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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1889)
t". J I I r THE GRANT COUHTY HEWS. Thursday, Oct. 10. LOCAL BREVITIES. Hoppnnr is nllliotcd with diptherm. Frank Kingsbury iqmnt a fow days in our town thin week on hi way to liis home nt I)roVRy. Sept. SOth Mutto, Mont., nullum frcm u ilipAttroux fire. An entire bus inuM block vn consumed. VIr. Linn l'uUion, hiitor of Mim Anna SeU, arrived from Chiongo lust week on n visit to hnr sister. j"15ro. lia.U m with us onoo more. 'I'll (i annual .M. II conference nt I -a llmnde sonUticml him to another your nt Canyon City. A footmcc was to Imvo lon run nt llappiicr yesterday lietwecti 0. F. WnUmn nnd nn "unknown" from tho John Day valley, for fivo hundn-d dollar n side. V'Murriod, nt tho Cobb Hotel, nt John Day, Sunday afternoon, Oct. C, 1889, Judge N. It. Maxcy oHioiatinjr, Mr. Win. Young nnd Miwt Nancy J. Howard, Iwth of (iinnt county. It. it. Huy of Drowsey, u former rosidednnt of this vnlloy, ennio over on business lately, nnd brings tho ustt nl roj)ort of dry weather on tho Mai--hour. Mr. Jtaya is largely interested in sheep. According to tho assessment roll of ? Gnmt county for tho yours 1888 nnd 1889 u dilloroneo of only $118,090 exists, prolwbly owing to tho fnot tlint property wiih assessed moro closely this year. A Inrgo party of scientific explorers consisting of school innrms nnil young people climbed to the top of Canyon mountain Inst Saturday to seo whnt thoy counld see. ''Oh, thu other side of tho mountain wus all that they could sec." At tho sale of the Frizollo property lust Saturday, tho same was bid in by Judge Maxcy, for Grant county. Should tho land not lo redeemed within tho time allowed by law Grant county will have un eligible site for a first-class "poor farm." Row Ira Wukeliold, M. H. presid ing elder of this district, hung his panto on a chair leforo retiring tho other night nt I -a Grande, and during the night a sneak thief entered tho room and took all thu good man's money, amounting to $220. )'l'horo is Udk of establishing a now mail route from hong Creek to Aus tin, by way of old Susnuville, and we undei'htaud petitions are being circu lated along tho pioposed route. This lino would bo a great convenience to minors along tho Middle Fork, and tho Nkws hopes to see this enterprise succeed, 'o can inform our readors that tho predicted end of tho world did not oc cur last .Monday as advertised, but the mundane sphere is still doing business at the old stand. In tho event of such an occurrence soon, however, tho public may rely upon tho Nkws to give a full and unbiased account of the entire proceeding. Tho ollicors of tho Hums land office held an examination lately of appli cants desiring to practice as "attor neys" or "ugouU" before tho laud ollice. Several failing to qualify a further time was granted them in which to prepiro themselves to pass tho examination entitling them to ap pear on lielmlf of land claimants or contestants. A destructive firo broke out at Itel shaw's place and raged along the .John Day river a few days during the week which burned considerable fencing and a large amount of pasture land was runileied woithluss. Mr. Itelshaw had a patch of mustard that he in ttmdud to bum, and during his ab sence his son thought he would do the mustard burning. lie applied the torch, and in n moment tho entire country was ablaze. Tho wind as blowing from tho haystacks, or they would have burned. As it was, the lire reaohrd the brush and timber along the river, and everything in its course was swept away. It spread for a considerable distance up and down tho stream More its course was chocked. We have not heard tho actual loss estimated, Tho summary of the assessment of Grant county as it appears in another column, in some respects shows a more complete assessment than last year, although of course tho total does not reach a corresponding figuio. There is a' gain in land of 0,020 acres, not withstanding llarnoy county got away with two-thirds of thu territory of Grant. Town lots jump in voluo from $7,1211 last your to $10,200 this your, and we lost hums too. Monoy, notes and accounts und shares of stock, etc., woro assessed last year at $:t.ri9,00'2, and this year they foot up $128,088, a gain of $08,'J20, which shows that tho money was not nil in Jlurnoy county or was not assussed. The discrepancy in the tax roll this year ooiiiarod to that of last year is owing to tho diminished numl-er of cattle, horsos and liiuhw and swine. Household furniture, carriages and watches, etc., also rated higher then than now, Kvurything else oxcept tho poll tax shows a gain, oven after the division of tho county. Tho in debtodmws is more, luing given at gfi2l,71 1 hut yonr, nnd $.r72,:iJ0 this your, however, hut that can U no counted for in tho increased value of money, notes and accounts tho rich aro Incoming richer and the poor lxv coming poorer. An old smoker in Snlam fills his pipe with hops, nnd onjoys the lln vor as much as the tobacco slave. Sheriff Gray and deputy Yorgcuson arc on a trip wo don't know whoro nor for whnt Particulars ns soon ns they I return. LMnrriod, nt Vancouver, W. T Sept 27, 1889, Mr. Henry ltlaokwell to Miss Ada Itcetoii, both o'f 1ong Creek. Ujrtin n charge of lying, and of slander, Row G. M. Irwin was tried by tho conference at Ia Grando, and the verdict was that he receive a rep rimand from the bishop. Kd Sols took his departure Tuesday for l'ortlaud, where he will attend tho Commercial college tho coming winter, and in tho spring he hojies to engage in business nt some jHiint in tho Wil laiiietU iTho collections in SU Thomas' I church, Canyon City, last Sunday, amounted to $14.10, which shows , that tho people of our little city are not entirely broke, if tho plate is paw. cd twice thu same day, I will preach at Canyon City at 1 the usual hour next SablsUh evening, j but will not till tho usual appointment 1 nt John Day in view of the funeral j sorvicw for Mrs. Luce nnd her child : ren. A. Kadk. ' Whon you hnvo wood to Haw j give tho job to deserving nnd indua j trioua white mutt nnd boys who live nnd spend their monoy among us. I -!.!... ..1....I-! IslllllUIIIUII UlU IMUU.-U lOllfl, Dill. W1U money they get hold of is shipped across the ocean. Gottfried I! rose shot nnd killed Shiels Looney nt Trout crock, Crook county, one day last week, the result of an old feud. Tho coroner's jury charged him with "deliberate and pre meditated" murder. Gottfried will prolmbly Gottfried, if Crook county's juries do their duty. Rev. Mr. Goss of Hoker City, preached to largo congregations, both morning and evening last Sunday, and expressed himself highly pleased with tho management of the ladies Guild who havo had the charge of church matters for the last two years or more. Tho report of tho treasurer, Miss Douthit, will be published next week when we have more room, Tho M. K. appointments rn.tdu by tho bishop for the coming yonr for Iji Grande district aro as follows: Ira Wakefield, presiding elder; Itaker City, K. G. Fowler; Iturus, A. Me Cart; Canyon City, A. Fails; Knter priso, M. II. Fellers; Union, S. M. Driver; North Powder, W. M. Mc Cart; la Grande, J. II. Wood; Pino Valley, II. W. Oliver; Summcrville, J. M. Denison; Willow Creek, W. Fancher; Long Creek to Ihj supplied. Mrs. Mary DumUicli, of whom mention was made in thoso columns lately, was in town during the week looking for her huslviud who strayed away from her in Pennsylvania hut year, taking all tho available cash be longing to the family. The lady un folds a sorrowful tide of woe, and we hope for her sake that she will run across her truant Damlmeh. Shu left here for linker City and tho Ilig ltend country. A deed hns been plnced witli the county clerk for record whorebv four partners, Win. L. Gunard", John S. Hughes, Newton Williams nnd Jack Woolaey, of Grant county convey to Francis Clnrno of Port land, their right, title nnd intercut in nnd to tho 'Silver King," Kings ton," "Tunnel Location," and "Mi ners Dream" qunrU ledge, und u placer mire, together with millsito and water right, nil snid property being in the Greenhorn mining sec tion. Tho price imid by Mr. Clnr no wus ?l."i,(XXJ, which is considered n low price for the chums, but the partners could not ngreo in working them, eo they concluded to sell. Wo nro glad to seo tho mining in terest surely striking for the interi or of Grunt county. When men of capital become interested in our prospects then the heavy drop of qunrt. stumps will ho heard nil over the land, and the joyful hound will rovcrbornte nil through our mountain vales, the result of which, shekels will How, liku thistles on tho gules, und business will not ho slow. The little "Harney Items" says that: ".Sinco Grant county has been deprived of that worthless dun est, Hnrnoy county, tho rate of tax ation has been raised two mills on thu dollar." True, our tax levy has been rniscd from Inst yonr, hut Hint wus mndo necessary in order to meet the increased county in debtedness occasioned by paying a bounty on tho scalps of Harney vulloy's jnckrnbbits. At least six teen thousand dollars wns expended for that nurposo during the four years tho Benin bounty law was in force, und tho enormous sum of eight hundred dollnrs wns nppro printed by Grant county in pay ment of rabbit scalps nt tho Inst March term of county court after the county had been divided, nlli davits being furnished that they woro "caught in Harney vnlloy, etc. Claims to tho amount of up wards of if l,0)0 for rabbit scalps from the samo section were filed at that term of court hut were not allowed by the court. I low's that for n two months' catch? Homo of your men grow wealthy selling rab bit ears to Grant county, and when she would buy no more from you you taunt her with tho silly jeer that sho "had to niiso her rate of assessment." . License petition of Joe Combs under "New to-day." Potatoes aro scIHiik in tho Prine- I ville market nt $1 per bushel. Monoy is close, but, as tho follow said, not closu enough to reach. Wm. Grillin nnd sister, from Gnllin's station, visited our city this week. Rid farewell to smoky atmosphere high winds nnd small showers have settled the fog. Dr. Horsloy wns seriously ill dur ing the .week, but wo are incased to sny is somewhat improved. Jeremiah Daeey, a miner of tho Middle Fork country, spent n few day in town Inst week among ac quniutnnccs. Ux-Govornor Geo. L. Woods is nlllictcd with nu incurable disease nnd is not exacted to live but a very short timo. Messrs. Clnrno, Hayes, Williams, Gurnard nnd Hughes, mining men from northern Grant, paid the Nkws ollice a pleasant visit Tues day. o communication that does not bear tho nnme of tho sender will lie recognized nt this ollice, unless we know who it is from. Please re member nnd he governed accordingly- On the occasion of Mr. and Mrs. Rinehnrt's wedding the Nkws wns remembered, nnd we acknowledge with thanks tho receipt of plenty of wedding cake and some excellent fruit. Showers have laid the dust to a certain degree between hero and linker, nnd the roads will soon be in a much bettor condition for the immense freighting which will be done from there this fall. Grout county sets great store by her quartz mines. Next year, old miners predict that the camps of Robiusouville nnd Greenhorn sec tions will boom ns never did min ing enmps on this const. John Young, of the lower valley, wns soriously injured Inst week 1 y being hit about the head by a piece of roil thrown by horses which he was handling breaking out of a corral. He whb unconscious for several davs, and is being attended by Dr. Orr. The county seat question is al ready being agitated in Gilliam county. Condon and Arlington aro the aspirants for the honors, and the question will bo settled next June. Malheur nnd Harney coun ties will also locate their county scats permanently next June. Mrs. Slaven, wife of Dan SInven of Long Creek, died lasf week un der distressing eirctimstnncos. The lady had been a grent sullerer from a tumor or cancerous uflliction, and a surgical operation became neces sary, from the effects of which the poor woman never rallied, being in so emaciated a condition. The lloppner stago was some thing over two hours lato Tuesday night occasioned by being caught behind a freight team on the Hooch creek grade, with no earthly show of getting past, therefore had to plod along at the slow gate which freigh ters' teams usually go. Oughtn't that grade to be widened in a few places so teams could pass eaeh other? A little money would do it. Wo were shown this week a piece of quuit. that for richness com pletely knocks the persimmon oil' the highest limb, to to speak. And whnt iB better, it is a Grant county production, taken from tho Mitchell mine nt Robiusouville, just a few hundred feet hack of tho old slaughter house used by Rro. Kudu when ho conducted the meat mnr ket in early davs before ho became 1 a preacher. Tho rock is a soft for mation, and is tilled with nuggets . and wire gold; can be fractured and , still hang together bv tho gold. Tho butchers of tho "(il)'s" little 1 dreamed of the wealth they were walking over when they prepared j meat to feed hungry placer minors 1 twenty vears ago. Rut such is life in tho far west, and one is liable nt any time to "strike it rich" in a "pocket ledge" whore it is least ex pected. ; Kd. Anderson, a sort of a gnm I bier, who used to range about John ; Dav under tho name of Charley i Mifton, removed to Raker City and I changed his name to Frank Milton. 1 A short time ago ho was recognized ; by some one who had known him ; in Texas, and word sent to the I Sheriff. Then a telegram was sent j to linker for tho ollicors to arrest 1 Anderson, nlius Milton, which they ' did, and it was ascertained that he ': was a fugitive from justice, having j committed an outrageous assault j uiKjii a little twelve-year-old girl in Wcathorford, Texas, four years ago. ' Ho was sentenced to ten years in : the peniteiitinry for tho crime. Ho wus a gambler, and hail a brother who was well oil'. The brother took up tho case and secured the best legal assistance in the state. Pend ing an appeal to the supremo court, Anderson was confined in the coun ty jail. One night ho broke out and lied, and no one knew where ho had gone until he was recogniz ed in linker. While he wus in this vnlloy ho wns comparatively secure from'detection, and many criminals Hock bore. Rut our ollicors are be I ginning to keep themselves better informed regarding escajwd jail i birds. QRAITE QRA1NS. Sept. SOth 1SS0. Ki. Nkws: The sawmill will begin operation this week. The now mill nt Graham's ledge is nbout ready for Work. The Into rains have laid the dust and quenched the fires. Gathering news items is rnthor tedious work, as they are scarce. John Hughes of Greenhorn has taken his family to Pilot Rock for the winter. Cabbell's mill hns been shut down for n few days, caused by brenkin ; a shaft. Mr. Mitchell, mannger of the Monumental has been dcoscd and J. R. Rowick hns his situation. Dr. Shields, dentist, stayed sever al days with us. He filled several aching voids and made many more. Quito a number of persons nro nlllictcd with sore throat, Mhs Thornberg being quite sick which will cnuso n delay in the opening of the school. J. P. McCoy and wife, whoso late son was taken sick in Raker, re turned without him, for his illness proved fatal. His remains were taken to Pendleton for burial. Ford nnd the China boot maker are tho only two gentlemen in town who represent their business with signs over their doors, telling the passerby whore they can he found. Doc Thornberg is on the sick list. Doe, try a warm application of dress sleeve with the arm of some fair damsel in it. It will not hurt if it does no good. Doc has a sore throat. The now ledges found by the Graham Ilro's are developing finely. O thorn of equal showing havo been found in their immediate vicinity. Gold can be seen in the ore from all of them. Nob hill bus received some addi tion in the way of improvements. S. Guttridge bus built u neat little dwelling. I. 1. McCullough has also one nearly completed. Thornberg v Scrogtise built quite a barn nnd are filling it with hay for winter use. S. N. Ford has his building about finished mid will soon move his stock of stamps nnd envelopes. G KANITK. 44 JOHN DAY DASHES. Another wedding is looked for soon. John Day is looming up. Rill Young "set '0111 up" to tho hoys in good shape. Hojw you will get married otten, Hill. John Day was treated to a dust storm last Sunday, but the rain winch we looked for did not come. I jo Combs has bought tho race "norao "Jordan" from John Chrimnn, and will hereafter make his money easy. 1 am told the races at Long Creek were not a success. Why can't wo get up some racing hero this fall? Hon. D. R. Rinehart nnd his bride were visiting in town during tho week. He looks ten years younger. Win. Young nnd Miss Nnney J. Howard were married at Cobb's ho tel last Sunday. Judge Maxcy performed the ceremony. Long life and happiness to the young couple. Chinese resieents had a big "blow out," or religious celebration peculiar to thei'- race, and the cere monies were kept up nil night. No white people were permitted to in vndo the charmed circle. L.vitk. Ulnehart-Etllott Nuptial. Last weoK, under stress of cir cumstances the Nkws was in error regarding tho mnrriage of Mr. D. R. Rinehart and Mrs. Annie Kllintt, inasmuch as thu wedding was sol emnized by Judge L. R. I ton nt the residence of Mr. nnd Mrs. Hubbard nt Prairie City. Judge Maxcy courteously extended the honor of performing the ceremony to Judge lson, as he wns a senior officer and a guest of tho Grant county folks. ; Only a few invited guests wero as j seinbled, nnd nil went merry ns the usual "marriage bell." The bride 1 and groom received many haud , some and valuable presents, togeth er with well wishes and tokens of ' esteem. After a few duyB visiting among friends the happy couple moved to Mr. Rineharl's beautiful country homo, where, nil things considered, they cannot bo other wise than happy and contented. The Nkws desires that theirs may ever ho a life of pleasure and hap piness. Switzerland has an electric railway up a l,!U0-fcot mountain. Go to the Red Front Billiard Hall, Can von City, for fine wines, liquors ami cigars. Foil Sai.k. Alsmt forty tons of wild hay, at the "Rig Meadows" on uppor Canyon Creek. Price six dol lars per ton, Kxcolhmt place to win ter stock. M. M. AllAMSON. Wo have a piece of quartz in our cabinet taken from a ledge a short distance above town, concerning which Mr. Clnrno, mining iiiaii of Portland, exnressed un omnioii that I if tho ledge wiia well defined it I would prove a bouHiizn. Ncill I Hnll, develop your ledge; thnt rock j was yours. htfM CAN LIKE 13E PROLONGED? Orfgonlin. The prolongation of human life, tho restoration of decayed functions to their normal activity bv electric ity, oven when suggested" as a re mote ossibility, rouse and chain tho attention. " When this sugges tion is made by a man whose record of achievements has given him a reputation on two continents, and and whose statements are always received with respect if not with deferance, incredulty forgets to smile, and we listen with the feel ing that the path of discovery al ways runs through the path of ap parent imposMhilitics. No snap judgment avails in this modern age. To say of anything that it can't bo done is to exhibit ignorance of what has been done. The tig of miracles is not in the past, tut in the present and future. We walk in the company of marvels every day, which tho science of electricity has recently achieved. Dr. Dnrrin has at any rate given us something serious to think about, nnd encour aged tho hope of new victories over the ills to which llcsh is heir by his system of electro-magnetic treat ment, as the following references show: Geo. H. Papenberg, Tualitan, Or. Deafness ten years to ho could scarcely hear a sound; cured in twenty minutes. Mrs. John McGinnis, Vancouver, W. T. Paralyzed arm cured six teen years ugo by Dr. Dnrrin, while in San Francisco. Kx-Mayor C. H. Hill's son of Al bum, Or. Cured of an offensive discharge of both ears since live months old. John R. Dougherty, Roche Har bor, W. T. Hydrocele entirely cur ed and removed by one operation of live minutes. Mrs. S. A. Wooden's girl, Ul Col umbia street, Portland Norvous debility und malarial fever and'dis charging ear, restored. Win. Alrnow, Drewwey, Grant county, Or. Catarrhal deafness and riim in tho ears for . twenty years; perfectly cured. Mrs. S. W. Metger, Gresham, Or. Dyspepsia, liver complaint and pain in stomach twenty-three years; restored. Mrs. C. Magensoii, Merchant's hotel. Portland Hheutmitism, neu ralgia and female troubles; cured permanently one year ago. W. F. Ogle, Scatc, W. T. Liver and kidney complaint ami dyspep sia, also deafness and whole system j run down; cured. William Little, Seattle, W. T. Puin in his chest of over eight years' stnuding; entirely cured by electro magnetic treatment. J. W. Ziimwiilt, Albany, Or., (formerly of Moro, Wasco county, Or.;) cured of nn aggravatod easo of rheumatism and spinal com plaint. Dr. Darrins' Place of Uustnesn, Drs. Darrin can be consulted free at '2115 Fifth street, corner of Main, Portland. Ollice hours, from 10 to 5 o'clock daily; evening. 7 to S; Sundays 10 to 12. All curable chronic diseases, loss of manhood, blood taints, syphilis, gleet, gonor rheal, stricture, spennatorrho'ii, seminal weakness, or loss of desire of sextual power, in either man or woman, catarrh and deafness, nrc confidentially and successfullv trea ted. Cures of private diseases guaranteed, and never published in the papers. Circulars sent free. Most cases can receive homo treatment after a visit to the doctor's ollice. Chicago has "truant olllcurs" who see that children attend school. Wool is not idl sold a big load was lmulisl through town yesterday, cm its way to tho railroad. Thu irregulaiity of assessments of city property at Tacoma, W, T., is creating quite a stir among the mer chants there. Three hundred thoiuaud pounds of grapes fiom California pasted over thu Oregon Short Line for tho eautern market lust week. In one of the counties of Georgia, it K said there is a town of 1,000 in habitants, of whom less than a score aie sulsicriberH to any newspaper. Governor Hacklier of Kentucky hns dispatched two companies of .Statu troops to Harlan county to aid in pre serving peace dm ing the coming sea siou of com t. A Kansas farmer has written to the Johnstown Huroiiu of Informa tion asking that a wife no chosen for him from among tho Hood suf ferers, and sent on to his place near the town of Parsons. A buxom widow of .10 bright and sunshiny summers in Indiana hns lately received 12,000 in a broach of promise case in which tho triller with her affections hud experienced 80 harsh and hard winters. The Colorado Mining Kxehango has adopted a resolution insti lift ing three of its members to take 100 ounces of silver to the United Stutotj , mint at Philadelphia and demand 11 :. 1 : 1 ". . . .1.11 'in.: . 111111 11 ihj euineii ihio ooiiiiis. 1 run , j being refused, they will bring suit i ; against the director of the mint for , damages, ami thus gut the case bo- 1 fore the supreme court of the Uni- ( j ted States, the object being to tist . tin I'liiihtilnlimi i lit v of tbo various I ' acts of congross, depriving silver of j its standing at the mints. Rismnrk will probably bo the temporary seat of government for Dakota, and Sioux Falls for South Dakota. The ImPans of Ncah bay, in Washington territory, recently cap tured a black whale" fifty-five feet long and eight or nine feet in diam eter. The Indians think they will get about loaO gallons of oil out of this whale. Whale oil is much rel ished by the Coast Indians as food. A Kansas farmer, it is said, hns made one thousand barrels of vine gar from twenty acres of watermel ons and sold it" at ten dollars per barrel, thus opening a way for a new industry as well ns realizing a much better price for his crop than if he had shipped it to market- If this remaknble scheme is practical there is a new field open for the growers of melons to dispose of their surplus stocks. A female mind render of Uugetie hns located the whereabouts of the body of Geo. Nutting. The woman eavs that three men hail a hand in killing him; thnt nfter passing over n ridge he wus murdered by tin so men on a creek, or near it, and there buried in the bed of the stream. The woman above referred to is said to have located the dead body of Minnie Luckoy, who wns drowned there not longi-ince. Some ofthoKugeno people hnvo great faith in her ability to fathom hid den mysteries. Prineville News. A Chinaman formerly engaged as a domestic in Pcudluton, after amassing what, in the eyus of a Ce lestial, is considered a comfortuble competence, returned to the Flow erv Kingdom some time ago. Thu other d iy he turned up again in Pendleton, nnd being asked how he evaded the act passed to prevent the immigration to our shores of his salfron-hued race, replied that he landed at Victoria, paid a few dol lars there to some of his fellow ( V lestinls to help him out. .mJ .ilVi being put on board a steamer, laud ed safe and sound in Port Town send, paying $S0 for his passage. This is un interesting story, as it shows that the smuggling Chinese across the bonier is a very profita ble business, nnd is not beneath tho dignity of the Canadian steamship companies. Hast Oregonian. Gratifying to All. The high position attained nnd the universal acceptance and ap proval of the pleasant liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs, iiH the most excellent laxative known, illustra tive the vnlue of thu qualities on which its success is based and arc abundantly gratifying to thu Cub Fig Syrup' Company. The County's Wealth. From the assessment roll of Grant county wo take thu following sum mary of assessments for thu venr 1881): Acres of laud IM.TIfi. Total value $."0l,-l ,. A vcrn ge va I no $2(511. Value of town lots 10 '-'CO. Improvements M.1il,SHl. Merchandise, implements 1 1 7 1 1 .". Money, notes, nce'ts etc. -l'JS,ASS. Household furniture, carriages, watches, etc. !f8,S.fi. Homes nnd mules Value ' .at)7,00f). Average vnlue $'20.2(1. Cattle lS.lKfl. Value $271,105. Average value 4M,ttn Sheep 'J 10,201. Value $SB0.1fl3. Average value $ l. l'.lf. .Swine N.vj. Value f 1,855. Average value '2. 1". Grow value of proK!rtv t '2,2 lli,.'15ii. Indebtedness " i 572,:5!K1 Total taxable property l,tl7,5H'iO As equalized bv the hoard ' $1,(58.,'2'.I0. Number of xills -131. OLYMPIA .-i. .Ml till VV -I. ., Fein 11 In HfiocmliHt. Huh pr.ii tieiil 011 tho Paeiliu Coast for the p.iHi twenty li.n years. A life time devo ted to the study ol female trouble, their ooiixoh mid euros. I havo thoiibinids of testimonials uf perma nent cures fiom thu host peophi on this coast. A positio giiniautee to permanently euro any case of lennile woakuesM, no uiiitior liuw long tninl ing or what Uiu stage may he. (.'lmr kc reasonable and within the louch of all. For tbo InMitlit of the eiy poor of my sox who are HitfiVring from any of the giout multitude of ailments that follow in nam of that turiibh- dmi aso uiioh 11 as the female weiikuesH, and who mo not able to pay for tivutiuo'il. I will treat fioo of chin ge Consultation by mail, fieo. All correspondence strictly conlidHiiiinl. Medicines packed, boxed and sent by exptcss with ubargon re paid for "homo" treat ment, with specific tlwtfctioiiH for use-. If you mo suffering from any foiualo trouble, puiiodioully or con stantly, AddivsH, Ol.VNI'U S Mimiiiav, M. I)., K-st Portland, Oregon t or l i.inrx iif . its at tlic I' litlmnl Il i.lnrH i.ll.g. luiila'i.l Orruuii m ul Hie Inpitul llut- 111, -a i .Urge s.ll.111 On-u.-n II'jI ll ll.Hili Are iiil r llir iitH'.a,' mrnfl A 1' AttiutrutiK Imve Hi'- c j .1 1 ( nullum Hinl umc rait a udullluii kS 11 m 1 ti v s. m, s li v 1 li a 11 il , vprwiiili.K. I'rmuaiiiliii tint Kilglltli !eNrt 1 111. .y mii evciiiLK c.iioun. NudciiU&ii' jiiii.ll tiny lime. iurjolutCalalngue.adilir-i rU l lluim f.ll(, AD UflUI HJp, (!Jit, IViUaduT urn-uu. vft Uiu;Uitvwu. ut Gov. Shoui) of rdaho has issued a proclamation calling a ppaoml election for tho adoption of tho Ida ho constitution, November 5th. The United Statos has a lawyer to every 1109 of ita population. "It is ..1n... I,. " cava tint llnitrm 1 I WIIV K tllllllt, i Transcript, "thnt these lognl gentle men nro not likoly to lie Iwujtht up by nn Knglish syndicate. 'Ihoreforo, when 009 of our jeoplo get together they will still have the satisfaction of knowing that their quotrt of I iwyor is in tho midnt of them, and busy as us ual. Combine the Juice of the 111 is Figt of California, to laxative and tmlriunui, with the medicinal virtues of plants Lnown to be moU bcneiicUl to the human ivttetn, forminr; the ON I Y ITU KECT Hl'Ml'DV to geiidy yet promptly on the KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS ASt TO Cleanse the System Effectually, . W THAT PUP.E DLOOD, nnrnnsiiiNo sleep, HEALTH nml STMENGTH Nmurslly follow. Kverv one l lulng It aiul oil arr .Iclielitcd with it. Alk your ltuKKi.tfurSYIv.Ul' OK FIGS. Manu luiiu nl only by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. StN Kkanciico, Cm. Loviirtti.it, I.,'. Nc-Vour, N. Y. Want to Sell Vour Woojf Sealed propound will ho rocvived at the nherill 'u ollice in Canyon Citv, (5 rant county, Oregon, for the deliverance of for'tv cordB of good merchantable wood, iiIho twenty ca pon of coal oil of 'good quality, tho wood and oil to be delivered at tho court houHO in the month of Octo ber, 1SSK. Hids received up to and including the loth of Oct. ltidn opened on the Kith at .'1 o'clock p. 111., at the uhcriir's ollice. Bids re ceived for iit heir one or both in tho Home proposal. All bids must hu put in on the luihin of county scrip, and the IowohI bidder will bo awarded the contract. V. I'. Oiuy, Shoritl'. WANT SOMIi WOOD? Quod mountain wood for wile at live dollar per 001 d, JJtiqitiro of O. I'. Ciosap or ut the N i:vs offieo. Kltliir FOIt NALH. To thoo wishing to buy fruit and vcKiituhloH, I would wiy lluit I will t.ell upploH on the ranch nt BO et per Lox, .duo n kooiI anwii tinent of voro tublcH lor hhIu nt reasonable price. All ordeiH will bo promptly utteiul ed to. On! era left with O. P. OreHiip, in Canyon t'it , will vuoh mo uvoiy wook, bh I will uituilly ha in town SiiturdiivH and Tiuwdiiys of , each week with fiuit to sell. lUildenco iwtiiuilrM bolow John l;nj Olty, on Tho DoIIbh rond, Fruit, exchanged for nil kindti of I'lnin delivetod at my much. W'u. Ucn TO -LOAN, In amoiiiiU ti suit 011 i in 1 1 fiiruu. The lowest rate iiiuantuini. If you want to Ixirnrw it will pay you to tec me. )ALSO FIRE IN SURANO W W ef in ihc heal C'omm iiirs, W. B. !3AViS. l'rairiu City : : : Oregon, or Uoppiior, a A. II Hi: A, rilAXK KHLUMin, l'rotidont. Yice-I'ifMiu'ont. Ouoitoi; W. Coxir.it, CunltUr. J. T. IIIIKA, T. A. IIHKA, I, T. 1MU1S0.V, iJirootorti. Trnnsucts u d'eiiornl Hunklnc; BiutiiCd, Exchange n all puiU of tho world BOUGHT and SOLD. OolloHioiw Hindi) nt all oints on UcA&oimblo Tomu. Monny loaned at from one to too uer cent. UP