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Grant Co. 'News.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Several sick horses in this vicin
- ity.seemingry afflicted with a mild
form of epizootic
Plenty of Grant county peaches
and plums are in the market now,
and will do to bet on every time.
The survey of the Pendleton-
Canyon City road makes the dis
tance between the two Cities 114J
miles.
N. H. C. CottreU had good sue -
cess in tmdincr his cattle for hnrxn.
and will perhaps brine over a band
of bucks in the fall.
Official notice has been given
that the Burns land office will be
open for the transaction of business
on the second day of September.
Uuder "New to-day" will be
found a notice to contractors, call
ing for bids to construct the wagon
wnl (frm Tk.wllfll-J-k, Irt. 1 . n
p:flf
Tiwbndge has his mower run-
ning from 4 a. m. till dark, cutting
his immense cron nf timotliv. Tl"e
will put up near four hundred tons
tniS year. uroiV ",l " u...-. . vwm- . v TmupH Almoin nrn.
T,;f Ti.ri ,.io , , the ton of it. tv, came in on the Baker stage .M.essrs- Jctt Mcl,ea,1 P10
Liist lhursday a heavy nun and 1 q-,, , . , . b. . prietors of the Canyon-Burns
hail stonn broke in the vicinity of! Mrs. M. N. Ronlmm began a V"' VJ1"? - stage line arc men of experience
old Prairie Diggings, Hooding every-; three months term of school ina,H UB ro m' . 'm their business, and are run-
thing and doing some injury to ; new district on upper South Fork C. A. Gray, who was interest- ning the line about as it should
gardens and road. ' last Monday, a large number of pu- ed in the butcher shop here, has t be run. Thev advertise in the
4 , i , c , i nils being in attendance : gone with his family to Wash- News this week.
A new law provides for the pub- 1 in do'i st-ite where h ' 1 is t !
lication of all county warrants in j The Pliiladelphia hiv.veiy at eoiuifticm 'irst citizen What was the
county clerk's offices for seven j Los Angeles ha been seized by ' ' j ast measure passed by the Leg-
years or over and their conciliation j revenue officers, because; stamps ( The Chinese emperor is having ;slature. do you "know?" Sec
within a certain time. were token from beer kes Inifore a , the police system and fire depart- I ' , ",tv, r ,i " ii.lt,
t. - , , , i spigot was driven through them. . ments of American cities exam-j . . .
It is observed as a remarkable . i ... - . pened to be nr the callerv "t
lttct mat an tne rourtn or duly or-'
.. , ,. , A, . ' ..
ations delivered this year were the
best the neonle ever had the nleas-
ure of lintening to."
. . , . ...
A 1 -v.. W
which make jrood notpie or nass
very en ror uaicea uck were
brought to town and sold last week '
by Mr. Chambers of Bear valley. j
A short fbnr. -um tin. lwi- rvnl i
A short time ago the Itockcieek
country had a heavy cloudburst or
f m . . .
waterspout, winch is said to have :
nustHi tne ooiin JJny river aoout :
tit ri
two feet when the water entered
that stream.
The first exhibition of the East
ern Oregon District Agricultural
Society will be held at Baker City
from October 8th until 13th. Fif
teen hundred dollars -will le offered
in premiums.
Ben Brown of Burns passed
through town during the week, on
his way to Chicago. He took the i
J O .
Ifnnnnpr rnntn tn Pnrtliinrl nnrl
from there intends
going by the
Northern Pacific.
Quite several of the residents of '
this blooming city are out in the
mountains catching ticks, eating
dirt and lighting mosquitoes, imag
ining that they are having a pleas
unt time camping out.
Mr. J. I. Sturgill, of Baker City,
was in this vicinity kst week, rep
resenting the firm of Sturgill r
Sturgill, who have a large sum of
money to loan on improved fa rms
at low rates of interest. See their
"ad" n opposite page.
Mother Dunniway has been cry
ing and pleading with the liquor
men at Boise City, praying that a
clause be inserted in the constitu
tion when Idaho shall be admitted
as a state, granting women equal
. voting privileges with men.
Hay in Bear valley is not an av
erage crop, some portions producing
this year only half as much as for
merly: Southworth's ranch is re
ported with a full yield, also a few
other places. "Wild hay is short on
account of scarcity of water.
John Voss tho jeweler has moved
to the. old tin shop where he can be
found ready to repair your watch or
,do anything in his line of business.
B. Robison occupies his former
place of business, with his dry
goods. His "ad" will U found on
opposite page.
The Pacific Kxnrcss Co. is a j
soullasa institution, and acconuno- i
dates the puhlie to tne extent ot tne
. .1. ... .ii...0 ..
dollars and cents in s-i.nht, says the.
llcppner (Ja7.ett You are cor
rect there Uro. Gazette, and the
News will stay .with you on that
proposition. The Pacilic Express Co.
and the Oregon ilailway and Navi
gation Co. are bleeding Eastern Or
egon unmercifully.
Deputy 1T. S. marshal Harper
who was sent upon the strength of
Judge Deady's decision, to eject
to the rear. It is said a company ;
of soldiers has leen ordered from ;
xoise ixiimt-iis w ciuureo uiu uium.
Several arrests for resisting an otli-
uer will probably follow, and there ,
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Jo nr tlliinr wlipro fliw llrplwlHnTi"
'rebellion"
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I
wlUB""!' 1IU,U wiu-Miuiuip mnuh ui i y gold n,s hand ot horses on ically )alanned work by Satan ! a large numncr to seek- other lo-;
Harney valley, met a number of South Fork was brought into ; himself. If that is the case "and i cations. Some have secured
Winchester rifles in the hands of town Tuesday by deputy sheriff j the old bov really has the power lwive of absence from the officers !
suuatters. and riirht irallantlv took t ti, ir;DL- ni..l 501 1
will end. ; rajn contest that he forgot who
Pennington, who was to have J and where he was, and commen
been hanged at Baker City on the ced to pummel his friends to the
second day of August has leen j right and left. He entered a
granted a respite, which will prob- plea of guilty and the justice im-
ably result finally in imprisonment
a few years in the penitentiary.
When such criminals as penmngton
escape hanging it is simply holding '
but inducements foi others to com-
punishment in point
nothing else than placing a premi
um upon border and kv.vlessuoss,
Do you intend bidding for a con-
tract on the new road?
C. "W. Bonham and wife paid .
their old illahe Canyon City a visit
last week.
The News received a call last
Monday from Mr. O'Conner, who
wanted to insure its life.
Mrs. W. R. Cunnington left
Tuesday morning for a few weeks'
visit to her parents in California.
Dr. E. A. Knight, dentist.
will be in Prairie City August
I Sr1, nd rmnnin rwn u-ppL-s
t
1 K5nne . M?!lae ha? ,a: J'ounS
C0US1U vlsltlIlS hl,n a bnSht .v0unS
fel,0,w from Portnd whose name
j we no not member.
Miss Olive Capwell who lias been
visiting up the valley has returned
to this city accompanied by her
sister Miss Julia Capwell of Roiso
City.
The ladies of the M. E. church
will give an ice cream festival at
the Grange hall in Prairie City
! on Saturday evening next. July
0"71
lhe ouno slm(,e trPU m f,ont ot
this gas foundary is growing rapid-
l b'. aml is now so till tlmt your Imt
..1.. ft.ll.. nff
inmau summer is ai. naiai, out;. j. , .
. , . e., ' ! ing those of his empire,
j the aerae resident ot Crant coun- j 3 1
; tv would rather take his summer ! A stringent sheen law ought to
straight than to have the. diity si-
i washes mixed into it in anv wav.
i - -
ItlilllL
Dr. Ashford who left
! . . p . r t .1
m u g e ,er
fields, m who has been at Baker
City since, is now locatH at Burns,
!ls ,leiir lis Ile C:UI "ot to ,,is ol(I
j
1
A bit social was Held at the Hep-
rt u . i i i
'r ..axeue mans residence last
'
.Minuay evening. .-vias: lias it
x 1.1.1.1 Li ... 11... ir..
..i it.,,. :i-
, cumt; iu tnau: o.i.uue mi uie nop- ;
pner people for not giving bettor
support to their newspaper. ;
Dr. Orr was the reeiniont of a
very fine bird Tuesday
evening.
;r r o,f uic r-:,-..i, t
.i HL ui owwiu in in.- iih imr t nu
lmvn incf rilnrnnfl fr1111 nti iv-
ploring expedition to the summit ?a-v thcre is I,othi,,S in Uvei tis
of Strawberry mountain. Said;ln6
bircI is the wonder of the age in
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WHICH 11 11VCS.
At last the county court of Ba
ker county has become ashamed of
the roads leading from this country
and has purchased the Parker toll
road. It is to be hoped now the
road will be worked and placed in
good condition for teamsters, "so
that they may not be under the ne
cessity of using the usual amomit
of profanity while traveling.
The Nkws received a pleasant
cull .Saturday from Dr. !. H. Fell,
Ed. Wooilall, Frank Watcrbury and
E. Hirschberg, all young business
men of our neighboring city Long
Creek. The boys attended a social
party at this place Friday evening, j valley sent to this office a bundle I and Okanogan, is, to-day, a re- system, acts gently on the kid
and expressed themselves as haying , 0f rye grovn on his place. Ow- gion of changing level and al- j n'evs, liver and bowels, effectual-
enjoyea a spiencuti gooci tune. ,
Come again Canyon City will try j
11-1 i
tn ninlrn. vnnr visits nl on sunt, tn vnn I
- 1 -
There is a widow near Milledge
ville, Ga., who has seven daughters,
but no sons. She owns some land,
which she and her daughters culti
vate. Last year one of the - daugh
ters went to the woods with an ax state fair at the fair grounds near
and cut and made a plow stock, j Salem, commencing Monday,
fastened on a plow, and with a lit- September 1G. ISS'J and continii
tle steer plowed for a crop of cotton ) Ur ?jx days. The cash premi
raising seen lwkw. That girl can ; unis oilefcd for agricultural,
have her choice of Oregon bnche-j si0(.j.: nnd mechanical exhibits!
lrs. j fur worics of art and fancy work.
The Maker Citv Blade siiys: j for trials of speed amount in
"The Hobinsonville'distriet is d'e- 1' aggregate to $ 15,000.
tiued to be one of the banner mill
ing districts of laker countv, two
mills are alreatlv ordered for that
section, while several arastras
ae
turniiiLr out bullion at a ranid
IJuker county Jms a capacious maw
and a penchant for claiming the
richest mines of Grant and Union '
countv for her own. She claims all
of ltobinsonvillp, Granite and the
MonuinentaX and we only fear that
when we get some of the valuable
mines open near Canyon City our
neighlrars on the east will lay claim
to and include us all in Daker coun
ty. Mac Summerville who recent-;
uBon 0n a charge of assault
anj battery, preferred by John
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nyae, one ot ins ncighiiors. it ;
seems tjm. ir Summerville was
qn tnl-nn nn with rendinfT the ne- :
i C il. : r.':i
count 0f the recent Sullivan-Kil-
posed a fine of .$20 and costs,
whereupon Mr. Summerville paid
the fine and repudiated the cost
that is, refused to pay costs, j
and as there is no law to imprison j
v '
just such unprincipaled wretches
ot whien tuis was. a iair sample.
( It's no use to print that it is
j hot, but indeed it is hot.
Look out for fire everywhere.
Tt will certainly cause much
damage.
Our town was honored this
week with a visit from Hon. W.
H. Bently of Baker City.
Our town was enlivened this
week by the arrival of freight
teams loaded for B. Robison.
A great number of people are
coming from California to Oregon
this summer, hunting homes.
Miss Abbie Winegar took her
departure Tuesday for Walla
' i Walla, on a visit to relatives.
Good wheat hav is worth at
The Dalles -tipper ton, while
$10 is the price paid for good
timothy.
Circuit court for Grant county
will convene in regular session on
.m u... , ,
; tem"er-
j The lakes in California arc
drying up and the waters are be
Oni!nrr cr o 1 1 n 1 flinf 4 lira fiell
, t rtl perishing by the
! l,ou-iiitI "
1 1 ,l '
. William Riley, brother of the
ni
be passed prohibiting stock from
; beinc driven over county roads
! where the grades on the
I mmiiilniK ciilnL li'nlJn 4..
l U m 1
f , . , , fe
,
; The Emporer of China is to
send a commission of Ihrcc to the
; "e"5,ic 1 " .
lilUUIIllllll CIHIS llt; imt'lU 111 UU
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' ss. :i lit i i I t n I fMi i nr v inn
iiiauv Jiuiiititr
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I infrs wards ofl f S(!l.;ps.,,
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ii i lie nt'uuiii: ui auewa ;iiiii isiiieiv-
o-
John Fan's of the Malheur lost
a horse last spring, and the other
: .1 l. - l l - - e 1 1
".v 11(1 "orroneu a copy oi me
Vni': nriil
rend find idverfe-
;
estrav. He came
mem oi an
over and got his horse. Who
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An Iowa man told a love-sick
cirl that he would marry her if
she would commit to memory ;
ces for the rest of his life.
i it., .i.i r iiriii n nrv ni n nifirn n K.iniiir w wixV4. v v.w i
uie wuoie oi u cosier s uicuona- , -y - - - hnnn r(mUv ,iPfln w;,i, N,.Urnily foil
ry. He didn't suppose she could ; ftlult;u " V,u il Sl,,u" V J , " , n,i .-,11 Rre u
do it. lmf she did. find nniv b,. ! compicxioncu man, ageu aooui , . . i.j .... Jwr:f..r5Y
... ' . ! 1....1 .... L.ft .'vmericaii was nrrcticu on ,.r.,T-,' r,itf
w have to take the eonsemien- i o(J years; had a sear on left nos- ., r. i vturcu or.ly by
W'm. Allied has a couple of When last heard from he was
blue spots on the back of his - headed for Eastern Oregon. Fos
hand where he was struck by i sil Journal,
hailstones last Thursday at Ins j The volt.anoeji 0f Western
garden in Prairie Diggings Mr ' wJlshin,,lon havc been in action
Alired was carrying a shovel, and ' r(.(.mith. that is a ouestion
his hand was exposed to the full
force of the little icebergs.
M. M. Adamson of the summit
ranch between here and Bear
.
mg to the dry season tho crop i
did not eet" the start that it I
,1,1 lv..i nii,.:..l l.:..i.i r
Biiuum uui uiuiiiiuu iiw nuigiiioi
from GA to 7 feet, which is pretty j
good work for rye at the top of
i the Iilue mountains
, The Oregon state board of ag
i riculturc will hold the annual
A writer in a scientific
maga-
zinc says the earth is being bored j
too much and is liable to lose its j 1)1 t,ie st;i' 01 -M out tney gen
place among the heavenly bodies i frously add, "except for nicdici
in consequence. The busv edit- , '1 -nnl sacerdutal purposes." It
or can sympathize with the j not quite clear whether they
earth. lie is also likely to lose propose to increase the sick list
his place among the heavenly
bodies by being bored too much ;
-judging from the language he j
uses when the bore leaves.
Elder" Hartlct. of the Seventh I
Day Adventists, of San Francis
co, in a recent sermon, took the
cround that the Johnstown disas-
! ter in Pennsylvania, w.is tho rr-
suit of a deliberately and diabol- i
gunhisworkalready.it is time
we were making peace with him
... i.
and ''standing in. '
A fellow named Boyd hired
a holsc aml S!ldllIc at Raker City
itt ' lT " T l
,?!h"i?J down j
C. i :t.l.
u.c iH u, j.ia urouier. ne
sirucK oui towarus luano, anu
an olhcer was sent alter him. '
Theoflicer tracked the thief to
Snake river, thence through Mai-;
heur county into Grant, and ar- J
"ved here last Tuesday, having
obtained a trace of the fagitive
J
dressed, having short red beard
and curly hair.
The population of Boiso City,
Idaho, is 4,500 and the altitude
is i,toj iect a wove tne sea,
No -enabling act was passed
bv connoM fnf Mnlm Lift ,n
will probably be admitted by the
nextiCohgress.
To get clear of its debt, Los
Angeles county will require a
tax of 40 for each person
within its borders.
Buffalo Bill has been engaged
by the French government to
teach 100 cavalry officers to ride
in the American style.
A sufferer sends in this one:
Why is a bounced government
clerk like a rusty shotgun? Be
cause he kicks when he's, fired.
The'mountains back of town
arc said to be literally lined
with big rattlesnakes. 'Moral
reflection: Take a bottle when
':n k V "X' .TV. .
you go prospecting.
Muldoou, who trained Sulli
van for lils fight with Kilrain,
says Sullivan is a big brute, and
that he lies no sense or concep
tion of friendship. That his
tastes and instincts are of the
; lowest order,
tne time, it was a quart meas
ure tilled with beer.'5
: From almost every state in the
i Union comes the statement of
! huge properties being sold to
c v ti A i' n i c nf RltifrUcli i!i 111 i n Hcf
iiimivuivc xy. a --,
Kwn jouri ns wcH ag
1 breweries and whisky shops are
falling jnto their clutches.
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The s of Eur0 e tell
Breat varus about the Shah of
V, v Lrt.n(ieur u ;s
ted
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,iM:e D4..o
1 1 I la I 1. 1 I J I . Ill l I.IUII.1 l.al L 1I1U1.I1
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: CU 111 Ills tlirOUC .lie WOHll -T..U,-
, (mfm 0 f n,1(ir h1M(1 his
i ninnnors aren't worth a darn
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Mr. S. A. Heilner, Baker City's
i i f i
neavicst lorwaruing commission
nierchant, loaded ten car loads of
; wol nt nis (k'Pot warehouse to-
' .1 e -i i t .
i uay lor mupiiiuui cusi. i ii'wuua
to this Mr. II. has handled over
3000 bags of the staple in mak
ing former shipments. Reveille.
, tril, also one under the left ear.
' A warrant is out for the thief.
whether I hiker, Rainier and oth
ers are to be classed as extinct or
active volcanoes.
EttSt of the I
Cascades, around Lake Chelan I
most continuous
trembling.
earthquake
.... . I
i ne party ot lossil Hunters
liartv
whn namn from the east are in
the North Fork country, and arc
meeting with success in finding
bones of small horses with three
toes on each foot, also rhinoccr-
' . 1 I
ous skulls and other bones and
c i ii.-i '
iossus wnicn snow mat
Oregon
was once a tropical climate long j
before tlio glaciers came down 1
from the north jiole and covered (
our land miles deep with ic
Montana nrohibitionists an
ii miciio 1 1 Hlinrol liili ni'nv
ing the constitutional convention !
i to prohibit manufacture and sale .
: ... . . ... . .
of liquor within the jurisdiction j
or the membership of churches ,
hy this process Orcgonian.
Manv of the ranchers on Cam-
as Prairie will be obliged to 1
abandon their homesteads owing j
to the total destruction of their !
crops by the grasshoppers. The j
fact that this is the second visi- ,
tation has caused a feellina of'
dissatisfaction which has induced
be able to return as-soon as cir-
cumstanccs will justify their do-,
ing so. Shoshone Journal. i
Installation of Officers.
rii. -.ii ri' r rt
n Li ii? ,n r i x-
rise Rebekah Degree Lodge 2So.
' ,
3 1. u. v were installed oy
3lrs. Annie V. Laurance, D-D-
Li. M., last Thursday evening:
Miss Electa Laurance, N. G.;
Mrs. H. A. Thompson, V. G.;
Mrs. Annie V. Laurance, Sec".;
Mrs. Adaline Sullens, T.: Mrs
Adaline Laurance, I. G.; Geo.
Shearer, R. S. to N. G.; Isham
Laurance. L. S. to N. G.; James
T. Sullens, R. S. to V. G.; W. B.
Davis, L. S. to V. G.; Mrs. Clara
DaviB, Warden.
t r TTm.L-ntf nf nmifrl-iu ! was on Currant creek, on a tour I
JOHN DAY DASHES.
Too much of your correspond-
tV8 tak? UE J8tww
n accounts of the great
Sullivan-Kilrain fieht to write
for the News, but will do so no
more. Men could be seen in ev-
erv dl1ilir nlann Jti nirn rnnlinn
m J 111V. Ill ILilVllllg I
papers that gave an account of
the fight.
John Day needs a money order
office.
Thos. Beeves is getting well
again, he thinks Dr. Barber is a
great Dr.
E. B. Ramsby is chief beef
steak slinger now call at the
butcher shop.
Mr. Geo. Vanderhuf and wife
of the Stein mountain country
are visiting John Day.
A. C. Dorc and son passed
thsoilgh John Day Sunday,
uouuiHi tor Washington territory
on a visit.
John Day does more busines
receives and pays out more mon
ey than any other town of the
size in Eastern Oregon.
Baker county has bought the
loll rojid of Parker. The Demo
crat should receive all the glory
for that little job and Baker City
should get most of Grant county's
trade.
Mrs. Chas. Cobb has relumed
from her visit in the east and
has taken charge of the restaur
ant again. Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
Luce moved to their home two
miles below John Day.
The saloons should be more
careful about dumping their
beer bottles where children are
liable to cut their feet on broken
glass.
Long Creek is in tears over
the departure of the McGinley
Comedy Co., who left there with
all their loose cash.
Haying is in full blast and a
great demand for laborers; wa
ges are good and money plenty.
Long Creek was well represent
ed in town last week. Come
again gentlemen.
Bill Whit came in Monday
with a big load of freight form
Baker City.
John Day don't like the new
Sunday law and we'll not stand
it.
John Day needs better water
works.
George Nutting. Crook county's
stock inspector, has not been
seen or heard of since the 8th of
May. The last seen of him he
in his luggage unmistakable dyn
amite bombs. On further inves
tigation they proved to be cocoa
nuts, something the Austrian au
thorities had never seen.
SYRUP OF FIGS,
Produced from the laxative and
nutritious joice of California figs,,
combined with the medicinal
virtues nf lil.-mtc; kiinwn to bo
ist bem-fieinl tn fho human
ly cleansing the system dispcll-
i ing colds and headaches, and
curing habitual constipation.
FTOir FOR SALE.
To those wishing to buy fruit
and vegetables, I would say that
OKU ."! inv; 1H1II.II l
nu t ls d t.
. . D
1 will sell apples on the ranch at
ment of vegetables for sale at rea-
SOnable prices. All orders will bo
promptly attended to. Orders
icft with O. P. Cresnp. in (tanyon
'resap
('it-, will reach me every week,
as 1 will usually be. in town Satur-
j davs and Tuesdays of each week
"if1' ffl 10 f6"- 08ido"co Uvo
,lTn ou " v lLy
in )o oq vnif
V.u. Luci:
REWARD.
I T will pay a reasonable reward
! for information that will lead to
the recovery of the following dc-
. scribed horse which strayed Irom
Crook county about March 1st.
1.S.S1): A sorrel work horse (5 or
7 years old, weight about 1050
pounds; has small white in face
some white legs, small feet,
nuet on , lett-shouiuer ai ine
ol the 1' maKes parrot tne a.
. ..?' , i'"0RE
1 iiuutiiiv, .iuvrw v.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
OF ADMINISTRATOR.
KoUcfl h hQveU iven tlmt b
CumMerfttion na order of the
Cout Court of tbo stat0 of Ore
gon for Grant county, the unuev-
' signed has beei appointed admin
istrator of the estate, of L'reu
: Winegar, deceased, lato of said
i.; 'and all ' on8 baving
coumy, ana an persons uaving
t claim3 affainst the estate of
lust cli
said' dec
said deceased are hereby notified
and required to lesent tho same
duly verified as by law required to
the undersigucd administrator of
said estate at Prairie City, Grnut
county, Oregon, within six months
from the date hereof.
Dated July 10, 1S80.
Chahles H Wineoak,
17-21 Administrator.
M. D. Clifford,
AU'y for Administrator.
' . v.. Ir: : t : e n.. i .
Not a Sterile Plain.
B. S. Pague, assistant signal
director at Portland, has written
an elaborate answer to the article
published in the Scientific Amer
ican which stated that Eastern ! electricity, judging from the cx
Oregon was a sterile plain. The traordinary cases of cure per
article concludes with the follow-! formed by Drs. Darrin in this
ing paragraph: I city. The great advantage of
The region is well settled and
prosperous. Every timber cult
ure claim that has received any
attention at all has thrived and
is doing well. It is only those
claims taken up by the thriftless
or for speculative purposes that
faii. While wheat is the chief
product, barley and oats are suc
cessfully raised, corn yields a fair
crop, alfalfa is an excellent grass
for stock and does well, apples,
plums, prunes, cherries and ber
ries grow in profusion, and vege
tables of all kinds grow to perfec
tion with a little care. As a rule
grapes and peaches do only fair
ly well.
Grande
The fertile fields of the
Rondo valley do not
much resemble a 'sterile plain,'
and many other valleys are the
same. Grant connty, the center
of tliis 'sterile plain', has for its
leading crops, wheat, oats, barley
and hay; apples, pears, plums,
cherries and berries of all kinds
thrive, but peaches are raised on-
j ly m favored localities. Except
; in the southern part, the county
is well watered by numerous
springs. I lie nortnern portion
is well timbered, while the south-
cm part is nearly barren of trees.
Fine agricultural land is found
in all sections of this 'sterile
plain.'"
I Combines the juice of the Blue Figs of
California, so l.vxative and nutritious,
j with the medicinal virtues of plants
inown to be most beneficial to the
human system, forming the ON LY PER
FECT REMEDY to act gently yet
promptly on the
KIDHEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS
AND TO
Cleanse the System Effectually,
SO THAT
PURE BLOOD,
REFRESHING SLEEP,
HEALTH and STRENGTH
low. Every one is using it
lighted with it. Ask your
RUP OF FIGS. Manu-
ihe
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO..
Sa:.- Francisco, Cl.
Is'1-.vrti.R. K v. Nkw York, N. Y.
Estray.
$5.00 reward will be paid to spermatorrhoea, seminal weak
anv person fur the delivery of j nes?- or lot5S of doure of st xtual
my bay saddle pony at George I Pou'cr' eitlier nian r woman.
Uundhich it Hro., Canvon Citv. j catarrh and deafness, aic confi
described as follows: fhiv hor.se. ' Jentially and successfully irent
ponv build, black mane ami tail; wl- f',,ri's of private diseawes
saddle marks, starin forehead, i guaranteed, and never published
white hind feet up to fetlocks, I n the papers. Circulars sent
branded R on left shulder, also j lrec- -ost s can receive
circle with- horizontal dash ! ll0nic treatment afle-r a i-it to
throujh it on left hip.
CJku. Mahtin.
Canyon City, .June 24, 'S9.
SUMMONS.
In the county courty court of the i
state of Oregon, for the countv
of Grant.
Ju9 Durkhcimer, Ike liter 1
loK0 Dnrkheiiner and Sam
Durkheimer Plaintifl'ri
VS
Jasper Shepherd. Deft j
To Jasper Shepherd,
above named: In tin name of the
j state of Oregon, you are hereby j
required to appear aud answer the j the return of, or information that
complaint filed against you in the j will lead to the recovery of tho ol
abovo entitled action, on or before j 0WUl , described animal: Uay
the first day of the
next tcrai of
said court to-wit
On Mond.iy
oopu iwi.;tuiui you nui bo ,
fail
1 "'T' tue.u-u., .
plaintift will take judginent ;
against you, for the sum of ?Ur.-;
f0, on an account, besides intercs
at 8 per cent per annum and
$147.(50 on a note, besides interest
on last named sum from Dec.
12, l?87nt 10 per cent per an
num, together with 825 ro.tsona
hie attorney's fee and the cost and
and disbursements of this action.
Defendant will further take no
lice that this summons is publish
ed by order of the Hon. N. R.
Macy, Judge of said court.
P.nnisu & Cozvd,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
T
Of Soppaior
C. A. RIIF.A, FRANK KKM.OC.G,
President. Vice-President.
George W. Conser, Cashier.
J. P. RHEA, 7. A. RHEA, L. T. DODSOX,
Directors.
Transacts a General flankinj?
Busines.
Exchange
r on all parts of the tvorld-
BOUGHT aud SOL .
Collections made at all points on
Reasonable Terms.
Money loaned at from One to ten I
,
percent.
REMARKABLE CURATIVE POW
ERS OF ELCTRICITY.
Orroiilnt.
Thore can be no donbt or ques
tion of the curative powera of
electrical action is that it brings
relief in a large number of disuaa
cs confessedly bc-yoml the reach
of the ordinary remedies of the
physician, and it lias fallen to
the lot of Drs. Darrin to enforce
t a belief in the curative powers of
electricity upon tho public, by
the following remarkable cure?:
J. S. Ryckman, Knappa, Or.,
can be referred to in reference fo
the successful treatment of him
self and wife for skin diseases
and catarrh, and other ailment.
Fredrick Mohs, Spragus, W.
T. Catarrh and bronchitis, gn
eral debility, etc.; cured.
His
j wife cured also of dropsy and
1 varicose veins, milk leg and run-
. ning sore.
T. L. Mills, 30 'Columbia St.,
j Portland Soreness through the
j kidneys, liver and stomach, in-
! llamation of the of the prostrat
gland and catarrh of the bladder;
restored to health.
A. A. Durham, Tualatin,
Washington county. Or., writes
that Drs. Darrin are working
wonders on his kidney and blad
der troubles; also rheumatism of
j thirty years standing.
George B. Henry, janitor Odd
Fellows' hall, 1-11 First stret,
Portland Chronic catarrh ten
i years, had despaired of ever be-
i ing cured; lias had no symptoms
, of it for months.
Mrs. Mary Cline, 2o3 Second
street, Portland. Or. (formerly of
.Sauvie s island, Or.) Complica
tion of diseases peculiar to her
I
sex. liver and kidney trouble,
rheumatism and dyspepsia; re
stored. i Truman Butler, The Dalles,
Or. Chronic rheumatism and
! contracted joints and impover
ished blood, all of yeara' stand
ing; given up by all treatments
until Dr. Darrin cured him.
C. V. Fowler, Yakima, W. T.
Total deafness in one cir;
cured in ten minutes; also a
pterygium, or fleshy growth was
removed from the eye, which had
nearly rendered him blind.
Mrs. F. E. Dewey, 361 Eight
eenth street, Portland Nervous
and general debility, heart di
sease, dyspepsia, liver complaint
and female trouble in all ils va
rious complications; permanent
ly cured.
Dr. Damns' Place or Busineca.
Drs. Darrin can be consulted
free at 235 Fifth street, cornur of
Main, Portland. Ollice hours,
from 10 to A o'clock daily; even
ing, 7 to S; Sundays 10 to 12.
All curable chronic diseases, loss
of manhood, blood taints, syphi
lis, gleet, gonorrhoea, stricture.
the doctor's oilier.
"We have a lot of self-scaling
fruit cans in quarts and half gal
lons, which we will sell cheap.
Gi:o. Gi'ndi.ac h A Tino.
For Sale or Kent.
A good dwelling house with or
j without furniture. Pest Ioa
i tion in Prairie City. For terms,
I enquire or address. Mrs. L. M.
Fisk, Prairie City. " Mtf
' SIO REWARD.
10.00 reward will be paid for
mare, 7 years old, weight 800 lbs.,
branded P on ritrht shoulder and
Hp t.onuectcd on left shoulder:
Whnn last seen hud on a bell and
cloth henilstalL .
n,M,,MI. ir,
Keystone Mine, Grant Co., Ore.
NOTICE TO SHEEP OWNERS
The Stock Inspector's law, fticf.
4, amended at tho last term of tho
legislature, requires all persons
moving sheep within the county to
get a permit, and any person mov
ing sheep whose permit bus boen
given to exceed 30 days prior to
moving- his sheep lays nimself li
able to prosecution. .
John C. Luce,
Deputy Inspector.
John Day, Or., My2G, lStl.
I NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Laud OtUcsat La Grai:tle, Oion.
Junes. ls9.
Notice U lirrtbj clrt-n that the foSionlu
iumel settlrr Ivxre tiled notice of hW inten
tion to make final profn: it,.jk-1 J hU
claim, and that said pruo( will l nrailc lf'.ro
the Conuty clerk tf Oram comity Or., at Canyon
City, Ore., on Aiil'. 10. 1Kk, tfr: JAMns'R.
SHKWMAKKK, f) S Jf"j7. for the MI bW l-l
and-8Si SE l- Sec 28 Tp IS 8 U 21 R. "
Hcnini the fuilonlnp w)tuesti prf bi-
continuous rclden upon, and culUraiion it,
paid land, vit Chatlc Ucycr, John J Wlnter
raler, Anton WIntcrmler, LoaU i;thsdi:ch, nil
nf lilanton. Or.
Any person who dcairca to prot a?aiiit tho
allowance ot nuch proof, or who knovi of any
subftaaUal rcaon, under the Ixir and the rtgu
latioti ot the Interior Oepaitment, why such
proof ihnrldnoibe allowed: will h
j opportunity at the aboYo mentioned tin ar.it
J place to croexatnUe the witne5ca 0."
claimant, and to offer ettdn In rebutu! or
that snb&altted by daisaat.
S7 B KiSBlfiBT, JrtfVM.