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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1892
Page
2
A nostalgic poem laments a vanished swimming hole and the changing landscape of youth. The speaker recalls sunlit days by the water, childhood paths, and a bridge now altered by time. A stray line about a Missouri pig with a human head appears as commentary from a Long Creek Eagle reader.
A group calling itself the Tux Bay City Tribe began a boating venture on Tillamook Bay about a year ago for boom operations. An injured or missing crew member was rescued, while the remaining party reported conditions were waterlogged and hazardous.
Davournny and Fowren of the Slyridin Sun sold out after a two month run marked by a dispute with Amity Poppes. The purchase by Guill Sheridan promises a fresh local paper under new ownership and hopes for success.
Ten Great Northern railroad officials work to run cars from Spokane Falls to Portland. They likely plan to sell their line down the Columbia to Morton, aiming to secure a direct route and continue freight movement toward Oregon.
The issue prints James Whitcomb Riley’s poem The Old Swimmin’dole and recalls Hoosier scenes. Also notes a failed water wheel irrigation on the Columbia River in Umatilla County and its daily 570 000 gallon lift. Mentions a historic 1486 gift to the International Typographical Union, the Printers Home at Colorado Springs, and Corvallis Times praise for town-building efforts.
Corvallis note says Jack Miphin visited Corvallis Monday and spoke of a Long Tow trip and Oregon farmer labor. He saw a man atop a barn roof watching the country and said he was looking for a “bhidor” as the harvest machine had been left there last fall.
Tie Telephone Register laments waning interest as Yarhill County racing declines. Chas Wooda and his trotters will leave McMinnvilly for Vancouver to train at a new track. The sport seeks revival amid neglect, with Newberg expected to supply the audience as sale and liquidation loom.
Advice on orchard care from a 1920s issue covering tree spacing and thinning, wind resistance, avoiding sunburn and mildew, bearing fruit timing, straw berry and grape varieties, soil manure use, root and transplant care, pruning wounds, and fertilizer guidance. Includes cautions on ashes, thick planting, and black knot treatment.
In the mountains Avruovsr Cam reports excellent timber quality near the Callapoia river and captures notes on discoveries by crew members. They describe issuing geological samples to friends in Newberg and a lively, welcoming visit from NE Britt. Some hunting light is noted as scarce for winter. The letter from Prof Richard Haworth is included as a reply to readers.
The writer reports a quarrel resolved while en route to Coquille country via Woolbarn Eugene and Roseburg. They describe travel details with Austin Root, the chief cook, heading toward Fugene on foot. The camp is in a blackberry patch about 190 acres, with a dinner of berries and biscuits and plans to bear a biscuit for a future tale.
A letter criticizes Fish Commissioner Meyers for agitating a fishway at the Willamette and Columbia canneries, arguing the state’s streams already face dam and sawdust problems and urging protection of food fishes over new laws and ladders.
The letter urges election of a fish commissioner to enforce fish and game laws in the Willamette Valley. It cites past prosecutions that failed and warns violators should be fined and educated, not allowed to trample streams near canneries. The notice also covers local items about damage from harvest equipment and travel anecdotes from reporters.
A local inventor Hiarlon Oay introduces a simple electric motor. The description explains a compound field magnet with adjustable arc sections and a multi switch to regulate speed and reverse rotation. The design uses a commutator with two rings and stationary bridges to control current flow.
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