Laber of the board of trade announced the proposal, though promoters’ identities remain undisclosed until preliminaries are set.
The Lane county Commissioners' court has granted the petition to open the Lucky Boy road in the Blue Mountain mining district to public travel. The Lucky Boy Mining Company’s $10,000 damages claim was rejected, and firm plans to pursue the amount in court were announced. The company had offered to settle for $5,000.
In Benton Corvallis threshing operations end by midweek. A famed threshing machine man reports a strong crop with oats yielding up to 56 bushels per acre and some fields reaching 65 and higher. Wheat fields span about a dozen in the area.
Eugene stockman Eugene E. Crow who has run a Spencer butte ranch six miles south of Eugene for 25 years sells his 1100 acre farm to O. B. Bennett and W. L. Fields of Colorado Springs for 18000. He will move to Eugene and retire from active business life.
About 450 Indian boys and girls at Chemawa School pick hops in nearby yards. Boys stay in camp while girls stay with teachers, returning each evening. the school could have sent 1,500 more pupils to work in the hop fields.
Preparations are moving to start the fall sugar beet run around September 20. Growers crave rain to speed digging, as current conditions slow harvest. Labor is a grave problem and lively effort is underway. Heavy yield will need more workers to handle the crop, or many tons may remain unharvested.
The well dug by D. W. Barnett two miles north of Culver is down 330 feet with 35 feet of water. Drilling will continue to find a stronger flow near the surface. Water is scarce on the farm and must be hauled for stock and domestic use, despite a past surface flow.
Wheat and corn values listed for bluestem valley red and whole grain, with per ton and per cwt figures. Fruit and vegetables include apples grapes peaches pears and cantaloupes with varied crate and box prices. Also noted are eggs butter poultry veal beef pork wool and mohair quotes from Oregon markets.
Portland Sept 17. Congress unlikely to provide 2 500 000 needed for completion of the Columbia bar jetty next year, says Rep Ranedell of Louisiana and Rep Jones of Washington after inspecting the jetty with Portland Astoria chamber members. They caution against resuming work without funds and warn against diverting money from the larger Lar project while Celilo remains a priority.
General Dmitri Feodorovitch Trepoff, commander of the Imperial palace, died at his Peterhof villa at six o'clock Saturday evening from angina pectoris. A figure linked with reactionary repression, he shaped the palace's support for autocracy after Nicholas II's 1905 manifesto and kept the emperor aligned with the old regime.
About 800 persons attended a mass meeting in Chicago to push postal savings banks. Speakers included Mayor Danne Congressman Boutelle ex Senator William Mason and Justice Goldizer. Resolutions urged government custody of savings as the remedy against private institution risk and called for swift laws.
W R McKeen of Union Pacific announced that gasoline propulsion experiments for passenger cars have succeeded. He demonstrated with motor car No 8 from Columbus Nebraska to Omaha achieving over 45 miles per hour. Branch lines will receive these cars.
Police in Peterhof arrest 14 revolutionists including several students. A court lackey among the detainees fuels rumors of a plot against the emperor, but no definite information supports this.
Portland crowd hears Lt. Col. Roessler urge concentrating national river and harbor funds on finishing the mouth of the Columbia before funding upstream projects. He argues a united, multi project approach serves commercial aims and should guide congressional appropriations.
Vienna reports that the new electoral reform abolishes voting privileges for landed women in parliamentary elections. Deputies debated retaining or extending privileges to those with $200 income or running businesses. Minister von Blewerth noted failures of female suffrage on the Continent. Victor Adler supported suffrage in principle but doubted extending it now.
The Times Wellington correspondent reports New Zealand faces drastic colonial land reforms. The law forces sale of land exceeding 250000 in unimproved value within a decade and blocks owners of 1000 acres of prime land or 5000 acres of second class land from expanding estates via freeholds or leaseholds.
Fire swept Tiburon California from about 4 PM to after 7 PM destroying the town's business district. The Twenty second Infantry and Governor Markham's fire tug from San Francisco saved the homes. About 200 people were made homeless and losses are put at $100 000 with little insurance.
May Build South Shamrock in Glasgow reports John Ward, managing director of May Bros., has sailed to New York as the Dennys submit proposals to Sir Thomas Lipton for the construction of a Shamrock IV with a free hand in design and building.
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