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Tie Grant Coitj News,
Saturday Morning, Oct
1879.
Notice. Simple announc3raents of
nirths, marriages and deaths, will bo
inserted wirlmut charge. Obituary no
t ices will be charged for nccordins; to
their length.
HAN YON CITY LODGE, NO. 34.
) A. F. and A. M., holds its regular
Communications on the Saturday oven
inr of or next proceeding the full moon
in e.ich month, at seven and half o'clock
P. M.
HOB A II LODGE. To. 22. IOO.
F., meet every Thursday evening
iJ thir L"d:e It'cm in Can von City.
Visiting brothers nrn invited to afend.
Bv Ordr of N. G.
To Correspondents. The corres-
pondet that sends us the best de-
scription of the precinct in which
he or she lives, in this county, will
be allowed to send live copies of the
News, free, to any address they may
designate, until the description of
ndie county is concluded. What we
want you to write about is the soil.
Umlinv liiinuu airtfrt -wtt fr-i (tnnvpna
'. ' . . , Laroe Potatoes. Mr. F. G. Tay
minoral and mineral springs, lakes. ' . . , . . . . . . .
. , . i, ' , . i lor brought a bo:-: of potatoes mto
liealth, climate, price oi land, schools 1 . , . . - , 1
and churches, society, population,
financial condition, Htot'k, fruit, cost
of living, number of towns or stores
together with amount of goods sold
and freight .icceived during a year, . . ,
... . . -ilhevare ol i.iie peerless vanetr.
lvicei )aid for cattle and liorses and ' vn, , - ,
x . , , , ii-- -r- lavlor sav.i mat ho took these
wages paid teachers and hands; in! . . '
, ... . . , , i potatoes as thov come and thinks
. A ... . , , , !
lit to tne emigiv.nt. V. o intend to
advertise Grant County and are per
fectly willing to remunerate eorres-
pondents for their trouble. But do j
not overrate anything you write us, !
better have it'a little under. Now t
show the pride you hav:
precinct and county.
for
your ;
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SEWS. J
Vfliat tho Peopli Say of t:u
On: ccrresi)ondent at Alvord in a
private letter to us says: "I do not
aspire to become a nows2aper cor
reaponilant, but vrhen I see you tak
ing hold of an enterprise where so
many have failed and making a sue-
cess of it I feel that it is mv duly to !
useist bv furnishing any news items I
that will help to fill up the local col
umns of your paper. X.
Mit. Goodwin, of San Francisco,
writes Mr. E. E. Turk as follows:
"Thanks to you for the Gt.axt Coun-
tyNews. Long may it live. It is
a live paper."
In a private letter to Mr. Phil.
IVIetsohan Mr. If. Dasch, of Portland
savs: "I receive the Ghant County
News every week, .and it is a very
welcome visiter. I read it and then
send it to Germany."
"Tnc G it ant County News is only
2H weeks old, issues 57 papers, and
has a new type outfit." Daily Stan
dard. Cokrect, Brother Noltner. The
News is like the Standard; its course
is onward and upward. We have re
ceived 21 new subscribers since that
certificate was made.
Ouk Patuer. "We received a let
ter, from our Father, Col. James
which he says that he would start
from Baker City, Oregon, on Octo-
ber 1st for his home in Iowa. He
is 79 years and 7 months old and I
still has verv
rrnnrl
health. Our
great anxiety is that he may have a !
safe and pleasant trip home. He !
entered the Journalistic field about
50 years ago and has been in the
business more or less ever since.
For the last year he has been a val
uable addition to the editorial staff
of the Bedrock Democrat.
The undersigned offers for sale his
farm of 1G0 acres situated 12 miles
below Canyon City, on the John
Da' River. A good house, barn and
out buildings are on the premises.
38 acres under cultivation. For fur
ther particulars fnquire of
F. G. TAYLOR.
G. I. Hazelune, F. C. Sels, F.
Sweetser and Chas. Wasner returned
from the Granite Creek mine3 last
Wednesday. They report the work
on the Monumental Mill progressing
rapidly. Mr. C. S. Miller, the gen
eral manager of the company, expects
to have the mill a pounding in about
four weeks. About 500 tons of ore
is on the dump. Ore chutes are
started on several ledges and by the
time the mill is ready for operation
the mine will be in such a condition
as to furnish ore in abundance. We
are promised a full report from some
of the gentlemen above named re
fering to the Granite Creek mines in
general.
Some Beef. We learn that Mr. J.
S. Heptonstall since he returned to
this county, Sept. loth, 1S79, has
purchased 2700 head of beef sieers;
none of which are less than three
yeai3 old. One thousand head were
purchased of J. "W. Gillman, of John
Day Valley. All of these cattle are
1 choice beeves and are destined for
San Francisco where the citizens can
I have the pleasure of eating Grant
t County steak and roast. Thus the
cattle interest in one or two littlo
trades of the last ten davs will dis
burse over $-10,000 in our midst.
of anything of the kind we ever
looked at before, oo of them would
fill a half hushel box; they weighed
Miat his natch of liA acre. wdl
ltbo,;fc Uu, S,UHL;
The ladies of the ?J. E
Sowing"
Society will give a dinner in Trow-
bridge's grova on Thursday, Oct. n,
for the benefit of the Church. "Din-
ner 50 cents. Teams will leave this
city at. 10 o'clock to convey those
who v;isli to attend there and return
frec.
Sek the new advertisement of A.
Hirpprich. Ho is up Avith the times.
Show it to the Chinamen; they ap
preciate advertising.
We notice Mr. W. J. Cookscv in
town yesterday. He got a little
lonesome, wo presume, keeping
rBach." in Harney Valley, so he
came in for a wife his wife.
A bevy of ladies called on us last
night. They wore IIrs. Olmsted,
Mrs, Cooksoy, Miss
and our better half,
dies.
Marion Luee
Call again la-
I'kom Mr. Rtudu'son wj le-irn that
lie U S. M irshal has .SJMit warrants to
Harney for quire number of our cili
.ns to go t.) Poi tland t answer to the
charge f I' tt'mr sock ur.-ize on or nrar
rhe Malheur lle.ei vation. Th -3 are
:i.sspsm1 nil the way fnm S30U to S,"5.
000 damages. It wonld co-t the cit:
zens les- than that io kill all the Reser
vation Indians. We nls- leiru from
Mr. S. that Murphy has returned to
Harney valley. Saud.rS'-n further
cays that Mr. Stevens has iron 3 to buy
French's t prims to use on UU contracts
wirh the U. S.
The Paradise Reporter co'iies to us
this week 1 educed in size. The propri
etor calls it "ensmalled" which h- deenis
.a fit term 10 "Tnt tho reverse to
enlarji'd. Want of prompt p-iyincnt
on the part of the patrons of ihe paper,
's uive" :ls :i l"n f,,r rhl the
' JL,1':ro" ar" m?,n l-:lP"s that
c"llIcI onlar-p ;iml "t'rwiso impr .ve if 1
S!,05cnl,G1' P".V up pmmpt h
Tub Old Story. On last Sunday'
night as usual n row was inauqerate 1
on "the corner" and about 50 people as- ;
sembled t' hear the obscene and bias- j
phiMiiirijr harangue of the principal in
truders. If the tmvn was incorporated
such damning actions could he stopped
but as it ih the Sheriff nr his Deputy
h s no right to interfere in such matters
unless someone makes a complaint and
then th..y will be only too glad to put
a veto on such actions forthwith. We.
are informed that about the fame kind
of a circus was gone through with on
last Thursday night about ona or two
o'clock.
Public Land Laws. -r We are under
obligations to Mr. H. Talbot, of Sioux
City, Iowa, for a copy of his work on
the Public La.d?, etc., etc. The book is
an 8 vo., 170 pages, ond eontains much
valuable information to settlers on the
pudlie nouiain It is an exhaustive
compilation of law., rulings, decisions
and late acts of Congress, with refer
ence to the agricultural and other lands
of the United Stitcs. Every real estate
agent should hive a copy. Price 50
cents.
The Oreg'on Farmer. It is an ei
ght page p jper filled with reading of all
kinds local, telegraphic, farming liter
ary and a nnialf amount of editorial.
The publisher is trying to introduce "a
paper for the million" as its varied read
ing and low subscription price show.
Wo g'ad I v exchange with it and wish
it .success.
We received for an exchange The
American Traveler and Continental
ller.dd, the special American organ in
Europe, published at London, and with
it a large, line picture of Victoria
Woodhul, candidate for the Presidency
of the Uuitjd Stitcs. The News will
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A Little Mouk Cidek." Fik fc
Rinehart inform the people through
the paper that is now before you that
tlu'v have plenty of cider vinegar for
sal-; also plenty of apples and cich-r
cheap lor csh. H"ad their advenie
in i nt.
We omitted to mention the fact Inst
week tint Mr. A. S-.veetzcr, of the firm
of Chvrfelt& Swei-tzer. wiio spent a few
days wish the boys in SilviH valley last
mnjirh, returned to Sm Franei.-c-t list
we-k where he g es into wintur quar
tet. .
The Coiniopolite, published nt
Sioux City, Iowa has been sent t the
News with request to X and of course
we will do so for it is a valuable iNonth
lv. Bin Horns. Mr. Late. Farmer
killed an elk a few weeks a:ro and on !
last Wednei-day presented rhe horns to
Judne F. C. Sels and upun measuring
thm we find that, they measure from
he id t tip of horn, each horn a little
over four f- e', and two feet from the
hfad the horns ate 1 feet and 10 inches
apart. From tip to tip they are 8 feet
1 inch apart, and from up to tip round
lo ad h"y are over 9 fi-et. yThey
weigh 31 pounds und have 12 prongs.
Nkw House Frank McEean has
jusi h:i(i a housti built at Soda Springs
so that lie can be'ter accomodate the
weary tr:tveh-r. The travel is increas
ing rn the Harney line and a daily!
mail may bo locked for on that mute
?o in. In view of all this Frank has
made Soda Springs a permioent station.
Mrs. Rosa Eclirnr is the Landlady and
set up shlonclid mea's. The Todhunt
cr Riot hers and Mr. Cobb were the
car-pouters lhat built the house.
Mas. B. C. Tkowbridok called on
us a few clays ao, and while in paid
for and sent, the News to Mr. John
Gordon, L-t'ock, Glenlevot, Ballinbal
laeh. Banff, Shire, Scotland. Mrs. Jno.
Her burger .ends tho News to Mrs.
M-ijory Milnieat Hedivnchal, Olfnlivot.
Dallindallach, liauff, Shire Scotland.
(C-
OvEjmoi.T it JaCoii.s are busy put
imj! up a House t r Mr. TerkiiM, at j
DayviHf. Tlu house will be a story
and a ha'i hi.uh, and 20 by 2G u ith an j
ell 12 by 22. a-id will contain 7 rooms. ;
da co s r-ays. it vi 1 ho the linest hone
in G: ant, (Jounfv.
Finoek Baoici:. Mr. ,Joi Oliver
while attending t sonir; e lives at hi
milk ranch las?. Wednesday m rning
had his ht'Ie tinker broken by a cow
sfrking him with her horn.
Iit. Wm. Hall returned home
from Winnemucca last Sunday even
ing having disposed of his cattle at the
above place.
For The Dalles. Mrs. M. Mc
Loud took her departure last Saturday
morning on the stage for the Dalles.
For Boise City. Mr. Jas. Brackett
has gone to Boiso City to have "Cham
pion Knox" returned home forthwith.
Tlis Justice in ihi city ha?, had con
siderable business thi week. Yester
day complaint was made against parties
on lower street fur disturbing the peace
nighr before last. The 0ung nnn
plead guilty and was lined SI 5. Wt
refrain from using his name for the re
sptct we have for his sifters and moth
er. The whole outfit were notified to
letve town this morning and we were
told last night that they would. J. H.
Lev.ns married Mr.-. Mnntigue, known
as "Susi," yt s'eruay and can now go.
as man and wif We lrne that we
will now be spared the unpleasant duty
of chronicling the usual Sunday night
row.
List of letters rem iining in tlri Oct.
1st:
Kobinson Albes, Janvs Gillzeran,
Wood Gillman, David Lloyd, W. C.
Median? 3, A. F. Rut 2, Butter &
Rockfollo, L. P. StClair, Rob. Turner,
E. Sturgeon. Persons calling for the
aoove pieus ; say aa vert is u.
E. Hall p m.
Mr. Lord, of the firm of Houtliug &
Co. of Portland arrived ou the Dalles
stage last night.
Mr. Scott is in the ity he has junt
arrived from Coiier deLoune where he
has boen on u contract with the gov
ern ment.
See the advertisement of the Steiner
House in this is-uie. Mr. J. J. Rob
erts has bought Jacob Htetner's inter
est in the bove house and is dnly en
stalled as landluid. The linn now
reads Seerduhl &, Robeits.
Tins week we printed oOO tax re
ceipts for the sherifi of this county.
Next week wo will hive a full re
port of th Pub'ihers Convention at
Ut ion.
Mr. M. Morran left lor Wasco Cou'n
ty lat Saturday morning.
Tho East Oregonian has entered
upon its fifth volumn and still main
tains its standing as one of the best
weekly papers in Oregon.
Grant is coming to Oregon and it
expected that ex-Gov. "Woods will ac-
conipany him.
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Peaches and prunes are now sell
ing in this market. The peach crop
in this valley is immense this year.
TY.om Mr. J. Vv . Mack, County
School Supt., we learn that the new
Readers and Spellers have arrived
and that he has them on hand to ex-
change for old books at a liberal
discount until January Sth. He will
a.
be in this citv about the loth hist.
STRAWBERRY VALLEY
PLOUJITNG MILLS,
MORKHHAD & G LEAVER
PROPRIETORS.
Manufacturers and dealers in
Flour of the Best Brand, Gra
ham Flour, Corn Meal, Shorts,
Bran and Feed. For a
Superior Article
oe flour go the Stra wberry
Mills. These Mills are located
in Strawberry Valley, in the
upper John Day Yalley, Grant
County. Acconimoda
tiotis a specially. Reasonable
prices. Give us a call. crgg2$f
A 11 to n Hacleiey
0
Would most respectfully an
nounce to his Friends in JOHN'
i DAY VALLM Y and outside
Camps that he is p'nmiMeily
established in Busineo's in
cT oJaxi 10-rr City
and keeps constantly on hand
the very
CHOiCEST STOCK
of everything that is wanted in
a Country Store. He has no
rent to pay no Clerks to hire;
consequently he can sell as low
as any older established mer
chant in Grant County.
WM. GOOS,
BAKER CITY, OREGON,
CIGAR MANUFACTORY,
ALSO
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Tobacco and Smoking Articles.
Hotel
s'. ItliMSON, A. Ii. CiltOTd;
CITY HOTEL
Canyon City,- Oregon,
u ii i wt i u iT. I v t. if i f-t a m r ni f m ii m
Bg leave to iof.rm their friorida
And the PuLlio Genorally
That they can bo foutxi at :bu
OLD STAXD,
And are alwawa reJj t-j fnroisb i; ".t
Board and Lodging
AT .MODERATE PltU:l'
.o f
The ucderdignod ukea plaasuro ia a f;:: w Tid
ing to the genera? public that they h.iv opt?u
rd a FIRST CLASS HOTEL iu the bu?i-HK
known as Tiik Golden Haul;:,
j Qany0n City, - - - - Oregon,.
Where you can find the
BEST TABLE
North of i ortland,
3722a o D3 e cS. fe
Are nil new, and tho rooma have been furnish
ed ner throughout.
Board, 85. per week; 1. per day
Meals, 50 cenbs.
Seoeiidaiil & Roberts, Pr prc-"?s
Grange Hotel.
PRAIRIE CITy, ORKUON,
J. II. Uardman, Proprietor.
Tho aro'iiDmodatioDS at tho above lintel are
ood, and every enro will bo takn to raako
gu?.t3 feel at homo.
I-Comortablo n&ds, and B8 gnod a tr.bl
58 tha market afTorda furnished at reasonebSc
rates.
LADIES ATTENTION,
- W-
Mrs. James F. Cleaver h as
just removed to her new Build
ing on Main Street, Praire
City, where she is opening out
a fine assortment of Ladies and
Mis.es 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.GUNDLACH & BRO,
IN GENERAL
MER CH A NDISE,
MAIN STREET,
CANYON CITY, OGN,
Now oH'er their entire stock
at "Great Bargms.''
FOR CASH
Canyon City, April 25, 1879.
CANYON CITY & McDER3VIIT'
STAGER LINE,
FEAMK McBEAX, - - Proprietor
Departs from Canyon City
011 Monday, Thursday, and Sat
urday of each week.
Arrives at Canyon City on
day of each week.
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NE7 STORE and NEW GOODS.
CANYON CITY,
Has on hand tho Largest and Finest
solo otion of Furnituro intthis County
House, Sign and Carriage
painting neatly executed, a
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DEALERS
CHEAP
1 reasonaoie ra-ua;