F1V£ Y EARS’ RAISFALL. A TERRIBLE CALAMITY. and Fulton on the stump, as to take any stock in free coinage candidates Rainfall at McMinnville, Oregon, for Fort}- Person* Buruil Alive Christ» F. H. HlHYH iaT, Editor A Fropr. now. Mr. Tongue told them last each month,from January 1st, 1890, to mas Eve at Silver Lake, Or. J, fc. ECKMAN, Adoriate Editor. spring there was plenty of money in December 31st, 1894. the country, and the only mission of News was received on the 27th of 1890 In. 1891 In. 1892 Iu. 1893 In 1894 In. ' Subscription $1.00 Per Year. free coinage would be to enable one a frightful calamity that happened 4.55 ..... 14.21 5 13 205 13.68 class of citizens to defraud another Jun 8.70 6.16 i to the little town of Silver Lake, in Feb. ... «55 1.83 732 advertising rates . 2.39 6 19 5 67 Mar .... 2.51 10.25 the extreme southeastern part of by paying them in depreciated cur ­ 5.75 1.92 3.56 8.02 Rsadiag iiodcesin local column» lu cents per Apr...... 3.36 2.18 3.36 .6; .M 1.6b Oregon on Christmas eve. while they Un* for first wee» end 5 cent* per line thereafter rency. . Mr. Tongue, Mr. Fulton et May... 1.87 .90 2.71 June .. 1.12 Display advertisement», annual rales, one inch 195 .57 .62 .34 .13 .03 were collected in a hall enjoying the per month SI; each additional inch 50 cents per al are now posing as free coinage July..... — Aug.... .23 .36 .18 .15 ¡ Bsuti. .10 251 2.20 Obituary and marriage notices not exceeding candidates for senator and are being Sep.... 2.14 1.72 i festivities ox a Christmas tree. E. 2.32 2.72 Oct..... 500 5.70 1 4.15 10 lines published free, if furnished in time to boomed and coddled by all the op ­ 11.57 Nov ..... .44 6 75 6.02 3.14 M. Brallian, county judge of Lake be <-urrenl news. Additions, matter 10 cent* per 4.66 14.00 6.61 Dec..... 534 5.58 county, has sent the following nar­ line. position forces. That is the why. Annua, 3455 41.85 51.46 50.93 53.41 rative to the associated press. He FRIDAY, JAN. 4, ló&á. MONTHLY XEA.X. say6: “The people, about 200 in T he 40-page New Year's issue of January................................... .......... .. 7.92 February ........ ..................................... 6.12 number, were holding a Christmas j the Oregonian is a credit to the city March............. -..................................... 5.41 4.48 tree, and after a short literary pro­ T he R eporter salutes its many I of Portland and the state of Oregon. April....................................................... May ...................................................... . 1.74 readers with a hearty wish that the No more compact, truthful and up- June....................................................... 1.71 gramme had been rendered, were ..... ............................. ................. ... .34 new year, upon which they have to-date review of tbe state's resources July August...................... ............. ............... .18 about to begin distributing the pre­ September............................................. 1.75 just embarked, may be to each of and growth or better outline of her October.................................................. 3.98 sents with which the tree was loaded Catarrh in the Head November.............................................. 5.58 when Geo. Paine, a young man, them a year of prosperity and hap­ future possibility j can be obtained December .............................................. 7.21 Alvan annual rainfall, (5 Years) 46.25 started to go to the door, walking An Unfortunate Inheritance—How piness. The past twelve months anywhere, and incalculable good will on top of the seats. His head struck have not been especially character­ certainly fall to the state by the It Was Destroyed. FKOM THE COVNTY PRESS. a large Rochester lamp, holding over ized by prosperous conditions, but j broadcast distribution of this great “Spokane, Wash., Aug. 9,1893. North Yamhill Record a gallon of coal oil. The blow caused “C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Nass.: there is reason to think that we are paper. The little daughter of Ed. Burton the lamp to swing, and some of the “Gentlemen:—I wish to add my testimony to Every good housewife realizes the importance of regularly cleaning facing better times. Some hard ex­ had the misfortune to have her shoul­ oil spilled out. Paine caught hold of the worth ot Hood’s Sarsaparilla. My little periences have been gone through Mc.niNN VII.IX. girl has been cured by It ot inherited catarrh. house. So with every successful merchant. And this being the season of the der blade broken by falling off a the lamp to steady it, but in an in­ She had colds continually every month and yel­ and some important lessons learned sofa at her home Friday. low discharge, but since taking Hood's Sarsa- year when stocks are taken, as we do so,all goods which we wish to close out stant the oil had ignited. Francis which will not soon be forgotten. line of the Most Important Centers Jimmie Rowland, living two miles of the Willamette Valley. Chrisman, owner of the hall, grabbed There are very few misfortunes with­ will be marked down in price to conform a9 nearly as possible to the changes from town, was kicked in the mouth the lamp out of the chandelier and out some compensation, and it may From the Oregonian New Year ’ s Edition. by a horse one day last week, having started for the door. The blazing made in our tariff system. The be that the depression and reverses The county seat and chief town of his upper lip split and three teeth lamp caused a panic, and some one • * of the past year or two, while they knocked it out of his hands when have worked great hardship to many Yamhill county is McMinnville. knocked out. Some specimens of coal, found a within a few feet of the door. The individuals, will make their benefi­ Yamhill is one of the most famous of cent effect apparent by checking the the Willamette Valley counties. short distance from North Yamhill excited crowd began kicking the parilla has been entirely cured. Hood’s Sar­ headlong rush after the almighty Yamhill is famed chiefly for the su­ have been on exhibition here the lamp, scattering the burning oil in saparilla I have found of great help to my other children.” M rs . L. M. G illette . » dollar and recalling the world to perior character of its varied pro­ past week. Those who have tried it every direction. Hood’s Pills are hand made, and perfect being placed on broken down lines. As a large percentage ef our goods were “In an incredibly short time, the consciousness that wealth is not all ducts of the field and orchard, and say it is of good quality. The extent In proportion and appearance. 25c. per box. that makes life worth the living the standing challenge of “Yamhill of the vein is not yet known but it entire north end of the hall, where bought new this fall, the reduction on these will not be so great. The best way to start upon this new against the world” demonstrates the is hoped that it will prove to be sev­ the door was located, was a mass of flames, cutting off all egress from As our phenomenally good trade this fall, notwithstanding the general year is with the resolve to live fru­ confidence that the residents of this eral feet thick. LEGAL BLANKS county feel in the fertile character the door. The crowd rushed for the gally and economically within one’s Amity Blade. Tbe following general forms are always In stock depression and hard times, indicates that these goods were bought right, and southwest window, and a number and resources, and to make the best of of its soil. for sale at the Reporter office : ’ William Gunning, of Bellevue, be ­ As the growth and general pros­ escaped in this way by climbing out Warranty Deeds Real Estate Mortgage the surrounding conditions. are appreciated by the public. Deeds Chattel Mortgage perity of every town or city is largely came papa of a bouncing boy a short on the awning. The awning finally Quit-claim Bond for Deed Satisfaction of Mort. Lease Transfer of Mortgage But it is still necessary to weed out old stock and broken lines, to A week from next Monday the! dependent upon the country tribu­ time ago. Congratulations, Mr. G. broke down under the weight of such Farm Notes and Receipts. Bill of Sale Oregon legislature will assemble. tary, it will be pertinent to first C. B. Lafollette and M. E. Hendrick a large number, but a ladder was We carry a large stock of stationery and are accomplish which our to do job printing of every sort in tbe One of the first responsibilities de­ enumerate some of the noted advant­ who have been doing business in quickly secured, and several more prepared best style of the art and at low figures volving upon it will be the election ages of Yamhill county before enter­ Amity under the firm name of C. B. were rescued. of a United States senator to succeed ing into any description of McMinn­ Lafollette & Co., have sold their en­ “The flames, however, were rapidly E. E. GOUCHER. Hon. J. N. Dolph That he will be ville. tire stock of merchandise to J. A. eating their way toward the window, f. F. GALBREATH. McMinnville is almost in the Reed, of Hillsboro, and S. C. Tupper, and those clamoring about the win­ his own successor we have very Calbreath & Goucher. little doubt. We can think of no geographical center of the county, of Gaston. The gentlemen will re­ dow were becoming more frantic PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. good reason why the people should and this itself shows that McMinn­ move the stock to the last named every second. Suddenly the flames desire any other result. Stability is ville’s growth and importance is a town. Messrs. Hendrick and La­ burst out, and enveloped the entire M o M innvulk .... O beook the thing they desire now rather any natural result of the county’s ad­ follette have acquired a splendid building, shutting off every avenue (Office over Braly’s bank.) more “change.” Mr. Dolph is one vancement. Yamhill covers an area reputation here and their many of escape. The screams and groans of the ablest men in the senate of the of 720 square miles, about one-half customers will regret to see them go of the human beings who were being United States at this time, and of which is cleared and under culti­ out of the business. roasted alive were heartrending. commands an influence that can only vation. From the vantage ground Those on the outside were powerless, Newberg Graphic, • Doubtful Seeds alone. The best be acquired by years of experience. of one of the high foot hills of the and were compelled to stand and see The boys who are interested in the are easy to get, and cost no This of itself is of untold value to the coast range of mountains, which their relatives and friends burned to more. Ask your dealer for mine in the Cascades, east of Scott’s material interests of our state. He form the western boundary line of death. Mills are full of hope for the future is a man also of clean and upright Yamhill, an observer can behold “Forty persons are known to have development of the claim. G. W. character, no charge of corruption or nearly every portion of the county. perished in the flames, and 30 or 40 Will Commence on Mitchell has the report from three venality ever having been laid at his The scene makes a pastoral panorama more were badly injured. There Always the best. Known different assays made, one at Port­ everywhere. Ferry’s Seed door. That is something. He has difficult to match anywhere in the was nothing left by which to identify Annual for 1895 tells vou land, one at San Francisco and the been a leader in championing Ameri­ world. The Willamette river forms the victims, and the bones were other at Baker City, which 3how D. M. FERRY & CO., can interests both at home and the -eastern boundary line of the gathered up and all buried in one $12.50, $16.50 and $7.50 per ton res­ Detroit, Mich. abroad, and he is strong enough and county, and is fed as it courses past grave. pectively. Thomas White of Port­ able enough to make his influence Yamhill by numerous creeks and “This terrible calamity has pros­ land, who has had considerable ex­ felt. The only ground upon which a small rivers, nearly all of which trated the whole county, and every And continue from one month to six weeks. Dur perience in mining, and who has an reasonable argument for a change have their sources in the coast house in the village has been turned interest in the claim, has made as ARTHUR J. VIAL, M. D. iiiff this time it will be our aim to convert as much of could be predicated is, that two or mountains. These streams flow into a hospital. People have come many as fifty assays of the ore and three other statesmen want his job. across the county, to the fertility of from all over the county to adminis­ Physieian and Surgeon he is well pleased with the results. tli is stock as possible into cash The attempt to raise an issue on the its soil. Yamhill, not many years ter to the injured. Many have come Portland parties who have heard of ROOMS IN UNION BLOCK silver question will prove abortive, ago, was almost exclusively a grain­ the prospects have been up and loca­ from Lakeview, 100 miles away, and All produce we can handle will be taken in ex for the reason that Senator Dolph growing section, wheat being the one-half of the people of Paisley and M c M innville , O regon ted claims, but our boys think they chief crop. Nearly a decade since Summer Lake are here attending the represents the convictions of the change for goods, as heretofore. have scooped the best paying rock. republican party of Oregon and the the attention of the people was sick. James Small, a well-known They are now considering the pro­ Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is fam­ nation on this question. He is iD turned to fruit culture, in common priety of asking the legislature for a stockraiser of the county, had started ous for its cures of bad colds. It opens favor of the largest possible use of with other sections of Oregon. East with a band of horses, and had the secretions, relieves the lungs and charter for a toll road to the mine, reached Burns, Harney county, aids nature in restoring the system to a the white metal, keeping in view, Rapid progress has since then been in anticipation of a big travel in that when he heard that his son was one healthy condition. If freely used as however, its parity with gold, so made in this pursuit, and the fruit direction in the spring by those in of the victims of the fire. He started soon sb the cold has been contracted, that every dollar of our money shall crop of Yamhill county now yields search of the yellow metal. Consid­ to return immediately, and in 19 1 and before it has become settled in the be as good as another. The people about as great a revenue per annum erable expense must be incurred in hours he covered a distance of 200 system, it greatly lessens the severity of are not ready to decree a “change” as the grain crop, and at its present building the road and a toll road will miles on horseback. He returned the attack and has often cured in a single that will take them out upon another rate of increase fruit culture will be the natural result. just in time to see the bones of his day what would have been a severe cold. sea of uncertainty, especially when soon be the foremost industry of the For sale by S. Howorth& Co., Druggists. county the breakers are in plain sight. “otne time ago Mr. Simon Goldbaum son laid to rest in the common grave The leading varieties of fruits of San Luis Rey, Cal., was troubled with with the other victims C. L. S 4. grown in the county are apples, a lame back and rheumatism. He used In the list of killed occurs the T he bogus individual who skulks Chaucer day, Jan. 9, 1895. behind the nom de plume of’‘Stalwart pears, plums, prunes, cherries, etc., Chamberlain's Pain Balm and a prompt name of Mrs. C. Coshow, who was A brief sketch of Chaucer and Republican’’ in the Portland Sun, and in quality this fruit cannot be cure was effected He says he has since the wife of a brother of £). p. count of his works, E. C. Apperson. advised many of his friends to try it and Coshow of this city. The growth of the English nation, says that if any resolutions endorsing surpassed anywhere. All kinds of all who have done so have spoken highly small fruits do well, and vegetables Miss Emma Greene. Senator Dolph, were adopted by the A WRECKED H111.DING. of it. It is for sale by S. Howorth & Co., The story of I’alamon and Aivite from ! of various kinds yield large crops in republican convention of this county, Druggists. The Big Storm anil Some Dan.sjet the Knighte’s Tale, Miss Frances Mann. he never heard of it. There is noth­ all sections of the county. Hop The story of Constance, from the Man | liesuiting. culture has within the past year The Ornithologists Meet. ing surprising about his lack of of Lawes Tale, Miss Ida Scofield. Early Wednesday morning the earth taken a prominent place in the Tho ornithologists of Oregon met information on this point, any more From Chaucer to Tennyson, Miss La-1 E. McNEILL, Receiver. industrial pursuits of Yamhill county at Portland last Friday and organized hereabouts had a slight covering of snow. sira Apperson. than there was about the falsehood From about 8 a. m. until the middle of TO THE farmers. Stockgrowing and dairy ­ the Northwestern Ornithological as­ the afternoon the fall of “the beautiful” The story of Griselda, from the Clerkes in his previous letter that the Mc­ ing are also followed to a consider ­ Tale, Miss Clara Irviue. sociation. Those present from this Minnville board of trade had “rail­ continued rapid and unabated, and the roaded” through some Dolph resolu­ able extent. It will thus be seen county were Ellis F. Hadley of Day- covering had grown to fifteen inches in The story of St. Cecilia from the Sec­ tions. Both statement and confess­ that Yamhill is at present almost ton, H. M. Hoskins of Newberg and depth, by conservative estimate. Soon ond Nonnes Tale, Miss Ella HendrickB. ion are in keeping with the assertion exclusively an agricultural and Arthur Pope, of Sheridan. The ob- after, the storm changed to rain, which Aspects of social life in the east end of GIVES THE CHOICE OF London and the race question in Austria, that Yamhill is not in favor of Dolph’s horticultural district of a decidedly ject of this association is to advance hascontinued to this writing, Thursday Miss Ida Pagenkopf. TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL reelection, and all together serve superior character, and McMinnville, the science of ornithology in all its noon. The story of Little Hew of Lincoln, effectively to stamp the Sun's alleged as its chief city and leading market forms, to disseminate ornithological So deep a fall of snow thoroughly from the Prioresses Tale, Mrs. F. Wol- soaked with rain makes a very weighty CARVING KNIVES. correspondence as a huge fraud. place, necessarily enjoys a high de­ knowledge in the northwest and to combination, which has resulted in con­ fenden. gree of prosperity. awaken an interest in ornithology by The writer of it is clearly not con­ The meeting will be held at the resi­ CRUMB FANS and BRUSHES. siderable damage, chief of which, so far McMinnville was incorporated in both old and young. The first work versant with Yamhill county politics, as known, is the wrecking of the build­ dence of E. C. Apperson. ----------------—— and does not reside in this county. 1876 and it contains today about the association will take up will be to ing occupied by Knapp, Burrell & Co.’s 2500 people. It is 50 miles south of compile a list of all birds that are implement business. About 11 o’clock The only real fact which he appears Don’t forget that we carry a fine line to have gotten squarely onto, is Portland, on tbe West Side division found in the state of Oregon. When Wednesday night the large roof col­ Saved His Life VIA VIA of stoves. that the delegates to the congres­ of the Southern Pacific railroad. It this is completed a study of individ­ lapsed by the spreading of the side walls, —by a fortunate dis­ has daily rail communication with SPOKANE coveryin the nick of making a report not unlike the firing of DENVER ual species of birds will be takeu up sional convention were instructed foY firne. Hundreds of B.uger Hermann. There are surmises the metropolis, while it also enjoys and their habits thoroughly investi­ a cannon. The large stock left buried persons suffering Minneapolis OMAHA nnderneath has been gotten out as rap ­ from consumption water communication with Portland gated, especially in regard to their ANO as to why he happens to know and AND have had the pro ­ idly as a good force of men could do the Plain and fancy sold reasonably cheap gress of the disease remember this fact so well. Perhaps during favorable stages of water in food. The association will endeavor ST. PAUL KANSAS CY work. The chief damage is in the crush­ stopped, and have the Yamhill river, a tributary of the Other Holiday Novelties. to convince the people of the north­ if he would come out squarely over i been brought back to ing of a half dozen of their finest bug­ Willamette. Excellent banks, nu ­ life and health by the west that many of our birds, such as his own signature the reason would LOW RATES TO ALL gies, worth $2d0 to |300 each. The stock “Golden Medical EASTERN CITIES. be apparent. Maybe he was an as­ merous mercantile establishments, jays, hawks and owls, do not deserve has been removed to a vacant room in Discovery” of Dr pirant ,for Hermann’s place at that two live newspapers, the Y amhill the universal condemnation that Union block. The building is property Years ago Dr. R. V. Pierce. Pierce, now chief OCEAN STEAMERS ___________ _ ’ Hotel time and never heard of the instruct­ C ounty R eporter and the Telephone- they now receive. the Invalids of the Hibbs estate, and is almost a to­ consulting physician to and Surgical Institute of Buffalo, N. Y., Leave Portland Every 5 Days Register, and several churches of tal lose. Of course neither building nor recognizing the fact that consumption was ions till he reached Salem, aud they •• FOR • • Capt. W. W. Saunders was liber- stock had insurance against this kind of essentially a germ disease, and that a rem­ forgot to tell him the convention different denominations are among edy which would drive the germs and their had also endorsed Dolph The bogus the leading social and commercial ted from the penitentiary on Monday. damage. Mr. Ford thinks the necessity poisons from the blood would cure consump­ THE RED FRONT tion, at last found a medicine which cured 98 correspondent is evidently in quest features of the town. Among the He killed Chas. Campbell in Albany of a new kind of insurance is made per cent, of all cases, if taken in the earlier strikingly apparent. CROCERY. stages of the disease. of information wheu he banteringly public buildings are two excellent in 1885, and was sent to prison two Another effect of the storm was the The tissues of the lungs being irritated by For Ml details call on says the R eporter dare not assert school buildings, erected at a total years later on a life sentence. C. A. WALLACE, McMinnville, Or crushing of a shed for J. E. Brooks, kill­ the germs and poisons in the blood circulat­ ing through them, the germs find lodgment that the Yamhill delegation were cost of about $30,000, and a court­ Or Address: ing a valuable cow. there, and the lungs begin to break down. Ex-Secretary Foster has gone to W. H HIBI.BVBT, pledged to-Mr. Dolph during the house that cost about $65,000. The A Fine Lina of Soon the general health begins to fail, and China on invitation to act in a The court house, Hotel Yamhill and the person feels languid, weak, faint, drowsy city has an excellent waterworks Gen. Pass. Ag«. campaign. We will satisfy him on armory, as well as a good many smaller and confused. RAISINS, NUTS, CANDIVS, POUTLAND, OK. private capacity in furthering nego­ This is the time to take Dr. Pierce’s Gold­ that point. They were not. They system, and is lighted by electricity, buildings, were flooded somewhat by ORANGES, APPLES, POPCORN. tiations for peace with Japan. en Medical Discovery; it drives the germs leakage from roofs. were only pledged to carry out the both light and water plants being and poisons from the blood, and has a sooth­ Hi Adams moved his tobacco and oth­ ing effect upon the dry cough. In cases of wishes of the Republican party in owned by the city. Frank Fletcher, one of Pennoyer’s bronchitis the “Discovery” is invaluable. the choice of a United States senator. The manufacturing interests include pardoned convicts, shot James Ash­ er stock for fear of the roof overhead. “Golden Medical Discovery” increases the All Seasonable Vegetables. Many limbs have been stripped from amount and quality of the blood, thus invig­ They will do that by voting for Mr. two flouring mills with daily capac­ worth at a Christmas dance on Bask­ trees over town, especially the poplars, orating and fortifying the system against dis­ Dolph, whom the republicans in ity of 225 barrels, a creamery and et mountain. A dispatch was pre­ and several electric, telegraph and tele­ ease and builds up wholesome flesh and Pumpkins, Turnips, Carrots, Cabbage, Squash, strength after wasting diseases, as fevers convention unanimously endorsed several sash and door factories. pared at Umatilla to be sent to the phone wires succumbed to the weight imeumoma, grip and other debilitating af- Sweet Potatoes. ections. and who commands their respect Lumbering is carried on to a consid­ upon them. cAVEAl S, I HAUL MARksar governor saying: “Please send a M. H ite , of Au- and confidence. But “why should erable extent west of the town, and pardon by return mail to Frank The only delay of trains at this point du Jwo. COPYRIGHTS.^- bon, Audubon Co.. Ia.y says: “ I took a severe CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT I Foi the members from Yamhill be for the timber belts of the coast range Fletcher, whom you pardoned last was that of Wednesday night’s accom­ cold prompt answer «nd and an honest opinion, write which settled on my MUNN M V NN 4c ec