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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1891
Page
2
Partial OCR listing shows freight rates to Oswego Portland and Dundee routes with times and mentions agents Ji. Komulen K. A. Hoarpwan and Mgr A G F P A. Also notes rates to all points from Newberg agency.
Local brief reports a sighting of twenty two antelopes forty four miles from Huntington and a railcar near them. It notes national fights at Olympia and calls for Australian ballot and direct senate elections. Also mentions Mormon land plans in Mexico and Oregon legislative activity.
The piece reports Hon. Joe Simon of Portland chosen President of the Senate and Hon. T. T. Geer of Salem elected Speaker, with notes on legislative readiness and political tensions. It also covers temperance lectures, women’s temperance activism, and fruit growers’ concerns about price manipulation by orange buyers, urging farmers to attend horticultural meetings and share knowledge.
Readers seek details about Ella Higginson author of The Grande Etionde Valley line and a resident of Sehome Washington. Born 1862 in Council Grove Kansas, she wrote first poem in 1888 for the Benton County paper, edits a women's page, contributes to major eastern magazines, and cherishes Grande Ronde Valley with many friends there.
The horticultural society convened at the public school on Saturday at 2 pm with E C Armstrong as temporary president. Many fruit enthusiasts attended while many locals were absent, prompting remarks on commitment to monthly meetings. After approving prior minutes the group moved to elect a permanent chair.
Local officers elect EF C Armstrong as president N G Kirk vice president and Edun Robinson secretary. Cyrus Hoskins urges fruit culture in Chehalem valley arguing fruit industry can sustain town prosperity and attract population growth with California-like productivity. He recommends planting a mix of prune varieties to support drying, while noting Willamette seedling prune as valuable. An executive committee is named and next meeting will cover Portland state meeting work and tree spraying. An Australian lumber order for Pellingham Bay Improvement Co. will employ ships and workers for six months.
In Oregon there remain ninety six log school houses with Lane County leading at sixteen and Kant County next with ten. Several counties have one to five, while Curry Malheur Marion Marrow Polk Wallowa Linn and Yamhill have none. East of the mountains some counties could not build log schools without sagebrush.
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