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R. - ) li M’MINNVILLE, ORE., FRIDAY. JAN. 20. 1899 Entered at the Postoffirein McMinnville, as Secoud-Class matter. XXIX Chicago Store Our First Annual Clearance Sale The talk of the town. The dullest month of the year transformed into one of unusual activity. There is a reason for this; we are giving such VALUES througout the entire house as was never before at tempted in Yamhill county. ’Tis not a question with us of loss, it simply means we must have the room for our immense Spring Stock to arrive early in Feb ruary. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ It’s a Special Sale —on Every Article— NOTHING RESERVED. The reductions range from 20 per cent to 50 per cent, the larger the stock of any article the greater the reduction. Next week look at the Red Tickets on Clothing. It’s money in your pocket if you do. CHieaG© STORE Per Cent count From regular Caeli prices this month on all Musical Instruments and SewiDg Machines. Emerson Pianos, Kimball and Cottage Organs. CHAS. GRISSEN, McMinnville. Oregon. f ♦ Take No Risks... f ♦ f ♦ ♦ The Pasteur Filter. Disease lurks in impure water, and may cause sickness and fever while you lay it to conditions far removed from the real cause. The well-known safeguard is f ♦ It has stood the test of time and the experience of thousands. Many Suitable Things at our Store for the Holidays. O. O. HODSON. : ♦ e ❖ : f c Fake The Reporter and Get the News I One Dollar Per Year amination this year because the board decided last Tuesday evening that we Miss Cora Cresson of Dayton is visiting would be promoted by our monthly re her sister, Mrs. Barks. views and daily work. Alfred Cochran and family spent Tues- ; There are about ten boys who are al day visiting friends in town. lowed to go around each evening after The employes of the railroad were [ school with guns and pistols. Some of made glad by tbe appearance of tbe pay-I them have hardly been out of their car. dresses for a year, but parents allow them Miss Dora Hoffman returned Tuesday to have firearms just the same. from an extended visit with hei sister at j The raising of our new flag was not a McCoy. failure by any means, each part being Born—Jan. 14th, to the wife of Fran exceedingly well delivered. The concert cis M. Glover, a daughter, weight nine recitation by the primary school was ex cellent. The soug “Cheer, Cheer We pounds. Misses Percival and Linden enter the Flag Ever True,” led by Miss Sny tained a number of their friends at their der, was well sung. Hubert Martin and Inez Pugh snore quite well. The patri home Friday evening. otic song by tbe 2d grade is seldom sur T. T. Kirkwood’s youngest child died passed by such small children. Lillian of lung fever Thursday evening, and was Nowak delivered “Our Flag” in au agree taken to Hopewell for burial. able manner. Marie and Georgie Irvine Whiteson can now boast of a local and spoke their pieces in a very nice way. long distance telephone. The office is The song “Our Native Land” by three located in W. G. Robbins’ store. girls was good. Julian Woods aud Char- The Holmes Bros, had the misfortune lie Ungerman spoke exceedingly well. to have their first carload of onious frozen The solo “Tbe Star Spangled Banner” while on their way to California. try Miss Jennie Snyder was nicely sung. Rev. Scott of Lafayette will fill his reg The address “Patriotism in our Public ular appointment both morning aud School” by Dr. Grannis showed there evening at the Presbyterian church Suu- is much patriotism in our school. Rev. Powell presented the flag in a neat and day. orderly way. Director Nelson ac- A very pleasant party was given one evening last week at the residence of J. cepted the flag by a short little speech. H. Holmes, it being in honor of his wife’s Mabel Reynolds read tbe “School House Poem” very well. America was well sung birthday. and then the crowd marched iuto tbe Chas. Robbins and family returned yard and tbe flag was raised by Peckham, last week from Nebraska where they Bodie and Eberhard. Then tbe mill have been residing for the past eighteen whistle saluted us, the children gave months. Noplace like old Yamhill after their salute, the crowd gave one rousing all. cheer, and the flag was lowered. Quarterly meeting of the Methodist church was held here last Saturday and Kcal Estate Transfer*. Sunday. The presiding elder, Rev. Week ending Jan 18th : Spangle of Corvallis conducted the ser Edw Yarns and wf to W A Rees vices. 132.72 a t5 r 4............................. 1 I 2373 The grammar grade of our school here Harry WatkinB and wf to Isabel C is progressing nicely under tbe efficient Eborall 100 a pt D S Holman d 1 c management of Miss Percival, while the t 5 r 5........................................... 3500 primary department is being conducted H A Dike to Emma A Blair and to tbe satisfaction of all under Miss Lin busband ne qr of se qr sec 24 t 2 den’s supervision. Considering the bad r 4................................................. 200 weather and the number of cases of sick J W Wheeler et ux to Jas Madson ness in town, the attendance is unusual 32.87 a pt Jos Hess d 1 c t 3 r 3 944 ly good. Anna and Sandusky Wilson to W G Henderson lots 7 and 8 blk 17 THF. SCHOOLS Rowland’s add to McM............. 1500 C J Payne et al to Chas Robbins COLLEGE NOTES. 30 a pt W J Garrison d 1 c t 5 r 4 900 Mieses Skinner and Millspaugh were B C Miles et ux et al to Emily visitors at assembly on Wednesday. Gardner lot 12 subdivision of We are glad to state that Mr. Jones, Rural Home No. 2—10 a........ 500 who has been very ill with pneumonia, Peter C Thomason to Andrew Daly is reported better. n hf ne qr and e lit nw qr sec 30 Mr. Williams, class of '97, was present t 2 r5............................................. 5u0 and had charge of the assembly exercises Chas Mitchell to Jorgen P Johnson on one day during the past week. 11 5-16tbs a pt Oliver J Walker The Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. are d 1c t 3 r2.................................... 600 holding joint meetings this week, which Lee Laughlin et ux to Wm Laugh are conducted by Misses Skinner and 600 lin 120 a in sec 36 t 2 r 4............ Millspaugh. J T Moore et ux to Henry Parrett 31.30 a t 3 r 2 ............................. 1060 Misses Osa Roberts and Elsie Hobbs, and Messrs. Lester Neal and Lair Thomp R W Lancefield et ux to J A Likens It 7 blk 1 Watts’ 1st add to Amity 49 son were absent a part of the week on E 8 Sheldon et al to M B and Ellis account of sickness. Hendrick 166.81 a t 6 r 4........... 4000 The freshmen elocution class gave a recital of “Snowbound” last Friday after Teter C Thomason to Andrew Daly q. c. deed to a sawmill t 2 r5. . 500 noon. The sophomore class will give C R Cook et al to H B Cochran 160 “Macbeth” this afternoon at 2 p. m. o a sec 22 t 4 r 5............................. W T Board man et ux to Wm Dyer COLUMBUS BUILDING. 15.62 a pt Jacob Shuck d I c 13 r 3 1 Florence Dielschneider was a visitor U S to L Potter 2.52 a lot 2 of sec 2 at the high school on Wednesday. Pat t S r 6........................................... At the last board meeting they decided U S to Thos Fitzgibbons 160 a t 5 to have no final examination, butto take r 5 ........................... • Pat the average of the monthly reviewe. Be fore this decision the ninth grade took How lo Prevent Pneumonia. final examination in morals and man You are perhaps aware that pneu ners. monia always results from n cold or from Nannie Maloney is absent from school an attack of la grippe. During tbe epi on account of sickness in tbe family. demic of la grippe a few years ago when roll of honor . so many cases resulted in pneumonia, it Third grade—Roger Collard, Arnold was observed that the attack was never Johnson, Linsey Wheeler, Ethel Clark, followed by that disease when Chamber Katie Cook, Mary Maurer, Lenora Miller lain’s Cough Remedy was used. It Josie Owens, Myrtle Cockerham, Minnie counteracts any tendency of a cold or la Smith. Fourth grade—Frank Easter, grippe to result in that dangerous dis Walter Barzee, Rudolph Miller, Clay ease. It is the I rest remedy in the world Robison, Adaline Fay, Beth Northup, for bad colds and la grippe. Every bot Ethel Paulus, Gracia Collard, Ixira tle warranted. For sale by 8. Howorth Fletcher, Helen Robison. Bessie Clark. A Co Fifth grade—Arthur Bogue, Willie Neal, I t.Icense* ta .Vfarrjr. Roy Arthur, Kenyon Talmsgc, Claire Sn’der, Meta Matthies, Lucretia Strong, I Jan. 11th—Wm. Browning, 41, of Mor I Tressa Booth, Gladys Lynch, Bertha row Co., and Olive Davis, 40,of Bellevue. ! Wills, June Patty, Mary Robison, Lena Henry, Pauline Snfder, Laura Seibert. | I.a Grippe Nuccesatully Treated. ; Sixth grade—Carl Kljver, Willie Stout, | “I have just recovered from the second Emma Turner, Daisy Cockerham, Edna attack of la grippe this year,” says Mr. .Owens, Mamie Kegg, Fanny Newell. Jas. A. Jones, publisher of the Leader, Mexia, Texas. "In the latter case I used COOK BUILDING. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and I Several new pupils are reported this think with considerable success, only be ing in bed a little over two days against week. Hardy Ballinger was absent three days ten days for the former attack. The second attack I am satisfied would have this week. been equally as bad as the first but for Eight pupils were sa Miaa Mann's roll the use of this remedy, as I bad to go to of honor last month. bed in about six hours after being ‘struck’ Patron» come and visit onr school. with it, while in the first case I was able We would lijte to have a visitor at least to attend to business about two days be once a month. fore getting ‘down.’” For sale by s. We are not going to have a final ex- Howorth A Co. Ona Dollar if paid in a l vance. Single number« five cent» R oyal & ~ A bsolutely P ure Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. (apt, Heath Write» of th« Death Alt Urei!»ni»n in Arliraska. of Frank Hibbs. E ditor R eporter —Dear Sir: Perhaps Geo. Hibbs this week received letters vour readers would like to read a few from Capt. Heath and Lieut. Young, lines from the land of corn and hogs. giving more particulars concerning the Well, we landed here about two month* death of Mr. Hibbs’ son. Capt. Heath’s' ago. I found the country in a snow letter is as follows: storm and it is still on the same basis. “Your sou Frank died yesterday, Dec. After my arrival, I bought a team and Sth, at 12 o'clock noon, of heart tailure. we took a two hundred and seventy-five For some time past he has been troubled mile drive northwest. Tbe eighth day with dyseutrey, and about three weeks out we found ourselves in one of those ago I had him sent to the geueral hospi Nebraska blizzards, but what oi that. tal, in order that he could be quiet, aud The farmer we stopped with proved to he requested it also. He was in good be a brother who owned 212 head of condition at that time and walked over cattle and horsesalso a finedroveof hogs. to the hospital. On the 7th I asked the This gave us all work for the usual three man wno is detailed to look alter the daye, and we all worked like heroes to company and who visits them in tbe save the stock. Some of us with team, hospital each day, how Frank was get and what the Nebraskan calls a wind ting on. He said that he was not much ruck, started to haul hay. Well, the boss worse, but seemed despondent and had was driving; he stopped for the gate to said to him that he did not think his be opener! when the wind lifted the rack dysentery would get better in this cli from the wagon, and throwing it over the mate. 8o early Thursday morning I fence it rolled like a drygoods box for went over to see him, and just as I got to sixty steps. To the average Oregonian the door of the ward the doctor came out this was a rough day, but the boss said and I asked bow he was. He told me this was nothing for Nebraska. I con that he was dying, that complications of fessed this was all right, but we preferred the heart had set in during the night to eat big red apples and let him have and that it would not rally to stimulants. the enow balls. So when the s'orm was That it was a peculiar case. The doctor over we called for our bill. Tbe l>oss said asked if there would-be any objection to ”1'11 jump accounts with you.” This be an autopsy being held, aud 1 said no. ing the first and only chance we have I went in and saw him but he was un had to earn bread and butter, I said O. conscious and did not become conscious K., then we started for home, a distance again. For a short time he opened his of 250 miles, and the snow was from six eyes but did not know anyone. inches to three feet deep. We saw on “The funeral was held at 5 o’clock on our trip many beautiful fields of winter the 8tb, the company attending in a wheat making equal growth with any body. He was buried in a metallic cask country. The corn is standing in fields et in a niche in Paco cemetery, section in great quantities and no doubt w ill for 112, niche No. 7. As soon as an inven some time to come, yet the farmers are tory of his property is made I will send all busy talking about gathering corn. you a statement of it. Frank has been a So (ar as 1 can see, the farmers are in no good soldier, always ready for duty and 1 better condition in this country than have not had to discipline him at all ex they were when I left here twenty-five S am S oper , cept lor very slight offenses, and for years ago. Jan. 12th, 1899. Peru, Neb. which all the rest have been disciplined. The last duty he did was to dig a grave Probate Court. in Paco cemetery for Lewis E. Miller, for Estate E. N. Ford. Inventory filed and which duty he volunteered. That was approved. the Sth of November and he rode to the Estate A. J. Nelson. Will admitted to cemetery with me in a carriage and he probate upon proofs tal^n in open cocr’. was cheerful and contented. We talked of home and the service here, and to me Lucretia E. Nelson appointed executrix be seemed all right, although he said to act without bonds. C. A. Wallace, B. that he was troubled with a little dysen F. Sparks and B. F. Hartman appointed tery, but he seemed to think that it did appraisers. Guardianship of James W. W. Walker, not amount to much. The day before he a minor. Petition for appointment of died he received three or four letters from home and 1 had one for him when I went guardian filed and citation ordered given. Guardianship of Albert Crawford, a over to sec him which had arrived at the quarters too late to send to him the day spendthrift. Second annual report filed and approved. before. Guardianship of Geo. II. Walker, a “The post mortem demonstrated a bad condition of the heart ami bowels, the minor. Petition for appointment of latter, however, rot bad enough to cause guardian tiled and citation ordered. Estate of Thos. Withycombe, er. Pe death. 1 have, however, not interviewed tition of Earnest Burton for the removal the doctor on tbe matter yet, but will see of John Withycombe, executor, and the him on my next visit to the hospital. appointment of another person executor ”lf there is anything you want to know and that the eatate lie closed up and tbe or anything I can do for you in the mat claim of petitioner paid, filed, ami ordered ter, let me know. that citation be issued to Jchn Withy Respectfully, combe, the executor, to show cause why H. L. H eath .” he should not be removed, and that Fri day, January 27th, 1899, at 11 a. m. be Cure a Cold in One Day. set to hear the same. Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tableta. Teacher’* Instituir. All druggists refund money if it fails to The next session of the teacher’s local cure. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each instituto will beheld in Amity, Saturday tablet. For sale by Rogers Bros. January 28th. A lecture will be deliv ered Friday evening, January 27th, by lotvr r ( oi’irsimcHv Dr. Grannis, of McMinnville, subject, SPECIAL MEETING, JAN. 13. “TheGray Hairs of the N’.tion.” Im Ordered by the court that the levy for portant business is to be transacted by taxes for year 1898 be as follows, state the library association on Saturday. tax. 5.7 mills; county tax, 6.5 mills; Teachers and friends are cordially invited school tax, 4.3 mills, indigent soldier tax to be present at these meetftigs. 5-2 E. V. L ittle held . l-3jth of one mill. In the matter of the assessment of P. ■ <»l H ( l.t HIIISb 1.1ST. F. Brown for 1898. It appearing to the court that an error has been made in his We have special arrangement« with assessment, it is ordered that n hf of lot i the following leading publications, 1 and ne qr lot 2 blk 40 s McM w hich whereby we are able to offer them in appears on the assessment roll assessed connection with our own at ex<>«dingly at lota$100, improvement $50, be changed low rates, as follows: The R shorter as follows: lots $200, improvement $600, and and that the assessment of north 39 ft of W eekly Inter Ocean............................................ $1 55 lota 7 and 8, blk 3) 8 McM, which is now St. LoulnGlobe-Democrat, semi-weekly..........1.30 aacssedat lots $100, improvement $600 be Rural Northwest, Portland, »eml monthly... 1.25 changed to the following valuation, to- Oregonian, weekly.............................. ............ 2.00 McClure'» Magaalne, monthly........ l.Mft wit: lots $100, improvements $50. cosmopolitan Magazine, monthly.. 1 tó castor ; a Ta the Public. Wa are authorized to guarantee every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and if not satisfactory, to refund the money to tbe purchaser. There is no A local citizen recently visited Inde better medicine made for la grippe, colds pendence, Monmouth and Dallas, and he and whooping cough. Price 25 and 50c save he wouldn't exchange McMinnville l>er bottle, Try it. For sale by 8. Ho* [ worth A Co. for all of them. Hear* the »i(n»ture of C ha *. H F lktcskr . In u«« for more than thirty yean, and Zke Kioi >’ea //ave X/w/l