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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1879)
m r Mi Tie Gut Com lews, Saturday Morning, Aug. 16, 1879. - my m Notice. Simple announcements of births, marriages and deaths, will be inserted without chamo. Obituary no tices will be charged ibr according to their length. c ANION CITY LODC.K, NO. 84, U A. F. and A. M., holds its regular, vz-'uiiiiuuiuiibiuun Ull IIIU iaturujiv 12111- ;n v i p v mg of or next preceeding the full monn in ech month, at seven and half o'clock P. M. , T-yTTiiiiiMBiMiiiiiHiM ii i w i HOB ATI LODGE. No. 22. I 0 O. P., meet every Thursday evening; at their Lod-e Boom in Can von City. ' Visiting brothers are invited to attend. By Ordor of N. C , , coujxrTT- JJews. "The Grant Omntv Tims. (News 1 von should vl is tlm nnl r ninuv ill , t1 . r, , ,. Oregon that gives th Standard credit P , , , ,, tor the condonsed State news taken . , t i i . . Irnm it. It is by in means the onlv . , paper in Oregon that avails Us-lf of , , , . T. . our labr.rs. by the wo v." Portland . C1. , , ' i Standard. 1 T. , . . I it. lias n I ways lrvn onr rule to nvc 1 our exchanges credit for their labors . and we hn)H they will give the News the same benefit. ttetnotnW it is the News, not Times. For Portland. Mr. StevonR and Lieut. Bheein, of Fort Harney, made us a pleasant call last Saturday after their return from the Monument al district. The Lieutenant told us confidentially that the minp5? in that section are a "big thing" He invest ed in Monumental stock o considera lle extent. Mr. Stev n wis not feel- ing ver' well hut both of the gentle men took their departure ior Portland list Mondav morning. Pine Rock. Mr. K. E Turk, of this eitv, cenr to the Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F. of the Unit -d SUte, a fine piece of rock from the Monumental -vt- i i . . 1 t i I iIine in th's county that assayed about $8000 per ton. This little act of led's may be the means of bringing to our county quite an immigration. Old Times. Mr. O. P. Oesap, of Susanvilh', made us a very pleasant call last Monday. Jt doe us good to meet a fnerul and talk of our old town and county and of pe.ople we ucd to associate with. Mr. Civsap order ed the News sent to his brother at Ihmaparte, Iowa. (Jail anain, O. P- Jrncn JJustin had two e:uses before hiitj on last Wednesdav. One was Mr. Phillip vs. John Girrsoi for cutting olT :t niir's snnot. Thft othnr av:js (rar- io mi- t i i .i 1 nson vs. Phillips for Jetting down the- , Ar , kirs. Mr. O arris-01 was bound over . ,, , . , 1 to appear briore the (rand Jury, and , ' IMr. Phillips was acquitted. 1. J Sor.D Orr Fisk it Hr., Plack- i smith at John Day, sold out their shop last week to Mr. lleppner and a pen- r ii A,r, ' lan from the Dalles. Wherever i tlem the FMsk boys may go we recommend them as NTo. 1 blacksmiths and jrentle men in every respect. The Hall Brothers drove a band of about (500 cattle by this place last Wednesday afternoon. M r. Win ITall will take them to San Francico to sell. Horses. Mr. Geo. Gundlach has taken four mules and ten horses to Portland to sell- We hope he will do well. He. went via the Barton route. We have Dr. F. C. Howley and Kli : Q. S.: G. O. S,ars, G. S.; K. S. Mo Lester ns authority for saying that Comas, G. S. S.; 0. W. Savage, G J. Fisk & Rinehart, of this county, have S.; S. Baer, G. C. K: L. Zick, G. K. the finest orchard in the United W.: W. II. Williams, G. P. P. G. S. States. L. 0. Sterns and P. S. S., W. W. Ut Lv the advertisement of Dr. Horsley it read that ho graduated in 1S78, when it should have read, in 1S4S. By this it vill be seen that he is an old practitioneer. Mr. P. C. Davis, of Dayville, made us a pleasant call last Saturday and lefc us encourage nfent. A. II. Groth, of Camp Watson, is in our city and will remain for a week or so. He ordered the News sent to him. One Dollar nnd size, and cet 1G karat, Solid Gold Cable Ring, made and ent by return mail by CJLAS. IS J . LOUIS, tf Baker City, Oregon. The East Oregonmi any?: The last issue of the Grant County News was quite witty and w; f a No. 1 good issue. j Phases us to receive comiiliments from sucli a paper as the above, with sensible men like Turner and Bull as editors. Mu. Peck, an old resident of this 1 i O T 1 place, but now ol San J'raiicisco, has 1 l)eeu in our clt' several d:t s. He fei-ls at home here, but says things have changed since he left here ten years ago. 77 : , 7" , 4l riT.-Novr is the time to take Jour friends from other counties to the orchard" in this county to convince them that Grant county can, and does, pr0(luce a3 fine oml as mucll fiuitj :lc. cording to the acreage set in orchards, as any county on the coast. It is plcas- in" to see the abundance ol fruit in . , , . . . T , and around this place and John J Jay- , . town, and the above maces arc only a ' , , . . sample oi what may be found in other ' . J , places in the cuntv. No ueed For the ! , , , " liakcr people to no to WaUa Walla tor i i fruit this year, Maiuukp. At the icsidence of the bride's paren's, on the l.'Uli l list., by 'Tutle G. 1. JTazeltinr, Mr. J is. W. Allen to Miss M. Mulcire. Thus has another one of our most promising business men ta'-cen ii'ito himself a fair partner for life, and no j doubt "Jinimie." will ever deal with her ; a- he ha with his fellow men lion est 1 y and truthfully thereby giving her the utmost confidence in him : through lif. The happy couple have : our best wishes for a long and prosper ous partnership. A Violinist. About one o'clock on l ist Thur-da v night a young violinist arrived in this city and took up hi abode at the residence, of Mr. "Jack" Woolscy. 'Jaek" is pleased that he has a voung scholar and says that the women Wt.re lnist.,ken a half pound in the weight, for ho could plainly see that, the boy weighed full nine pound. The mother and on are doing well, and '.lack" is the proudest of them ail. i is his first, yon see. FOR SALE. One ILmutead ol 100 acres, situ ated about five miles from Canyon (ji'v, known as tha Fred Mnrhohl Place. Also one dwc'hng hoiw in C'liiyon City and ' !ie ar !toi with house and stable on lot. Al three places will be sold on rea'onable term. All ners ns .iwinir the esfaleof Fred Marhold, or iiersons having claims . 1 against said esat will please call on . . ' the undeniii'ned for immediate settle- men' n innwuiDiiMrn ow JOHN MA PtIIOLD. The Walla "Walla man got away with the foot race at Granite Creok the ,, , ... , . ther day by biij odd 2 Born. To this wife of Wm. War ren, of Spanish (julch, on Aug. 0th, 1870, a daughter. Sold Out Jesie Walker, Esq., formerly of Harney valley, was in town last week. We are informed that he has disposed of his entire interests in that section and purposes locating permanently at B uianza, in this coun ty State Line Hrrald. The (Jreat CWncil Imp. O. 11. M. installed on the 8th inst. the following Great Chiefs bv Ward S. Stevens, Past ter were elected representatives to the Great Council of the U. S. Imp. O. R. M. Bio Crops. S. G. Wormly informs us that Andrew Cochran, living be tween Holden Gulch and Greaswood, cut from four acres the largest crop yet heard of, being 79 bushels of very fine looking wheat to the acre. Mose Woodward raised 79 bushels of barley to the acre. What country can beat this fur big crops? Next. Eut Or- egonian. send : Notice of Equalization. Notice is heieby given that the Board of Equalization ibr Grant Coun ty, Sta'e 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 ibr thi year IS 70, and will correct all errors in description and valuation, of property, if any there be. J. B. JOHNSON, Assessor. 17-21 We feel proud of our fat increasing subscription list. Tell your neighbor that the News is sure, to run for years to come; and let each one send in the news from their ?ection, together with a few new subscribers. HARNEY ITEMS. IIarxey Valley, Aug. S, 1879. Editor News: As items arc gen erally thankfully received, f. will fur nish a few from this land of musquitce horse-flies and fat calves. The weather .has been hotter here than before for years. Some of the men in the hayfield were neirlypros. ttated by the heat o.i the 4th inst. Most of the ranchers are busy put ting up hay. Grass is not as abundant this year as fiirmeriy, owing to the vast herds of cattle; although in the swamps, where it is herded by flies and musijuitoes, there ia a great, plenty. The cattle of ihU section are doinir aplendid. The horses are having the epizootic in some portions of the valley, but only in a few cases fatal. We have a school-house built and have been trying to gee a school st irt ed: but tuot of the inhabitants think nu re of raising line stock than of edu cating their ciii!drei. The valley is very healthful, pener ally. There has been but one case of sickness so far this sumuier. A band of 1200 mares and clts h!is ju.-t arnv. d in the valley. The owner intends keeping them on this range, as it i the host he cati find. They were br.'imht from Chewauean. Mnre anor. SAG Vj BR l"Sll. Save Cost. If .you want to know how to i-uc nior ey read the three new advet tiscments in to-day V paper. New Goods. Phil. Ietehan & Co have just received a new invoice of the latest style uoods in the markit. Go and seh'ct vour "oods befoio the choice is taken. pl.oUlt is quite an item in this city, but Plnl. M'-tselum it C. will receive a full supply in a few days which they propose to sell at ?-l )0 per hundred pounds ITEMS BY "tELEGbJpH. From the Port land Standard A uin is being made on several banks in Montreal un account of the failure ol Yille Murie b'Hik. Th'j clerks of different States are or ganizing fur tao cjuip dn in Washing ton and are send in ; off documents. "Rich French tesidonts of New Or leans and New York are taking con siderable stock in the Daiien cainl. At a ptcinir race, free for all trntW'.s at Buffalo, on the 8th, for S5000, Sleepy Tom, pacer, won. Best time, '2:l. Tnere is best authority for the state, ment that Hayes will not favor the the reorganization of State Republican a ciations. American fishermen are badly run over in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the II. S. ship Kearsarge ia badly need ed there Thi Indian agent at plat Head, Montana Territory, reports tjie massa cre of eight Nez Berces by a war party of supposed Gios Ventres. On the 8th twenty-two new eases of yellow fip ver were reported in Mem phis. The Howard association has put 30 additional nurses on duty. At Martha's Vineyard on the 7th, II. Rheinebeck of Pittsburg dived from a bathiog landing and had his neck broken by stalking the bottom. Jacob E. Hairliue was hanged at San Autonio, Texas, on the 8th, inside the jail in the presence of about fifty persons, fur the murder of Peter Mad dox, Pebruary 7. Hairline aftirincd his innocence to the last. Land. A greit many people in our county have given up the idea of w.iit:ilg for the opening of the res ervation to settlement, and huve taken homesteads north of town, land that three years ago was conidced worthies. To-day, ride Over the hills and on cither side you are mitwHithe sane brush ground turned upward, and a good . portion two fet high with the nicest kind of izro wing grains. Poncing is progressing finely. Bar! e l wire is used to sniie exte-t. Let this good work go on; tln-re is plenty of good land h-ft, and in view of what this land can produce, it will be in another two yesrs, almost impossible to select a fair piece for a homestead. Por those who have "grit" and energy and are willing to no to work in earnest can soon make for themselves a valuable home. Young man, do not let 'this One opportunity pass, but pull off your coat and go at it in earnest and you will never regret it; do int allow the attractions of the city to detain vou. Kast Oregonian. Arrived. The steam fire engine, of which so much has been said arrived hereon Thursday nit-lit in charge of W T. Everson. who will give it public trial to-d-iy before turning it over to the city authorities Empire The Poitland Oreuonian savs that a telegram received at that office from Washington savs that the free delivery system will be established in that city, commencing October 1st. Secretary Schurz expects to leave on or about the 20th for Cincinnati, where he will deliver a speei-h before re turning, lie will visit Indian agencies. Spotted Tail writer Secretary Schurz that he wants him to visit his reserva tion, and that his Indians want peace and the means of cultivating the jiound. Mrs. NcKinly, of Dixon, while go ing home fr m a harve-t field, found that her clothes were on fire, which wur; burned oil her, roasting her body I efore she could reach the house. She now lies in a critical condition. Labor troubbs have assumed an appearance of a war of races at Quebec. Prominent hhmlish people in Sr. Korhs' and on Little river road were threaten ed by French Canadians, and asked protection frnm the chil authoiities. Martin Taylor Sz Co., bogus stock brokers of San Francisco, on the Sth, were released from the hands of the sherid'by pay ing the amount, for which they were attached by Sper ling, thus avoiding a ventilation of their business in a Justices Court. The Governor of Pennsylva nia litis issued warrants for the execution of John O'Neil and Peter jVIeManus, Northumber land county Mollio aguires. The circulation of the News this is 5-")0. Call in and see ior 3'Oiirseh' next Tuesday. STRAWBERRY VALLEY FLOnilNQ MILLS, MOKKIIKAD & O'LKAVKR PE0PEIET0ES. Minufacturers and dealers in Flour, of the llcsi Brand, Graham Flour, Corn Meal, Shorts, Bran and Feed. For a Superior Article OF FLOUR, go to the Strawberry Mills Theso Mills are located in Strawberry valley, n the upper John Day valley, Grant cout ty jfi5 Accommodation a specialty. Keason abloprioos. Give us a call -S A ii ton jniBE'B r. Would most respectfully announced to his Fnends in JOHN DAY VALLEY and outside Camps that he has started in Business recent ly on hid own hook in Toxjcl 3Da,v City where h will keep oonstantly on hand the very CHOICEST STOCK of every thing that ia wanted in a Country Store. Ho baa no rent to pay, no Clerk2 biro; consequently, be can soil as low as any J oldor efriablraboJ merchant iu Gran County. Hotels. G. KlESE.H. CITY HOTEL ' Canyon City, Oregon,. BISSEN & RULIS0"N, - - Proprietor? Beg leave to itiform thair friendr Aiid tbo Puljlic Gonorolly That tboy can bo found at the . OLD STA.XD, And are alwuws ready to furnish good Board and Lodging AT .MODERATE PJKICGS. IINER HOU 9 -o- Thc undersigned takes ploasaro in announc ing to tbo general public that they hare open ed a FIRST dLASS HOTEL ifi tbo building known fts TllK GOLDKN EaULe, Canyon City, - - - - Oregon. Wliere you can fiml the BEST TABLE North of Portland, 37.3a. o 23 od.. Arc al! nev7, and tbo rooms have bean furnish cd new throughout. Hoani. $5. por week; 1. per iluy J. Stein Kit k Co., Proprietniu GiMiigo Hotel. 1'KAIltlE CITY, OK KG OX, J. II. Ilardman, Proprietor.- The Hccomtnodations at tbo above Hotel arc good, and every cure will be taken to make guests feel at homo. jf?jL7"Comfortab'o bods, and as good a taM as tho market affords furnished at reasonubla rates. LADIES ATTENTION, Mrs. James .F. Cleaver has just removed to her new Build- iniX on Main Street, Praire j City, where she is opening ouii a fine assortment of Ladies and Mises Hats, just received from N. Y.. also a welfeleeted sup ply of Ladies Underwear and Linen Suits. Also a general assortment of ladies goods which will be sold cheap fo?r" cash. GEO.GUNDLACH & BRO, SN GENERAL MER CH A NDISE, InAIM. STREET, GAM YON CITY, GGNL Now oiler their entire stock atGkeat BARGins." CHEAP W 1 1.. ,. J... Am ii A.. FOE CASH Canyon City, April 25, 1879'. CANYON CITY & McDERMITT STAGELINE, FRANX McBEAN, - - Proprietor- Is now running Buck-boards on the above Line; with good stock. Departs from Canyon City on Monday, Tburs' day, and Saturday, of each week. Arrives at Canyon City on Sunday, Wed nesday, nnd Friday, of each week. Epori 1 1 i i XEW STORK ami NEW GOODS. CANYON CSTY, Has on liand tho Iiargost and- Tines L selection of Furniture in this County JLlousE, bfGN and Cakriag painting neatly executed reasonable rates: DEALERS Fnrmtnre 1