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First Electric Train Arrives In Newberg
The first electric train of six coaches arrived in Newberg on the Willamette Valley Lines of the Southern Pacific. Crowds from the county and city celebrated with speeches at city hall and a luncheon, then toured the line from Newberg to McMinnville with dignitaries and press from Oregon papers.
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Newberg
Jast
Willamette Valley
Southern Pacific Railroad
Old
Sol
First Street
Main
First Streets
Gordon
E. B. Piper
Portland Commercial Club
City Hall
Commercial Club
Jesse Edwards
W. S. Wharton
Imperial Hotel
Opera Grille
Odd Fellows Hall
Civic Improvement Club
Casey
Chicago
Milwaukee
Portland
Imperial
Bell
Harvey O. Bryan
Insuranceé
J. E. Werlin
George H. Himes
Oregon State Historical Society
W. D. Fenton
Yamhill County
J. W. Minto
J. W. Hobbs
Yambhill
Eugene
Jesse Hobson
C. C. Chapman
Spaulding Logging Co
McMinnville
Portley
Dundee
Dayton
Afayette
R. L. Harris
Yam Ull
P. P. Olds
Lafayette
W.D. Penton
LaFayette Mo
Bill” Hanley
Burns
Harney County
Bryan
Mewlnnville
Plains
Oregon
Robert E. Strahorn
Graphic
Frank Jenkins
Eugene Register
George Curry
Forest Grove Press
J. W. Pentney
The
Telephone Register
Edgar Meresse
News Reporter
L. A. Fernsworth
Cornelius Tribune
Frank M. Melville
Sherwood Journal
F. T. Meltinger
Dayton Tibune
A. G. Carruth
Carlton Sentinel
West Side
Yamhill
Southern Pacific
Corvallis
Salem, Falls City & Western Railway
Corvallis & Alsea
Sheridan & Willamina
Salem
Albany
Canby
Molalla
Monroe
Beaverton
Cook