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B E D R O C K DEM OCRAT, P U B L IS H E D EVERY R A T E S OF A D V E R T IS IN G » Orfr square or less, one insertion,........ f 3 00 Each additional insertion,. . . 1................. 1 00 Ono square three mouths,....................10 00 Business Advertisements by the month— Quarter column....................................... $10 00 Half column, .• ___ .! . 7 . . . . . . . . . . 7 ! .15 00 ; One column................. ! . . . . . . . .. .20 00 Ten per cent, additional on advertisement* to which a special position is guaranteed. [LAThe space of one Inch, np and doVu ! the column, constitutes a square. W EDNESDAY, BY I J. M. S H E P H E R D - 7 .7 7 Offioe in Pierce’s Hall. rE R M s OF S l » » < :Iu rT I0 > ’ One y e ar... ^jlx Souths,.......... Ho VOL. 4. ^ 00 '.7 7 :7 /2 50 ! B A K E R C IT Y, B A K E R C O U N TY, OREGON, OCTOBER 1, 1873 BUSINESS NOTICES. C o r r e s p o n d ! .v ¡- fr o m Eastern Oregon issoHdledtort.^ All communications, to rt . „ must be a/xompauicd by a re8P®“^7 . arged Personal comniuiuca'ions as special advertitt ments ^ _ _ ^ J . 3 p . - A . t - W O O c 3 . , M. D. (Graduate of the Medical Department ot the Willamette University,) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, n 23] H. n. i » e t t k m ZN ew Drug Store. ^ n ^ m cR A T . 1 . il l A BAKER CITY, OREGON. [tf DBS, PRICE & NEWSOM our A g eit* lor pnxunng ^ Y n theaDove for the B e d r o c k H k m o c u a t , j*JutnW;l fo r cities, utiu are auihorueU to advertising ut our lowest rates. J O B W O R ^ ‘ IEL Ho nrailHHIIX Opposite Odd Fellow s’ H a ll, Main Street, BAKER C IT Y , EOROCK DEMOCRAT. SooondL EdLition. OREGON, W ou ld respectfully Inform the public that he has recently received a well se lected and fresh Stock of Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Perfumeries, Patent Medicines, Soaps, W ines, Brandies, Whiskies and Cordials, For the benefit of subscribers in certain localities, we issue a second edition o f the D em ocrat on everv Monday morning, which contains all the news of importance received at this city up to Saturday noon.______ R E P U B L I C A N N O M IN E E . The Dalles Mountaineer, (R.) says; “ The Republican State Convention All Job Work MUST BE I AID For Medicinal purposes. F am ily Medi that assembled at Albany on the 11th cines carefully prepared. Prescrip FOB ON DELIVERY- tions accurately compounded, instant finally nominated Mr. Hiram d e n t i s t s , at all hours o f the day or Smith, of Linn county, as their can n8 . night. Give us a call. tf H ave p e r m a n e n tly lo c a te d in m t I J C IO l'W X O T H t A . B A K E R C IT Y , O R EG O N , didate for Congress. Previous to BELiOioufi—TLe Kev. Mr. Nevtton. of the And are prepared to operate in all branches DRUG STORE ! the selection of Mr. Smith, the Rev. M . E. Ctiuidi, South. will !>»■ of the Two doors North of Western Hotel, lowing tunes auU place»: a ' jljd bat. E. R. Geary, Dr. J. W. Watts, J. d e n t a l profession . montn, at Eagle ¿ em City; BAKER CITY, OREGON. N. Dolph, T. W\ Davenport, R. vivuy ilight pmvions, o*b PoW(lcr Kner, All work Warranted. Office One Door be Monuay uiglitlolio»11 b .* ,ltaua 2d Sun low the CITY DRUG STORE. W . WISDOM TAKES PLEASURE IN Williams and Judge Boise, each re at Mr. Sanders ; ^ following, • informing the citizens of Baker coun fused to allow their names to go b e Baker City, Oregon.-n7y day st \\ mgtdie, UL; U; ' , 1ooi house; Wed- ty that he has a large, new and fresh assort horth 1 owner, a iJ,lfcollUlbduv niglit, Union- fore the convention as a candidate ment of— nesdayat »c7ool touse; Sat- town; 1 rid ay night, i , u A M., iius- Drugs and Medicines, Oils, for nomination. We understand that urday night and ^ u r a u d e ; Xues- the grounds upon which all of these e s p e c t f u l l y in f o r m s t h e c it i - seil a sch^l hou^ .-ij, ‘ ^ liUU„e; Wed- Paints, Wines, zens of Baker City and vicinity that he gentleman refused the nomination, day night alter, U W J luxie school And Liquors, will soon be with them again prepared to do neaday night, 1'llt 1 ,d KindaJl’s school all kinds of For medicinal Purposes. Groceries, Cigars with the exception of Mr. Dolph, hou se; 1iiuishay Valiey; Saturday Dental W ork, was the adoption by the Convention house; Friday Wo1 • ,, A M Dry creeli Tobacco, in the most substantial manner. of a resolution endorsing Senator Stationery, • \ r d ‘ " ’. S ' * « » * Baker City, March 1 2 ,1873.n44tf. Toilet and Mitchel. Mr. Smith being the first Fancy A rticles; man found that wTas wulling to stand liigjfceeh. v_ J. j , slyii will fill ap* U*Li. er notice: J. B. G A R D N E R Y A N K E E NOTIONS, AND as the nominee of that Convention j W ' 7 77, ."until at Union, at 11 a . m , And a general variety of Goods of that upon that resolution, was nominated is tM n i. The Cove, at a r. m . o class. r-H 1 ll,no u,ld e’n° ’ [¡^■Prescriptions prepared at all hours. by acclamation. 2 d m .K sum,llel at ' u 1 A. 110 jl ; union 3 p . m . G j City and country trade solicited. [n ltf pocaboutab at 11 a . m ., James We must say the Republican Par W r - j o i e at 3 p. M., and Baker City ty committed a great blunder in pas u ^'(>u'uiiigf°Uowing, ltyeValley; Tues- sing the Mitchel Resolution in their Next Door to the Restaurant, o ft., I Wednesday evening, Mormon State Convention. The friends of rVimrsday evening at Eldorado. Baker City, Oregon, Mr. Mitchell evidently controlled * -Kev. G. W. Clancy, of the C. B. FISHER, P roimuetob . HChurch at Wingville, will preach at the Convention; and, it seems as if WATCHMAKER AND JEW E LE R, Ijj-jci school House, in Baker City, S PREPARED TO ACCOMMODATE E STABLISH ED IN BA K E R CITY IN 1867, " , j , i Sunday of each month at 11 they were willing to sacrifice the the public with— | a . m . Keeps constantly on hand a well assorted B e e f a t R e t a il—- 3 to 6 cents per party success at this election, to se Stock of Pound. cure his endorsement. ; O P E S S I O N A L C A R D S . Fresh Pork, So far as the scandal about Mr. l> Pickled Pork, Mitchel is concerned, the Moun ï . C. H Y D E , and is prepared to do all kinds of work in ■ ) [ STERNS, Fresh Mutton, taineer has steadfastly refrained his line of business. , J’rm .ic. - Corned Beef, Waltham and Elgin Watches at Factory from retailing it, or in taking any Sausage, [Bterns & H y d e , n3| Prices [tf. Hams, part in the controversy now going rn e js and Counselors A t-L a w , Shoulders, on between Republican papers in BAKER CITY, OREGON. Neats Foot Oil, YVestern Hotel. 0 . S t e r n s will attend the Courts of the this State on that subject. Our so. Fresh Lard & Tallow’. Judicial District, and of Idaho and MAIN S T R E E T ,....................... ! ................. BAKER CITY. cial relations with Senator Mitchel T a k e N otice. jlngton Territories. R E ID & FLETCHER, Prop’r. ter liights and Mining Litigation a r p I l l s HOUSE has been enlarged and rc- All bills must be settled monthly, or no have always been pleasant and agree J.TY. i)9tf X fitted, and is now the best Hotel on the Trade solicited. able,‘and wo do not wish to have Sections promptly attended to. Umatilla and Idaho stage route. fe 13,1873.n6y anything to say about his private Stages leave this House for above and be low, and also for Clark’s Creek Eldorado, character. Wo think that resolu Gem City and Sparta. tions of a personal nature are out of Connected with the Hotel will be found a Groceries, Crockery, Hard first class place in a State Convention, and Attorney-at-Law, both political parties degraded them B A K E It C IT Y , O R E G O N . SALOON! ware and Liquors, I t 11,1, PRACTICE IN ALL COURTS Liquors, Wines and Cigars of the best selves, in our estimation, in framing quality. Phelan’s Improved Billiard Tables of the State. a resolution on that subject. Both all in good order. er City, Sept. 1,1873. nl7y. o---- o have acted in the premises, and N. B .—Those indebted to either the Hotel I. D. HAINES, their acts are before the country, Mose Block,’ or Saloon are requested to appear at the OBNEY AND C O U N S E L O R A T Captain’s office and settle. • no5v3tf. On Main Street, next door to Gard and cannot be undone, as you can ' Law, Baker city, Oregon. [n ltf ner’s Jewelry Store, keeps the best not unring a bell. The passage of quality of Tobacco and Cigars, with this resolution by the Republican . M. S H E P H E R D , a tine assortment of Pipes. Also, Convention will defeat their candi ttorney-at-Law, An assortment of Wall Paper. date for Congress beyond a doubt. B A K E R CITY', OREGON. BAKER CITY, OREGON, Give him a Call. Mr. Hiram Smith, the R epu bli ESPECTFULLY INFORM T H E CITI- Baker City, Nov. 5, 1872-n26tf can nominee, is a merchant, resid J A S . H. S L A T E R , zens of Baker City, and the surround ing and doing business at Harris ing Towns and Mining' Campf, that they are now prepared to till all orders with the verv PORTLAND ADVERTISEMENTS. burg, Linn county. He is also the best quality of “ practice in the Courts of the Fifth owner of a store at Junction City an L ager B eer, Judicial District, M ILLA RD & VAN SCHUYVER, is reported quite wealthy. Mr. At reasonable rates. The public are invited particular attention paid to Collections. ta call and look at our estalishment. Smith’s position—to use the expres Wil 2, 1873.-n47y. 89 Front and 40 First street, Baker City, Jan. 8, 1873.-n35tf sion of the “ Grangers” —is that of the “ middle man,” who buys and B la c k s m i tilin g sells, and makes his profits from the Attorney at Law , MPORTERS a n d W H O L E SA LE DEAL- He is re ers in Foreign and Domestic Liquors.— producer and consumer. (And Notary Public,) WAGON MAKI NG. Also, W E 8 T O X. O R U G O N . ported to be a man of good moral 11 practice in the Courts of this State and Doors, Windows, and Blinds character, a close successful trader, Messrs. Gaines & Bowman Washington Territory. 111 IV’fC’X* tf of limited education, and with no e s p e c tfu lly in fo r m tlie C itizen s o f FECIAL ATTENTION TAID TO LAND Baker City, and surrounding country, experience in statesmanship or spec [business, and Collections. nl3tf that they have purchased the E. C- L o r d . A . P. H o t a l i n g , Portland. ial adaptibility for the position to Francisco _ San ....... { BLACKSMITH & WAGON SHOP J O S E P H H. S H I N N , which he aspires. recently owned by F . Schlund, and are now YA. 3?. H o t a l i n g & C o No tar 3' Public While Mr. Smith possess virtues ready to attend to all work in their line. Sole Agents lor the AND They are both practical workmen, directly and geniality which gives him good from the East, and come prepared to do o n,y e v ano e r , standing as a neighbor and citizen, attend to Conveyancing and making Black smithing, Wagon Mak And Importers of this alone is not all that is demand ABSTRACTS OF TITL E, ed of our Representative in Congress Fine Wines and Liquors, ing and Buggy Repairing ker City, Sept. 11, 1872. nl8tf Jn the most approved manner, and at mod 431 Jackson Street, San Francisco, or that will fit him to successfully erate prices. Alt work done to order, and E. W . REYNOLDS, look after the interests of our young AND satisfaction guaranteed. 25 FRONT STR E E T , PO RTLAND, NOTARY PUBLIC and growing State. HORSE-SHOEING Oregon. n46tf AND A Specialty with them. Give us a call. To-say nothing about the fitness GAINES <t BOW M AN. ^PUTY U. S. MARSHAL, or unfitness of Mr. Smith for a mem Baker City, July 21, 1873.-nlltf nith C. M. Foster, Deputy U. ber of Congress, he labors ander the Importer and Dealer In S. Surveyor. cloud of the Mitchell resolution,— T HENDPJRSON B A K I? K C IT Y , O R E G O N , erCity, Sept. 3, 1873.ul7m4 which the Republicans, in this sec M ANUFACTURER AND DEALER tion, cannot and will not endorse; N EW SPAPERS, r. L C c 3 ?. Tierney, IN and they look upon voting for Mr. FRANKLIN BOOK-STOEE AND SANTA CLAUS PHYSICIAN A N D SU R G EO N , Harness, CoUars, Hobbles, Smith as sanctioning that resolution, Headquarters, Fire-proof AKER CITY, OREGON, which they are not prepared to do.” WHIPS, Brick Building, 105 Front street, Portland, Wo aro now prepared to JOB \\ OfiK on short uouce -i*d J 'D I I , D. D, STEPIÌE.\M \, R B A K E R C IT Y M A R K E R È I W ATCHES, CLOCKS I JEW ELRY VARIETY STORE. lllltEW J, LWVUEME, Tolacco. Cigars, Fine Pipes, fc BAKER CITY BREWERY, KASTNER & LACHHEE, Proprietors, ttorney anil Counselor at Law, R S. V. KNOX, PORTLAND, OREGON. I R J, H, Cutter Old Boitrta WRisky, S J M’CORM ICK, Books, Stationary, Toys, Mnsic AM PECTFULLY INFORMS T H E CIT- >is uf Eastern Oregon that he has lo- ik llaker City, and gives strict attention Profession. U'Hicc* at J. W . Lcsidence at 01tke Catholic City, Nov. 5, Wisdom’s Drug Store. the end of the street Church. 1872.-u26tf. Snow» !M. Z). ^ysiciau and Surgeon, PAKER CITY, OREGON. rtCE-At the City Drug Store. MEB1CAL E X A M IN E R e ^ ew York Life .Insuranoe Co. nlSif SADDLERY, n!7 D STONE MASONS & STONE COTTERS W A N T E D. T O J. R. CARDWELL, [Lf O U Il C A N D ID A T E . The Spirit of the West, one of the leading Republican papers of Wash* Dentist ENTAL ROOMS, N o . 89, First street, ington Territory, has this to say of Prices reasonable. Repairing done at Portland, Oregon. The late and im short notice. nl7tf proved styles of work at reduced rates. Ni our gallant champion. Col. Nesmith: trous oxide for the painless extraction of ‘ ‘ The next Oregon Congressman teeth. [ n29tf will, without doubt, be the Hon. J. w . H. W A T K IN S ; M. D. W. Nesmith, the Democratic nomi nee. The resolution of the Repub PHYSICIAN' AND SURGEON. HE UND ERSIG NED WELL PAY’ FFICE, Odd Fellows’s Buildirg. Resi lican convention endorsing Senator the Best of Wages for 10 or 12 Stone dence, corner of Main and Park streets, John H. Mitchell was to all intents Masons. Work will last about throe months. Portland, Oregon. Special attention to ROBERTS & NELSON . and purposes granting a victory to diseases of the Eye and Ear. I n29 Baker City, April 28, 1873.n51tf Etc., Etc., Etc. DR. Oregon. N. B.— All debts due this office are p a r a b l e in Coin, unless otherwise expressly a g r e e d . Bemocraey. Mr. Hiram Smith, Re publican nominee, is described as a very clever fellow and—that is all. He is a retail merchant in Harris burg, and it is to bo hoped that a short experience of political cam paigning will not unfit him for re turning tc his business after the election. As will be seen, several prominent Republicans positively declined the nomination because of the Mitchell resolution, one of them anouucing that in his opinion “ the candidate who went before the peo ple with such a resolution to defend would, he felt fully convinced, be sacrificed—as the resolution was an endorsement of 'polj’gatny.” It is really too bad, the situation of Re publicanism in Oregon. A straight forward fight with no such moral in cumbrance might have resulted in victory. To be beaten under the circumstances in which the party is now placed will be a disgrace which could only be equalled by a victory under the same circumstances. How ever, the friends of the Senator have procured nis endorsement, and, no matter what the consequences to the party may be, we suppose they are satisfied.” T R IP TO GRANT COUNTY. On Wednesday morning, Sept. 17, we moun.te 1 the hurricane deck of a Cayuse horse and started from Baker City for Canyon City. From Baker to Auburn the distance is 12 miles— 8 miles of the distance is up Powder River Valley, the road running by a number ofYhay^good, ranches, all of which is first quality agricultural land, and if our farmers had a mar ket for grain, Powder River Valley, above Baker City, would present a continuous chain of fields of small grain. A u b u r n .— The locality where the proud and once flourishing City of Auburn stood, is still to be found on Blue Canyon and Freezeout Gulch. The top earth of what was known as upper town has been nearly all wash ed away down to the bedrock, and the houses that once thickly dotted this locality are among the things of the past. Lower town looks dilapi dated, and where, in 1862 and 1863, thousands of white men were busily employed in taking the precious ore from the bowels of mother Earth, we now see none but a few mongolians at work. In 1862 and 1863 there were hundreds of families in this, then young City, but now the fami lies can be counted and their ^ u m ber is nine all told—there are about thirty white men in and around Au burn, and about one hundred, more or less, Chinese. From Auburn wo crossed the di vide by a good wagon road, to Deer Creek and Upper Powder River Val ley, a distance of about nino miles, passing through a very fine body of heavily pine and fir timbered up lands. In Deer Creek Valley we found the ranch of Mr. T. Smith, the worthy Postmaster at Auburn. He has a fine stock ranch, with plenty of good water. He has a large quan tity of hay cut and put. Deer Creek empties in Powder River a short dis tance below where the road strikes Deer Creek Valley, and Powder River aud Deer Creek Valleys are one and the same here;t from the lower point of this valley to its up per end is some eight or ten miles, with a width of from one to five or six miles—it is a pretty Valley, well watered and grassed, with heavy timber running from the top of the mo intains to the edge of the Valley, Several good, enterprising farmers could find good and comfortable homes here. From Powder River Valley we crossed over to Gimlet Creek, just above the Junction with Burnt River, a distance of some six teen miles. The divide between Powder aod Burnt River is an easy grade, and the whole distance is cov ered with detise forests of good, pine timber, clear from underbrush, and the ground is thickly covered with fine bunch and other grasses, which looked green and growing as we pas sed along. A great portion of this land, we should judge, would be firstrate for wheat and other small grain. On Gimlet Creek we found a nice little valley some four or five miles long, by from half to one and a half miles wide. The altitude here is pretty high. Game of all kinds is plenty in this and Burnt River Val« ley, and on the surrounding moun tains and foothills. From Gimlet Creek to Prairie City the distance is about forty miles, through a dense ly timbered country, with the ex ception of about five miles down Dixie Creek to Prairie City, of which town, and of Grant County, wo will have more to say in our next. At Gimlet Creek we met some mi ners; they asked the news aud wheu we told them that Nesmith was* the Democratic candidate, and was pled ged to the interests of the people, they seemed to be well pleased. We then told them that “ H i.” Smith, of Linn County, was the Republican candidate, they wanted to know who he was, and when we told them that the convention that nominated him endorsed Hipple Mitchell and all his bigamy acts, they rode off hurrah ing for “ Old Nez.” We found wherever we went that the people were determined to put their seal of condemnation upon the party and the candidate of the party, which is corrupt enough to endorse Hip- ple-Mitchell with all his crimes. A dispatch from Baltimore, Sept. 17th, says: The Grand Lodge of the United States, I. O. O. F., met again to day, The report of the Committee on iNfileage and Per Diem of Represent atives, fixing mileage at live cents going and returning, and per diem at six dollars, was adopted. A petition was received from col ored citizens of Delaware asking per mission to join the Order, referred to the Legislative Committee. A motion by a Representative from Pennsylvania, that the Annual Com munication of the Grand Lodge in 1876, bo held in Philadelphia, dur ing the Centennial Celebration, was laid over under the rules. W i n n e m u c c a , September 22. — The stage that left hero yesterday morn ing for Silver City was stopped by three masked men lifty-^our miles from here and robbod of Wells, Far go & Co’s treasure box. Col. Wood^ U. S. Paymaster, en route for Camp McDermott to pay off the troops, was among the passengers and was also robbed. Before leaving Winne mucca the Paymaster’s clerk told several persons they were goiug to pay off troops. Several suspicious characters heard him and it is thought they got horses and started ahead of the stage and wuited for it. No resistance was made by Wells, Fargo & Co.’s messenger or pa^en- gers, although they were tvell armed. ? • S a n D i e g o , Sept. 22.—A Florence dispatch of tho 17th says: “ On the 13th inst., while prospecting on P i nal Creek, 60 miles from Florence, a party was attacked by Apache In dians. who killed Wm. Lampson, slightly wounded auother man nam ed Copel, and took two mules, a lot of blankets and camp oquipage and killed a burso. The construction party on the Ar izona military telegraph east of here have reached tho Petroro, 45 miles distant. Manuel Snbiate, one of the mur derers of Cumbey, was wounded and captured. While being taken to Yu ma by the Sheriff of Mariposa Co., when the stage was near Kenyon Station, the Sheriff fearing an at tempt would be mad« to lynch Su- biato, got out and started to make the circuit of the stage station on foot with the prisouer. When the stage reached the station some fifteen men had gathered. They took the way bill and found the Sheriff’s ar.d pris oner’s names entered. They scat tered in search and found them.— The prisoner was hanged to a tree immediately. N e w Y o r k . Sept. 18.—The day in financial circles has been one of un usual excitement growing out of the suspension of Jay Cooke &. Co. Fail ures which have heretofore occurred were mere local affairs and produc ed little excitement compared with the one of to-day. The connection of Jay Cooke & Co., with the Gov ernment in effecting loans during the war and in funding operations since has given the firm a national reputation, which, of course, only intensified the excitement conse quent upon their suspension. The money market was unfavorably af fected by the failures of to-dav and a general distrust was enforced there by. The Express says the Govern ment to-day iu refusing to sell gold took the first step toward stopping a panic and calls upon Secretary R ich ardson to let loose a portion of the currency balance. The Govern ment’s are weak and unsettled in tone. At the close State bonds were quiet. The effect of the suspension was decided on the Stock Exchange where a heavy decline in values took place, with a feverish, unsettled market. During the afternoon there were constant rumors of failures but at the close of business the only ad ditional ones were Robinson & Sny-- dam and Richard Schell.