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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1915
Page
1
A chaotic weekly digest reports on the Lusitania sinking note, a Liberty Bell reception in Portland, Edison funding, Wilson’s undecided reply, a strong US trade surplus, and rail rate suspensions. It mentions Adriatic naval actions, Austrian submarines sinking an Italian warship, the Minnehaha wreck, a severe Cincinnati storm, a Belgian crime, Mexican tensions, and German wireless control at Sayville as neutrality debates unfold.
Reported account says the American bark Normandy was stopped by a German submarine off the southeast Irish coast. The submarine allegedly used the Normandy as a screen while its own vessel sank, with 25 aboard and 11 drowned. Three Americans aboard Normandy identified as survivors. The Leo, a German vessel, was sailing from Philadelphia to Manchester with a general cargo.
West Orange N J Thomas A Edison accepts invitation from Secretary Daniels to head a civilian Inventors board for a navy bureau of invention and development. A letter asks Edison to advise on wartime research efforts to aid the U S in Europe and ensure peace through new devices.
New York City population rose by 478,929 in five years ending June 2010. Brooklyn Manhattan Bronx and Richmond reported a total city population of 6,245,812 on June 18, up from 4,766,883 in 1910. French gold inflows prompt bank note of rising coin supply and public response at Bank of France. Trade balance shows a positive $20,645,778 with rising imports and exports across 13 U S ports. War mobilization increases horse provisioning with 200,000 horses moved from the West to Atlantic coast.
State and federal officials discuss constructing a jetty at Yaquina Bay to straighten the bar channel and improve access for logging and shipping. The plan cites 1913 surveys and proposed road connections to extend from Yaquina Bay inland, with Wisconsin lumbermen pushing for prompt commencement.
United States Department of Agriculture data shows grain forecasts for 1914 with millions of bushels of wheat oats and other crops. County superintendents meet to discuss Rural School standardization and examination papers for state teaching certificates led by officials from Oregon institutions and boards.
Reports of renewed activity in the Bohemia district include a rumor that Champion, once idle after a development option, may reopen. Bohemia shows lead in paying quantities and copper production for the year. Quicksilver prices rise, fueling hope the Black Butte quicksilver mine will resume after years of inactivity.
Roseburg officials and Kendall Bros representatives met with Southern Pacific leaders to discuss Kendall holdings project for the upcoming summer. The conference concluded with an understood agreement among parties. In Salem, flax prospects improved with expert review predicting strong yields from 1.5 to 3 tons per acre. In Monmouth, a Jersey cow owned by ex postmaster C. A. Wolverton died after bee-induced distress. thousands of Italian bees were noted near the campus apiaries.
Salem Desert Land Board will decide on excess acreage for the Central Oregon Irrigation project. John Thyen of Bend led for a deed to lands, with 80 acres under contract and seven water deliveries refused by the company. The Federal government warned Oregon against issuing under Carey lands without adequate water rights and supply, or titles could be revoked. The board must choose between defeasible titles or adjusting excess acreage before deeds are issued.
Roseburg business leaders, Benson, J H Lee, and E I Cantine meet to press for state aid for roads in Western Oregon. They advocate a state bond issue or revenue shift to fund highways, warning a tax levy may be needed to meet regional demands.
The report notes warrants for taxes unsettled with a $179.05 due on 1014 assessments and county treasurer rejection. Secretary Olcott explains motor vehicle law enforcement duties, including vehicle and chauffeur registrations and enforcement within jurisdictions. A road survey begins at Umatilla, and a cannery in Roggiung, Alaska, will be rebuilt doubling capacity.
A Prague bank clerk confronted an elderly woman presenting antique savings books showing a 4 percent credit. He asked if it could fund the war loan, but she stated the book was a legacy from her dying mother intended for Belge. The clerk examined the book and, after some time, noted its value was not usable for the loan.
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