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NEWBERG GRAPHIC. NEWBERG GRAPHIC. NEWBERG GRAPHIC ADl'ERTIHnG RATES: On® Column Half C o L in — Professional Carda .Twenty Dollar« Tan Dollar« ........ One Dollar HI H«M HIPTIOX I 4 T H I Su Mrolb. H e a d in g w i l l b e ia a e r t e d a t th e ra te a f T ea e ea te p er U h . ▲ dTertiM og Buis collected M ontur. VOL. 1. NEWBERG, YAMHILL CO., OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1888. The climate of Chehalem valley is similar to that of other parts of the Willamette valley, being very uniform, with the rainfall about an average of that of the Mississ ippi valley, but occurring principally in the winter, and falling more gradually and through a longer period of time. A mountain range—the Chehalem mountains—on the north, modifies the climate in winter, and an open valley, stretching away toward the coast, admits the sea breeze in summer. Chehalem valley t the time of its early settlement, forty yeara ago, was nearly all open prairie land; but on account of its be ing owned in large donation claims, and principally uncultivated, it became covered with a heavy gratvth of fir and oak, so that at the present time, while timber is abundant. yet, where it it desirable to clear the land, it is not a very expensive opera tion; but land in all stages of improvement can be obtained, and the price Is regulated somewhat, by the amount of improvement. The soil is all good, and this is, like most parts of Oregon, a natural wheat growing country, thirty to forty successive crops be lng raised on tha same land without falling below twenty-three bushels per acre, and without fertilizing the land in any way. Other crops do equally as well. The climate of Oregon, and especially that of the Chehalem valley, is proverbially healthful. In fact, nine-tenths of the people in and about Newberg came to recover lost health, or to find a milder climate, and have been successful in both. Sudden and extreme changes are unknown. Crops of wheat have been raised from seed sown In every month of the year. Small fruits and vegetables do exceedingly well, and the Bear proximity of so large and rapidly growing a city as Portland, insures a good market. The conntry letween New» erg and Portland is most y mountainous and heavily timbered;in fact, Newberg is the first station on the Portland & Willamette Valley Railroad where the company keeps an agent, to that, in some respects, it bears the relation of a suburb to Portland, and, without doubt, will soon be a favorite place of residence for men fioing business there. After showing the advantages of the country thus hastily, we desire to refer again to the most prominent feature of its present and futu e prosperity, for we fl mly be ieve that, aa a fruit country, Chehalem valley excels any other location on the Pacific coast. Being protected on the north by a mountain range, and open on the west to the mild winds from the ocean, tempered by the warmth of the Japan current, a cli mate is produced that it exactly what is desired for successful fruit culture. It is here that the leading varieties grow to unusual size, bear prolifically, and are of the finest flavor. Ten acres of land, set in fruit, in the Chehalem valley, is a surer source of income than a farm of eighty acres in the Mississippi valley, and requires less labor and capital to manage it. For instance, one acre of prunes (one hundred and sixty trees), at six years of age, will produce, on as average, four bushels to the tree. Four bushels of green prunes will make, on a low estimate, seventy-two pounds c f dried prunes. For three years past, dried prunes have averaged seven rents per pound. Allow!' g two cents for drying—the usual price—ome acre will realize $576.00, with no more expense incurred in production than would be expended on a crop of grain. This estimate is net only low, but is being verified each year at advanced fig ures on these. We have persons here now in the fruit business, who have visited the most noted points in California, and after an intelligent comparison of the merits of both countries, have settled here and are satisfied that their judgment is sound. Other poiats that might be mentioned, are that no irrigation is ever needed, that frui' trees have no natural enemies in the form of various kinds of insects, and it should not be forgotten that land is cheap n»w, but will certainly be enhanced in value in a very short time.— West Shore Magazine. With a lace slip of black, a n «; er of white, and siik petticoats of different colors, the economical dresser can outdo the < ■ ameleon in the mat'er of change, at a very trifling expense. Few gi-.i'arns come in all possible »hades a t com !—liious of colors, and as they are neid ' ; lb» eheerful price of $1.60 tbo yard, ar .ot miy finer than split silk,” but more ,j»tiy and far more chic. K lfiy cJ m s a b ly l a A d r a a r e . He was a belated citizen going home. A j he turned into High street from Becnbien e pedestrian suddenly confront-* him and s a id : "Mister, if you would please be so kind al to tell me what time it is, I’d be”----- "Just striking one I” was the reply, as ths belated shot out with his right and knocked the fellow into the gutter. The victim crawled out after a period of inactivity, gathered up a big ball of enow for his noee to bleed on, and muttered to hin> eelf: “ Wasn't I In luck that it wasn’t Just strik ing leven or twelve !”—Detroit Free Press, Only Wanted Rnongh. Not long since a buxom, newly arrived daughter of Erin found herself the only pa» senger on a steamboat whose dock adjoins s slip from wbick rowboats are hired. Just as the lines were about to be cast off she ap proacbed the mate of the steamboat, and, with artle a politeness, exclaimed : “ Ah, sur ye neoln't take me in this big boat Wan av tbim small wans will do." The official was so surprised at this thought fulness that his eyes got as big es saucers, and be walked away in silence, not daring tc give expression to the words his tongue would »'tfm/r —V»w VfjrW EVpning Qun — An excellent furniture pollen is or equal parts of shellac varnish, linseed oil and spirits of wine. — For a scald or burn apply immedi ately pulverized charcoal and oil. Lamp oil will do, but linseed is bet ter. —A cloth saturated in kerosene and dipped into whiting, for cleaning tin ware, is much better than any thing else used. NO 4 Address. OiurHic, Newberg, Oregon. PACIFIC COAST NOTES. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS M, fen » o f Local and General Import A Brief Mention o f Matters of Gen ral Gathered from All Sources for Interest. -Note« OatSerod from In a surpassingly beautiful and fertile little »sl'sy. twenty mile, from Portland.on Home and Abroad. the Benefit o f Our Readers. the Portland and Willamette Valley Railroad, and near the Willamette river. I* to he found one of the prettieat. moet enterprising, energetic and aspiring towns in the State of Oregon—Newberg, Yamhill county. With good shipping facilities, by rail Truckee talks of a toboggan slide. Mrs. Grover Cleveland is in PniU- and river, rich surrounding country, good school-*, good churches and especially on delphi.i. Five cases of small-pox at Merced. account of its favorable location as a fruit growing district, it is destined to fce what Bakersfield is filled illi land spec- j The baseball learn at Sydney, Aus San Jose and Santa Clara valley are to California. tralia, is being lionize I. Already the numerous small farms set to fruit, especially prunes, pears, p'ums ulators. peaches and apples, attest the faith of the people in the fruit business. Some of these Jersey City will not permit sparring The bounty law of Sonoma count v farms have already realized handsome profits to their owners. It lias long been known has been repealed. txhibitions by noted pugilists. that gome of the valleys of Western Oregon are esi>eciall.y adapted to the production Mrs. Diss Debar, of “ spirit-pictures" Ths Piute s are unlawfully trapping of frui ; but. on account of the lack of transportation facilities necessary to provide a fan*«, has been released from prison. certain and sufficient market, it is only recently that Oregon fruit has been in active fish in Walker river. Warner, N. H., with a population demand. Now, however, that several transcontinental lines connect Oregon with Twenly-five pioneers have just or of 1500, has not had a death in five large districts of country where fruit can never be produced, the demand for it has ganized a society at San Diego. months. ateadily increased, until now it far exceeds the supply. Newcomers to Oregon seem Frozen meat is to be shipped from more ready to realize the importance of the fruit business than the old residents, r■- Natural gas has bean stiuck by the: Kansas City to Sacramento. pecially those who have known something about fruit raising in other places. drillers at Thorold fjn I St. Charles. One of the citizens of Newberg, Mr. C. K lluskin*. only a few years ago, came to A recount of the ballots for sheri ff Canada. ■Cèf thia state with a practical knowledge of fruit growing, and comprehending at a glance of Nevada county is to be bad. Senator Beck docs not get any bet tile extremely favorable location, went to work, and to-day has as fine a fruit farm as The building of a railroad from can be found in the state. It is an investment that is paying annual dividends suffi Seattle to the Canada line is assured. ter, and he may never be able to re turn to the senate. cient to satisfy any one, and from comparatively nothing at the start can show acres The money in the state treasury of fruit trees and vines, laden with their luscious products of apples, pears, plums, James C. Morford, aged 93 years, prunes, peaches, cherries, grapes and berries of all kinds, that find ready sale at high last Saturday amounted to $1,161,- the last member of the Association of 613 27. pirces. He also has a well-cultivated and handsomely arranged farm, with an elegant Old Defenders, is dead. home, conservatory, drying houses, etc. This is only one example of what can be Otto Schultz’ slaughter-house and The recent cold weather damaged j done by rightfully directed effort. A fruit cannery will he established at Newberg in ice house at Carson, Nev.,were burned the tobacco and coffee crops in th e1 the near future, as negotiations are now being pushed to completion. Sunday state of Vera Cruz, Mexico. Newberg is a new place, the oldest bouse having been built but five yean1 and every Harvey H. Clark has been appoint Bakers iu Chicago arc now required j person residing here having come to Oregon from the eastern states. The town never had a saloon, never had an arrest made in it, nor a case before a justice. For a ed postmaster at Lodi, San Joaquin by law te stamp the weight and their j county. new town, Newberg makes an unusually good showing of residences. It has three names on every loaf of bread. large warehouses, two at the depot and one at the steamer landing on the Willamette. Violations of the fish laws are re But one session of the public schools There are also four general stores, two good furniture stores, two drug stores, one ported from Taylorville and the mouth was held one day last week in Boston, hardware, meat market, shoe shop, barber Bhop, two good livery barns, harness shop, of Paper Mill creek. owing to a severe snow storm, etc. Also two good hotels, the Newberg House and Railroad Houae. Ulmer, San Bernardino county, and F. W. Scott, vice-president of the The Friends’ Pacific Academy is located here. This institution was opened forthe Fmerald Bay, El Doredo county, aic Pratt county, Kansas,bank, is charge« admission of students, September 28, 1885. The attendance, at first, was small, but postoffices just established. with robbing the bank of $400. has steadily Increased, until the enrollment for the third year has already reached one Jack Logarbo has been charged by hundred. Buildings have been added as they were needed, until there are now, in George Beechman accepts the chal cluding the cottages for girls, nine buildings for the accommodation of the school. the grand jury at San Jose with the lenge of Balton, of the Pacific Coast, The buildings are all new, well constructed, well adapted to the purpose for which murder of his stepdaughter. to skate for the roller championship. they are intended, and would be a credit to a town of ten thousand inhabitant«. The A strong protest against statehood A joiut resolution proposing an furniture of the school rooms is of the most improved pattern, and nothing is lacking for Utah has been signed by the lib anti-polygamy amendment to the Con that would promote efficiency. The course of study adopted requires five years for eral territorial committee of Utah. stitution was introduced in the house. its completion, two years being spent on the common branches, and three years on The governor refuses to pardon Ar Lawler, of Illinois, introduced a bill higher mathematics, English and American literature, civil government, ancient and thur D. January, who stole $50,000 in the house last week pensioning modern history and the modern sciences. The school is intended to meet the wants of while his father was state treasurer. veterans when they reach the ago of those who wish a liberal English education, and do not have the time or inclination The course of the opium seized at 80. to take a college course of four years in Grsek and Latin. A diploma is given on the completion of eacli part of the course. The total expense per year, including board Port Haron, Mich., has been traced to A report to the forestry congress and tuition, Is $125.00. Rooms are furnished to those students who wish to board the shipper, Joselyn, at Victoria, B. 0 . discloses the fact that arbor day is themselves, at low rates, and the expense, in this way, is reduced one-half. A bill will be introduced into the now observed in 3.1 states and terri The churches are the Friends' church, with a membership of three hundred, this coming legislature of California to tories. place being the headquarters for that denomination in Oregon and Washington Ter, make two counties out of Los Angeles. General Charles G. Dahlgren, who and the Erangelical and Methodist churches, the first two only having church prop A company composed of leading took a prominent part in the confed arty. The public school is one of the best in the state. There are seven district schools in Chehalem valley, in which Newberg is located. equal In every respect to men at San Jose is to be organized to erate army, is dying at his home in bore for oil and gas in Santa Clara Brooklyn. those of Eastern states. A black moire skirt, that may 1« worn im- <J<-r draperies of several bright hues, suitably toned down with black moire bows, is an ex cellent purchase for those women who care to combine style with economy. TOn°.IÄ •abserlptlsa T rlea Tar able lavarl- NEW BERG. —Plush goods and all articles dyed with anitino colors, faded from expos ure to light, will look as bright aa ever after being sponged with chloro form. —The Scientific American says that hot water applied every hour or two to the hands or other part affected by poison ivy. whenever itching returns, will effect *- cure in a couple of days. —Glue .Vat is delicate and nice for mounting ferns and sea-woeds is made of five parts of gum-arabic, three parts Of white sugar, two parts of starch; add k vc:-y little water; boil until thick and white. — Boil one ounce of flax-seed in a pint of water; strain it and put in an ounce Dt rock candy, some honey and the juice of ths'ce lemons; boll again. Re mit— A hi >e old-fashioned cough med ic nc. Drink it hot as you can bear it. ....... Three Month............................ i valley. At El Prso a strong eftort is being made to create a strike on the Southern Pacific by dissatisfied en gineers. A large meeting of merchants of Los Angeles one might last week insti tuted a move to bring down rents. Concerted action is to bejsecured. FRIENDS PACI FI C A C A D E M I >11 Ecttablieiliad in 18i5, "Live low and sparingly till my debts be paid; but let the learning of Ihe children be liberal; «pare no cost, for by such parsimony all it lost that ia saved.”— William Penn to hi» wi/e. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. E H. W oodward , President, Newberg J kbsb E dwards , Newberg .............................................. J issr H o n s o x . .............................................. Newberg G koror W. M itchku ., Secretary and Treasurer, Newberg B. C. Mu.sa. Newberg - - • The town of Three Rivers, Mich., is in a fearful coddition. It has over 6000 bushels of onions piled up and no sale for them. The switchmen on the Burlington road who have been on a strike have resol»0«*. to '-untlnue and em barrass the road. ” Dr. Ji ffrey, of the First Baptist John Wesley Hill, » Methodist min church at Indianapolis, preaehed a ister at Ogden, is delivering radical sermon recently indicating a disbelief anti-Mormon lectures, and has in in the orthodox hell. curred great hostility from the Mor Miss Harris, an ex-clerk in one of mons. the departments at Washington, is re On the roof beams of an old out ported from Indianapolis to have gone building at Nevada City was found insane through political excitement. Saturday in an old sack $100 in $20 A gigantic cattle-stealing scheme pieces. It had evidently been there has been discovered bt Rawlings, Wy. for years. T., through the stock-growers’ com At the drawing at Sutter City last mission, in which a gang of butchers week Oscar Boehn, of San Francisco, are thought to be implicated. won the h otol; H. Best won the 2- About 100 of Denver’s leading busi story house, and W . Eddington an ness men have arranged to attend the other house. Cases of burglary, highway robbery inaugural ceremonies in regulation and small thefts are plentiful at Los oowboy costume, and accompanied by Angeles. More than the regular win a genuine cowboy band. ter supyly of rascals has reached that A fellow calling himself “ Jack, the city from the east. Ripper, ’ ’has been arrested at Montreal. William Jones, one of the four men He is ezidently a lunatic. He had a arrested at Los Angeles for robbing bright knife and was running after a the railway station at Sepulveda and sciearning woman. His name is John plundering the guests at the 4 mile Linghcrn. house, has made a full confession. Geheral Russell A. Alger, o' Michi gan, has just paid a visit to Mr. Gen. Sohn J. Brewster, in the early Blaine. While politicians believe days of California deputy county the visit was in reference to a cabinet clerk of Sonoma county, and subse position, General Alger states that it quently surveyor-general of the state, had no political character. was sent last heek to the county poor house from the town of Sonoma. The Maine Pomological society is making a collection of choice appta Rasmus Larsen is fighting the Ore for exhibition at the World’s exposi gon Railway and Navigation company. tion, which opens in Paris next May. The company passes over his home The apples are to be placed in a pre stead, near Willows, Or., and won’t serving liquid before being shipped. pay him his price for the land, so he It is said that there is a good pros- (ore up the track and was arrested. , pect of carrying out the scheme of A rich striks is reported in the 4th ■ connecting California by cable with of July mine, in the Salmon river Honolulu. There is no doubt that the country, Idaho. A largo quantity of i scheme ir one that promises many ud sulphate of silver, worth $1000 a ton, vantages to the growing oommerce of has been found. This is said to be the Pacific coast. the richest mine in Washington terri The damage indicted on the South tory or Idaho. hy the yellow fever pestilence is now The mental condition of Elle Eller, felt in the loss of hotel patronage, and a rich Truckee lumberman, will be the coining seaeon will be a trying contested over the effort to get pos- ’ one with the grand Florida ostahlLh session of the gift to a deceased dm.gh- j ments. as well as with northern capi- ter, jut» previous lo her death, of i talists who have investments there. $15,000. It is claimed he waz incom- i . . , petent mentally to make the gift. i The official count of the vote r Montana shows a total of 40,014; At Santa Ana, Los Angeles county, which is well up to the vote of Wash- Monday, the locomotive of the Santa ington, the latter being 45467. Mon Fe Short line struck a wagon contain tana’s vote, by the usual calculation, ing William Bentley, «r., aged 76 woulcT indicate a population of not far years, his wife, aged 80 years, and his from 200,000, but it is probably nearer daughter and daughter-in-law. They 150,000. were all four killed outright. They The emplovea of the New York city were residents of El M<cdrna, six milos library recently discovered *n ancient from Santa Ana. document between the wall and the George P. Harding, late democratic shelving in the librarian’s rooms. It candidate for the state senate from was an ewgrossed copy of the declsra- the district composed of Yolo and tion of independence on vallum bound Napa counties, has served a notice of in folio form and attested August 2, contest on his republican opponent, i 1826, by the then only surviving F. 8. Sprague, who holds the certif signer, Charles Cairoll, of Carollton. icate of election. The illegality of A call for a convention was pub votes of the inmstes of the Veterans' fished at Aberdeen, I). T , Monday, to home at Yountsville is the basis fur take measures to prevent, if possible, the contest. There are but 68 vote* the division of Dakota. A quiet meet in difference on the face of the re ing of the leading citizens was held turns and Harding claims that 182 on Saturday to devise means to defeat the divisionists. They ray that divis votes were cast against him at Yount- ion is a purely political move and op- villa that ahould not bava been re po> sd to the best interests of the tax payer«. ceived. I S S fc -S O . FACULTY. E »w ix M orriboh , B. 8 ., Principal M a r y E. M iles , A . B., Assistants A rra E. B ell , CALENDAR. Fall Term begins 9 h month, 11, 1838 Fall Term «lotos 11th month, 30, 1888 Winter Term begins 12ih month, 3, 1888 Winter Term closes 3J month, 1, 1889 Spring Term begins Hd month, 4, 1889 ttpring Term closes 5*.h month, IV 1889 Announcement and Prospectus. Friends’ Pacific Academy is located at Newberg, Yamhill county, Ore gon, on the Portland and Willamette Valley railroad, twenty-two miles from Portland, and one mile from Rogers’ Landing on Willamette river. It was opened for pupils ¡September 28th, 1885, and had enrolled during the first week nineteen pupils. The second school year began September lSUi, 1886, with an enrollment of twenty-six, and the present school year opened September 12th, 1887, with an enrollment of fifty-one, and the wintei term, December 3d, with an enrollment of 110. At the time of the opening of the school only the Academy building was erected, and only the lower story of it was completed. During the summer of 1886 the boarding hall and three cottage» for pupils boarding themselves were constructed, and during the summer of 1887 the hall for gymnasium and boys’ dormitories was commenced and the Academy building was coin pleted. The trustees hope to he able to add other buildings as they are nefded. Or E For (Catalogue or information addre»s E D W IN M ORRISON, Principal. H. W O O D W A R D , Prenident of Board. A P R ETTY ROMANCE. ITsw s M u S m I V enn» Man Was shows ilia Krrnr o f ill« W ar. The young gentleman had just been admitted to the bar, had opened an office in this city, and was waiting, Mlcawbor like, for something to turn up. He was engaged to a young lady whose beauty and true worth were not to be equaled, in his estimation, either in this country or in Europe. She hnd once been wealthy, aDd at that time bad moved in that social circle known to fume n« "McAllister’s Four Hun dred.” Her reduced circumstances, however, had brought her to the circle in which she met and won the love of the struggling young barrister. His sense of honor was of the finest- per haps too fine-and he congratulated himself that she was no longer ar heiress, for had she been she would not have become his fiancee. And he he was sure that his finer feelings would never permit him to “ marry money.’’ For this reason he was anxious to make a start In his ehosen profession which would enable him to hasten the happy day. His first client enabled him to do this, but had not this Initial case been a long time in coming there never would have been occasion to chronicle this romance. To cut a tong story short the young lady, through the death of a distant an»’, almost unknown relative, fell heir to a property largerthan that originally possessed. The yonng man, true to hto sense ef honor, gave her her free- dom in a short, note, although the act oost him a great pang. This brought from the young lady a longer note ask ing him to reconsider hla action nnc requesting nn Interview. He thanked her by post for her kindness, and told her that, as an equal in wealth he would have been honored hy a union with her, hut that she was now in a position to make a much more deslro- ble alliance. Tho days that followed this generous renunciation of wealth and happiness were sad ones for the young lawyer, made *. so hy the fact that they were spent in solitude in his office, uninterrupted hy clients. About a week^Jifter breaking off his engagement the youag man was startled by the appearance in his office of the girl he had given up. She •miled beamingly on him and said: "II you will aot marry me let us at any rate be friends. I need the advice of counsel in a suit which I am about to bring, and for the sake of old times I hope von irlll do your best for me.” "By all means,” replied tho aston ished dtseiple of Blackstono. "If you will give me the facta of the case I will attend to it at once." " I wish to bring a suit fer damages for breach of promise against ----- ----- . I would not do this, only I know he loves me still and wtll not marry me because he thinks I can and want to do better. ’ ’ It is needless to say the case was compromised and never brought into oourt.—N. T. Prtt». —The champion absentminded man sf East Union. Me., is he who bedded his horse with shorts instead of sawdust the other night. He found out his mis take when bis horse had eaten up his bedding a 1 it iiecnme neeescvry for his owner to rise in the middle oi the night and wnlk h'ui up and down ihe road for exercise. — A hot^e met his death in an odd manner ir Uhoetaw County. Ala. He i stepped on the end of a short pole that 1 was in tho road, when Fie other end I raised and stuck in his abdomen. Be- .xtrring frightened, be then made a lunge forward, and in doing so drove the stick "nearly through him,” caus ing death ip it few minutes. , —Uigur boxes may be utilized for many ornamental purposes. As reeop- | iicles for trinkets they may bo covered with cotton batting overlapped with satin and silk, the edges being sswn to rti-lps of cardboard, to be attached with riue to the sides and base. The oxter- I ior may be covered with cardboard, with medallion openings disclosing painted designs The exterior borders j may be covered with silk cord, with ribbons i t the upper angles. Crops cloth Is shewn with a two inch solid strips of gray, tan, copper, nary or Gobelin blue, broken across with flno clustered bias stripes of whits, black, cream, ptuk or scarlet. A basque as now as R is ugly M round points front and hack, nnralisTaa hy either postillion plait or opening, ia bound to ths last extremity, and reaches nr\l Jig at tha Ups