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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1912
Page
4
The Newberg Graphic prints every Thursday from its office in the Graphic Building at 60 First Street. Contact offices by phone White 83 or residence Blut 57. post office mailing class matter noted.
President Taft is noted for action over promises in a year marked by the public benefiting from steady policy. The editorial underscores his focus on results, not rhetoric, while framing the era as one of practical leadership ahead of readers paying annual rates.
The county political figure Judge Bird died at his residence in McMinnville on Wednesday. The piece urges citizens to vote for President Taft on November 5 and to continue the current favorable times.
The Taft club schedules a Saturday night double header at Duncan's hall. The Hon. S. B. Huston and John McCune of Portland will address citizens on current political issues.
Ezra Hayes notes many men around Newberg have not registered. He questions why a fellow would skip registration yet cast a vote on election day, especially in a Presidential election, for someone he believes will serve his interests. He says every man should be proud to use the ballot.
A county seat gathering Friday organized the McMinnville Republican Club to back President Taft and the Republican ticket. Officers include C. J. Hoskins as president and precinct leaders for Fairlawn Baker Creek North and South McMinnville. Charter membership is forty with future meetings planned and a joint rally at Carlton on the 30th.
A letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Taft dated January 12 1911 argues in favor of Canada reciprocity and free trade. The text contrasts Roosevelt’s stance with Taft’s proposal and notes Wilson’s 1882 testimony supporting a tariff for revenue only.
Woodrow Wilson advocates free trade across the globe while Champ Clark calls for tearing down Custom Houses. Taft’s reciprocity proposal aimed at Canada faced rejection, leading Republicans to repeal the law. Canadian press backs Roosevelt or Wilson for favorable terms, and reciprocity is deemed dead unless a new election shifts policy.
Pacific Northwest notes a broad call for reform in business and labor, insisting on enforcing the Sherman Act and restricting boycotts and picketing to lower living costs and protect individuals from coercive combines, with public demand for honest officials and relief from charlatans.
Delegates from Willamette Valley cities met in Albany to push deeper Willamette River channels for year round steamer service. Railroads back Pacific Northwest Land Products Show with reduced rates and refunds on perishables. Roundup week in Pendleton eyed to showcase Eastern Oregon products. Tillamook plans a dairying demonstration farm led by the commercial club. Northwest municipalities to hold Walla Walla conference October 24 25 as first League of Pacific Northwest municipalities meeting. Columbia Snake Rivers Waterways Association continues Celilo Canal work and seeks congressional funding.
A landowner refuses to pay taxes on 160 acres while a motorist aided by state protection uses the road. Sheriff sale to cover taxes leaves the county and state effectively owning all land, with the state forcing payment and maintaining state institutions.
Frank Wood laments Oregon’s empty treasury and questions whether the state should remove the needy, including criminals, insane, deaf and blind, to fend for themselves this October morning. He argues the current policy would thrust all of society into poverty and hardship.
H S Maloney announces re election candidacy for County Recorder at Sheridan noting 34 years surveying Yamhill records and 40 years as an Odd Fellow. He cites prior military service in the Union forces and deputy pay raising effective May 20 1911.
Dorotha D. Moss to Lester R. Van Nortwick. Mary Hansen age 20 to R. M. Case age 28. Ruth M. Laughlin age 20 to Myron W. Armstrong age 20.
The piece argues for W C Hawley’s reelection citing ability experience and integrity. It claims he has secured funds for Oregon First District projects traveled the district and earned praise from national leaders. Also notes party admiration and a Paid Adv message with broad endorsements.
The excerpt recalls marriage ads in March 15 1735 Gentleman's Magazine noting John Perry of Carmarthenshire marrying Walter Lloyd’s daughter for a fortune of 8000 pounds and a clergyman Roger Wain of York to a Lincolnshire bride about twenty years old.
Balzac wore a blue dress coat with metal buttons. He cut a button from a play titled Les Ressources de Quinola and sold it to a jeweler. The coat and its successors were nicknamed Les Ressources de Quinola by Balzac and his friends.
A Pittsburgh Post story describes a wounded patient pressed for a life prognosis. The doctor warns against his current art and jokes that a long life could be achieved by living in the Balkans on fermented buttermilk. The patient asks for one year to remain in Pittsburgh.
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