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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1879)
is Brant County News. ONLY PAPER IN GRANT COUNXY. Official Paper For Grant County. 0 inyon City, Saturday July 5, 1870- P. H. Shepherd, Editor Genera! News. Hia Indians on the Umatilla reservation who have agreed to take land claims and remain in accordance with the agree ment made at Washington are as follows: Umatu.las Wenap-snoot, wife and daughter Emma, Queen and daughter, Pootsy, gtlwap and Wi-li-tas. Cayuses Ho w 1 i sh-warn p o , Twal-ka-tunine, wife and son Joe, Took-ti-yune and wife, Annie and two children, Peo- peo tow-e-ash, wife and three children, Took-te-na-tush-we- tas and wife Annie. Walla Wallas Susan and orphan boy Charlie, Teresa, Einas, Chelalas, Tip-e-a-kin and about 100 others. Umapine, wife, daughter and son will leave. Chief Homlie and some of the other leading men appear to be disposed to back down from the agreement. At the recent council they seemed to desire to make some other propsition to the department. It is thought, however, that the matter will be amicably adjusted and all content save a few of the young men, who will finally yield to the action of the older ones. Boise Dem ocrat. The Emnire savs. Col. Laner showed us a telegram from, Denny, Rice & Co., of Boston, to the effect that Eastern Or egon wool is quoted in that market at 27 to 28 cents a pound. The expense of ship ment to Boston including the freight, insurance, drayage and commission is about six cents per pound, therefore the wool should be worth 21 to 22 cents here. It would pay the sheep growers of this county to or ganize here a wool exchange, where they could be in daily receipt of telegrams from the principal Anerican markets, at less expense than they are now paying for tobacco. They will not only get larger prices for their wool but will become, by constant interchange of sen timent, better men of business. San Francisco, June 19 A dispatch from Lewiston, Idaho, June 18, says General Howard and Governor Ferry held a final council at Spokane tails with Moses, Spokane Geary and Smokhalla. The latter re nounces his dreamer theories and will go onto the reserva tion. Everything in the In diin country is now satisfacto rily arranged. Several parlies of engineer are now jn the field in this region. One party under II. B. Thielsen is eDgaged in making the surveys for a route from this city to Snake Kiver at the mounth of Tukanon; another party under Wm. H. Kennedy has gone to survey a route from Texas Ferry up Alkali flnt, through the palouse coun try to the Spokane River, striking that stream high up; another party under P. G. Eu.itwick h;is been busy locattn a line from the mouth of Snake River to Umatilla landing; another party will start from this city on Monday under charge of A. H. S mmons to try to find a rouie from here over the Blue Moun tain?. Mr. Simmons proposes to enss the mountains by running up the south fork of the Walla Walla river. All indications point to making Walla Walla the center of the railroad ays. tern. W. W. Union. Letter From Baker City. Editor News: I am sure it will nt be uninteresting t3 yourself, aid trust it will not be to your rtader-, to receive a short letter from this, ymr former home, and at present the largest urbn population of Kas'rn Oregon. Baker City is alive aiain, having wakened t" the interest of the sum iner trade and travel. Stoes are open ed early, do a brisk I usiness in receiv ing and selling, and continue until Lite at night Shops are all open; and saddler sew and sell; the "Cosmopoli tan," with its genial landlord, and all his town contemporaries, ate iwr ready to welcome the coming and going pub lic .to their hospitalities; and lastly, our eight saloons are grinding away in tkrir peeuliar way, day and night, the result of which olus was been to long felt in Baker City. The old friends sire all on fot again, though some of them, lately, have bren subjected to the ordeal of-'bad colds," "rheumatisms," ete. Our summer has ben a cold season thus far, and yet it rains, yet this will be the tide of fortune to this country in generd. Good crops of grain for the sower; grass fur the grazer; and abund ance of water for the miner a tide of Jornme! yes, ani we nie 10 fo tftle it at the rising and move on to success. Our town is being considerably im-provt-d this summer. The street ate much lilted up by this grading, and we have bade farewell to mud and water. The best fea'ure of chanue that we have realizidv is of a moral :. attire. These are the forces that build the foundations of success; those of char acter. We have a Blue Ribbon Club now organized and at work. Thi' premis es to do a good work in the tempo ance ' J from the wajs -f rovelry, to "se.-k the old paths." What town needs this more thau Baker? Let all the friends of temperance pray for us nd help us on to SUCCf ss. And now sir, I want you to come over and sea hovv we are enjoying our Sunday-school now! We had a gO'd pic-nic and conci tt on the 1-t of Jun1, and now arc greatly enc ur-ged Our Cingregatio s are large as usujI. The Lord is biasing Hs pe p e! Lastly, we enjoy the reading of your genial little paper among u.-t. God's blessing be up n it! Baker City, June 25th, 1879. G. W. K. FEOM WASCO COUNTY. Mitchel, June 22nd, 1879. Eeitor News: Noting in your pa per of recent date letteis from Scrib bler, Baby Mine and otheis, the idea seized me that a few lines concerning our rathe isolated "dtestrict," might not be unwelcome, and further-more, we do do not wish you t) remain in ignorance of our existence, as without our aid at certain season-1, our cout.ty officers would be much worse off in a pecuniary point of view. The crops and gardens, (never-failing topics of discusion with the couu try correspondent), are, as a general thing, looking well in our locality, de spite the late, cold sprinir, and such weather as there has been! As my feeble pen is utterly inadequate to the task, I will not attempt to describe what our portion of it resembled, but will merely remark that our oldest settlers say that they never witnessed such a season before. Yer tha loss of stock was not heavy, and it is doing well now, the grass Devcr having been better since '60. No more at preseDt, but if accepta ble will writo more anon. LILY DALE. The transfer of the stock of the 0. S. N. Co. to Jay Gould & Co. will, we are Informed, take place on the 1st of July. Gould has purchased four-fifths of the stock, paying therefor $5,000,000, and also purchased six-sevenths interest in the Walla Walla Railroad. Dr. Baker will retain one-seventh. It has been said that a portion of the contract is that the old stock-holders shall also receive he net profits for one year. Standard. MONUMENTAL MINE. Prom the Portland Standard. To thos" who have observed the pro gress of deve'optnents of the Moon mental mine the fallowing letter will b f interest The letter w-s not wrtte 'or pubdeation, but- as tpiany of o adcrs have invested in the. enterpriM e cheerfully make space for any inf mation concerning it which we know .s reliable: Monumental Mime, Grant Co., Oun. June 19, 1879. Mr. A. J. Knott: Bear Sir According to promise, I write you a, few lines and give yon my opinion of this country and the Monu mental Mine. I have been all through the mine, and was surprised to see the magnitude f.ts developments and rich ness. The veins vary in width. Ledge No. three is my favorite; it is from one to four and one-half feet wide with three feet of solid quartz, ruby and antiriionial silver ore. The only way for a man to get a correct idei of the mine is to see it. I am satisfied that it is an immese property and that every one connected with it will make money out of it. Ledge No. 13 is tim bered up so that I eou'd not see much of it. No. 16 you can see the whole vein, the whole length of the drift; you can walk through the drift and look under the vein as they hare ta ken out the ore in the drift and left it exposed; h.rd solid quartz the whole length. You can see No. 13 in many phces enough to satisfy y..u that the uiaWiil is there. I have 35 men to bok afer most of the time. cattered considerably, getting out tim r-, L-rading f mn lati ns fr rh mill. n,a. kjiir nals. coil pit-, etc., aid it ko'ip.s me moving. I like th; contrvund mn sit sfie 1 vo i will nh. Unite are ouir z ed-t; ( u ir z ioa-e everywne e around, an 1 I have n douitr this will be one of the richest cantos ever ;Hs- m. ..,,.1 7 ...III wui:u. u win s art iramm.ti in about a week; the grading wili then bi- finished in a f-w das: h;vv do a pile of wot k the nasi f0 wm-ks. T -r ate abiut twenty buildings all full, so you can judg. that t ten- is s n-tir arouud here; w II ty an 1 tind a p .ee for you when y.u come. Yurs re spectfu ly, W. L Smith. ihe mi ling machinery for the n.ine recently arrived from San Frm-iuo and is now being f Twarded from te Dalles and Umatilla. Every king connect d with the enterprise is bein" pushed forward with vior. WHO PEEES TJI3 VAT YOU CALLS O LOCAL EDITORS? The other day a saloon-keeper fr in ver the Rhine cnine running down s reet in consi-ierabh; aj p-r. nt excite ment, and stopping in front of an officer, shouted: "Who pec di vat you calls de local ed tors?" Says the officer: "They pick up items, dead head into shows, etc." "Pick up items? I dink so! Is sixty tollar items; "is a gold vatck items, hey?" He was asked to explain what he meant ly that, and told the following: "LW nite I van sidding in minn peer saloou drinken peer mit mine frjnds all de vile, und in gomes such a nice yung shindlemens as r.ever vas already; und he aks me poud dat rouw vat some tam'd roudys vantz to kick out of mine house laa' nite. I aks him vat pissenes he vas to dat rouw py shure. Und he says he pess local ed itors und reports dent in de baber; he dakt'B out a she- pshin bencil and a lead pook, und mine boarders gets around him und dells him all dings vat I recollects, und den he drink-1 a glass p' bi er vat ho don't let him-elf pay for, py tarn; und den he gose out, und I don't sees him agin, all de vile. Den one of mine boarders find himself stolen avay from his gold vatch; und my nabor Schmidt found sixty tollar vot he hadn't got, py tarn. De nex' dime some nice yung shentlemens gomes in to mine peer saloon und says he pees local editors, py tam he d.n't gomes in." W. R. Dunbai, P. G. W. C.T.,1 going to marry a Silvertn girl, and they will go to house-k. eping on their farm at Goldendale, Klickitat county, WashincrJon Territory. NEW TO-DAY. LAMB k SIEAI1L Prairie City, Oregon, ttttttt Tgr ttttttt Would most respectfully an nounce to the Public that they have received a large stock of SPRING & SUMMER goods, and keep constantly on hand a full line of choice fami ly Groczries, DRY GOODS, READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS and CAPS, BOOTS and SHOM HARDWARE, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, CIGARS and TOBACCO, SCHOOL-BOOKS, STATIONERY, PATENT MEDICINES, OILS, PAINTS, NOTIONS, &c. We keep a large and -well selected stock of General Merchandise. Call and see for yourselves. LAURANCE& SHEARER. Prairie City, July 3d. 1879. n!3tf. Jn.Es Le I)Uitte takes pleas ure in i qui icing to the peo ple of this county that he has lemove:! his stock of goods aeio-s the square, in the room underneath the Odd Fellow's Hall, Prairie City, Oregon, where he has just received a full and well selected stok of General Mer cliai dise and Notions, and in vites tho.se wishing anything in his line to call and see him. Post Office is also at his new storeroom. JU ES LT2 BRETTE. Prairie Cty, July 3d, 1S79. al3t. Sheriffs Sale. BV VIRTUE OF AH EXECUTION issued hy the le'k f 'he Circuit Court ol t!e S a'f i f Orfon iur Grunt (Vunty and to ni1 dir ct'd, nn 'he 14th ay i-f June, 1879, 'o ati-fy the sum of Eive llundn-d und t-irty-ix Dollars .'md Ht't'.-S'x cents (S53G 50) due on aJudi inent rMidercn hy stid Court on the 11th day of February, 1S79, for thf -utn of Six II nri'd and rlnr'y-six dol-lir-? and fif'y-six cents ($G36 56) in f'tvor of II. Eleckenstine and S. Juiius Mnyer, plaintiff-, and atrainsc M. S'ea vtn, defendant, and inteivst nn said SG36 56 from the 1 1th day of Febru ary. 1879, until the 12th day of May, 1879, and interest from the 12th day of May, 1879, on the sum of S536 5G, at the rate of one pu cent per month and fur the further sum of Forty-five dollars and ihty cents ($45 80) costs and all accruing costf, I have levied upon the following descri bed prope ty of the above named defendant, to-wit: One Saloon Builinr, one Butcher Shop, ne Slaughter House and one Pasture right and the fence surrounding the same, All of said propetty bt-ing situated at Independence, Grant Coun ty, Oregon. Now therefore pursuant to the Judgment in paid action and by virtue of said cxecu'ion on Thursday the 31st day of July. 1879, at the Court House door in Can yon City, Grant County, Oregon, at the hour of one o'clock, P, M, of said day I will sell the above described property at Public Auc'ion for cash in hand to the highest and best bidder to satisfy the said sum of 8536 56, with interest s above stated and for costs and acjruinjr costs. JOHN J. "WASH, Sheriff of Grant County, By Robert Lockwood, Deputy. Dated this 23d day of June, 1879. n!2n!6 ADA MS & CRAWFORD ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS; Heal Estate & Collecting Agents Baker City, Oregon. Will Practice in all Courts of the State. Iff ADVfflSBlR Administrators Notiee. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned haa been appointed aaV mil istra'or of the Estate ot Caleb Ran deceased, late of Grant County, Oregon. A '1 persons having claim? against said Es'ate are required to present the Fame, with the proper vouchers, to the un-dersigt-ed ot John Dnytown, or to C. W. Parrish Attorney for said Estate at Canyon City, in said County, -within six months from the datt hereof. Dated June 14th, 1879. nlOnH william Mcdowell. Dissolution of "Partnership. Notice is hereby given that the Co partnership heretofore Existing and doinu business in Grant County,. Oregon, in the firm name of Poindext t & Clark has this day been dissolved. All persons itidehtod to paid firm will please call and settle without unneces sary delay. W. H Clark will continue BtMness at the old st nd, and the col lection of outstanding dues and settle ment of Copartnership Business wili be conducted with pronrptess and dis patch. Dated June 12th 1879. W. H. CLARK, T. W. POINDEXTER nlOnH Administrators Notice, Whereas nt a trm of the County Court -f Grant Count v, Oregon, Mtring in proha'o on the 11th day of June. 1879, the mdesiirn'd, H. C. Jarrel, was duly app dnted administra tor of the E-tate of John E Adams deceased, who died ine-tate in said conntv. Now t erfnn all persons off. inc th esta'e of said dec a or all pi'rsonw haiiiL' claims agauist 'tie s-ino an? heieby required fr present the same in dun :md !el fotm to me, the said administrator, within s?x m -nths fom the da e hereof at uy residence at John May City, Grant Couivy, Or jion. Canvon Ciy, Grant County. O'vjron, June 13th, 1879. A. C. JARRELL, Admini-tra or of the Estate of John E Adams, deceased. n!0nl4. Administrators Notice. In the matter of the Estate of Ir. Moore dc( eased: The undersigned Administrator of tho K-tate of Ira Moore, deceased, having filed in the Couuv I'ouitof the Jtatc of Oregon, lor the County of Grant, his. fund ? ccoiuv of his admit'istr.iti-.n on said estate, No ice i hereby given to all persons ioteres'ed in aid estate to he and appear in said cout at the court house in Cam on Cit , Grant Count;,. St te of Oreg n, -n tie 14th day of July, A. D.. 1879, at the hour of 11. o'clock, A. jI , thn and thereto show eaue why said account should nor bo approved, the administration closed 'nd the administrator discharged . ami his. hondsuien relo'ised. F. 0. IIOKSLEV, rill nl 5 Adminisrator. Lumber! Liimbe! AT THE STS4.MSAvV MILL OP' W. S. SOUTHWORTH. HAYIN'G put my Mill in good repair I now offer for sale all kinds of BuiLDinG and FEn cinG Lumber, at prices that DEFY COMPETITION. Grain, Stock and a limited amount of Vegetables taken, in exchange for Lumber. Give me a call before pur chasing elsewhere. W.S. S0UTH1Y0BTH, Proprietor. The cheapes t place to "buy PA J NTS, OILS, TURPENTINE, CLASS, PUTTY. VARNISHES And WALL PAPER Is at Sam. Sired's, opDosite the M. E. Church, Canyon. City. Oregon. :nl2tt.