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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1914
Page
7
M. H. Pinney at 206 North Main Street urges customers to use Amine Our Lumber closely. He emphasizes following the example of seasoned buyers to gain profit and reliability from the company’s products.
Teachers from many Oregon districts begin the summer school session at the Oregon normal school on June 22. The program aims to meet rising demand for teachers by allowing both experienced and inexperienced instructors and high school graduates to complete courses and apply credits toward graduation later.
Captain J. C. Rutenic John G. Schallock and A. C. Yaden plan to travel to the Modoc lava beds to thoroughly search for rifles abandoned after Major Thomas command faced defeat in the Modoc War of 1872 3. The 1873 clash marked one of the last Native American victories in the West.
In Marshfield Judge J. B. Coke sentences James Ferrari to life in the penitentiary after a circuit court verdict of second degree murder for the Henryville riot killing of John Kelly during a drunken miners’ melee. A widow’s pension is ordered for Mrs. Ferrari.
The Socialist Party of Oregon moves to amend the constitution to reduce the residency requirement for voting from six months to 30 days and to adjust electors freedom rules. A copy of the initiative petition has been filed with the secretary of state.
The Oregon State Railroad Commission weighs 96 formal complaints and 145 informal cases, split between railroads and public utilities, with 90 million dollars involved in the light power and heating rate investigation of Portland Railway Light Power Eastern Oregon Light & Power and California Oregon Power. The body also reviews 13 railroad valuation matters across multiple lines to establish rate bases.
Rainier O. Danigan and Sam La vere are wounded in a street fight stoked by W C Lee a saloon keeper. Lee is under arrest on a city warrant as officials fume over the incident. The clash began when Lee aided by Danigan resisted arrest to avoid jail.
A film crew captured possibly the first motion picture of a bald eagle feeding her eaglets in Klamath County. The shot was made from a pine tree 150 feet high, looking down into the nest.
In Roseburg a large public meeting with about 700 voters adopted a resolution backing citizens taking steps to issue bonds totaling 300000 dollars to start a Gulf and railroad line toward Coos Bay.
The passage recalls historical forecasts and opinions on US expansion and population. It cites Senator White on annexation risks, John Adams warning of bonds dissolving, Patrick Shirreff’s 19th century US tour, Chicago’s small size in 1830s projections, and Lincoln’s 1862 budget predictions versus actual population trends through 1910 and 1920.
Old Neston church observes a St Swithin day ritual with hay spread on the floor four times a year. Donors once funded the hay laying while parishioners wear new boots on festival Sunday to mark the custom.
The passage discusses how light falls from an object with some rays absorbed and others reflected. It explains that colors exist due to these reflected rays and presents a view attributed to Fenny on the nature of color.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a neighbor scolding an ailing elderly woman. The speaker urges “firmness of mind” and a fixed day for dying, with dismissive repetition of the woman’s long illness. Strong regional voice and terse exchange imply a local domestic dispute.
An advertisement praises a Danish hotel for its charming situation near a garden and mountains with good cuisine and accommodating service at moderate charges. It notes easy access to salmon and trout fishing and pleasant conveyances. The landlord is said to speak English very well.
Review of Oregon news notes covers land withdrawals from the national forest in section 26, delays in new settlements for 200 families, and the 1912 withdrawal. It notes court decisions in Portland on a white slave case, shifting seed rye shipments, and timber for the Oregon fair colonnade.
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