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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1879)
! ( m I 1 f 6 ft 6 I 9; t .1 i 1 s r, i ) 1.1 if' Tie Grant Coiti Naws Saturday Morning, Nov. 20, 1870. Notice. Simple announcements of birth?, marriages and deaths, will he inserted without charge. Obituary no tices will be charged ibr according to their length. imnron.!;!! mijjuareial flANYON CVVY LODGE, NO. 34, XJ A. l and A. M., holds its regular Communications on the Saturday even inn of cr next piveooding the full m.mn in each month, at seven and half o'clock P. M. HOP.AH LODGE, No. 22. I. O 0. F., meets every Thursday owning at thMr Lodge J loom in Canyon City. Visiting brothers are. invited to at 'end. JJy Order ofN. C. EOT OUXTAIN VIEW LODGE, No. M 33. I 0. O. F., Prairie City, Ore g'tn meets cvitv baturday Evening. ; , ' , '. . . ? :ii'iniH;i-s oi uie oruer are lnvueu io : attend. 15y order of the N. G. There will be a meeting of the cit izens of Grant Countv at the "Ingle School House, " at Mt. Vernon, on Monday, December 1st, 1875). at 1 7 O'clock, for tin purpose of getting the sentiments of the people in rota tion to the building of a "Woolen Factorv in this Vallev and to affect a permanent organization for that pur pose. Let every farmer in the val ley be there, if possible. The citi zens of town;; should try and be on hand early. M'ANV CITIZENS. AVhkiu: a hi: "We V This is the iron oral question asked by our citi?:e:m after looking over lire m:rp which is given to the subscribers of tlie Ore gonian. It shows that Granite creek runs into the .John Iay River below this point. "We don't know when, it crossed "old Olive." The map al-so shows Marys ville to le near the Ida ho line in Dakor county and abour 3U0 miles from this city. It places ) towns of tisi-i county in Baker and 2 in Umaiiihi. Our citizens have de cided that if !,uc laa:i-e of the map is a-; ufar rigli: ak. if is of Grant Countv that an old man of f:Tho Hoiv Land"' v.-oiild do aoutas avcII. Xe hope vou undoi'KUiud that if yon irv to get in or out of this countv by that mai) thai vou are eicraaliv lost. Ve jde;iHO to in- form our readers that another change has been ordered on the Dalle; cvc 35aker City Stairo Line, to take allect next Monday, whieh vrill put Canvon City m c.';iinec;io:i with San Francisco a.iid Poriiand 12 hours quicker than ever before, which is a very great advantage. The way travel is increasing on this line tiiid from the amount of throu'h pastern gers that are adopting the MeBcau line from liere to W'innemucca we earnestly believe ih.it a full line of coaches will be a necessity next spring; at least we hope so. JOLESLS BUETTE has just received at his Store bi Prai rie City a full and well selected stock of Holiday Goods, consisting of Toys of all kinds and prices, Albums, Jew elry, Toilet Sets, in fact everything usually found at a "Santa Clans" Headquarters. Remember the little folks aiuT likewise the large ones and nmke them happy by purchasing a nice present for them at the store of JULES LE BBETTE. 37,000 acres of land in "Warner valley, this county, is now monopo lized as grazing land by E. F. Mo Connaughy, of California, and he drives actual settlers off of said land with loaded guns. Such actions should be looked after, proscuted to the fullest extent of the law; both for the good of settlers and countv. The City Hotel has purchased 700 j)Oiinds of butter for winter use. II. Staxislawsky, Practical Watch maker and Jeweler, is located at Can yon City, Oregon. Watches. Clocks aud Jewelry rejnired at slwt notice and warranted. u32tf. A number of settlers on chicken creek, in "Wasco county, corralled about 80 head of sheep, -which they say were scabby, and killed them. Some -woman had them on the shares and she will have the case prosecut ed as sheep are said to have been a healthy band. . . Frank McBean has fixed his sta tion at Soda Springs up in good or der, and as he has perhaps the best cook'in this county in charge of the house it'is a good'piace to stop"at. In the case of Harvey "Field vs the Dalles Military Road Company, in regard to land til leAtlorney Olmsted has gained the case in favor of Field. Ma. "W. C. Ali.red lias gone to California to spend the winter, and our wish is that he may have a pleas ant visit and a safe return. "Fanmer Boy" will pic; J.i.s xir!it name and we wil ase send us 'ill then in- , i sert his commuication. Ot j Messrs. Jas. Cleaver, Jules Le Drette and C. F. Cleaver made a flv-in"- visit to our citv last Mondav. KiiranjEi: the Factory Feefing at Vernon next Monday and be on hand early. The prospects are good. -A ' The Stages -will make the trip from ' Tho Mles to B,lkGr Cit.v in 7:2 lu)Ur-s ............. after the first of the month J. D. Titus, of t'm well known firm (f Titus Irs., .7evcliM will arrive on t'se 1 Or h of Deecniber, U remain till af ter the Holidays, with a larje and wdi s lected asortmeut of L-:diis and Gents solid ga'd wnfeh-s and chain5, solid fold simi and jfwe'iy of the lat st de l niy. in f;:ci a fail ;is-"r:tnoiit of oven thi '..: jKitainie.g io thoir Hi.e of tradi. A rare chance to procure e'eiri'.nt lloiifhry jees-nts at tne lowest, rates. Bom:; has live ewspup'.M-.-, two lnnk?, M. sonic. Odd Fellows and other imlls, a lire depart meet, and seventy .ih'Ons, inuu;;i. rable dunce hus , iQ,0;J0 j oojde and no church. Ik) lie "Aouhl he a g.od jdaee for the rtsligenu.? j ct) le t send 3t i-J-ionarii's ti, i iitsreby k-e,.i;itr lnu.dr ilrf of dollar ::t home, and a.' the same tone Isrid plcis'y of ine.M.i ijn t- -iri-ieb -v. Thk !r.nipe:vnee p-ipe.r :aiviso- vo. ie to -i i ink spiii'O'.s !.ijnos u 1 y in -uch un jni)us iiaveVr in diem. The !:i.iMtr.)"r;ite ne 1 i 't i'.ef thnjgs.;, f:ir A'na die -pel i n rei'- mi ha? coaie into vi'.iK' the1 are .-..i'e, so: Januar. F ImMV..-!, Jev.-Jie, Jewly, Awgusr. )ttvbcr, No veni. cy3 Apwril and .-o o. Head the new dv ri is. mufits this e.eok and govern yourself acyording- 'v '3- Died. At Monument, Oregon, on the 18th of Nov., 187:), Homer Yilott, son of Mrs. Sarah Jane "Wilson, aged lo vears, 2 mouths and 1( days. He is the third child that this fam ily have lost within the last few weeks; and they have the sympathy of their manv friends. Mountaineer please copy. Mi:. M. Caio'E.nteu and wife left our city on last Thursday morning for Bridge Creek to spend the win ter with relatives. Mr. T. P. Dean met with quite a serious accident last Sunday cveninir. He had rode into town with Mr. Herburger and as the team neared the butcher shop they hesitated and as 3Er. Detin supposed they wore go ing to stop he began to raise up and at the same time Mr. Herburger hit the team, causing them to start quick thereby throwing Mr. Dean over head first on the ground from which he received very serious injuries and fears were had that he might not re cover, but tit present he is better. Charts. L M. Jillson's Improved Chart, for cutting Ladies', Misses' and Children's d rosso, basques, sacks etc., is tho best chart sold. They are so sim ple that a person can cut and fit with perfect accuracy with them after five minutes instruction. They are sole by Mrs. S. 11. hliepherd, for 85, instruc tions free. I I I t FR03 DAYVILLE. Dayville Nov. 20th, 1S79. Editor of The "News: Having ta ken a trip across to North Fork, thence acro.-s the Northwestern part of the countv, the writer finds that nearly all of the cattle have been sold and the vast rjnixe that is t ) be vacated bv the moving of a!. out 50,000 head of e-Jttle. will bejrestocked in the spring wjfch j lots of of it down here, especially on sheep. The csttlo are not being sold , sncep range, where it has been because they arc unprofitable, but rath i ncarlv &tUcr limvcver' throu-'; " c i ? j- r!the conductive power of a liirhtning rod r-r on account of the encroachments of 1 n , i . . i i , patented under the name of "Sheep sheep owners, it being a settled point! 1 1 , , i ' -,i . a 1 herder," tho stoi ui hurled itself against that sheep and cattle will not thrive ' - nj i mm i 4 i.i .i and spent its force on my poor, defence well together. 1 hroimhout the north- ' J v ' . r . , ', , inlnfr less head. Was it not 'Sheep-herder" western part of the county the most of ; 1 .iii-i ! i ir ii : an unchivalorous deed to do, an unal- tho wool is now bcin marketed at from '12 to 2, cents, (report of owners.) Av erage lots of sheep change Miands occa sionally atS2, per head and choice lo's at 2. 25 and S2 50 )er bead Flock in a te p. ua rule, are importing a great many thorough-bred merino rams, there by enhancing tho value of their flocks and wool clip. The probabilities are that the ykdd of wool will be incioa:ed many tons in the near future?. The cf furt f tho News in trying to et a woolen factory established is fully ap preciated by wool "rowers and people geneiady. Yesterday we heard one linn say they would subscribe $2000, and other linns 8100 to $1000 each. The wihi eat firm tf Henry llewet' & Co., of Poithmd, acting a-? agents for Messrs. F.dker, Bell it Co.. of Sun Fra!ei.eo, who succeeded in gctt ng so much wool on commission and who suc ceeded in obtaining the high price of 16.1 to 17-i and IS cents for a great many of their customers (of whom they had a good many in Grant. County.) while other firms w re selling the same quality of woo! at about die same time, !vch before and after thou- sales wi'h sat: e k-ind of in-.tructions, for 21, 22, 22.1, and 2-' cent. Just how Ilen-yl Hewitt it Co. sueeeeded in g ttingsuch h:h j r ces as the first mentioned, they only kn.v.v, their oustuners d- not. J he writer na yet to s-?e ono or Il'.'l,. Jill .IUI I'll' ) . .I-- . their manv cucstomers tliut speaks well .,. . , . d' them. II thoir losv priees was an , . . , , erp'i of judgement, -hippers would di well to steer clear of them. Of cour-e itwoulil b? aosuid t-i suppose that they would pocket the difference between low rates and ruling pncs, at all events wol rowc!.s will !o well to avoid them in the future. J. A. DO 11 SETT. A company has been formed at 01ms gow5 Scodiiid. to operate in the forest iiiuds of Orein uml Washinirton Ter ritory, for the )'upose of utalizini a jirocess of c!e-.iring forests by steam iutrrduced into Scotland a few years Mnec. This method i as follows: A fraedon enuui of twelve-horse power is sf;i ioncd some distance from the. wi od, a wiic chain is fastened to t'ie rt"o. Steam is thru put on, and the tve i- pulled f.ircm'y out by the roots. ITpwaid? 1)00 trees per day of ten boms can be pulb-d out. by this jirocess. The company will commence operations with fiftv (Murines, which are now bein"; mauufactuaed for them, to be located and worken in different sections of the Country, and it is calculated that, in the course ol a few years, the whole North west of the United States will be clear ed and opened uj for settlement. Ex change. I'Vesno Expositor's last "snake 300 feet long. A man who can see snakes of that size, in California 1ms, to Put mil'Hy, a strong imagina- turn. The Union Pacific Hail road's earn ings for twenty-one days in October were 81,00:3,401 70, against 881,310 - 1)1 for the corresponding time in 1878; j May I answer her ' Well, all "cow increase -$172,080. 97. j boys" are kings, beiim "'cow-boys' er A party of drunken Indians rained a! go, they are "CATTLE-king?." camp of Chinese wood-clempers in lo dcpeudcncc Valley, Nevad, a few days since, and ordered the invaders to leave, which they did at once aud have arriv ed at Tuscarora. There is on the farm of Mr. Ilohen schell, not far from the iity at Stock ton, an apple tree that bears fruit con tinually. Portious of it is now iu blos som, and fruit in various stages of growth bang on the twigs. FROM "MARY AXA" Dayville, Grant County, Or. Nov. 26th, 1879. j Editor News: It was so kind of you to publish my letter. I feel I must write and thank you. aud if there was realy any news to till I would impart it to you. Of course there remains the weather to write about, and we've had hint letter to write I Tho "cow-boys" can answer your accusation in regard to themselves in a more e.tnphatic,conneet iveand conclusive manner than I would be able or dare to do. But you iiss iiled me. It is not in aimer, but in sorrow I remind you ol this: "Not of tho Mary Ann stripe." Mr. Editor did you ov er? But the poor man is in that gloomy and mi-antropic state superin duced by a cross in love, the supposi tion being, from the direction f hi venom, that his rival is a "cow-boy.'5 My pood, (I) peaceful, (?) quiet (?) shepherd, content yourself with writ ing pastorals and singing impassioned lyrics to your lady love, if she will hearken t them, and do not attack our gallant "cow-boys," for to all sen sible and irnod looking jxirls their wild, musical, p'antive coo-ee as they lead their brnds of beef ctttle through the hills, now pb'udinir, coaxing, caressiug, ringing clearly but on the still air as their mild eyed Cattle scare at an unus ual object, halt over coine sliirht obsta cle or with tender moans, penile lowing :md patient, fuel. ?1 wly s'rin; out : long tho trail, the hirudin: ones pressed for ward w'th si. ft ol'juigation-. or if t m phatic, never impatienr, eomniinds of the centnur like drivers, is swcercr far i ban tearful entreaties to "come at.d see my sheep," a bashful but not round- ti.hoiit, inv'r.at!oa to visit tni Jieracr . . i i i , . . r , ,,ri. , . .. f. , 1 L'rhaps tntan:!) I do "hnet p-hesdei .. .',, i i an injustice. Me may have be-n ror- " , . n . rncnteti by a cw fiend, an infliteion i.' ........ i n..M.r i I ilr "Nliniii inn ii Jhl calculated toscurand overturn any i!l balaiicod mind. Dost recognize tho jneturo 1 "The hue of her hide was a dtuky firoWjii, ller body was lean and her neck wa- slim, One horn turned up and the other down, She was ki-en of vision and long id" limb; With a Koniiui nose and a short stump tail, Aud ribs like the hoops of a home made jiail." And thiw: "Over the 'arden lound and round, making his pear and apple tree.; Tramping his melons into the ground, Overturning his hives of bees; Leaving him angry and body stung, Wiidiinir. the o!d cow's neck was wrung." Your Harney cot respond nt kindly invites me over to make a ,f ia h" on someof the young officers .Really Mr. T you overwhelm ine,you're too awfully iood, hut cannot I please be excused. The "nice young officers" arc, I'v no doubt, too sweet for anything, but their lives are regulated by "taps," and out side of "taps" I imagine their knowl edge is limited, why J've heard that the smallest and soberest man iu the gar rison has to fire off a ;un at sunrise and sunset in order to let the others know that such an inqiortint event has taken place. Surely this is the acuic of col lective ignorance and heljdessness. "Iiftiorance" asks you the difference j between "cow-boys" and "cattle-kings. There is, as 1 said before, a great dearth of news, hut just wait, four wed. dings inprospective. What do you think of that ' Unless my eyes change their color, and my right hand lose its cunning you, shall have full description, toilets, menu, etc., for the edification and information of our Canyon City sister.?. The Murray Bro. who, several weeks ago drove a band of beef cattle out of the valley, returned on the 22d. Having disposed of their cattle to E. J. Roberts, of Caoe Creek, Harney Val ley. They report considerable snow on the mountains and in Harney Val ley. To morrow will be Thanksgiving day, doomed, I am afraid, to be but poorly lecognized in our section of country. January 1st, 1795, Georgo "Washington hsucd a proclamation for the observance of the first National Thank-giving on the 19th of February of the same year, to 4,000,000 of peo ple. To moi row will be observed by upwards of 40,000,000. Let us all be of t! e thankful, for our blessings are manifold. MARY ANN. A Larm: Apple. Mr. N. Ford rais ed a Gloria Muudi apple at the Dia mond fruit farm on the Walla "Walla river weihinix 40 ounces and measur ing 1 (5-2 inches in circum franc. Thi; is said to be the largest apple ever rais ed in this or any other country. Tho largest apple at the Centennial weighed 42 ounce.. Such is our country and climate for fruit, yet many refuse to be lieve it. because it h.oks "big." but still it's true, nevertheless. W. W. Watchman No diphtheria in John Day Yalley as yet. It is the opinion of a great many pfrs"ns who have visited the Wood riv er country that a railroad through it would develop one of the best grain producing districts in Tdaho- 'Stranse " growled fho editor, "No scissor? agaid Ye-terday there were two pair, now none." "You aiu?t tho first man busted on two pair," muttered the associate as he plunged into a crit i -ism of ITinofore. HEW ADTBBTI8BMBNT8, OMSTIAS BALL The rembc-rs of Prairie Citv Lodge, it cv a -r m j ,v ' I ft - 1 i- n f 1 l i T -n 11- social jjan, to which tne 'uonc aro invited, on CHRISTMAS EVE, Wednesday Evening, December 24th, 1870, at THE fiRAJittERS HALL, Rrairio City. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS. "Win. J. Settlemier, Jerry Dasey, George Dolliua. FLOOR MANAGERS. Jos. 33. Johnson and James Finigan. Tickets, (without supper) $2. 50. Notice of Final Settlement. Notice is hereby given that J. L. Cummings, Administrator of the Es tate of C. H.Black,kas filed his final report and account in the matter of said estate. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified to be and appear at the court house in Canyon City, Grant County, Oregon, tit ten o'clock in the forenoon of tho (itli dav of January. 1S80, and show cause, if tiny there be, "vhv said ac count should not be approved and the said Estate fully settled and tho administrator discharged. :i4-:38 J. L. CUMMINGS, Nov. 25th, 187S). Administrator. Notice for Publication. Land Office at La Grande, Oregon, Isor. 25th, 1879. j Notice is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final juoof in sup jiort of his claim, and secure final entry thereof at the expiration of thirty days from the date of this notice, viz: Alex ander M nut ay for the SE1 Sec. 4, T b'J Sit 273, ami names the following as his witnesses, viz: F. L. Wood, of Grant County, Oregon, and Eli Lester, of Grant County, Oregon. HENRY W. D WIGHT, Register. Notice for Publication. Land Office at La Grande, ) Oreuon, Nov. 25th, 1879. j Notice is hereby given that the fol-luving-namcd settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in sup jiort of his claim, atid secure final entry thereof at the expiration of thirty days from the date of this notrce, viz: Wil liam Murray, for theSWl, Sec. 4, T lo, S K 273, and names the following as his witnesses, viz: F. L. Wood, of Grant County, Oregon, and Eli Lester, of Grant County. Oregon. HENRY W. D WIGHT, 34-38. Register. 1 . - i 1 '1 4 3. Hi 1 J ; f r, i IMX: w JtU?. . . . - - , . j. i iM-M-iir '