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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1902
Page
3
Cra ters Hall hosts a youth contest and class rivalry as Pacific College teams and local talent perform. a cantata is slated for March. Local businesses announce sales and new ventures while residents attend meetings and plan events, with multiple notices on civic and social happenings.
High water slows boat travel to McMinnville. Supt Littlefield conducts county school examinations with about thirty teachers taking part. A Mrs Cates north of town attempted suicide last week. McMinnville College primary oratorical contest set for Friday with Erastus Smith and George McCutcheon as contestants. F A Falkenberg Woolmen head delivers strong address to large court house audience. County Woodmen turnout sizable from across the area.
Community news recounts sick lists and visits as residents travel to Portland McMinnville Newberg and Roseburg. Poultry show prizes noted for E Newhouse White Plymouth Rocks. Mr and Mrs Skinner plan a year or more in Marysville California with stops in Roseburg and a family visit.
A collection of brief notes from Lafayette mentions Mr Began losing his driving hose, Ed Perkins with a sick horse, and the Ladies Aid Society planning a Friday chicken supper on the 21st. Uncle Jim Hembree ill with pneumonia slowly improving, Mr Belcher seen on crutches, Prof ER W Kelsey delivering a lecture, property transfers, Archie St Clair visiting, and local bridge repairs by the railroad crew across the Yambill. Community events include a Portland speaker for the Crittenden Home, a successful school entertainment raising about 45 dollars for books, and Artisan lodge helpers with a lunch for Mrs Fletcher and boys getting hot dinners, wood donated by Mr Fletcher.
Yamhill County Court seeks bids to furnish gravel on barges or scows anywhere on the Yam hill river from LaFayette to Whiteson bridges. Bids will be opened at the March term date. County Court reserves the right to reject any or all bids. J H L Nelson, Clerk.
Wagon load Jota to be delivered to districts as directed by district supervisors with sound lumber bids for the year 1002. Bids opened March at 1 pm during the court term with right to reject all bids reserved. Clerk J H Nelson. For sale a $500 Ernest Gabler piano offered cheap by Mrs Moses Votaw.
Yambill County Court invites sealed bids to furnish lumber for several road districts. Bids must meet specifications and be submitted by the stated deadline to the county clerk. Public opening will occur after bids are received.
For sale on contract ten acres one mile west of Newberg depot eight acres in pranes for £400 over five years at interest and one acre in town for 9 on terms. L Reet McMinnville Or requests all persons owing for straw trained from Hees place last summer to pay at Bank of Newborg. J Madson Leons Cowurit
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