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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1894
Page
2
Newberg Graphic from April 27 1880 reports Breckenridge-Polard affair discussions in town the number of school district clerks in Tillamook County and a call for better roads in Oregon. It notes grain fleet arrivals and sailors lost on the California coast a Salem road stance and remarks on Oregon outlook with local satire on politics and commerce.
A neighbor praises the American hog as a rescue amid farmer distress. He jokes about tipping his hat when meeting a hog on the road and argues the hog helps farmers when wheat is low and taxes bite. The quote closes with long live the American hog from The Dalles Times Mountainier.
An Albany citizen lauds Judge Burnett for clearing the courtroom during testimony in a doctor’s trial. The Oregon Evangelical notes California fruit growers warn about eastern crop damage and possible scarcity, urging modest price expectations amid hard times.
A Rural Northwest note cites a letter from George Ruedy highlighting the Esopus Spitzenberg as unreliable for market and dessert use. He reports ten year old trees yielding less than 40 pounds while other varieties yield bushels, calling Spitzenberg unf hardy and a poor bearer.
A jumbled regional clipping notes Coxey fear prompting legislative adjournment and a rising mood nationwide. It cites a Kiowa county Kansan quip for a Main street hydrant and mockery of Judge Galloway, with a Oregon newspaper man called a tenderfoot amid broad sympathy for Patterson.
The Republican county convention opened at the court house in McMinnville led by J. E H. Magers. Temporary officers were made permanent and a credentials committee named. Nominations followed for senator J C Calbreath and others including Watt Henderson sheriff and A E Meeker clerk. The day closed with strong support for the entire slate.
In 1892 TP bought white sugar beet food as an experiment for green poultry feed. By July the beets were half grown and preferred for table use over ordinary beets. Fall feeding involved hanging beet chunks for hens to peck, noting sugar beets as cost efficient and easily grown with minimal cultivation.
A San Francisco letter outlines dividing two acres into forty yards with two yards per person to raise two hundred hens. The writer asks projected income from keeping the hens with good care and stresses clean, well kept yards and humane conditions.
The Fanciers Monthly notes small gravelled yards beat dirty sun baked ones for homestead poultry. Eggs can yield about 200 per year with proper care and laying stock. broilers or breeding stock can raise income significantly.
Linseed meal and cotton seed meal are good for poultry of all kinds. Feed by mixing with hot bran and vegetable mush, about a handful of meal to five or six quarts of mush each morning. Add wheat shorts, corn meal, boiled vegetables, and a dash of salt and pepper for a savory warm mash.
Prairie Farmer offers advice on preparing soil for berries including deep plowing and manure, choosing well tested kinds, and spacing for strawberries raspberries blackberries currants gooseberries and grapes. It warns against poor cultivation and improper planting depths to ensure health vigor and future yields.
The pest is widespread and control tips from Bulletin No. 31 are repeated. Cabbage moth sprays poison foliage and leaf eating caterpillars. Destroy egg clusters on leafless trees in autumn and winter by cutting and burning infested twigs. Burn webs with kerosene soaked rag on a pole when caterpillars are inside. Crush young larvae with gloves. Parasites assist in destruction.
Mr L Martin reports 23 cherry trees bleeding severely at West Side office. He suggests a cheap method of applying wet earth to the bleeding spots, claiming most wounds heal with first application though one case required a second. He urges readers to try the no cost remedy.
The Yamhill County W C T U met April 18 and 19 in Lafayette Evangelical church with state workers and Mrs. Cox present. Mrs. Whitmore was elected president and committees and department superintendents were named, plans discussed including literature, temperance, and youth work, with sermons, debates, and music from the Lafayette band and Glee Club.
A rustic tale unfolds of Maud Maller and a farmer as a community witnesses a farm wedding. The poem recalls honest toil, courtship, and the union celebrated amid hayfields and vows, with village spectators and a cheerful ceremony.
Weather boosts activity as residents report visits, burials, and planned events. Hillsboro visitor Mr W Williams and Bum Brisbane shared time last weekend. Populist speaker rumor circulates. no public notice. Hops poling, farmers plowing and sowing noted. Mrs Peter Thompson and Miss Florence Stewart buried locally. A newborn boy born to Mrs Chris Christeson on April 13. West Chehalem string band entertained at the lyceum last Saturday and a concert is anticipated. Southern Pacific issues midwinter fair ticket circular with 30 day validity and reduced excursion fares from San Francisco to California points. Portland to San Francisco round trip listed at 25 dollars plus admission fees. Tickets not on sale until the Midwinter Fair opens.
The Sheriff of Yamhill County Oregon by writ of execution will sell at public auction on May 1 at 1 p.m. at the McMinnville courthouse the property described as part of lots 7 and 8 in the Wynooksi subdivision, containing six acres, to satisfy a $250 judgment plus costs and interest. The sale proceeds go to the plaintiff J F Jewett, with Adolph Tetriech and A Dietrich as defendants.
Executors of William Hobson estate will sell at private sale from May 1 to dispose of multiple donated land parcels in Yamhill County Oregon. The four tracts cover 17.06, 1, 6 and 10 acres approx. with boundaries defined by section 17 and nearby donation claims. Sale proceeds go to estate debts with a third upfront and balance by note due in three years.
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