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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1921
Page
9
The Newberg Graphic announces weekly publication each Thursday evening. Office location listed as Graphic Building at 600 First Street with second class mail status and $2.00 yearly prepaid rate as of December 15, 1921.
A community urged to uphold the Santa Claus tradition by sharing and helping those in need. The piece emphasizes giving as essential to Christmas joy, urging neighbors to support the sick lonely and impoverished to ensure every home in Newberg experiences a joyful season.
A historical critique argues government ownership drives up taxes and fails financially. It cites Alaska railway funding, private versus state operation in Paris and Berlin, and a 47 state utilities conference noting costly losses under public control. The piece contrasts rising rates with private sector profits and warns against reliance on state operation.
Report from Moline Illinois notes that a service or breakdown of a utility is under scrutiny as a large share of its operation costs are shouldered by taxpayers. Dispatch cites concerns from city officials about cost distribution and accountability.
Despite doomsayers predicting job loss, local mills stay busy and cannery and plants run well. Europe begins placing large lumber orders, including a 240 million foot contract with France over three years, signaling strong demand and potential prosperity for Oregon's lumber industry.
A western Iowa farmer shipped a cowhide to the Omaha market and was paid only one cent per pound, or sixty cents. After freight deductions of 52 cents, four two cent stamps were sent as balance. The farmer bears losses from low hide prices, high freight, and doubled shoe costs.
Newberg is represented by 18 of the 78 Yamhill students at the Oregon Agricultural College. The group includes seniors Kenneth D. Fendall in agriculture and Theodore J. Langton in mechanical engineering, with majors in horticulture, civil and chemical engineering among others. College enrollment reaches 3400 with 1050 women and 2350 men, and 212 transfers from 24 states and countries.
The city’s volunteer fire department thanks merchants for contributions to buy waterproof coats. The coats meet a long‑standing need as firefighters often wear them daily when responding to alarms.
Advertise exchange principle hints at swapping unwanted items for desired ones. The brief suggests promoting trade or sale offers as a clever marketing prompt.
J J Walker former Lafayette State Bank cashier received five years in state prison for burning the Lafayette cannery to defraud Pacific States Fire Insurance Company. Japanese participant Frank Takayama got three years. Trial drew wide local interest with most town residents attending. Eight banking law counts likely to be dismissed.
Carl M. Berry and Alice Barry sue Blake-Compton & Co for 873.20 in damages claiming an agreed work arrangement as cooks and kitchen attendants at a Fossil rock camp. Herbert R. Dewart of Portland represents the plaintiffs.
R. A. Brown, indicted for non support, pleads guilty and receives a three month jail sentence in the county jail.
Deputy Sheriff Rowell on Saturday delivered J. J. Walker and Frank Takayama to the penitentiary officials at Salem. John Venable accompanied Rowell on this mission. D. D. Coulson of Newberg has filed his notarial commission with the county clerk.
A local supplier advertises a range of ingredients and tools for home candy makers including chocolate coating glucose coconut and nuts. The notice indicates a stock ready for customers seeking DIY confectionery supplies.
A dredge costing eight thousand dollars will be built for the Reedsport Scottsburg highway project. Portland plans spending one million five hundred thousand dollars in 1920 on street improvements and sewers.
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