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N e w b e rg Q ra p h ic
and Patrons
TH IRTY YEARS AS EDITOR AND
PUBLISHER
W ith this issue thirty years ot
continuous service as editor and
publisher o f the Graphic la rounded
out. It was just thirty years ago
this publication day that we took
over the key to the print shop which
was a very plain plank building lo
cated around on Second street, and
which L. G. N ew lin converted into
a barn some years later. H ere the
business was conducted until the
brick building, now occupied by the
Anderson Motor Co., was erected in
1891 by the Bank o f New berg. when
a move was made to the fron t cor
ner room on the second floor o f this
building.
This was the Graphic
home up to 1897 when a second
m ove was made to tbs present lo
cation.
T h e Graphic plant, consisting o f a
W ashington hand press, a little
P earl jobber and a fa irly good supply
o f type, was shipped here from
W h ittie r, California, by John C.
H ia tt and the Graphic was launch-
a d December 1, 1988.
Thirteen
■souths later, January 1. 1890, after
several parties had taken a hand la
steering the destinies o f the little
sheet, it passed into the hands of
th e w rite r as above stated.. It was a
seven column fo lio w ith tw o pages
o f home Rrint. Of the advertisers
a t that time. Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Mount have continued in business
None o f the others,
w ith the exception o f Jesse Edwards
and ' i . A. M orris are now residents
W e thank you for your kind and liberal
Patronage during the H oliday
Season,
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and extend to you every good wish
Solicited
Phone Red 25
W e extend hearty greetings to our
many customers and wish fo r them
w ill admit that we have at least
made the close a pplication and that
long looked fo r time for easing up
on the job still appears to be aw ay
in the dim future. Some years ago
when the country was new a farm er
who was clearing land o f stumps re-
marked to Wm. Hobson that ha was
a w fu lly tired o f the Job and In some
what o f a longing frame o f mind fo r
his form er prairie home, when the
latter, who was always loyal to
Oregon and hopeful fo r the future,
gave this answer: "W e ll, It la a
great bleeaing to always have some
th in g to do."
Th is Is the angle
from which the country newspaper
publisher must figu re in order to
get fu ll value fo r the job that is
constantly before him. 'I t la like
“ keeping house” — when one w eek’s
task is done pretty much the same
Job must be gone over the fo llo w in g
week, year In and year out.
a happy and prosperous N ew Year,
tim e and newly made, we w ill re
new our youth and begin the grind
fo r another period, gaged as Father
Tim e may in his wisdom decree.
which is just
Yours fo r the same fair
n et infallible.
Human judgment cannot be Infalli
ble, no matter how broad the mind or
keen the Intellect Appearances are
so deceptive that even the most expe
rienced judge o f character may fall to
reach as good an estimate o f I man aa
the humble ignorant scrub woman,
who cleans out his offices daily. Many
successful men re* Use this great lack
In themselves, and appreciate the
power that is in the bands o f a de
voted w ife and real helpmate. They
wbuld not think o f entering Into a
partnership or a big business deal
without first arranging to hear the
opinion formed by her whom they have
learned to look up to and confide In.
And, indeed, a man can scarcely pay
a higher tribute to a woman than the
trust he shows-in her instinct.
Recently a form er 'Newberg resi
dent who made a short visit here
Persian Envoy at Mount Vernon.
rem arked
th a tT the .w riter
had
Shortly after 81r Julian Paunce-
changed leas in the eighteen years fote’s coming to Washington a, com
A t this tisse Harrison was our
he had been away than the other plimentary trip to Mount Vernon was
president, w ith Blaine sec rea try of
N ew berg residents he had met. arranged fo r him on the Mayflower.
state. John W&n&maker was post
which was the president’s yacht.
master general and we believe he is
Among the invited guests was the Per
the only one o f the cabinet now,
sian minister. It was quite a social
livin g .
Pennoyer was governor, over a collection or papers in the- , Bd lmpres9',T. even t The spectacle
M itchell. U. S. Senator and Herman o ffic e a fe w d iy s sgo> we came ¡o f the minister o f Orest Britain pay-
ou r Congressman.
Of the cdunty across a newspaper cut showing th o 'in g respect to the tomb and memory
w riter as the photographer made o f W ashington did not pass without
officers, S. Brutscher. who was a
him look some th irty years ago, comment upon its historical signlfl-
commissioner, and J.»C. Cooper, sur
which we nresent herewith for com- <*«»<*• During the-visit the Persian
veyor, are the only ones who are
now residents o f the county. O f the
c ity officials. F. A. Morris, who was
m ayor, is the only one who still re
m ains a resident here.
l a the first issue o f the paper
trader the new management the
opening o f the Bank o f Newberg,
now the United States National
Bank, was announced, w ith BenJ.
Miles, president; Jesse Edwards,
vice president; Moses Votsw . cash
ier. The safe and books arrived on
th e previous Saturday and business
wan begun in a small building lo
cated on Center street, which was
later on moved around onto First
street and is now a part o f the
O lym pic bakery building.
There
were
three
organised
churches, namely, the Friends. Pres
byterian and Evangelical.
E. C. BAIRD
A doughboy who had just returned
from Coblens was talking to a very
estimable elderly woman—a straight-
laced church member.
“ How did you like It up In Germany,”
she asked.
” 0 1 1 . we got along very well with the
Germans,” and, with a big,'broad smile,
he added, “ and had all the good Ger
man beer that we wanted to drink.”
“More German propaganda.” ex
claimed the elderly woman.
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Cotton Production Wolconio.
Mesopotamia has always grown
same cotton, which modem methods
s u y Improve. O f this msterlsl may
hays been the veil with which Rebek-
ah covered herself at her first meeting
with Isaac, as she Joarneyed under
the guidance o f Abraham’s servant
from Mesopotamia to Canaan to be
come Isaac’s wife. Cotton competi
tion between Mesopotamia and Egypt
would bo particularly attract! vo. And
cotton is ono good thing or wmca
war’s tatterdomalioa, the world o f to
day cannot have too much.— Boston
fo r the NewberS
3 DE
WHERE?
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BAPTIST CHURCH
WHEN?
JANUARY 10, 1920
HOW MUCH?
In the course o f these years tbs
Graphic has chronicled the birth of
children. later on tbe m arriage of
the same and in due tim e tbe birth
o f their chilrren
W e have bad many competitors,
some o f whom have endeavored at
times to correct tbe errors o f ths
Graphic, but all have dropped out
o f tbe race, leavin g the track clear,
though this does not necessarily sig
n ify that others may not try the
fie ld in tbe future.
Our mistakes
have been many and tbe public baa
indeed been very considerate in their
criticism s of them, for which we are
d a ly thankful. It m ight have beea
A N ew berg business man oaee re
marked to the w riter that It re
quired sa dosa application to bue-
ln«es to succeed in the publication
o f a local papar as It did to run the
Oregonian.
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