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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1893
Page
2
In Newberg Oregon June 9 1805 the paper notes Pacific College’s victory in a state oratorical contest despite prejudicial judges. It describes Portland banking trends and a warm northeast wind, with Pacific College praised and Fridas June 2nd called a red letter day for the town and college.
Astonia awaits a promised railroad to the Willamette valley with another extension of time granted to eastern capitalists. Locals fear action will be delayed until spring, prompting reliance on local resources. The San Juan Graphic at Port Stanley faces reader declines and smaller issues. The Sound country enacts a hollow postboom market tone.
Reports describe a bank run on several Chicago savings banks following a failure in Schaffner Co’s bank. Illinois Trust & Savings bank kept all seven windows open through the day and night, pledging to stay open for three months if needed, with ample funds and staff to cover withdrawals.
The valley papers oppose Mr. Stanbrough winning the prize amid dispute over contest rules. Pacific College students deny involvement in rulemaking or judge selection and claim they simply supplied a contestant. An executive report defends the marking system while promising future changes.
A critic argues that local orchards near Newburg suffer from improper pruning shaping trees like cabbage heads. The piece urges fruit growers to join a well managed association and learn from neighbors mistakes to avoid financial ruin and poor fruit quality.
Pacific College of Forest Grove won the oratorical contest, Stanbrough earning the gold medal valued at 5. The event gathered seven colleges including Willamette, McMinnville, Albany, Monmouth Normal, and Oregon State. Judges praised Stanbrough’s composition and delivery, while Newberg supporters celebrated with a late-night reception at President Newlin’s residence.
Washington Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin warns apple planters that woolly aphis on roots causes twisted roots and wart like excrescences in nursery stock. The pest spreads through young trees, ruining stock and risking entire plantings.
The week opened cool and cloudy with a few showers. by Saturday the weather cleared and became hot, with temperatures near 80 degrees. Nights remained very wet with a mean temperature fluctuating around the mid 60s to low 70s as a warming trend continued. recent days have been the warmest of the year so far with little rain expected.
The report notes mixed crop prospects across Oregon with fruit below average in the Willamette but good yields in southern regions. Spring seeding is mostly done, fall wheat excellent, hay good, stock improving, and strawberries ripening. Wheat in boot, fruit near average except peaches and cherries short. Flood risk remains but unlikely unless warm period lasts longer.
The Oregon City Enterprise notes 22 widows on the pension rolls as of January 3 last year, all related to Revolutionary War soldiers. Ages range from 75 to near 100, with seven over 90 and six between 89 and 100. the youngest is around 75.
The report cites sheriff and treasurer tax figures totaling 129 820.01 after adjustments and notes Judge Stearns in a similar Portland case now before the Oregon Supreme Court. It also covers local commentary on tinplate production in Indiana, cow control ordinances, a bishop’s political remarks, and Miss Rose Trumball’s Y address on marriage and morality.
A Chicago publisher releases Blaines Handy Manual of Use and Pul Information. Compiled by Prof. Wim AL Taine of Lancaster University, the 500 page compendium offers practical information and reference tables at a low price. Bound in cloth, postage 25 cents to Gr W Ogilvie & Co Chicago.
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