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VOL. XXIX Entered at the Postoffice in McMinnville, as Second-clast matter. M MINNVILLE, ORE., FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1899 One Dollarif paid in advance, Singlenumberstivecent«. NO. 31. ( out under the arm. lie said he exper built right on the side of the mountain, where else, The Oregonians seem to ienced a “numb sensation,” and had no containing something over 200 stamps. have got control of the custom house : The Sensation of Beilis Pierced by idea where he was hit, until they stripped Then they commenced blasting oft' the business. Judge Johnson, the governor, a Bullet. side of the mountain, which stood prob the agricultural department and educa ably too feet above the level of the mill. tional seem to be controlled largely by Private E. B. Millard, company M, : him at »lie hospital. They now have a hole which I should the Presbyterian Missionary Society ami Second Oregon, is a plucky boy, and hie ■IIS TRIP MIRTH. judge to be about 250 feet back from the have been in Alaska for several years. Webfoot grit is all that saved him on the arch leading from the mill to the face of The most of the people, especially fioni night of April 11, when treacherous Mr. Apperson Write« to Hi« Child the mountain. It is about 300 feet long Oregon and Washington, D. evidently ren From the band of Hold running parallel with the bay, and 1 knew something of and about me long "amigos" held burning matches under and Ulacier«. should judge to be from 200 to 250 feet before I got here. Quite a good many of bis nose, stabbed him with their bayonets The Reporter is permitted to glean measuring from the extreme top of the Senator McBride’s relatives are occupy and beat him over the head just to make mountain to the bottom of this hole. ing various positions in the custom O resurrect stale Groceries from dark and musty corners- sure he was dead. Millard was obliging from a private letter by Mr. A. J. Apper- They work over the whole of the rock, house, marshals, or the IT. S. judicial de son, the new receiver of the Sitka land We believe firmly in the hygienic and business value which averages less than $4.00 per ton, enough to die for the time being, but he partment. A Miss Tattler, a relative of of pure food products. As a dry goods merchant who declared at the Presidio that he office, to bis children here, some inter and is being worked at an expense of Jack Butler of Yamhill, is stenograph from 85 to 90 cents per ton; it is readily understands his business keeps his shelves as free as would never again “play possum” as esting narratives of his trip to his new seen the profits are large. The plant is er in the custom house, while McBride, a uephew, also works there I am very possible from shop worn and out-of-date goods, so it borne, We will start him at Tacoma, long as he lived. run by water and so favorably situated favorably impressed with nearly all of becomes the model grocer to steer clear of musty, where the steamer was taken. He says : the ore practically comes into the mill The young patriot’s home is in Sheri them. My colleague, Mr. Dudle, is a wormy, dirty and impure preparations. “While at Tacoma I met Mr. Perkins, without cost except for the blasting, and son of Secretary Dudle, w ho was in Har dan, Or., and every man in his company who was Senator Hanna's private secre goes out at the other end of the mill with rison’s cabinet. He is a joung man but likes to tell of bis heroism. He said to tary in 189d and duriug the presidential but little cost, into deep water vessels, UR Baking Powders, Syrups, Teas, Coffees, Spices well educated. day : campaign of 1896. He is now manager to be borne away to the markets of the Fruits and Vegetables are selected stock—with refer of the lacorna News, which was bought world. All but a very small per cent “ Twelve of us went on guard at mid The A. O. I . W. Picnic. ence to the fact that our customers are to use them. night 500 yards from our camp across the duriug that campaign by some of the goes in gold dust. The rest is what they Friday was a big day for Dayton, republican mauagers to help up that call the concentrated ore, which is river at Mariloa. Nothing happened memorable campaign. Afterwards Mr. shipped in ordinary burlap sacks to the notwithstanding that some malicious till nearly 3 o’clock. Bennett and I were Perkins was sent out as business mana smelter to be treated there. Now when person reported that the town had a on the outpost shift when we saw signal ger. When I was introduced to him he it’s considered that the United States has case of smallpox, in order to keep people lights from the camp. The enemy had was getting bis boots blacked, ready to in Alaska over 1000 miles of tide water from attending tho picnic. NEW AND SPECIALLY FINE STOCKS OF Probably leave on the train to attend the banquet which is skirted on either side with crept along the river between us and the to be given at Seattle on that Tuesday uiountaius that are supposed to be equal 1000 people were present, and though camp, and in less than two minutes they night to Senators Fairbanks and Foster. ly as rich, or richer, iu gold, silver, cop the day was hot, everybody seemed to Glassware, Queensware, Crockery. let fly at us, it seemed, from all sides. Therefore we had but very little time to per and iron as is the Treadwell tuiues, have a good time. There were eight talk. He, however, when I was intro you can form some little idea of the vast “We retreated toward the south to duced, Lamps, Toilet Soaps. at once wanted to know if 1 wab mineral wealth of the territory awaiting refreshment stands, two lunch conces company F, running along the railroad not the Apperson that was correspond only for capital to develop it; to say noth sions and a merry-go-round. A parade track, but had not gone 100 yards before ing with Senator Hanna, and when I ing of the placer and quartz mines scat o]>ened the program in the morning, in Are you yoing camping T Let us figure on your Supplies. a dozen men jumped up out of the tall told him I was, he seemed more than tered all over the interior of this coun which the Dayton and McMinnville grass and fired a volley right in our faces. glad to have met me, and paid me quite try. Besides this there are valuable fish bands participated. The singing was by a compliment over those letters and the ing and timber interests to be developed. Privates Berry, Paine and Hoffman fell high appreciation Senator Hanna and They have discovered large coal depos glee clubs from McMinnville and Dayton 'i* dead, and I received a bullet perforating others had for them, as he said they its as well as coal oil wells on some of lodges. J. E. Mellinger of Dayton gave aided and guided them very much in the islands near here. The coal and coal the address of welcome, and attorney my left lung. that campaign. * * oil is what attracted Mr. Rockefeller "1 crawled over the roadbed, across a Respectfully, “We did not leave Tacoma until about here. It is said that $100,000 was to be F. D. Winton of Astoria made the speech muddy ditch, and lay still. Pretty soon 6:30 in the evening of the 14th, when invested in developing the coal oil inter of the day. He dealt in figures concern a Filipino found me and struck me a we boarded the steamer Cottage City, ests this summer, by the Standard oil ing the work of the Workmen order, and blow on the side of the head with hie which, by the way, i« a good boat and people alone. * » When we left Ju showed the justice of the new assessment by good, careful men. We neau and Douglas we found quite a num gun. I smothered a groan, for I knew officered found they had a passenger list of about ber of the officials and attorneys had plan, lie argued strongly against the it would be all over if, I made a noise. 200, and but few ot them miners. Among joined us. They were going to attend habit of talking down other lodges in Then two or three more came, swore and them were several we knew. George court at Skagway. Among them was order to upbuild your own. Two kiuds IE threw clods at my head. Another lit Shepherd ami Murphy (.«rant, traveling Collector Ivey, whom I formed a very fav of lodges he would steer clear of, a dead men, caine as far as Skagway. Mr. Wirtz, orable acquaintance with; also a Bishop matches almost under my nose anil the Congregational minister, Rev. Hen Rowe, an Episcopalian located at Sitka lodge, and the lodge that build« up by would have singed my hair off if it had derson wrote us about, got on at Tacoma joined us. Sunday evening after supper tearing down others. Mr. Winton is one not been for the mud and water. I tried and came to Juueau with us and we the bishop, assisted by Rev. Mr. Wirtz, of the bright speakers of Oregon. In the services. At the close Mr. Rocke afternoon, besides excellent band music, '4 to hold my breath. Then somebody found him a very pleasant gentleman. held In fact the Cottage City passengers con feller proposed a collection be taken up, rolled me over, jabbed his bayonet into i» sisted largely of distinguished men and which was done anti $80 presented to there were recitations by Miss Ora Mel my abdomen and left. The weapon tourists representing probably more cap the bishop. It is said that Rockefeller linger, Miss Nina Baxter and Henry s ^ made only a slight wound, and I was ital and wealth than was ever before gave a $50 bill; this I think is true. * • Fletcher, a solo by J. O. F.ckuian and At Skagway 1 met Gil9on, who built a scarf drill by several young ladies, too much exhausted to feel it. The next represented on any one steamer on this The well-known place for the best meal in the city. » thing I knew I was in the hospital. No coast. We had John D. Rockefeller of the house which Mr. Hendricks bought, tinder direction of Mrs. Courtney. A the Standard Oil Co., hie family and whero Clyde lived. He is running a » more ‘possum,’ thanks.” party of about 25, including a Mr. Still barber shop at Skagway. He gave me number of races followed. Mr. Kerson ew ining oom After carrying uine bleeding comrades man and family of New York, who is a very cordial invitation to visit his wife won the rope walking contest, Georgie The Largest in McMinnville, has been recently fitted with best of from the field at Malabon, Private G. W. said to be very wealthy. We had a and family. I also met Laramie Myers, Irvine the orange race over seven other party of 10 or 12 from Connecticut, in who used to run a store at the Molalla taste. Liberal service and all you can eat. Spicer, of company G, a Portland boy, cluding such men as Mr. Fredwell and cross roads in Clackamas, and whose contestants, Mrs. B. Gabriel the wheel formerly in tho employ of Wolff & /wick Congressman llil), who is a member of father lived at Sheridan. I met Stephen barrow race, Floyd Samson the boys Fruits, Candies, Nuts and Cigar«. Give Us a Call. Ò» er, returned for the tenth man just in the committee on banking and currency, Bailey who used to run with me on the orange race, Mr. Nichols the fat man’« T. fl. WHITE. time to have his teeth shot out by a and a very nice gentleman. I bad sev boats. Irvin Sanders and he each have foot race, Alice Bateman the girl’s foot talks with him on politics and other a boat running on lake Bennett, and Mauser bullet. He is proud of two ugly eral rac«, and Tie Hutchens the boy’« foot wise and as he wan solidly in favor of a Bailey said they had a prospect of doing race. scars that mark either cheek, where the special session of congress at an early well. I also met there a Mr. Haines, The Dayton lodge has twice held this ball crashed through, tearing out a piece date as possible to (wrmanently establish editor of one of the Skagway papers. by legislation the gold standard and He is from Oregon City and married one picnic on a self-sustaining basis, and of his tongue and part of the jaw-bone. such reforms in currency and banking of the Boles girl9. Boles used to run made it a success, for which they deserve “It just felt like some one had hit me as the conditions and pledges of the re the ferry at Oregon City. I met and high praise. in the mouth with his fist,” said the publican party seem to demand, yon made the acquaintance of a good many I find one An Oregon Boy Captured In Rhode hero. “I fell to the ground, but soon will readily see I had no chance to get of the Skagway people. Inland. realized what had happened. I had into any serious controversy with him thing, these people ml stand together over these questions When we struck and toot their horns for the particular What could be more business-like than been detailed to take ammunition to the the boundary line between British Co place and people where they reside, and securing an education and then taking front, and when I reached the lines, I lumbia and Alaska, at or near the foot for the whole of Alaska. * • We arrived at the foot of Muir glacier a helpmeet for life? It is following out saw several boys lying on the ground, as of Mary’s island, and as Congressman Tuesday morning about breakfast the injunction of Carlyle, “Do the duty I thought, dying. The officer in com Hill and I were on deck together, I took on occasion to call his attention to the fact time. The glacier , as it now stands, is, nearest thee." Other young men would mand told me he had sufficient ‘rounds’ that we were again in American terri I should judge, fully 100 feet above the to last some time, and with that I began tory and to notice the dense forests of level of the water, and is probably 600 to do well to follow the noble example of a Are Leaders for 1899. McMinnville boy as set forth in the fol trying to get the wounded back to the ! timber, the immense abrupt mountains 800 deep below this level. The glacier Why? Because the price Is right. lowing from the Providence, R. I., daily is between two mountains and is fully along the sea coast, all of which were hospital. I had helped to carry nine From the looks Journal of July 13th: thoroughly mineralized and concealed two miles wide now. Below any ]>ossible Competitor. men back, and had returned for another untold wealth belonging to us, and only of it, at one time it must have been many Surrounded by livirg green, Wirt T. Cbainle9s, Model 59 and 60...................................................... $75 poor fellow, when 1 got it myself. I waiting favorable legislation and vast times this width. As you approach this Fellows of McMinnville, Ore., and Julia grand scene you hear a constant roaring “ 50 and 51......................................................... 65 thought for a time it was all up with capital to develop the resources of the Fisher Belcher, eldest daughter of John like the distant booming of cannon, northwest territory. I suggested to him Columbia Model 57 and 58..................................... 50 A. Bplcher, were united in marriage at 3 me.” that our representatives in the east were which is a noise caused by the constant “ 49 and 45........................................................ 40 Private C. A. Marcy, of company G, so far away they did not seem to appre breaking away of great chunks of ice o’clock yesterday at the home of the bride's parents. Adams street, Lakewood. Hartford Pattern 19 and 20....... 35 another Portland hero, is glad he is alive ciate the benefits or vastness of our We ran up to within about one-half mile The ceremony was performed by Rev. Vedette Pattern 21 and 22...................................................... 25 to tell what happened to him on that northwestern possessions, and for this of it, then dropped back behind a grav Wm. J. Reynolds, former pastor of the Columbia Tandem............................... 75 elly point about t% miles below it. In memorable 25th of March at Malabon. reason many have been disposed to pro tact, vessels run great risks of being Lakewood Baptist church, and was wit crastinate and put of! as long as possible by members of the family of the You will have cause to regret if you purchase without 1 He will carry a chunk of Filipino lead their development, and others never lost smashed in by these chunks of ice in nessed bride and a few intimate friends. going too close to it, or being swamped | in his body when he comes back to Ore- an opportunity to vote against all legis seeing this fine line of wheels. The wedding took place in the parlor, lation looking to their development, or by the great waves caused by these which had been changed into a veritable 1 gon. chunks. Even where we were, the waves “I was standing near Spicer when a the settlement of the boundary lines, seemed to be 8 or 10 feet high, and no greenery, the walls being hidden in Send for catalogue. which could and ought to have been hullet was fired into my abdomen. Just settled long before the discovery of the very large chunks broke off while we places with a profuse display of ferns and flowers; As the wedding was a sim then a ball struck the t>ox of ammunition mines, for every day it was put off the were there. But the captain of the City ple family ceremony the bride was unat of Topeka, ran close up to the glacier on close by, causing a terrific explosion. A more wealth was discovered and the tended, and there were no ushers. The the day she was there, and came near shell and two more bullets tore into the more difficult it would be to settle it by being swamped, as the waves came up bride was gowned in white and carried a fair arbitration. You can imagine my of bride roses, containing 19 BANKING I fleshy part of my chest, just in front of surprise when Congressman Hill replied over her bulkheads and flooded all her bouquet buds, one for every year of her life. Her and below the right shoulder, one of that this was all too true, as he had him lower decks before the captain could hair was also cauglit up with buds of NO 30BT I! them coming out under the arm. The self voted against measures which were back her out. The top and front of this this fragrant flower. Following the mountain of ice, where exposed to the THE TlcVtlNNt ll.l.F other ball is still there. Had it not been calculated to develop this country, but atmosphere looks very much the color wedding a reception was held, to this trip of observation had so thorough about 30guests were bidden. The for Spicer, who got me to the hospital, I ly convinced him of its great vastness of ice down there, but when it breaks off which wedding remembrances were particular certainly would have bled to death from and susceptibility that he should never in these great chunks it almost invaria ly beautiful, and attested the regard in | the wound in my abdomen. I never again be found voting against its future bly goes down out of sight; when it which the young couple are held. Mr. Tl.TE CARD. So you see when I again appears floating down the bay it and Mrs. Fellows will leave this morn ' felt such a frightfully burning pain in all development. —McMinnville, Oregon.----- thought I had opened up a controversy has turned completely over and the ex ing on their wedding journey to Roches 2 For Yaqutna my life.” to be ended in a first-class row, my ad posed part is a deep sky blue. It is a ter, N. Y., where the groom, a graduate Train leaves Albany ..... ... . 1*2:50 p m Paid up Capitili, #30,000 sight and must be seen to be ap of Brown university, is completing a I Private J. A. Bailey, company L, of versary whipped around so quickly that grand ...... 1:45 p in Corvallis...... preciated. • • • Surplus SIO.OOO. course in Rochester Theological semi Ashland, Or., was shot three times—two it knocked all the wind out of Oregon’s 5:50 p m Train arrive« Yaqnina........ Transact« a Oeuaral Banking Business. opportunity to a friendly contest with “ The town of Sitka is located on Sitka nary, and where they will reside. balls shattering hie right arm at Malabon even Connecticut. But this was to be a bay or sound, and is a little 1 Returning flat piece of Leaves Yaquina....................... ....... 7 00 a m and a third at Pasig wounding him in description of our trip, and here I am made land about 1to 2 miles long by Office Hour* 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Cure ■ Cold In One Day. Leaves Corvallis.................... ....... 11:40 a m the left foot. talking politics, as usual. As we left about an average ot to % miles wide, Arrives Albany....................... .......12:25 p m Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Tacoma at night, we crossed the straits before striking mountains too precipi LEE LAUGHLIN, President. “If you ever had a man beat your arm 3 For Detroit . JuandeFuca withont hardly know tous to build on or to cultivate. About AB druggists refund money if it fails to J. L. ROGERS, Vice-President. with a big club, von may know how two of ¡»eaves Albany....................... ... 7 40 an « ing it. We did not stop until we got to lJi miles north of the town the Indian cure. The genuine has L. B Q. on each E. C. APPERSON, Cashier. Arrives Detroit....................... . .......11:55 a 1D W. S. LINK, Assistant Cashier. Mauser bullets feel when they come at Victoria, and it being before daylight, river puts in the bay. This is a very tablet. For sale by Rogers Bros. 46m6 4 Returning : almost the same instant,” said Bailey. none of us went «shore. We took break beautiful mountain Rtream about the ..... 12:25 y * xn ¡»eave* Detroit......................... wx,n after entering the Gulf of size of the Yamhill, and is of pure, cold flellee to Creditors. Arrives Albanv ...................... I C. E. Sanders, company L, whose fast 5:35 t> ra Georgia, while the water was compara- water, even clearer and colder than any home ia in The Dalles, just kept on | tively 6 j> m •6 Leaves Alban}................... I desire to make settlement of all ac of the mountain streams about Jones' smooth. • • ....... f»r.j p tn Arrives Corvallis ............... shooting away and didn’t know that We arrived at Juneau about 9 o'clock mill or in the mountains of Yambill. counts now due me. Those knowing * 5 Leaves Corvallis ....... *> W a m I Filipinos ware pumping lead into him at ' Sunday morning, laid there until 12 Now all the towns in Alaska along tide themeelvea indebted to me will please Arrives Albanv . .................... 7 o’clock, took in the town, then crossed water are built upon small flats of made I every chance. Finally he tried Io step One and two connect at Albany and ‘ orouli« Bv the intelligent use of the over to Douglas Island, where the great land by the sliding off from the moun make immediate settlement, and avoid with South, ru Pacific trains, givina direct wry. Opothalmoscope. I am prepared I forward quickly and then fell to the Treadwell mines, operating 980 stamps tains, filling in and widening out of the making further coats necessary. to and from Newport and adjacent bea. be» ground. are located; these are only about a mile beach. Going back a few hundred feet to make the internal examination E lsia W right . • No. « roni from Albany to Corvallis uo Mon “I thought my leg was 'asleep' st first ; icros» the bay from Juneau. Here we from the beach, you will very often find of your eves and determine day,. Wednesday, and Friday« only. laid until after 4 o clock, during which wet, swampy land with plenty of skunk somehow or other it wouldn't ‘work’; whether or not the defect is an "We have eold many different cough * No 5 run. from Corvallis to Albany «* Tue»- time we took in the town of Douglas. cabbage and mosquitoes to entertain error of refractions or disease. but I thought little of that Then I tried . but spending most of the time at the , you. I have not yet found out the exact remedies, but none hae given better day», Tbixirday, and Saturdays bniy. I also have the finest Trial case Train» for the mountains arrive at Detroit at to run forward a few feet, and fell down Treadwell mills and mines, which are population of this place, but think there satisfaction than Chamberlain’«,” eaya noon, giving awpi« time to reach camping for testing your eyes in Yamhill At the hospital two bullet* were taken -.imply immense They have.it's reputed, are 500 whites, the balance are Indians Mr. Charles Holthauer, Druggis^^iew- grvuud» on the Breitenbnsh and Santiau, river County. Lenses ground for the from my right leg, which waa fractured.” about one-half million dollars invested and Russians—probably 1500 in all. I ark, N. J. "It ia perfectly ^^ind can the mme day. in these mines and plant, and when it'« have met quite a good many of the offi most difficult cases. G. C. L. Snjder of company A, a Mc- considered the original coat of the mines cials here «nd am very favorably im be relied upon in all case« of cougba, IL WIN 8TONI. 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