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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1905
Page
6
A weekly roundup notes international tensions with Manchuria, Baku oil guards, and Sweden Norway split looming. Key items include marriages, political plots at Fort Hamilton, a Bremerton navy yard move, Chicago convention call for October 26, and earthquake and flood impacts.
Mr Ibuka of Tokio argues in New York that the Far East war harms no broad anti Christian sentiment in Japan. He notes China seeks knowledge from Japan, with many Japanese becoming instructors and Chinese students flocking to Japanese colleges to learn and spread Christianity.
President Roosevelt will urge Congress to remodel public land laws and repeal the timber and stone act. The recommendation follows the Public Lands commission report noting fraud and government losses under the act. The commission includes Richards Newell and Pinchot and cites a forthcoming appendix with data.
In Baku on September 19 the Caucasus unrest worsens as Tartars raid the countryside killing and assaulting residents. Troops, terrified by rioters, barricade at headquarters and fire sparingly at small groups. Tartars burn oil towers. losses reach into the millions with about 5,000 killed in the past week, including women and children.
The daily tally shows comparatively few new cases boosting campaign efforts. Among the new patients is Dr. C. M. Shanly of Barataria, who oversees Upper Barataria in Jefferson Parish after relocating from North Dakota and owning a small plantation there.
Three naval paymasters in Tokio embezzled 165000 dollars over three years, a disclosure described as calmly received. The prolonged period without discovery may erode trust in naval administration and be used by opponents of the government.
The Boston Herald reports the frigate Constitution, famed as the First Ship of the American Navy, is deteriorating and may not last many more years in its present condition.
Governor Chamberlain reviews a failed Portland firm’s convict labor contract after plant losses. Airtight Store gave up a ten year bid at 6.9 cents per hour. Lowen Company now offers 4.5 cents on five years. He considers leasing to farmers at better terms and will delay a new contract while investigations proceed.
Corvallis residents anticipate the new school year with heavy enrollment. Estimates place arriving students around 800 this year with 1000 hoped for next year as Eastern Oregon families relocate for study. The campus undergoes renovations including the administration building and new additions for pharmacy geology and metallurgy. Examinations begin September 15.
Grants Pass resident Benjamin Batty and his 14 year old son work by hand at a rich ore find in the Dry Diggings district three miles from Grants Pass. They pan and grind ore from four to ten dollars daily, transporting it from the mine to their farmhouse where it is milled in the afternoon.
Aurora hop picking begins across yards but picker shortage slows work. Early yields vary widely with E. M. Bracket reporting nearly double last year’s boxes, while Henry Maessig foresees less than half of prior year’s yield.
Clara Harding of Eugene has earned a Conservatory of Music scholarship in Indianapolis to receive 300 dollars yearly. She summers with her mother on their farm near Gervais and is a Eugene High School graduate from the class of 1905 and a former student at the University of Oregon School of Music.
The first sale of 1905 hops in Lane county occurred last week when Stephen Smeed sold 34 bales of early Fuggles to Claybor & Co at 14 cents. Yields are higher than expected and growers anticipate a heavier crop than last year as picking continues.
Dallas Hop picking has begun with strong protests over yard conditions. Workers voice strain in many yards and fear a rupture could spread to all county yards, signaling potential widespread disruption.
Local opinion leans that Portland has not shared fairly in attracting business from the region. San Francisco merchants recently funded a large portion of a $100,000 bonus for the Weed Railway project to connect Siskiyou county to the coast. Portland has refused financial aid, pushing Klamath Falls to favor San Francisco as a wholesale center unless Portland wholesalers commit to improving regional transportation.
A general organization of Willamette valley business men is under way to unite merchants for mutual protection against graft and deadbeats. The league will inform members about fake schemes appearing in valley towns and coordinate effort to counter them.
In Dallas it is understood the Johnson Lumbering company will begin surveys for a logging railroad along La Creole creek. The line starts at the upper dam and will run into rich timberlands near Ta Cresle Gresk. The road aims to bring superior logs to market unused timber so far.
The Opp mine one mile west of Jacksonville is reported sold for more than $150,000. The sale transfers all interests from Opp and Perry to new owners, with the president and officers of the former company resigning and control moving to the buyers whose names are not yet released.
The article lists delegates to the Prison congress meeting in Lincoln Nebraska on October 21 including Mrs Lou Hatch Rev KP Murphy Rev JA Levicque Mrs Nellie R Trumbull Mrs W A Mears C W James W T Gardner H H Hawley N H Looney Dr T L Eliot Rev E W St Pierre Ben Selling and J S Hunt.
Wheat prices range from 69 to 78 cents per bushel with barley at 20 to 23 dollars per ton and rye at 130 cents per cwt. Hay and fruits show varied figures from timothy at 11 to 15 dollars per ton to apples at up to 1.75 per box. livestock prices include cattle at 3 to 4 cents per pound and dressed veal at 3.80 per pound.
Washington reports President Roosevelt will soon issue a call for a peace conference at The Hague. Time of meeting undecided, to be fixed before his return. The czar favors a second conference but requires Japan and Russia to end current war first. A provisional pact aims to limit war to vital cases after attempts at accommodation. Other topics include balloon explosives rules Red Cross protection floating mines and interned ships ownership.
Professor Alexander McAdie reports Mount Whitney at 14 502 feet as the United States highest peak based on summer measurements. Mount Rainier follows with 14 394 feet, while Mount Shasta lies between 14 200 and 14 380 feet.
Senator Piles reports through his secretary that Puget Sound yard will gain repair work not lose it. Funds will overhaul transport Zafiro and cruiser Chicago. The revenue cutter Perry will be decommissioned at Bremerton for repairs paid by Treasury. Oregon will be replaced for overhaul in Asiatic waters. No discrimination against Puget Sound yard.
In strong terms he calls for a construction plan for the Panamacans to be completed at the earliest time. In remarks to the Isthmian Canal commission consulting board, he emphasized points deemed vital. Transcripts were sent to the board and General Davis authorized to release them publicly.
Paris reports that Norway's forces are mobilizing despite contradictory statements. The French government seeks to avert rupture with Stockholm and favors allowing Norway to keep some frontier fortifications.
Preliminary Iowa state census figures show a total population of 2,201,372 on January 1, 1905, down 30,481 from 1900. Most urban areas gained, while rural regions accounted for the decline.
An interview discusses Ko mura Komare's expected disgrace as he nears death. Takashita explains bari keri as Japan’s code of honor and that Komare may fake illness to avoid returning in dishonor. Americans may misunderstand the action as a patriotic sacrifice.
Commander Lulian Young of the gunboat Bennington faces a pending court martial at Mare Island. He condemns harsh punishment and argues he warned navy officials of defective boilers before the San Diego harbor disaster that killed many sailors. Judge Gear will defend, Ensign Wade recovers from appendicitis and may join proceedings in about three weeks.
The Keep commission reports wide price variations in supplies across departments from 30 to 100 percent. It notes uniform bidding methods, yet specific article costs vary, illustrating inadequate purchasing practices. A plan to standardize supplies and create a central purchasing office is recommended.
Cablegrams from Argentina report a government notice to levy a prohibitive tariff on all parts used in repairing agricultural and industrial machinery. American manufacturers are urged to seek intervention from the U.S. government. Wires stayed hot as efforts to present the issue to the secretary of state continued through the evening.
San Jose Costa Rica reports the medical faculty urges quarantine steps to minimize commercial disruption after a bubonic plague case from Panama. It recommends allowing ships from San Francisco to enter Punta Arenas with a clean bill of health to ease trade.
Officially Courland and Vothyais face menace from cholera. Authorities have taken steps to prevent spread as disease looms in the Baltic provinces and threatens port cities and inland areas.
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