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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1880)
1 f Cotmto CANYON CITY", OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17,1880. TEEMS: 3. PER YEAR. VOL. 1. NO. 41. V 7 . J. ircnu t PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING by S. H. SHEPHERD, Editor and Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION: Per Year, : : : . $3 00 Six Months, : : t-: $1 75. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. RATES OP ADVERTISING. lw 1 Inch $2 2Inceo3 3 3 Inches 4 4 Inches 5 Column 7 Column 8 I Column 10 I Column 15 lm 3m $4 $5 6m $10 14 10 20 28 30 40 00 lyr $20 2G 30 30 40 50 70 120 0 7 8 y s 12 14 20 13 24 15 30 20 40 Legal Advertisements $2. 50 per sqr for first insertion and $1 per square each subsequent insertion. Transient advertisements, per square of 12 lines, $2 50 ibr first, and SI for each subsequent insertion in advance Lc:al advertisements eh:ir;ed as transient, and must be paid lor upon expiration. No certitiVate of publica tion given un'il the fee is paid. Yearly adwrd'Ciuents on very liber lerms. Professional Cards, ( oue inch or less.) 15 per annum. Poonal and Political Commuuiea'ioni cliHrg- d na .-idvertisements. The abve uxtt wi I b'i strictly adhered to. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. C. W. Pahrkii. ATTORNEY AT LAW Canyon City, Oukoon. JM. L. OLMSl'KAiX .-ATTORNEY AT LAW, Canyon City, Oregon, Geo. B. Citrkey, Ja.ttox,xa.oy cvt 3jaw, Canyon City, Oregon. M. Dustin, Attorney at Law, Canyon City, Oregon. F. C. HORSLEY, M D. Graduate of the university of penn eylvania, April 8, 1848. Canyon City, Oregon. Office in his Drug Store, Ma'-n Street Orders for Drugs promtly filled. No professional patronage solicited unless directions at e s'.rictly followed- J. "W. HOWARD, M. D., Caxyou City, Grant Co., Oregon. 0. JL D0DS0N, 31 Dv airio City, - O aa.. N. H. BOLEY, X E N T I S T, -Dental Booms, Opposite tht ethodist Church. Canyon City, Oregon. G.I. HAZELTINE, CANYON CITY, OREGON. -a O TST OIT MILK-MAI. The best of Milk furnished to r.hP. citizens of Canyon City ev- zry moving, by the gallon or quart; at reasonable rates . ft Gran com Sets GEO gum Hotels. N. Rulison, A. H. Grotii. CITY HOTEL Canton City, Oreoon,. RULISON & GROTII, - - Proprietors Beg loavo to inform thir frien J And the Puljlio Generally1 That they o&n bo found at the OLD STAND, , And are alwaws ready to furnish gocd Board and Lodging AT MODERATE PRICES. Grange Hotel. PRAIRIE CITY, OREGON, J. EL Eardman, Proprietor. The aocomcuodationB at the above Hotol are good, and every care will be taken to make guests feol at home. ST-Comfortab'e bode, and aa good a tablo ai the market affirds furnished at reasonable jatoa. HARVEY HOTEL Fort Harney, Oregon. tf. OLIVER. Proprietor. Having completed my Hotel I am prepared to entertain the traveling public wjth care and comfort. The table is supplied with the best the market allbrds. The beds arc neat and clean. STRAWBERRY VALLEY FLOURING- MILLS, MOItEHEAD & CLEAVER PROPRIETORS. . Manufacturers and dealers in Flour of the Best Brand, Gra ham Flour, Corn Meal, Shorts, Bran and Feed. For a Superior Articlo ( f flo u ii ro the Si ra.wberr v Mills. These Mills are local ed in Strawberry Valley, in the upper John Day Valley, Grant Countv. J&2 Accommoda tions a specially. Reasonable prices. Give us a call. g2T DALLES AND BAKER CUT STAGE LINE, Vailc & Co., Proprietors. Departs from Canyon City fur The Dalle3 and Baker City, Daily. Arrives from the same points, Daily. R. C. "Williamson, Sup't. CANY OK CITY it McDERMIT STAGE LINE, FRANZ McBEAN, Proprietor Departs from Canyon City on Monday, Thursday, and Sat urday of each week. Arrives at Canyon City on Sunday, Wednesday and Jb n- day of each week. t v Ti TOMATOES. Put up expressly for Family Use, in three pound cans. Warranted, finer, better and cheaper than the imported lo matoes.l By GL W. Houston, Canyon City, Oregon. For sale by rhil. Metschan & bo., Gundlach & Bro-. and the Pro- I prietor. GRANT COUNTY, AS IT IS jStOW, AND ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS. It is the purpose in this article to furnish the readers of the News 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 into fully than has been the case in any pre vious article of like character, and We ask a careful, candid, perusjl of it, giv ing the reader assurauco that every statement therein 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 and statistical information of each town ship sepcratly. Our Schools. From the note-book of Supt. Mack. Though Monument Postoffice ii al most isolated to itself, an oasis in a desert, apparently; its inhabitants are not ijinorant nor comfortless. I had known the lady in chilbhood and. knew she was as full of music, naturally, as a bird. I was not at all surpri?ed, then, when she sat down to the organ and proved herself a master hj-nd, but I was very agreeably surprised when h-r husband brought forward a violin, at playing which, I found him an adep and for'more than hour, until ashamed to urjie them to continue longer, I list ened to as fine'inusic as it has been my lot to hear for many a year. Thenceja few miles aeross and down the Nurth Fork to the home of Mr. Franklin, one of the direc'Ors of the district who kind ly showed u.e the way by trail over a m luntain ridjroto the residence of a very intelligent Enli-h couple with whom I passed the night. These peo ple have lied from the hard times in England in goo 1 time, and for much less than the annual rent in England, have become the hnppy owners in fee simp'e of one hundred and sixty acres oi osion farming land and possessors of a largo extent of bunch urass on the hills and table-lands around. There is no doubt, no Provi dential hinderance occurring, a very few years will find them coinparitively wealthy. The next morniug I return ed to the North Fork at the residence of Mr. Cochran whore I found one of thu finest place on the route. Hero apples, pear, peaches and everything almost, that is good to eat arid produc- aldo from tb soil, grew profusion. He expected to gather homo hundreds of peaeho . It was still July and ripe pears and apples were set before me, and were luscious and refreshing. From hero a wagon road continued down the river to the lower6 settlement but to reach Hay btack Valley, necessitated leaving this road some two miles below Mr. Cochran's and for fifteen miles over nothing but a trail, climbing mountains and plunging through deep canyons without a human facoora human dwell ing to gladden the sight. This was one of the hottest days of the summer and years will not efface the memory of that ride. The river bottom was nar row and the blufi was soon reached up, which went the trail heaven-ward. "Tue merciful man is merciful to his beast." Boing a very merciful man. I dismounted to relieve my weary steed from my weight while climbing that mountain. But I soon nndo a discov ery. That was, that I could not possi bly climb a steep ascent and drag an able bodied horse up after me. So after that ''WE CLIMBED THE HILLS TOGETHER;" that is, I climbed ou him and he climb- td the hills. And as we went up, the pitiless rays came down. How hearti ly I sympathized with those Hebrew children with jaw-breaking names woo xronf fbrnnoh film fierv furnace. I ria- o lized just how they felt. The trail, too, appeared to take a malignant pleasure in leading me over the highest peaks and steepest acclivities It surely whs not trained up in the way it should go. I learned afterward, it was an Indian trail which, of course, accounted for its waywardness. This trail, impractica ble f'r wagon?, is the only means of communication eastward from Hay Stack Valley, save by a long journey around by the north. Upon the table land over which it passes, buuch grass grows luxuriantly and it must be a grand stock country. A great maoy cattle and horses were then grazing up on it and were very fat. The mount ains rose gradually on my right, covered with timber while to the left the table slopad gradually to the river eight or ten miles away. The laod was levol enough in many places to afford good farms if not too high aud it water could be obtained. The experiment has, probably, never been tried and some adventurous pioneer may yet FIND A "BONANZA. in that country r.ow left a tenantless wilderness. The soil appeared as ferti'e as any, anywhere, and with but very lit tle rock to interfere with the plow. A few miles brought me to the brow of the i bluff overhanging Bmoui Creek whicti I reached after a seemingly endless seriee of dive aud rolls and slides al- ternatinc; with a constant dread banc- in" over me of bein' "squelche i" should my horse fall upon me, which appeared immincut. Thi.i stream flows along toe bottom of a very sharp V without a spot of level land on its banks large enough for a "tater patch." Its waters looked clear and cool. I was leartuily thirsty. 1 know the Bible eays: "Ho ! every one that thirsteth," but arxious as I always am to fulfill every injunc tion of Scripture, nothing could be seen to hoe or to hoe wit'ij s all I could do to quench my burning thirst was to -reverently get down ou my hands and knees and drink. It answered the pur- .... pose. The water was delightiully cool and wet. Another desperate struggle over an other high ridge, and another plunge . into unknown and immeasurable deptus divcloaed West Benoni, a twin sister or brother of the other. Another climb and journey over the intervening table land aod APPEARANCE OF CIVILIZATION beirantobe aeen, one being a wagon road from the timber on tbe mountain to the right. Following this down to a drv branch of Hay Stack Creek, thence directly across a low bench, I soon came in eiirht of the settlement on the main croek. Soon after climbing the bluff of the John Day, clouds had for a enort time obscured the sun aim anoweu w heated atmosphere to cool. But they were coon dissipated and old Sol shone fiercer than ever. flow clouds naa mmin overspread the sky and their thick blackness, the way they rolled and tumbled in ceaseless and violent commo tion and the flaahei of lightning that darted athwart their lowering tront, showed plaiuly that thb time they meant business, Coaxing my steed to greater effort, I hurried forward. I did my coaxing with the halter rope. It had a knot on the end of it and it was wonderful to see the persuasive power that existed in that knot. It nerer failed to start him if laid down with sufficient empha sis. Just before the residence of the Carothers Brothers was reached, the storm burst with overwhelming fury. Holding my hair ou with one hand, I succeeded in opening the gite with the other and leading my horse around io the lee ot the barn where I found a shed to shelter him from the wind and rain. The storm, having chased me t cover, amused itself by decapitating a hay stack close by. Lifting two or three tons of hay from the top, it over turned it and deapoaited it on the ground on tha leeward side of tfca fiitarok and thenrushed on with a bluster and KOAR AND SOLLICKING HA 1 HA r! as if it enjoyed the fun. It ought to ho indicted for malicious mischief. had intonded calling upon Mr. Caro thers, but I had no idea how badly I wanted to see him till that storm came .1 .1 i j . , on. i could not oeen muuceu iu pass him then by any consideration. Here were found hospitable, pleasant people, with plenty of everything around them, reaping the beautiful harvest nature had provided for them and when their work was done, enjoying ttuir leisure with books and muio as in larger and raoder named communities. Hero the field extended well up the slopes of the "bench" along the crutk Outudo the fence was sago brush desert, as dry and barren, apparently, as any land in the world well could be, outside of Sa hara, yet inside of the fence within a yard of that sagebrush, wheat was grow- in" as rauk anl thick as it appeared possible for anythiog to grow. It did not seem possible for a single stalk more to grow on an acre, than grew there, yec uo water had been used than. had fallen directly upon it in the form of rain and dew. Aa at Long Creek, excellent crops of grain were raised without irrigatioo. I think no richer soil lies on earth thau is found in all the little valleys nehtling amid these. Blue Mountains. I found similar evi dences of fertility the next day io every farm in this cliHrming valley. Mr, Fisher's, especially, h.wigg been occu pied for some time, exibited a very fine "arded and orchard where FRUITS OF EVERT KIND known here grew in abundance. Here and at. Mr. Cochran's on North Fork, were petch trees but two years old from the bud, bearing fine fruit. Grapesalso were growing in large bunches and giv. ing promise of luscious ripftness in the near future- But alas ! tome theyX were ' sour grape? My visit was pix. weeks too soon. I will know better anothor time. Expectant visitors should take warning by my fate and go lata in September. Down Hay Stack to the river; the main river; for all 'the principal folks meet above; thence across and up Pariih Creek by a road made by Mr. Parish for his own con venience and night found rue at the summit of the mountain, at the head of Pariah Creek and at the summer camp of the gentleman after whom tho creek H-aa named. Mr. Parish is a large shnep aud cattle owner aud occupies this camp in summer where an exten sive range of grass covered hills and slopes and high inountaiu glades furn ish abundant pasturage. I was made welcome by this hospitable family and uavor was welcome more gladly found or better appreciated than by this tired out individual. Since dinner at the heuae of Mr. Mawiker, for seven long hours, not a human form bad come within my vision. The country was beautiful, the day delightful, yet lonely weariness wai the distinguishing fea tures o this long afteruoou's ride. HAY STACK is tho lowest valley on the north side f of the Johu Hay river in Grant County. I was uow on my way south to the set tlements along the Dalles and Canyon Citv road. These I firet reached at the Mountain House on Mountain Creek after crossing an immense flat country on top of the mountain. Immediately after leaving Mr. Parnsh's camp, the road led throu.h a low, wide gap, and eiitened an immense flat oo the very top of the mountain , This flat is miles in extant, well watered by iprings, cover ed with grass and immense herds of horseis c-ttle and sheep. It slopes very grapually to the south towards Monnt ain Creek, has a rich soil, arid if cli mate permitted would furnish sple&did farms. Like Fox Valiey and Bear and Silves Valleys, on the Harney road, it is pecidedly too high-toned to submit to have its bosom harrowed up by the toils of the husbandman for bread. It will .nrobablv, ever remain a stock conn try is which it cannot be excelled. (To be ;-edrftatftf ntiti Kfiikj i