Yamhill County l> Reporter I. Xsltl ItV, Editor A Propr Subscription $1.00 Per Y^ar ADVERTISING KATES. Reading notiro in local columns 10 rpiitu per line for fir«t week ttivl • ceht* per line thereafter. Display advertiKCUieiits. annual rntr*. on»- inch per month SI; each additional inch 50 cents pr month. Ooitunry an ! marriarw not .■ not exceeding 10 lines published free, if furnished in time to b i current news. Additional matter lucent* per line. T hanksgiving by Americans lias this year been extended officially to Cuba, Porto Hico, Hawaii and the Philippines. V enezuela will probably enjoy peace within her borders until the paint wears off her new president When they weary of the loy, a revo lution will be in order. itmiiAiooi »ci «M Ji ­ W hen congre? - meets in Decemtx*r a ti * rri nn in i . iii . ook it will doubtless be entertained in a boisterous manner by a half baked T here is one prevision of the freak from Illinois one Mason by treaty with Spain of which little name. Senator Mason has declared Is is that note has been taken. that he would resign if the national [ "the United States will, for the republican convention in 1900 did : term of ten years from the date of not deciare against “criminal aggres­ the exchange of the ratifications of sion" in the Philippines. It is a I the present treaty, admit Spanish foregonecondusion, then, that Mason I ships and merchandise to the ports will resign. But why wait until the of the Philippine islands on the ame national convention? terms as ships and merchandise of W ar has its recompenses as well as its terrors. Stockmen in the mountainous sections of Oregon who had horses and could not dispose of them except to the cannery, have found a market for them in the 1‘iiil- Seventy five head were ippines. recently purchased in Wallowa county for the U. S. cavalry, They arc cow horses that weigh from 8011 to 1000 pounds each, and appear to be well suited for army service. They will be shipped to San Fran­ cisco and from there to the islands. T he preparations of an immense force for sea lias given rise i to a ru­ T hat the democratic managers in mor that Great Britain is in fear of Kentucky are badly frightened over some foreign power's movements the threatening defeat of Goebel is evidenced by the appeals they have inimical to her interests. recently been making to United I t is not In good form now to make States Senator Charles A. Culberson light of our electric dynamo. Truly, and Congressman J. W. Bailey to the old machine has seen better come there and help in the campaign. days, and when our new arc light It is beginning to be apparent to system is completed pedestrians will some of the Goebel leaders that it was a tactical blunder for them to see better at night. put Bryan on the stump in their Bryan has widened the T he planters of the south have state, been so blinded by the fortunes they breach in the democratic ranks in have mad ' in cotton this year that the state canvass, and has given they refuse to listen to Chairman votes to ex-Governor Brown, the Jones when he tells them there is no independent democratic candidate. prosperity. K entuckians in the “feud dis­ F ive transports will convey Irish trict” look forward to the killing troops from Queenstown to South season as Oregonians anticipate the Africa. The Boers can judge from gentle rain, and are apparently hap their recent brush with the Dublin piest when the members of family boys that rumors of Irish sympathy feuds go gunning for each other. must be taken with a grain of salt. Clay county is the main battle­ ground, and in that district five I f there is any satisfaction in the men, members of opposing families, Ihought, it might lx* claimed that have been, killed lately, with addi­ after all, Providence is kind to the tional fatalities expected daily. The people of the Missouri river valley. circuit judge prefers the climate The men who were frozen to death twelve miles away from the county about the middle of October were seat. Unless all signs fail there will thawed out a few days afterward by scarcely be enough votes in Clay the “hottest. October weather in 30 ■ounty to count on election day. years.” D ouglas county comes forward T he girl convicts in the Iowa state with the latest ease of a man being reform school, who got drunk and mistaken for a wild animal. The re­ had a row, were designated as sult is that Gilbert Gilbertson, a “young ladies" in a telegraphic ac­ Swede, was crippled for life by a count of the affair. That corres shot, lived by Chris Hogan, a 17 year pondent's gallantry is commendable, old boy witli whom he was out hunt­ although rather out of place, since a ing. This time the monotony whs number of his “young ladies" were varied, ami the man was mistaken thrown into prison. for a bear instead of a deer. Then* is one inquiry that this sort of shoot­ S ince the recent development of ing always suggests, and that is Pacific coast commerce the people this: Why the man who shoots his of the Atlantic seaboard find that in “friend" for a wild animal is any the order to retain their commercial in less guilty of murder than one who fluence and to compete with western deliberately murders a fellow being? enterprise and thrift, a canal across Both show a reckless disregard for the isthmus will lx* necessary. It is tlx* sanctity of human lift*. While therefore quite likely that the Pa­ the one may escape punishment for , cific and Gulf states representations his crime because he “didn't go to in next congress will receive suf­ do it," that does not lessen the evi­ ficient help from the eastern states dent trulh that lie lias needlessly to insure the passage of a canal bill. and carelessly taken that which lie ------ ♦ < ♦----- - can never replace, and no man lit O ne thing \\ . .1 Bryan found es­ for better tilings ever yet needlessly pecially troublesome in his Nebraska killed his fellow man and was happy cunpaign was the price of corn. afterward when he sat alone with Three years ago lie made a mathe­ only his conscience for a witness and matical demonstration that without an accuser, and with God for his the free coinage of silver at the judge. ratio of sixteen to one. corn would godown to 10 cents a bushel. Yet corn has continued to go up ever since McKinley s election and does not go down despite the unprece dented crop. T he sentiment that this country should by all means hold the Phil­ ippine islands is rapidly growing. Dewev. Roosevelt ami \\ heeler and the commission sent by this govern ment all are in favor of the retention of the islands. Harpers Weekly, that has been opposed to this course, has read the hand writing on the wall ami now says that Dewey has convinced the country and we must do our duty over there. ■ - ••* -*----- C ommissioner B inorr II ekmxnn of the general land office has decitied that jurisdiction by the land office is not requited in homestead contests unless the contest affidavit shall specifically allege that the abandon ment is not due to military or naval service during the late war with Spain. Those instituting contests in the United States land offices w ill tie saved much expense by availing themselves of this decision, as many already before the department have been compelled to recommence their cases. S ince the creation of the depart ment of agriculture, which »*1 J- SfflSi «K*"¿Si->'■ ire it contains something that fortifies the system against future attacks. My wife i ; in better general health now than ever, and you can t imagine how happy she is f.*r her recovery. She tells everybody abou Acker. s English Rem­ edy and so do I for I beheve it to be our duty to the pubhc to help every suf- ferer who has throat and lung troubles. My neighbors say >t is a sure specific for croup, and has saved the lives of hundreds of little ones around in this <„],! at soe and fit a bottle, throughout the United States and Car ada; and in England, at is. 2d. m . jd , 4s. 6d »you are not satisfied after buying, return the bottle to your druggist, and get your money back. R’v autAorfce Mr «»ore ffuaroiUw. IF. U. HOOKER