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VO L. XXVIII
NEWBERG, YAM HILL
O r e g o n , T h u r s d a y , J a n u a r y 20, î s i e
en and children had been experi
enced. The spot where the train
was ahnt in w as so completely
blockaded th at it bras several
days before it Was learned just
where it was, and great anxiety
Wals felt for the safety o f tine
passengers. < T o oqe w ho passes
up and down the Colom bia to
day each a thing as n lost train
in that section would hardly ship aspirations received
seem possible, fm t it most be cided , boost Saturday
here jn the Willamette valley in ranem bend th at th irty . years when the local quintet re)
past years, we baye foiled to
from the fray in McMfc
notice say mention o f the snow
w ith the larger end o f tbç
storm o f December, 1884.
score. The "jinx,'” “ hpo
call it w h at yon w i M l |
troubled the Quaker te a r»'
■now w e have had this w hiter
so for is light in comparison w ith
it and here is hoping that the
weather gods w ill let us o ff for
the w inter w ithout any attem pt
to equal th at record o f more
the Mac pavilion fo r som
past, was effectually W
ied for miles, and passageup
this year. N ot the least
down the river h T B y w a j
ant factor in said prop
ImpoMibfe until the storm lost the delegation o f ninety-
some o f its fary.
W ith all the
force o f men that coold be put
to w ork it was tw o weeks br
more before trains were able to
run over the road. F o r several
iug and a t the game.
The game itself was fast
furious from start to fii
Replogle started the scoria]
caging a go a l on the first \
McMinnviUe soon d u p lie s
the feat, and it was nip and
from that until the final p
•hot which ended » ^ g y m t
first h alf ended 13-11 in tern
C. During the second
first one team was ahead
and later in connection with her
ha ilmnd. Their field was Kake,
Alaska, ta m e Mas. Smith ad-
*M fefrs r A to the physical and
spiritual needs o f the natives
with «ach tender sympathy that
Skew a* married J u ly 3,1904, to
was born tw o children, Harold
A. ,n »d Mildred Laverae.
To
these» she was a most devoted
After a fingering illness of
several months, druing which
time she was a most patfent
sufferer, Mrs. Smith passed « way
Sunday morning. January 16,
leftvh g t o mourn her loas a
father, mother, tw o brothers
and fopr sisters beside the rm-
mediato family. .
:
Rev. Charles 0. Whitely, the
pastor, conducted the funeral
services a t the Friends church on
Mondny afternoon, H od son and
E lliott directing. ~
4 very beautiful and fittin g
tribute was prepared and read
by Mrs. Evangeline M artin at
the service.
C
L In memory o f Melinda Smith,
composed by J. JSarlan Smith.
Mrs. Whitely sang the song
“ V ictory” which was appreciated
by all. Mia* Everest gave a
reading. Miss Mildred Wills, a
select reading; Esther Whitely,
a » instrumental solo; Mrs.
W hitely, Esther and Eahert
W hitely 'san g a tang. A lter
which
all joined in singing one
T o the Editor':
' Did you ever, Mr. Editor’, live or tw o good old hymns, and M r.
in the country, out hi God's Whitely offered prayer. *
great out o f doors? If. so, were
you on a “ party line?'' I w ot
not, else not a lj these years of
silence. The hand that bolds
the pen would have written,
have dipped io your own blood.
Or, oh happy thought, perchance
your neighbor was deaf and
could not listen. A t any rate a
“ one party” service is your
privilege now.
But we who
dwell among the fields and
woods ask your pity and we cry
for the help o f every man. F o r
we, alas, are dooaasd to bare our
secret selves to all rim world,-—
our w orld, to all who dw ell
along “ onr Kne.”
W hy is it, M r. B d ito r.-T b e
spy, in Europe, who steals the
secre t' o f the w ar « shot. The
“ Peeping Tom ” in Portland, is
s a t to K elly’s Butte. The com
mon thief, where ere he is, is
9:45 — Sund&y school, with
meu snd women’s Bible classes
11:00 a. m.—Topic, “Justifisd
-W h at Is It?”
- ^
7^0-Topic, ’Suppose” —« leaf,
let to be distributed.
fWednesday-Dny o f prayer for
10 a. m.—Bible school
Fendall, superintendent.
11.*00—Special service,
lation o f offissra, tecs«
tea a neia goal, wtnea wmK
T in s i wjswTTn n r ITT y « ms ,
lowed snortiy oy a row
Bnsiness o f all kinds was ut u
standstill for several days. The
few railroads then operating in
the country suspended opera
tions until the storm ceased and
the snow could.be shoveled from
the tracks, for snow plow s were
not then à part o f the rolling
stock o f Oregon railroads.
A passenger train beaded for
Portland over the O. R. ft N.
road g o t caught between the
Cascades and Multnomah Falls
and stock fast. The engine tailed
and the train could neither g d
forw ard nor backward.
The
storm howled w ith demoniac
terror to the passengers as the
wind and snow and sleeet waa
wind swept by the gale that
sucked down the Columbia from
east o f the Cascade Mountains.
Here for nearly a week pas
sengers and train crew remained
txfore relief was sent, for in this
mountain
section w ith great
slides o f snow and earth it was
impossible to dear the track
and get a train through, and
the storm kept np w ith such fury
that jt was unsafe fo r them to
try to walk out, and it was
equally hasardons tor men to try
to go to them. W ith the first
lull o f the storm some men left
the Cascades w ith provision* on
their backs and w ith great dif
ficulty made their w ay over ice
and snow to give relief to the
« f e u » . Provisions were about
eshaafifed a «d much discomfo rt
against, and look at grand old
M t. H ood all covered w ith it
and shimmering in the rays of
the afternoon sun—distance al
ways lends enchantment, and
here is hoping that we may be
spared the discomforts o f an
other such an experience as that
o f December, 1884, here in the
W illam ette valley.
W ill be at the Im perial H otel,
Newberg, Room No. 2, every
Tuesday from % to 4 p. m. and
Saturday from 2 to 6 p. m. I f
you are afek and ailing ok have
a trouble of long standing now
is your time to investigate.
Chiropractors have been success
ful in removing the cause o f
disease where other methods
have foiled. Call and I w ill give
you a spinal analysis which costs
you nothing. Dr. H. L . Chandler,
502-3-4 Broadw ay Bldg., P o rt
land, Ore.
Graduate o f Palmer School o f
Chiropraltic, Chiropractic Foun
tain Head, Davenport, Iow a.
Paid A dv
consistent game for Pacific,
while Simpson put up the best
game for McMinnville.
This was the first league game
fo r either of the schools con
cerned. The next game for P. C.
w ill be Saturday night of this
week, when Pacific University
w ill be seen in action on the local
floor. P. U. has a fine team this
year, and a close contest is as.
su red
I t is hoped there w ilt be a large
turn-out o f the stockholders of
the Newberg* C o - O p e r a t i v e
Growers’ Association Saturday
afternoon, January 22, at 2
o ’clock, in Duncan’s H all, as
matters of vita l interest to the
company w ill come before them.
Eunice Melinda Smith, daugh
ter Of Axum and Hannah E.
Newby waa born in Marshall
Cofinty, Iow a, October 15,1873,
where she lived w ith her parents
until their rem oval to Nebraska,
five years later coming to Ore-
lished in Newberg it was thought
by many people that w ith the
milk condensery already estab
lished there was hardly room for
the new industry, but time has
proven that this view was not
«m e e t, for the creamery has
prospered from the Start and
it seems that it has in no way
injured the business o f the con-
Some figures furnished the
Graphic by the proprietors o f
the creamery show something of
the-volume o f business done by
the plant during the past year.
Butter fot was purchased to
the amount o f 133,807 pounds
for which they paid to the farm-
ers, $37,729.29.
Bggs were
bought to the amount o f $7,286.-
69 and poultry to the amount of
$6,601.22 making a tota l o f
$51,617.20 paid oat to the form
ers during the year for their
products.
It w ill be to the advantage of
Newberg to secure as many
small industries as possible that
bay home products and employ
labor. I t all counts in building
the community interests.
Sbe was a birthright member
o f the Friends church and was
alw ays a conscientious and use
This great lecture w ill be given
Friday night at W ood-M ar ful worker, her untiring service by Judge George D. Alden at
H all M f. and Mrs. Glenn Wells alw ays being a source o f inspira W ood-M ar H all on Tuesday
w ill entertain a lycum audience tion to those about her. She night o l next week. Judge Alden
w ith a varied program o f song
spoke io Newberg six years ago
and story, pianalogues, dra
and made a great impression as
matic sketches, solos, etc. Don’t
a platform orator. He is well
w orth hearing.
contemptible as he?
Or can you from your wisdom
impart instruction to hi* clouded
mind? Teach him th at it is no
worse to take w hat does not be
long to him from a parse than
from a wire. I t is as w rong to
steal a conversation as a coin.
Both are stealing.
M r. Editor, thank heaven that
you do not live on a “ party
w ire.” And if yon can do qpght
to rid the country o f its scourge,
the country telephone eaves
dropper; if you can do or say
ought to help him to be a man;
to call him back to honesty and
to self respect; to teach him to
scorn to take another’s conversa
tion as he would his gold, you
w ill win the lasting gratitude
o f long suffering party liners,
and we w ill teach onr children
to lisp your name w ith reverence.
A Party Liner.
BIRTHDAY FESTIYITIES
theme tonight is “ Escape.” Hear
him.*
CHRISTIAN
9:46 a. m.—Bible school.- v :
11:06 a. m.—Theme, “ The Sec
ond Coming o f Christ.”
6:30 p. ra.—Ci E.
7:30 p. m —Theme, “ Self De
nial.” - .....• - - r - r - ; " ; 7
The Wells Entertainers w ill
give the fourth number in the
lyceum course Friday night o f
this week a t W ood-M ar H all.
A varied program w ill be given*
consisting o f baritone and so
prano solos, vocal duets, story
tellings dram atic sketches, read
ings, pianologues, humorous and
musical sketches.
Reserved seats 50 cents. Gen
eral admission 35 and 25 cents.
The Civic and Wednesday
Clubs have set aside Wednesday,
January 26, from 2 to 5 o'clock,
at Commercial Club rooms, fo r a
benefit for the Newberg Associ
ated Charities.'' Let every lady
come and enjoy the program and
refreshments. A ll we ask is 10
cents, if you can’t give more.
Come and make this the greatest
social and charity day in the his
tory o f Newberg.
Sec.