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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1893
Page
2
A Beaverton Chronicle item stirs a hornets nest by noting a veteran’s pension time limp and large resolutions by the G A R post. Oregon commissioners report half of the $69 000 World’s Fair appropriation spent while praising state attention and frugality.
The Dallas Transcript notes fruit entering markets with fewer codlin moth and woolly aphid ravages, but warns danger remains without better extermination methods. Sen. J. W. Wallace touts Oregon pears after a shipment to Chicago sways Chas P. Grey to praise Oregon fruit as the best he has tasted.
Paquet of Wapinitia Wasco county visited the city with a party of prospectors to inspect mineral deposits in the Clackamas headwaters. They examined coal indications and reported a vein of about six miles and plentiful prospects in the region.
Tracing coal over six miles they secured lignite samples on exhibition at Mr. P. Paquet's land office. Paquet and his party returned to coal mines this week to confirm riches, with plans for formation of a company and early development. They note a 50 near Portland vein could aid the city with cheaper fuel, and found silver and galena indications to pursue.
Charley Holman fears moth ravages will hurt fruit as he notes 9 percent sound apples on sprayed trees vs half wormy on untreated ones. Local items cover court case Moy Chee versus Wing Sing, road construction on Fo street, Newberg fair, and community pleas for courage in Prohibition era reforms.
A fragmented line recalls a schoolboy going home from T to houkleys with F present during a long journey on a street.
In the Choctaw Nation a mother left a newborn on a blanket and went to work. An eagle carried the infant away but Mr. Shobe Locke pursued on horseback. He shot the eagle at close range, the bird dropped, and the child was found alive with minor injuries.
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