V O L X X III
OF INTEREST TO CITY
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pe t r if ie d m o t
Fragment of Vegetable Growth
A t Special Meeting of Council
Action Taken on Various
Matters.
The m ayor and all members o f
the council were present a t an
adjourned meeting o f the city
council held on Thursday night
o f last week. '
An ordinance was passed ac
cepting the offer o f Andrew Car*
negie to build a Ten Thousand
D ollar library building for the
city o f New berg, and binding the
city to pay $1,000 a year for the
maintenance o f a free public
fifaraxy.
A report signed by C. J. Ed
wards and F. C. Stannard on be
h alf o f the committee appointed
by the several societies and the
council was read, recommend
ing the triangle site a t the inter
section o f Second street and Day-
ton Avenue, offered by Jesse Ed
wards. On m otion o f Pinney,
the report was accepted.
The m atter o f a basement
drain to be put in on H oward
Street and Dayton Avenue was
discussed and it was decided to
jo in w ith the property owners in
the expense o f same.
An ordinance granting confec
tionery stores, the privilege o f
keeping open on Sunday failed to
carry.
j A m otion made by Ferguson
and seconded by Parrish th at it
was the sense of the council that
the section o f the ordinance clos
ing confectionery stores on Sun
day should not be enforced,
also failed to carry.
On m otion ot Hodson the
m ayor appointed a com mittee
six, namely, the three members
o f the judiciary committee and
citizens Van Orsdol, Townsend
and Horning to draft an ordin
ance covering the m atter of
Sunday closing o f business
houses.
An ordinance was passed ap
propriating the sum o f $2000
same to be paid to G. P. Skelton
as compensation for appropria
tion o f spring for the use o f the
city.
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An ordinance was passed
covering sale o f bonds o f the city
in the sum o f $80,000 for con
structing sewer system.
On m otion o f Hodson, the
claim o f Attorneys Clarence Butt
and McCain & Vinton in the
case against G. P. Skelton was
allowed. Amount $200.
On motion o f Ferguson a
permit was granted E. L . Evans
& Son for making repairs on
their building.
The resignation of H. C. Hurd
as marshal was accepted. On
the fourth ballot G. P. Graham re
ceived four votes and Samuel
Anthes, tw o votes for marshal.
Graham was declared elected.
The m ayor appointed the fol
low in g as a board o f managers
for the public library: A. C.
Stanbrough, C. C. Ferguson, F.
C. Stannard, F. A. M orris, Miss
Langton and Mrs. C. J. Ed
wards.
On m otion o f Tim ber lake, a
vote o f thanks was extended to
all parties offering sites for the
library building.
On m otion o f Ferguson, it was
decided to make street improve
ments as follows: First Street
from east line of Center to east
line o f River; River street from
south line o f First, south to 100
feet south o f south line o f Second;
Second Street from west line o f
River west to east line o f Center.
Improvements to consist o f grad
ing to conform w ith established
grade.
Council adjourned to meet
Thursday evening, April 20, at
7:30 o ’clock.
J. D. Gordon Gives
For Objecting to
M ade.
An interesting specimen o f some
o f Nature’s whimsical handiwork
was exhibited in this city Satur
day by J. S. Macomber, of Oak
dale. In appearance it was just
a fragm ent of an ordinary fir
knot, yellow ed by decay, but
when taken into the hand its
w eight very quickly showed it
to be ofstone. O therw iseit bore
little resemblance to being of
mineral form ation. The grain
o f the original w ood w as distinct
and perfect, and the “ whorls”
a n d tw ists a n d oddities o f
grow th were as clearly shown
as when it had been a part o f a
livin g tree. When a small sliver
w as broken o ff the “ line o f cleav
age,” as the geologists call it,
follow ed the course o f the fiber
of the w ood, and instead o f
breaking or cracking it simply
split aw ay. It was a very fine
example o f petrifaction, and was
plowed up a few days ago by
Mr. Macomber while he was
breaking a piece ot new ground
on his farm- I t weighed tw o
pounds and one ounce.
On the same spot he also turned
up ah ancient Indian pestle,
about eight inches in length,
which showed the marks o f long
usage in the daily preparation o f
the aboriginal mess o f breakfast
food.
The land where these tw o arti
cles were discovered was former
ly a portion o f the old H arris
donotion land claim in Oakdale,
for many years later was
owned by Newman Garwood,
and m ost respected pioneer citi
zens. The immediate vicinity o f
the newly cleared land seems to
have been a favorite haunt o f
Indians, as numbers o f arrow
heads have been found there from
time to time.—Polk Co. Observer.
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTS TEACHERS
A t a recent meeting o f the
school board teachers were
elected for next year as follow s:
C ity Superintendent, A. C. Stan
brough; High School teachers,
Robert Goetz, Miss Dorothy
Hull, H arvey A. W right, S. Ed.
Launer, Russel W. Lewis.
Principal ot public school, W.
A. Petteys; grade teachers, Miss
Alma Stone, Miss Bernice Ben
son, Miss Lena Spangle, Miss
Mabel Rush, Mrs. Josephine
Bradley, Miss Doris Duncan,
Miss Grace Wilson, Miss Anna
Dudley, Miss Cornelia I. Spencer,
Miss Constance Ewing, Miss
M yrtle Gause, Mrs. C- N. Terrell,
and Miss Beatrice Robertson.
Prof. Stanbrough, who takes
the place as superintendent was
a member o f the first graduating
class o f Pacific College and near
ly all the time since that date he
has spent in successful teaching.
F o r the past tw o years, he has
been principal o f the H igh School
and he has earned the prom otion
which the board has tendered
him.
Prof. Petteys, who is to be the
new principal o f the public school,
has successfully taught in the
school for the past tw o years.
FRIENDS CHURCH
In response to requests from a
number o f attenders o t th e
Friends church the pastor, A. J.
Weaver, w ill on next Sabbath
morning take up his series o f ad
dresses on the H istory and Doc
trines o f the Church, which were
discontinued a t the time ot his
recent visit to California.
In the evening Mrs. M ary
Brown, a temperance lecturer,
w ill address a union service.
a building as a Carnegie Library
placed in such objectionable sur
roundings.
‘,
Yours very respectfully,
J. D. G ordon .
COLLEGE T ^ H N i T a SUCCESS
Lodge K n i g h t s of
Pythias No. 108 Instituted at
Political Talk
Newberg.
the Passing of Secretary
of State.
Last Friday night marked the
institution ot the Knights ot
Pythias lodge in this city. Ap
propriate decorations displaying
the colors and emblems o f the
order were much in evidence, all
bespeaking a word o f welcome
to the officers o f the Grand lodge
o f Knights o f Pythias and the
fifty visiting delegates who were
present and officiated in institut
ing a baby lodge a t Newberg.
The follow in g cities and towns
were well represented, namely;
Salem, McMinnville, Portland,
Eugene, North Yam hill, Gaston
and Rainier.
The Newberg band furnished
the music for the occasion and
much interest and enthusiasm
was manifested. Tw enty-tw o
new members and ten members
were admitted by transfer card.
The work o f the evening being
beautifully put on by officers o f
the Grand lodge and the Mc
Minnville team for whose kind
and generous w ork the local
members wish their great appre
ciation to be herewith expressed
to each member who took a
part in launching this Knights
ot Pythias lodge which so early
shines forth w ith so bright and
promising a prospect o f future
success in this community.
The regular weekly meeting o f
the order w ill be held on Friday
nights in the I. 0. O. F. hall.
Visitors are w elcoqjeat all times.
Signed,
L b R oy E. D o o little ,
Chancellor-Commander.
The meeting o f the denomina
T o the Citizens ot Newberg
tional
colleges of Oregon, includ
Vicinity:
ing Pacific University, W illam
/ I w ant to say a few w ords
ette,
Albany, Dallas, McMinn
plaining m y stand taken
ville
and
Pacific, which was held
ing the site chosen fo r the
in Newberg on Friday night o f
negie Library. There were
last
week was w ell attended by
sites offered as donations;
the
Presidents and members o f
first opposite the City
the faculty o f the different in
which was rejected, o
stitutions.
distance from the center o f
A banquet was given a t the
the second one opposite
dorm itory dining room by the
home, which w as rejected for
ladies’ auxiliary to the college
same reason; and the site on
which proved to be a very pleas
Dayton road which was
ant affair.
by the committee. This
F ollow in g the banquet a busi
is exactly the same distance
ness
meeting was held in the
the post office as the second
music room a t the college, Pres
offered.
:
ident
Reagan acting as tempo
The site on the Dayton road j
rary
presiding
officer. The elec
very objectionable, ow in g to
tion of officers for the year result
surroundings. Smoke from
ed
in the selection o f Pres. H o
foundry, soot from the
man,
o f W illam ette, tor president
ligh t and ice plants and m
and Prof. Franklin, o f Albany,
from the freight trains,
for
secretary. '
back and forth are detri
State
Superintendent L. K.
and there are the unsightly w
Alderman was present and gave
sheds, other shacks and
a
very interesting talk on the
buildings back ot the b
new
school law and along the
houses, also the old horse a
back o f M iller’s store to gaze « * * line o f the relation ot the colleges
on while sitting on the porch o f ot Oregon to public and high
a Ten Thousand D ollar Lib rary school w ork.. H is address was
building. We know the site is followed by general discussion.
A spirited though good natured
very central, but is it w is e tg
have a library, a sch o olb rfT co n test was held in the selection
o f a member to serve on the State
place o f worship on a
Board o f Standardization under
square. Portland tod ay
the
new law , resulting in the elec
in g its library property
tion
o f Pres. Riley, o f McM inn
Seventh and Stark streets
ville, who w ill serve one year. The
buying farther out, because i t
other members o f the Board w ill
to o close to the business cenl
A M » m y im l t | y p i y a ^ f r i t
would like ' to ask
minded person to stand where o f the State University, 0. A. C
the Public Library is proposed the State Norm al, and a man to
to be located, view the surround represent the Catholic institu
ings and ask himself if he were tions.
A t Duncan’s H all Friday night
The visitors looked over the the High School w ill present the
donating Ten Thousand Dollars
to erect a livin g monument for new college building w ith in laughable farce, the Merchant o f
himself, if he would select such a terest and expressed themselves Venice up-to-date. This play
as being highly pleased w ith the abounds w ith funny situations
place for it.
I do not take this stand be architecture and general plans o f and local hits that w ill keep an
cause 1 offered to donate a site and the building. The time and place audience in good humor all the
as it was not accepted as I am ful for holding the next meeting w ill time.
ly One Thousand Dollars ahead, be fixed by the executive com
Cast o f Characters is as follows:
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but for the reason that I am mittee.
Justice o f Peace—V irgil Fendall
Frank W. Benson, form er
Governor o f Oregon and Secre
ta ry o f State for the past five
years, died a t Redlands, Cali
fornia, on Friday o f last week.
He had been a sick man for more
than tw o years and for many
months he had not been about
the Capitol.
On last M onday Governor
West appointed his bosom friend
Ben W. O lcott to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death o f M r.
Benson.
The political pot is already be
ginning to boil and the probable
future is being peered into by
newspaper correspondents. A
news note from Salem appeared
in the Oregonian last Tuesday as
follow s:
' Th at Governor West entered
into a political alliance w ith Ben
W. Olcott w ith the hope o f Ol
cott obtaining the Republican
nomination for re-election in
1912 and in turn planned for Ol
cott to swing his forces to aid in
re-electing West in 1914, it is
asserted, was one o f the subjects
o f conversation when Governor
West told Olcott th at he intend
ed to offer him the office of Secre
tary o f State. This information
has come from a reliable source.
Governor West has been plan
ning to kill tw o birds w ith one
stone in a political w ay. One o f
these is to reward O lcott'for his
indefatigable w ork and for cam
paign funds put up by him to aid
to place O lcott as Secretary o f
State as a Republican and see Ok
cott re-elected.
W ith this in
view the Governor offered the
new Secretary carte blanche in
selecting his appointee. He only
Qualified this by insisting that
four be discharged. These four
are Frank T. Wrightman, C. A.
Ziegler, James Allison, o f the
Secretary’s office, and C. E.
Rockwell, head janitor.
The
discharge o f these employes w ill
Antonio, a Senior, Captain o f probably come before the close
High School F ootb all Team— o f the next quarter.
Ernest Jacobson.
ELECTION PLANS LAID.
Bassanio, his friend and suitor
Olcott
is a Republican and
to Portia—Claude Larkin.
Graptiano, another friend—Arlie Governor West is a Democrat.
W ith O lcott given an opportu
Evans.
nity
to develop a political ma
Shy lock, a wealthy gambler,—
W illiam McNay.
chine through his influence as
Tubal, his friend and captain ot Secretary o f State, Governor
the M c M i n n v i l l e Football West saw where Olcott would
Team.—Carl Jones.
be a decided factor in West’s
Launcelot Gobbo, a servant to campaign for re-election in 1912.
Shylock—Jack W ood.
It w ill be necessary for him to
The Professor, an ex-ray photo
appear before the people at th at
grapher.—Omer Gause.
time, as an appointm ent to fill a
Policeman.
Portia, a rich heiress.—Vera Seely vacancy continues only until the
Nerissa, her f r i e n d —E s t e l l a general election immediately fol
low in g such a p p o i n t m e n t .
Launer.
Should
O lcott be successful he
Jessica, Shylock’s w ard—Lillian
w
ill
have
by that time developed
Reuter.
Miss Abbie S. Thrudice, a teach a machine which w ill prove in
er.—Violet Craw.
valuable to West when he wishes
Polly, P ortia maid,
to seek re-election as Governor.
Mrs. Gobbo, Launcelot’s moth
A t the same time Governor
er.—Gwendolen Stannard.
West w ill be able to throw his
Antonio’s mother—Zelma Jones. influence to Olcott.
Together
Football players—H igh School
they w ill be able to play one
boys.
The proceeds w ill be used by the party against the other. By th at
High School student body to means West hopes to land him
supply the needs of their various self once more in the office o f
activities. The curtain w ill raise chief executive and at the same
at 8:15.
time assure himself control of the
Admission 25 and 15 cents.
State Board by having O lcott
continue in the office ofSccretarv
o f State.
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
here to help build up and beau
tify this fair city o f ours as far as
I can, and 1 feel th at I should lie
ashamed to take a stranger in
our city to visit such a beautiful
building as proposed, to be
erected in such an unsightly
place.
M y w ork since I came to Yam
hill County in clearing and im
proving the Fullguartz place
near Dundee and the Brutscher
farm east o f Newberg, and spend
ing several thousand dollars in
adding to the residence part of
Newberg, also in aiding by dif
ferent transactions to get new
business buildings erected on
First street should ptove wheth
er I am knocking against or
boosting for Newberg when I
claim th at the present site chosen
is not suitable fo r our Public
Library.
I have given liberally to adver
tise and help build up Newberg
along different lines. M y dona
tion o f One Thousand Dollars
cash to Pacific College *was for
th at purpose, as was ten dollars
to assist - a committee to ferret
“ blind pigs” and I am not a
tota l abstainer, but believe in
common decency. I alsospen4
considerable time and money in
helping to get a bridge across the
W illam ette River at Newl>erg
which w ill benefit our entire com
munity; and now if the city
wants to buy a site in any re
spectable place, I am perfectly
w illin g to pay one tenth the
price whatever it may be and
should be pleased to do so in
preference to having as beautiful
SHYER WEDDING
Last Sunday completed the
round ot tw enty-five years o f
married life for Frank and Ida
Hadley; and in commemoration
o f the happy event, they invited
their relatives to take dinner
w ith them. A long table was
spread in the dining room, w ith
the good things an Oregon cook,
such as the hostess, so well
knows how to prepare, until it
was to o much to ask a person
to pass judgement on all the
good things that were stacked
before him. The place at the
head o f the table was reserved
for the bride’s father, Sebastian
Brutscher, 86 years old. Those
present were M r. and Mrs. M ilt
Gumm and fam ily, M r. and Mrs.
John Kramien, M r. and Mrs.
Lew is Hoskins, Mr. and Mrs.
M arion George and M aster M illo,
Mr. J. I. Hadley, Mrs. M. J. Hos
kins. A large number o f nice
and useful presents o f silverware
were presented. From their
uncle and aunts, J. I. Hadley,
Tillie Hoskins, M r. and Mrs.
Lew is Hoskins and Mr. and Mrs.
M arion George, a silver tea set;
Alm a Hunt, tooth pick holder;
M urry Hunt, salt and pepper
shakers; Mr. and Mrs. Kramien,
gravy ladle; Mr. and Mrs. Gumm,
solid fork; from Vivian, Cecil and
E va Hadley, crumb tray.
The afternoon was spent in
pleasant conversation, music
and-singing and all left for their
homes, wishing Mr. and Mrs.
Hadley many more years o f
married life together.
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BIRTHDAY PARTY
A few o f Mrs. L. E. Brown’s
relatives and friends helped to
celebrate her birthday at her
home on Third Street ott last
Friday afternoon, w ith a birth
day luncheon. Mrs. Brown re
ceived many useful presents, and
all joined in wishing her many
happy returns o f the day.
WORD FROM L W. CETCHELL
L. W. Getchell, who went to
Berkeley, California, tw o months
ago to take w ork in electrical
engineering, writes to friends in
Newberg that he has been com
peted to give up his school w ork,
ow ing to the condition o f his ejea.