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NEWBERG, Y A M H IL L COUNTY. OREftON. TH U B SD AY, JU L Y 27.1911.
THE TOWN MIRROR
l it tells
A b OU Newspaper M u W rit«
(thru the advertising
») o f the enterprise
your merchants and the extent
o f their establishments; its news
No- 41
except your valuation
Enthusiastic W ake Up M eeting ago,
Who did this for yon? Why PERILS BY FIRE
columns speak of new sewers, I Newberg
Commerciai Club Proposes to Stir
then in the name o f justice anc
fair play, as well as for the con
tinned advance in your values,
do yon withhold the helping
dollars when so much needed?
AND WATERS
L a v i T . Ps
new building*,
—
buildings, —
new bridge*; |.
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Fishing and Plays
walks to be constructed, streets
W hale.
Chehakm M t. Orchards,
to be laid out, improvements
July 25,1811. here and changes for the better
“ Resolved—That more destruc
there.
Editor Newberg Graphic:
tion has b e « wrought by fire
As your very excellent paper is I I t tells also o f the social doings
than by water.” A good o p «
a weekly visitor a t our home, I o f the city—a very important
question
from time immemorial
—
Boys Leave Next W eek for Tw o with pfenty of argument on both
have been just as regularly re- feature in the eyes o f prospective
W eeks Engagement at
minded of its value as an adver- property owners and residents, W illam ette R iver B ridge, M *jo r Subject Discussed— Recep
sides. But be careful who yon
Bay
tion and Entertainm ent e l Bi-County M eeting A rra n g
tisement for the charming little Yes, from week to week, every
go up against. President Pen
d t y o f Newberg; and just as often week o f the year, your home
ed in Interest o f B ig Perfect— O ther L ive Issues.
nington will give yon yonr choice
The Newberg Band boys feel
have I been tempted to write you paper goes out to each state o f
and beat yon to it in a walk.
again the thrill ot the youngster
expressing my appreciation o f the union, telling o f the good
He has very r e c e n t ly b een
with the traditional red top
this fact.
things you have, the better
through both fire and water and
Old time enthusiasm pervaded location for said state highway.
Every wide-awake business things you want and what you I the meeting o f the Newberg Corn- A committee was appointed to boots, for they are now the pos knows more o f both sides o f the
man and, indeed, almost very are doing tow ard getting tte m ^ a l Club last Thursday night wait upon Governor West and sessors o f natty, new uniforms. question right off the reel than
The latter are twenty in number,
you can study up in a week.
intelligent person, is aware o f I best.
when thirty members met to dis- show him our advantages and
navy blue in color, trimmed
the value o f advertising. Care-
I talked one day with an East- CUOT informally several different state our desires in the matter,
As noted in a modest little lo
modestly and neatly with black
fol and truthful advertising will em man at Weiser, Idaho. He subjects ofinterest to our citizens.) This committee consists o f H. A
cal in t h e « columns last week,
bring handsome returns for the was erecting a $50,000 hotel,
was the snappiest, scrap- Littlefield, chairman, W. H. Nel braid. There is jnst enough ot the new head o f Pacific College
money invested, and it is only one o f the finest in the state, p i ^ an<j happiest event in club son, J. D. Gordon, George Kelty gold braid on the caps to give and his tw o yonng Hoosier
the uniforms the desired dash of
the badly written or untruthful “ H o w did you happen to decide matters for months and the w ay and C. A. Butt. Gov. West was
friends from Wabash, Indiana,
color without making them look
ads which bring complaints from upon Weiser?” I asked him. ” 1 items o f public affairs were ban- called by phone, but his secre
Lemoyne and M arvin Gilbert,
the ones who use them. The really don’t know,” he replied, L ] ^ woujd have convinced the tary said be was aw ay and that tossy. The boys announce that went up above Willamina on a
they w ill make their first “ uni
w riter once asked John Wana- ‘‘but some one sent me a copy of onlooker that the Commercial a later date would be arranged
few days fishing trip. On their
form” appearance on First street
maker, 1 the merchant f prince
signal
(a Weiser
and 1 v_iuu
club w was
an im
important
return they reported that togeth
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a s an
p u rm n i w factor
u i«
for the m e e t in g , probably this evenings
Philadelphia, in an interview for it seemed to me as if the tow n j „ the making and unmaking o f Wednesday of this week.
er t h e y g o t forty. ‘ ‘F o r t y
The members are looking for
the New York Tribune, if be was the one in which I would do cjrie questions,
The Southern Pacific R. R. ward with mnch anticipation to what?” was the natural query,
would kindly name the chief rea- well to invest a little superfluous
The major subject was that o f came in for a small share o f what
which seemed to cause a slight em-
their tw o weeks engagement at
son for his phenomenal success cash.”
the bridge.across the Willamette it deserves for thè abominable,
larrassrnent, but which finally
the Coast resort o f Bay Ocean
in the commercial world. Mr.
Now, Mr. Editor, I have made river, and as the long delayed execrable service it continues to
elicited the reply from one o f the
near Tillamook, to begin which
Wanamaker without hesitation this letter considerably longer
o f the County Commission- ?ive the patrons. A committee
Gilbert boys—“ Thirty-nine trout
they expect to leave the first o f
replied: ‘ ‘Truthful advertising than I intended, but it really I ^ Qf Marion and Yam hill’fcouu- was appointed to carry the
and one----- whale!”
the week. T o reach their objec
This was a pretty big one to
has done more for me than any seems to me as if to o much could ties was promised tor an early
ord to them that we doh’t like tive point they ‘‘go down to the
other one thing.”
not be said or written upon this Haj*. the Club eagerly entered their cars, their depot, their slow
take off of a tenderfoot and an
sea in ships,” making the trip
Bringing the subject to an ap-1 subject. Newberg is a beautiful upon pians for the entertainment time, their Jefferson Street dump-
explanation was peremptorily
from Portland on the *t*»m*r
demanded. It seems that when
plication neater home I may re- little city, with surroundings to 0f the visitors in keeping w ith jin g grounds, their consideration
Bay Ocean.” The latter is a
mark that the Chehakm Moun- [delight the heart and eye, and it t he importance o f the event. So Of, the Oswego Local, etc., and
the fish began to nibble rather
comparatively small boat and
freely, th e ex c ite m «to t the sport
tain Orchard. Company, of which cannot be over-advertised either that the commissioners might that we deserve better and that
accordingly the trip down w ill
Capt. Paul Renners is the head, [a t home or abroad. We look meet citizens o f both
began to w ork on the subject o f
kcJtOQW it.and .want them to doubtless be «liv e n e d by nun
and by which I am employed, down from Chehakm Mountain I arrangements were made for a know that we know it. Com
this little sketch. He made an
all set in the same key, especial
believes earnestly in the use o f and wonder how it is that such I committce, on invitation and mittee on S. P., Messrs. Ed
approved Uncle T o m ’s Cabin
ly if the billows are dashing high.
printers ink toward the bringing an entrancing vista is not as reception, that invitations might wards, Littlefield and Gordon.
leap for a log in mid stream,
The Bay Ocean engagement
but when his something more
o f business. But the company is widely known as the panorama he extended other prominent The present and future condi
will give the boys a delightful
than tw o hundred pounds avoir
careful not to overstate, nor to at Naples or the soft loveliness people to meet with us for a tions o f streets where the sewer
outing, they will get a lot o f
dupois lit s q u a r e l y , the lo g
make exaggerated assertions, o f Killarney! It merits recogni- general exchange of opinions on is being laid was considered and
good practice out ot it and it
grumbled—“ nothin’ doin’ in the
. When an ad-reader responds he tion all over our broad land, and the importance o f this highway ways and means talked over
will be a good advertisement for
Eliza business this time,” and
finds things as represented and we prophesy that the day is not that Would connect tw o o f the that might possibly obviate the
them and the tow n they repre
shied from under. Result, obvi
there is consequently no disap- far distant when Newberg and richest sections o f this valky, present and future horrible con
sent. Newberg has one o f the best
ous: “ Welcome to our city” ex
pointment.
its surroundings w ill be known that thus far have been strangers dition that seems imminent. The
amateur bands in the country
claimed the little fishes as Pres.
It may be said right here that as the Eden o f the Northwest, to each other. Committee on in- County Court committee were
and is not ashamed for it to be
P., six feet plus, w « t floundering
i t is a pkasure to read the an-
T h e G r a ph ic , clean, well- L j tation and reception: F. A requested to w ait upon the city
heard abroad.
ini “ Under the w ater is no place
nouncements o f the enterprising printed, enterprising, and doing Morris, chairman; C. A. Butt, council and present our views on
All ready, boys—“ one, tw o,
for a Quaker preacher and presi
firms o f Newberg that use the all in its power to bring bless- j .
Crawford, J. E. Hale and this subject.
three—play!”
dent
o f a Quaker College,” said
Graphic. Their ads are ap- ings upon the community, merits a . P. Oliver. A banquet will be
A remonstrance was drawn,
the immersed one to himself and
parently sincere upon the face, not only the support it is at laid in the Imperial Hotel, the and signed by every member
began spouting. The Hoosier
and I have in no instance tested present receiving but the heartier parlors o f which, in connection present against the purchase by
lads had been reading and dream
them without satisfaction. Un- co-operation and backing o f very w ith the Club parlors and halls the city o f Newberg o f the Otis
Spaulding Logging Co.’s S ta h l«
ing ot the whale fisheries o f the
doubtedly hundreds o f others well-wisher o f Newberg in its | fy|]| be given over to the reception spring, regarding the price as ex
Burn. Proximity to Big Mill
North Pacific and proceeded to
have read those same weekly | campaign o f publicity.
o f visitors and the speakers. Com cessive and far beyond the in
Causes W ide Alarm .
Very
sincerely,
get
busy in approved style. They
financially
bulletins and been
mittee on Entertainment—Dr. trinsic value, and agreed that a
Wm. F. Fenton.
benefited thereby.
H. A. Littlefield, chairman; Geo. proper conservation o f the avail Newberg was again startled made a beautiful cast of the har
However the real point o f this
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_____ Kelty, E. B. Merchant, W. H. able w ater from the north by last evening between 8 and 8:30 poon, and as soon as they had
letter has not yet been made. I
proper system o f reservoirs o ’clock by the weird, scale-slid their deep sea catch towed w ith
Nelson and C. C. Ferguson.
am wondering if the people o f |
The highway east o f town would afford an ample supply of ing, nerve racking notes of the in reaching distance he took the
gaff like a fish and was hauled
Newberg really appreciate the
Newberg to H ave Special Elec-1 came in for a foil share of denun water for all future needs o f New fire whistle. A hasty survey
advertising value ot a good home
ciation, condemnation, and other b e r g ; also maintaining the turned all eyes southward where out on shore, “ blubbering” like
tion On Proposed W ater
whale.
paper. A poor tow n does not
O--«.---
anathemas usually printed with gravity system and eliminating a big blaze was seen in the vicin
jy iic iu
The
expedition had started out
produce a good paper, tho many
a dash, and was voted a nuisance the costly pumping plant.
ity ot the big Spaulding lumber
with
more fish hooks than
a good tow n sends out a
The city o f Newberg is to hold and a disgrace, especially as it is
The need o f judicious advertis mill. Anxious with the fear that
journal not at all to its credit. a warm weather election on a now the most travelled road be ing was recognized and deemed Newberg’s leading industry and clothes. “ P r e s t o ! c h a n g e , ”
The great outside world has w a r m ly discussed question. tween Portland and Salem, and absolutely necessary to meet the financial support was endan quoth tks wet and shivering
no means o f judging a place ex- With the steady grow th o f the I destined to be the favorite route constant demand for literature gered, the whole town was soon President, but t h e r e was no
cept through its periodicals or town, every succeeding summer to all valley points and coast from eastern homeseekers. The pouring down River street to change. So, while the dripping
garments were hung about the
other literature sent by com-1 brings forward with added em- resorts. A committee was ap- Club labors under a terrible learn the worst.
mercial bodies, banks, etc, and phasis the question o f additional pointed to w ait upon our coun handicap ow ing to lack o f funds
Great was the relief when it campfire to dry, President P.
it is therefore o f the utmost im- water supply. The Council has ty officials and protest against to meet this demand and the was found that it was not the wrapping his form in a blanket,
porta nee to a community to see been grappling with said ques- any further delay in making it most discouraging aspect o f this mill, but the Company’s barn, sat down and sang “Juanita”
that such literature (newspapers, tion for som etim e—along with and the approach to the Che- feature is the utter apathy o f the adjacent which was ablaze. Be while he waited. Yielding him
booklets and the like) is credit- owners o f sundry springs who halem bridge w hat it should be. very men who are most benefited tween thirty and forty tons of self to the raptures o f his own
music—yes, the President is said
able. The best w ay for the hold them for a consideration.
Members o f this committee are by the promotion work of our hay had just been stowed away to be very impressionable—he
average citizen to see to this is
Its latest move was in the C. A. Butt, chairman, H. A. Commercial Club. There a re in its mows and the result was came to, to find that there wasn’t
by giving his unfailing support direction o f the purchase o f L. S. Littlefield, J. D. Gordon, H. M men w ho have been asked for one o f the biggest blazes which enough left o f his socks to adorn
son o f Israel fire sale window.
to the home paper, not alone in Otis o f a small tract o f an acre Abbott and George Kelty.
assistance along this line who this community has9een in many
“
Saved
as by fire!” he exclaimed
subscribing for it and sending and a half o f land three miles
The action o f Gov. West in have refused and continue to re a day. The horses were safely
triumphantly however, as he
what printing he has to its office, east o f to wn containing tw o or connection with the roadway fuse to aid us who hold land now removed from the stables and made a lightning grab at his 42x
hut in sending copies o f it to per-1 three good springs. The con-1 that shall lead to Portland from worth donbk and treble what it the loss was confined to the barn 36 pair o f pants, which cardinal
sons at a distance, helping in the sideration was to be $2750.1 Salem w as considered biased and was five years ago and no other and the hay, amounting to about piece of apparel was already
smoking like a volcano. His en
getting o f new subscribers, bring- Notice was duly made of said unfair to other sections of this agency but this promotion work tw o thousand dollars.
thusiasm
over the timely rescue
ing in items o f news and general- intention and this time it was country inasmuch as the ap- has advanced the values one dol
Fortunately, there was scarce must be excused. He was forty
ly taking an interest in the con- the sovereign peopk who rose in pointees in the matter are gentle- lar. The climate is the same, the ly a breath o f air stirring and miles from home—and another
duct of the paper without actual- protest. A remonstrance against men living in Marion, Clackamas soil is the same, many o f the old the flames 9pent themselves in >air of pants.
ly trying to run it or dictate its the purchase was made at the and Multnomah counties, all on orchards have the same old moss, mid air. A slight breeze from
This is the mere outline o f a
policy. But the newspaper is council meeting held Monday one side of the river. A full dis- many old fields have the same the west .would greatly have en story which will doubtless ap
the mouthpiece of the community night. The objectors contend cussi on o f this matter resulted foul fence corners, same old rocks dangered the mill, despite the pear later in detail and w ith
roper embellishment from Pres,
and it tells the outside world that the price is too high, that it in a demand that Yamhill and are just where they were, the scores of patrols s t a t i o n e d e»
Pi ennington’s -own pen in some
what you are doing in a civic would entail the unnecessary Washington counties be placed same old tumble down barns are throughout the plant, on the o f the periodicals to which he is
w ay—what your churches, col- operation o f a pumping plant, on eqnal basis with other conn- the same in many places, the various buildings and over the mown to contribute original
leges and schools are accomplish- that the water isn’t there and ties and that these tw o countks horribk old roads are as rough big yard. The Company’s own stories now and then. Bat it
ing, what capital your banks that we don’t need it if it is— have a representation on this as ever, and yes, many things fire-fighting equipment proved seemed to as that an “ advance
sheet" was due the home constit
have and what they are doing. >
oo»u»u*do«
4 ----------- 1 committee to make choice o f best are the same as only a few years
C oatlau«] on b o m t
uency.
BAND BOYS FLASH
GAMUT OF PERTINENT TOPICS CONSIDERED
NEW UNIFORMS
BIG BLAZE STARTLES
REFERENDUM INVOKED!