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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1903
Page
3
In a dramatic scene the marquis laments the ruined plan of Simon Lobois as Louise St. Julien reemerges as Louise and Louis, revealing their disguise and exposing Lobois. The pair declare their marriage a ruse and confront the villain who sought to claim both fortune and honor.
Louis and Louise recount a nightmarish kidnapping by Indians and a plan to separate siblings. Coqualla safeguards the sister while Louise hides as a boy. Simon Lobois dies in battle as Natchez power wanes. The lovers marry, pursue faith and learning, and envision a future nation in the New World.
Louise reveals a paper from Stung Serpent detailing a bond to pay one hundred large pieces of gold in French coin for removing Louis and Louise St. Ju lien, and a promise that Louis will be killed while Louise is sent to Lake Pontchartrain. Simon Lohekuils is confronted, knocked down, and captured. Coqualla confesses love for the White Hand and vows loyalty to her sister.
A crying boy explains to a sympathetic man that he lost a quarter and fears punishment at home. The man offers a second quarter and the boy reveals he lost the first while matching his friend. The brief exchange captures a quiet, humane moment in Chicago.
G M McKinney heads Oregon immigration efforts in Salem sharing how the Harriman bureau promotes the state via advertising and lectures. He notes 4000 to 6000 one way tickets issued, six lecturers, six Midwest agents, and widespread literature distribution drawing Eastern interest. Citizens in Josephine and Curry oppose a vast forest reserve, contending it harms development. petitions plead reconsideration and withdrawal of the tract.
Clackamas county officers report unusual silver shortage while Cahill notes abundant gold coins in twenties. He says lack of silver to make change reflects broader prosperity with no clear cause identified.
Marion county woolgrowers association reports a probable rise in pooled wool this year, with 50 solicitors already onboard and total representation expected between 75 000 and 100 000 pounds.
Professor McAlister heads the University of Oregon mechanical department and has arranged a hydrographical survey of the McKenzie River this summer to determine its water power potential and identify the best sites for locating electric plants and lines.
The irrigating ditch owned by Henry E. Ankeny of Eugene and Mrs. J. T. Henley of Klamath county flows through Klamath Falls and a village court suit seeks an injunction claiming seepage causes injury and the ditch is a nuisance.
Crater Lake National Park Superintendent W. 8. Avant reports the new road to the lake will be ready by August 1. The route will be shorter with fewer bumps and steep grades than the old road. It aims to cut the Fort Kla math to lake journey to 29 hours over 25 miles.
Ninety five carload shipments of lumber and shingles were sent from Rainier in the past month. An additional sailing vessel carried six hundred thousand feet of lumber to San Pedro, not included in the Rainier count.
Cattle are arriving at Starkey prairie for the summer range with several thousand head. The cattle come mainly from Umatilla and from areas further down in Union county.
T. B. White of the United States Geological Survey is in Pendleton to begin work in Eastern Oregon immediately. The visit signals the start of a regional survey project.
The first annual convention of the Oregon state federation of labor convened in La Grande with about 100 delegates. Attendance was lower than hoped with most delegates from Portland while Astoria Salem Albany Ashland Baker City and Pendleton sent one to three delegates each. Delegates are earnest in addressing knotty labor questions and determining a course of action.
Assessor Nelson advances a plan to double the assessable valuation on the 1903 roll. He reports the property is valued at about 35 percent of real value and notes the new listing will be twice the old. Tax amount remains roughly the same as increases offset by proportional valuation rise.
Superintendent J F Calbreath releases April report. Patients March 31 1297, April 30 1298. Staff and employees 160. Expenditures for articles consumed 7749.41 dollars. Payroll 6064.66 dollars. Maintenance per capita per month 10.66 dollars. per day 35 cents.
Julius O. Mack, a well known Eastern Oregon figure, died at his home in The Dalles Sunday afternoon after a brief illness from pneumonia. He was about 50 years old.
Wheat prices ranged from 70 to 76 cents a bushel for Walla Walla and valley. Barley quotes showed feed at $21.50 per ton and malting at $23. Flour prices for best grades ran from 3.95 to 4.25 per barrel. Various grains for mill use listed with cents per cental. Livestock and dairy values covered beef, veal, mutton, hogs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, cheese, butter, and eggs with typical regional ranges and packaging notes.
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