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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1891
Page
2
A historical notice from Newberg lists travel times and passenger and freight rates. It specifies arrival and departure times from Portland and Newberg with service options, and directs readers to C. B. Frisell, Agent, Newberg, for rates.
Fragments discuss Pinkerton agency expansion in Portland, a Woodburn packing move to Nehalem, rail and river access issues, and temperance debate. Notices on local scholars, local commerce, and political hints pepper a rowdy Oregon press page, with editorials on prohibition and state sentiment.
The article criticizes claims about Judge Boise's decision harming Oregon streams and urges action against hatcheries dumping dead fish. It also reports Liev Roesece and party returning from Mount J Elias survey near 14,009 feet, noting storms and a glacier find. Governor Bores addresses prohibition and saving a boy, while gold mining optimism grows in southern Oregon as E W Evans predicts a future treasure boom.
The writer notes a crackdown on tobacco sales to minors with a paradoxical age threshold and questions ethical grounds. They foresee Torrens title reform, inspired by Australia, as a straightforward transfer system via a state board and certified title, potentially simplifying current abstracting procedures for landowners.
Callivensians focus on orchard health for money rather than health alone. They study pests and seek remedies, with San Jose Mercury noting new scale enemies. A steamer carried two small packages from Prof. Albert Koebele, who found corcinella species in Honolulu, deadly to black scale and apricot scale. The insects will be propagated at Mountain View, Santa Clara County, to boost releases regionally next spring.
George Christenson's team featured in a Wednesday event as an elf gentleman narrowly avoids injury. Mr. Sawyer is seen nearby at the back post while President Lowby shows off catfish specimens from Cullaby Lake on the Astoria and South Central line. The fish are praised for eating quality.
The piece notes catfish dominance in Oregon waters and among Mississippian fish, arguing newspapers exaggerate danger. It recalls earlier alarm when cats arrived, but asserts catfish now popular and well established in Oregon.
A historical sketch recounts the 1842 emigration from Independence with 16 wagons, featuring Dr. Elijah White and Alexander McKay. It covers hardships crossing plains, aid from Hudson's Bay Company traders, and the arrival at Oregon City, Salem, and nearby settlements with scarce goods, barter economy, and reliance on cattle for credit.
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