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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1914
Page
4
An article appearing in the Graphic last week was misattributed and should have been credited to the Hood River Glacier. The correction notes the authorship mix up between the two papers and clarifies the proper source.
Some democratic sheets and so called independent papers criticize Congressman Hawley, hoping to stir controversy and gain attention. The articles offer little real impact as the political climate remains calm and no real wind is rising.
A warm spell attracted more bathers to Oregon streams and led to increased drownings. Deep pool currents cause cramps and helplessness without aid, a likely reason for the higher number of water deaths this season.
R A Booth tours for the Senate seat while supporters of incumbent Chamberlain warn the race will be hard. They note Oregon’s Republican leanings and argue voters should retain the Democrat despite Booth’s standing.
In response to an Anti Saloon League inquiry, several Oregon county poor farm superintendents report high links between drinking and poverty. Mrs Robert Neece of Grant County cites over twenty years with ninety percent of inmates from drink. J W Page of Jackson County notes eighty percent are drunkards. Laquor County farm claims fifty percent of inmates trace to liquor.
A historical view contrasts saloon economics with taxpayer burdens and rail transport pay debates. It notes post office compensation issues, parcel post impact, and railways forming a committee as Washington and Congress seek fair mail-rate adjustments. It also reports local society notes from Dundee and surrounding areas.
Mrs E C Alford of Salent visits Rev J G Alford at his home as the Dundee church Ladies Aid Society holds an allday event.
Critics praise the mocking bird as king among song birds surpassing skylark and nightingale. Its variety range and volume are unmatched in the avian death kingdom, making other birds’ laurels wither in a moonlit listening.
Astronomer Scriven Bolton notes Sirius would be a celestial furnace if it replaced the sun. At forty times solar temperature and a vast atmosphere, its rays would reach Earth in eight and a half years, turning land to cinders and oceans to barren wastes unless far away.
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