GREAT COUNTY OF YAMHILL.
Continued from First I’agt.
the bread stuffs. Our exjiortation
of grain is less than our importation
of sugar. The soil of Oregon is per­
haps as well adapted to beet culture
as to wheat raising. We need a rev­
olution, an industrial revolution that
will place our farmer in a position to
use their land in the cultivation of
the profitable sugar beet, as well as
wheat.
CITY OF McMINNVILLE.
UQf JJ W01ÎK&
Notice of Executor’s Sale.
N
A Piace of Churches, Schools and When the Blood is Pure a Wound Heals Quickly
The Fact Demonstrated in the Case of a
General [Prosperity.
Baptist Clergyman ol Ashley, Ohio.
City of Wealth, Culture, Re­ [ handsome and costly court house
'OTICE is hrrtbv given that the under-
>igned,
Joint-executrix and joint-exr.-
utorof ibtUat will and kstament of A. < .
Davis, deceased, uudvr, by virtue of and pur>i.-
hih toanorderof the county court ot Yuinhiil
County. State of Oregon, made and dated Jun»*
sth, 1**, licensing, authorizing and empowering
them so to do. will, at Yamhill County. 8Uft • i
Oregon, from and uftvr the 23d day of July, 1> ««-•,
proceed to>eil at private sah- for < ash iu hand,
as the law directs, the real property belonging u»
said estate, or sufficient thereoi to puy the
ciiarges, expenses and claims against said «*-
tate still unpaid and unsatisfied, and that said
real property u ill be offered for sale in separate
narrel-. Said real e-tatc is dvwribed as toil<»u .
to-wit:
TRACT NO. 1.
Ci.mmencing at the quarter section corner on
the north boundary of section 26, in T. I S. R- J
\V. \\ illamette meridian. Yambill county, On-
gon ; thence south var. 2udeg. 3»» min. 1. i ’..» ;
chains to board fence; thence north «'• deg.
west along fence 1 ».20 cuains to angle; thence
N. 116 deg. west 17.50 chuiiiH to angle; thence
north 16.93 chains to north boundary of section ;
t hence east on section line 20 chains to place of
beginning, containing 63 68 acres, more or less.
TRACT NO. 2.
Beginning at S.W. corner of Section 23, T. 4 S.
R.5\V. run north about i» (hams to branch;
thence down branch t«» a point north of quarter
post between sections 23 and 26; thence south
to said quarter post; thence west to place oi be­
ginning, containing tioacres more or less.
TRACT NO 3.
Situate in the County oi Yamhill, State of Or­
egon, beginning 44.31 chains south from the
north we>t corner oi the «lonntion land claim oi
J. \V Kogers; thence south 15.21 chains; there.;
north 4U deg E. 16.10 chains; thence north
deg. W. 10.74chains to the place of beginning,
being a portion of the donation land claim ot .i.
\V . Rogers and Mary E. Kogers, his wife—8 acres.
Alsoapartof the donation land claim of Sam­
uel Davis and Mary Davis, his wife, Notification
No 1150, situated in Yamhill County, Oregon,
and bounded and described as follows: I’oiu-
niencing at tlie northeast corner of said donation
land claim; thence north 72 deg. west with
north boundary of said claim, var. 19 deg. <»
min. E. 58.70 chains to stake; thence south 58.13
chains to south boundary of said land claim to
stake; thence east with said south boundary
35.00 chains to stake in center of county’ road ;
thence north 40 deg. E. with center of said road
32.25 chains to east boundary of said claim;
thence north 15.98 chains to place of beginning,
containing 24s 42 acres, more or less. Excepting
therefrom the following, to-wil: Commenciiig
at the southwest corner of said tract of land,
thence north 6.13 chains; thence east 40.23
chains; thence south 10 deg. \V. «chains; thence
west 35.09 chains to place of beginning, contain
ing about 23 acres, being m T. 1 S. R. 5 W. —ba.
ance left being 225.42 acres.
TRACT NO. 4.
Lot No. One in Block “N”’ of Cozine’s Third
Addition to the City of McMinnville, Yamhill
County, State of Oregon. All ot said above de­
scribed real estate being situated in Yamhill
County, State of Oregon.
TRACT NO. 5.
An undivided one-half iuterest in the north
west quarter of section Ten, in Township Fif­
teen South, of Range Ten East of Willamette
meridian, in Crook county, State of Oregon,
containing 160 acres.
That said property will be sold after giving
due notice of the sale.
Dated at McMinnville, Oregon, this22d day of
June, 1898.
27 ■
P. Q. DAVIS, Joint-Executrix of said Estate
L. T. DAVIS, Joint-Executor of said Estate.
RHODES A RHODES, Alt’ys for Estate.
From the Zornes, Ashley, Ohio.
at a cost of $62,000 followed in 1888,
Elder A. 8. Shoemaker has been a life­ thought of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for
finement and Progress.
the records being moved into the long resident of Ashley, Ohio, and is favor­ Pali People and < included to try them, In
The climate and boil of Yamhill
the morning 1 went to the drug store and
the structure on the first of January, ably known by a wide circle of friends iu purchased a box of the pills and commenced
county otter superior ad vantages and
according indirections.
1889. The removal of the county this part of the state. For many years he usingthem
induct mints lor the idLingoi prunes,
"It was the wisest thing 1 ever did. On
was a prominent Baptist minister. He has
-eat
hither
from
Lafayette
gave
.Mc
­
the
third
night
commencing their use 1
been Mayor of Ashley for three successive went to bed anil alter
a profitable industry that is being Center of a Large Trade and
slept nil night without a
Minnville
the
prestige
which
was
terms,
filling
the
position
with
dignity
and
particle of pain
1 continued taking the
largely engaged in. It is an indis­
pills until 1 used five boxes ami have not tell
a Veritable Paradise on
necessary for her to become the lead­ honor, and has held other offices of trust.
putable fact that prune orchards,
any
symptoms
of
my
ing city of the county and this entire He u sixty-air years of age, hale and time, now two years ago. old trouble since tlial
well matured ingrowth, realize from
Earth.
hearty, and attributes his present healthful
‘Just after 1 stopped the use of the pills J
section of the country.
$300 to $900 per acre, varying with
condition entirely to the use of Dr. Williams' met with an accident. In chopping wood 1
Pink
Pills
for
Pale
People.
cut
my foot very badly, the ux, going clem
Soon
a
beautiful
school
building
th« age of the orchard and the care
“For about twenty-five years,” he says "I through the instep of my foot.
It was
w.;s
erected
and
then
another,
more
thouplit
the wounil would lie very hind t<
was afflicted with rheumatism and was con­
and attention it lias received. It has
stantly
in
pain.
I
could
not
remain
in
one
heal
for
a
man
ofntyage,
but
to
the
surprist
been est ¡mated bv a competent and Some Facts and Figures Given costly and commodious, absolutely position for but a few moments at a time and of everybody it healed quickly without any
necessary from the crowded condition could sleep but little at night. I was drag­ difficulty. I attribute this also to the geon
reliable authority that a prune or­
out a miserable existence. Especially condition of my blood through the use of
I of the old one. McMinnville college ging
chard at the age of only four years
in damn, lowery weather I would be very the pills.”
miserable.
I frequently remarked that 1 | In rheiinititism the blood has mi acid im­
was
chartered
in
1858,
and
for
more
will produce 2,000 pounds of primes
The first city of importance in
was a traveling baromeier, as I could always purity which irritates the sensitive tissues
than
twenty
years
its
work
was
car
tell when a change in the weather was com­ that unite the joints ai d cover the muscles,
to the acre; at five years, <1,000 Yamhill county, 182 feet above the
1 tried a great mauv remedies that were th us causing I hose indescribable tortures w hie It
pounds, at six years. 10,000 pounds: level of the sea, on the site of a for ried on in a two storv wooden build­ ing.
rheumatic sufferers endure, ltheumalisin is
recommended, nut they did not help me.
at seven years, 16.009 pounds; mer waving wheat field, is McMinn­ ing on land now in the heart of the "One day while at work and complaining always dangerous as it is liable to attack the
of my pain in the presence of Mr. Elias heart.
also, that prunes, dried, will net ville. The founder of the place was city. Then the present site of thirty Bishop, a neighbor, he asked me if I had Years ago those afflicted, were bled : as if
ever tried Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale faking away some of the impure blood eotilti
■
acres
was
secured
just
outside
the
, one-third of their gross weight when W. T Newby, a native of a town by
People; I told him no. 1 had never heard of remedy the balanet. This folly has been
city
limits,
and
a
fine,
four-story
green; also, that a single individual the same name in Warren county,
them. He advised me to try them, saying abandoned, and to-day physicians prescribe
had benefited him and might help and <lrtr.';ista recommend the use of Iir.
can take care of live acres of primes, Tennessee, where lie first saw the brick editice was erected at a cost of they
me.’ I replied, that I had no faith in any Williams' 1’ink Pills tor I'ale People, a-
except in gathering time, when, of light of day on March 25th, 1820. about 830,000. The establishment of medicine us I had tried so many different these marvelous vegetable pills go directly to
without receiving any benefit that the seat of the trouble exerting a powerful
course, additional help is necessary. His first location was at Oregon City, this Baptist institution of learning in remedies
I did not think it worth while to throw away influence in put kying ami enriching the blood
by eliminating poisonous e'ements and renew­
more
money.
McMinnville
marks
an
epoch
in
the
The average price of dried primes is then the trading station of the Will­
“Time passed on for nearly a year until ing health-giving forces, thus making a potent
history
of
the
place.
seven or eight, cents a pound, and amette valley. When Mr. Newby
one night I was suffering intense pain and 1 remedy for curing this disease.
good prune land can be had in Yam­ came into Yamhill county, in 1811.
Very few cities of the size and pre­
hill county at from $20 to $200 per it contained but six settlers, and In­ tentions of McMinnville can boast of
acre. Prunes are dried and put into dians made frequent raids upon the owning and operating a complete
a non-perishable condition before cattle grazing upon the hills and in water system and an electric light
they leave the producer’s hands, the valley. In 1853 Mr. Newby erected plant. The water power consists of
and then they can be shipped or a grist mill on Raker creek, the old two 30-horse power boilers in a suita­
stored, the same as wheat, at the mill being destroyed by fire in ,1890, ble building, which is situated 150
will of the owner. The prune prod­ and on its site the Jones & Adams feet from the Yamhill river, a clear,
uct in this county is of such a vastly planing mill was erected—the pres­ running, mountain stream, on a knoll
superior quality that they find a ent site of the handsome, prosperous of high ground. Two Hall compound
market ready enough and produce a and pretentious city of McMinnville! duplex pumps are in operation, with
demand where the inferior article is Newby’s store was started here in »capacity of 1,500,OOOgallons per day.
unknown.
1854 and in the following year the The electric light plant was supplied
UNDERTAKER’S SUPPLIES.
WALL PAPER
In conclusion it may be said that town of McMinnville was founded. by the Westinghouse company and is
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the finest country in the state of Or­ The original town plat consisted of fuliy complete in every detail.
egon may be found immediately sur eighteen blocks of 8 lots each, 60x100
McMinnville may be truthfully
rounding the city of McMinnville,
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the soil being very rich and prolific,
-
kinds of Watches, Clocks
the crops taken off each year exceed­
All kinds of Fine,
D. A. SMITH'S AU and
Jewelry for sale at
ing per acre the yield of any county
Difficult and
— NEW—
hard times prices.
old Watches re­
in the commonwealth. There are
paired and made
over 1,000 square miles of this rich
ELY’S CREAM BALM ia a positive cure^X
to run as good
land tributary to McMinnville. Yarn
Apply into the nostrils. It is quickly absorbed. 50
as
new
at
cents at Druggists or by mail ; samples 10c. by mail.
hill county lias been designated as
NEXT DOOR TO POSTOFFICE.
ELY BROTHERS, 50 Warren St., New York CRj .
the garden spot of Oregon.
Her
wheat is unrivaled in size and Hour
producing capabilities. Her oats are
without a peer and her barley beyond
comparison. The variety and luxur­
iance of her native grasses are sim­
ply unexcelled, while her timothy
and clover are unequaled. It is the
greatest natural stock-raising and
dairying country on earth. Stock
graze the year round and it is never
found necessary to feed longer than
two.months. There is no finer fruit
country to be found on the terrestial
globe. Her prunes are the best
known, and she produces the finest
pears, cherries, plums, strawberries
and all other small fruits and berries
and the best and finest apples of any
section of the United States, while
her hops are equal to any grown any
COOK SCHOOL BUILDING.
where in the world. And there is
room here for thousands of homes. feet, new additions being added as ; I said to be a city of churches and
The small farmer is the coming man, the town grew from tin unpreten­ I schools, and is magnificently located
for it is he who will most keenly ap tious village to the proportions of a i in a broad and fertile valley, envi­
precíate the inexhaustible fertility ot town and a city. Educational inter­ roned with circling hills and mesas
Did it ever occur to you that perhaps you might be paying too much
our soil and with a favorable climate ests have been an important factor in and its location is at once healthful
money tor your shoes? We without doubt are making the lowest
turn every point to his advantage. the upbuilding and advancement of ami attractive. Indeed, McMinn­
prices on Shoe Leather ever named in Yamhill County. We have lead
But a little money is necessary for a the city, they having been fostered ville is a city fair to look 'upon—an
in
the past with our 50 cases of Ladies’, Children’s and Men’s Shoes,
start and this is what people slioiQd and zealously guarded from the very ideal Oregon city, one that must be
made
for us by the best factories in the East. We don’t carry a thing
always bear in niiml when they come inception of the place.
seen to be appreciated. The busi­
in
this
line that we cannot give you
out west. The farmers here ask a fair
An act of the legislature incorpo­ ness thoroughfares are broad, graded
price for their land, and they are en­ rating the town of McMinnville and are lined with handsome and
titled to it, for there is none better
oil the face of the globe. Home seek passed both the upper and the lower commodious trade emporiums and
ers are warned not to come here with house and was signed by Governor public edifices of stately and impos­
false notions in their minds. Good Grofer in 1876, and on the 12th day ing proportions ami architectural
land is worth seeking ami paving a of November of that year the first beauty, while in residence portions
reasonable price lor. while the day board of trustees was chosen by
bal of the city the streets are ornament­
of donation land claims is past ami
lot. the election taking place at the ed with magnificent shade trees, dis­
gone never to return.
with. We know we can give you wear in good, stylish, up-to-date
Manufacturing establishments are store of William Boyd. In 1 1882. closing glimpses of cosy cottages,
a PI
pressing need ot the hour in Vain McMinnville became a city, donned , uniqtt'i villas and pretentious man-
*
goods at very moderate prices now. When you want a pair of Shoes for
lull county,
.
hill
ami that they will soon
Stotts. ’ lurrounded bv e\ idenee of ar-
yourself or the little ones, just gjve us a trial. We believe we can
come, considering the capabilities of metropolitan airs, and has progressed
save you some money and give you goods that will do you good service.
the country and the willingness of steadily ever since, taking high rank tistic landscape gardening, sweeping
the people to help them, admits of among the smaller cities of the great driveways anti every evidence of
no doubt.
and growing state of Oregon.
wealth, culture and refinement In
)
The growth of the city, both as a this connection it may be said that a
The years 1897 and 1898 will mark- trading center and a residence city, mistaken idea prevails that society in
an epoch
the history of McMinn has been almost phenomenal during the west is different front what it is
ville in the matter of church build­
ing. The Cumberland Presbyteri­ the past few years. Today it has iu the older sections of the coun­
ans led off by the erection of an edi­ a population of nearly or quite o.tKMt try. This was partly true in times
fice that was at once accepted as a souls, and newcomers are constantly gone by, but happily it is no longer
model of architectural beauty and finding homes and means of suste­ the case, only in the partieiil.tr that
utility. The Methodists very soon nance within her limits. The build it is only those of an adventurous
discovered that their roof leuked and
a new building was at once liegun. ing of the railroad through the city and enterprising turn of mind who
The result was a building costing a in the fall of 1879 gave McMinnville seek homes anti fortunes in a new
little more money and calculated to a bound upward and onward which country, comparatively speaking.
outshine and accoinimxiate more she has ever since maintained.
Consequently, the general spiritof the
p -ople than any other. At the present
west is more active and liberal than
Lafayette,
distaot
five
miles,
is
time the Baptist and Christian de­
nominations have new churches un­ the oldest town in the county, and are the stai.l. old commonwealths of
der way. each of which will, when was the county seat prior to Novem­ the etlete east. Moat of the people
complete, exceed $5,000 in cost. Mc­ ber, 1887. A special election was who have settled in McMinnville ami
Minnville has always been noted for
her excellent moral anti religious held in that month and the people de vicinity came here after they had at­
tone, and the marked advance in her clarrd b.v » decisive majority that tained mature growth and the habits '
churches’ architecture is in keeping they desired McMinnville to have j of life and thought had been fixed. |
with the demands of the times.
the county seat. The erection of a1
Cvnbnuvd on Fourth l'«,e
PRUNE RAISING.
irnryimmrr
FURNITURE,
Jewelry Store * * *
A Word About Shoes
A WRITTEN GUARANTEE
It Won’t Do Any Harm
Yours Truly,
P. FISHER
Proprietor