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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1891
Page
2
A veteran showman P T Bvesom died last Tuesday at his Bridgeport Conn home. The long column reviews local affairs from politics to railroads noting electoral outcomes, strikes, and public notices across the era.
The column argues farmers should not bear a larger tax burden while railroads influence government, noting a stalled World’s Fair appropriation bill and broader calls for government railroad control. It also highlights a pamphlet on prune industry, remarks on gender virtue double standards, and reports on a proposed farmers cooperative insurance group led by A M Harney and Hendricks county figures.
A well near Dayton Oregon yielded a layer of frozen clay and gravel at 55 feet, then caverns with cold air roaring for 200 yards. Air is so cold that hands cannot be held over the opening, water freezes in hours, and work was abandoned after tapping the cavities. The piece notes this may be a hoax by Dayton real estate men to deter Eastern buyers.
A Banning lad is urged to learn fruit growing, arguing that early horticultural instruction would make him self sufficient at sixteen and ready to work on large ranches. The piece asserts every boy should gain practical knowledge beyond formal schooling to boost future success.
Eugene fruit grower Mr. Sladden tours the East with Oregon samples including prunes. He forecasts a superb year for prunes plums pears peaches cherries and quinces. He discusses advertising strategies immigration hopes and opposition to sulfur and lye in drying. He oversees about 100 acres of fruit and 10 in strawberries amid varying crop prospects.
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