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VOL. XXX
Entered at the Postoflicein McMinnville,
as Second-class matter.
M’MINNVILLE,ORE., FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1900
One Dollar if paid in advance, Single numbers five cents.
NO. 11
IN FRANCE AND GEHMANY
A Paper on Grafting, b, 1111 Experi
enced Hand.
J acob W ortman , Pre«.
J ohn W ortman , Cashier.
Eo H endricks , \ tcç Pres.
A rthur M c P iî ii . lips , Asst. Cashier
fhe First National Bank
Of McMinnville, Oregon.
The Oldest Bank in Yamhill County. Established in 1885.
Capital and Surplus, $90,000.
Buys and sells exchange on all the principal cities of the United
States, and draws direct on all the principal points in Europe. The
accounts of Firms and Individuals solicited.
TO COMPOUND
PRESCRIPTIONS
properly it takes time. It requires experience and
a complete knowledge of drugs. It requires the
druggist tn have a large variety of drugs—fresh
drugs. He must give the best possible work and
for compensation he must be reasonable. With the
above facts remember we are careful and strive to
please one and all alike. Those are reason why our
prescription file thribbles all in this county. We
are recognized by doctor and customer alike for bo
ng accurate and dispensing only the purest drugs.
ROGERS BROS.’ Pioneer Pharmacists
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Mitchell, Lewis &Staver
con PAN Y.
McMINNVILI.E, OREGON.
Will have samples of their
1900 Bicycles
in about January 15th. Will be pleased to show
you the latest up-to-date wheel ever shown.
Investigate the merits of BRASS LINED
TUBING, in a moist climate where your bicycle
frame requires protection from rust 011 the inside
as well as on the outside.
Also «arry a full line ol FARM MACHINERY AND Vl.HICLJ
U. S. BOOTH, Manager
Take The Reporter and Get the News
Some
Interesting Word*
Former Hekiduul.
from a
Mrs. Flora Wolfenden, a few years
As this is the season when the work
ago teacher of music and elocution in
should be done, possibly some of the
McMinnville college, is still pursuing
readers of The Reporter might be bene
fited by a little instruction on the subject studies in Germany and France. In a
of grafting fruit trees. Few understand recent letter to Miss Ida l’agenkopf she
how simple it is, and often send for some relates in an interesting manner some of
“professional,” and then do not have her impressions of the old country.
the work done as successfully as with a She says there is a halo and a charm
little instruction they could do it them about everything for her, though in re
selves. You have some seedling apple ality things are very ordinary. “The
trees, some old pound pears, some worth door knobs never fit the hand, the beds
less plums or prunes you would be glad are so high that one must step on a chair
to have changed to the choicest fruit. I to reach them, the windows all open
will try and make it so simple that a outwards or inwards, and there are no
bright boy or the most delicate lady lounges or sofas. If you ride on a train
(with possibly the hired man to do the you are obliged to stay in the same car
heavy work, if trees are large) can do it with 6 or 10 strangers, ‘the door is
locked, and there you are!’
Its against
successfully.
First, the preliminaries. For tools you the law to raise the window if anyone
will want a fine saw, a keen knife, a objects. You never see a conductor.
hammer and a small liard-w’ood wedge. You buy the ticket, it is punched before
Apples must be grafted to apples, pears you start or get on the train, and at the
to pears or thorns, all kinds of plums or other end as you leave the depot it is
There are no breakfasts;
prunes to plum or peach stock. Cut taken up.
coffee
in
bed
at any hour one likes, and
your scions at once from the varieties of
fruit trees you wish to propagate. Lay a lunch at to a. in. Board is high and
them away in a cool, moist place and low, just as you prefer, from $15 to >35
they will keep for many weeks. If con per month, and traveling expenses are
venient cut scions of last year's growth, nothing. A ticket good for 14 days and
for they work easier than older wood, good on any train in Switzerland and
for any length of trip, can be bought for
though older wood grows equally well.
If the trees to be grafted are quite ,6. All the houses are stone and brick,
small, say an inch or less in diameter, generally not more than three stories,
your work is very simple indeed. With though some are six, but have never
a spade carefully dig away the earth from seen even a farm house of wood, The
around the body of the trpe and with building may be mortar with a straw
your saw' cut it off a couple of inches be roof—in which the storks love to build
The
low’ the surface. Lay the edge of your their nests—but never of wood.
knife across the center of this little stub, streets are paved with stones as far as
and with a blow of the hammer split it the sidewalk, which is also stone, edged
down a couple of inches.
Drive your with stone curbing, and constantly men
little wedge into this split till you open are sweeping, and in Bremen scrubbing
it about an eighth of an inch. The the streets. Everywhere there are little
wedge must be driven far enough to one parks and benches on which to rest.
side to leave at least the size of the scion There are very few ginger bread trim
free. Cut off a scion three or four inches mings, bay windows, etc., but plain,
long. Pare down two sides of the butt substantial houses, with marble floors in
end of this, making of it a wedge that the halls and bath rooms, and stone
will fit the split stub. Crowd it into the floors in kitchens, and a mirror reaching
split so that the cut edge of the bark or from floor to ceiling in nearly every
the outer side of the scion meds the bark room in tlie house. They have quan
of little stub or stock, as it is called, re tities of priceless statuary, life-sized and
move the wedge carefully and the stock small, paintings, nigs and chairs of great
holds the scion as in a vise. Carefully worth, but no cozy’ corners. I’d like to
fill in mellow earth till stock and scion, live in Europe, but I’d furnish my own
except the last bud, are covered. If your house. The music of Germany! I nev
work is even half-way bunglingly done, er want to hear anyone play Bach, Beet
ninety-nine out of a hundred w ill grow. hoven or Mozart again, at least by no
But remember the song of the bobolink, one but a German. In Leipsic, in Bach’s
church, they sing his fugues and mo
“Let it be, let it be, let it be.”
Now. suppose the tree is large. First, tets every Sunday, trumpets, cymbals,
In Berlin I shook
cut the top entirely out of the tree, cut etc., accompanying.
ting oft'the limbs where they are about hands ami chatted for about an hour
two inches in diameter. Split the ends with Schwarenka, who is lovely and has
of these stubs, and insert two grafts If ail elegant orchestra, but will not play
one dies the other may live. Cover the the piano in public.” Speaking of the
exposed end with grafting wax, and the German dialect and study Mrs. Wolfen
work is done. I will give you my meth den says it is different in each city.
od of making wax and applying it. Re There is no worry about the accent.
Her pension or
member the only office of grafting was Each has his own.
is to seal over the exposed wood and boarding school, which is in France,
keep it from drying out. Melt some res- three miles from the Germany line, is,
I in in a kettle. When melted add a little she says, "exactly like a novel. The
!
tallow or lard or linseed oil, anything to building is surrounded by a high wall,
soften it. Occasionally take out a little with two^jates or doors, always locked,
and cool it. When cold it should be hard, and the bell handle is outside the gate,
1 but it must not be brittle. If brittle, add which is iron one cannot see through.
more tallow; if soft, add more resin. The maid goes to answ’er the bell, opens
Make a swab by tying some cotton rags first a little door to see who it is, and
on a stick. Now take your kettle of then nnhxks the gate. The teachers
melted wax (hot enough to blister if it are Frenchy French, black eyes, sharp
should touch vour hand 1 and with your and cute. Here is the boarder who is
swab seal up your grafts in their new’ 1 always scolded, found fault with, but
positions. Fill every crevice. Touch i contrary to the novel, she is never in
| the ends of the scions where cut. The I tears. Here is the girl who works for
hot wax makes perfect joints, aim your 1 her expenses, and the servant girl lazy,
the directress, prim and exact. They go
scions will grow.
In reading the above 1 am aware that out for walks, two tea« liers in front and
I have broken nearly rule of scientific two behind. I know the signification
grafting, but I haw worked by this of the recommendation that "he can talk
method for more than twenty years, and French so that a Frenchman can under-
have yet to Cud anyone who could in staml him.’’ I regret every moment
duce a larger per cent of scions to grow. that I’ve spent in America in French,
I am at this time engaged in putting in for its simply wasted, as far as the lan
over ten thousand scions identically as guage is concerned. 1 don’t know when
stated. Its success or failure means I’ll be back. I may go to St. Peters-
more than a thousand dollars to me. burg, and may go to Rome or Athens,
There is just this amount of science in but think I’ll go to America and digest
By June will have
grafting: The raw bark of the scion what I’ve done.
must be held tight against the raw bark finished what I expecte«! to take three
of the stock and prevented from drying years to accomplish. I wish I had noth
out, till nature establishes n circulation ing to do but study economy, socialism,
between the two. If you have no wax, etc. Here is the land of the jolly sabot,
use longer scions, and make a mud pie the home of Joan Arc and the road
and plaster your stock and scions with a where Caesar, Charlemagne and all the
great ball of mud tied on with rags, and great generals went on their way to and
from Italy. One of Germany’s greatest
you have the hideous but effective graft
battles was fought here. Give my love
of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
to the girls. Am going to Paris next
Underground grafting can be done at
any time from the time leaves fall till month.”
they come out, but the earlier the better.
Top grafting should be dene as soon as
I the hard wiuter freeze is over, blit will
grow- aa late as June if the «cions are cut
before the budr. start. I hope to have
mine all done before the middle of
March. 1K> not attempt top grafting on
peach stock.
F red L. P ost .
Try a package of the Kasalar.a tea at
Warren A Son’s.
Something new and
of peculiar excellence.
R oyal &
A bsolutely pure
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
wovai baxino
eoworn co., sew » or «.
GOPHER.
GOING TO MOMF.
Alfred Flynn was visiting in Sheridan
and Willamina last week.
Mrs. J. Eborall visited in and near
McMinnville with relatives for a few
days this week.
Mies Frances Taylor finished teaching
a month of school in the Beaver Dam
district Feb. 23<1.
Miss Luella Agee has gone for a long
visit with her sister, Mrs. Herbert Phil
lips, near Sheridan.
Frank Ward, who was injured while
skidding logs at Mr. Watt’s, will soon be
able to be out again.
J. Conrad of Sheridan visited from
Monday untii Saturday of last week
with his sister, Mrs. C. Agee.
Calvin, Ed ami Elmer Agee, all of
Happy valley, spent Saturday and Sun
day with the familiesof Jasper and Chas.
Agee.
Miss Fay Pace, who has been Btaving
at Mr. J. Evenden’s during the winter,
left last Tuesday for her former home in
southern Illinois.
Mrs. Frank Stow received on Saturday
the sad intelligence that her father, Mr.
G. Sappingfield, who has been lying-
very ill in tho hospital at Salem, was
dead.
llo was buried in Salem Feb.
21 st.
One of tlie most surprising bits of
news this week is the announcement by
W. L. Warren that he and his two sons
Tom and Dell have decided to join the
army of gold seekers to Cape Nome
about May 1st. Their grocery business,
AMITY.
J. II. Hamilton of this place has been
granted a pension of eight dollars per
month.
Prof. Ackerman, state superintendent
of schools, lectured here Inst Friday night
to a large anti appreciative audience
Miss Rhoda Callaway, who has been
with the family of James Booth during
their sickness, left for her home in Al
bany last Thursday.
Mr. John Richardson, who is attend
ing school at Portland, is visiting his
mother and renewing old acquaintances
among the Amity boys.
/The building of sidewalks still goes
on, and from indications at present, in a
few months more Amity will have as
good sidewalks as any town need want.
There seems to be an epidemic ofcblds
or grip going the rounds, and it seems
there will be none lucky’ enough to es
cape. But so far very few cases have re
sulted in anything very serious.
Quite a number of farmers who had
wet wheat last harvest have just hauled
it to the warehouse in good condition.
The only thing wrong with wheat is the
price, and when the price of wheat is
wrong everything else seems to be
wrong.
Last Friday quite a number of pupils
from the McMinnville schools pai<! a
visit to the Amity schools, as did pupils
froui many other schools throughout the
country, and it was the verdict of all the
visitors that Prof. Snuffer is teaching a
model school and should have the sup
port and encouragement of the entire
community.
There is a goo«l opening here as well
as at many other points in this valley»
for men of small capital to start cheese
factories. There is no good reason wdiy
a cheese factory, properly built and run
by experienced persons, will not pay as
well here as they do in Tillamook Co.
There are not the many disadvantages
that they have to contend with over
there. When we see this valley dotted
over with creameries and cheese factor
ies, and farmers selling more milk and
less wheat, there will be a greater de
gree of prosperity and less complaint of
harrl times.
Cure
h
Cold In Ona liny.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine tablet«.
All druggist« refund money if it fails to
cure. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each
tablet. For sale by Kogers Bros.
47-6
I || Again*! the lleglstratloii I.aw.
Mr. Jacob Blum was over from Nestoc-
| ton this week, and was much perturbed
by not being allowed to register.
Hav-
j
ing
been
a
resident
of
the
United
States
Advertised l.ellera.
letters for tho following persons re ! I°r 53 years, and having held petty offices
1 for the larger part of the past 40
main uncalled for in the McMinnville
years, and having been a Union soldier
poetoffice Feb. 27th, 19G0.
i in the war of the rebellion, it did seem
Jun«, W. 8.
Grant, Mrs. G. S.
I to him as though there was something
H easin*, Mis* Fennie JelliMKi, T. 1.
Helmer, Edwin
Johnson, Mi» Annie
wrong with the registration laws. Judge
ITiggln, Geo.
McSadden. A T.
Sappington, however, soon eased the old
Hillard, Math (foreign) Pearce, D. M.
gentleman's spirits by making him a
Howe, Mrs. K. M
Pope. J. S.
citizen of the United States, upon his
J as . M c C ain , P. M.
1 soldier’s discharge, and he went home
C. Grisoen's new stock of wall paper. 6 j happy.—Tillamook Herald.
just fairly inaugurated, will be sold as a
whole or closed out. We regret to see
Billy’s aldermanic presence thus rudely
taken from the familiar haunts of a life
time, but what are you going to do with
a man when he gets the gol«l fever? Sim
ply have to let him go, and bid him
godspeed.
Notice lo the Public.
The jewelry bnsinesa heretofore con
ducted under the name of Wm. F. Dlel-
schneider will in the future bo conducted
under the firm name of Wm. F. Diel-
schneider <k Bro., Mr. F. A. Dielsehneid-
er liecoming a partner in the business.
There will be no change in the busi
ness otherwise, and the public is assured
that no effort will be spared in the future
ns in the past to make this the leading
jewelry store on the west side, outside of
Portland, and the best place to have your
watch, clock and jewelry repairing done.
W m . F. D ielbchneider & B ro .,
McMinnville’s Reliable Jewelers.
Two doors below postoflice.
Wood Bid Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the board
of directors of school district No. 40,
Yamhill county, Oregon, will receive
sealed bids up to six o’clock p. m. on
Monday, March 19th, 1900, for 40 cords
of old fir wood, including the heart of
the wood, ami for 40 cords of grub oak
wood, none of which shall be less than
three inches in diameter.
Baid wood to
be delivered not later than August 1st,
1900. Kight reserved to reject any anil
all bids.
B. F. R hodes ,
11-3
School Clerk.
Conk Ncli no I Noles.
Profs. Northup and Converse were
visitors Thursday last.
The teachers of the Cook school spent
last Friday visiting different schools.
The 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th grades gave a
very interesting program on Washing
ton’s birthday.
Roll of honor for the 7th grade: Ber
tha Converse, Ralph Martin, Freddie
Ileikowsky ami Raj’ Henderson.
First grade: Ona Cary, Dora Long,
Minnie Nowak, Augusta Puterbaugli,
Faina Wing, Beulah Williams, Helen
Cook, Col. R. Branson, Edward Kauf
man, Floyd Kaufman, Homer Mosher,
Arthur Nowak and Norris Rogers.
Secoml grade: Bessie Baker, Essie
Baker, Emma Biome, Esther Grissen,
Millie Kaufman, Muriel Long, Jessie
West, Howard Christensen, George
Puterbaugh, Willie Snyder, Terry Pace,
Bertie Weaver, Nile Porter, F.arle War
dle. llattie A. Williams, teacher.
March 12th, IOOO
The St. Charles store will have been
iu business one year. On the whole it
has been satisfactory to ns, and we l«e-
lieve to our patrons also
We make
this promise now, if we live we will be
in better shape next year to do business
than the past. Our single aim is to
please our customers ami get a profit on
each and every article we sell. No baits.
Polite and appreciative attention. Ev
erybody is our friend.
N. E. K kgg .
tor Sale*
I have 100 ewes, with 120 lambs, all
early lambs. Also 35 to4o yearling ewes,
all long wool and in fine condition. Ewes
and lambs have been on wheat since De
cember.
J. L. P umvink ,
9 miles north of Salem, and 1 '/i miles
north of Zena, Polk county.
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