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About The Telephone=register. (McMinnville, Or.) 1889-1953 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1886)
WEST SIDE TELEPHONE. M c M innville , F riday , S eit . 3, ISSfi. THE TILLAMOOK COUNTRY deplorable state of affaire here, The city in Utterly in ruin», and the people are living in the squares and public parks. There is a great rush to the railroad depots to get away, but owing to the earthquakes no tiam» are able to be dispatched from the city. Telegraph communication is also cut off, eave one wire of the Southern telegraphic compa ny, which is loaded with anxious pri vate dispatches It is impossible to depict the ruin and desolation that prevail». Not a single place of business in the city is open,save i drug store, which is busy preparing persciiplions for the wounded. It is ini- pos.-ilile also to give any correct esti mate of the killed und wounded, as bo- l.es are constantly being disinte'red l orn Hie debris of wrecked houses. One ilmle: taker intei viewed stated that .e li.td fir n'shed eight coffins up to noon to-duv. Many of the dead are lying un- buried, these being of the poorer classes of colored people, who await burial by county, There are not half a dozen tents m, the city, end the women and children aio experiencing great priva- tions in consequenee. As eight ap- proaches most beads of families are try ing to construct tents out of bed r heels, ■quire awnings and other material that comes to their hands. Tlio sun is about io set upon what is feared may be anoth er night of horror, even without any other violent shock of earthquake. It is calculated that at least three-fourths of tiie citv will have to be rebuilt entire ly. if the houses are to he inhabited. Bird & Gates ’’Fhe Perfect Over the Yamhill River on the Flint Martin Place! McMinnville, Oregon Third Street, Lafayette, Or. Has been thoroughlv renovated and is no«' ready to receive grain. DEALER!? IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE The whole drift of the public mind Storttre and Cleaning. 3 cents. CaJcutt* to-day seems to be on tiie gold-produc sacks constantly on hand und sold at tin We keep one of the largest aoi ing portions Southern Oregon, or the lowest rates. beet selected stock i of Merchandi* broad prairies of Eastern Oregon, Wash A large q-anlit,- of excellent brick, in Yitiiihi'l County, and are Bellin, ington and Idaho ^Territories and Ya- our goods at bedrock prices. Or ------- FROM-*----- quitia bay. While this is the case we spring stock in I allies’ Dress Good- Farmers are respectfully invited to call wish to rise to a point of order and call has arrived and consists in part ( and see us. attention to the fact that there is a sec tion nearer cur doors that towers high tf GALLOWAY & COOK, Props. the best ever offered to the public. above ary or all of tiie above in point of true excellence and worth, and which in and a large assortment of .—MISS----- Call and he Convinced. a few years will receive the attention LAWNS, 1 b KlBg.int Color. that it so justly merits. This section lies west of us, and its name is Tilla Brocaded Lace Buntings mook. It is f. large county and its In differi ni quality, colors r.nd patter» wealth la not derived alone from one APOTHECARIES’ HALI allot which you will find on culling n,? source. Who ever crossed the coast store und examining tiie sum • will .ir(’, GEO. W. BURT'S satisfactory both as to price u.id <|U1x, range from here to Tillamook that did Call und see us. We wilf take pleasure; not admire the beautiful timber? Large showing our goods, and tb m if youd,, Freccriptio.i Dr. g Giore. want to buy no burin will be done. monarchs of the forest rising two hund red feet, straight as an airtrw ane almost w x Ladies, ploase call and seo my f'eefiom knots. This timber is already P attracting the attention of San Fnigicis- Ul cans. Several »hip loads have left the Will sell oprietors of— o bay tliis season; and it is but the begin O cc County or Township Rights. ning of a trade that is sureto be a source K Q. Wil. have an early .“all Stock. ft Also has of great wealth to our sister county. As S CO a dairying country, this excels all others h- — Dealers in— z: Dashers for Sale at $1 25 Each. co r- —the butter from there commanding White and Red Lead, Q (□ Can be found at the dt. Charles Mot 1, from five to ten cents more per pound in 05 24ml McMinnville, Oregon. Linseed an l Lubricating Oil z? Portland than that manufactured in any cr I Varnis ’ ies (tf all Descript» X other section. The salmon industiy has e t. sprung into prominence during the past Kalsomine, Spanish Whiting, O Cl few yeais. At Tillamook bay s cannery & Paris Whiting THE HARVEST. G P or two are operated and the revenue de —SUCCESSOR T® D. C. NARVKR— c- > U a. ta P. & B. ant! Princess Metallic I W» • b -i rived from this source benefits the K The season of general haryeet is now ® < Roof Paint, Venitian Re], z: K country to a considerable extent. At practically ower. There are, as usual, rj w ci ■Zt Spanish Brown, Yellow Och Nestueca, further down the coast many some tardy farmers, but the instance» —at absolutely— « u LJ ct: fine fish are taken, but here instead of ire few where grain is net already safely ••J "o * and Hardware. a. O K being canned tiie fisli are dried und are housed. The season could not have P-lces as Low as the Lowest. I said to be excellent. The many salmon been more favorable. Good weather that are brought to the valley are readi has been continuous; contributing not ó H-< ly sold here at a good price, attests the only to the convenience of harvesting, Buggy Harness f-.c’n .?12.00 and upward. fact that tliis fish ¡3 sought after by hut to economy as well. It is etill too Team Hai uess froiu $¿5.00 a.vd upward. a. I have also something entirely newln the X everybody. Another fact lias been de soon to know much about results in the line of sweat pads. Carries the Largest and Best Stock monstrated and that is that by proper aggregate, but the general condition is My terms are CASH, or notes that <*an A. WELLS. planting and care the Netarts will pro implied in the report which comes from be turned into.cash. in Yamhill County. duce as good oysters as can lie found on everywhere—“Better than expected.” Pure Drugs, Chemicals, —Dealer in— the coast; this would bo another source In tiie Willamette valley particularly OPPOSITION Perfumes, Eie. from which much ready cash could be lhe harvest has more than realized the Guns, Pistols. Ammunition, derived Near the Nehalem coal has highest hopes. The average is far be THE LOWEST PRICES. Cutlery, Fine Fishing Tad been found in largo veins, that would yond the expectations of early spring in Next to Y ambili County Pank. perhaps pay if there was any way to get all the counties, and the nurpius for ex Third Annual Cigars, Etc. - • O regon . it to market. The soil of this county port will exceed that of last year by M c M ikkviub bordering the eoast, i.3 the best in the some thov.mnds of tons. In the Colum Special attention given to repairing & Pistols, Sewing Machines, Saw Filing,! world. It is a black loam, several feet bia river basin the grain yield has boon The Largest and Fin<st Stock ever brought to Yamhill County. 1 have in my shop as tine a powercr deep, and capable of producing the larg enormous, und railroad officials who feed lathe as can be found in the state est crops and furnishing grass in abund have looked over the field carefully in Boots and Shoes made to order and r .a' !y am fully prepared to ance. Al! kinds of cereals and vegeta detail insist that Hie quantity to be ---- Cf the- IB bles, all raised with success But as it bi ought to the seaboard will equal that Repair Broken Machinery Prices to the Bedrock. costs so much to get these pro luctsto of last year. About Walla Walia and! II of aV k*nds—Farm Machinery, Tri F. DIELSCHNEIDER. market, of course only enough for home some of the other elder centers, it is] 22tf Third Street Bet. D and E. 5tf Engines, Etc. consumption is raised. At present thure true, the surplus will not be so great, Braly’s Bank Building, C St are three harbors along the coast of but in the new country, that is those To be held on the Fair Grounds at 'l’filainuok—Tillamook hay, Netarts bay sections rece ntly penetrated by rail, the McMinnville, Or., and Nfstucca bay, that are entered with quantity of.wheat is something prodig ------- AT T’lE- safety by vessels, anil by these the peo ious. So splendidly has the country re ple get their supplies and in return ship sponded to its new opportunities that —The Only— —Dealers in— their butter, eggs and other produce. tiie railroad managers are encouraged to There is no tiller place on the coast for further extension of their lines and it is recreation than tliiH county. Iler moun intimated that next spring will vitnesn a tain streams abound plenteoiislv with boom in branch-lir.e building in various In addition to the In the City, trout; good camping places are abund parts of the Inland Empire. Among ----- of ------ The place where you cun get juicy a ant, and every few rodH the purest, cold the sections likely to be opened are tiie and fine roasts all at tiie lowest mi price. Fresh Fisli Tuesdays and Fn est natural beverage gushes out of the Clearwater country- and the Rig Bend rocks to quench the tliiist of the travel country, whose development, it ;s esti Always a Fat Cow on Hand. Ever witnessed in the state, there will be er. Three good wagon roads have al mated, will add many thousands of tons HUSSEY'S OLD STAND. McMinnville, - - Oregon, Itf W. J. GARRISON & f itf ready been constructed to the coast— to the annual production of the country. two by Nestueca and one down the While all the local circumstances are Who has on hand Trask Another is in course of construc thus favorable it is to be regretted that SHERIDAN A LARGE NUMBER OF BRICK tion from Forest Grove, and we have it there seems little prospect tor a material Given on all meritorius exhibits in Agri from good authority tliatat an early date advance over the prevailing prices of And is ready to fill all orders for the culture, Horticulture. Floral Exhibits. Me largest and best brick in the county, i.v a road will lie built up the Willamina, grain. So far as cam be seen, nothing chanical Products, Fancy Needle Work. a The Direct Route I No Delay»’ Works of Art, Minerology and oilier Natu across the mountains, its objective point but a war in Europe could advance From $5 to $8 per Thousand. ral Specimens, Poultry and Stock of all Fast Trains I R. McKUNE, P sopr . being Netarts bay. Ami we have con prices to any important extent and there kinds. 2tf siderable faith in yet being aide to ride is small prospect that the difficulty in THE T.OWEST EiA-Ti over tiie mountains and down the coast Bulgaria will develop into more thana TO CHICAGO ANO ALL POINT! behind tiie iron horse. When all these local affair. East. Tickets sold to all prominent!* Between tiie Young Women’s Club of Teams and outfits furnished parties wish- throughout tiie East and Southed roads are completed, and the many acres Of all the productions ol the country’, North Yamhill, and a Picked Nine of Old to go to the coast, at reasonable rates. Men. of unclaimed laud are taken up and hops alone command a high price this TO EAST-BOUND PASSENGf made into homes for the hundreds, then year. Be careful and do not make a ruisUi Not only in price high but the Reduced Rates on all R. R. Lincs. But lie sure to take the will Tillamook step to the front as one of yield is exceptional in both quantity’ and Oregon’s richest counties. quality. The hop harvest is now fairly orthern acific ailb under way and nothing likely to happen And see that vour ticket readu^ DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. can hinder a splendid return. Growers Proprietor of ST. FAUL OR MINNEAPOI An earthptuike visited the southern have been compelled to share the ad To avoid changes and serious delays und middle states Tuesday night, de vance with the pickers, who for several siored by other routes. stroying a large amount of property be years past have accepted low wages in Through Emigrant Sleeping All Kinds of side» killing and wounding many. At consideration of low prices. A general are Run on Regular Expff Charleston the damage amounts to $10,- advance in wages will add about twenty- Trains Full Length of the 000,000. Following we quote froui the five per cent, to the cost of gathering, Done to order. Constantly on hand, Mill Feed, Hour, Wheat and Oats. Also, all Line. Berths Free. dispatches: This Space is For and thia comej very hard on those hop kinds of Wood, Shingles, Posts, Shakes LOW RATES! QUICK TH C hari . kston , Sept. 1—11 a. m.—An growers who conlracied their product Etc. All orders left with us for Stowe A Brower s lumber yard promptly attended earthquake such as has never before early in the e?s»on at lew prlt-es and up General Office of the Company- been known in Hie history of this city on the basis of last year's rate for pick- —Executed at the— Delivery Wagon Always Ready. No. 2 Washington St., Portia« swept over Charleston last night shortly irg. Some of these growers will actu Orders left with Rogers A Todd, at Citv Drug Store, promptly tilled. ftf. ' after 10 oelock, causing more loss and ally lose money ujain the season's crop A. D. CHARLTON, injury t > properly and far more loss of in spite of llio high prices pre-ailing at General Western Passenger A life than the great cyclone of a year pre ibis >imo.—Oregonian. viously. Its wrecked streets are en (Successor to J. B. Rohr,) cumbered with masses of fallen bricks Blackburn X Peckham, the agents of and tangled telegraph mil telephone Clias. II. Dodd A Co., are doing the wire», and up to an early hour it was al boss machine business of he county, Third Street, between E and —WHO SELL— sold some 25 tw;ne binders and two most impossible to pass from one |>art of steam threshers. McMinnville, Oregon. the city to another. TbeBrsi shook was by far tiie most severe. Most of the Carriage Painting and Sign Writing people, with their families, passed the a Specialty. night in the streets, which even this First-class accommodations forb morning are crowded with people afraid A share of this public patronage is re cial men and general travel. Transient stock well cared for. to re-enter their hornet. spectfully solicited. More than sixty persons were killed Everything new and in First-Class ttf Shop—Rohr's old stand, McMinnville, 0. and wounded, chiefly colored. Among [Corner Third and C Streets] Putronage respectfully solicited. the whites the killed an I fatally wound OVER YAMHILL COUNTY BANK, ed are: MJ Lynch, Dr 11A Ilamlin Will open and Ainsley Robeson. Fire broke out M c M innville . O regon . in different parts of the city immediately Ms». A. M c D onald . | MtssK.T* OCTOBER 18, 1886. after the earthquake, and some are still Attention is respectfully invited to this Always on. hand the best quality of Beef. In Mr«. Stuart's Millinery W Mutton, Pork and burning, but there is no danger of their nt sinks » smooL. OPPOSITE THE GRANGE ! HAIR WEAVING and STAMPING spreading. There is no way of leaving Opposite Grange Store. McMinnville. ltf Its facilities for tnorongh practical in the city at present. McMinnville, Oregon. struction; actual business department a Two slight shocks of earthquake have specialty where currency, bank checks, V W. D. F enton . F- W. F enton . been felt since tiie first, at 8:23 this drafts, etc., are used. Highest prices paid for all kind, of fat Class or private instruction dav or even stock. morning and one at 9:30 p. m , neither ing. FENTON & FENTON, $1 and $i House. Single meals 25 cts. College Journal sent free on application. doing nny further destruction. Not C. F HOUGHTON, Frio. Fine Sample room, for Commercial Mea ATTORUTEYS at LA.W Cured withoul the use of knifa even during (ion. Gilmore’s bombard caustic "r acids. “No pay njJA C. J. 1‘AYNE, Secretary. Respectfully, Z'J rRTTE, OREG OX. p ent of the city has there been such a I’ 0. Box 101 Office at McMinnville Hotel. ( W. F BANGA8BER. references.. The poor cured fre*1 Oflee-Near the Conrt Hou»,. T. A. WINTER Highest Market like Paid for Wheat. $4 to $6. $6-5O and $7 per M. Cambrics. Munchaster Sateen F. E. RUSS J. HAMNETT. The Milliner, Simple and Unique, Without Machinary. McMinn fide, Oregon. > H. D. MONTGOMERY, J A o 10 CENT COWER 10 Nestir ea Saw Mills, McMinnville Sash aid door Fath R Lafayette Harness Shop, 0 s Portland Prices. JONES & Co. ltf s z fa w F. COLLAK Boot and Shoo Store ! FAIR! Como Cco and be Convinced. idy, EURISKO MARKET! Old Reliable Groceries and Provisions. PIONEER BRICK YARD. .A.. C. Saylor I Finest Speed Contests First Class Mark Trices to Suit the Timex. Liberal Premiums The Great Transcontinental Livery and Feed Stable ? A Match Game of Base Rail Traiisient Stud Well Cared For! Give me a Cal! J. J. COLLARD, N P R Il 1 City to id M h, Every Description Trucking and Delivering Chas. L. Bergevin, TELEPHONE OFFICE Neatly, i hsias! Sdlsje! Plain and Ornamental Painting and Paper Hanging. Quickly, Cheaply. Henderson Bros. I The Cheapest Good .s ill the World. CITY MARKET Jli-S II. I’. SniAtT, Fashionable Dressmakiif- The Leader in Millinery All Kinds of Heat St. Charles Hotel, The Leading Hotel ol McMinnville. GIVE ME A CALL. 1. IlLHER. Prop. PILES (