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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1912
Page
4
April came in with a smile and S E Cummins is urged for strong support in the county’s ballot. Groomsmen are said to have several dark horses in both major parties being trained for possible emergencies at the finish.
Plans indicate groundwork is laid to open a saloon across the river in anticipation of travel from this side by the new bridge. The Graphic will discuss the issue next week.
The ball season begins in Portland on Tuesday April 16 with large expected crowds for dedicating the new park and grandstand. Renovations improved accommodations and the scene promises a lively event despite high living costs. Major notes include community gifts like S Benson’s twenty bronze drinking fountains costing 10000 dollars and a report on mountaineering dangers and search rescues in the Coast Range and Cascades.
Circuit Court proceedings list trials to begin April 22, 1912 with multiple cases from Parrish rape to damages disputes. Judges include Andrew Kershaw and night sessions noted. Comment on circuit business and division among many judges rounds out the report.
Communion services and the public reception of new members will take place next Sunday morning. The morning address is titled The Path to Greatness with an evening Easter music program. A sermonette will answer If a man die shall he live again. A special welcome for strangers.
Portland visitors and travels are listed with several families visiting relatives in Salem and Portland. Milburne Hardin recently married and resides at Siletz. W J Bennett to manage orchards for Clark Noble who bought W S Allan’s twenty acre Handley home tract. Red Hills Improved Roads Association met in Dundee for officer election and Orchards Telephone Company held annual meeting in Groth Hall. Road improvement work continues west of town and Greer Drive muddy hollow to be filled.
The Fargo Courier News notes that wooden pavements are falling out of use as Chicago reduced block pavement mileage from 700 in 1905 to 200 last year. Creosoted and cedar blocks failed in Fargo, likely needing costly relaying at public expense.
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