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Our new annex is now
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Encourage Newberg merchants to make their stores attractive with
Christmas displays. Displays help to make a Merry Christmas for your
child. It costs money too.
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Fitted right, and will be waterproof
if our shoe grease is used
Rubbers!
All Kinds. Hood Rubbers are
Good Rubbers
Leather Vests at less than Wholesale
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Ask to see these garments
For Service and Everything to Wear, try*
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Where your dollar does its duty
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-tl0n oi a diiflcu,ty in tome Places
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^ | which are peculiarly dangerous a
berg has never had a flood and so far
as we can see, she never will have
one. Then consider conditions along
the Columbia river * where ice and
snow literally bound up the entire
country and we find a very pleasant
contrast between these conditions
and our own. Here although we
have had excessive rains there has
been nothing extremely disagreeable
and we can certainly be more than
grateful that we have not suffered
the great losses which have been at­
tendant upon these other sections.
provision for these pedestrians so
that it will not be necessary to use
the highway, and then compel the
pedestrians to use this alternative
Published every Thursday evening. route of travel simply for their own
Office: Graphic Bldg., 600 First St. protection. Common sense must de­
termine opr laws at all times. At
Phone .................................. White 33 Tigard there Is a good path at the
side of the highway where pedes­
Entered at the .postoffice at Newberg, trians have been in the habit of
Oregon, as second class matter.
walking, but with the laying of the
pavement these people have given iip
(2 .0 0 Per Year in Advance the use of the path to quite an ex­
tent and use the dangerous highway.
The kind of bootleg whiskey that
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1921 For their own protection and for is being sold now is another strong
the good of the general public, we argument for a stricter enforcement
believe
that it would be well to make of the prohibition law.
MORE ABOUT TRAFFIC LAWS
it
unlawful
for them to use the high­
In another part of this issue of
way
under
such
conditions. We be­
Thanksgiving time is past and
the Graphic appears an article by
lieve
this
to
be
merely
a
common
now
it is time to "do your Christmas
Mr. Cowgil] on the road laws. We
shopping early."
believe that Mr. Cowgill is somewhat sense view of the question.
Mr. Cowgill suggests that school
confused as to* what the laws really
Smile at people anif they smile
children
have to use the highway
are and so wish to give a short
back,
frown and they look the other
in
some
cases
and
most
certainly
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statement of the situation as it is
way.
he
Is
right.
There
are
many
fami­
under the present laws.
In the first place, the laws recog­ lies who live along the Portland
Prices are falling but the cost of
nise the rights of pedestrians to the road whose children have to use the
high
living will always be high.
highway
in
getting
to
town,
perhaps.
us« of the highways,, bur stipulate
However,
if
we
lived
on
that
road,
that they shall keep to the left. This
NEWSPAPER COSTS HIGH
is for their own protection as well as we would try and find some way of
A New York dispatch to Loeb’s Fi­
for the avoidance of difficult situa­ remedying that condition. We would
tions and if we adopt the premise not want our boy or our girl to risk nancial Digest say»:
"The reason the newspaper grave­
that it is wise to allow pedestrians their lives as they must do in walk­
yard is so full Is shown by an editor
ing
on
the
highway.
Of
course
they
to use the highways; then this is a
who recently investigated the cause
very good law
When a pedestrian would be in their rights in so doing of the high mortality (sic ! ! !) He
uses the left hand side of the high­ but there are altogether too many figures out that in 1900 wages were
way, naturally all other traffic is who are reckless and careless and we at 100; in 1914. they had average«)
to 178 and In 1921 the figure was
coming towards him on that side and would prefer them to keep away from 393. News print from 100 advan­
such
a
danger.
It
Is
very
doubt­
he can see everything ahead of him.
ced to 177 in 1914 and 623 In 1921.
In this.way he Is apprised of any ful If any law which we might pass Newspaper postage which cost the
complications which may be arising1 wou,d completely remove the danger- normal of 100 in 1907, was 147 in
1914, and 337 in 1921. Ink was 100
otherwise. Moreover, he is in a bet-'.ou'’ e,,*ment.
In 1907, 200 in 1914. and today it
ter position to protect himself from i
course if we placed a death stands at 331.
those who do not respect his rights. penalty upon anyone who ran over
"Editorial expenses advanced from
It is a case of a live pedestrian, los­ a person on the public highway. It 100 in 1907 to 120 In 1814 and 241
Miscellaneous expenses
ing his rights, being better than a might have a tendency to retard in 1921.
many people from their reckless went from 100 in 1907 to 125 In
dead one who may maintain them.
1914 and to 244 in 1921. By taking
The rules governing the other driving and prove a good deterrent the average of all newspaper costs.
modes of traffic seem to us to be to accidents, but even that would It was found that while the average
qilite plain as well, f o r example not completely eradicate the trouble or index number of 1907 was 100,
the rule of the road Is to keep to the and certainly It could not bring in 1914 It was 159 and In 1921 it
reached the mark of 411.
right, and no excepttlon Is made to back to life the victim. After all is
More than 4000 newspaper pub­
this except as applying to pedes­ said, what are our personal rights lications have gone out of existence
trians. Cars in passing are permitted In comparison with the safety of in the U. 8. and Canada during the
yearR 1914 and 1921,
by law to do so only where there Is a ourselves and our loved ones?
clear road. However, it is an abso­
lute impossibility to patrol the high­
With the exchanges from Wllla-
DAM IS COMPLETED
ways to such an extent as to prevent mlna, Sheridan and I^ebanon now at
The new concrete dam across the
violations of this law and the Graph­ hand giving details of the flood con­ lower end of Oswego lake has been
ic believes it would be well for ev­ ditions In those localities which tell completed by the Oregon Steel A
eryone using the highways to play of great property losses and lives en­ Iron company. The lake Is now ris­
the safety first game and take no dangered by the floods which swept ing about eight inches every 24
hours. The new dam will make the
changes.
buildings away, demolished bridges lake four feet higher than hereto­
The Graphic does not advocate ex- and tore out whole sections of roads, fore.— Sherwood News.
rludiflg pedestrians from the high- we are Inclined to Increase ou» esti-
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way but we offer as a possible solu- mate of Newberg and vicinity. New-
Graphic want ada get results.
NOTTAGE & DIMOND
Editors and Publishers
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Buy your needs at home, but com pare our
prices with Portland and catalogue houses, then buy
where you can save; and remember catalogue
houses are often out of. toys listed, and are some­
times broken in shipment. You will not disappoint
the child if you com e early, select your Christmas
needs and have them laid away, wrapped in Holly
paper,
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