•EMI-WEEKLY WEST SIDE ’ ■luUre;l“1 lüj *HV11T .°0 '• lh« ■ V*'0,y J 1 «kill . »«<1 a» ^ est side telephone . n WJ ¡ -----Issued----- and looni '“«‘A iad&U,t^3 10 n‘eet "‘Ï 11 h only from i began to u *y cough diG it I might« a-tor again a irageinent. ] ■les of the Li at I was nee prise my f(ia lotions at kg gilt several in isence with, i it. Tobeaa thing, but til "iy, from dii *e than hung t REX. thing chanJ new venting vould CODld ling on ord Jern in Sen ition in read : & R et , is THE POETIC FIRE-PLACE. Abort History of the Progress Made In Heating and Ventilating Appliances. Warm ..aim and auu pure air are equally as jVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY important factors in our lives as good —W— food, and although even the least civ­ tìrrisons Building. McMinwllle, Oregon, ilized of people have managed bj some —BY— means to keep their dwellings warm, Talmage At Tui-ner, it was not until comparatively recent Fabliihsrs «nd Proprietors. times that any attention was given to systematic heating and perfect ventil­ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ation. 1 he dwelling, as a means ot Dteyew......................................................... *2 0 protection against the weather, may be ili Miwnths ................................................... 1 2 Three months.................................................. 7 regarded to some extent as an enlarged Intered in the Poatortlce at McMinnville, Or. garment, and indeed the difference be­ as second-class matte*. tween a loose mantle and the tent of a nomad is not very great. In order to i. V. V. JOHNSON, M. D. add to the comfort which any shelter provides, man has sought from the Northwest corner of Second and B streets, earliest times to obtain some adequate method of heating his domicile. His IcMINNVILLE - - - OREGON ettorts in this direction were for a long Kay be found at his office when not absent on pro- period confined to building a fire of »donal business. wood upon the naked earth. In tin oldest dwellings of which we have any LITTLEFIELD & CALBREATH, knowledge the fire was made upon a hearth of stone, as the ruins of the lake Physicians and Surgeons, dwellers show. Then in the days oi ¡he ancient Hebrews and Egyptians a M c M innville and L afayette , or . rude fire apparatus was in use, which J T. Galbreath, M. D.. office over Yamhill County served after a fashion the purposes of lank, MoMinnville. Oregon. their factories and foundries. Still R. Littlefield, M. D., office on Main street, yrtto, Oregon._____________________ ___ doves and chimneys and grates were mt known until centuries later, for not intil the beginning of the middle ages S. A. YOUNG, M. D. lid the “smoke catcher" of the an- '•ients give place to something better. Physician and Surgeon, harcoal was the ordinary fuel, and iirf was also used, the evidence IcMINNVILLE - - - OREGON. of which has been found at Pom­ Office and residence on D street. All calls promptly peii and at other exhumed places. The Buffered day or night. .irst mention of hard coal is made in A. i>. 300, for at that time history tells us DR. G. F. TUCKER, >f a combustible mineral which th« inilhs of Greece employed for then DEMIST, res. Not until the twelfth century, however, was the chimney in general IcMINNVILLE - - - OREGON. :se throughout Europe. According to Office-Two doors east of Bingham's furniture Tomlinson and Turner, in their work ¡tore. Laughing gas administered for painless extraction. of lieatintr and ventilating in England, down to the time of William the Con­ queror, the inhal 49 ts of Britain ST. CHARLES HOTEL dwelt in straw thatched huts parti­ tioned into two rooms, in order that near the family of the master the ser­ vants might be sheltered. In the mid­ |l and House. Single meals 25 cents. dle of the front and principal room was Ill Sunpl« Booms for Commercial Men a mammoth common hearth, over which in the roof was a little tower to r. MULTNER, Prop. make a draught that should carry iffl the smoke. Long after this came a primitive sort of line, which developed W. V. PRICE, later into the old-fashioned chimuej corner of our far-off grandfathers, whose enormous capacity embraced a whole family and supplied them with cheering warmth. And this kind of Up Stairs in Adams’ Building, lire-place and chimney continued in vogue, with no improvement in its IcMINNVILLE - OREGON technical construction, until the latter part of the last century, when two Americans, Benjamin Franklin and HJSTER POST BAND, Count Rumford, began busying them­ selves with the heating question. The Best in the State. Franklin separated the fire-) lace from i»repared to furnish music for all occasions at reason the chimney, and led the draught after able rates. Address a short ascent downward again, in or­ that it might pass through a pipe V. J. ROWLAND, der beneath the floor, and again through Business Manager, McMinnville. the chimney into the outer air. This sort, of stove has always been called the “Franklin or Pennsylvania stove.” M'MINNVILLE Rumford allowed the characteristic pe­ culiarities of the fire-place to remain, but brought it further forward into th< room, narrowing the chimney at the Corner Third and D streets, McMinnville height of the fire-place opening to so small a size that only a slender flue was left to carry off the smoke. Then OGAN BROS. & HENDERSON, dampers were invented and other im­ provements made until open fire-places Proprietors. of the present day are well adapted to the purpose for which they are de­ The Best Rigs in the City. Orders signed, so far as good ventilation is concerned, although their heating ca­ romptly Attended to Day or Night, pacity is very small, because the hot air for the most part escapes through i* the chimney. Therefore, for cold weather, as every body knows, the oper tire-place is not adapted. It is apt to BILLIARD HALL. warm one side of the body only, while the other side freezes. If only sous arrangement could be devised whereb A Strictly Temperance Resort. this objection might be overcome anc' IMdfl) Ohuroh member, to th. contrary not the imperfections of the grate fire be rec­ with, landing. tified, how much it would be preferred by every body for its free, bright flames, which shed a titful and magical light Orphans’ Home” throughought the room, rendering it more "livable" and suffusing it with a noetic charm while their fantastic TONSORIAL PARLORS, charm is observed. But until that ¡¡me comes and fuel is far cheapei •«fr llist du., and the only pnrlor-llk. «hop In the those who would like grate fires mils', city. Non. but fain content themselves with stoves, nt-elaae Workmen Employed that are more practical, if less poetic. 'is Leading Hotel of McMinnville. id,Oregon TAR K. URE i nd M’MINNVILLE, OREGON, FEBRUARY 1, 188*3 A i per bottle. I iu & Woodth , Oregon. HOTOGRAPHER M m noun. Oil livery, Feed and Sale Stables, ORPHANS’ HOME Inil li * in I» 1 R I» II I 4 51 »1 • I r( i i > I i ■ i —The wi e man for seeth tne evn and prnpaieth unto bimselt a cyclone­ pit. Even if the tornado fails to ar H. H. WELCH. rive the pit will come in handy din ing family dislurbauces.— Somerville Jour —'There was a man once on a time, nal. —A sen imental bride pnt the follow­ 'ho thought him very wise. He posi- q estio'i to to net her uKn»., mother on the eve itig question __________ »«ly affirmed he’d never advertise, | ing uf h r r» redding: vt editing: “How 1'ng -ng does the hi the goods were advertised ere long, so-called ’* ’ * honeymoon ------ - Gat# ” Hur nrafi last?" H-r prac ■d thereby hangs a tail. The ad was ' ti al mam ma replied: “Till you ask •I in nonpareil, and headed “Sheriff's I your husband for money.’’ X K Mail. —“Did yon ever «tu ly botany, M —A Justice in Georgia recently ndertook to marry two couples at i Clara?" he asked, rs he handed her a ncs and married bosh women to one of . 1 eauiiful houqu L “No." she re, lied, “e ®en before he was aware of the “I never had a taste for anything of He afterwards got the matter that sort but I am pas dooat ly fond of “•ighteaed out to the satisfaction of , flowers.’’— If. Y. Timer. —Gay old gen ie .» an to boy. on « contracting parties.—N. K. Sun. twelfth birthday: “I hope you will —A Harvard student searched for a in ’piove in wisdom, knowledge and *•* in the gas-pipe with a lighted virtue. ’ Boy, politely reluming the jjkih. He will never do it again. compliment, totally unconscious of is this to say in favor of a col- •pste education: When a wan learns sarcasm: 'The same to you, sir!”— St. hythin'f he learns it so thoroughly 1'aul Jlerahl. j —Mamie—“How can Lucille marry he never forgets it old fossil. Closefist? What if he is l~A citizen, scared by Wiggin's earth- that g»,lie—“Did you yon know that th-it ,o rich’’' Sadie predictions ' sent his two half- he has heart disease so badly that the F°*n boys to a friend in the country. slightest shock is liable to prove fatal? ------ «•••!»” ” luW daJ8 la,cr the fr end wrote him: j Mamie—"Ah, that's it’’ _ Sails—“Yas, sir: Piease take your boys back ' snd Lucille thinks she will be able to M «end us the earthquake."- Halves- i «hock him."—TA« AamM«r. F s'nrt tatdoor Kith of Yamhill County Bank Building. M c M innville , oiiegon . TELEPHONE. ALONG THE COAST. NO. 67 Florence Cavanaugh, formerly of OREGON NEWS. Marysville, committed suicide at Jeal­ Everything of General Interest in a Con­ A Column Devoted to th« Intaretu of Farmer« Devoted Principally to Washington Territory Truckee, Cal., with morphine. ousy of a rival is supposed to be the and Stockmen. densed Form and California. cause. ---- - The people of LaGrande are organ­ Harry Owen White, a painter, shot Notice how suddenly the fowls stop j Colfax, W. T., is to have an electric laying when cold weather oomes. fire alarm system. and killed himself over his mother’s ( izing for protection against fire. He left a i The supreme court has decided the Keep them warm, feed well, and you Hack Hurley, of San Gorgonio, Cal., grave in Sacramento, Cal. will have plenty of eggs. 3 letter which said he had been brought : Ready liquor law unconstitutional. shot and killed Louis Maginnis. into the world without consultation j Walter Smith, son of G. W. Smith, When breeding horses for the farm Robert Walker, a native of England, and he proposed to end^his life as he ; was dangerously stabbed at Baker do not ignore speed, but have that was found in his cabin near Delta, saw fit. ajieed In W8]king ¡nstead of trotti City. and train the colts in the same direc- W. T. F. M. Dennis, recently from Tacoma, [ Oregon City voted a $1,000 dona­ Spokane Falls made $S00,000 of Washington Territory, shot himself tion to the bridge project at that cion. improvements during the year just through the head at the Sisters’ Hos- [ place. The Arab compels his horse'to feed pital, in Los Angeles, Cal. A surgical! The warehouses at Yuquina are rom the ground in order to main­ ended. The Northern Pacific is building a operation was about to be performed, crowded with wheat awaiting sliip- tain the curve of the backbone. This is the natural way oi feeding, and is bridge over the Spokane river at Trent and it is thought he preferred death ment. to the ordeal. The residence of Volt»e. One of the into the mountains and perished. Chinamen was killed outright, and named has only 56 head to each 1 000 few dollars. A correspondent of the Oregonian At Flagstaff, Arizona, J. N. Berry another, Ah Jim, was hurt so badly gives of its population. the following particulars of a was shot and killed by a man named that he will not live. Fung was cap yclone near Cottage Grove: This In figuring on the collective live Hames. Half an hour later citizens tured but took poison and died. part of the country whs visited by a stock of the several nations it is found mobbed the murderer and his brother, A report is in circulation to the genuine “cyclone,” bnt of small pro­ that Russia has the largest number of shooting both fatally. effect that the Indians on the Fort portions. It came from the west and animals of every class. Inclusive of 1 oland and Finland this empire has I Lon Carey, of Billings, Montana, Hall reservation (Idaho) are “putting proceeded due east. Its greatest fury “i00;000 h*“d of cattle. was married on the evening of Decem­ on their war paint” and are making was exhibited near the residence of 4t>,000,000 head of sheep, 10,000 000 I ber 29, and his wife applied for a di­ hostile demonstrations against the oc­ 8. E. Veatcli, about two miles west ot «wine and 17,000,000 horses. Sheep I vorce next day. She has since de­ cupation of part of their reservation Cottage Grove. After coming over by the O. 8. L. and U. N. railroads. the mountain from the Siuslaw, it hnve increased 20 per cent in twenty , serted him and gone East. Gov. Hauser, of Montana, has All work is said to have been tempor­ dropped down within one hundred and years and horned cattle and swine 4 granted a reprieve for thirty days to arily suspended on the reservation in rifry yards of lhe alaive residence and per cent. Siifierintendent twisted a large fir tree, four feet in Next to Russia Germany has the ! Thomas Harding, the Beaverhead consequence, and county prisoner, convicted of murder Blickensderfer has been summoned t<> diameter, off from therofits and turned l™V£Vl,niT‘vt'r Of cattle’ abol,t 15> and Omaha, where a "powwow” of the U. it as rapidly and seemingly with as under sentence to hang. ’ but„O<7m:‘ny h« barely P. railroad officials will be held to dis­ much ease as a boy would spin his top 25 000,000 sheep, 7,000,000 swine and ■ In the suit of the United Stales 1 cuss the situation. for some time before it fell. It then only 3,000,000 horses. Austria-Hun- ' against Hibb’s bondsmen at Lewiston, A shocking accident occurred nt picked up a couple of sheep standing gary ranks third, with 12,000 000 Idaho, to recover $10,000, the jury horned cattle, 7,000,000 swine knd; rendered a verdict for the full amount. the farm of R. B. Miller, twenty-fiv - near by end carried them in the air His for 2O0 yards. They were not killed about 3,000,000 horses, but sixth on The defendants will a»k for a new miles south of Sprague, W. T. wife, himself and a hired man were outright, but died Afterwards. In its trial. the list with regard to sheep, having only 20,000,000 head. P 8 I. J. Harris, a farmer residing near in the stables and corrals, engaged in course it followed the lane leading attending to household duties. The ’T E’ V‘“, cb ’" near James Austria stands next to France in ' Ladner’s landing, on the Frazer river, screaming of the two little children 1 m McFarland's residence tearing tin cattle, having 11,000,000 head, but B. C., was discovered murdered in his in the house attracted the attention of trees, fences and everything in its takes the fourth place in sheep and own house. He was killed by a blow all, and running to the house they tra< k. The rails were carried to the swine, having 24,000,000 of the first from an ax. There is no clue to ti>e found the elder, a boy, lying on the bight of about 300 feet and hurled and 5,000,000 of the latter. Austria murderer. steps, his clothes on fire. His injuries 300 yard- into the fields on either side has 3,000,000 horses, and in this'com­ Miss Lorena Gale was drawn under were so severe that he died in a few <>f its course. Thus it proceeded un­ pares about with France and 8ervia the wheels of a locomotive at Loe , hours. From tlie younger chilli it til three-quarters of a mile of town, combined. Angeles, and one truck passed com­ was learned that the unfortunate boy where its furv was intercepted by a Great Britain has about 9,000,000 pletely over her lower limbs, throwing had lighted a piece of paper nnd in hill near the Masonic and Odd Fellow«' cattle, but next to Russia is most pop­ the car from the track. The doctors trying to put it out the flames spread cemetery At this point it seemed to ulous in sheep, having 32,000,000 say she is fatally hurt. break, but its force was not entirely to his clothing. head. She stands fifth in the list of It came The voters of Wallowa have destroyed, by any means. Mr. P. Greary, one of the owners horses, having 2,500,000 head, and petitioned the legislature to cut them rushing on, passing just south of and navigators of the sloop Olympia, with 2,225,000 swine is sixth in the off from Union county and make town, picking up water from low list. The census of live stock in who left Seattle with his sloop last : them a separate county. Pine creek places and spreading destruction, summer for Alaska, was knocked over ­ Great Britain has been reduced during j people also ask to sever their connec- wherever anything could be destroyed, the last six years by over 500,000 board by the boom striking him, near 1 tion. If these two petitions are in its way. After passing Cottage cattle, 750,000 hogs, and 4,000,000 Sitka, and was drowned. 1 granted there will remain in Union Grove to the distance of about four I sheep. Messrs. Chas. Drummond and Rob­ ■ county about forty-two townships, and miles, it seemed to have regained its Denmark has 347,500 horses, 1 470- ert Beck, who were last seen in a dug­ La Grande will be the geographical original force, and for a short distance it twisted and tore trees up as if they 000 head of cattle, 1,550,000 sheep out on Newcastle island, W. T„ are center. hail been straw«. The wwth of track j and 501,000 hogs; Norway, 1,000,000 suppoeed to have been lost. The dug­ Italy is not a live stock country and passed over by the storm is about head of cattle, 1,700.000 sheep, but out wm found, bottom upwards on the quality is low. The kingdom has thirty yards. It was funnel shaped only 100,000 hogs; Sweden 2,000,000 the gulf side of the island. only 3,500,000 cattle, 1,000,000 horses, and in the center the colors of the horned cattle, 1,500,000 sheep, 500,000 A woman known as Gracie, but 3,000,000 sheep and 3,750,000 swine. | rainbow could be plainly distinguisnad. horses and 500,000 hogs I whosa right nama is supposed to ba AGRICULTURAL NOTES.