Newberg graphic., August 21, 1919, Image 4

Newberg Graphic
THURSDAY. AUGUST
21 . 1919
When Attorney-General ' Palmer
begins to put the profiteer« in jail,
v he suggests, where will he find
one big enough to hold them?
Vhe milk wagon drivers have evi­
dently been getting pointers from
(b e profiteers. They are demanding
a wage of $55 a week and a six
hour day.
The city recorder Is givia g the
property owners a gentle reminder
th is week that weeds and grass along
th* streets must be cat. Batter
w h rt np the old aehythe and get
trad« Is ««11 worth reaching oat
after. The towns and cltfee alone
th« way that farnlsh inviting re-
treats with «rater and lights will
need no speCaj advertising for the
word will soon he passed alohg.
Newberg is out Just far enough from
Portland to make It a desirable stop-
ping point, and we ought to get
busy rfnd make the necessary'start.
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As a rule readers do not pppre-
clate the publication of lengthy arti-
clee in a local paper, but this week
we have made a departure from the
established rule by using an article
taken from The American Magaslne.
at the request of a lady subscriber
who says she got much help from
the reading of the article. It Is
from the pen of Dr. Frank Cmne and
Is wall worth ont*s time In reading,
w -9 B B B e-w s^
J. W. Bailey, formerly State
Dairy and Food Commlsaioner, who
is here drumming up business for
the milk condensery. says there is a
shortage of milk cows in the qountry
which he thinks It will take k long
time to supply. The loss farmers
and dairymen haye sustained In the
past at the hands of condensery
managers has had much to do with
present conditions, and the high
price of wheat has been another
contributing cause, since many
then finish th« courne at the Unlver-
*ity. Thanks to sty experience at
P. C.. I qualified without difficulty
as a college teacher,
Fresno Is a growing city o f C»r
0«0. < The high school has an enroll-
input of about 1.800, but is over-
: crowded, and they have just put
through a bond issue which will
( enable them to start this fa ll on a
new building which will
take two
years to build. The city
has dou-
bled In the last ten years and at the
present rate will do It again,
The peach and raisin grape crops
are both good here this year, which,
coupled with the fact that prices are
good, makes this a fine year for the
rancher.
Those are the leading
crops in this section,
I spent three weeks on h pack
trip in the high Sierras recently, go-
lng through the Sequoia National
park and creasing the Great Western
Divide into the famous Kern Canyon,
and than climbing Mt. Whitney,
whose 14.502 feet elevaton sticks
just a .little higher up than any-
thing else in the U. S. outside of
Alaska. It is easier to clln A than
Mt. Hood.
Please remember me to the rest
of the family and to others who
might care for the same,
Very truly yours,
M. D. Hawkins.
reach Newberg oh
or about
PRESIDENTS CENTRAI.’
RETURNS FROM FRANCE
There are some disadvantages la
being rated as a really and truly
dry state. A Kaneas exchange says
that contractors in bidding on hard
— rtace road work in the Western
Concerning strikes, the Rockville,
Indiana, Republichn says:
In common witk many folk I am
bewildered by tbe number of strikes
reported In sll parts of our country
and in countries abroad. One would
reasonably expeet that in times of
stress such ss these in which we are
living men would seek work rather
than cease work. Idlenees brings no
doughnuts— nor bread either for
The divorce court—is no respector
persons.
It reaches out and
W ith the paying prices at which
Rha Valley Censing Co. offers to
"make long time contracts with berry
«row ers, i t la an excellent time to
ptoa to make a doaen berry plants
grew where none are growing now.
It Is a golden opportunity for the
•mall holder o f land In this section
(had has never before been afforded
•osd It Is the time to strike.
T h e increase in population la
Newberg and adjacent territory has
■et come quite as rapidly as Mr.
Faalhamua of Puyallup. Washing­
ton. predicted it would in a talk
made here a few years ago. yrhen
boasting for the cannery, but It Is
going at a very satisfactory pace
d a c e the doee of the war has al­
lowed people to get back to tbe noil
A. C. Carrutb, the Teteraa editor
w f the Carlton Sentinel, made the
announcement recently that he had
«Detracted to sell his plant on the
firm of September to Leslie J. Ben­
nett, who comes from La Grande.'
te rry tn see Mr. Carruth drop out
o f the harness in this county, but
wish his successor, who Is ssM to
he s young man with a new bride,
a ll the success he may hope for.
Th e question of the population of
Newberg it put up to the Graphic
«v e ry few days and we confess that
we are unable to give it with any
degree of accuracy. Doan’s Direct­
o r y for the United States for the
pear 1SI7 put the population for
Newberg down at 2.S0D, which
d M h tlC M
a safe estimate for
1 Cadillac
1 -Overland
1 Reo
1 M axwell
1 Saxon
1 W ayne
in order to repair as far as possible
the ravages o f the Great War, it
looks much like suicide wherf men
quit their jobs. Though admittedly
tbe cost of living is tremendous we
cessation of production meana not
-simply rocking the boat but driving
the whole of us upon the shores of
destruction. A strike o f nny set of
workers is s violent attempt upon
their part to better themselves at
tbe expense o f others,
Thus the
railroad men who perform a service
of a public nature—,-and really at
this time they are employes o f the
government— by crippling transpor­
tation injure every man,* woman and
child in our land. It becomes, if
the suspension of sll productive
business.
The mines cannot be
operated, factories of sll sorts must
shut down, stores must close ss soon
ss stocks are exhausted and starva­
tion or partial starvation would in
s few days face the people in cities.
All this in order to give a compara­
tively small group o f people relief
from a situation confessedly hard
upon a much larger number.
It
will not be permitted I think unless
the people have lost all Influence
and control o f their government.
Let the railroad strike become gen­
eral and at once there w ill be a de­
mand by the major portion of the
people for action o f the strong-arm
of the government.
had since ought to bring It up close
to 3,000. And with the way things
are going here of late Newberg
.Editor Graphic— In view of the
ought to be In a very satisfactory
condition for census taking In 1929. blue pencil mark on my last number
of tbe Graphic, I am enclosing cheek
One of the crying needs of New- for two dollars t o . renew my sub­
t e r g |nst now Is s public parking scription to said sheet. I would he
p s m l fo r automobile tourists, with quite lost without It.
emmptog equipment and privileges.
After September 1, please change
A tmm days ago the writer engaged my address from Selma, California,
In conversation a gentleman aad his to 1879 Glenn Avynue, Fresno Cal­
w ife Who were on thoir return trip ifornia.
to thoir team la Saermamnto, aad
I will teach In Fresno High School
they talked freely o f tke future and Junolr College the coming year.
when the highway through to Cal­ The frn lo r College to an attempt to
iforn ia shall he completed.
T te y refer« congestion at the University
■aid Oregon would do well to pre- by givin g some at the important
p n e far the coming o f tourists for
call for phone doty in Franco. She
eoe Id spook French so she vohro-
leerod After an intensive train­
ing she was assigned to Toart
ss listening la censor Then chea
President
Wilson t arrived
In
France she was seni lo Parts to
take charge of tbe switchboard at
• he M a ra l m ansion She has just
re lu rued from
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