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THE NEWBERQ ORAPfUC, I
NEWBERG ORA PH 1C.
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A t the rose sh ow held in New-
berg la st season there w a s a lo t
o f rose enthusiasm b o ttle d up
th a t ou g h t t o be uncorked w ith ­
o u t d ela y lest it sp oil. N ew berg
can have a rose sh ow next sea­
son th a t w ill be a record breaker
b u t it is none t o o early t o d o a
lo t o f grou n d w ork . And the
necessary grou n d w ork th a t
needs first a tten tion is fo r every­
b o d y t o g e t in and p lan t som e o f
the best varieties o f roses. D o it
n ow .
P la n t g o o d stock and
give it g o o d care and y o u w ill be
in it a t the sh ow .
GREAT ON STATISTICS.
or Tw o About Thom Also.
Mr. Ewing waa “ great on «tatis-
tica,” aa hia enthusi..jtic aon put it.
He read religiously and memorised
all the little slatiatical itema at the
bottoma o f the newapaper columns
$1.50 Per Year in Advance.
and waa in the habit of referring to
one o f the well known year books
whenever a question arose aa to the
DO IT NOW.
exact amount of wool imports or
the population of a certain town.
In this habit he took much pride.
N o subscription s w ill be taken
“ Now, you,” he said to hia wife
fo r the E vening Telegram a t the
one day, “ are like most women, my
cu t rate after Decem ber 19. I f
dear, in that you have no head for
figures. I dare say, for example,
y o u w a n t a g o o d d a ily in com ­
that you don't know how many ne­
b in a tion w ith the G raphic a t the
T h ose w h o have in m ind the groes there are in this town.
lo w price o f $ 4 5 0 fo r the tw o ,
“ No, I don’t,” replied the lady
beau tifyin g o f their hom es b y the
and
was going to say more, but he
n ow is y o u r tim e t o get busy. p la n tin g o f trees, roses and oth er
interrupted her.
F o r the benefit o f ou r subscribers shrubbery, w ill find th is a
“ And I don’t suppose you know
w e w ill a lso sta te th a t the offer splendid tim e t o d o it. I f planted the rate o f the tariff on silk goods,”
o f a p a ir o f shears t o th ose w h o n ow , th e d irt w ill get w ell settled he continued triumphantly, “ and
me in the business, too,” he added.
p a y u p arrears and a y ea r's a b ou t the ro o ts, and b y F ebru ary
“ No, I don’t,” said his wife again,
the little w h ite fibrou s r o o ts
“ but"—
su bscrip tion in advance, w ill be
w ill be sta rted , and m uch tim e
“ All these things,” went on the
w ith d ra w n a t the end o f the w ill be gained ov er w a itin g until
man, “ have their bearing on our
present m on th . F o r ju s t fou r the grou n d is in ord er in the daily lives. What is the matter, my
m ore d a y s w e w ill give the Spring. It is w ell t o rem em ber dear?” he asked as he noticed his
wife’s eagerness to speak.
G raphic, the E vening Telegram t o o th a t h eavy m ulching o f rose
“ Oh, nothing in particular, only
bushes w ill largely increase y o u r
and a p a ir o f shears fo r $ 4 .5 0 .
I do wish you’d let me ask you soma
chances fo r beatin g the oth er fel­ questions about statistics.”
D o it n o w .
lo w a t the rose sh ow . R oses are
“ Certainly, my dear,” replied Mr
Ewing.
“ Anything that I don’t hap­
no^
unlike
the
d
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in
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t
D elays are dan gerou s. A g o o d
they p rodu ce in accorda n ce w ith pen to know out of my head I can
m an y fellow s w ou ld find it p ro fit­
easily look up in this almanac here.”
able t o d o the sw earin g o ff a ct
And he placed his hand lovingly on
ten d a y s ahead o f the h olid ays.
the volume.
“ Your speaking o f useful statis­
W hy w a s a tra vellin g sales­
“ M ilk w ill quench a fire caused m an fo r a P ortlan d to b a c c o tics,” said the woman, “ made me
b y an exp lod in g lam p, w a ter house g iv in g a w a y t o y o u n g think. What, for instance, is the
on ly spreading the o il.”
The b oy s, cigarettes and to b a cco , on size o f your socks ?”
“ Why — why — you always buy
m ilk m an w ill accom m od a te y on the streets o f N ew berg recently?
them for me, my dear,” replied her
w ith the kind th a t w ill d o som e N ot from a spirit o f p h ilan th rop y husband, smiling, “ and I’m sure I
o f b oth .
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t o be sure. It w a s sim ply an in­ can’t say.”
“ What size are my stockings?”
vestm ent m a d e .w ith a view o f
Mr. Ewing shook his bead.
Since th e census bureau has
bu ildin g up a sale tor his g ood s.
“ What size are Mary’s or Tom­
alread y announced the to ta l
It is the sam e lo w spirit o f com - j my’ s? What size shoes do they
p op u la tion o f the U nited S tates,
m ercialism th a t p rom p ts the wear? How many pounds'of meat
it look s t o an am ateu r like the
sa loon keeper t o a llo w m inors t o do we need for dinner? What is the
figures fo r the va riou s sm all cities
loiter a b o u t his sa loon and t o measurement o f Tommy’ s waist?
m ight he given o u t before the
What” —
furnish him liq n or in v io la tio n
“ Oh, I give it up,” said Mr. Ew­
dAte fixed fo r the n ext com in g of
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o f la w . If the trad e in b o th ing in disgust. “ What should I
H alley’s com et.
these lines is t o be kept up, there know o f those things ? - 1 was talk­
m ust be an arm y o f recruits com ­ ing about real statistics.”
The guess o f C ol. J. C . C oop er,
“ But you said,” returned his wife’,
in g up all the tim e from the b o y s
o f M cM innville, is t h a t there w ill
“
that
women had no head for figr
o f the “hom e, hence the defiance
n o t be m ore than a difference of
ures.” — Youth’s Companion.
given t o all law s, on The p a rt o f
1 00 in the census co u n t o f M c­
th ose w h o - are engaged in the
8taga Fun U n r* hM n * d .
M innville and N ew berg w hen it
Actors
and actresses bsve s good
business.
is an n ou n ced. W e did n o t have
deal o f fun among themselves on
the nerve t o press him on the
the stage, though guying is strong­
ly discountenanced by good man­
delicate question as t o w hich city
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agers. Generally the fun is quite
the ex tra 100, if an y, w ou ld g o .
impromptu, but sometimes a joke
is carefully planned beforehand.
S
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bscription
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taken
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It is said th a t the w ork in g p ow er
Once, in a performance of “ The
o f an able bodied m an is a b ou t th is office fo r the E ven in g Tele­ Lady of the Lake,” one of the prin­
one-tenth th a t o f a horse, but gram a t $ 3 .5 0 from n o w until cipal actors— Roderick Dhu— was
W e w ill a lso known to be in pecuniary difficul­
since the ed itor o f the G raphic J a n . 1 - 1 9 1 2 .
furnish
the
T
elegram
and the ties. When Roderick gave the line,
has been laid up a t hom e fo r re­
“ 1 am Roderick Dhu.” Fitz-James
pairs du rin g the p a st w eek, in G raphic b o th fo r the sam e len gth
responded, “ Yes, and your rent’s
o
f
tim
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fo
r
$
4
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0
.
T
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is
is
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o
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r
order t o m ake the com p a rison
due
too.”
hold g o o d in his case he w ou ld op p o rtu n ity t o secure a g o o d
A piece called “ The Spy” was
prefer t o be hitched a lo n g side o f d a ily and y o u r hom e p ap er a t a opce produced. The early acts
the little lon g haired S cotch nom inal price. D o it n o w . The showed that it was going to be a
dead failure. At a certain point a
Shetland th a t has !)een grazin g offer w o n ’t h old lon g .
character had to rush on and shout,
o f late in the d o o r ya rd o f J. D.
“ Five hundred pounds for the Spy!”
G ord on , on the corn er o f M eri­
The author, who was concealed be­
A FAMILY ROW.
dian and H an cock streets.
hind a rock, arose and cried, “ It’s
yours—
copyright, manuscript and
Itaproll Ending After the Poet Shelley
parts!” That was the end o f the
Had Interfered.
The H om e Rule people in their
In his “ Rossetti Papers’’ William performance.
trum pet ca ll t o reform , m ake
Rossetti
says that when Shelley was
loud acclaim th a t in their “ m odel
Origin of Kilts.
staying
in
the villa of the Gisborne*
license la w ” the sale o f liq u or t o
It will doubtless surprise many
a most droll incident occurred. It
m inors is t o be p ositiv ely p r o ­ appears that his servants, Giuseppe Scotchmen to learn that the kilt as
hibited. W e w ou ld like t o in­ and Annumiata, who were man and at present worn is only a modern
quire w hen has there been a tim e wile, quarreled, and Shelley, hear­ fancy costume and is not o f Scot­
tish origin at all. The honor o f its
in the sta te o f O regon w hen w e ing Giuseppe abusing his wile very invention is due to two Englishmen
did n o t have such a p roh ib ition savagely and also ill using her, rush­ — an army tailor who accompanied
ed upon him with s pistol, shout­
la w fo r m in ors? P ossib ly it w ill
ing: ’T il shoot you! I’ll shoot General Wade’s forces to Scotland
be different n o w since it is the ou!” The startled fellow ran for in 1719 and Thomas Rawlinson,
friends o f the b ooze dispensers,
very life, Shelley after him, till overseer of some iron works in
Glengarry's country. For more than
the H om e Rule fellow s, w h o are the servant, coming to a shrubbery
a century previously, indeed, the
tellin g them th ey m ust be g o o d . o f laurels, managed to slip under tartan plaid had bpen the common
them, Shelley, in his eagerness,
darting past him. The servant in s garb o f the highlanders, but it was
T he G raphic is gla d t o k n ow
few minutes found it possible to all in one piece, wound in folds
th a t M rs. E va E m ery D ye, o f dodge back into the house unper­ around the body, leering the knee«
O regon C ity , is ga th erin g m a­ ceived. Shelley, seeing him no bare. Prior to the adoption o f the
terial fo r a new b o o k , relatin g t o more, at last went hack ' to the tartan, which probehlv took place
about the close o f the fifteenth cen­
the early h isto ry o f the “ O regon house, where, to his unutterable
tury, the long, loose saffron colored
surprise,
he
found
Giuseppe
and
C ou n try .” Som e H aw aiian his­
skirt,
the red “ garb o f old Gaul,”
Annunziata sitting together in the
to r y is t o be w oven in to the
was
the
highland dress.— London
most amicable manner, addressing
s to ry , and M rs. Dye has recently each other as “ caro” and “ carissi- Mail.
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returned.from the islands w here ma.” “ But were you not quarreling
W hsn O. Henry Lost Prestige.
she w en t t o gath er d a ta and t o even now?” exclaimed the perplex­
Once when exploring s factory
fam iliarize herself w ith the cus­ ed poet. “ Quarreling t” gasped Giu­ district for story material 0 . Henry
seppe in amazement. “N o, signor;
tom s o f the n ative H aw a iian s.
invited s bright little girl to dine
we never quarreled.” “ But I have
with
him. She accepted on condi­
W e shall w a tch w ith interest for been running after you in order to
tion
that
she might bring a friend
the appearance o f the b o o k from shoot vou.” “ No, signor; you never
ng. During dinner the writer
th e pen o f O regon ’s best k n ow n ran after me, for I have been sit­
light to make his guest feel at
•ought
w riter. I f y ou are lo o k in g fo r ting here for the last hour or more.
by resting his English 4o the
b o o k s fo r h olid a y presents, y on You must have fancied all this.” extent of using “ ain’t” and “ hadn’t
And Giuseppe and Annunziata, who
w ill d o w ell t o con sider such o f
had both been considerably fright­ oughter” and s few other popular
her b o o k s as “ M cL ou gh lin and ened, continuing to secure him that mutilations o f the mother tongue.
He saw the little girl e few days
Old O reg on ,” “ T he C on quest
they had had no quarrel, and, Mary
later.
Shelley, whom they had let into the
and “ M cD onald o f O regon.
“ 1 wes awful mortified that
A ny one o f them w ill be appre­ secret, saying the same, Shelley was night,” she said. “ You spoke so
at last utterly mystified and inclin­
cia ted b y y o u r friends w h o are
ed himeelf to believe that he must ungrammatical before my lady
interested in O regon h istory .
friend!” — Success Magazine.
have fancied it.
E. H. I00DI1RD, Elite ul PiUsler
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& «58 Tìfer chant ¿hardware Co
See O ur Beautiful line of
Xmas Gifts
Silre*, Aluminium
Nickte
Granite, Copper
Our first carload o f
spring wagons and
buggies will arrive
February 10th and
the price will be
righ t
Don’ t buy
until you see them.
Cooking Utfnsüs
Silverware .
Plumbing!
Santa Claus
We have a larger and more complete assort­
ment o f Christmas presents than ever before.
By buying in large quantities we were able
to secure our goods at a bargain and will
quote prices to our patrons that will meet
with their approval.
L E T US FIG U R E W IT H YO U.
Dolls at prices unheard of
Buy early and get die benefit of an unbroken line
W e are giving away a 42 piece
.
No Emperor—either o f a
People or o f Finance—can
buy better food than we
sell you, at prices you usu­
ally pay for good things.
Dinner Set every Saturday
J. L. Van B la r ic o m
Near First National Bank
LOOK
GLASSES
Sporting Goods
Are you thinking o f buying a Gun or Rifle, Fishing Tackle or
Bicycle. I f you are come and see what we have to offer. W e can
save you money. W e are giving Special Price* to reduce stock.
Come in and see. You will be Satisfied.
John N. Crosby
A. E. WILSON, the Jeweler
HAS TH E M
GROWING
CONDENSED S TA TE M E N T
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Still w e g ro w and there is g o o d reason
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for on r steady and sa tisfa ctory g row th .
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At dw daw of
The tact th a t ou r business has increased
m ore than one hundred thousand d o l­
lars du rin g the la st year indicates th a t
* 230 . 792.34
the public has n o t lost sight o f theessen-
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Our cash reserve is 3 6 percen t.
The law
requires on ly 15 per cent—the ad d ition al
21 per cent es evidence o f ou r con serva­
tism .
S tu d y the annexed
statem ent.
W e are proud o f it and w e appreciate the
business and confidence o f ou r friends
w hich m ade it possible.
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