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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1888)
- -"H l HI' 1 - 11,1 1 ' "" " """ ' '"" '' " ' ' r " ' J? ' ' ' ' I III THE GEAM jxjrarr NEH f: . Volume Ji CA.YYO.Y CTTV, GR.'l.YT COUYT) . UKJ-JMJ..Y, THURSDAY. OCTOBER :I j , 2SSS. Yiuiibr)Gk &9: m - t- Gran! Co. News. COPPS LAND REVIEW. . PUBLISHED THOnSDAV UOKN1XG, BY Z). I. ASBDRY Editor and Proprietor. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER Six Mouths. 1 50 Three Months 7f The Chintse and The Public Domain. i 4 ! The Chinese Question is just at present the all-absorbing TRANSIENT ADVEHTISKM E NTS 2.M per quire for first, and $1 per square for eicli ttUcequcnt iimcrtion UrguUr advertuiri e innde Inouu on sp phretlon. No certificate s;hen until all cliarjci s id All Reading Notices in Local 'Jolumn will be charged at the rate of 20 cents. per line for first and 10 cts each subesquent inser tion. T&r Speciul rates to regular advertisers. WE ARE PREPARED TO EXECUTE ,)Clnn Ink Drlrdinnr'V r. .him r Milium- vi I IIIW WUU I llllllllg(V Or EVERY DESCRIPTION, CIIEAPLY Posters, Dodders, Billheads, Let terhead?, Nuteboads, State ments, InvititionB, Tickets, Cards Etc, etc. PRINTED TO ORDER. Laws Relating to Newspapers 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary are considered as wishing to continue their subscriptions It subscribers order the dis continuance of their periodicals the publisher may continue to aen-l them until nil arrearages are paul. 3. It subscribes i.oglect or re fuse to take their periodicals fiom the oilice they are directed to, they are responsible until they settle their bills, ami order their paper discontinued. 4. If subscribers move to othei places without informing the pub lishers, and the papers are sent to former directions they are held responsible. 5. Tliu courts have decided "that refusing to take periodicals from the office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for is prima facie evidence of intentional fraud. 15. Any person who receives a newspaper and makes use of it, whether he has ordered it or not, is held in law to be a subscriber. 7. If subscribers pay in ad vnuce they are bound to giye no tice to the publisher at the end cf their term, if tht-v do not wish to continue taking the paper, other wise the publisher is authorized to send it on, and the subscribers will be responsible until express notice, with payment of all arrears is sent to the publisher. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY: Co. Judge. . . . Itil'lv Treasurer Commissioners Surveyor Sheriff Assessor .... School Stipt. . Stock Inspector. . N. R. Mnxcy. I. T. Mael . .N. H. Boley. J. H. McHaley. If. If. Davis. . . . . J. II, Neal ....W. P Gray Chas. Timm9. E. J lay es. T. H. Curl Dist. Judges Disr. At'ornev. , L. B. Tson James A. Fee J. L. Rand ! An" exchange says, truthfully, that the great question For most ; of us should br. not how we can i t do o-reat things but how we can do the common and homeiy du ties of life mooe faithfully, re- tonic of nublic and political dis- membering that, alter all, lite is cussion, and a bill prohibiting ' mabe npchielly oj eommonplaees the immigration into this conn- 1 There lived onee in a "Western n try of chiiiesj .who., wiism 'passerby congress, and is now j xious that her only son shoulc before the President, who will probably sign it now that ofli cial information of the rejection by the chinese govmment of the treaty recently proposed, has been received. Quite a flutter of excitement was created a few days ago by the announcement in the public prints that Assistant Commis sioner Anderson, of the (Jenernl Land OlHce, had rendeed a decis ion to the effect that a Chinaman who in 1887 declared his inten tion to become a citizen of the Tinted States could legal y initi ate a homestead entry. It is quite certain, however, that whatever imy have been the foundation upon which tljo j the very best blacksmiths there 0 achieve some grnt success in life himself above "the common run of med," as she said. When she reflected that even the presidency of the Unithe States is within the reach of the poorest and humblest boy, she did not wish her son to fall far below that exalted station of life. Long after the son was a man, anquaintance met the ambitious old lady, then visiting in a dis tant state, and n-ked her about her son's success in life- "Well.' she said, eheerly, "he ain't the president of the United States yet; he ain't a senator, nor yet a congressman, nor governor, nor mtvor; but I tell you he's rumor was based, and whatever may have I cen the opinion of the Assistant Comissioner upon the sub ject at the time of the publication, no such decision was promulgated, and that ofii cer is now firmly of the opinion that unless a Chinaman en con clusively show that he hail de clined his ii.tention to become a ! ed voting man ruhcd into the dtizen of the Tinted States prior j New York Centrl depot, when to the amendment of the Nat- j the gentleman at the entrance nralization Laws in 1S7.J. he can i said. in our part of the country Indeed he Is!'' To do bis duty well and faith fully as a blacksmith is to lift himself to as high a plane of life as he could reach in a m itch more exalted position. Youth's j Companion. A few days ago a nicely-dress- LflURKHElMER & CO. 0 0 PRAIRIE CITY & CANYON CITY, 0RG(M." t i. T 7 J ft All N l l Ti"- , 0 0 0 never become (jualin'cvl to make an entry of lan h under any of the laws where citizenship is a pre-requisite. It appears that the district land officers in one of ih:? 'IV; ;Show your ticket, please." '1 haven't any." You can't "o in there, said the officer. Coal Oil, Best Quality, per case of 10 gallons ," 2nd " Pearl Stock Salt per 100 -Liverpool " Fine Table " l!nl I'm in :i li'irrv tn niv iuother-in-law." said the vouirg; Sugar per pound ritories permitted three China- i man in an excited tone. Oofl66 G"OOd. T)QT "001121(1 men, who had filed their declara tions of citizenship in 1SS"!. to make a mineral land entry, and the case came before the Assis tant Comissioner for consider ation. His judgment was em phatically recorded again it the leaglity of such an entry, and an order of cancellation was made at once; no li dding for cancel lation with privilege of appeal, was made,but the entry was can celed outright, without a word in the decision about th? right (Jo .-n quick voting man: go in quick!" And turning toa y. stander, the olliiccr said: Tin y aren't ofted os anxious to sec their mother-in-law." A conn try negro got drunk last night and the police got him. As is alway- done, the prisotu r wo- searched before ' being turned into the eel ! . I It didn't make any difference until! the station-lionsc keeper to the left hand vest pocket. They ain't nothin' the.i, bos,' Tea " per pound Flour, 1st Quality, per 100 do Burr Nails per hun pounds Barbed Wire $4.60 2.75 8.50 09 so 8.00 . a no 8 '7K . . i .i .. 1 1 -i.i of appeal, on the ground that oaruey (juicki. w en. iai;e your nanc nm 01 the way." 7e Carry the LiargeM fetoek m JElaMrm Oregon! PROFESSION A L CA R DS. ORR, iM. D. Canyon City, Ogn. Oflic-on Main Street in Hooius loriocrly oocn pleil b Ur. Howard. D P.. O. W. DA HL'KIt Pliysieiau t Surgeon. CiWyoti City .... Oregon. Formrrly u( low, hi located her"!, atiiS wil' attviiil I'Volti-eluiinl tulU day or uiht. fl. Ortc iii-)ite News Otlkv. jr n. coi-EV. 33o2itlst Canyon City - - - only citizens of the Cnited Stales, and those who had legaly declar ed their intentions to b.s-ome such, can make entry for min eral lands, and that as the U 'vi sed Statutes as amended by the act of 1ST5 excluded Mongolians from the priviledgeof becoming citizens, the entry was iilegal and utterly void. Very few Chinaman have ever become citizens of the I'nited States. I am informed that out of the thon.-ands that have come here only sixteen weere ever naturalized. If this be true, and no change occurs in our naturalization laws, the bublie domain will not be absorbed to any great extent by Chinsmen I loss, pler.se sir, don't toke dat." "Take your hands away." 'Hoss, fur de Lord's .-ake." 'Well, what it r "Hit's my rabbit foot, boss. 1 'lease sir He kept his rabbit foot. A story was told some years aro, in which alio red bandana figured, that may now bear tell ing again. Tlie narrator said: "Senator Thurman, of Ohio, uses a red bandana ami blows the loudest noise in America Some yearf ago, while Thurninn was on the floor addiessing the senate, t senator from Nevada who had formerly been a brake- Oregon Onice in Citv Hotel. G. T. HAZELTIXK. 3?liotosraplio c CANTON CITY, OREGON. All housekeepers should know that sugar boiled with an acid, if it be but three minutes, will be converted into glucose, which is the form of sugar found in sweet apples. One pound of sugar has as much sweetening power as two and one quarter pounds of glucose. In other words, one pound of sugar stir ed into the fruit after it is cook ed, and while it is yet warm, will make the Fruit as sweet as two and quarter pounds added while the fruit is hoi I in"-. 1 it ' um uun mim. juo , na; f)n mw M nj j usually prolific in offspring. , .u T,;unn!l!1 ;videmMi iikxry x. corp. I .... ... , on 11 Mio ect iiu .liiuunnv uiu the red bandana, placed it to his nose, and give a terrible snort, whereupon the sleeping Neva dian sprang to his feet, caught his desk, acd began to whir! it around at a lively rate to t he great amusement of all pre.-ant. The senator afterwards explain ed that he was pleasantly engag ed in dreaming that he was at his post 011 the car platform, and when he heard Thurman blow he imagined it was a whistle for down prakei, and seeing the red bandana he thought it a signal of distaes." P J . ".r)r 1 -- T&)5f We wish to impress 011 your mind the fact that we are selling goods at retail prices, cheaper than other merchants can land them. Our mottoes are: Souan 01 eelmp and ne rice to A Prices both stores. in Canyon City cent per pound additional to Prairie City prices on all heavy goods all other goods same price :tb We Respectfully solicit your trade. Yours Truly: J. DURKH MER & CO. i t J ! f I I i I : . - .-.-' . -