ft Brant County Ibis,
sl& P.
OSlA PAPER IN GKAKT CO UNA Y.
Official Paper For Grant County.
Uaoyou City, Saturday J une 2 1 ,
1879.
S. H. Shepherd, Hditou.
COUNTY EOADS.
We have hearil scrr.e j comp taint
about our county mads and we bo
lieve tli it' the n d ;re in a condit'on
to be complained 'f i'hut castimr re
proach upon the com plainer. A conn
ty road la one of the thing- that should
reeeivo more attention from the coun y
managers thzn anything else. Tt i
something that is ued every day by
every person, and in lieu thereof
every man in the county p.-iys 'axe
for the purpose of ke ping such thor
ougofire in complete order, and of
course the people who pay the heavi
est taxes should, by rights, haw the
roads leading to and from their sec
tion kppt in good repair. For instance
the sellers in the vicinity of Camp
Harney. Aivoid, McDertcit and Stein
Mountain pay more taxes than do the
same number of men in any other sec
tion of the county, and yet the roids
in that portion of the county, and es
pecially the rotd from here to Camp
Harney, are almost destitute of no ice
except by local aid. This is not right.
The people of this vailey, pa'ticuliHy
the merchants, should take this matter
in hand and circulate a petition to have
a good county rond put. through from
here to Harney Vallwy. It would be
of immense value to this valley to
have such a road. It would be do:ng
a gnat justice to the taxpayers in
Harney Yalley to have such a road.
It would speik volumes for the enter
prise of the county. With a little ef
fort upon the pirt. of some e er-ti-man
or men a sufficient amount could
Boon be raised to put a road through
from the place of Mr. Muleaire to the
upper end of Bear Yalley, and thereby
have at least twelve miles of travel
between here and Soda Spring-. The
road district should put the track in
good repair from here to Mr. Mu!
cair's and the county from there to
Harney Yalley.
The road from here to the Bikfr
county line is also in bad repair and
should be looked after. See the Grand
Jury report about bridges and high
way?. Judge Sels, Mr. I. H. Wood,
and several other old s-ttlers that are
well acquainted with the whole coun
ty could give us good light as regards
cost of construction, nearest and
cheapest routes and many other inter
esting features.
Will the Avalanche pie ise tall the
people in what State and county the
John Diy Valley is? From our edit ),
rial in that piper people would natu
rally suppose that it was in Idiho,
Owyhe county. We h ive no objection-:
to brother Journalists borrowing our
articles, without crediting to us, but
we hate to have the John Day Valley
located in some other Territory, if Ra.
ker county did gobble a part of our
lands. Gol duced if the Standard man
isn't trying to git Grant county out of
Oregon by putrin the local notes from
the News under Territorial Items.
Schtop dat, you sass man.
Caught. Mr. H-il Hyde in compa
ny with several other irentlfinon, after
a few days limiting, f.mnd Mr. Wm.
Mannen in the mountains at the upper
end of John Day Valley, the first of
this week. The company divided be
low the camp and came upon them un
awares. Mr. Hyde had the warrant
and took the prisoner in charge. The
woman (who lnd the money) was taken
home, and Mannen was brought to
his city and delivered to the Sheriff.
A young man by the name of Lush
baugh, who Was some vhat connected
with the affair, and who wis f.mnd
with them at camp, was also brought to
this placi and is now in custody.
Persons desiring t) set off their ta
bles at wedding and party meals should
gO'to the Post Office and buy their fan
cy candy. The finest assortment of
,frf!3h candv in tn.yn,
They Say.
CommunL'hte I.
What if they do? Let thorn say and
keep on saving. Thoe not talked
about are of no consequence; f-r peo
ple are envious only of their better.
Suppose Mr. B. did call on Mrs.
White when Mr. White was out of
t wn? Is that any of your business?
Wh i) s tt fur med wi h o r
neighb r's affairs? Suppose Mr. C. j
d look ver his h - der at pretty
milliner trippiug around the. corner?
I that any hing to . :' AVo are apt
to for 'tt t lat there are always two sides
o a stiiy. Even if ou do h ar fcome-
hing a hit wronir, that is. in your
estimation, does it ake atte-s n
better f i ynu t J gtand u-11 all of your
neigh' i rs that yo-ir opinion is that
there is so'ii- c n-ira-y ging on? I
will ve re to asse. t that nca'ly every
s all n n the gl be is infested with
a gr at s p y f s ort telegraplj' wires.
They are ationed a( eve y erne-,
and now and the one at the sid s,
ust t keep things liv ly; and whn
ihe glad tidings of a fuss are s-t'th
whisper d, they st i e one of tho e
w s and are udiered on and on umil
the solt evening breezes are almost
tainted and seem to whisper, Come, 0
c.m', I have something to tell you.
So it goes on and on until it m ar3- it
destin ion, and now the very wire
t embles with its gteat burden of good
news for ts hearers, and no nonder it
trembles b neith its weight, for at
this crisis it woul 1 tike more rha-i on
sin 11 b ok to record it all. "What ate
we to do undi r thse circumstan o-?
Do riihf; ke-p stiaight in ur coins-,
ready to anw!r to tho law f..r yo r
crimes, and to God for your sins
Let us lilt our fa'l.n brother, and
as we "O down life's load do ;ood o
one an ther.
Mr. "R'lssell fioin Fairviow, called at
our office and informed usth-tuiueh
excitement prevails in his n-ig'b m
hood. savs the Weston Leider. A r d
devil calle 1 at the house of Mr. J is.
Johns n who lives near our inform nit,
and in firms J h tu thar. in a f.-w mor
suns the Indi in- woul 1 be on th" war
path. The I idian a nd th it the squ.i s
were going to the Colum')ii, au;l .van
el him (Johnson) to 12 on the ljj'coab
A tiatnster coming fro n the m mm tains
w th a loci of rid-, wis sto ped by an
Indian who cursed him and male all
manner of threits to h in. The 'e ul
ster bdng unarm h id r pat np wit i
his insilenee. Mr. Resell says th
neighbors are busy g ttiu.j t!i mi- mvi
nition ready. Ltour tutizsns lo k t-
their rifles and not to the r 1 tap; p di
cv of last summer, a ? th.e who arc
without a gun would do well loetone.
The San Fianciseo Exchange says:
The Chronicle et ibli-diment tnis year
isassel at-SSJJ), thaCllat 87500,
and the Bulletin at $7000 Next year
und r the new Cotntiiurion, if the A
ses r doesn't let up on the n-wspap ts,
according to the va'u.itton of the pr i
prietors. the Chronicli ouht to pay on
81.000,000, the Call on 1,500,000,
and the Jhille'in on 8750,000. The
other nowp ipen, indid ng the Ex
ch.mge, will make up such a tax lit
as t make it inn j e3 try t) cill uoon
anybidy else for fund3 to carry n the
G ivernment. The Cjroniele's cheek,
the Call's conservatism, the Bullo'in's
sidf-assurncn, tl:e Exchanir''s audac
ity, the Port's enterprise, the Argo
n tut s mule anl 13 truck's equine 5agc
ity will more than supply the City Hall
and State Capitol.
Masonic. The folliwinar are the
offieers of the Grand Lo Ue of Free
Masons for the ensumi year: R. P.
Etrhart, Grind Mast-r; V. T. Wright,
Deputy Grand Mas'er; A 'ex. White,
Senior GraudWardeii; J. K Do'ph,
Junior Grand Mi arden; H. Abrah-ira-,
Grand Treasurer; I. W. Pratt, Grand
Secretary; D. From an, Chairman Edu
cational Fund; Grand Chaplain, J. R.
N. Bell; Grand Orator. M C. George;
Orand Standard Bearer, J. B Irvine;
Grand Sword Bearer, T. T. Tongue
Se; ior Deacon, xM. Y. Brown; Junior
Deicon, D. P. Masm; Grand Steward.
T. H. Cann; Grind Stewart, Warren
Fruit; Grand Tyler, A. J. Woodw. rth;
Orand Organist. L W. Wallace.
Grand Jury Report.
Tho Grand Jury made the
following report at the term of
court just closed:
'vVe have found six true bills
and one not a true bill, and
have presented the same to the
court We have examined the
Sheriffs books and also the
Treasurer's and compared the
fame and find them correct,, so
far as we have been able to ex
amine them, and also find that
they are kept in a neat a"d
i uiness like man er. W e have
examined the Counfv Records
the best we could for the time
at our disposal and find them
kept in good order. The Jail
jind its inmates we find kept in
good style; in fact it is a nice
place to spend the winter in.
We have examined witnesses
as to the condition of roads in
the different Ko.id Districts and
find that they are in a terrible
conditio , particularly district
No. 8. We understand the Su
pervisor for that district is not
in the county, and so far as we
have been able to find has done
no work this season on the
road from Prairie City to Mid
dle Fork; a road that need-,
and its conditions imperatively
demands, that it should be
worked upon and put in order
ea-ly in the spring, or as soon
n the snow disappears. We
would recommend that the
Commissioners or County Court
remove said supervisor and ap
point some one that wdl attend
to the duties for which he was
appointed. We would also call
he attention of Supervisor of
road district No. G to the bridges
on the road between John Day
City an . 1 Mr Clark's residence.
We are of the opiiron that the
bridges uoald sub erve the in
te rests of the public better if
the said bridges were let down
on a level with the ground and
not edirewise as they are at
present.
We would also recommend
that the County Court, if it be
lawful to do so, have the road
in district No. 1, just below Mr
Sewell's place, worked where
it is now traveled, and expend
all the money collected in said
district necessary to grade it
down and make it wider so
that teams may pass each oth
er; and to make sa"d road, if
it is not already so, the pern a
nent public hignway, instead
of, as we understand, the road
to be located in Canyon Creek
and the people requ re a road
that can be traveled at all
times in the year.
"We would il recommend that, the
Cnunty Court remove the old jury
rooms and erect, a .suitable bnildintr for
ihc acc iinni"da,ion of the petit ami
jjiand jury; sty two moms, each lar ire
enonh for the u'o of separate jurie5,
with double waifs filh-d with sawdus',
nnd an entry mom fr Bailifl'-', olc.
We are of the. opinion that the cou ty
pays enough every two ye'irs for rents
in erect Kiich buiMing; eertsiinly so if
the present building is sold.
We eonm ttul.tto the citizens and
taxpayers of ties cnun'y on the abseneo
of any indigent s'ck pet son. j
Our Hospital is vacant and has been
so for some months.
We would recommend to th. Hon.
County Cut' t and C nimissioners that
th-y hive the bridge mar Mr. CoieV
pi ic letdown at least three feet. It
can be dme at verj little expense dur
ing the summer months when the va
ter h low ; as it is the aprons are alto
gether to steep.
We aNo in uur examination of the
roc rds of the county, 6nl a portion of
them cannot be found, to-wit, a book
design tted the Script Book; a book
that is used by the cleik for the pur
pose of recording 'he County AVanats
as they are made out by said clerk and
drawn by different parties, with the
nams of the. paities receiving such !
warrants attached thereto; said book-
contains the records of the warrants so
drawn or r h c space of nenr'y s x ye rs
time. We also rind that it was during
the term of James Heh s as elt tk
that said book was lost, and we have
he n unable to ascertain how or by
what means it was spirited away.
We find that in July, 1870, the
Hon. Coun'y Court en ployed Philip
Me s han to fnd the true indebtedness
of this county. Said Metschan made
his report to said court on the 10th
day of August, 1S7G, whereby it was
ascertained that the indebtedness was
S20,38G 18, which was accepted by
s iid Court.
AVe also fi::d that on the o-J day of
July, 1873, another report or exhibit
was made by the said Ph lip Metschan,
whereby it was ascertained tint the
indebtedness of thi county was found
to l e in the sum o'S2 1,355 G9 on the
oOth dav June, 1878. We have exam
ined the r cords from that date and
find the following le.-nlt, lo-"i':
Indebtedness July 1, 1878, 821 85o.G9
Warrant- i-sued' fro'n July 1, 1S78 to
Juno 10, 1879. S1G,9S7 US. Interest
S2H2 OS. IV:.!
V7; r nit- n-df. n;od and canceled for
axes,' liq-or licenses -ind rent- since
June 30, 1S78, -322 o lO 43- County
fund on hand, $S7";T"tak 823.41 .'5.43.
Total indebtedness t d a te, 817,000 04.
We also find of the above indebtedness
S14,221 45 in warrants bearing inter
cs, which we find on fie Trea-urer.s
book.
In eo'isnqtience of the -ibsenee or a
portion of tl.c LVcords fnm the Clerk's
ofiiee, we were of a iveessitv C-inp lied
to t ke the rep rt f Phibp Met-c'ati
as a basis of t ur cal illations lo find
the present indebtedoe-s ol' the county.
The. 1 :-K of the above mention- d h ok
would nriko it neee-stry for us to jo
to the original cot lies nf both t!io "ir
cuit. Court and Coun y Cou it's J-ur-
na
covering six yenrs time, which
v.'ould tatce. so ni'iuh time that we
could not perforin the duty.
We would earnestly recommend or
advii-e the ei'izens of this cnnty that
they kep th"ir neihborh 'Oil qnair-l'
and petty spite out of the Grind Jury
mom sis it is not tnjy a very expensive
business to tike witnesses long distm
cej, when, if the esi'-e cnild be made
out, in si large number of such ease.1
the penalty w uM ::mtunt peih-.'ps to a
nominal line, whi -h si Justee of the
Peace woul.l h ive juridic'i n. but it
takes up the time the (ir.iud Jury t-
the detriment of more important bui
nes. All of which is respectfully sub
mitted. W. P. GRAY,
Foreman Grasid J ury.
Indian Scouts. A company of
Indian scouts was formed at Umatilla
Reservation, numbering twenty of the
best the chiefs could f urnih. As soon
as practical the company will be
St-nt to Walla Wstll i to be uniformed
and eqmpp'd. Lieut. Farrow is to
have command, seconded by Lieut.
Rivwn. The non-com misinned officer.'
are to be cho-en sinimg the Indians'
Their de-tinaiioo is unknown at pte?
ent. Lumber! Lumbe1"!
AT THE
KILL OF
W, I SOUTHWORTfl,
HAVIXG put my Mill in
good repair I now offer for sale
all kinds of Buildiiig and Fi:n
cniG Lumber, at prices that
DEFY COMPETITION.
v-0-
Grain, Stock and a limited
amount of Vegetables taken
in exchange for Lumber.
Give me a call before pur
chasing elsewhere.
W.S. SOUTH WORTH, Proprietor.
Iff ADVERTISEMENTS.
Administrators Notiee.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned haj been appointed ad
miiistra'or of the Estate ol Caleb Han
deeensed, late f Grant County, Oregon.
All pers :is having claims againt -said
Estate are required to present the same,
with the proper vouchers, t the un
dersigned at John Daytown, or to (J.
W. Parrish Attorney for s-aid Estate at
Canyon City, in said County, within
six months from the date hereof. Dated
June 14th, 1870. nlOnU
william Mcdowell.
Dissolution of "Partnership.
Jotice is hereby given that the Co-partnership
heretofore Existing
a n't doing nusmess m i-frant Uountv.
Oregon, in the firm name of Poindest r
& 'lark has this dav been disolved.
All persons indebted to said firm will
please call and settle without unneces-
I sry delay. W. II Clark will continue
uiness at me otu stnu, atiu tne coi
h ct'on of outstanding due.- and s ltle
meot of Copartnership jBu'ines will be
endue'ed with f rou ptness nnd dis
patch. J.hited June 12th 1S79.
W. II. CLARK,
T. W. POlIsDEXTEll
nlOi.14
HENRY SIEGART,
Fash i o l i abl e larb er,
'VASIIINUrOX ST., oppoaSto Citj Brnwsry.
HAT II CUTTING, SHAVING,
AND SHAMPOOING,
AKD RAZORS HONED
With tLe uti'j sc tV.i'A &u l c.-trn.
V
rj
&
El U
Has Corcst.vNTLY on" Hand at
THE OLD STAND,
A Largo Assortment
OF
GKNEK AL MHROHAN'DTSIB,
Consisting of
DRY GOO His,
CLOTH LVG,
JOO rs,
u it or. KR IKS,
0iiAUG0& GIGaKS-
i
wall paper,
110usklinino,
crock io in',
GLASSWARE,
L.MPS
AND
LAMP PIXTCRES,
ND a thousand other articles too nu
mernus to mention, all laid in ; t
low fumes, and for sale CHEAP FOR
CASH. Our motto: "Large sales and
small Profits."
Highest Cah price paid for Fury.
JULY RACES,
Over the Prairie City
m nnTTDCin
(JLi
n i . 1 1 1 1 r x i-i i
First Day, July 4th; Running Race
free for all three year old Wilks colts.
Sinjrle dash of one mile, Purse 100,
eivi n by J. J. C-zart. First hoive,
100, Second horse 5 of entrance tuon
er. Third horse remainder of entrance
money.
On the night of July 4th, a Grand
Bdl will he given at Grange Hall.
Tickets without supper, $2. 50; Net
proe-eiis to he :iven, with the subscrip
tion, for the two following purses:
Second Day Saturday July 5th
Single dash of one mile,' free for all
horses owned jn county, except Geo.
Wilks.
Same Day, at 2 o'clock, Trotting
Race, free for all except Bracket's horse.
Three in five mile hats. Three to en
ter and two to start in all oF the above
race. llacing to begin promptly at 1
o'clock, P. M. Entrance to Races 610.
All Entries to be made with N. W.
Thornton or John Laurance on or be
fore 6 o'clock P. M. of Julv 1st. 1879.
III
if B
DA
1LBLU
UUUllUJj