Newberg graphic., August 10, 1911, Image 1

Uisgou nUt. Society
City Hall o. h . a. room
N ewberg
VOL xxm
NEWBERG,
G raphic
YAMHILL OOUNTY.. OREGON. THUE8DAY,
AUGUST 10.191L
No. 43
NEWBERG INVADES
CAPITAL cm r
quet was served under the aus­ should have the bridge and have bridge, I ’m going to do it.”
pices of the Newberg Commercial it right aw ay.”
Jesse Edwards said he had been
Club at the Imperial hotcL The
O u r Commissioner Calkins looking longingly across the
Imperial dining room was very was introduced as being “ a little river for thirty years and wish­
in the foretop, but all ing fo r closer relations. And
N e w b erg and H e r Trans-R iver Neighbors tastefully decorated, the general sandy
arrangements being efficiently right.” S. M. hailed the day as now the wish was intensified Large Delegation from Quaker
managed by Mrs. W. W . Nelson. a bright spot amidst the trials since that big feed. He expressed City Attends Good Roads Meet­
M eet in Support o f Com m on Interests.
ing Called by Governor West-
The Misses R ita McDonald, H a­ and tribulations of a county foil confidence in the mathemati­
zel Comer, Gertrude and Esther court member. He told some­ cal ability o f Judge Bushey to do
Hollingsworth, Hazel E lliott and thing as to what the Yamhill the right figuring. He made a
Competition is the life o f good
Loraine Otis graced the occasion Court has been doing, especially big hit by suggesting an analogy roads. This was made plain a t
in the way o f erecting steel between the twelve disciples and the important meeting called in
as waiters.
Covers were laid for nearly bridges over the county. The the six members o f the tw o the House o f Representatives
M arion County Ladies Score H eavily in Its Support—A ll
eighty and the great m ajority of taxpayers have demanded this courts present, reminding the for last Thursday evening by
but O ne M em ber o f County Courts D eclare Publicly
those who sat down to the bridge in question and it is on Judge of w hat happened to the Governor Oswald West.
The
fo r B ridge; Sixth Man "A lm ost Persuaded**
spread were visitors—from Mari­ the records that we are for it, disciple who held back.
respective champions for the east
Judge Pearce o f Yamhill: A side and west side highway felt
on county largely. After they said Mr. Calkins. We are only
were seated the remaining chairs awaiting the action o f the M ari­ community, like an individual, is it incumbent upon them to be
Saturday marked an epoch in down from Salem by C. K. were filled from among the “ in­ on Court.
the creature o f environment, but out in force, to put up the big
the history o f Newberg. Also, it Spaulding and son W alter L. nocent bystanders” of our o # n
Geo. E. Waggoner, the Dundee it is within the power of each to noise and see that their interests
w e mistake not, in the history ot The party was greeted with three citizens. M any o f the latter who hustler and Minister Plenipoten­ change somewhat that environ­ were fully represented.
on r neighbors across the river. rousing cheers, emphasized by did not sit at thetables
tiary o f good roads, declared ment. And that is what the
Newberg and Oregon C ity were
F o r the first time, these tw o sec­ the thought in the minds of the to look on and bear the
that Oregon has slumbered for bridge would do for these respec­ easily the leaders o f the cohorts,
tions which, though separated cheerers that the eatff need be no
forty years while our neighbor tive communities. Our action in both in numbers and enthusiasm,
As toastmaster, J. D.
by tw o hundred yards o f water longer delayed.
president o f the Clnb, proved states have been forging to the the matter is on record. Indi­ the former representing Yamhill
only, hare to all intents and par-
The centerpiece o f the heavily fully equal to the honors and re­ front. With the great hordes o f vidually I am heartily in favor
county and the west side, the
poses been tw o hundred miles laden tables attracted mnch at­ sponsibility thus thrust upon people coming with the construc­ o f the bridge, and would go
latter, Clackamas county and
apart, clasped hands across the tention. I t was a miniature him. A long string o f earnest, tion of the Panama Canal and down into my own pocket and
the east side. Despite the zest o f
Willamette in behalf of a com­ model ot the bridge which is to enthusiastic speakers was intro­ with millions o f dollars coming help rather than see it fail.
keen rivalry, the shibboleth o f
span the river here. I t was a duced and all were given an at­ this way for investment, nd\v is J. C. McCrea, one o f the prime
mon cause.
the meeting was “ harmony.”
The results o f Saturday’s el clever piece o f work by Gifford tentive hearing. The speeches the time to wake up. Good movers in the enterprise, said he
But in the midst o f the big peace
forts were eminently worth while Osborne, twelve year old son o f were interspersed by much ap­ roads and bridges are the prime understood the county clerk had
pow w ow , some over zealous
whether an $80,000 steel bridge Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Osborne, and preciated music by a male quar­ necessity. Mr. Waggoner showed figured it out that it would take
Sachem would uncover t h e
ever spans onr water highway decorated by Miss Louise Austin. tet composed ol Messrs. C. R. what an important link the pro­ less than a mill on the dollar o f
handle of his hachet beneath bis
o r not. Whereas w e w e r e The respective county courts Chapin, D. D. Coulson, E. A. posed bridge would form in con­ the tax payers of the tw o coun­
blanket, showing the w ar paint
strangers before, we are now were seated opposite each other Newby and H. Craw.
nection with the Rex-Tigard ties to build the bridge and de­ at the same time. There was
friends and neighbors. We have with the suggestive model be­
In welcoming the visitors on boulevard which is to be-con­ clared—“ I think the Judge should just enough rivalry to put the
fought the good fight shoulder to tween them.
behalf o f the city, M a yo r N. C. structed, in giving the now iso­ give us the advantage ot those necessary edge on a meeting o f
shoulder in a common cause and
I t was evident that someone Christenson won applause -’•in lated district across J the river figures before he leaves tonight.
that nature and the w orth y
felt the bond ol fellowship.
had been chasing in spring chick­ striking a t once the keynote o f direct and easy communication Our nerves have been strong up
cause of good roads prospered
Bat we believe there is scarcely ens from all over the northern the evening in the declaration with Portland.
and I tell you it’s getting monot­ the more thereby.
a question o 1 a doubt that the end o f Marion County. P a t Gee- that no development proposition
C o m m i s s i o n e r C u m m in s : onous.” Cries o f “ Bushey, Bush­
The Newberg delegation twen­
much desired bridge is ours. The lan confirmed the suspicion. He is so important to Yamhill « g l Sixteen h u n d r e d thirty-seven ey!” greeted this note o f insist­
ty-five strong, bowled up to the
demonstration made was so said he waked up a t three that Marion counties as a
tax payers o f Yamhill conn- ence.
capital city in the evening in a
spontaneous, so convincing, the morning and heard chickens across the Willamette a t this ty say they want the bridge. I ’m
State School Superintendent hadt dozen autos. I t comprised
need made so evident, and the squawking in every direction. place. The ferry served the pn(y not going to tell them they don’t L . R. Alderman was present and
Qs<&,
big project shown to be so de­ They squawked in a good canse pose m
days but tw e fk n b w what they want.” He de­ made a telling speech. f& 'J o ­ D. Gordon, John
serving ot support, that the and not in vain. The w a y the makes ancient good uncouth.” clared himself for the bridge and cosely prophesied that in the fu­
Seeley, S. A. Mills, G. E. Kienle
members ol the tw o county Marion Connty ladies set out Progress demands that the river for anything that is for develop- ture people will point to the pic­
and son Milton, Rev. G. C. Rit­
courts were visibly impressed . the good things to eat was be spanned by a structure which meht.
ture o f Judge Bushey, saying “ He chey, Elmer Bnehler, Ben Evans,
Five out o f the six declared out­ enough to make the contents of shall unhamper the public in go­
H. S. Gile, o f Salem, the fruit was Judge when the people built G. W. James, S. P. Timberlake,
right publicly tor the immediate the old horn ot plenty look like ing and coming as business or man, followed up Mr. Allen in the bridge between Marion and
W. C. Woodward, J. E. Hale, H.
construction o f the bridge. And starvation rations, in compari­ pleasure calls for.
showing th e possibilities o f Yamhill counties.” Speaking o f H. Keim, A. P. Oliver, W. B. Fine,
the sixth, Judge Bushey ot M ari­ son. And they wouldn’t let a
Representative Roy Graves, of Northern Marion County as a the vast immigration immi­ B. A. Shaver, S. M. Calkins, C.
on county, went just as tar as he fellow stop for breathing spells. Sheridan, bespoke the good will fruit grow ing district. As a tax nent, he declared: “ The time is
A. Butt, S. L. Parrett, Gus Gud-
could without making his declar­ Hesitate, and there would be a o f the other end o f the county in payer in both counties, he de­ now ripe for these improvements,
dat, C. N. Marsh and E. B. Mer­
ation positive and clinching. He good woman at your elbow urg­ the enterprise and extended the clared for the much needed im­ and an improvement o f this kind
chant.
promised and re-promised the ing you on to the good work. helping hand.
does not cost—it pays.” He
provement.
The meeting was presided over
most favorable consideration, The Marion ladies made a name
placed
his
interest
in
the
bridge
by State Treasurer, Tom K a y,
Frank Davidson, one o f Mari­
Mr. Jenks, also o f Salem and
and agreed “ to figure out the for themselves. T w o hundred
on’s influential citizens and a big o f the firm o f H. S. Gile & Co., on the broad ground that good an old Yamhill county man, w ho
Newberg bridge” it it were at all strong sat down to eat and rose
bridge booster, spoke o f the vast said be used to come down to roads and good bridges are first called upon Governor West.
possible, and he thought it was. np to call them blessed.
tract of rich land in his county Newberg by boat, then by bicycle things that further civilization His Excellency made a clear cut
We are accordingly all primed
The people who were responsi­ which the bridge would help de­ and now by antomobile. He and that nothing is too good for talk in which he made it plain
fo r the shouting.
ble for all this represented the velop. He declared himself a bad crossed the ferry once and Oregon. He paid a tribute to that he intended to make good
T hb F erry P icnic .
solid citizenship o f that country. r o a d builder—one o f J u d g e
didn’t want any more of it. Give Newberg for its excellent schools, roads the keynote o f his ad­
The exercises ot the memorable Such an assemblage o f busy
its high type of citizenship, its ministration. He outlined his
Bushey’s disciples in fact—and us the bridge.
day were opened on the Marion farmers and farmers’ wives at
progressiveness, and—“ When I plans o f procedure, especially as
said he could almost hear the
Commissioner Goulet, of Mari­
side of the river. A t noon or a th e rushing harvest season,
latter whisper, “ You’re going to on, went his colleague Beckwith heard these people o f Newberg regards the much talked o f Port-
little after the good people over showed that they are terribly in
have the bridge, boys.”
one better. He wanted to see were in favor o f this bridge prop­ land-Salem State Capital High­
there served a picnic dinner that earnest. This fact deeply im­
R. D. Allen, the veteran clerk the bridge built a little quicker osition, I pnt it down in ray little way.
w ill go down in the annals as pressed the visiting members of
note book that they were going
Anent the calling o f a special
one o f the biggest and best the respective courts. “ When o f Marion County and a practi­ than right away. (Wild ap­
to
have
this
bridge.”
session
o f the legislature to secure
spreads ever set before hungry the ladies o f a community get so cal horticulturist, emphasized the plause from the galleries!)
C.
K.
Spaulding
stated
that
he
good
roads
legislation, Gov.
man. And said hungry man was in earnest over a proposition, isolation o f the district across
Judge Bushey, o f Marion, rec­
knew
the
bridge
would
cost
West said he had not come to a
there in abundance to take care you can be assured that there’s the river, which, if opened up ognized by all as the corner stone
some
money,
but—“
we
are
ready
decision,
but made it plain that
would make one ot the finest o f the important project, was
o f it.
something worth considering,”
to
pay
tor
it.
I
want
the
Judge
if
such
a
session
is called there is
Though it was their busy day, said Judge Bushey, both private­ fruit tracts in the country. The finally announced. The crowd
to
reconsider
and
give
us
the
to be no monkey business toler­
Newberg business men to the ly and publicly. And the w ay the bane ot that country is the large rose to its feet and greeted him
word
tonight.”
ated. On this point he said:
number o f sixty or seventy en­ ladies put it np to the Judge and holdings in which the land is with enthusiastic cheers. It was
Rev.
G.
C.
Ritchey
told
o
f
the
“ When I ascertain w hat kind
joyed the hospitality ot their the other members in personal owned he declared. Increased a noisy w ay ol saying graefc—
church and school advantages of a road bill the H ighw ay Com­
land
values,
resulting
from
the
across-river n e i g h b o r s . The conversation demonstrated fully
“ We thank thee, Judge, for what
which Newberg would extend to mission for the state a t large
greater part ot them made the that they have a reason for the tree communication which the we are about to receive!” He
her
Marion neighbors if they passes on at its meeting in Sep­
bridge would give, would break first paid a tribute to the Marion
trip by water, taking passage on hope that is within them.
could
reach us easily. He, too tember, then I shall announce
up these large holdings and rapid connty ladies, indicating that
the barge and steamer Wm. F.
J. D. Gordon gave public ex­ development would follow.
asked the Judge to do his figur­ whether I shall call a special ses­
Hazen, Captain Chase. And the
the Judge was still enjoying that
pression o f gratitude on the part
ing right then and announce the sion o f the Legislature. But if
Hon. Clarence Butt emphasized good dinner, and expressed a
voyage was a very p l e a s a n t ,
o f the visitors for the royal en­
result, so all could have a good such a session is called it w ill be
the serious purpose behind the longing for their continued pres­
though brief one.
tertainment, after which Capt.
night’s sleep.
only under certain conditions.
d a y ’ s demonstration. B u s y ence. The Judge admitted the
The picnic was served at the
Chase took a heavily loaded
By
this
time
the
calls,
“
Bushey,
The Legislators must come here
people
don’t
leave
their
affairs
Ferry under the spreading trees
truth o f all that he had heard as
barge o f “ tourists” up the river,
Bushey,
hear
Bushey”
became
so
at
their own expense and assure
and thns come together merely to the need o f the bridge, which
on the bluff overlooking the Wil­
where, in company with the
loud
and
imperative
that
the
me that they will consider noth­
tor diversion. “ We have to ­ is greater than he had thought.
lamette. The trees were gaily
members o f the county courts,
Judge
had
to
respond,
repeating
ing but road legislation. There
night
the
representative
tax
decked with bunting and the
He told o f the heavy demands
they inspected the proposed site
with
some
emphasis
what
he
had
will
be no necessity of employ­
payers o f Marion and Yamhill made upon the court, not all of
substantially built tables were
of the big bridge at the toot of
already
said,
coming
just
as
near
ing clerks, as the clerks in my
counties and it is time the voice which was it possible to satisfy,
tastefully decorated with sprigs
Wynooski street.
as
possible
to
a
positive
declara­
office and the office o f the Secre­
of
these
people
be
heard.”
“
We
of Oregon grape and individual
of the necessity of keeping down
T he N ewberg “W elcome .”
tion
not
to
make
it.
Prof.
Al­
tary o f State will do that work,
are not beggars” exclaimed Mr. the taxes. But he concluded: “ If
clusters o f i weet peas. The scene
derman
said
he
knew
the
Judge
In
the
evening
the
tables
-
were
and do it without expense to the
Butt, warming up, “ we are ask­ we can see our w ay clear we will
was a good appetite whetter to
well
and
that
that
was
his
way
turned
and
Newberg
played
host
state.”
ing
for
no
favors,
but
only
what
the Newberg delegation and the
join with this county next year
of
saying
“
Yes.”
in
the
interests
o
f
the
common
we are entitled to. Why delay? for this bridge. I want to look
Grant B. Dimick, o f Clackamas
Yamhill Connty Court, Judge
This completing the exercises County, a member o f the Capital
Vine Pearce and Commissioners cause. A big “ Welcome” trans­ The bridge, in raising the value the situation over first before I
S. M. Calkins and S. B. Cum­ parency stretched high across ol taxable property, w ill soon give my word although I am ‘according to program,” Mr. Highway Commission, declared
mins, who were on the ground First street by the Yamhill Blec- pav for itself and prove a paying only one o f three. I want to tell Gordon called for volunteer re­ that before the Legislature can
early. After while a cloud of trie and Newberg Telephone investment.”
yon what I told those ladies over marks, after which tw o or three appropriate money for highways
companies,
glowed
with
the
dust announced the arrival of
Commissioner Beckwith, of there to-day. When I go back of the star speeches o f the even­ it must decrease taxes in some
warm
welcome
extended
to
the
the Marion County Court, Judge
Marion, made the shortest but to Salem, I am going to figure ing were made. D. M. Rohr- other branch. He deprecated the
B u s h e y a nd Commissioners visitors.
one of the most popular speeches on the proposition and if I can bough from across the river, high cost o f salmon hatcheries as
In honor o f the latter a ban­ o f the evening: “ I think that yon possibly figure out the Newberg
Goulet and Beckwith, convoyed
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Bridge Day An Epoch Marker
THE BIG PROJECT IS PRACTICALLY ASSURED