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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1894
Page
2
The Newberg Graphic reports California jealous of Herman the Oregon representative in Washington. He is praised for securing appropriations for Oregon's rivers and harbors, while Californians question the grounds of the dispute. Herman, an Oregonian, is described as a proud native who achieves results for Oregon.
The first quarterly gathering at the M. E. church featured C. K. Hoskins urging selective committees and Alya Macy summarizing drying methods. A lengthy afternoon covered orchard care, crop rotation, and the need for practical cooperation among growers in Willamette Valley communities.
An Oregon gathering heard Jang Whengh discuss cooperative sale plans for fruit in the state. A Dayton meeting set for Friday the 14th to organize a stock company with warehouses and handling facilities. Committee members include Hoskins Cooper Galloway Allen Macey Denny Lownsdale. A letter from S A Clark Salem was read. The program featured talks on pruning leaves and fruit papers, with calls to join the society and read horticultural literature. A next meeting is planned in three months at Dayton.
J C Newson writes from California recounting travel from Portland to San Francisco and Los Angeles. He notes passes through the Rogue River and Shasta valleys, visits to Whittier Pasadena Riverside Redondo and comments on weather and crops. He plans to return to Newberg after a stay in San Francisco.
A paper read March 1 184 by Peage before the Yamhill County Teachers Institute calls instructors to guide pupil thought toward pure principles. It urges gentleness and kindness in students, discourages quarrel and vengeance, and favors arbitration over war to settle national disputes.
Stuxennook Oregon weather report for March 1804 shows an elevation of 400 feet, mean temperature 43.5, maximum 67 and 30 on various dates, and 3 frosts at or below 32. Total precipitation 10.27 inches with surplus 4.49 inches. Also notes wind, clear and cloudy days, and dates of snowfall and frost. Beatty Ronson.
The Farshill County Reporter notes a muddle between the county court and city council over lighting the court room. The court cut the superintendent’s charge for two cent per hour burners, while the council disputes a prior contract and shuts off lights to resolve the dispute.
The excerpt recalls early log schoolhouses built when public schools were unorganized. Citizens funded a simple eight foot high building with basic furniture and a large fire stove. Every district member was fined for neglect and many districts avoided duties, yet pioneer carpentry produced numerous early schoolhouses.
A prominent poultry breeder questions whether plumage color affects egg production and chick viability. He notes black or dark plumage may yield more eggs and stronger chicks, while white plumage is linked to lower prolificacy, though he dislikes dark fowls for other reasons. The Fancier's Review presents his observations and invites verification.
The Southern Pacific announces 30 days on Special Tickets for San Francisco and return to the Midwinter Fair. Excursion tickets from San Francisco to California points within 60 days at one and one fifth fare over 150 miles and one and one third fare for 150 miles or less. Portland to San Francisco rate four dollars and fifty cents plus two dollars fifty nine cents for five admissions. Rates from other Oregon stations follow similar terms. Tickets not valid until the Fair opens.
The eight page Sunday Stateeman offers eight full pages of news and readings for 50 cents by mail until July 1. It promotes itself as Oregon’s second paper and a core Republican campaign education tool with poetry, a short story, and political gossip. Sample copies are free and subscriptions run consecutively.
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