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VOL. 1. NO. 37.
CANYON CITY, OREGON, S VTURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1379.
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Tie Grant County Sets.
PUBLISHED
EVERY SATURDAY MORNING
by
S. I. SHEPIIEEB,
Editor and Publisher.
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or less,) '$15 per annum.
Personal and Political Com uiunica ions
charged as advertisements. The above
rates Anil be strictly adhered to.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
C. W. Parrhk.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Canyon City, Oregon.
;m. l. olmstead,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Canyon City, Orecon,
Geo. B. CVrrey,
Can von City, Oregon.
M. Dustin,
Attorney at Law,
Canyon City, Oregon.
P. C. irORSLEV, M 1),
Graduate of the university of ienn
sylvania, April 8, ISIS.
Canyon Ci'y, Ore iron.
Ofiice in his Drug Store, Ma;n
Street Orders for Drugs promtly filled.
No professional patronage solicited
unless directions aie s'rictly followed-
J. W. HOWARD, M. D.,
I Canyon City, Grant Co., Oregon.
0. M. DODSON, H. D.,
N. H. BOLEY,
IQ jE3 TXT "27 X 23 TC,
aVDont6l Rooms, Oppoiite th thndiit
Ckurob.
Canyon City, Oregon.
G.I. ITAZELTINE,
P'liotosraplaor,
CANYON CITY, OREGON.
GEO. SOLLIBE,
O -flk. DXT "2" O 3NT CITY
MILK-MAN.
The best of Milk furnished to
the citizens of Canyon City ev
ery moving, by the gallon or
quart; at reasonable rates.
JOHN SCHMIDT,
Carpenter and Wagon Maker.
Canyon City,
Orejron.
Dealer in Hardwood, Spokes
and Felloes, Furniture,
3hairs, Faints, Glass, and
WlNDOtiT-SASII.
Hotels.
N. HULISON,
A. II. Grotii.
CITY HOTEL
Canton City, Oregon,
ETJLIS0N & GS0TH, - - Proprietors
Bag leave to inform their friends
And tho Public Generally
That they can ba found st tbe
OLD STAND,
And are alwawa roviy to furnish good
Board and Lodging
AT MODERATE PRICES.
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The undoriigBed tubes plomur in announc
ing to th pnorii pubHo that lbj havo opoa
ed a FIRST CLASS HOTEL iu tbe buHdiaa
known as Tnu Golden Eagle,
Canyon City, - - - - Oregon,
Where vou can find the
BEST TABLE
North of Portland,
2? la. o jOio 5L ss
Are til new, and th rooms bavo been furninh
ed new throughout.
Board, $5. per week: $1. per day
MeuLs, 50 ecu is.
Segerdauij k Roberts, Proprietors.
Grange Hotel.
I'RAIRIE C1TV, OREGON,
J. IL Uardman, Proprietor.
TLa cccosimodatione t the ibovo lintel nra
CnoS, zod e?cry caro will b takea to taaka
gacsta feoi tt homo.
Coxa for table bode, a;id &t jjood c tnMo
xa tk sesrkct afurdfl 'urnubud at reasor.ab'e
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Foi-t Harney,
N. OLIVER,
Oregon.
Proprietor.
Having completed my Hotel
I am prepared to entertain the
traveling public vv'th care and
comfort. The table is supplied
with the best the market affords.
The beds are neat and clean.
CTHAVVEeSY VALLEY
FLOURING- MILLS,
MORE HEAD k OLE AVER
PEGPEJETO&S.
Manufacturers and dealers in
Flour of the Best Brand, Gra
ham Flour, Corn Meal, Shorts,
Bran and Feed. For a
Superior Article
oe flour go the Strawberry
Mills. These Mills are located
in Strawberry Valley, in the
upper John Day Valley, Grant
County. Accommoda
tions a speciality. Reasonable
prices. Give us a call.
DALLES AND BAKER CITS'
STAGE LINE;
Vaile & Co., Proprietors.
Departs from Canyon City for The
Dalles and Baker City, Daily.
Arrives from the same points, Daily.
R. O. Williamson, Snp't.
CANYON CITY & jMcDBRHIT
STAGE LINE,
FRANK McBEAN,
Proprietor
Departs from Cannon City
on Monday, Thursday, and Sat
urday of each week.
Arrives at Canyon City on
Sunday, Wednesday and Fri-
! day of each week. .
GRANT COUNTY,
AS IT IS NOW, AND ITS
FUTURE PROSPECTS.
It u the purposo in this article to
furnish th readers of tbe News with a
concise statement of what Grant Coun
ty is, upon every material point, con
cerning which thoB3 who contemplate a
removal westward usually seek to bo in
formed. Dutaila will he entered into
fully than has been the case in any pre
vious article of like charactsr, and w
ask a eureful, candid,- perusal of it, giv
ing the reuder assurance that every
statement therein made is warranted by
the facts and the public records. Wo
ahull at first consider tho County us
u whole, and follow with the historical
and statistical information of each town
ihip uoperatly.
KElirXISOEXSE.
Grant Couuty, Oregon, einbraoes all
the head-waters of the John Day,
Burnt, Miilhuur, Silves and Crooked
rivers, with the John Day and Hat
uoy iako valleys; included in which
are the John Day, Olivo, Elk, Dixio,
Granito and Burnt river mining dis
trict. That portion known as the Cauyon
Creek or John Day mining diit.ict
was found to be i gold field on the
9th of June, 1862, by a company of
prospectors from Yreka, on what is
now kuown as Whisky flat, half a
mile above Canyon City; on the. game
Jay gold wus discovered on Little Pine
creek, two miles est, and on tho follow
ing day good prospects were found ou
Rich and Windiest gulches, opening
one of the most extensive and richest
miring camps io eastern Oregon. Tho
parties who struck the digging?, hoing
about out of the neecnarieB of life went
to Auburn, where thiy reported their
discovery of new diggiDts, which caused
a rush of about five hundred persona to
this placeand they meeting the gold
sekars fr mi California to Powder river
made, within t.'u day a from the first
discovery of gold, a population of over
one thousand miners. But the claims
on the ereek being deep with a great
dcil of water to contend with, and the
gulchee in which pn spocts were first
found beinjj dry gulcho, the most of
those who first discovered the place left
without receiving any of the benefits de
rived therefrom. Canyon crack took
its name from a oanyon through which
it fiow.i, in a northerly direction, into
the John Day ricr; and this city took
its name from the above named creek,
ou which it is located, a short diatanoe
below the mouth of the eanyon and two
miles above its confluence with the
John Day river; and was laid out by
Messrs. Mulkey, Cooper and others on
the 20ihof July, 18G2.
The first building wa3 the express of
fice of .Brents fc Nelson, put up about
the 4th of July, 18G2. A whisky Bhop
was Btarted on Whisky fiat, on the 15th
of June, in a tent; and about the 20th,
Powers, Shunaan fc Wadleigh came in
from Yreka with a pack-train loaded
with whisky, tobacco and groceries. In
a short time after, Corart, Luce & Stone
arrived from the Dalles, with a pack
train loaded with groceries and pro
visions, and 6tarted the first Ftore in
the city, in canvas house. The first
restaurant was openod by the Mra.
Coopers; and, during July and August
of the ame year, aeveral new stores
and some ten or twelve saloons commen
ced operations.
The first claims opened ver3 on Lit
tie Pine Creek; the second near Whis
ky flat, both of which were worked
with rockers. In August, 13rown fe
Co. built a scQR.ll saw mill on Pine
creek, which proved a failure; most of
tho lumber used was cut by whip-sawyers.
The Humboldt company were
the fivst to use sluices, to which they
attached a long. torn, in Juniper gulch.
The first ditch was the Bissoll creek
ditch dug to oouvey tbe waters of Bis
jell aod Pine Creeks to Rich guioh, on
which guloh the towu f Marysvilla
was built during July god Auguat,
18G2. The first claims opened on Can
yon oreek wore the Trsutou aud the
Pviohnrdson, in the Fall of 18Gi3, and
the Neyor-Sweat early in tho Spring of
18G3 all of whioh proved rioh.
Tho first death war a man wkosa
name hue escaped our memory, ?n Pirn
creek, who died of uonsumptiou: thu j
second, Jauiee K. Knox billed by W. :
Blevinson the 23d of November, 18G2, ,
at which time our too well filled ravc-
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yard wsu picked out aud dedicated.
Borry Way wa the first man hung,
which took phice on June 4th, lSG3t
after a jury trial by tho winer.s, for the
murder of J. Galhvghar, uear Antelo h
valley, on the Dalles traiL
Trowbridge & Co. looited tho first
ranoh on tho lGth of July, 1861, aud
is still owned by a por f the same
firm, and ia situated opposite the mouth
of the creek ou the John Day valley.
Tho Dailes road was opened early
in 1804, previous to which time all
supplies. were transported to thU city
by pack trnibs.
About the 1st of July, 1862, there
arrived from California train, consist
ing of thirty-two wagons, one hundred
and fira men, fourteen women and .ev
eral children, which addtd to the per
manent population of the district ma
ny thatcitue at that time are still to be
seen ou onr ttroK
The first persons jVtnod together i
the holy bund of of wedlock were Mr.
Jbs. Adams to Miss Jeunett Hunter.
To be continued.
STAWBERIiY VALLEY.
PitAiuic City, Grant Co., Ogn ")
Dec. 4th, 1879. 4.,-
Editoii News: - You Lave often ex
pressed a desire to receive oomtnimica
tions from various parts of our county,
but it appears tho oitisoos do not re
spond with that alaerity they ought.
As yet, no one haa ventured to give
you any information conueruiag the up
per portion of this valley, therefore I
take it upon myself to send you a few
items; you can dispose of them as you
ace fit.
The finest part of John Day Val'ey
is that portion commencing at tbe Hall
Brothers Ranoh (nine milashbovo Can
yon City) and extending to the Warm
Springa at tho head of the valley, em
bracing a distance of fifteen miles in
length, and of uSoient width (for 12
miles) te admit of two tiers of farms on
the bottom land; while the "bench" or
upland paairie extends back on either
side to a diftanco of from 3 to 5 miles,
affording an extensive range of splen
did pasturage. This bringa you to the
base of the mountains (on either side)
which are covered with a- heavy growth
oftirabor, principally pine, tamarack,
red, and white fir, spruce, and black
pine.
The nearer you approach the head of
the valley, the better the pasturage.
The climate ia mild and healthy. The
soil easily irrigated and very product,
ive, and ia the upper part, the water is
soft and pure, and tho soil free from
alkali.
Some years ago, when the valley was
just being settled, tho ripper part was
tho'l to be unfit for cultivation on ac
count of its great altitude; in facfc each
settler supposed his neighbor's farm
above, worthies as ifr was "alfegethcr
too high in the mountains". It is now
becoming pretty well known however,
that while we can raise aa many bushels
per acre, the quality is superior, and the
weight is greater pr bushel, th&n grain
raised in the lower portions of the val
ley. The finest quality of timothy and
red top hay is raised, and so far as ex
periments with red clover have been
tried, it also yields well. All the
hardier kind of vegetables can be, and
are raised in abun dance.
thii portion of our valley, anl ehould
vou conclude to do eo, remember, wc
would have you accompained by your
"hotter btdf" and oil the little "reipoo
sibilities." Although at last term of
Circuic Court the upper valley gained
a Hither untinviuble aotoriety. I can
assure you there is now, not a more
peaccabU, lawr-abidiug, and geaeroui
hearted community in our county. You
will always find tho latch string on th
outside of their door, and warm hearts
within to receive and welcome you.
OBSERVER
Chicago, Dec. 4. Hogs Receipts,
51,000 head; shipment. 3,700 head.
Market opened atron and 10c higher,
became weaker toward ten o'clock, but
finally cb'ssd strong, wih all Hold.
Mined packing, 84 35(4 55; choice
heavy, 84 60 190; light weights, $i
304 50.
Cattle Recrp?, 5,300 head; ehip
nifcnt, 1 , 700 ho2d. Thore was a shade
mora of lifo, but prices generally were
unchanged. Fair to good shipping, S3
604 80. Butcher grade about steady
at 83 253 50. Feeders and stackers
a shade Griner at $2 003 50. Colora
doa, $3 GO; through Tesans, $2 40
2 60 for cow3 and oxe-n, and 82 70
2 75 for steers. Weather aoft aud the
dressed meat trade depressed. The
poultry marked is liberally supplied.
Sheep Receipts, 500 head; ihip
ments, 1,800. Market dull, quiet and
glow, thouhh not quotably lower; $3
254 45 for an average of 90120
pounds.
The Clinton (Pa.) Republican esti
mates that 300,000,000 feet of lumber
will be cub in Pennsylvania this rea
son. A Napr. County (Cal.) farmer, wh'
has a little vineyard and a big wheat
field, says his vineyard pays the biggest
profit of tho two.
The Hudson Paper Car-Wbal Com
pany has appointed a committee to de
termine upon a site for the erection of
works eithar at Chicago or St Louis.
"Then, I suppose, Miss Strong-
mind, you and Mr. Sparrow are soon to
be man and wife Tr "No, sir; womexr
and husband,"
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