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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1919
Page
4
A man named Tray on alighting from a train in Portland was arrested after a suspicious looking suitcase drew attention. The note mentions the event as part of a brief Newberg Graphic item dated Thursday February 6 1919 and adds a local color line about old bad company.
The paper dedicates front page space to Lincoln stories as Brian e pater marks his birthday anniversary next Wednesday. Readers are treated to a collection of concise pieces centered on Lincoln.
The text argues that after abolishing the fee system tied to county official pay, salaries were modest and as living costs rose nearly double, a reasonable increase in salaries is warranted with good reason.
The Graphic contends President Wilson's pressure on railroad officials two years ago to meet striking demands laid groundwork for future conflict. It argues that the current Seattle strike proves the paper's long held belief in mounting and unreasonable demands.
The Graphic argues against attaching an emergency clause to the road bonding bill urging voters supported road bonds two years ago. It estimates referendum costs at 3100,000 and prefers spending on road work rather than another election, noting persuasion has won over many prior opponents.
The passage argues that even in war the best roles went to well educated college men. It stresses thorough preparation as essential in all fields, noting there are no shortcuts and that training the mind takes time but pays off.
Portland mill owner Henry Albers, a German immigrant and longtime miller, was found guilty on two counts of disloyalty to the government. Sentencing pending, potential penalties include up to 40 years in prison and or a $206,000 fine, or both.
The editor notes a British Education Act passed during wartime and clarifies it provides no compulsory military training. He urges readers not to equate education reform with militarization and cautions against misreading advocates for universal service as endorsing mobilization.
In the discussion on the Act, officials clashed over the issue while the minister of education H A L Fisher stated publicly that the government had canvassed universal and compulsory military training and decided the proposal has neither educational nor military value.
An Oregon voter argues that distance from construction sights fuels criticism of the State Highway Commission. He praises the work done on grades curves and paving, notes funding limits and future county budgets, and urges public support against selfish local interests and anti modernization critics. He acknowledges honest dissent but warns against political attacks on the commission.
The magazine argues private control under national supervision could beat strict state commissions. It warns against government ownership and cites the postal service as a cautionary example of slow, despotic, red tape plagued public operation.
Hillsboro Independent notes widespread Canada thistle infestations across numerous fields. Farmers underestimate the weed and neglect control, letting areas expand yearly. A farmer recounts salt treatment and plowing failed, finally plowing in midsummer with weekly doses to dry plants and reduce trouble.
Corvallis Courier notes Harold Warren suggesting the best way to combat flu is to stop advertising it. The paper says the idea will be tested by halting ads for the moment and tracking any effects on progress.
About fifteen years ago A C Goodrich planted English walnuts in the north part of town, met with scorn from locals. This season Mrs Goodrich sold nearly 600 pounds of walnuts. In McMinnville maples are cut and walnuts planted. the Yamhill Record asks why not here.
A Lebanon Criterion quote contrasts agitators who seek to disrupt industrial conditions with the financiers who pay workers. It labels the agitator a parasite living off wage earners, highlighting a critique of labor disruption versus the source of labor payment.
The Hood River Glacier comments on the Oregonian column Those Who Come and Go describing it as similar to the country weeklies Personal Mention. It notes editor Woodward of the Newberg Graphic approving the chatty short items and predicts popularity if continued.
A Sheridan Sun corny column laments that farmers bear heat and cold, pests and disease, spoiled crops, and taxes while selling produce to meet bills. They work long hours, face low prices, and endure hunger for a starving world, saying a strike would be a sad day for all.
Salem Journal reports letters to Germany travel through the Red Cross not the regular post, with no mail to Germany until peace is declared. Frederick Lucas of Aurora received two letters from relatives in Germany, including his mother in Wildbad. Robert Sanger, writing July 2, via Red Cross, learned his son Max replied this morning, first contact since spring 1917.
A town should provide modern services, fair prices and good visitor treatment. It must offer wholesome pleasures and services while staying clean and well presented. A town that neglects these basics declines like a failing business house and industry.
Omar Fendall, longtime employee of the Larkin-Prince Hardware Co. at Newberg, has tendered his resignation. His weekly "Si Draft" letter in the Newberg papers boosted his reputation as an advertising man.
The term junker describes a Prussian noble who joins the officer corps and aristocratic caste. Since 1862 it denoted reactionaries seeking to preserve exclusive social military and political privileges. Junkerism shaped Prussian policy and social life through defense of large estates and superiority over common tradespeople.
The article notes the liberation of Babaism led by Abdul Baha Abbas Effendi following Turkish dominance in Palestine. It traces Baháʼí founder Baháʼu'lláh, the father, and Abdul Baha's imprisonment at Akka for 40 years, his release in 1908, and subsequent travels to France, England, and the United States.
The article blends scattered notes on public figures labeled as "Father of the Poor" and their colonies in Chicago and Kenosha, then shifts to local doggerel about muskrats flooding the Boston & Maine yards. Charley Brown profits from muskrat fur, while a muskrat disrupts a signal tower switch delaying an express. The piece also reflects on Siberian trade prior to war and future railway routes via Vladivostok as a broad economic note.
The populated Sea of Siberia is described as a belt along the Trans Siberian railway extending 6,000 miles and housing about 20,000 people.
The Daily Chronicle recalls a curious episode in which Dame Agnes Weston, a friend of sailors, helps staff at a sailors rest place tracts on a buffet. A playful sailor moves the card to a jam tart dish and many patrons take tarts while the tracts stay untouched.
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