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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1879)
Tie But Coiifltr Ms, Saturday Morning, Aug. 9, 1879. Notice. Simple announcements of births, marriages and deaths, will be inserted without charge. Obituary no tices will be charged for according to their length. CANYON CITY LODGE, NO. 34, A. F. and A. M., holds its regular Communications on the Saturday even- 'inir of or next proceeding the full ninon "He that steals my nure, steals trash. SUWH ne Dollar nn(i s'ze an(i cefc JjlllJ a 16 karat, Solid Gold Cable lling, made and sent by return mail by CHAS. ST. LOUIS, tf Baker City, Oregon. Alyord, August 3, 1879 Editor News: It is said that 1 am a continual "growler." Now if there is one thing more than another at which I claim a right to "growl," it is at the loss of my local paper. The News comes to this office seroi-occa-fionally; sometimes in a package, some times singly and sometimes not at all. I in each month, at seven and lml f o'clock P. M. HOB A II LODGE, No. 22. I. 0 0. F., meets -every Thursday evening ;it their Lnrfre Room in Canyon City. Visiting brothers are invited to attend. By Order of N. G. Semoi'3 Accident. On last "Wed nesday as Mr. John Herhurger was go ing down to John Daytown with his but he that robs me of my paper will catch H ail Couhimbia if thev don't quit. VIC. Stop Thief. We have two com plaints from parties this week that some one has been "nipping" their News. We desire to say to the one who does the "nipping" that ir. is as great a crime to btoal u newspaper as jt is to steil a Holy Bible, but not so excusable. If any one is to poor to pay for the paper we will send it to them Notice of Equalization. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Equalization for Grant Coun ty, State of Oregon, will meet at the office of the County Clerk at Canyon City, in said county, on the 25th day of August, at 10 o'clock, A. M. of said day and Publicly Examine the Assessment Roll of said county for the year 1879, and will correct all errors in description and valuation, of property, if any there be. J. B. JOHNSON, Assessor. 17-21 GRANITE CREEK ITEMS. meat wagon, one of his horses got the line under his tail and benan kicking ; free, and if they are ton "uogoned'' and kicked over the tongue, thereby J stingy to subscribe for their county frightening the other horse and both j paper we wili givo them a free pass out animals started on the run. By some of the county we have no use for means Mr. llerburiicr was thrown out them here But for morcy sike don't and the meat chest with about 200 steal the News from our honest sub ' pounds of meat was forced upon him, seribers. inilh'ting very scwrc injuries from the j rn . , . . . ...... f I 1 he people or this citv and vicinity eli -eta ot wnicu lie is now conliiK'd to , A. . j ouiiJit to make an eirort to have a good Ins be-1. The wairon is a wreck, al- though but little damage was done to the horses and harness. road put through from John Day Kiv- er, near the ranch of Mrs. Grep:, to the Lone; Creek vallov. It would save Whkue is it' We r.coivod a let-jat least 1.1 miles travel and will not t r from Mr. Aug. Suherneckan, of , cost agrcatdeul to put the ro.i 1 through. Cross Hollows, a few days ago in ) We had the plea-uro(?) of driving which h fUs u that only about one j the first tnaiu owr th-2 new made road out of five f our papers Pncs to him. j en the mount -iins bct.vii the Gund "We are sure that we do :i paper up for I lach place and Fox Valley, and are him every week in a new wrapper and inclined to ay that a great deal better that it is mailed at this ofheo. Where road can be found. The Loinr Creek tho trouble i we are not prepared to si-tt'ement is not to be sneezed at, and 5a y, but wc hope Mr. Scln rneekan i every effort should b made to sustain will receive hisram-r regular after this. I the trade of that section. 1!emgiou.. Most ll 'verend Ch ides ,7uim Sehers, 1). D., Archbishop of Emesa, and Coadjutor to Archbihop Blanchot. is expected t arriw in this city to-day. and will conduct 'he religi ous services at this place n to-morrow mornini? and ee' inir. Let all attend and hear the Archbishop, as it is sel dom he pays this country a vis.it. I: speaking of the gentlemen t'lat visited the Monumental Mino last w-;ek, we were, through mistake, made to call Mr. Hnry Bryer, Bitzer. We have no desire to clnnoe hid name for him, and although ho might change some other person's name, he will still retain his own pood name. Mil. Stevens .nd Lieut. ReernB. of By referring to another column you will find the new advertisement of Sni der it Stevens at Camp Harney. They keep a full stock and can and do sup ply all of Han'ey Valley with the necessaries of life. Also see th'j new advertisement of Ovcrholt & Jacobs. Damiana also speaks of what it can do. John Darby wants to sell out. Head all the advertisements a$d see the chanuo-. DuPhkz Dramatic and Variety Com pany gave an entertainment at Mason llall on last Weilnesday night for the benefit of the public schonj. The pro- ! cecds amounted to $:U 25. The first piece put on 'he b aids was "The Ci. g'ir Girl of CuK-i, or the Miner from Fort Ilaincy, p:ised through our city ! Whisky Diggiu2s." The characters on last Wednesday en route to (inmite j were all well up in their parts and did Creek, to take a look at the Monu mental and other promising ledges in that district. A limited amount of wheat will be taken in exchange for subscription. Jletnenrber that an vthing we can make use of is the same as ca-h on suhscrip tion. But. legal advertisements call for cafh only. The DuPrcz show company gave a benefit on last Monday night to a man at Prairie City that had his house burnt down a few weeks ago. The proceeds amounted to $28. A lot of old papers f r sale at this of fice. Just the thing to put under car pets and paper kitchens. Only SI per hundred. Miss Dolly Robertson hs been visit ing in the city for a few weeks past. Sh e is the guest of Mr.. Mclfarlaud. Rev- Dit. Eevius' next appoint ment for services in Canyon is for the third Sunday, August 17th. The good people of John Daytown organized a Sunday school at that place last Sunday. Died. In this city on Thursday. August 7th, 1879, infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Boley, aged four days. We received a pleasant call from Mr. K. C. Williamson yesterday. Al so one from Mr. Alex. Murray of Dayville. He reports crops it that saction as never better. themMeleves credit Johnny Nutseo as Miralda was simply immerse, and needs no comment.. Gus Dunham j was the principal charact-r, that of Seth Swap, and did his part with be coming grace. Jas. Allen as Count Almonte Was excellent for the time allowed him for the memorizing of the lines, and as this was hi first appear ance on the stage in this city we agree with the rest that he was really good. Johnny Sollinger played the role of Pedro Martinez and did it well for the firt appearance in public. Mike Co han as Corporal O'Brien wan more than cute, and a he is full blood, his acting is natural Irish and not put on. J. H. Neal settled the diiticulty by passing judgment as he was appointed the Tacon, and he makes a good one. He also made his firt appearance. Af ter a few eeues of olio business the crowd dispersed well pleased. They will give ati entertainment at John Daytown this evening. See the new advertisements in to day's paper. It has become an estab lished fact that advertising in the News pays,' hence the influx of new advertisements in its columns. Circu lation this week 525. We hear it reported that a company of cavalry is on the way to Fort Harney. The thermometer has indicated as high as 104 in this citv this week. Too hot. From the East Oregonian. Lust Sunday week the Monumental paid off their hand?. All the provisions' e,ic. are brought from Grande Ronde and are as cheap as they are here eggs 25 cts, per doz., and butter 25 cts. per pornd. A new store will soon be built at the mines. Hufus Robinson keeps the boarding house at the mines 87 per week. A road is being surveyed from Grande Ronde to Starkey's ranch and will probably be built this summer. A good sawmill is in full blast about three miles from the Monumental un der the skillful management of Mr. Burnham. J. L. Rodgers, with whom all are acquainted, and who was at one time an old citizen of Umatilla, is keeping a boarding house at Independence six miles the other side of Cranite. The quartz mill will probably be i ady to "turn loose" about the end of September per calculation. Most of t' e mill machinerv has arrived, and the. balance is on the road. The boiler was received via Baker City. The little creeks all throughthe mountains are pet feet ly yellow, indica ting placer mines all up and down tlje little strenns; camp fires all through the mountains. Placer mining very good, paying 12 cents to the pan on an average. No surplus men to speak of: every one working on his own "hook" prospecting. There are at present within an area of five miles sqm re, six arra?tas in op eration and tliroo or four more under construe ion. Granite Creek boasts of a daily mail, and the stages from Baker City and Canyon City meet at that place and remain over night. The Growth of Cities, The Silver State says: The cattle shipping business whiidi was almost suspended this summer, is reviving. During tin-, past week or ten days, s one forty or fifty car loads were ship ped from this station to San Francisco. To day Vv. B. Todhunter shipped 14 car load?, and feveral other bands are on the way here to be shipped during the week Several thousand head of stock atid beef cattle wore driven from Northern Nevada and Southeast Or egon Fast this spring, so that in all probability the shipments fr..m this place to California this fall will not be as heavy as usual. For Bear Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Rulison and Mr. Birgc and wife took their departuro for Hear Valley on yes- t rday. Thev will be absent about aN week, and we wish lhein a pleasant trip. Thanks. The board of school Trus tees desire ' to earnestly thank the Du Prez company!? tho great kindness shown by them toward the public school of this city. A private letter from TVei ser City states that the moc casin tracks which led Lieut. Farrow's scouts estray and caused them to report an Indi an camp at the mouth of Crooked river, were made by a party of men who are undoubt edly horse thieves and have their main camp on the east bank of Snake river, and pro fess to be miners while they have a large band of horses on the west side of the river. Idaho Democrat. Yesterday afternoon John Darby was driving a wagon of Overfelt & Sweetser's up the Harney hill and accidentiy tip ped over. No damage done. IX. ' ' i but the load was awfully spilled. J In order to convey an adequate idea of the rapidly growing cities in several of the States, the fullowing table is prepared. The estimate of population for 1SS0 is based on the known popu lation of 1875 as compared with the census report of 1870. It is not un reasonable to believe that the growth of the last half of the decade will equal that of the first: Cities. Milwaukee, Wis., La Crosse, Wis.. Minneapolis Minn., Fond du Lac, Wis., Grand Eapid?, Hoboken, N. J., Jackson, Mich., Janesville, Wis., Elmira, N. Y., 1870. 1SS0. 71,340 134,000 7,785 15,500 13,0GG 48,000 12,7G3 18,000 10,29") 3G,000 20,279 2S,500 11,447 16,000 S,789 12,000 15,S03 24,500 East Saginaw, Mich., 1.1,350 23,000 Dubuque, Iowa, Detroit, Mich., Bay City, Mich., Burlinston, Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, St. Joseph, BI., St. Paul, Minn., Itoche ter, ST. Y., Buffalo, N. Y., Auburn, N: Y., Newton, Mass., Oshkosh, Wis., llacine, Wis., Springfield, Mass., Troy, N. Y., Portland, Oiin., 18,434, 29,000 79,599 121,000 7,0G4 22,000 14,930 24,500 12,035 16,590 19,505 26,500 7,190 13,900 02.800, 101,000 117,714 149,000 17,225 19,000 12,825 28,500 12,G63 21,000 9,880 10,000 26.703 34,200 45,465 G 1,000 9.00O 20,000 Hotels. Dep't of Public Instruction, ) Salem, Or. July 8, 1879. J To Hon. J. AY. Mack, School Super intendent of Crant Countv, Orejion. Dkau Sin: 1 have been instructed by the State board of Education to in form you that in the recent vote on text book?, in response to special cir culars dated April H2, 1879, Watson's Compete Speller received 15 votes, and the Independent Seiies of Read ers G books in all received 17 V( trs These books -Watson's Complete Speller and the Independent Series of Readers each having received a ma jority of all the votes, have been se lected and adopted as the authorized tcxt-boks in their respective branches for use in the Public Schools o'f this State, until changed in the manner prescribed by law. You will please give due notice of this change to the Districts of yonr county, and also that the newly adopted books must be in troduced within six months of the d:tte of this announcement. Yery respect fully yours, L. J. POWELL, Supt. of Public Instruction. CANYON CITY & McD ERM.1TT STAGE LINE, F HANK McBEAxV, Proprietor I now running Buck-boards on tho above L;!ir; wih good itoclt. Departs fr ira Canyon City on Mondnj, Tburs day, and S.i'urday, of onoh week. Arrives'nt Canyon City on Sunday, Vr'od ncsday, and Friday, of each neok. STRAWBERRY VALLEY FLOURING MILLS, MOKE FIE AD & CLEAVER PEOPRIETORS. Minufaoturers and dealers in Flour, of tbe Best Brand, Graham Flour, Corn Meal, Shorts, Bran and Feed. For a Superior Article OF FLOUR, go to the Strawberry Mills These Mills are located in Strawberry valley, 'n tbe upper John Day valley, Grant county JZ3" Accommodation a specialty. Reason able prioes. Givo us a call. "TS Anton H a cli e n e 7 0 Would most respectfully announced to h'n Friends in JOHN DAY VALLEY and outsid' Camps that he has started in Business recent ly on his own hook in Joiiii Day City whero h will keep constantly on hand the ver CHOICEST STOCK of every tning that is wanted in a Count' Store. He has no rent to pay, no Clerk G. BlE92fU N. RuiJiaos. CITY HOTEL Canyon City, Oregon, BEESEN & RULISON, - - Proprietors Beg loavo to icform their friondj And tho Public Generally That they oan bo found at tho OLD STAND, And are alwawa ready to furnish good Board and Lodging AT MODERATE PlllCES. STEINER HOU -o- Tho undersigned tako pbasur n s mania c ing to tbe general public that they h.ivo ojt ed a FIRST CLASS HOTEL in the buiM-ag known as The Golden Eagle, Canyon City, - - - - Oregon, "Where you can fiml the BEST TABLE North of Portland, 37.3Lx o 2ES o & Are all now, and thu rooms have been furnisB ed new throughout Board, f). per week; 1. per day1 Meals, 50 cen;s. J. Steiner & Co., Proprietors. Gr nge Hotel. PRAIUIE CITV, OREGON, J. E. LTardman, Proprietor. Tho accommodations at the abova Hotel are good, and every ouro will ba tbkoo to make guests feel at home. jjCotnfortable bods, and as good a tnb! as the market affords furnished at reusonvb'.Q rates. LADIES ATTENTION. Mrs. James F. Cleaver has just removed to her new Build ing: on Main Street, Praire City, where she is opening out a fine assortment of Ladies and Misses Hats, just received from N. Y.. also a well selected sup ply of Ladies Underwear and Linen Suits. Also a general assortment of ladies goods which will be sold cheap for cash. GEO.C;UNDLAGH & BEG. DEALERS iH GENERAL MER CH A NDISE, MAIN STREET, CANYON CSTY, OCN. Now offer their entire stock at c'Great Bargiiis." FOR CASH Canyon City, April 25,. 1S70. D. B. Fist, anfl ff. E. M, Blacksmiths & Wagon Makers, JOHN DAY CJTY, OREGON )-o-( All work in our line done with Neatness and Dispatch. Horse Shoeing is given Special attention. Our work is all Guar anteed. D. B. FISK & BRO. I I Finite Epomi NEW STORE and NEW GOODS. CANYON CSTY, Has on hand tlio iiargest nnd Finest selection of Furniture in this Count y House, Sign and Carriage painting neatly executed, at hire; consequently be oan sell as low as sd older etab!ihel merchant in Grant Ccsntj. p'CaSOnablc 1'aUs: