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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
2
The Newberg Graphic published Thursday mornings by editor and publisher Woodwa. It lists the graphic building address at 600 First Street Oregon post office routine and contact numbers for office and residence.
The item notes roses must arrive quickly for Memorial Day and mentions the Missouri mule following the flag as troops head to France. It also signals the straw hat season beginning but many hats stay in cold storage.
The Oregonian suggests replacing wheat with breakfast foods as a ration for chickens. The remark is framed with a sardonic aside referencing Yorick.
Snow delays spring water danger while Valley Canning Co expands rapidly and aims to become the county’s largest industry. The Kaiser requests an American dentist and Dr Roosevelt is urged to be freed to travel for a difficult case.
A London scientist states the sun is aging and will be dead and cold in about 15,000,000 years, implying humanity should settle worldly affairs with urgency.
A farmer sold two hogs in Newberg for 130 dollars after the buyer weighed them three times to satisfy the seller. The note adds that at two and a half cents per pound a single weighing would likely have sufficed.
Eugene hosts a corn show December 11 12 and 13 under Pomona Grange and Eugene Chamber of Commerce. Prizes totaling 400 will be awarded from 1 to 50 dollars. Premium list and details available from the Secretary Corn Show Eugene.
Governor Wycombe calls the $6,000,000 road bond measure the greatest in Oregon history at a state wide good roads rally in Portland. He argues highways are the essential need for the state’s future development.
The piece argues for eating more fish to curb beef and pork costs, noting market control by large fish companies. It praises smelt for lowering prices during season, while criticizing inefficacy of alternatives. It also endorses road bonding in Oregon and urges hard surface roads for growing auto traffic.
The West Willamette area centered travel from Corvallis north with eight referendum measures on the June 4 ballot. Measures include ports debt for water transport, taxation of the Oregon and California Land Grant, term limits and pay for lawmakers, anti implied repeal amendments, uniform tax classification, simultaneous officer elections, a 40000000 dollar penitentiary levy, and a six million dollar road bond and highway bill. Pamphlets with texts and arguments have been mailed to voters.
A poem proposed as a humorous remedy to inflation by urging readers to keep a nanny goat. It parodies economic strain and compares goat milk favorably to cow or Jersey milk, claiming low upkeep and rich, pure milk. The piece references Mrs. W. T. Duke and the Goat World as sources.
A reflection on German Americans and Prussian influence. The piece contrasts peaceful, friendly Germans in America with a harsher, warlike Prussian strain that led to ruthless acts in wartime, arguing that true German virtue lies in the American-born or American-living segment.
The Oregon Voter weighs chances to block Oswald West from the U S Senate seat and to succeed Harry Lane. It notes no clear challenger seems likely to beat the former governor unless conditions shift before next year’s primaries.
In Yamhill County Oregon the county court issues a citation to heirs and unknown devisees of deceased Alfred Philo Oliver to appear July 2 1917 in McMinnville to show cause why funds from the estate may be used to pay charges and expenses. Also notes social news of Thomas Prince birthday in Portland and local visits and weddings.
Entire stock of fancy dress goods and sport fabrics offered at reduced prices. Also big discount on Turkish towels sheets bed spreads and shoe pumps. Large stock of clothing with substantial markdowns on suits coats and dresses plus 10 percent off evening wear. Includes silk and wool dresses and many more bargains across departments.
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