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M’MINNVILLE, ORE., FRIDAY, SEPT. 28, 1900. Entered attbe Poetoftee in McMinnville, as Second-class matter. VOL. XXX. THE LOCKS COMPLETED. Celebration Today and Tomorrow. y Wall Paper One Dollar if paid in advance, Single numbers five cents. NO. 41. er lost either hope or energy, and will rejoice with us when he hears the good news. While the principal part of the congressional work fell to Herrman, he was ably seconded by Senators Mitchell and Dolph, and when Mr. Tongue succeeded him, he took up the work just as faithfully, in connection with Senator McBride, and they have had the good fortune to be in at its con summation. Some Facts Concerning the Struggle to Secure the Everything but Ingrains for the next 60 days at a very LARGE DISCOUNT. Same by Congressional Appropriation. Ten years ago this September marks the date when the first earnest agitation for the construction of locks at Lafayette took form by petition ing through Hon. Binger Herrman, member of congress, for a congress ional appropriation, supplemented by figures showing the commercial dis advantages under which the producers and shippers labored in consequence of an obstructed river. The situation then appeared to be that we were too near the market. Our neighbors of Benton county could, by hauling their wheat to Corvallis, ship it to Portland, a distance of 100 miles, by Must have room for more paper now on the road. Yours Truly, * H. C. BURNS i£ _~Z=? Queen of The Carnival. SOME THINGS-CONSIDER l.lur of Xlurcla Today. The carnival parade will occur at one o'clock in the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 28th, and will form near the boat land ing. Each feature will be under the di rection of tile men in charge. The pa rade will move from boat lauding to I street; down I street to First; west on First to B; south on B to Fifth; cast on Fifth to D; north on D to pavilion on Third street, where the crowning ol queen, review of subjects and awarding of prizes will take place; ami the parade dismissed. Residents along the line of parade are requested by executive committee to decorate their premises as tastily as pos sible on short notice. ------ — —------ in choosing a Grocer are these: Are his Goods fresh and wholesome? Does he keep up with the Market? Is he neat and clean? Does he deal fair with all Customers? Tf you find he is all this and more, he will do to tie to. We aim high, and are trying to fill this bill as well as all others left with us. Come and see us. L. E. Walker. P p rescriptions uihen not roperly compounded and used as reseribed give no results. MISS GRACE NEWELL. •A URE DRUGS, URE CHEmiCRLtS and URITY and cleanliness are the dis tinguishing features of our Miss Grace Newell, who received the highest vote in the contest for Queen, is a native Oregon girk eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Newell of this city. She was born 2t years ago on a farm in Marion county. She is a school teacher by profession, and a young lady of good educational attainments. Her selection as queen is particularly pleasing to her friends, of whom she has a great number She accepted the honor with some reluctance, and after urgent persuasion and a very decisive vote, receiving 968 out of a total of 1247. PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT. ROGERS BROS.’ Pioneer Pharmacists. QO O.R.’N SOUTH AND EAST VIA T The Shasta Route DEPART < hieago- Trains leave McMinnville for Portland and Portland Special wa y stations at 5:58 a. in., and 3:06 p. m. Leave 9:15 a. m. for Corvallis at 10 a. m. Leave Portland..... Leave Albany......... Arrive at Ashland Sacramento... San Francisco. Ogden............. Denver............ Kansas City Chicago......... ... 8:30 a m. 12:30 p. m. 12 33 a. m. ...5:00 p. in. . 7.45 p rn. 5:45 a. m. ....9:00 a. m. ...7:25 a. in. ...7:45 a. in. Los Angeles............... 1:20 p. m. El Paso....................... 6:00 p. m. Fort Worth................ 6:30 a. m. City of Mexico........ 9 .-5 a m. Houston ...................... 4:00 a. in. New Orleans............ 6:25p. m. Washington.............. 6.42 a. m. New York.................12:43 p. m. 7:00 p. m. 10:50 p. m. 11:30 a. m. 4:35 a. in. 8:15 a. in. 11:45 a 9:00 a. 7 25 a. 9:30 a m. m. m. m. 7:00 a. m. 6:00 p. m. 6:30 a. m. 9:55 a m. 4 00 a. m. 6.25 p. m. 6.42 a. m. 12:43 p. m. Atlantic Express 9 p. m. Spokane Flyer 6 p. m. 8 p. m. TIME SCHEDULES Salt Lake, Denver. Ft. Worth, Omaha, Kan sas City. st. Louis, Chicago and East. Salt Lake. Denver, Ft Worth, < hnaha. Kan- mm city, BL Laois* Chicago and East. ARRIVE 4 p. in 7 ft. m. Walla Wai la, Lewiston 8:40 a. m. Spokane. Minneapo lis, St. Paul, Duluth, Milwaukee, Chicago aud East. OCEAN STEAHSHIPS Ail Sailing dates sub ject to change. For San Francis» o— Sail every days. Columbia River Stmrs To Astoria and Way- Landings. The Bonita, Captain Hosford’s boat, came through the locks soon after the launch, and again on Monday. She is a trim little craft 125 feet long, over all, aud has a jolly and obliging crew. She came up from Dayton in two hours and fifteen minutes. She will make two or three trips to the locks during the carnival for the round trip rate of 25c. Many will avail themselvesof the opportunity to go 4 p. m. ‘Lm Sunday Willamette River. 6 «. m. Oregon City. Newberg, 4:30 ■ p X . m. Pullman and Tourist cars on both trains. Ex Sunday Salem Independence Sunday Cnair car» Sacramento to Ogden and El Paso, and Way-Landings. a .id Tourist rars to Chicago, St. Louis, New Or le ms and Washington. Willamette and Yam’ 3:30 p m. 7 a. m. hill Rivers. Mon. Tue. Thur Oregon City, Dayton, Wed. and Sat. an»l Way-Landings. and Fri. Connecting at San Francisco with several steamship lines for Honolulu. Japan, China, . Willamette River. 6 «. m. Philippines, Central and South America. 4 :30 p. m. Tues. Thur Portland to < orvailis Mon We. and Sat. and W ay-Landings. and Fri. See MR W. MERRIMAN, agent at McMinn Leave Leave ville station, or address Snake River. Lewi.«ten Riparia Daily 3:35 a. m. C. H. MARKHAM, Ri (»« ri a to Lewiston. 9 a. in Daily. Gen. Passenger Agent. Portland, Or. W. H HURLBURT, G. P. A., Portland. Or. R hodes <4: R hode «, Agents, McMinnville. rail, for 3c a bushel, while the rate from this city, a"' distance of 50 miles, was lie. The secret was in the faet that boats could run to Corvallis, but not to McMinnville. The local board of trade at that time estimated that the people of Yamhill county suffered an annual loss of $40,000 on account of obstructions to navigation in the Yamhill river. Mr. Herrman took the matter before congress in dead earnest, and presented a bill January 11th, 1802, asking an appropriation for a prelimi nary survey. -"Republicans and democrats were alike interested and willing to deplete the national treasury to tin* extent of $70,000, but as the years dragged their weary length, and the republican papers, filled with hope and faith, kept the matter under agitation, papers of the opposite political faith began to charge our representatives in congress with indifference, and with using the locks project as a fence-building scheme. In fact, some republicans lost faith by the delay, and this fact may have had something to do with Mr. Herrman's ultimate defeat, though it is believed by the writer that Mr. Herrman never relaxed his efforts or lost faith in securing the appropriation. . In this bill $3,000 was appropriated to clear the stream and provision was made for survey for locks. Oregon that year had a total allowance of $1,170,000, of which $500,000 went to the canal and locks at the cascades of the Columbia. The first work on the river in pursuance of this bill was begun by Major Handbury in October, 1892, and it lent great encouragement to the people. During the Cleveland administration the government had no money to build locks, and though the river and harbor bill had passed both houses of congress in May, 1890, it was not until after President McKinley’s elec tion that the bill became effective 'The contract was then Jet in March, 1898. to Normile, Fastabend A McGregor, of Astoria, for $59,918. Work was begun in that year and continued through the year following, but owing to floods the work could not be completed until 1900. -'The locks were informally opened last Friday by Capt. W. C. Langfitt, TJ. S. engineer, who has had charge of the work, they will be formally opened October 1st. The Captain with his steam launch marie the first passage of the locks on Friday at 1 p. m. With the stars and stripes flying from the stern rnd the United States engineers’ flag bearing the triple towered castle at the prow, with Assistant Engineer David B Ogden, Mrs. Ogden and an Oregonian representative on board, approached the locks, and the whistle having given the long and short blasts prescribed in the government rules and regulations, passed through the gates into the basin. The lower gates were closed and the culverts at the upper end of the basin opened. The basin filled rapidly and inside of 10 minutes the launch had passed out of the locks and was speeding sway up the river to McMinn ville. Of local citizens who have fostered this great improvement, no one was quite so untiring in his efforts to keep the project before the delegation in Joe Roth is preparing to farm tlie com ing year. Arie Watt is preparing to move to east ern Washington. Merrit Tillery lias moved to his new home near Parker Station. Tlie Sunday school rally at the Baptist church last Sunday was a pleasant affair. Miss Pearl Allen left last Monday for Corvallis to continue her studies during the winter. Miss Pauline Maddox was at home last Sunday spending the day with her parents. Mr. l.nncefield lias moved to his farm near Amity, and is welcomed among us as a first-class citizen. NHERIOAN. Mrs. Holmes has opened up an entire We are having beautiful fall weather. new stock of winter millinery for the fall and winter trade. Mrs Wm. Dellaven of McMinnville Chas. Chaney has moved to town. He was in Sheridan last Friday. will sell his farming utensils and move Miss Millie Delashmutt of McMinn to eastern Oregon. ville is visiting Sheridan friends aud rela J. Stimson is enlarging his residence, tives. and when completed he will have one of Mrs. Hubert Sitton, who has been vis the best places in Amity. iting in town, has returned to her home The new principal of our public near Carlton. schools, so far, is well liked, and very It is rumored that there is to be a wed likely will teach a successful school. ding in town this week. If so, particu The endeavor social and business meet lars next week. ing at Roth’s hall last Tuesday was a S. Buel and family and F. B. Church social event long to he remembered. man and family left Tuesday for a ten Many people who seem to be acquaint days' sojourn in the mountains. ed with the Locknain boy say he should Mr. Maude Mendenhall, also Ward nut have been taken to the reform school. Lamsoti, who have been away in Idaho Thos. Graves, near Bethel, picked at work, returned to Sheridan lust week. from 16 acres 1574 boxes of first-class Our school begins on Monday, Octo hops. For this year this is a splendid ber 1st, under the management ol Prof C. yield. Mr. Graves has probably the C. Linden, Misses Jidith Percival, Bessie best cultivated hop yard in this vicinity, Linden and Mildred Daugherty. and deserves a good harvest. Mrs. T. E. Fristoe of Spokane, Wash., arrived here one night last week, 011 her Happily Wedded. way to the home of her daughter. Mrs. F. At the residence of Milton Potter in J. Steward, who lives near Dolph. Gopher valley, Sept. 23d, Mr. B. F. Min- ges of Merced, Calif., and Miss Ora De CARLTON. lashmutt of Bellevue, were made man and wile by Judge R. P. Bird, in the Hop picking and prune picking are presenc e of a number of guests, who were both about finished around Carlton. relatives of the bride. An elegant and Misses Ida and Effie Smith returned sumptuous dinner was prepared by Mrs. from Pike, where they have been pick Potter, and Judge Bird brought home ing hops, a few days ago. with him a liberal contribution of the There will be preaching, both at tlie cake for this office. Our thanks and best Christian and Baptist churches next Sun wishes are most cheerfully extended to this couple. May they see great happi day, morning aud evening. The public schools here will open next ness and prosjierity in the years to come. Monday, with Mr. Wright as principal, They departed Monday morning for California. and Miss Ida Smith as assistant. The dryer here has been having quite a time of late. The dynamo, with which the dryer was run, gave out and they are now using a thresher engine, Wright Johnson, who lives just east of Carlton, had two or three ribs broken by a kick from a horse. He is getting along very well and is up and around now. C'linmbrrlHliCa < li Hi-med y n Great Favorite« WcddlnR. Last Wednesday at 11 o’clock Miss Hattie A. Hodge was married to Jay E. Winegar at the residence of M. Winegar, father of the groom. The ceremony was performed by Henry T. Atkinson, who had just returned from Ashland, and took place in the parlor which had been prettily decorated for the service. At the close of the ceremony refreshment# were served to the guests who were pres ent. Mr. and Mrs. Winegar are well and favorably known in this vicinity and their many friends wish them a bright and happy future. The soothing and healing proper ties of thia remedy, its pleasant ts-te and prompt and |>ernianent cures have made it a great favorite with people every where. It is especially prized by moth Illiirk«mi1h shop and Tools. ers of small children for colds, croup and Shop and tools for sale. Good stand whooping eough, as it always affords quick relief, and as it contains no opium in good section. Splendid outfit. Write or other harmful drug, it may i»e given Fred Simpkins or T. W. Nash at Hope- 41-s as confidently to a baby as to an adult. well, Or. For sale by Howorth A Co., druggists. Advertised Letters. CASTORIA Bears the signature of C hav H. FLirrtwaa. In use for more than thirty years, and The Kind You Halt Alwayi Bought. For * h ! c . A «pan of yoti.ig mare«, half Clyde, bar net*« and wagon, for sale at a bargain. G uy B ully . AMITY. congress as Captain A. J. Apperson, now of the Sitka land office. He nev The following letters remain uncalled For Wale. for in the McMiunville poetoffice Sep- One five year-old Percheron mare' tember 25, 19U0: Gentle and well broken. Weight about D. C. Allard, Bennatte A Co, Martha 1300 pounds. Call on, or address Edson, Mina Mary fxing, Winfield Cnrtis A. J. K ipckk , Carlton, Oregon. Mitchell, J. H. Mendenhall, (2,) Oliver Morris, J. W. Smith, Ray Goodrich, Mrs. Notice to llrhlora. Earl Walker. All persons who are indebted to us J ames M c C ain , P. M. will please call at once, and settle. S. H oworth & Co. House foe rent. O dbll A W ood .