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NEWBERG. Y A M H IU COUNTT .ÌR E G 0N . THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1914.
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VOL XXVI
OREGONIANS ABROAD
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Mrs. C. J. Edwards Tails of the
Freehs of the Floods at
Santa Barbara.
Well! Well! Well! Who would
hare thought it. In this beauti­
ful sunny south land—this land
of palm Ares and orange blos­
soms—this land where irrigation
is the one redeeming possibility—
where cacti and sage brush are
the only vegetation which grow s
without it; that we should be
detained for days on account o f
floods and washed out bridges.
Yet it is so, and in the face o f the
fact that California has had
i. A . CHURCHILL
more them her share of rain al­
of PnbUc I—burlimi, who
ready this winter, and is all
Inatitute in
through and ready for summer.
March 14
We should have arrived here at
6:30 on Wednesday evening, but ing the storm. A father and
on account o f the very dangerous mother who were down in the
condition o f the track, caused by city, and who had left a family
the storm tw o weeks ago, we o f children at their home on high­
did not arrive until ten o ’clock, er ground, tried to get borne to
and no train has gone on loath the children. Their bodies were
since that time. Authorities say found the next morning.
that we w ill not get aw ay before
We walked here and there over
Sunday.
the ravaged district. In some
It occurred to my mind that placed the soil is tw o and one
the teacher under whose tutor­ half feet deep on top o f cement
age I finished the grammar sidewalks. In many other places
school in Io w a about twenty- the hard-surfaced streets are en­
seven years ago, had moved to tirely ruined by the flood. Some
Santa Barbara about that time; bridges are carried aw ay and
and it only took a few minutes the abutments to others are
to locate her, ad everyone seemed gone. Santa Barbara faces a
to know something about her. debt o f about three hundred
“ Miss M ira MorganI well yes! thousand dollars to repair the
She was the first probation offi­ damage.
cer in S a n ta . Barbara C o ."
before I close I must tell of the
"M iss M ira MorganI O f course
river which the people here say
w e kpow her. S h e was matron
. t
Morgan—«he is deputy sheriff of
our county," etc.,etc. Certainly
no one could be more cordially
received or more delightfully en­
tertained than we ha ve been by
her.
The old Mission, w ith its an­
tique relics o f the past, its musi­
cal bells, its famous paintiugs
and statuary, its piano which
was the first ever brought around
the Horn, and itscemetery, where
the Indians and Spanish are
'buried five and six layers deep, is
o f ever increasing interest—vol­
umes could be written about it.
But the one subject in the mind
o f everyone just now is the recent
storm, and the great damage re­
sulting there-from.
Miss Morgan in describing it*
said that it rained a little, quiet­
ly, on Friday and until about
four o ’clock on Saturday. Then
it began to pour down and some
one called her up and told her
that the creek was rising very
rapidly. They looked out o f the
window and it looked as though
a great tidal wave «fas rushing
down through the city. In an
hour they saw four houses car­
ried down the stream and the
water was several feet deep all
over the lower part o f the city.
Trees a hundred years old were
uprooted by the force o f the
water and carried out to sea.
Many small houses were lifted
from their foundations and piled
up together against more un­
movable buildings. The families
from these homes all escaped to
higher ground unharmed, and
only tw o fatalities occurred dur-
formed the boundary ¿ tw e e n
Santa Barbara and San Louis
Obispo counties for many years.
One year during a storm it
¿banged its coarse entirely, com­
ing clear over into Santa Bar­
bara county. The people wel­
comed it gla d ly ,' applauded it,
gave it a place in their hearts as
well as in their fields and high­
ways. They built a substantial
bridge across it and supposed
that it was their's forever. But
-presto-change—s o m e y e a r s
later another storm, and when
it subsided the river was to the
people of & m ta Barbara county
a thing o f the past. I t had
abruptly left its true hearted
friends, its beautiful bridge and
taken up its abode clear over in
San Louis Obispo county. Cer­
tainly the people here cannot be
blamed for thinking that such a
fickle hearted river can never be
trusted again/
RURAL CARRIERS MEET THE BADGER PICNIC
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County Attorney Calls
to Saaw and Urges
Their Doings Told by the TaU- A Big Food and a Royal Good “Baat Mac," the Slogan This-
Week at the College.
In order that persons
tobacco may be advised as
the law prohibiting sales
minors under the age o f eight
years, and also that mil
under that age may be adi
as to the law prescribing
penalty for their using tot
in a public place, I desire to
vise the public as to the
visions o f the laws o f this staf
governing such matters,
tions 2148 and 2 J 49 of
Oregon L aw s are as follows:
Sec. 2148. I t shall be nnlat
ful to sell, barter, trade, give
in Xny manner furnish to
minor under the age o f eigt
years, any tobacco, cigars
cigarettes in any form, or
compound in which tot
forms a component part,
out the written consent or or
o f such minor’s parent or gu<
ian; and when such minor
no parent or guardian, then
that case consent may be i
by the County Court, sitting \
the transaction of county
ness, upon proper application-
the county in which said
may have his residence,
person violating the proi
o f this act shat*, upon
tion, be fined in any sum not
than $5 nor more than $50.
Sec. 2149. I t shall be
ful for any minor, uoder the
of eighteen ye^rs to smoke i
or tobaccb in any
e+er in any public highway,
street, place, square or resort.
Any minor violating the pro­
visions o f this act shall, upon
conviction, be fined in any sum
not less than .gl nor more than
$10, o r by imprisonment at the
option o f the^court, tw o days
for each offense. Justices o f the
peace shall have concurrent
jurisdiction with the circuit court
for all offenses arising under this
àçt.
I do respectfully urge that all
peace officers, including marshals
o f the various cities and towns
in Yamhill county, see that the
provisions of the foregoing sec­
tions are observed, both as to
the provisions o f the dealers ot
tobacco as well as to minors us­
ing tobacco in public places.
Respectfully,
R. L. Conner,
District Attorney for Yamhill Co.
TESTING SEED CORN
B e s t fo r O r e g o n ia n s
A.
OREGON TOBACCO
It is raining again today, pour­
ing, and the wind is blowing.
From the porch o f the hotel we
can see the waves dashing in a
The superiority o f Oregon’s
mad fury after each other up the
beach, and the probabilities are agricultural products has again
that we will be detained for sev­ been demonstrated. A t a ger­
mination of local grow n corn by
eral days longer.
the
agricultural class of New­
in the meantime our thoughts
berg
high school, conducted by
very often turn to our true and
loved friends at home and the Prof. S. E. Launer, it was found
happiest hour o f our whole trip that out of the 132 kernels of
will be the one when we again corn tested, 131 germinated,
see the familiar faces and breathe making a germination' test of
the contented atmosphere o f 99.2 per cent. O f the 131 kernels
germinated, only one showed
Chehalem Valley and Newberg.
weak germination, thus making
Mrs. C. J. Edwards.
a vigorous germination test of
Santa Barbara, Cal.
98.5 per cent.
Feb 21.
All o f the corn experimented
upon was grown by fanners in
the vicinity o f Newberg and col­
lected by a local seedsman, from
whom the seed was purchased
last spring.
The importance o f this experi­
ment may be folly realised when
Only Company “Exclusively Oregon19
it is known that the Io w a Ex­
periment Station, in 1905, re­
ported a germination test of
Hems OCflm. Oeriwtt BsfMfaf, fifth ttd Morris«. FortUad
but 60 per cent on seed corn
taken from all parts o f the state
L Miils,
L. S an ol,
EUGENE F. SAMUEL
• PnriaoaL
Gonoral V iu n r .
District
of Iow a.
In s u r a n c e
C om pany
vNo. 20
The annua) meeting of the
rural carriers of Yamhill county
was held at the court house
yesterday and was called to
order by Chairman J. 6. Alford
ot Dundee, and. Stuart Grenfell
o f McMinnville, was chosen
secretary o f the meeting. E.J.
Weiser was elected vice-president.
Other carriers present were N. E.
Willetts, o f Yamhill; Roy Han-
ville and Enos Ellis, o f Newberg;
Harry Gray, o f Dayton; K. P.
and J. E. Loop and W o . F t Eber-
bard. o f McMinpville. June 27
was selected as the date for hold­
ing the state convention o f rural
carriers in this city, at which time
also the state convention o f city
carriers will hold their session
here. This date is chosen as a
convenience to a national repre­
sentative who is expected to visit
the state o f Washington on July
4, and his visit here will be just
prior to going to that state.
There wer* present a t this meet-
fog Mrs. T. H. Rogers, president
of the Ladies’ Civic Improvement
Club, and Mr. A. L. Jameson,
president of the Commercial
Club, who tendered to the car­
riers every possible service they
could render in contributing to
the comfort and pleasure o f these
State conventions, one of the
features of which will be a fine
nquet in the evening.
The
o f improving the roads
versed by these carriers with-
the county was discussed a t
nsiderable length by \)essrs.
Alford, Ellis, Han ville, Eberhard.
Willetts, Çray and K . P. Loop,
and in response to a request
Judge Pearce and Commissioner
Calkins gave some information
and advanced some ideas. The
convention tnpk initial steps by
appointing a committee com­
posed o f Messrs. Stuart Grenfell,
J. E. Loop and Wm. Eberhard to
draft a resolution to be presented
a t the meeting of the state con­
vention asking for a state law
which will prevent the hauling
o f excessively heavy loads over
soft roads in the winter season.
This practice contravenes every
effort that supervisors and
dtisens can make to keep a good
hill road, because the first heavy
load o f lumber or wood which
goes down a long hill with the
brake applied tears said road to
pieces, forming gutters which
wash with every rain and render
the hills almost impassable. The
discussion o f this subject was a
highly interesting one, and the
carriers are well qualified to ex­
press valuable opinions as to
road improvements.
BIG DRAINAGE DISTRICT FORMED
Land owners occupying ap­
proximately 40 square miles of
bottom and prairie land between
Corvallis and Monroe, Oregdn,
have begun the formation o f the
first drainage district under
state law in the Willamette
Valley. It is believed that a
successful demonstration of the
good results o f drainage will
cause the movement to spread
until it takes in fully one-fifth of
the total arable land in the val­
ley, or nearly / 1,000,000 acres,
gnd that the entire cost ot the
work can be paid for in three
years from increased farm prod­
ucts. It is stated that^he lands
to be drained are now producing
crops averaging $15 to $50 per
acre, and this production is ex­
pected to be increaaed from 100
to 300 per cent.
A t ten o ’clock a. m., February
25, the Badgers and their families
began to gather a t the 1 .0 .0. F.
.ball, with all kinds o f g o o d
things t o eat and a determina­
tion to have a good time. The
most cordial and friendly feeling
prevailed'throughout the day.
A real Badger dinner was
served to about 250 persons,
after which an interesting pro­
gram was given.
Follow ing is an outline o f the
program:
Piano duet by Eva M oore and
M ary Scott.
An address by Pres. Ames, who
touched on the beauties, re­
sources and advantages o f Wis­
consin and s f the greatness of
Oregon and some o f the problems
that are confronting ns here.
A reading by Miss E. Lang­
worthy. Mrs. Diederick read a
poem written for and read at the
Wisconsin gathering in Califor-
Duet by Ben and P lo y Lang­
w orthy with Mrs. Huriston at
the piano.
Recitation by Oxro Huffman.
Reading by Mrs. Hutchens.
Music by j . B. Hunt.
There were several short talks
by different members o f the asso­
ciation. Jt was interesting to
notice that prominent in nearly
all o f the talks, was the thought
o f the present fight on in Oregon
against die liquor traffic,
that necessity o f right
A short business
held in which the officers for the
past year were re-elected to serve
the coming year. There will be
another meeting held next Feb­
ruary the day and place to be
fixed by the executive, to which
all Badgers and tbeir families
are most cordially invited to be
present.
We desire to thank all who
helped to make the day a success
and one long to be remembered.
Especially the committees which
did such excellent work and
those who volunteered assistance
in w aiting on tables, etc., and
also those w ho responded so
liberally to the call for an offer­
ing to pay the expenses o f hall
rent, etc.
Hoping we may all be spared
to meet next year and to bring
more "new comer" Badgers with
us, we are re8pe¿tfallyl
F. L. Ames, President,
J. W. Moore, Vice President,
Mrs. L. A. Moore, Sec’y-Treas.
LIBRARY BENEFIT
The celebrated films, "H ard
Cash," a two-reel drama, and
"W ild Animals at Large, or
When th e C i r c u s Menagerie
Broke Loose," a tw o reel com­
edy, w ill be given at the Star
Theatre, text M oods/ and Tues­
day evenings, March 2 and 3, be­
ginning at 7:30; second show at
8:45. In addition to these spe­
cial features Miss Doris Gregory
will render a violin solo and a
twelve piece orchesta, consisting
o f the best talent in Newberg,
will furnish music each evening,
one selection being "Sym pathy,"
a w altz song from the comedy
opera "The Fire Fly.” Mrs. C.
B. Wilson accompanist.
Mr. Brown has kindly con­
sented to give the entire pro­
ceeds each evening for the pur­
pose of purchasing books for the
Newberg Public Library. Every
body come and help. Admission
10 and 15 cents.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
The championship o f the Wil­
lamette Valley Basket Ball
League will be settled in the
Pacific College gym. Friday
night, February 27. The stand­
ings o f the four teams in the
league are as follows: P. C. 600,
Mac. 600, Chemawa 500, P. U.
333. The Indians and P. U.
have played all their games and
hence are no longer in the run­
ning. As Mac. and P. C. are a t
present tied tor first place, the
winner o f this game w ill be the
undisputed champion for this
season, and the team intends to
keep this record. Mac. is going
to bring a big lot of rooters, so
be there t o root for P. C. There
w ill be a preliminary game at
7:30 between Mac.’« second
team and P. C.’s second team.
Admission to both games 25c-
Beat Mac!
ST. PAH. WARTS GOOD
ROAD TO
St. Panl is always on the job.
It knows w hat it wonts and
goes after it. I t does not sit
down an4 w ait for something t o
come to it. I t now wants a
hard surface highway from Hub-
ban) to the Newberg bridge via
Broadacres and St. Panl, if the
proposal carries to bond the
county for $850,000 for hard
surface highways. St. Paul sent
to tb
to bring results sooner or later,
and tbeir enthusiasm deserves
recognition. The boosters who
appeared before the county court
were: Emma Murphy, Mrs. L .
D. Pettyjohn, Tessie McDonald,
Mrs. P. O. Graham, Mrs. W alter
Coyle, J. N. M cKay, Henry Zorn,
J. E. Smith, W. R. M cKay. S. A.
Hoefer, J. C. Murphy, F. W -
Peterson, W. W. Ray, C. F -
Yeager, Guy Kay, John Neil, F -
O. Evans, John Johnston, T. D..
Pettyjohn, W. L. Gooding. Alois
Kebrr, W. M. Murphy, George
Miller, P. O. Graham, F. M.
Gearin, John F. Theodore, B _
Brentano.—Aurora Observer.
CARLTON’S NEW HOTEL OPENED
A news note to the Oregonian
from Carlton says:
Brooks hotel, under the man­
agement o f J. M. Anderson, who-
came hen? recently from High
Point, Wash., was opened Satur­
day night. The hotel is steam-
heated and e l e c t r i c - l i g h t e d !
throughout and has hot and cold!
water in every room.
Every
room, including the lobby, with
its comfortable chairs, is fur­
nished with new furniture.
A banquet o f seven courses
was served under the auspices o f
o f the Carlton volunteer fire de­
partment. At 8 o ’clock 150 per­
sons sat down to tables dee*
orated with carnations and
evergreens.
Orchestral music
and vocal solos were rendered
during the evening. George Carl
acted as toastmaster. W. B.
Dennis was the principal speaker
of theevening. Numerous toasts
were responded to by prominent
citizens.
READY FOR SPRING BUSINESS
Mrs. Cora Diedericks wishes to
announce that she is ready for
spring business as the represent­
ative for the Nu-Bone Corset Co.
and W orld’s Star hosiery and
underwear. At home Mondays«
205 South Center Street up­
stairs.
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