NEWBERG, YAMHILL COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31.1908,
parture area near he said,
in is 401,000, but is it believed he
well
with my soni I am I t W U » 9
will get 10,000 or 15,000 more
telling each one of his loved ones
when the final figures are at hand
Miss Lola Kaufman
At last we have an opportuni-
that were present “ Good-by,”
Chaifin, the Prohibitionist, has spending the holidays
t y to make,a fairly correct esti
clasping their hands with an
mate as to the extent o f the vote only 228,000 votes, as compared Mfiy Mitchell at Corvatti«.
earnest grasp, and begging them
lor president in the election six with the 1,000,000 which his
Harvey Saunders who h
not to mourn for him. His fam
weeks ago. Several o f the states boomers boasted that he would position in a Seattle
ily surrounded his bed excepting
get, and as compared with the
were in donbt for a few days af
house spenta day or tw o in
his
brother Walter, for whom he
ter the voting, and Maryland 258,000 which Swallow, the can last week.
left a loving message. His spirit
didate of 1904, received. After
split its vote, as it did more than
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nelson and took its departure at fifteen
the great flourish which Hearst
once in the past, bnt by the end
and his Independence League Mrs. Tom Bry«n w enttoLaFay- minutes o f nine o ’clock on the
o f the election week the country
made in the campaign, it is some ette to see the new* year in and evening o f the twenty-eigth day
knew that Taft had 321 eleotor-
o f December 1908, being eighteen
what surprising to see that Hit- visit with relative«.
s al votes, as compared with AM
years,
eight months and nineteen
gen, that party’s nominee, re
Claud Cummings has a very
for Bryan. None o f the minor
,'fdays
old.
Blessed are the dead
ceived only 82,000 votes, not substantial concrete founds
ndatton
candidates received any electoral
that die in the Lord.
votes in any of the recent contests. withstanding the active canvass laid for a new residence on bis
which Hearst aod Hisgen made, Wynooski street property.
Ia the electoral vote McKinley
Portland Notes.
^oor Tom Watson, the Populist,
had a majority o f 95 in 18W and
Mrs. C. H. Coates o f Portland
who received only 117,000 votes
Nineteen nine will be tbe travel
o f 137 in 1900. Roosevelt's ma
spent Christmas at her old hope
in 1904, dropped tp about 30,-
year
for the Pacific Northwest.
jority was 195 in 1904, and T ait’s
at C. L. Judd's out east o f town
000 in 1908. The Social Labor
The
most
advantageous rates are
is 159 in ^908. Except as there
returning home Sunday.
candidate
received
31,000
votes
in
this
direction.
^11 o f the great
has been a drop from the 1904
in
1904,
and
only
12,000in
1908.
railroads o f the country are go
margin, there has been a steady
Wai Miles, Deceased.
In
no
state
did
any
of
the
minor
ing
to bend their efforts toward
increase in the Republican ma
presenting the resources o f this i
parties alter, the result.
The
jo rity in all the elections sioce
After bravely battling for many portion o f the United States ¡-3
Populist party, which cast over
the end ot the interregnum during
weeks with an insidious disease, throughout the Bast, Canada ¿ !
1,000,000 votes for Weaver in
Cleveland’s terms. In Bryan’s
Will Miles died Monday evening and Europe. The Rose Show
1892, has now reached the end
ow n years, however, the Repub
at the Miles home north o f New and the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Ex
o f its career. It will never figure
position will be tw o important
lican majority has steadily
berg. The funeral services were features and railroad men in a 11 J :
on the tally sheets o f a.presiden-
grown, barker in%1904 chanced
held at theJFriends church Wed the large centers pf population ! < *
tial canvass again. The first
t o be weaker than Bryan has
nesday afternoon, being con. predict aa enormous travel.
1 *
national campaign o f the Inde
been at any time, but Bryan has
duetd by the pastor, Rev. A. J> The Pacific Monthly has organ
pendence party is also its last.
been tailing backward without
Weaver, assisted by Rev. Lindley ized a progress department, to
There is not the faintest proba
begin with the January number.
interruption from the beginning.
A. Wells, pastor ot the Portland It is the purpose of this depart
bility that Hearst will put it in
Tbe majority against him is
Friends chucch. Aside from the ment to condense original items
the campaign o f 1912, although
greater in 1908 than it was in
music furnished by the choir, which will interest prospective
J»e may gather enough o f the
1900, and it was greater then
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Newby sang homeseekers or investors m Ore
flotsam and jetsam o f politics
than it was in 1896.
effectively, “ Not M y Own but gon. The editor of this depart
around him to launch a freak
ment has requested your corres
After hovering close to the
Bought by Jesus,” the hymn pondent to say that he would es
party having a somewhat differ
14.000. 000 mark for several
which the sufferer had had sung pecially appreciate letters direct
ent creed and carrying a differ
presidential elections, the popu
for him a few hours before his from producers giving facts which
ent name. The large tact o f the
would be o f interest to intended
lar vote has now left that line tar
death.
election, however, is that Bryan’s
behind. Counting the scattering
Mrs. Mabel H. Douglas, who homeseekers.
strength steadily shrinks, yet he
Don’t forget that it is the duty
votes in with those cast for the
had known Will from childhood, o f every reader of this paper to
would be a rash man who would
-candidates o f the various parties,
spoke feelingly o f his life, short in write to some friend u ta distance
predict that he would never again
the popular poll was 13,923,000
years but long in service and in and tell him o f the advantages ot
be the Democratic candidate.—
in 1895, 13,961,000 in 1900, and
the things that make young lives Oregon both as to climate and
Globe Democrat.
13,529,000 in 1904. It Is ap
live on “ in lives made better by production. Remember that the
people o f the older states, where
proximately 14,850,000 in 1908.
their presence.”
the weather is cold, are hovering
L ocal Events.
Here, too, Bryan’ s vote has been
The following obituary was around the fire and have lots o f
getting beautifully less from the
read:
time to read—get busy.
beginning. His poll was 6,502,- J. F. Taylor made a business
Wm. L. Miles, son o f Thomas
92 5 in 1896, it was 6,358,133 in trip to Amity the first o f the week. and Carrie Miles, was born in
Marriage Licences.
1900, and it is 6,450,690 in 1908.
Dakota, April 10th, 1890.
...
D
Hiram Smith is at home from T 'iorth
.
.
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... ’ .
Nina Russell, 19, to Florence
The apparent increase in 1908
He came to Oregon with his par- McCarthy, 29.
0 . A. C. spending the holidays.
over 1900 is due to Oklahoma’s
ents in the year 1893, settling at
Emma Channel, 33, to John
Nathan and Miss Mary Cook
-advent as a state in 1906. Sub
Scotts Mills where he lived until Anderson, 35.
tracting the 122,000 votes which are spending the holidays with the year 1905 when he came with
Sarah May Reeves, 24, to Lee
he received in Oklahoma, his tally relatives in Salem.
his parents to Newberg. As a F. Peters, 39.
Clara Agnes Houck, 22, to
in the recent election was belo w
W. E. White has sold his ware child he was cheerful, affectionate
Charles
L. Williams, 34.
that of eight years ago, and far house on Meridian street to the and kind, and it remained with
Mabel Lilliau Duncan, 18, to
below that o f twelve years ago. Wright Feed & Implement Co.
lim as he advadeed in years. He Ellis A. Winters, 26.
This shrinkage in Bryan’s vote
Elnia I. Parrish, 19, to C. L.
Miss Ella Crawford who is was beloved by his schoolmates,
Klausen,
26.
is all the more remarkable when
home from Seattle on a vacation and all who knew him, always
Ethel May Thibault, 19, to Jay
i t is borne in mind that the coun
spent Wednesday in town with meeting anyone with a smile. A. Graves, 23.
try has been growing with con
His sickness was long and pain
May Richards, 19, to Edward
some o f her young lady friends.
siderable rapidity during all those
ful, but he learned to bear it pa Dugan, 27.
Ralph Rees o f Glenwood farm
years, and the poll o f the Demo
Francis C, Derby, 20, to H. D.
tiently, often evincing a disposi
cratic party, under normal condi is down from 0 . A. C. this week, tion, or a desire to bear it with Tallman, 30.
Gertrude B. Miller, 23, to Chris
tions, ought to have increased in presumably working out in prac Christian fortitude, and in sub
A.
Taylor, 27.
stead o f decreasing. As com tice some o f the theories he has mission to his Heavenly Father’s
Mildred
M. Endicott, 26, to
pared with the gains on the Re been getting during the past term. will, but often said in the last few Arthur Hodson, 32,
publican side the steady weaken
Miss Mildred M. Endicott was days, “ How long, how long,—I
Edith E. Frauendiener, 17, to
in g in Bryan’s strength shows up married on last Sunday morning am so tired.”
John M. Pleasant, 28.
Mary May Hadley, 58, to Eli
impressively. McKinley’s lead to Arthur Hodson at the home
When he realized that his de- O. Mills, 60.
over Bryan in the popular vote of her sister, Mrs. W. S. Bean, on
w as603,854in 1896 and 849,790 Meridian street, Rey. C. L. Ham
in 1900, while Taft’s margin is ilton officiating.
about 1,209,000. The only com An item will be found elsewhere
fort which Bryan can extract out in this issue referring to the work
o f these figures is that Parker of the Babies’ Home in Portland.
was beaten worse in 1904, Roose Mrs. H. R. Morris has kindly
velt’s lead being 2,545,515. Ap consented to receive any articles
parently Taft’s total ot the pop from time to time that any may
ular vote is about 36,000 great desire to donate to the Home
b a well fenced farm and can only
e r than Roosevelt’s but Bryan’s and attend to the shipment of
be had in the choice o f a standard fence
poll is far ahead of Parker’s.
them. Articles may be left at
The vote for the minor parties her home in Newberg,
is always slow er in reaching the
W. E. White has bought the
public than is that tor the tw o
property adjoining his brick
big organizations. Returns tor which is occupied by Mount and
is a fence of quality. There is not
all o f them, however are suffi
Held, o f the Winters and Wiley
another fence on the market possess
ciently full to show that their
heirs. Lapp and Boyes will con
support was much smaller than
ing the same structural advantages.
tinue to occupy the rooms they
the average person expected. In
Made by the Largest Fence Manu
now have in the building and the
point of strength they stand in
factories, who know what kind of a
other part o f it will be fitted up
this order, beginning with the
for a real estate office and will be
fence will guarantee the customer
largest and dropping to the
occupied by Mr. White and N. F.
satisfaction.
Smallest: Socialist, Prohibition, Byers, who have formed a part
Independence League, Populist, nership for the business. Both
Social Labor. Instead of getting
are reliable men who are well
1.000. 000 or 1,500,000 votes, known in the community and
which he predicted, Debs, the will command the respect of the
Socialist candidate, obtained a public. Mr. White has also pur
few thousand less than the 402,- chased o f the Bank of Newberg
000 which he received in 1904. the vacant lot adjoining the
ilis tally in the returns thus far property 6n the east.
w w w w w m m w w iw w iM W M H
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