VOL. 1. NO. 39. CANYON CUT, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1S80. TERMS: $3. PER YE All: I ft Grant Bounty to. PUDLISIIED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING BY Editor and Puhmsiieu. SUBSCRIPTION: Per Year, : : : $3 00 Six Months, : : : $1 75 INYAItlAHLY IN ADVANCE. RATES OF ADVERTISING. lv lm om (5in lyr llnch S2 4: $5 $10 $20 Slucecs :J 0 8 14 2(5 3 Indies 4 7 12 10 30 4 Inches 5 S 14 20 HO -L Column 7 0 20 2S -10 i Column 8 13 2-1 30 50 A Column 10 15 30 40 70 1 Column 15 20 40 (50 120 Legal Advertisements $2. 50 per srir for first insertion and $1 per square each subsequent insertion. Notices in local Column, 20 cents per line, each insertion. Transient advcrtis inputs, pr square of VI lines, 2 50 Jbr iir-t. and SI for each subsequent insertion in advance Legal advertisements charge 1 as transient, and mut Ix.' paid for upon expiration. No certili-ate of publica tion given until the lee is paid. Yearlv adverti-emertts on very liber terms. Prolessi.ju.-d Cards, ( one inch or less,) 315 per annum. Personal ami Political Communication charg d as advertisements. 'Hie abvu rates wid bi strictly adhered to. Pill ) FKSS J 0 N A L C A 1 X D 3 . C. W. Parukh. A.TTOKXEY AT LAW Canyon Crrv, Oukoon". M. L. OLalSTEAI), "ATTORNEY AT LA V. Canyon City, Okkho.w (ii:o. . CiniuKY. JCanyon City, Oukcon. M. Du.vnN, Attorney- ai. Law, Canyon City. Oregon. F. C. HORSLEV. M D. Gkaduate or the itmveusitvof im:nn nylvanin, April 8, 1S-1S. Canyon City, Orcein. Office in his Dmg Store, 3Ma!n Street Orders for Drugs promtly filled r i ... r t ti.. r.ii..,i 2so professional patronage y Mcited unless directions aie s'rietlv fallowed- J. W. HOWARD, M. P., Oaki'ox City, Grant Co., Okhgon. 0. M. D0DS0N, M. D., N. H. BOLEY, T DE3 3NT TIS F, j-Pental Booms, Opposite th-.. cthodist Church. Canyon City, Oregon. G. I. IIAZELTINE, CANYON CITY, OllEGON. . S XL3 O -A. 3NT "52T 3XT O X 1 "52" MILK-MAN. The best of Milk furnished to the citizens of Canyon City ev 2ry nio-ning, by the gallon or quart; at .reasonable rates. GEO ni.i.iMB U JJU1J.1 UXJ Hotels. N. Kulison, A. II. Ghotii. CITY HOTEL Canyon City, Oregon, E.TJLIS0N & GR0TH, - - Proprietors Bog leave to inform their fricnd3 And tlio Pnlilic Generally" That they can bo found at the- OLD STAND, And aro alwaws ready to furnish good Board and Lodging AT MODERATE PRICES. i JO -o- Tho undersigned ta&08 pleasure in announc ing to the general public thattbey bavo opon ei a FIRST CLASS HOTEL in tho building known as The Golden Eagj.e, Canyon City, - - - - Oregon, Where you can find the BEST TABLE North of Portland, 37 23. o cJL & Are ail new, ad tho rooms have been furnish ed now throi'ithcu. Board, 5. per week; 1. per day Ideals, 50 cen is. Se(! K!tiAilL & PvottKKTS, Proprietors. Grange Hotel. PUAlUIi: CITV, OllEGON, J. 1L Ilardiuan, Proprietor. Tho accommodaMorH t tbo above Hotel arc zrm.il, and evhry euro wtll be taken to make U7ti feel a' bora?. fcS-Comfnr'ab'e bed, n d :s cood b a tbo u'irkot alTrdd furnished at reasonable .tatos. Fort Karnsy, Oregon. Having fonipleted my Hotel 1 am prepared to entertain the travdino public with care and comfort. The table is supplied with the best the market allords. The beds are neat and clean. STRAWSt-PY VALLEY P L O U It 1 N 0 M ILLS, J O HE II K A I) & (JbEAVEll PUOPillETOPvS. Manufacturers and dealers in Hour of the Best Brand, Gra ham Flour. Corn Meal, Shorts, Bran and Peed. For a ' Superior Article of flo i J u ii"0 the Strawberry Mills. These Mills are located sWawLerrv Valiev, in the . . , upper John Day Vallej'. tyrant County. Accommoda tions a speciality. Reasonable prices. Give us a call. gE2Sf DALLES AND DAK ICR CITY STAGE LINE, Yaile & Co., Proprietors. Departs from Canyon City for The Dalles and Daker City, Daily. Arrives from the same points, Daily. K. C. Wjlliamson, Sup't. CANYON CITY & McDEDMIT STAGE LINE FRANK McBEAJi, - - Proprietor Departs from Canyon City on Monday, Thursday, and Sat urday of each week. Arrives at Canyon City on Sunday, Wednesday and Pri- I day of each week. I0US GRANT COUNTY, AS IT IS NOW, AND ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS. It is the purpose in this article to furnish tho ieadets of the NTews with a concise statement of what Grant Coun ty is, upon every material point, con cerning which those who contemplate a removal westward usually seek to be in formed. Details will be entered iuto fully than has been the case in any pre vious article of like character, and We ask a careful, candid, peril il of it, giv ing the reader assurance that every statement therein made is warranted by the facts and the public records. We fchall at first consider the County as a whole, and follow with the historical and statistical information of each town ship seperatly. nr. . .. . ., rv Y IILTlSilUKSK. UrKiUVr Ogn. EditoiiNews: At your re peated solicitation, I will en deavor to give you a brief de scription of this beautiful place. I say brief, because there is but little to write about that would be of interest to your readers. Whifcehorse, better known to the reading public as Camp C, P Smith, is situated within a stones throw of the eastern boundary line of Grant Coun ty, and about twenty miles from the southern line. Juti south and a little west of the re mains of the abandoned Camp, is the beautiful and famous Whitehors-? Ranch, with it's rich, productive soil and exten sive meadows, where smoothly Hows the waters of Whltehorse and Willow creeks, giving life mid beauty for miles around. Hie soil is well adapted to the cuhure of barley, wheat and like grain. Although farm-ino- is carried on to a very small extent, there is no excuse why larisc crops should not be rais ed, for the yield of that which is annually sown is far above the average California acreage. This with the enormous price for which barley sells, I con sider a great inducement for some enterprising man to en gage quite extensively in farm in f There is also another great advantage that this place has ever many other localities. That is, it is free from the pest ulent ravages of that abomin able insect the cricket that waves the flag of destruction over it's advancing multitude and lays waste the fruits of the labor of the sturdy and faith ful farmer. Here is a safe in vestment. Let some energetic farmer put in a large crop of barley and he is sure to find sale for it at a good price. The supply has never exceeded the demand, and very seldom they equal. This season it is unusu ally scarce and highC Between Forts McDemitt and Harney, a distance of over 150 miles, there is no barley for sale, and at the former place they de mand the exorbitant price of 6 cents per pound and of course Ithe price will raise as the Win- ; ter advances. There are many hundreds of acres that can be put under cultivation and an abundance of water for irrigat ing. Besides the cultivation of barley there are many kinds of vegetables that would yield a handsome profit. The soil is admirably adapted to raising potatoes, cabbage, turnips and in fact all kinds of vegetables. The potatoes are the most profit able and next the rutabega and Dutch green leaf turnip, both of which grow to an enormous size and will not decompose for many months, if not frozen. The mountains around White horse and vicinity shovv' every indication of rich ledges of gold and silver. Hid beneath the shade of some rugged, tower ill"- blllfTof granite, deep, down ! in some unknown cavern, or uncovered on the mountain side, lay bonanzas of the rich est type, that will some day make another "Bonanza King." Granite ledges of the most beautiful kind can be found in a great many places and I am informed that it is a strong in dication of gold. There are al so many indications of good placer mines, but have never bi:eu prospected to any extent. Heretofore this place, as well as many others, has not had proper attention. It's advantages have never been put before the public and until within the last year the mails were slow and irregular. Then we had no "Graiit Couiity News" to represent us and no oiie who would giuc any encourage ment to settlers to come, nor offer any inducements for the traveling public to come this way. Now we are ably reprc sented by the "News" and in stead of the slow uncertain weekly mail, we have a tri weekly that is always on hand and makes good time. Great praise is due to Jas. F. Brown Esq , of the firm of Jas. Brown & Bro. for his untiring labors in building up this place and the enterprising spirit he has shown in the management of the Mc Dermitt division of the McDor mitt and Canyon City stage liue. Every inducement is now offer ed to the traveling public and if they would take advantage of I this route it would save them considerable time on their jour ney to Sacramento and San Francisco. Cattle raising is the leading business of this place, as well as most of East ern Oregon and Northern Ne vada. This is the headquarters of Messrs. Todhunter& Devine who have made many improve ments under the genial and efficient foreman D. M. Dur bon. YELTon. Subscribe now for the News. South Foiut, GuaNt Co., Ogn, EuiTor. jS"ews: ly your invitatiori to the eiti-ens of tho different precinct of the County, to furnish history and description of their respeefciva district I herewith send what I know of my own. (South Fork precinct.) Embracing the territory botweoo the mountains otl the north anu south of th John Day river, and ironi Cumminga' bridge to Cott nwood creek, bein about sixty miles from uorth to sou'h,and fourteen miles from c ist to west, containing 8-iU or more square miles The highest slopes of the mountains beii g covered with Umber, the lower slopes carpeted with splendid bunch grass, tho rocky spots with sage brush, and the triio ta ble lands with gras-, weeds, tanzies and wild Hovering plants of many varieties: Furnishing according to area as find grass lands, abundant m there is in Eastern Oregon, which is attostad by the splendid b mds. of beef cattle being now driven away to market, and by the line herds of sheep, in buch fat condi tion scattered among tho hills and along tho mdches to the very summit of the mountains. And there u room and FEED FOU THOUSANDS upon thousand more and no exagger ation. The entire country drained, by the south Fork of John Day river id within our precinct, and tne only Occu pants thereon so fir as I know are Har lison and Tavl n near the head of tho river, Stuart.. Vanatir and P. C Daviu on Murdere r's creek. ICuhn and Fish el in South Fork Basin. J. M. Young, Charts lldey, E. Lester and J. W. Greenwell occupying the lands near" the mouth of said streim, and if tbtf lands therein embraced were in any of the older States it would not be twelvj months before thro would be scores of! .settler. j.nd hui'dreds ot stock more thor-M-n. The lands now farmed bo -der on the main river and on the South Fork wiiiiin a mile and half of tho' mouth (if the latter. The farms com mencing below Cum mings' bridge on the main river, are owned and worked by M Kevis. A. Aldrich, Murray Bros., E. C Officer, E. Lester, S. Wil liams, G. Bruckett, Oi P. Snider, Tj ' liyland, Meltobtrson, J. N. Brackctt; J V. Lewis, Lyman Perkius and L.-Wood-". All of which produce abun dant crops of grain where the neces ftary ditches fur irrigating are properly attended o and the necessary labor per formed to gft the lands plowed and seeded early in the Spring, but where ihe brush has been cleared away and the laud seeded to gras, from H to 3 tons of splendid hay can be cut yearly . with line green grass for milch enw during the Fall and early Winter. The land on THE SOUTH FOB ft worked by, KM. Young, C. Riloy, J W. Greenwell and E. Lssfcr is cer tainlv tl. i liuot i r as fine cor.i land a3 there is in Eastern Oregon; and as to vegetables no land as far north on this continent will excel them when proper ly cultivated as witnessed by the mauy loads sold by C. lliley this Fall iron his well cultivated little farm,-and as to corn J. M. Young's crib and fat hog? will attest. Tne yield of oats, barley' and wheat for the precinct averaged be tween 30 and 40 bushels p r acre Twelve thousand bushels has been tliresherj this year by Mclloberson & Kimble's machine, principally oats As wc haver no mill, neither grist nor saw mill under 32 mile.?, therefore we raise wheat only to supply our own de mand.- And just here I would say the lack of mills is one of the great draw backs we have to contend with, 32 miles to the east and 100 to the west is the gap between the flouring mills, 30 to east and 30 to west is the gap be--tweeo the .saw mills, and we have the lands (valley and table) to supply a no, one flouring milL With the best o .Contirwed 6u 4tK page.) A . ',;. 1i V