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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1893
Page
2
The item lists farm prices tying wheat to knife cost, sheriff notices season, Ohio governors candidates amid temperance moves, and a homeless figure for Britain. It reports Portland bank wrecks, a $15 000 bond shift from a race at Irvington Park, and San Francisco fair preparations. A Portland publisher recalls a wood delivery promise that never arrived.
The Oregon Institute for the Blind in Salem plans to reopen on September eleventh with arrangements to meet students at the nearest railroad station by request through the superintendent. After September sixth such accommodations may not be guaranteed.
In Willowa County John Ghent chose to end his life with a rope tied to his hands and feet and attached to a tree over the Willowa River. He leaped into the water, seeking to spare his friends trouble after death.
A narrative describes a man’s suicide to relieve friends of burden and criticizes poor job prospects. The Portland city council faces calls to better supervise employment services. A crowd paid Hop picking agencies for work at Butteville, only to be told no hands were needed, leaving many stranded and funds lost.
A visit to J H Bowerman’s fruit farm reveals a 4000-tree prune operation with extensive underdraining and an evaporator project. Bowerman, aided by Charley Smith and others, plans expansion this fall cruising toward a lucrative season as he digs into Italian and French prune varieties, Bartlett pears, cherries and apples on land split between his and his daughter’s property.
The Newbery fair, held yearly, is seen as beneficial to Newbery and nearby areas though costly for organizers. Heavy rains last year reduced gate income, leaving the association with debt. Stockholders urge local support and strong participation to sustain the fair and its community impact.
A speaker urges community participation to ensure the fair's success this year. He warns that the fair’s financial outcome could determine its fortunes for years and calls for substantial effort rather than minimal effort from supporters. He likens the burden to a yearly load that must be shared.
The bulletin notes a dry warm week in western Oregon with dense smoke from fires in the Willamette Valley, harvests progressing, and yields varying by region including below average oats and a good apple crop in some areas. Eastern Oregon was warmer with no rain, yet prunes pears and plums were plentiful, stock conditions steady, and irrigation water dwindling.
The paper argues peace as a foundation principle of Christ's gospel and cites prophecy and gospel events to support arbitration as a path to end war. It highlights the Attorney General's Paris arbitration address and Sir Charles Russell's remarks on arbitration as a significant fact in global civility and justice.
Two fishermen uncovered a century old Bible in a ruined Unaka Range farmhouse in North Carolina. The worn pages contained family records for Perot of Higuenot descent and dated entries to 1704 to 1774. Gold and silver paper pieces tucked between pages carried names and a marriage vow.
Two opinions warn visitors to avoid threshing machines this season due to chaff causing throat ailments. The Newton KA Republican notes throat risks, while Harvey Kansas News adds that chaff exposure and dirty machine workers may ruin clothes, though farmers benefit financially from wheat yields at low prices.
Reports from Oregon City Enterprise describe progress at the new west side power station with cofferdam and canal wall work in two directions. Six arc lights are in place with more planned and a larger force to begin roofing before winter.
The Pennington Rammel threshing crew reported the largest threshing record to this office last Saturday in John Redmond's wheat field. Using a 3 1/2 inch Russell separator they thresh ed 2 257 bushels of wheat 44 bushels of cheat and 1 7 bushels of oats. One hauling team was laid off while another worked two more hours. Hedmond's wheat yielded 23 bushels per acre.
On a Portland Oregonian report, Mo Lownsdale on his Yuentil County farm has successfully reared Mongolian pheasants and released golden pheasants. The crossbred birds thrive unmolested, with two to three-year brood history and prospects of valley stocking with golden pheasants.
The Walla Walla Stateaman notes Yakima Indians tag coyotes with the U S government brand often heated to mark their fur, a practice spreading among youths on the Yakima Indian reservation, where branded coyotes are seen frequently and attract attention beyond typical cattle branding regions.
Possessors of orchards should inspect apple trees now for tent caterpillars. Look for a black band around twigs. early steps prevent a spring invasion as caterpillars form tents around twigs and leaves. Remove rings by cutting and burning to destroy large numbers of larvae.
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