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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1879)
KM. VOL. 1. NO. 21. PUBLISHED fiVERY SATURDAY MORNING BY S. H. SHEPHERD, Editor and Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION: Per Year, : : : $3 00 Six Months, : : : $1 75 INVAR I ABLY IN ADVANCE. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Notices in local Column, 20 cents per line, each insertion. Transient advertisements, ppr square of 12 lines, 2 00 for fir-t, and 31 for each subsequent inseni-m in advance Leal advertisements charge! as transient, and must be paid fur upon expiration. No eerriftVate of publica tion giv6n un'il the fc? is paid. Yearly adviTtL-emuts on very liber term. Professional Cards, ( one inch or less,) $15 per annum. Personal and Political Communications charged as advertisements. The above rates will be strictly adhered to. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. C. W. Parrisii. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Canyon City, Oregon. M. L. OLMSTKAD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Canyon City, Oregon, Geo. B. Currey. uSLttorney atLaw, Canyon City, Oregon. M. Dustin, Attorney at Law, Canyon City, Oregon. F. C. IIORSLEY,M D. Graduate of the university of tenn sylvania, April 8, 1848. Canyon Cif', Oregon. Office in his lrug Store, Ma:n Street Orders for Drugs promtly fillet!. No professional patronage solicited unless directions aie s'rictly followed J. W. HOWARD, M. D., Canyon City, Grant Co., Oregon. 0. M. D0DS0N, M. D., 3F8rix"lo City, - Ogn. N. H. BOLEY, Dental Rooms, Opposite the Methodist Charoh. Canyon City, Oregon. G. I. HAZELTINE, Fliotosraplior, CANTON CITY, OREGON. OITT MILK-MAN. The best of Milk furnished to Ihe citizens of Canyon City ev 3ry moaning, by the gallon or quart; at reasonable rates. JOHN SCHMIDT, Cakpikter and Wagon Maker Oanyon City, Oregon. Dealer in Hardwood, Spokes and Felloes, Furniture, Dhairs, Paints, Glass, and Window-sash. 10 mum THE NORTHWEST. From the Oregonian. The 0. S. N. Co. are building new offices at The Dalles. Chitken roosts at Pendleton have been raided by Chinamen. A good quality of coal has been dis covered in the mountains near the Csl cades. Ed. Jordan, while bathing in the Columbia at Wallula, was prostrated with sun stroke. A substantial bridge hat been built across Mill creek at its intersection with Sixth street at Walla Walla. Dayton's single city prisoner is busied during the term of his "confine ment" in driving the street sprinkler. A Pendleton paper reports that $4000 changed hands on the result of a foot race at Granite Creek on the 10th inst. The fire engine about which so much has been said has been received and tested at The Dalles, and gives satia faction. A company will build water works at Weoton if the people of that town will subscribe $2000 of the ogiginal stock. During the splendid moonlight nights of last week, harvest gangs were run all night by many af the iarruers of the Walla Walla country. Two weeks ago a severe frost visited the country above Palouse City. Ice formed I of an inch thick and vegeta bles were cut down and killed. Alfred Ncwtou, of England, repre senting a number of English farmers who want to emigrate to the Northwest, arrived at Walla Walla last week and is now looking at the country there about. The contract to transport 60,500 pounds of government freight from Wallula via the mouth of Snake river to near the mouth of the Okanagan was awarded to James E. Bourne and Chas. W. Frush, at 34 49 per hun dred pound s. Cheap rate.". Walla Walla county has a band of thoroughbred Merino sheep, of several hundred, owned by White & Putnam, on the Toucher, that are very fine. Som? of their ewes .sheared as high as '12 pounds each, and only 12 month's growih of wool. A couple of chaps at Walla Walla tried to eve da the law by selling a slice of boiled ham witb which they gave away a glass of beer. Some of their patrons "gav' them away" and they are now in the city jail charged with selling liquor without a license. Walla Walla Unioo: Harvest has been in active progress since the first of August, and so far virtually none of the produce has gone to market. In the mean tim : the river is daily getting lower, and the prospect is that by the middle of next month boat9 that now carry a load of 300 to 400 tons will not be able to carry more than two-thirds of that amount. The result will be that a very large share of the crop will have to be stored here over winter. On the 12th a German named Wil liam Neidenhoffer stopped at Pomeroy on his way to Montana, from Seattle. His actions being rather erratic, he was watched to some extent. After eating his breakfast he sat down on the steps of the grist mill, and it was soon discovered that he had cut a terrible gash across his throat and that his life blood was ebbiog away, and he died in a few minutes. He had a good horse and saddle, and about $100 on his person. The supposed caube is that traveling for days in the hot sun had affected his brain. Inland Empire: Two years ago all the grain grown between The Dalles and Deschutes bridge was produced on the narrow creek bottoms. To-day there are not less than 4000 acres of hillsides growing wheat aud corn with 1 i in i n i i in inn inn i mil- TTfcj iiioiimmh TTT-iri" rTTnrrT"TJf CANYON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1879. TERMS: S3. PER YEAR. '"-JraE in the same Haiti'. Two years ago, mtt flrin mill we rnntn'nn Tn nclrr nrt uvui uiui "OJ iuiuuug uvgwj vu W.. -.f . . ... 3 lo A all nrhanh T nil r aow nra vn , ... , ... , and exporting flour to Portland for sale. That our tripj was a hard one we do not deny, but we me$ with a cordial reception wherever we stopped, whicbdid much to abate the severity of the journey. Thegpro?perity of our county has only'begun. A San Frr-noisco man, writes to the Inland Empire as follows: PeODlfc P 1 . t ii v n,DOUUUU, mate Mining can be done; .In Neva- , . , . , i. & An a : k : agemeot to develop your country thor- nnrrlv in fhA nrf. iwn rorB TI,o nnmaK.yu,,. ia 0 .n t.. .nvhodv hnt the Wd. fctrWa " m a and our only hope ior .keeping 8u J 1 4 I D I , 1 . n ... spurn, is to aid in the development of Eartem Orecou. If the ore deposits , . , - rL- Tii,, f,f ; . -n rock, your Jilue Mountain counties will K i i, x- . u r icotr Mark that. Yamima correspondence: The rail - . ... , .ui,, , g luopco. pie , renewed exeu.ons. lney ee, in the near future, favorable opportu nlcs to sell potatoes, bean,, and other were parliculary impresse(I with num. cient tan bark to buy fur himself leath garden ws at good pneeB. Bacon and jers 8 J3 and ,6 Bbich eT for a p,lir of bools, and lhe neigh- ueei wui oe nau.eu. vx toe termer .urjr u . lurge upp.; auu CHe cai- ue are as zac as ever saw. ino tte- mana ior oeei on tne jjoounu is quite .,u.cCu, LUmFit;u n.iuoLiier yean. liniUnil .... w.l -it. . Beef, I am informed, is H cents per ..ii..l Q J J . fJU,lu wu i-hm urcaacu. oaw can oe nao ior ou cent, per Outfidl an4 I 1 . -. . , . .1 hay at 0 to 510 per ton. There is ouuj'.- ui mc iiiic3L uuiuuiy ever saw xi. . T here this year. There will be cut some inn ' fim.,flii, i.U! J J The wild hay and the mixed quahiy is J Tl.- Wo 11., Wo 11., : tlio frl lr , i n n , nn ttin .. -.A' J.. !-. I , " a luc l",0UU1 Fuucing wheat: About 81 90 per acre to plow, sow and seed: $1 25 per acre to cut , , , 1 aud head, and about 7 cents per bnsbel for wheat lo thrash and sack it, thai is, including wages, board of hirt)l help aud horse feed. A header usually , . , , . ' , , fe J' up from 2000 to 3000 bushels per day. i r"A J Harvest hands receive from 2 to S3 o i WM'" uo luwtu aud sacked for 24 cents per bushel and MMOMC1 ttUU a bushel is worth to-day 50 cents. J ' which shows couclusively that our far mers havb a perfecil tltte bonanza. Swamp Land Decision. Dr. J. W. Watts, Receiver of the United States Land Offior at Orpnrnn , . j ,.c c 1 i j rai itr , General Land Office at Washington . . . , , .. . ,. a. i r, 1 in this State bv Governor urover are " not in accordance with law, and wrould . , ,, i .i i i ,1 i . uuu ug aiiuncui uic itiu't wcicuv iciciir ,i tt . j mr t D -.. . and lleceiver at Oregon City are in structed notify the Governor of Ore- . . , . , . , , . ministration the State paid out nearly ijoojuuu, wiucn, it tne decision 01 tne .. r i -r , . . . . . , . uenerai jbana Ulqcq is sustained, will will lose their lands It has beea claimed by Grover and his friends that tne selections had been made according . , . , , m law; tnat tne surveys Had been ' J I adopted by the United States, but the decision of the General Land Office shows such statements to be without buudation. Dispatch to Kecord- TJnion. per day and board. The yield this u 1 u x u i ' eaUn his breakfast and gathered his 1 J 1imcult labo?" has been quieily progres- . n , , , , , , year is heavier than usual, from 25 to r j . i . scanty supply of book, he took his hot , ' sing for two years and the outcome is , , . . 00 bushels to the acre. Wheat, accord- i m. ,J , i u uoard under his jacket aud s'arted for tw,u astonishinrr. Thi-. "dead work is nan- - be lost. A large number of innocent e no ice Severn improvemen much genuine admiration for bi piuck . . a well constructed store, hotel, assay . ... , ... , . vMwa JLIUUVt ViJUU ID UUillUIUtUUi If 111 I ITT . . a . I purcnasers irom the State, who nave A to t, ' ' iobhow any u-w nunuuemr -.tn s , . ' office, etc. After the first "clean-up" , . ... paid the first installment of 20 percent., . . , . A - expense, while the master a- all.. A Trip to the Monumental Mine. PLUCK. gwl i I . . , . , . xud iuou iuuiiauuu ui iuuuauy uiccir I '"B lua CJ U1 ouc woitui. is me ixiunu mental Mining Company's saw mill, which nestles in wooded ravine about two hundred yards to the left of the road, half hidden by the piles finished lumber. The workmen, under the efficient foremansbip of Wm. Burnham, were "nooning" in the shade of the huge pines and tamaracks, and we envied them in their rnnl rptrar The mill, besides furnishing all the Mber required at the mine, supplies outside partiea in the eraori-dfaraX: . . :i . I ciu.,mua leuuenug n eeir ausiain ing and materially reducing the general expenses of the companv. Three mI,M furtter on- over 8n "'H' new roau, paaing me J company's brick kilns and yards, we i. i! ! T i tu lne m ne- L,0S1DB D0 me, bul hostilJ donning miner'8 attire, and 4-V.- : r n UUUC1 lXJC CJ.llillll U1U(1UUC UI lUL. 1 1. & Mffler, the courteous aod experien- Ced Pn'""Jant, wo immedia.el, started on our voyage of observation. The main tunnel penetrates the moun- tain 700 feet, with diverging drifts to I a T I .f . ..I me numDer 01 10, varying m length from 60 to o00 feet. Through these I " 7 '-w-WV VVAA. I u T ill UU1UIUU I of filep Mforeh in hand, and examined the ,ed While all are composed of a suPrm,,:nrrlv rlp h , , m C(JB of development Ulot must ,efU,t j untod yQT consi(erable dV . npft , a. i , . , u I I fnllpn nlP!lv ll11nfr ,,., sta)uctite8 of fab)ed s, R th J J ijhi f t h , , . o ftrv ;mw,;lm n ht.Km tha iieTT I 1? fc" -..v-.w..- I .... ft rf?aKfmnh:e d:RfaTir nfmnwasyet unfulfilled, and Sam did not and unite with the famous Doyle ledge, Put iu appearance at the school-house. J oil... . .... in which event the financial hopas of tin sn intprnstpd will mtf. -wit.h n rpnh wof: f.wij zation iar beyond their most sanguine I nitnnrn.tirms bftd beeQ nade wi,h 13 an(J her was Sfcpn the , t lpf, ffl flf thft . i xio- i -i.fi i v about 18 inches in thicknefs, abounding in ruby and antimonial silver, it was a sight lor the untutored eye to feast up- on. We lelt the mine luJlv satisned i a . c. that the flattering reports of its unmeas- ure" wealth had not been exaggrrated. To ore not viewing personally the roo1f , , u 1 .. result nnnnnir hsnpfl hv th rnmnnnv if. 1 1 j would be hard to realize its magnitude. m v at an pnd. and nothinrr remains u... .1 . . p , . . but the extraction of the ore by the , . j ,, , stoping process, and removal by tram- way to the mill. The latter is in rap id process of construction and it is ex. pected will be crushing by the 1st of October. Mr. W. L. Smith, the en gineer in charge, is expaditing the work to the full extent of the ability of his well organized force. Mr. Mil ler, the superintendent is tueless m his r . . . . t ettorts towards reducing the enterprise to an accomplished fact Ihore is a n rt iroo h lo miiiv or otiHodvnr nn the . ,, n . , , . I'Aii AH ijluiu tuc uaiu-iiaiiu.:u. uui. . .... . ... uishman, delving in the mine with -ii; i i. uiitiu-uriii auu siuugo, wuimij uuucpi ing his monthly stipend in fltock certif icates, to the worthy president of the company, personally on the ground e T . . , . .. . IU3 vuuouUJailUU. 7 nn imnohia will ha mvan t fnn pntpr. . It..-..,, ..J.j .t -i: .......... nnl I IL.. ... kti. thiif l-in I n .t . A. , n Granite Creek section of Eastern Ore- . , . , . , j; . . . e ornn is flin nnhdc minnrnl n,T,r,fr. nl p , tt "R "R uo xavuiu ciupc. jj. Vancouver Barracks, Aug. 15. "Truth is mighty" mighty scarce. Toronto Gosiper. o- i i i i :i ... j- . f-i .1 , , . uaui ncta one uiuum &uu ui a, vy USii I - jlo-ujuj, vuu uwiiuu uuu worsnu a small hill-farm in Centra Uluo, tuea new country almost, n :-p.kf. of by eastern people a he ' es of it is a long wa h.mtti e ui ta day, whatevt-r it ma. h. e : een i 1835 or thereabout. Sam, like many an -tt-cr l s : ho- days in that countiy, 1 n.e- f r an n-h ucation: and th tooitpam hi Hji . .tt ' ' surroundrd as.-.' vva with diffiouities. gave evidt-me of this prominn desire s'Sne 61 tne characteristics pf bis life, . t A - wiuuu me muiueiit jl am auout xo re late fully proves. A great drawback troubled him, a d Tl , " --i " a Pa 'oes that Pxo:ected his feei I trnm lha T rntf anr onnnr hnoinn - i-r "H Men heir to h.s father's old ones, well wnm flf that IV nu? hnit'ovcr ua h I j.-vf.., awUTWl, saw the years go slipping b, a-d ho Ped grow.ng ,earer -l..n hiS .o- aooa anu joutn would oe pa-sea, m d he W0llld be exp ced to assu m responsibilities of m- i oo , m a in . ur ,IAO UJt,,u t,ulu tm; ws5 wmiui tut his m.nW . u . , , . . . . . r. . . . 8cl1001 Bud fibd him ou baud early and late, with a determination to make 8llcn progress as he had never made before; and to this end he managed to can-y to market by extra work, sum- borhood .hoemaker had been promising their completion for nearly a week. Either from a press of work, or from afear that Sam might not prove as prompt a pavraaster as some of his other customers, the time for the com- . mencement ot the three month's term came on, and the ekociuaker'a promise i .... lwo weeKS 01 weaI7 waiting nad pass I Ml 1 . . 1 . ed, and, tor want ot shoes, bam had not commenced his attendance at school. The morning of the third Monday, Sam came io to his breakfast with a piece of board about twelve b) eighteen inches, and a couple of inches thick, and putting it down ar clos to the fire as he could and not burn n. he answered the inquiring look f his mother with the declaration, "i am go ing to school." "Without your shoes?" "Yes, shoes or no shoes, I am going to school, mother," aod he explained the proposed use of the board. Having the school-eou8e, a mile or more dis tant. Hair way between his home and the school. house was the h-.iuse of a neighbor, wheiv tam knew he would bo welcome to halt nd waim iL hire feet and reheat his board. So, at a good, round double-quick, he was off; aud when half way to his neighbor's he halted a d puttit.g hi board on the gr u so ' it -li his benuniln-d 1 w e rni, .1. 0 limbered up f 1 .mot er r , lien took up his bouid a d made the second r stage to neighbor Jones. Here he c warmed his feet and board, aud repeat ed the same operation to reach the school house. When the boy saw him com- nt with the board nnder hit arm, n o- dersti-od its use they greeted h.f w, a little goodnaluied ch; li on h im proved mode of travel and ih. saving of shoe-leather; but there wa too wllh Pasuiv a. hi ap ea. . mi the spirit with h 11 school. Sam.oo go shoes ?n :isie to bid uehaiice to the " itL i for the rest of the winter. The bi.y vvas but ilu- oioom of the man, and he grew up to take his- place us one of the leading men of his country and HateL It' 1 mi 0 l1