Entered at tlie Postoffice in McMinnville, as Second-clibs matter. VOL. XXXI IW1MHIN' TIME. Goin' tn swimmin? Well, you bet; Ain't ben in this reason yet. Maw, she said I'd ketch a cold; I'aw, well, he’s a-growin’ old, Plum forgettin' bow it felt. When a fellow’s like to melt, Just to shed his clo’es and get Clear all over cold and wet Goin' in swimmin’? Well, I guess, Maw I coaxed till she said yes; Paw, to him I didn’t go— Like as not he’d tell me “No!" Seems just like he never could Bin a boy hisself an’ stood Waitin’ for his dad to say, “Yes, my son,’’ then run away. Goin’ in swimmin', fellows, say? Water's just as warm today. Some, whose daddies treat 'em right, Went this mornin', stay till night. Goin' to get a lickin', sure, One, at least, and maybe more. If it's twenty I won’t kick; Goin’ iu swimmin’; let him lick I —Helen Combes in New Y’ork Herald SBUIM1 A NEW SONG. Nature lias Keen Kind, and tlie Laud ssuile« Wills Abundance. If prosperity is not ou the way to the Willamette valley this year, the people have forgotten what the term means. The cool sea breeze toys with the beard ed wheat that laughs at the touch of its breath. Through the long, cool months of spring the dark green fields drank the abundant rains, and the happy soil out did itself in response to the showers. Today over miles and miles of rolling hills and fertile plain the billowing grain, having turned to gold beneath the ar dent sun, bends its heads toward the earth, awaiting the stroke of the sickle that shall give it rest. The sheep and goats, and the cattle on a thousand hills have also contributed largely toward the good times sure to follow a successful harvest season. / The farmers in the vi cinity of McMinnville are turning ofi beef cattle, swine ane sheep to the value of $2,000 every month. The estimated wool clip of Yamhill county alone has been 350,000 pounds this year. This was sold at an average price of I3)i cents, making a total of $47,250. The fleece of the lowly and undemonstrative goat has probably brought to this county $40,000 more this year. Then take hops, which promise good returns, and fruit, and dairy and poultry products, and the di versity of crops will represent bountiful wealth for valley farmers, no small share of which will be awarded to the tillers of Yamhill soil. Two years ago untimely rains caught the farmers unprepared, and the heaviest wheat crop for years was so badly damaged that it was scarce ly marketable. Last year, by some un accountable clog in nature’s machinery, the grain crop averaged less pet acre than it ever has in the history of farming in Oregon. But now the conditions are such that the farmer looks on and smiles, aad sings with a glad heart in accompan iment to the music of the sickle., Rely ing upon prospects at this time, there will be as much produce shipped from the valley this year, as in any one year, and perhaps a great deal more than iu an average year. Of these shipments, Yamhill county will contribute her quo ta, which, based upon the shipments of former years, will not be small. Outside of the shipments made by boats plying the Willamette and Yamhill rivers dur ing the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1899, a statement kindly furnished by C. H Markham, of the Southern Pacific, gives the classified freight carried from stations in Yamhill county as follows : M’MINNVILLE, ORE., FRIDAY, AUG. 2, 11)01 Couiuililee Say« It Was All Kight. Editor Reporter: In your last issue you put in a communication “Anent the Carnival,” ‘‘where it will do the most good” or harm, as you see fit to call it. A more vicious or damaging article could not well be put in print, suggesting “graft,” a tool executive committee« and ‘‘no report of expenditures.” Now, the facts are that a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures covering forty items of expense was given to each of the three city papers, and was published in the Transcript in full. No expenditures were made or bills paid without the full knowledge of all members of the executive committee, as also was the published statement. The article uses innuendoes uncalled for, its suggestions are not timely and its statements are not true. The manage ment raised more money from other sources than was raised by subscription, and yet the street fair “worked itself out to a successful conclusion.” We sincerely hope that The Reporter will let fault finders talk all they want to on the streets, but will keep their poison out of print, or the coming street fair will not have a very easy time in “working itself out to a successful con clusion,” although the present commit tee have all the “assets,” (the big teut) left over from the last fair, as well as the valuable prestige of its success. R. P. B ird , H. S.M aloney , J. C. C ooper , Executive Committee for 1900. The Reporter has always maintained au open attitude toward contributors with either propositions or grievances, if within the bounds of decency. The suggestion of the correspondent referred to was of a general nature and made near the hour of going to press. On investigation we find he was in error about the detailed statement of expenses, as such statement was published in oue paper, as the committee points out in their communication. It is not a matter to fuss over. The committee did good work last year, and the carnival was an eminent success. The people by peti tion have named another committee, consisting of R. Jacobson, M. B. Hen drick and L. E. Walker, for this year, and they are in all respects competent to give us an ideal carnival. They have appointed J. C. Cooper as superinten dent, knowing the devotion and skill with which he managed the event Iasi year. THey are supposed to have this right, and to pay a salary for the work performed. Other cities manage such events in the same way. Their co-oper ation will at all times be available and they are men fair enough to listen to suggestions from others. We would ad vise our correspondent, and all who be lieve as he does, to drop the hatchet, co operate with the committee and its manager and assist in making even a better display, a pleasanter occasion and a greater advertisement of the resources of Yamhill county than that of last year, which, without doubt, stands as one of the most successful undertakings of the city. Only One Way to Do It. Get from Portland to Chicago in 72 hours—just 3 days. The “Chicago-Port land Special,” leaving Portland daily at 9 a. m. via O. K. & N., arrives at Chi cago at 9:30 the third day. New York and Boston are reached the fourth day. This train, acknowledged to be the faet- eat between the northwest and the east, is solidly vestibuled and its equipment TONS. is unsurpassed. Pullman drawing room Brick................ 938 sleeping care, up-to-date tourist sleeping FireClay ........................................ 455 cars, library smoking cars, free reclining Flour and Feed ........................... 4,086 chair cars, and unexcelled dining cars, Fruit, dried....................... 661 the meals on which are equal to those Wheat.......................................... ii,935 served at the very beet hotels. Remem Barley .......................................... 64 ber this train runs solid Portland to Oats........ ...................................... 549 Chicago; there is no change ol cars, and Grain, other than above ...............678 the good of it is, it costs no more to ride Hay .................... ._......................... 624 on it than on other routes. We have Straw................................. 41 other trains. The “Pacific Express” Hops ............................................. 55,°45 leaves Portland daily at 9 p.m. via Hunt Live Stock . . .. ..................... 294 ington, and the ‘‘Spokane Flyer” leave« Lumber ............................... 39 at 6 p. in. daily via Spokane and the Drain Pipe.............................. . 487 east. For rates, sleeping car reserva Potatoes ...................................... 369 tions, etc., call on or write to any 0. R. Wood, cord and slab. . ............ 5,179 <k N . agent, or write to A. L. C raig , General Passenger Agent, Yamhill will no doubt beat the above Portland, Oregon. record this fiscal year, thus emphasizing the admitted truth that prosperity is fly ing iu our direction with golden pinions. Stops the Couph «nd the Cold. Work« Off lAxotive Bro no-Qninine Tablet* cure« co d in one day. No cure, no pay Price 2) cent«. CASTOR IA For Infant« and Children. The Kind To Hava Always Bought f • • Bears the Signature of Arch Crease has gone to eastern Ore gon. I have engaged J A. Frisbie as local manager of my lumber yard located at the old foundry site, McMinnville. He will be pleased to figure with you on all house bills or smaller orders i8m6 A. T rudell . N«tlre I« Horse Breeder«. Mr stallion Pollox will be in McMinn ville after this date Parties having mares not with foa| will find it to their interest to patronize thia valuable horse. J. W. H enry , Proprietor. Merle Nelson and Cecil Hoekina left Prof. A. M. P-rnmback returned home Wednesday morning for a month'« stay •t Newport. from Idaho laat Saturday, ELSEWHEHEIN OREGON. Wheat harvest in the LTmatilla valley is averaging well up toward 30 bushels per acre. Ten carloads of all sorts of horses were shipped recently from Elgin, Union county, Oregon, to the Kansas City mar ket. C. W. Walker and H. Bryant of Linn county have sold their big crops of cherries this year to Salem parties, real izing $150 per acre. The Eugene Register sarcastically says: “If all the rest of the republican newspaper men are going to enter the race for state printer we might as well announce ourselves and make it unani mous.” It is estimated that the wheat crop of Lane county, Oregon, will amount to 800,000 bushels, or more than an average crop. About 500,000 bushels will be for export. Other crops promise equally well. company at LaGrande, states that after a careful survey of the beet fields, he is safe in stating that from present indica tions this beet crop will be much larger than any previous oue. There are two reasons for this, the largely increased acreage and the special attention paid to the selection of the land. The season, with the exception of the late freeze, has been quite favorable, and the indi cations are that the tonnage will be heavier than heretofore. The cold snap killed about 200 acres of beets, but de ducting this loss there are still over 2880 acres in beets which are in spleudid condition Last year the factory was run thirty-five days, and this season Mauager Eccles expects the campaign to last at least sixty days. A fisherman on the Columbia says “there are fish enough in the Columbia at the present time to keep 30 canneries running day and night It is the great est run in the history of the industry, and if there were more canneries it would be worth $250,000 daily to Astoria. As it is, the run means something like $100,000 a day to the city.” The can- neryman stated further that he was sat isfied the run was the result of the late Commissioner McGuire’s hatchery work. His statement regarding the extent of the run is important, as showing that the royal Chinook of the Columbia has not been exterminated, but that, with proper attention to propagation, the in dustry can be made greater than it has ever been in the past. There is not the slightest doubt that the supply of next year will be equally as great as that at the present time. The electric light and water plants are a source of profit to the city of Forest Grove of nearly $175 a month, uuder the new management of E. W. Haines The income is about $350 a month and the expenses are about half this amount. A flow of hot water of 174 degrees was struck at a depth of 50 feet by parties boring an artesian well half a mile from the hot lake in Union county. The flow is 50,000 to 60,000 gallons per day from a 1 '/z inch pipe and rises well above the surface. Hon. Henry II. Gilfry, legislative clerk of the United States senate, is in London, trying to trace the estate of Dick Eksiein Suicide«. William Baskett, supposed to have been a London banker, and said to have re A dispatch from Boise, Idaho, of July cently died, leaving /’6,000,000, the 29th says: “Worry over his debts, principal heirs being the Basketts of which amounted to about $500 and for Polk county, Oregon. which he was being pressed, drove R. Capt. Apperson has just completed his Eksteiu, a cigar dealer at Weiser, to third term as chairman of the board of commit suicide last night. Shortly be regents of the Agricultural College and fore taking his life Ekstein closed up has retired from the chairmanship. The his store and went home. Here he se board formed resolutions expressing the cured a revolver, and going into the high regard it held for Capt. Apperson woodshed, placed tile muzzle of the and the good work he has done for the weapon in his mouth and fired, death Mr. Ek college. Capt. Apperson has been asked resulting almost instantly.” to write a history of the college from its stein was the former partner of J. G. beginning to the present time. He has Wiesner, the cigar uutker, in this city, lived a useful life and all trusts have and left here iu April to engage in busi ness in Weiser. He was a young man been faithfully executed. in good health, married but a short time, A new law governs the transfer of a business. It is a good law. It requires and seemed to be in circumstances that the seller of an establishment to make would justify a very hopeful future. a statement under oath of all his credi Seme of the young men who knew him tors. If this statement is not correct the best here, however, assert that he was law makes him guilty of perjury The given to despondency, and they some buyer must notify each creditor that he times took occasion to joke him about is about buying the business. If he it, when he would pass the remark with fails to so notify each, the omission is a smile. Many a man, with larger debt, considered evidence of fraud, and credi is not ready to “sliuifle off.” In fact tors are not bound by the transaction. the debt rather impresses him with the They can come in at any time and seize necessity of staying. The deceased was buried at Portland the stock of goods in satisfaction of on Wednesday, under Jewish auspices. their claims. Eastern Oregon apples have estab lished a reputation that is almost world wide and are attracting attention from purchasers a long distance away. Dur ing the past week representatives of New York and Chicago firms have been at The Dalles offering to engage good win ter apples at $r to $2.25 a box and ad vance the money now for deliveries to be made next fall. They say Oregon apples are in great demand in New York and Chicago markets, aud are ready to buy all that are offered. Fourteen Year« Affo. We had occasion this week to go 14 years back in the files of the Reporter, and were interested in reading of oc currences at that time. We note the following: A slight frost on the eve ning of July 24th; Will Gunning had a field of wheat 21 inches high and re quired three pounds of twine to the acre; W. H. Bingham's furniture factory was in operation; Judge Magers had just re turned from a fishing trip on the Trask, and the result was 514 trout, some 16 inches long. He remembered the editor. F. 8. Harding had bought the Lafayette Register, and the comment was that, “The paper politically will probably have a tendency toward democracy. Mr. Harding is known as a prohibition ist, and some sympathy may be extend ed to that party.” The thermometer registered 86 deg. in the shade, while in the middle-western states it stood 105; the census just taken by T. S. Patty, numbered 1,809, with 392 school chil dren; Oscar M. Kelty was hanged by a mob July 7th at Dallas. Of the firms then in business who are still here are Rogers Bros., David Stout, Jones & Adams, and First National Bank. The total number of acres of govern ment lands located in the Oregon City land district for the year ending June 30th, 1901, was 183,916 13, or 23,321.1 acres less than were located during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900. How ever, there has been an actual increase in the acreage located by actual settlers. During the first year, the forest reserve lieu land selections amounted to 92,- 601.65 acres, about 81,000 being taken by the Northern Pacific railroad com pany, while during the past year the lieu land selections will not aggregate more than 12,000 acres. During the past year, however, the homestead loca tions far exceed that of any former like period in the history of the land office. Board ol Equalization. In Yamhill county homesteads were filed Notice is hereby given that the board on 3,451 79 acres, and 800 acres were of equalization of Yamhill county, Ore covered by timber applications. gon, will meet at the court house on Uncle Oliver Bartmess, aged 82, went Monday, August 26th, at to a. tn. and to Cloud Cap Inn. Thursday of last week. continue in session for one week, for the Accommodations at the inn were over purpose of examining and correcting the crowded and Uncle Oliver had to spend ! assessment rolls in any errors that may the night in a tent. On account of the occur thereon iu valuation or description hard ground and the cold he could not | of property, and for transacting any sleep, for which reason he did not feel, I other business that may lawfully come like making the top of the m- untain the before the board, and all parties inter ?ext day. He went up though, with the ; ested are requested to appear before said party tq the top of Cooper’s spur, and a board at said time and place, and show (bird of the way up the mountain from cause, if any. why their assessment there. He stood the climb as well as should not remain upon the roll. Do any, but concluded he had enough of not neglect to examine your assessment, mountain climbing for one day and re as the assessor has no power to correct turned to the inn alone This, we think, errors after the meeting of the board. beats the record for octagenarian moun Dated this 31st day of July, 1901. tain climbers—Hood River Glacier. J. M. Y ocom , Manager Eccles of the Oregon Sugar County Assessor of Yamhill Co. Oue Dollar If paid tu advance, Slnfle numbers Ove ceuta. NOTES IRON EVERETT, WASH. NO. 33. GOPHER. C. E. Harbaugh, who went to Everett Miss Winegar is visiting friends and. last week, jots us a few items. His well- relatives in McMinnville tbi» week. known buoyancy and disposition to ride Frank Fletcher, a sheep buyer from the hgh waves are discernible: Willamina, was through the valley Sat “Mr. Kent, the special agent of the urday. Northwestern Mutual Fire Association, Joe Stow and Walter Evenden were accompanied us from Seattle to Everett, observing the scenery of Muddy valley remaining long enough to establish us in Sunday. our office. We find Everett a town situ Jasper Agee returned home Friday ated on a small peninsula between the last, after an absence of four weeks at bay aud the Snohomish river, the princi Salmon river. pal avenue being from the bay to the Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Chapin and little river side, aud known as Hewett avenue. daughter, of Bellevue, visitted with Mrs. Just north of this is another avenue, Daniels Sunday. known as Everett avenue. As a com Miss Louella Agee and Mr. Helmer, mercial center Everett beats anything on of McMinnville, were guests of Miss the coast. Seattle is a big place, and Anna Agee Sunday last. plenty of business, but its future canuot Fred I.ebold has a steam wood saw in compare with that of Everett. Just the region. Several of the farmers are think, 3,500 houses under construction having their wood sawed. at one and the same time; teams at work Mrs. E. Lawrence and daughter Mil on the streets every day in the week; no dred came down from the Highlands idle men to be found; iron works, smel last week and visited several days with ters. sawmills, ship building, chamber friends here. of commerce, fish canneries, four new A few of our citizens are taking ad mills just starting, John D. Rockefeller vantage of the game law. They can be starting a new plant that costs $350,000, seen wending their way toward the mines all around us, Monte Christo just mountains in search of the deer. a little north and snow clad mountains II. Cockerham passed through the in every direction. Mitchell Bros., of valley Sunday with a drove of sheep London, England, are hreakiug ground purchased on the Highlands. He spent for a $350,000 hotel, four new school, Sunday night with his daughter, Mrs. J. houses, all large brick buildings, any one Eborall. of them larger than McMinnville Col The haying season is just about over lege, and several new ones finished. and'the farmers report themselves as Fish? Unless you have been here you being well satisfied with the yield of hay. have never seen fish. An army of 2500 A few binders will commence work the painters could not paint the new houses ' first of next week. in the town until winter sets in; North The ladies of the valley gave Mrs. ern Pacific and Great Northern vieing Cronin a very enjoyable surprise party with each other for precedence; Jim Hill Thursday afternoon. Lunch was taken building machine shops and stalls for 26 by each of the ladies and all was spread engines; C. B. & Q. doing all they can together, which made a very good supper. to get through on the Indian Gap. But LAFAYETTE. the best is to see Grocer wagons and milk wagons dodging stumps in the Rev. Fisher preached Sunday morning streets when gangs of men are using in the Evangelical church. traction engines to pull stumps and clean l’rof. Bittner came up from Portland the streets. The main streets are too feet wide, a 15-foot sidewalk on each Tuesday evening, July 23. Miss Edna Belcher has returned home side and then a space of five feet for after a two weeks’ visit. trees, then a 5-foot bicycle track, aud Mrs. H. E. Carey and daughter Elsie then a street car track through the cen go to The Dalles Wednesday morning. ter. The population is about 15,000. Mr. Rippley started to southern Ore Two daily papers, and a fine position for a good job office, which the writer is gon this week with his feather renovator. thinking of starting, backed by both dailies, as they have enough of other work. Sunday there were several ex cursions to Bremerton to see the war ships—the Oregon, the Ohio, the Iowa, a torpedo boat and one other that we have forgotten. They claim 30,000 peo ple visited the ships last Sunday. Ves sels left Seattle and Everett every 15 minutes for Bremerton, which, by the way, has just lately been designated as a United States navy yard, and a military band has been appointed for that place, to lend it dignity. Wages here are good, the lowest paid being $1.75 per day, and from that to $4- Teams are all busy, and Joe Brower with his teams here, could make $20 per day. There are 123 saloons and about as many hotels, all doing a thriving business. There is no sluggish ness here, everything moves along. I have visited the K. of P. lodge, and find they have a very strong organization, and know just how to treat a brother. The position accepted by me from Mr. Martin is a good one, and at present I am very well satisfied, so much so that I will endeavor to move here this fall. The climate is similar to that of McMinn ville. A man raising a family can do no better than come to Everett—so many openings for boys and girls of ability. The city is hiring all the good teachers they can obtain, and need more.” Improvement« al the Slate Fair Ground. A few families went on a private pic nic Tuesday and all reported a good time. Rev. A. A. Winter was in the city July 24. He returned to Dallas Friday eve ning. Mrs. Grazer and family have returned home after a length of time visiting friends. Miss Nettie Dickenson of McMinnville was visiting her aunt, Mrs. George Lewis, over Sunday. Mrs. Rittenhouse and son started for southern Oregon after three weeks' visit with Mrs. Rippley’s family. Mrs. Spangler is coming to Lafayette soon to deliver a course of lecture«. 1,00k out for further notices. The ladies of the W. C. T. U. are mak ing preparations for a silver medal con test. It promises to be a complete suc cess Wednesday evening there was a re ception given in honor of Rev. Fisher, held in the Evangelical church. He re cently came from Williamsport, Penn. Mrs. Mattie Dupuy anil daughter go to Dayton, Washington, to make it their future home. They left Wednes day morning. Mrs. Winter and two daughters, Muri and Frankie, returned home Monday after a month's visit with her sister, Mrs. Etta Olds. NEWBERG. The state board of agriculture are mak On Sunday Rev. H. Gould attended ing some wonderful improvements at the state fair grounds, and old timers the funeral of the late Dr. G. W. Gue, will hardly recognize the place when in Portland. they attend Oregon’s greatest fair this Miss Elenore Satchwell left on Mon fall. The old pavilion is being enlarged day for a month's visit with friends in to double its size, and after the best ex Rose berg. hibits ever seen in the state are arranged At the Presbyteriau chnrch on Sun there will be ample room left for an au day Rev. Brouillette, pastor, preached to ditorium. A thing that has been need a large congregation and received four ed for a long time. A bran new up to into membership. date creamery building is being erected; Rev. C. T. Hurd of the evangelical also where the best dairy display ever I church, preached his farewell sermon made in the state will certainly be seen. | here, as a new minister, Rev. Fisher, The machinery hall is being enlarged, has come to take this charge. new cattle stalls sheep pens, hog ttys Howard Walton is enjoying a visit with atjd horse stables are being built. A cozy farm cottage, hay barn and new his mother and sister from Maryland, sidewalks are also on the list of improve- ■ and his brother and wife from Portland ments, and nothing will lie left undone I were with them over Sanday. to accommodate the exhibitor and enter tain the visitor at the state fair this fall, i One day last week a friendly crowd of r neighbors took J. D. Tarrant by surprise ARverllseU Letter«. at his mountain home, and indulged in The following letters remain uncalled a log rolling, clearing quite a bit of for in the McMinnville fioetoffice July gXO'aail, followed by ice cream and cake. 30, 1901 : Quite an excitement oat west of town J. D. Coater, W H. Feagin, Paul was caused by a masked man demanding Johnson, Mrs Ida Jones M^a. J. B. at the point of a pistol, a Mrs. Hughs, Laber, W. T. Palme;, Miss Mabel See, who was returning from berrying, to Mr. Amos Sh.;^c«, Mrs. Sylvia Spencer,! dress a wound he was suffering from. Men have been searching for him, buL Cris fitaxz, David Waddel. J amis M c C ain , P. M. | up to now have not found the man.