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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1916
Page
4
Our good friend Dr Henry Waldo Coe of Portland has filed his declaration for delegate to the national Progressive convention. Luther Burbank claims a stoneless prune, but the editor jokes about a breathless onion and questions worthwhile progress.
In Washington County Judge Dorsey B. Reasoner faces recall threats after the court did not reappoint a road supervisor near Scholls. The incident ignites Republican anger as a county edge toward costly elections over a procedural dispute.
The Oregon Dairy and Food Bulletin lists 51 percent butter fat for Staples dairy cream of Newberg, while 18 percent butter fat is the legal standard. The note implies Staples maintains cows and traditional dairy practices.
The Presbyterian ladies offer an excellent supper of old home cooking including hot biscuits with maple syrup. They then present a side-splitting twenty five-cent show for ten cents to help digestion and send patrons home in good humor.
Correspondence asks reporters to keep items concise and omit Mr. except where needed. Public function notices as advertising. Refers to Gentleness editorial praising Portland reporters for humane coverage of Mrs Welguth's death.
The article analyzes a high profile tragedy and notes the unnamed Portland business figure who allegedly caused the woman’s suicide. It accuses press manipulation of the name while reporting the death and hints at legal immunity for the man. Additional items cover local sales and farm interests, with notes on the Yamhill record sale and delinquent tax lists.
News-Reporter quotes Judge Dodson arguing the county could cut costs by running a printing plant for official notices bids and other printing. He says profits from the county press enrich publishers while taxpayers fund only a Ford for travel and a small county output to the Graphic.
At McMinnville for Leonard Riley’s tenth presidency anniversary P L Campbell University of Oregon praised independent colleges as essential to the state. He argued state schools cannot serve all seekers and may focus on expensive specializations while independents build culture and character.
Our president Miss Katherine Romig was ill and missed the executive meeting at the Presbyterian church. The Press Committee posted notices in the depot and Imperial hotel about all church meetings for town young peoples societies. Methodist Wesley Wire leads next Sunday with Frank Miller singing a solo. A Leap Year party on February 29 drew a good crowd. Springbrook Edith Hodson will lead next Sunday.
Fred Hornung spent the week end in Portland for a wrestling match while school spirit rises under two girl yell leaders. The Mac game Friday March 10 at Mace promises a hard fought win as the local team defeated Franklin High Portland 43 to 18. First team players include Carl Miller Howard Elliott Earl Baird Oswald Best Donald Craw with Haven Wilson Louis Young as subs. An Elso prints exhibit at Duncan's hall drew praise for culture. The freshmen won the ticket-sale contest earning The Great Spirit by Dallin. A pageant at Wood-Mar hall drew H S Y W C A members and friends. A special Mac game train carries about one hundred students to support the team.
A humorous Irishman in a Lent dining sketch asks for increasingly unlikely seafood and land fare at a restaurant. The waiter declines each request citing no whales, sharks, or jellyfish on the bill, until the man insists on a beefsteak as a jest about his effort to avoid fish. The piece appears in The People's Home Journal's Fun and Frolic column for March.
Lester Butler, arrested in the county seat last week by Patrolman Woodward, blames his downfall on his wife. He says being advised to marry to straighten up after parole led to a low-down trick he played on his bride.
Ralph Olmstead who has been in the winter with his parents in Pasadena has returned home. H. Daniels of Portland, the owner of what is known as the Jamson place is setting out.
The Dundee Woman's Club met at Community Hall on March 2 with a program led by Mrs. erring, Mrs. H. B. Pow al, and others followed by a business session and history lesson. Birthday cakes honored Mrs. Herring, Mrs. Cutting, and Ian William Spencer Vedder during a seeds and plants exchange and flower game.
Hohl spent the weekend in Portland while Ethel Sawyer enjoys a fortnight there with relatives. Dennis Mills and Wade Williams were in the county seat Monday. Fi hy of Newberg taught in her brother's place Friday as he is ill. Roy Shires, working in Walville Washington, reports four feet of snow still. Chas. E. Burke represents Springbrook on the Memonville jury this week. Several jurors were called but not required to serve. Z m ri Mills returned from Idaho with 40 acres of government land and stock and plans to move there after June. Saturday evening a shower for Mrs Mabel Haworth at the Lewis home hosted about twenty guests with green and gold decor and a dolls wedding party centerpiece. Florence Rees Norma Harvey Eva Markell and Ethel Andrews led guessing games. Each guest found a fortune in a gift bag at the door after lunch. Continuous best wishes were extended to Miss Haworth.
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