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m > ’ » « TH E N EW HERO QRAPH IC Newberg Graphic Tw o weeks ago the Graphic said that Newberg people were not inclined t o believe that any B. H. W O O n W A R D Editor Mid P u b lis h » considerable number o f the Mc- P t U U M « W T Thursday m o n i l e MinnviHe people would endorse »: O n p h ie B oild ln e. Mo. « 0 V in t Street th e Telephone-Register article, m i : O O m , W h ite a ; R n ld e n e e , M m <7 regarding the Newbeig bridge K b t e n d i t tk « p o d o K o i at Mewberg, Oregon, controversy. Those from New- atter. berg who attended the bridge $ 1 .5 0 Par Year in Advance meeting in ^be county seat on Tuesday, say they found nearly THURSDAY, DBCBMBKR 19, 1912 all the business men o f that city You should be “ stall feeding” working for New berg in this matter, and universal regret was jo u r poultry for the big show. expressed by them at the publi New berg merchants are enjoy cation o f said article. ing a good holiday trade, as usual. The attention o f the city coun cil is again called to the fact that Several fellows about town practically no provision is made would profit by setting th e swearing off date tw o weeks for people to get across North Meridian street at the various ahead o f the calendar this yeaij^ crossings. There is no good rea Despite some rather raw chilly son why this great inconvenience weather we have had, many nice should be allowed to exist dur bouquets o f roses have been ing this, the worst season of the taken from gardens during the year. The crossings that were put in by the property owners past ten days. were removed by the railroad All is not gold that" glitters. company, and the c o m p a n y F or instance, the glittering prom should be required to make tem ises made to the publisher o f the porary provision for crossing local paper to pay up back dues the street w h ile the railroad work is in an incomplete condi oh subscription. tion. People who use this street The storm at sea which Wood- are beginning to wonder if the row Wilson encountered on his council is going to see that the return voyage from Bermuda, rights of the public are at all to was a mild one compared with be guarded in this particular in what he will experience when he stance. tackles the tariff question. Many nice things a r e being said about the cook book recent ly gotten out by the Woman’s Auxiliary to Pacific College. A copy makes a nice holiday pres ent to send away to a friend. In casting about for an oppor tunity to make somebody happy at holiday time, it is well to re member that it requires but a few cents to make a neglected child remember you with grati tude. If the Southern Pacific would show a disposition to give New berg satisfactory depot accom modations, our people would be in a better humor for granting the extension o f time asked for putting the electric line service in operation. The Southern Pacific is asking for an extension o f time for hav ing electric cars running through Newberg. Possibly the officials took too seriously the statement made by the Graphic last week to the effect that the train ser vice we now have is pretty satis factory. There is hardly anything that adds more to the gloomy ap pearance o f a street than the wreck o f a building resulting from a destructive fire. There are three such eye-sores on First street. If the buildings are not to be rebuilt soon they should be closed from view by boarding up. One of them is the property o f the city and it should have immediate attention by way o f example. Announcement is made o f the engagement o f Miss Helen Miller Gould, o f New York, to Finley J. Shepard, of St. Louis. Miss Gould has a warm place in the hearts of the people on account of the exhibition of good sense see has shown since the death o f her father, when she came into possession of great wealth, and she will have the good wishes o f the public at large in her new relationship. The carousal that was had in connection with the dance given at Duncan’s Hall a short time ago was anything else but a credit to Newberg if re ports are true. Since posters are out calling tor “ a time” at the hall during the holidays, we would suggest that the city au thorities take steps in advance t o see that some show o f decency and order is maintained, and that all boose fighters are put where they will have time to cool off. The general public will appre ciate th e following statement made last Sunday afternoon in Portland by David Bispham, the noted baritone singer: “ It is to be regretted that to enjoy an opera in America, the general impression Seems to be that we must hear it sung in a foreign language, an<J at an exorbitant price,” said Mr. Bishpai}. “ It is true that opera is sung in Ger many in German, in Italian in Italy and in French in France, but these languages are those o f the countries I have named. It is also true that the great mas ters were Europeans, but very good translations in English of what they left us have been made Why, then, not sing these operas or songs in English? You may reply that singers who often ap pear before you sing in English that you cannot understand. The fault does not lie in the English words, but because bad English has been spoken—English enunciated so badly that it can not be understood.” A hearty round of applause followed the delivery o f Mr. Bispham’s little speech. Say, young man, I want to talk with you a minute. Get up and dust, don’t wait for some thing to turn up; g o at it and turn it up, says the Britt, Iowa, Tribune. Put the harness right on and pull, no matter if the bellyband chafes a little or the hames don’t fit; pull, you’ll soon get hardened to it; a collar spot here and there don’t hurt any. Don’t try to begin where the old man left off. If you do, you will quit where he began. Get into die deal yourself; do as the old man did. If you can’ t afford a thing, don’ t buy it until you can. The ok) gentleman did that way and that is how he got a credit. That credit, young fellow, is wor£h more dollars than you will ever earn. No matter about money, get a credit, and main tain it; it is the best asset any one ever had. Pull all the time; don’t be stingy, but be prudent; don’t get pessimistic, shut your suspicious eye. If a neighbor goes wrong, don’t doubt the in tegrity o f the neighbor on the other corner. Pessimism is a mountain, and darkens the view; it is only its obstruction to vour vision that makes it look so. Pull and keep your faith bright in humanity. , The world is just what we make it. Opportunity is on all sides, awaiting the man who pulls steadily all the time, no matter what his station or line of business. Take this ad vice from your uncle, the ditor. The Telephone-Register in an editorial published T u e s d a y , seemed to court some answer to certain “ facts stated” by that paper in a previous issue relative to the Newberg bridge matter. Those who attended the bridge meeting at McMinnville say they think the Telephone-Register was sufficiently answered by Commis sioner Calkins, who denounced the statements made as false, in the presence o f the editor, and referred said editor to the court records as proof o f his assertion. It appears that it is now up to the T. R. man to prove his state ments or admit that he got off on the wrong foot. In discussing the bridge matter the Telephone-Register says it is contended that “ the city o f New berg has not expressed a willing ness to assume a proportion of the costs commensurate with the benefits that would accrue to her.” Let’s see, McMinnville is specially benefitted by tw o or more expensive bridges, La- Fayette tw o, Dayton two, Sheri dan one, Willamina on e. At Sheridan, the bridge over the Yamhill is in the heart o f the town, connecting the south side with the north side, and the Graphic is informed by one of the commissioners that there is no county road that connects with the bridge. Have any of these towns been asked to as sume a portion of the costs o f building these bridges, “ commen surate with the benefits” accru ing to each? Not that anybody has heard of. Then why should Newberg be singled out and asked to do something that is not required o f any other town in the county? Newberg tax payers have helped to build every one of these bridges and have done it without squealing. As a result o f the filing o f in junction papers by J. W. Bewley and A. M. Fanning ot Sheridan, Fred Glover ot Whiteson, C. V. Kuykendall ot Yamhill and J. H Bernard, o f McMinnville, the Yamhill county court has been temporarily enjoined a g a i n s t creating any further indebted ness. The particular object of the parties taking the lead in this matter was to prevent the letting o f a contract for the bridge across the river at New berg, but they now find that everything is tied up and the court cannot spend a dollar while this injunction stands. A number o f Newberg business men met with representative citi zens at McMinnville, on Tues day, to consider the situation. At this meeting some very plain statements were made by S. M. Calkins, representing the County Court, in which he said the actions o f the court were a mat ter o f record and accessible to anyone who cared to learn what was done. General discussion of the question was engaged in and much regret was expressed at the action taken. The time has not been fixed by Judge Gallo way when the hearing on the in junction will be had. Candidate for the Office of City Recorder. T o the voters and taxpayers of Newberg: I am a Progressive and believe that this city sfyould have a pro gressive administration. I have no friends who must be taken care of, and am not affiliated di rectly or indirectly with any bus iness house, corporation or con cern expecting favors from any one. I am for a thorough and up-to- date system of records and ac counts. I propose to earn the salary if you put me on the jcb. I believe that city business can be done as speedily and economi cally as private business. I am for the best interest o f all the people, and for the people of Newberg, and hereby announce my intention to run for the office o f City Recorder, at the coming city election for Newbery. Sincerely yours for better gov ernment, G. O. Keeney. 'A “KEEN KUTTER" Santa Claus Brass Goods, Percolators, Casseroles, Air Rifles and Watches. You will find him located at m T H E BIG HARDWARE STORE Come in and see what useful presents you can buy with a little money. Some goods selling below cost to close out. Watch the Big Special Holiday Bargain Window for particulars. Yours for a Merry Christmas and lots o f business. LARKIN-PRINCE HARDWARE CO. v • . A » FIRE! Often Destroys Notes and other valuables which cannot easily be replaced. Use one of our Safe Deposit Boxes and be secured against loss. One ENTIRE VAULT Used for Safe Deposit Boxes Only Most M odem , Convenient, Secure and Private. * W e'll be pleased to show you The First 'National Bank ENGLAND’S SACRED BEAST. Unwritten Law Against Shooting Evon Hon Eating Foxos. .“ Dow n in the country th* other day there was a village sen»*bon in which I was called upon to adjudi cate for the farmers assembled in the parlor o f the only village, inn," writes the London correspondent o f Town and Country. “ One o f their number had shot a fox which had prowled about among the fowla for so many nights that fowl keeping was becoming a risky business. “ The ordinary fanner does not mind losing an occasional hen, but reynard is a greedy beast and kills for the mere pleasure o f the thing, and the hunt does not always pay up promptly. So here was a fine point in sporting etiquette to be settled. The fanner had shot a fox. He did not deny it. In fact, he pre ferred to throw out his chest with, pride, as if in defiance o f all the un written laws o f British sport. “ Now, custom from time imme morial has decreed that the fox shall be as safe from gun and trap as if he were sacred. He belongs to the hounds and must be allowed to roam through the covers and farm- ards at will, devouring what may appen in his way. Custom, too, demands that the hunt shall pay the damages. The hunt generally ya, though in innumerable cases a secretary is well aware that he is being swindled. “ But this particular fanner said he had hunted for many years him self and had never made a claim for loat hens. A year or two ago, how ever, a fox had paid a nocturnal visit to his fowl yard and had played havoc with the feathered danisens. A night or two after it happened again. A third time the fox came around and made a most deplorable mess o f a lot o f fine Wyandotte* and some expensive Buff Orping tons. “ Than the farmer wrote to the hunt secretary and asked for dam ages. The reply was that the claim wonld be attended to shortly, and at Christmas the settlement came in the form of— a ham. Thereupon the fanner declared war on all foxes and killed them ruthlessly. And this was the point which puzzled the farmers on Saturday n igh t “ 'Jim Crawford shot a fox last yea r/ said one o f the men, ‘and no good has come to him since. It ain’t lncky and it ain’t sportsman like. Let ’am kill your hens. That’s what they are there for, and if one hunt secretary is mean there are s hundred who are generous.’ “ There you have i t Sport is ■port and its rules are adamant It must, however, be put to the credit o f British hunt clubs that they ■pend millions o f pounds s year in Kngland, Wales and Ireland for the unkceo o f tha snort J g “ Think o f the hunters that are bred and sold annually, the packs o f hounds, the huntsmen, the stable people, the dozens o f hangers on who nudee a living ont o f it! With out the hounds certain districts o f England wonld be depopulated. Leicestershire and the midland counties would be almost impover ished if a law were suddenly put in force to make an and to the rich man’s pastime. Country houses in nonhunting districts may be had al most for the price o f a cottage in Leicestershire, whereas in the Quorn and Pytchley country a coun try house is as expensive, if not more so, than a London mansion, i Instead o f diminishing, hunting has 1 grown in popular favor.” Opportune. . It was fust as the curtain was be- ! ing rung up that kind hearted Mrs. Orey suddenly remembered the in quiry that she had intended to make about a sick neighbor. She leaned back and accosted Mrs. Bascom, who had just moved in next door to the sick friend. “ Can you tell me,” she .queried hastily, “ how old Mrs. Davis is?” A puzzled and reflective look stole over the face o f Mrs. Bascom as she turned for a whispered con sultation with a third lady, directly behind her. Presently she bobbed back to ward Mrs. Grey, her forehead puck ered. “ I really am not quite ear- tain,” tha reported apologetically, “ hut I believe she is at least seven- ’t v-flve/’— Ham er’s Weeklv. THE COLORADO DESERT» Haw Sound Carriss and tha W ay Ml* ragaa Cam* and Qo. Talk about wireless telephones! Tha Colorado desert goes science one better in that line! According to travelers in that neck o f sand and sagebrush, you can dispense with any kind o f telephone, with or without wires, at least up to a cer tain distance. T w o man a mile apart can carry on a conversation in an ordinary tone o f voice, particularly if there happens to be a small hull behind each, writes Harvey H ill Kaasler in the Travel Magazine. The prevail ing silence is so intense that it might be called deafening. Perhaps, after all, the weirdest among many strange features o f the desert is tha mirage. Wa have camped perhaps ana gone to bed early in tha evening with tha ther mometer registering not far below tha hiyidred mark. W a. awake, shivering with cold beneath our blankets, and look toward tha east. Thar# is tha slightest suggestion o f light in tha sky there, which as we watch grows slowly in strength. A grayish haze marks tha horizon’s edge, which stands out more sharply, at one point, from which broaa, pals rays creep up and out high above In tbe sky. Tnese again slowly fade as a point o f brilliant light appears at their base. This point grows to a half circle, then breaks and runs along tha sky line in a surging, golden lake. Upon tha shores o f this lake cities spring np, towers, spires and •olid blocks. These fade into fields and forests and farming scene# fields o f golden grain, cattle stand ing in green alfalfa, sheets o f wa ter. Tne mountains near tha sdg< o f the lake separate from theii bases and float upward, topple over and stand on their heads, tneir un wieldy feet in air. Soon our lake begins to contract and collect into a big round ball of dazzling brilliance hong just above the horizon. Farms and forest dis appear. The mountains, as though abashed at being caught in such an unseemly attitude by the broad light o f day, quickly resume their normal position, while all the stark landscape stiffens into unstirring en durance o f the garish light and blazing heat o f the desert sun. The mirage is gone like a bubble. Only the gray desert remains. R m n im For Being Indignant. There was something in the at mosphere which told him that things were not exactly the same. Silence followed soon after the usual greetings, but at length she spoke. “ Are you aware, sir,” she began, “ that one hand o f the Bar tholdi statue measures sixteen feet five inches?*’ “ So I have heard,” he nodded» happy to be addressed again. “ The thickness o f tha head from ear to ear,” she pursued idly, “ is tan feet.” “ Yes.” “ The nose is four feet six inches long.” “ That’ s rig h t” “ The mouth is three feet across.” “ I believe so. Just imagine it.’ “ Tha waist thirty-five feat around.” “ Y-yea. W hy?” “ Then will you kindly explain, sir,” she continued, “ why yon stated in the poem which you addressed to me that I reminded you o f the God dess o f Liberty ?” — Ladies’ Home Journal. ________________ •tract Lighting. The streets o f New York were first lighted, in 1697, tha lighting being done by a lantern suspended from a pole stretched out from the window o f every seventh house. The lighting o f streets with gas was first tried in-1816 in Baltimore. At Philadelphia a theater was thus lighted on Nov. 25, 1816, the first place o f amusement in America il luminated in that manner. Gas was first used for lighting houses in Boston in 1822. It hsa been used thirty years before at Cornwall, England.— Scrap Book.
