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Yamhill County Reporter Subscription $1.00 Per Year. ADVERTISING RITES. Healing notice «In local columns 10 cents per Hue for flrwt wt*ek and f> cants per line thereafter. Display advertisements annual rates, one inch per month 11, each additional inch 50 cents per month. Obituary and marriage notices not exceeding 10 lines published free, if furnished in time to be current news. Additional matter 10 cent* per line. FRIDAY, AUG. 17, 1900, The south is in favor of expansion just as strongly as the east and west, but for fear of being called republi can it will not vote its real senti ments. po»sibility of a visitation of the Hes i sian fly, the grain aphis or the rust, the Willamette valley farmer can Hi- >■■>, tain- sins Still lillil equal the most successful Minneso OH i . tan in the production of a superior J. M. Hudson of Portland last week quality of wheat. Therefore if in purchased a lot in Portland, paying search of a country where moderate therefor #2,125, after the title ami deed exertion and careful management hud been approved by an abstracter. It will be rewarded, come to Oregon. was soon after discovered to be a clever But if you are looking for a place I forgery, ami Geo. Hixon and Mrs. Frost, that offers a competency without ex the man and woman making it, were ur rested. The man had |l2ooofthc money ertion, better try Paradise. The patriotism that finds expres sion in stoning an inoffensive old Chinaman’s house is of an efferves cent quality that can be depended upon to furnish nothing more stable than froth or smoke. Hence, the hoodlums who engaged in this sort of warfare down in Clackamas coun ty a few nights ago, could not be de pended upon in stress of actual war. They have expended their patriot!" energies in lighter and less danger ous lines. While the democrats and populists were fusing with each other in Ne braska they were shooting each other in North Carolina. Mr. Bryan has not yet attempted an explanation of the “paramount ratio” of the two ex Prohibition papers and speakers tremes of passion among the faith asuul the republican party in gener al,^md President McKinley in par ful. ticular, on account of the “army can Everywhere the farmers are be teen.” They blindly presist in hold coming interested in creamery prop ing the president responsible for the ositions. They are also resolving to establishing and continuance of the raise more hogs, more sheep and sale of liquor in the army. The armj’ more stock in general. This is a canteen law was enacted about twen good sign, for when farmers succeed ty years ago on the- recommendation in establishing a certain monthly in of army officers who were familiar come from a diversity of resources with the operation of the canteen they will be independent of adverse system in European armies. The ob conditions affecting any one line of ject of the law was to keep control of industry. Diversified farming was the sale of liquors in the hands of army officers, and to prevent or dis never so promising as now. ------ courage the location of saloons near Consistency among Bryanites is army posts. The law was, in fact, only proverbial, for with them cir one to regulate the sale of liquors in cumstances altercases quite materi camp. Under the law no “treating” ally. The Bryan people, by an over was allowed, and nothing but beer whelming majority, have disfran was sold. There was absolutely no chised the negro population in North profit derived from the sale by the Carolina and now propose to rule the seller, and there was no inducement darkies whether they consent or not. to sell any soldier more than he ought The Alabama democrats are now to have. The reports for 1890, 1891, preparing to disfranchise their ne and 1892 showed that the canteen groes in* the same way. Now, St. system was to the advantage of the Bryan declares that we may not gov service and conducive to temperance. ern in the absence of the consent of It was found that at posts where the governed, and this Philippic is there were no canteens saloons of made the text for the plank in the the lowest kind were established as democratic platform, which its sup near the military reservation as pos porters with vanity call the “Anti sible. The soldiers, as soon as they imperial plank.” could get leave, started for the re ———-»•«- —— sorts. Realizing that they could not The antis laud Aguinaldo and his get drinks for some time after their followers and proclaim that the Ta- leave had expired they drank too gals are capable of self-government much, and returned drunk to duty or and want the American flag pulled deserted. It was contended that down in the Philippines and the three-fourths of the desertions in the islands turned over to the lawless, army were due to the conditions in semi- civilized hordes. But at home the vicinity of camps where there where the negro has been in touch was no canteen. Under the army for a century with the highest class law the canteen was practically a of civilization, taught the arts and clubroom where beer was sold under sciences and enjoyed the rights of military regulation to the soldiers, citizenship, the antis are ready to In the war excitement of 1898 the say they shall be disfranchised, gov temperance societies organized a erned without their consent and campaign against the canteen sys- made to respect the American flag tern, and caused to be inserted in the which means freedom to the antis army reorganization bill, passed in and slavery to the negroes, What a the last days of the fifty-fifth con farce this anti-imperialistic cry is, gress, a paragraph which reads as anyway. follows: “That no officer or private .. »», — soldier shall be detailed to sell intox The wisdom of the United States' icating drinks as a bartender or oth course in the whole Chinese trouble erwise in any post, exchange, or can is l>ecoming more and more apparent teen, nor shall any person be re us the days pass. A strong oppo quired or allowed to sell such liquors sition is springing up against Eng in any encampment or fort or on any lund among the other powers repre premises used for military purposes sented in China because of a sus by the United States.” It was and picion that she is seeking new terri is contended by total abstainers that tory in that country. If she had ta this paragraph abolished the army ken the same stand as the United canteen. Army officers took the po States and come out in a declaration sition that, as the paragraph did not that she wus not seeking any terri repeal the army canteen law, it did tory and would not accept any, her not abolish the system. The secre motives in the present exigency tary of war referred the matter to would not be questioned, and there Attorney General Griggs. The at would be a greater semblance of torney held that, the first clause of harmony among the nations than the new law “having forbidden the prevails at the present time. Har employment of soldiers as bartenders mony umong the nations going to or salesmen of intoxicating drinks, the rescue of their ministers would it would be lawful and appropriate simplify the work in hand. But for the management of post ex England, unfortunately, is an object changes to employ civilians for that of distrust among the other Europe purpose.” As to the second clause, an powers, and presumably, of the attorney general held that, as course, with China. employment is a matter of contrait and not of requirement or permis- A prospective immigrant writes sion, “this sectiou does not prohibit from Minnesota to inquire, among the continuance of the sale of intoxi other matters, if “farmers have to cating drinks through the canteen work very hard in the Willamette sections of the post exchanges as valley.” If this man Is seeking a heretofore organized and carried on land where the farmer can follow his except that of course no officer or vocation without hard work and soldier could be on duty in a canteen plenty of it, he should look beyond section to do the sel^ng, either di this vale of tears. It is true, the far rectly or indirectly.' Inconsequence mer in the Willamette valley, as a of this opinion the war department rule, does not work as hard as the abstianed from closiug army can poorly paid tiller of the unyielding teens, and the question is still open sod in the eastern states But even for the action of congress or the in this favored land men do not gath courts. President McKinley had er figs from the thistles, nor grapes nothing whatever todo with themat- from oak grubs. By a moderate de- ter. It is not his prerogative to iu gree of work, with modern machine- terpret law. Those persons who are ry, the farmers here raise good so much opposed to the army canteen crops, and barring the infrequent' system should seek satisfaction from ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ WE OPEN Saturday, Aug. 18 WITH A NEW STOCK OF sewed in the lining of his vest. The act was as bold as it was clever, ami the fraud was only discovered by a single loophole—the fact that the man whose name was forged could not write, but And lie thought he'd humor her, no made his mark. It was done in this way: doubt. The result shows that a man Henry Wilson, whose property w»t rarely loses by following his wife’s ad transferred, was a St. Louis bachelor vice. Those who suffer from obstinate who had died intestate in May, 1899. cough, bronchitis, weak lungs and ail ments ill general which tend to con He left au estate worth 115,000. Includ sumption, will find speedy relief and ed in the estate were the two lots sold to jierfect cure in the use of Dr. Pierce's It cures -Mr. Hoilson, worth about $3000. Eb Golden Medical Discovery. cheat proceedings liad already been be- ninety-eight per cent, of those who give it a fair and faithful trial. It purifies gun at the order of Governor Geer by the blood, heals the lungs and builds up \ttorneys Chester V. Dolph and V S. the body with firm flesh instead of flabby Grant Marquam, who were directly in- fat. The ” Discovery ” contains no alco hol, neither opium, cocaine, nor other strumental iu discovering the fraudulent narcotics. transfer by calling attention to the de "Only for Dr Pierer s Golden Medical Discov I think I would be in mv grave to-day,” fective signature. Henry Ackerman, who ery wi les Mr. Moses Miles, of Hilliard, Uinta Co., Wyoming. "I had asthma so bad I could not died 111 June, 1899, was the notary public sleep at niglit ami was compelled to give up before whom the transferring deed was woik It affected my lung- -o tliat I coughed alt the time, bc-th day anil night. My friends supposed to have been attested. Mark all thought i had consumption My wife had Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription, and it Cameron, who with Henry Ackerman, taken had help<sl her so much she iusistetl oil niy try ing his Golden Medical Discovery’—which 1 seemingly witnessed the deed, is sup did. I have taken four bottles and am now a posed to be a purely fictitious personage. Weil man. weighing 1X5 pounds, thanks to Dr. Pierce - Golden Medical Discovery 1 would Neither Dixon nor Mrs. Frost were like you to print this testimony as it may help known in Portland until several months some other poor sufferer.” Dr. Pierce’s Medical Adviser, in paper ago. Dixon’s true name is supposed to be B. W. Dana, as his linen has that I binding, free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay expense of mailing only. marking. Mrs. Frost is the w ife of Aaron I Addreis Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Frost, editor and proprietor of the Ward ner News, and was in Portland engaged LADIES. in negotiating for the purchase of a lodg ing-house, offering to pledge for the pay ment a piece of property, or to borrow money on the property and pay cash. Dixon also tried to borrow $2000 on a *>> t f piece of land which he said was his, but failed. On July 31, 1900, Dixon took to the county recorder's office to be record ed a deed, dated January 11, 1899, trans-1 ferring from Henry Wilson to Emma I Gillette, for the consideration of ifi, lots j 7 and 8 in block 116, of East Portland. I The deed purported to have been signed by Henry Wilson in the presence of Mark Cameron and Henry Ackerman, and is acknowledged by Henry Acker man as notary public. This deed was S. recorded July 31, 1900, by special order, »r aur-jM -x as Dixon urged that he was in a hurry, and it was returned the same day to him by Paul Hutter, a messinger boy. On August 1, tile day after the deed was re I corded, a veiled woman, afterw ards iden tified as Mrs. Frost, went to the office of W. C Puffer, notary public, with a deed to the property, properly signed and stamped, conveying the lots from Emma Gillette to George Dixon for the consid eration of $3000. The woman bringing the deed signed "Emma Gillette” pre sented to Puffer one of her cards, stating she had been recommended to go to him by a friend to make the acknowledg ment of the deed. He saw that it was are becoming more and more popular already sealed and signed in the proper each season, from the fact that their value is becoming better known. They manner, and gave little attention to it, are more comfortable than a Welted sole he and his stenographer w itnessing the shoe, being lighter and more pliable. deed. Also on August 1. this deed was The all-wool felt sole lining forms a flex recorded at the county recorder’s office ible rind elastic pad for the sensitive part of the foot to rest upon, and also pro by a special order, and the deed returned tects the loot from cold and dampness to Dixon by a messenger bov, J. J. Cur Any ladv troubled with cold feet m the tis. Then began the active negotiations fall and winter should try a pair of Acme for the sale Last week Dixon went to I urn Shoes. Yon will surely he pleased with them and advise others to use them. Mark Schlussel, the real estate agent, These shoes are sold by only one first- and offered to sell the property for f 2200, class dealer in each town. Try a pair representing that lit- was involved in an and we know you will be convinced of oil speculation and needed to sell the their merits. Sold bv property at once in order to get ready cash. Dixon made the sale to J. M. Hod son for |JI25, after the abstract of the property had been carefully examined Agent tor Vtz& Dunn,makers of Ladies' by Hodson's attorney, aud no flaws de Fine Shoes, Rochester, N. V. tected in the title, which was seemingly clear. The work had been cleverly There are theories and theories con done, and the discovery of the fraud was cerning the cause of the short wheat almost accidental, hitigeing on a very small point. The forgers have been crop. A correspondent of the Oregonian placed under bonds to appear before the from this place makes out ac.i»eof Hes sian fly and red norm working in con grand jury. junction. Others wav rust. Some de clare it is aphis. Another man attributes MieeeimlHl Tencliera. it to a cut worm found at the roots. First grade—I’aulme Sears. Jessie Mar tin, Emma Gordon. H. L. McC ann, Ethel Those who delve in science say it is due Dorris, Sara Fates. to the exhaustion of huiuiia in the eoil Primary—Anna E. Sims. from too much wheat cropping and sum Second grad.— Blanche Derr, Bessie mer fallowing. The Reporter has found Houck, Daisv Warner, Zaidee Linden, two men with new theories. One says F. M Nagle. • Third grade— K illona Scott, Mamie it is the mice infesting the soil and work Hadawav, J. J. EHysou, Iona llutchtus, ing on the roots. When he plows his Anna Carter. I stubble they run from the furrow ae thick as flies, and he can knock them down with a stick in any direction. The other man lays it to.|>e<uliar climatic condition, an<l has not lost faith in Ore gon's wheat producing qualities under favorable climate. He proves his theory tn • 'tnparisou of fields, some of which had the very best preparation, and every condition was favorable except the sea son. The reader may take his choice. We incline to the theory ol the scientific man. Clothing. Furnishing Goods Hats and Saps. ms wile insisted iikr^See our window on that day. C. R. HAMBLIN THE CLOTHIER, i I Union Block, McMinnville. i ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ •‘Meet Us On the Midway’’ The Event of the Times. Great Street Fair and Carnival ! Acme Turn Shoes Occupying many solid blocks, taking in an entire street from curb to curb. T he ., Portland, Oregon, September 4 to 15,1900. Under the auspices of the Portland Elks. Surpassing in magnitude and gran deur anything of the kind ever attempted on the Pacific coast. Something to re member up to the date of your heart lailuie. The Streets of Cairo, The Oriental Theater, The German Village, The Dancing Girls, An Arabian Pageant, Crowning the Queen Rex. King of the Carnival, at tended by his Magnificent Court, The Great Parade of the Elks and other Orders, The Italian Park and Fountain, The magnilicent Triumphal Arch and Grand’ Midway filled with wonderful attractions, Mining. Mercantile, Agriculture Horticulture and other industrial exhibits, The Women's Pavilion designed by women, built by women and decorated bv women for the exhibit of women's in dustrial work. The Grain Palace, built of Oregon and Washington grains and grasses. Mu-ic, gaiety ami fuu. Night turned into day. Unrest rail and water rates ever given to Portland from all parts of the Pacilic Northwest . JUULJUUL JUUL JUUL JI JUUL JUUL JUUL O<X>OOO<XXXXXX>O<XXXXXXXXX>' o Oregon State Fair X X O A jT X X ^2 ZN ! O -^^Salem, Oregon, September 17 to 22,1900. Bigger and better than ever before. Grounds greatly improved, buildings repaired and renovated, all stock buildings thoroughly dis- infected, everything in first-class condition for the largest and best Live Stock Show and Agricultural Exposition ever held on the coast $20,000 in Premiums and Purses I Good racing every afternoon—music and fun at night. Auction sale of live stock will he made a leading feature. All ........ live stock and other exhibits hauled FREE over the Southern Pacific Railroad, Reduced passenger rates on all railroads. For premium list and other information, address W. H. WEHRUNG, Pres , M. D. WISDOM, Hillsboro, Oregon. Portland, Oregon. A GOOD WATCH ■i.j £ K ;■* ì '«f * i Should L»ast a Uifetime Therefore care should be exercised in purchasing one. It you buy one of us you receive a full statement of just what it is, backed by a guarantee for which we are responsible. It isn't like buying a watch east or in Portland. We are right here where you can bring your watch back and be at no expense if it doesn’t go properly. A good w’atch is a good thing—an unreliable watch is worse than none at all. You can depend on getting a reliable timepiece when you buy of us. We buy our watches for cash and sell them for cash, that is why we can sell them at the reasonable prices we do. W m . F. D ielschneider & B ro ., McMinnville’s Reliable Jewelers. State Normal School nONMOUTH, OREGON. Fall Term Opens Sept. 18. The students of the Normal School are pre pared to take the State Certificate immediately on graduation Graduates readilv secure good posi tions. Expense of sear from 1120 to »1.50. Strong academic and professional courses New special department in Manual Training. Well equipped Training Department. For catalogue containing full announcement«, address p. L. CAMPBELL, President. OrW. A. WANN, Sec. of Faculty. Bp Russell” Engines Traction or Portable, Simple or Com pound. Wood or Straw Burners. ■COB W ortman , Pres. • hm W ortman , Cashier. “Cyclone” Threshers k IIQQCI i-p H kndricks , Vice Pres. Au Till r M c P hil UPS, Asst. Cashier The First National Bank Of MeMinnvilie, Oregon. The Oldest Bank in Yamhill Conntv. Capital and Surplus. #90.000. Established in 1885. Automatic Stackers, Wind Stack- era. Horse Powers, Threshermen’s fianve on all the principal cities of the United B i'-« and «. Ils exchange ite«, and draws direct on alt the principal points in Eatope. The count* of Firm* and Individuals Solicited. Supplies All Kinds. _____ of ____ ___ I £ PH lIvÜÜLLL UU LlU /»“WRITE FOR CATALOGUE ANO PRICES. I ______ _ M PORTLANO, OR. F. W. SPENCER, Local Agent, McMinnville. Ore.