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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1893
Page
2
A miscellany item list reports the North Dakota prohibition ruling, Polk County Fair plans for June, social observations in McMinnville, a Portland poet’s recovery, and a Portland to England sea voyage sighting of icefields.
The humor and complaints swirl as prisoners in the Portland city jail cry foul over a tainted Sunday meal described as smelling loud. Chief Hunt inspects the meat and deems it fit after a return, while the inmates still reject and finally devour the "tainted" fare.
A civic warning warns parents and guardians to keep daughters and wards from attending the fair unaccompanied, citing schemes to lure and defraud young women. It notes ads for help wanted and quiet reports for ladies, and says hospitals schools and colleges are being canvassed for victims. The state prison board bought the Northwestern Foundry stove plant for 49000, with manufacturing to begin, promising employment for inmates as crime rises.
The document lists sections of the World’s Fair grounds in Jackson Park and Midway Plaisance. It names buildings and areas such as Administration, Agriculture, Art Galleries, Machinery, Horticulture, Leather, State and Morn exhibits, a Battleship Juneia display, and the U.S. Government area. It provides estimated costs and areas for each building and annex, totaling significant sums for various pavilions and departments.
Weekly weather report notes warm first day of spring with temperatures 70 to 83 degrees and mostly clear skies. Week saw clouds and rain, but warmth rose. mean temps near 50s. Precipitation varied across valleys, no frosts, vegetation thrives, fields drying, and plowing resuming slowly.
A Minnesota bill introduced in St Paul aims to curb adulteration of baking powders with alum or ammonia and to set penalties for the industry. Chemists Dr. O Binswanger and Dr. Drew report tests labeling Dr Price's cream of tartar powder as pure, while many brands sold in Oregon and Washington show alum or ammonia. The notice also lists prizes for a rose show and details rules for exhibits and judging.
The report notes seeding nearing completion in the Columbia river valley with wheat crops showing excellent growth in Morrow Gilliam and Lake counties. Wire worms damage wheat in Sherman county while lamb losses run up to 35 percent in interior counties. Snowpack is higher than usual raising flood cautions for June.
The Floral department of the Oregon State Horticultural Society announces a June flower show at the Portland Industrial Exposition building. Premiums, rules, and details are ready, with exhibit timing to be set by season, likely mid June for a three day event. A gold medal worth 25 dollars will be awarded to top pupils under 15 from graded and ungraded schools for essays on What I Think About Flowers.
A farmer's note explains chick care after hatchings, advising against feeding before 24 hours, recommending milk scraps with bone meal for the first ten days, then transitioning to wheat and cracked corn, or a corn meal oat bran cake with milk.
Salem Oregon hosts a meeting of fruit growers to form the Willamette Valley Fruitgrowers Exchange to sell direct to fruit centers, reduce middlemen, and handle grading packing and shipping. Eleven incorporators include James R. Shepard and RK F. Myers with 898 acres represented and stock limited to one share per acre.
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