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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1880)
ft' in ! w ! A Si cvsc VOL. 1. NO. 40. CANYON CUT, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 18S0. TERMS: $3. PER YEAR. Bb Grant County its. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING BY S. H. SHEPHERD, Editou AND PrBLISlIMU. SUBSCRIPTION: Per Year, : : : 3 00 Six Months, : : : $1 75 INVAIUARLY IX ADVANCE. BATES OF ADVERTISING. lw lm 8m llnch ?2 $4 ?5 2Incees 3 (I S 3 Inches 4 7 12 4 Inches 5 8 14 i Column 7 9 20 Jf Column 8 13 24 i Column 10 15 30 b'm $10 14 1() 20 28 .:-() 40 vr $20 20 VA) :-w 40 50 70 1 Column 15 20 40 150 120 XieJil Advertisements $2. 50 per sqr for first insertion and SI per square each subsequent insertion. Transient advertisements, per square of 2 lines, 2 50 lor iitt, and SI for each subsequent insertion in advance Legal advertisements charge 1 as transient, and must, he paid for upon expiration. No certificate of publica tion given un'il the J'ec is paid. Yearly advertisements on very lihcr rurins. Professional Cards, ( one inch or less.) 15 per annum. IV'-o'ml and Political Communication c'jirg d as advertisements. Tin, alnvo rat'" wi 1 h- strictly adhered to. PROF ESSiOX Ah CAR !)S. C. W. Paurinii. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Canyon City, Our.oo;:. rM L. OLMSTICA1). ;AT70RXRY AT LAW. Can vox City, Oheco.w (rEO. P. (VltKKY, jOaxymx City, Oukco.v. M. Ol'STIX, Attorney at Law, Canyon City, Oregon. F. C. HORSLEY.M D. Graduate of THE I'MVEKSITYOF pkxn ey Ivan in, April S, IS 48. Canyon City, Oregon. Office in his J ruj Store, Ma:n Street Orders for Drugs promtlv lilled. No professional patronage solicited unless directions aie s'rictlv followed J. W. HOWARD, M. D., Canyon City, Grant Co., Oregon. 0. M. D0DS0N, M. D., N. H. BOLEY, DENTIST, ?35Dontal Booms, Opposite th. cthodist Cburob. Canyon City, Oregon. G.I. IIAZELTINE, IPliOtograpIior, " CANYON CITY, OREGON. 1 1ST O 3ST CITY MILK-MAK she citizens of Canyon City ev- 'i.' p r r'L. . 2ry mo-ning, by the gallon or quart; at reasonable rates . SOLLINGBR Hotels. N. Bui.ison, A. H. Grotii. CITY MOTEL j Canyon City, Oregon, RTJLISON & GR0TH, - - Proprietors Bpr leave to inform tho:r friend And tlio Public Generally That they can bo found at the OLD STAND, And aro alwaws reaij to furnish good - Board and Lodging AT MODERATE PRICKS. 5 -0- Tho undersigned takes pharuro in anuouD ing to tbo general public that they havn open ed a FIRST CLASS HOTEL in the building known as The Golden Kaule, Canyon City, - - - - Oregon, "Where you can find the BEST TABLE North of Portland, T3io Z232o el Are all new, 3nd tho rooms bavo been furnish ed new throughout. Board, Sf. per week; SI. per day I Meals, 50 cencs. Kkckkdaiil & Roiikkts, Pmprie'ors. Grange Hotel. 1'ltAIltIE CITV, OltEGON, J. IL ITardinan, Proprietor. Tl:o urcoaimoiHrion nt the Rhnve Unto! r.re iT''d, and rvory euro will bo taken to make gup?" feel at hom. ""fiomfor!n!'o H", n.i cnod a tr.Me as thti market allnls furnished at rt-asonaole iltCH. 3JJ A 5? V BJ jT& ST 3 'Fort Harney, Oregon. .V . OLE V E? , 2 r6 p r i lor. f ILivin co'.nph'it.Ml niv TTotcl 1 am preparoi to entertain the travolim; puhiie v;ili care and comlorl. The ttihlc is supplied with the best the marker allbrds. The bods are neat and clean. S7AWBEri??Y VALLEY K- L 0 U P I N ( M I L L S, MOllKIIKAD .t CSHAVIOH PB.0PEIET0HS. LiUiilUeturers and dcalcrsm Flour of the Pest Brand, Gra ham Flour, Corn Meal, Shorts, Bran and Feed. For a Superior Article of flour uo the Si rn wherry Mills. These Mills arc located in Strawberry Valley, in the u p p e r J o h n L) tiy Vail ey , G ran t County. ijS Accommoda tions a speciality. Reasonable prices. Give us a call. DALLES AND BAKER CITY" STAGE LINE, Yaile & Co., Proprietors. Departs from Canyon City for The Dalles and Baker City, Daily. Arrives from the same points, Daily. R. O. Williamson, Sup't. CANYON CITY it McDERMIT STAGE LINE, iFBANXMcBEAN, Proprietor Departs from Canyon City rm X s- - -l .-. . . rn l , , , Jot- onf? .Qn f- J Arrives at Canyon City on Sunday, Wednesday and Fri- m Si day of each week. BRANT COUNTY 5 AS IT IS NOW AND ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS. It is the purpose in this article to furnish the readers of the News with a concisa statement of what Grant Coun ty is, upon overy material point, con cerning which those who contemplate a removal westward usually seek to be in formed. Details will be enterod into fully than has been the case in any pre vious article of like character, aud We ask a careful, candid, perusil of it, giv ing tho reader assurance that every statement thorein made is warranted by the facts and the public records. We shall at first consider the County as a whole, and follow with the historical aod statistical information of each town ship sepcratly. Our Schools. From the noty-hordc of Supt. Mack. On Wednesday, July 23d of the past year, tv;e writer set out on an of Ocial tour over Grant County, to visit its schools and get acquainted with the country and the pi-ople. Previous to this date I hud visited the upper val ley of the John Day and found two quite industrious schools in Fcssion, one in Mador's District, No. 14, un der the charge ot Prof. Kellogg and one in Warm Springs District, No. 15, presided over by llev. ) L. Miiligan. These schools wee small in numbers but were progressing well apparently, and to the mental satisfaction of par ents, teacln rs hiid pupils. The school houses in these di-tiicts arc not of the high cit order of architecture, but com fortab'e and roomy enough for the num ber of pupils they were de?ignod to ac commodate. Win eoa it District No. 10, lying between these two has a very good school hou.-e but. thoug form erly oii' "t the bst district in the countv, so m oty children havo ivmov rd or grown out of school age that it is now one of ihi smal'.e t districts in the omiiitv, repoiting but thirty five per sons id' school :'.nv and maintaining but a single quarter .-choiJ dating the year. There lias In on tio school in that dis trict this summer. Strawberry Dis tjjict, N. 9, also has no school thi.", sum mer. Mary.-ville ditto. Many of the districts of the county are so Hindi, in number of pupiK not in territory, that! they have but tl.ive months school in the year, reporting frosn sixteen to for ty poisons beiwten lour and twenty years of ago, and many of those report ed as living too far from the school house to attend. PitAiRii: City had a large school of seventy or eighty scholars in daily attendance, but in the alxence of any report thereof, statistics j are vaguo ft resumes its session next month. This prior trip up the valley was the work of but a day and over a much travoled route through a civilized country. Batnwl was to wind my way through unknown lands, over des erts and through rivers, over mountains aud many miles of desolate wilderness, i Like a prudent husband and father, I insured my life in the North Pacific, then bade my charming family an ef fectionate farewell, and wiping the flow ing tears from my classio features, mounted my fiery steed and started on my journey. The school at Canyon City was in va cation, and in the absence of any report thereof I can tell very little about it, more than that under the elScient man agement of Prof. Eads and Miss Douth. it it progressed favorably and is a good school. It is graded and pupiis can there be titled for college if desired. The school house is new and commodi ous and speaks well for the enterprise and public spirit of the citizens. Canyon City is quite a stirring little place, but is too close to Prairie City to ever amount to much. Large towns appear to over- j shadow and chill the growth of villages Presume undertake an existence toc near them. John Day City also had no school this summer. The peo- pie there got ashamed of their old school house and disposed of it to a company of Celestials and have built a very fine house this season. That district generally supports a very good school. The next district below, is Luce's a new district without school house or school. They talk of building a school house this fall. My genial friend, John Luce, here welcomed me with open arms, (figuratively speaking ) After passing a pleasant night with him and his kind lady, a short ride in the morning brought me to Inizad's school house, where I found a quite interesting school under the the charge of Mr. Parkinson. The whole morning session was spent with them and the pupils appeared to be quiet aud indus trious and the teacher attentive to his duties. The visit was quite pleasant to me and I tiust to the school. The school at Han's district enjoying the summer vacation, brought Long Creek. as the next point to be visited. Peach ing Fox Valley that evening, after a tedious climbing over the mountains, a generous stockman shared with me his "bed ami board" and after a hearty supper, I slopt the sleep of innocence and peace. This valley is a beautiful spot, seven or eight miles in diameter covered with a rank growth of bunch grass, and surrounded by mountains covered with gtean timber. Through it runs a line stream witn numerous small branches and but for its elevation would be a line agricultural country. But King Cold reigns there too much of the time for useful cereals or vege. tables to tlourish and so it remain, and so it must remain, a stockman's para dise. Horses and she:-p roam over it by thousands, yet, except in spots near the corrals, the grass is almost untouch ed. No untoward circumstances inter vening, fortunes are awaiting the stock owners of Fox Valley. A low ridge of mountains crossed with light grader by a good wagon road, interposes be tween Fox Valley and Long Creek. This is another ' Garden of Eden," be inir low enough for successful farming along the creek while an ocean of bunch grass extends to the north and west f"r many miles. Four years ago, but oue house stood in this vdlev. Now it is the LARGEST COUNTRY DISTRICT in I ho county, reporting some seventy persons of school age and maintaining a school of neaaly fifty scholars in reg ular attendance. It was cheering to see the interest manifested in the school by its patrons, many of them IMS iL uu ulu uaJ Ul v,s"1' White was in charge and tne exercises were interesting and appeared to be quite satisfactory to the people. A pka-ant visit wi ih old acquaintances, and then mv route led west-ward, to ward the North Fork of John Day riv er. It led through a fine grazing COUIltlT without a break till night found meat the ho'pitable home of our pop ular Commissioner, Hamilton, where are peace and abundance. Friend Hamilton is a large farmer and a large stock raiser and a large hearted man generally If yon don't believe it, go and see him and his chaming family and you will not regret your visit. He j lives on a Drancn or the Norin rorK a few miles from the river aud in a beau tiful country. I do not believe the sun shines on lovelier valleys than nes tle among the BlueMountains of Gr.int Countv. The North Fork district contains three distinct settlements sev eral miles apart and the people at their aonuil meeting elect one director in each settlement and they divide the publie money among tho settlements io proportion to the number of pupils in. j each. The three schools are necessard Iy small, but it is the besfc arrangement that can be effected under the circum- ; stances. No school was in progress in the district at the time of my visit j The school in the middle settlement having been closed on account of sick ness, but a short time before. All the three subdivisions will probably havn schools this fall. A ride of a few rnika from Hamilton's brings the traveler to Monumeot,a Post-office but not a towot The P. Mi was absent but I found pleasant people there aod a nice little farm, with fruit and vegeeables growing in abundance. To be continued. CHJR0N0L0GY. January. 1. Destructive storms along the British, Ftonch and Norwegian coasts. Difasterous fioods in Great Britain. Resumption of specie payments by the United States Government. 2 3. Intensely cold Weather throughout the East and West, caus ing a total suspention of business. i. Cork, Ireland, refuses to "re--ceive" ex-President Grant. Chicago Postoffice burned. 5. Unprecedented cold weather in the Southern States. Senatorial elec tions in France result in a great viotory for the Republicans. 7. Reassembling of Congress. 9. Slaughter of forty captive Chey. enne Indiana by the military at Fort Robinson, Neb. 13. Colliery disaster in Wales; 60 miners killed. Reno Court of Inquiry conveues at Chicago. 14. Railway train precipitated into the river Arda, in Turkey; over 200 Russian soldiers drowned. Big fire io Grand street, New York; loss 82, 000,000. 17. Another great fire in New Yorkj loss, 4,000,000. 18. Decree in France pardoning 2,000 Communists. 20. Steamer Oberon lost on ths coast of England. 27. Five men killed at Bradford, Pa., by the explosion of a locomotive boiler. A manic at Mortville, Me., kills three people, and is himself shot dead. 29. Seven colored people killed by a tornado atluka, Misa. Two men hanged at Indianapolis. 30. Resignation by Marshal Mao hanon of the Presidency of France, and oleetiuu of M. Grevy, Five persons killed by a boiler explosion in Wood ford county, III. 31. Alms-house at Louisville, KyM burned; several inmates killed and burn ed to death. M. Gambetta elected president of the French Chamber of Deputies. John J. Ingalla elected Senator from Kansas, and B. F. Jonas from Louisiana. Gen. Lane celebrated his 78th birth day atRoseburg on the 14th of Decem ber. Peter Cornelius and Ligc Smith, of Myrtle Creek, on a four days' hunt, re cently, killed one cuugar, foifr boars, five wild cats and fonr deer. Win. Schooling, goo of Hon. J. P, Schooling, of Salem, accidently shot himself with a pistol recently. The ball entered the right leg just below the knee. solhprn Q contio ue to be filled with accounts of the re jcent flo"dj. Nearly every village re ports more or less daraago, bridges, fence3 etc., being washed out. Tha Lakeview Herald says that Goose L ike is frozen over, and ekat ing parties are numerous. The ice on the slouch is reported to be strong enough Eugene maRket: Meichantable -wheat on board cars, $1; oats, 4050cj fresn butter, in rolls, 25c; eggs, 37c; chick ens, 22 50 per dozen; ehriVefed wheat 5'075 cents. 5