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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1896
Page
2
NcWBERG GRAPHIC issued every Friday morning by EF Woopwaarp Epivor and Peochsiues Entered as second class mail at the post office Newberg Oregon Friday January 17 1896 Tucked into a local weekly edition with standard postal notice and masthead data indicated.
The Graphic warns Newberg residents of a 31 mill total tax burden for 1896 including state county town and school levies and questions spending on recorder and marshal salaries. It urges trimming expenses to avoid hard times and criticizes rising city outlays while noting cigarette myths and Cuba and Venezuela coverage.
The list of potential successors to Herrmann includes H. B. Miller W. T. Vawter Judge R. S. Bean Thomas H. Tongue Chas. B. Moores T. T. Geer and George C. Brownell with more names expected. The Poston Seed Co of Portland seeks ad space in the Graphic while rival papers rally readers. Hoofer of the Capital Journal boasts of June election prep and Buff Cochins paid $75. A push for better roads replaces talk of hard times as a mild winter dents the wood deal.
The Cuban island long under Spain, about 760 miles long and nine ty miles wide, with fertile lands and rich minerals. Population near two million, Havana a 200000 city, Captain General earns 50000 annually, many tobacco plantations and a strong push for independence.
The year 186 with no October rainfall over most of the state stands out. Overall precipitation shows excess nationwide, with a belt from Tillamook county to near Oregon City and across the Willamette region, extending into the Cascade mountains near Mount Hood and the Santion and MeKeneto river basins.
The report details statewide precipitation with Nehalem and Glenora in Tillamook county receiving 105 to 110 inches, Cascade Locks to ocean and the Willamette valley's varied totals, and records the highest temperature at Pendleton and lowest at Diamond. Snowfall was heavier in places like Sparta and Detroit, while Portland and the coast saw lighter totals.
Postmaster John Thompson of La Fayette urges spring subscriptions to raise about four thousand dollars to blast river obstructions below Lafayette, making Yambill navigable year round. He hopes a congressionally secured lock at the falls will follow.
A memorial honoring Dr Elias Jessup lauds his Christian character and Temperance Union leadership in Oregon. Sympathies are offered to his family as the reporter notes his counsel and aid, while detailing local real estate transfers and the Rhodes and Rhodes abstracts office in McMinnville Oregon.
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