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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1891)
..... llf I. THE GRANT COUNTY NEWS, 77 .v , .-Ipril 6. LOCAL BREVITIES. A Ulf(t of Kni'uhU of Pjthi.u, a Uiuoxoleiit order, ii about to 1m orgnu w nt tawiT Town. Wm. .Miller ami wife, of I turns arc J visitiiig in tlio city. Fresh pinlrii seeds, just rcoeixisl, nt the Piwtoflice utore. vorv Chinose, who do not mint; on the rlxer Isxr nny more, nre negotiating for sinnll plxscr claims. Ailr Day wn eeehmtI nt John Day by nil the Mnph turning out nntl of Hnrncy, sHtit nfiitini( to Invcl oft" the Kb ml house town on business. ground. .Mr. .lewrtt intend running hi tog on voiumcr schedule, cotiimiuic iiig nxt week, covering the distance between here mill Hutu in one cl.iy. This Ixviutiftil x alley ha Isvn lne flttwl. hWt or nlllkted, xxhichexer wny you xxunt to hike it, with u Umd of :fM fin tunc tellers (luting the week. : San Francisco is itruimriiii: to I welcome President Harrison on his Western trip. Tlio I'oiw of Homo lias iri von the Town Ajwstolic Henediction on the world' lion. fair to 1h! hold nt Chicago. Mm)k ,nv There aro towns anil towns in this linmi! country, anil if a railroad liitK one of them it will lx a town. James ltcilicr, an American, has i i .... Old iimtin, suitable for putting , ,M;U " lnoiii in n .Mexican jail, under cnrU, for wle nt the Ni.xxs tllioul cause, for several montl.H. foundry, cheap. 1 Sherman county is tlio first M..Kii.n..f. t..,t.,r ,......,. 1 toniity in Kusturn Oregon to send " ......... . . .. ...... ...... ... r... ,i. . the Oast wcttlr in ' ' i(ouui vi jimu i.u iui un l'KAIKIK CITY NKWS, Kd. Walton, th Hum lrlT, came ' oxer Tunsdny n nd it xisiting former huiiiiU. j Chief Homily, of the rwtervntion, died last Friday of npoplexy. He xxus nj;ed ".'i. April I I, iStll. ipiirt since the oleo IIKAK VAU.UY ITKMS. CAt.UII COKKKSPONDKNCli and Sosh Donaldson have loft for U'tter lands. Joe- Dtmrdorlf, jr., is through put ting in his crop for the season. Scott Hyde nod Chns. Kvnus started for tlio Malheur hist Sunday. II. gross ; year 1SU. I Harnillil. the showman, is ilnml i..., i. . i. .. ii i . , imii iiuriioiii n circup win live lor ! ever, lie died in Connectieut last ! Wednesdnv, and left an cstato valued at Ifi.OOO.WKJ. At the saiid-hlow alovc The D.xIIch, where the coinpnny used to employ twelve white men' to keep I' 1)(x1mui has moved out of the hotel into the (let). Shearer building. Several icrst!H are moving prop erty from the city limits, for fear of taxation. The Indies of the .M. K. church will give an entertainment Saturday evening at the church. Horn, to the wife of (ieo. H. ' I 1 ! . . . nirge, ,prn u, n son. (ieorgeis Should a milrut como Iihic on iu way noiith, the (iiiiyon Creel- I'um would no itoulit ) the one ihrwi'ii, Jiaiui it in thn moot fc.tsililo one out of this xnlley. L HayiN U expecting nn nMoit innitt of goml.t uh noon in they inn l fpt In, and uli thing in the linn of farinini; impli'innnU eitu l) funiiihnl. See hi nil. iu this itsue. Kvt'rythini U pi-ojjns!iing fuitinfno torily with the (louring mill project. Tim 2,f00 Unus hut Ih'oii titscrild, uuil it will soon lj known wlirtlior or not the S4ime i nooeptil. The only loss of ulieep wo h.ivo heard of is the loi of alout foity hen I hy John l.uoe. He khenred and ili))il tlii'iii, mid the nniinuh were uhilled to do,ith during onu of the froity nijjhtfi lately. The asucjtsor hn.H iilrendy token n shot t trip out oxer n Kitioii of the county, mid itifoimi us thut ho found cousiilcmlilo now U.xnhle property. (Imnt county will ninke u Utter thoxv- in;,' this year than lust. Jud HugueoMl took n trip to the western pmt of Hear Valley hut xxeek iu the cKicity of deputy vlicritl', mid reports plenty of snow still liugeiiiig in the Intuutiful vale.H on the hills mid mountains of that country. Arlxir duy xvns olwerved nn usunl iu this city hy the nehool children. An impoited ihodiMlemh-ou wm planted with ceremony, mid chmtont-d in honor of the teacher of the iutcimedhito depaitmcut, .Miss Kiotler. Circuit couit ill eommeiice one week from next Monday. Thia'is not u good time for kheepmeu to lu away from their ll(K'k, hut is a much letter time for thmn to leave than March, when feeding has to ho done. Councilman Mclleau wishes to cor rect the lepoit that he has Ix-eu walking on stilU, and otherwisti conducting himself iu Htrmie way. On the contrary, elevation to ollice has had no serious ellect on hiui. Our xvutchm.iker here in Canyon City has just liought a line of specta ehw and eye-glasses xvhich is umlouht edly one of the Inst and most complete omu iu Oregon, (lenuine prhhlos n sjuwialty. Modcrato prices. While the cool weather was on last week stockmen giuw xery apprehen sive a to the xxelfare of their cuttle, xvhich xvuro in a xve.ik condition, Iteing aUnit out of feml. Crasn, however, will si Kin H aliuudaut, x hen all xvill ho serene. A cjly Uw to prohihit pntfanily i the Intent. It xery cureful ot your language on Hie street. I lank Metxchau intend gnthering his horses mid keeping them at his own much this spiiug. Joe Comhs x cilli'd onr to Trine- ville last xrek to .-. his parents, who . the tra'ck clear, Jay (iotild has three the happiest man in town. rre .it; in sun i. gnpiM'. Cliiuaiucii. says an exchange. Smith, the sujierxisor, is kept husy 1 The cultivation of sugar hoets is rustling rocks oir the graihs uml piv- ' K.iK cxtensivelv engaged in hv lnng the ruid nlong the ereek for Calil'ornin farmers, iind there is no high xnter. . reiifon why the same industry can- Mr. and Mrs. I'ry Wilson, of 1101 1k! n",,'L' 11 success in tliis'slate. Monument, (irant county, will noon It xvoiild seem that this country take charce of the new hotel at ! ha Iwen inriiimi mi Mnce the estaiihshinent April '2, I Sill. I'lcntv of flit Cnttloin llenr Vullev this spring. Snow aUiut gone and growing line. Hear Valleyites are all very luisy; some preparing for crop, otlie'rs gathering their stock ami hraiidiiig. The Wild llorso Hanchc, on Hear Creek, owntd hy Frank Metsclian. is showing a lot of improvements, such as horse corral, low corrals, hum and fencing. M. J. Clin oilers has rented his ninelic to A. M. Lofton; Adniusou has also rented his ramdie to Mr. McKee, in order to hiivo some one stay xxith his children xvhile they go to school, s:iid ticlioul to com meiice the '.'ti(h of this month Nkmo. , xjUEKIt THAITS OF ANIMALS. A ihmi In t'liofcter, Pa., xvlll never , xx-nlli xtIipii tlierv Is a chnlice to Jump on n street ear and ride. Tin: rntitilt enunot climb the outside KvervUxlv is plowing and putting ofntnH, hut he can elimli un the Inside ill their crops. n lnllnxv tree, provided the holloxv Is 1 " !iot t.o tfreut In ilinmeter. The thing' Is Spring has come and the gruM is )' hy "humping'" his imek, mid with looki uv! line. Kx'ervlhxlv has turned tils liarh against one sMe mul his feet ApriiS, I .SO I. Our school oHins next Monday. Hay, like many other hlo.tsiiigs appisii-s to 1st tpiito uuexenly dittrih litod in thiuie pmtK. .liinuM (Allen informed us the other day that he was out of feed for hi stock on this side, hut had plenty iu Hear Valley, U-yond the mountains. Freight lutes fiom Portland to Ileppuur are II to .rS cents er hun dred ltMW than via linkerCity, mid as it coUs lens to ship wool from Heppuer, the greater oitiou of the Inikiiie.ss from this section during the wool sisison i( via the former town. , The I laker (Tit v Hlado n ixirts that the Suuiptur Valley railroad will ho nt onco extended into the John Day Valley. Such a move Would l money iu the pookut of the S. V. It. It. 114 wi II as n gnsit hlussiug to this country, mid the Ni;s hopes this repoit is true and nuthuutic. Tim sum of ?.r0,000 distrihutisl nnnually among the farmers of this valley would place htuiuess on mi im pmxtsl footing. That is whutagoisl llouriug mill would do, at the lowest estimate. Neatly that suui ),( iihnxid every year, xxhile many of the fanners huy iuiKiitod Hour mid feed S10 per ton hay to stock. At the administrator's sale last Saturday the llouriug mill was liought hy Piinlield mul 'owull, for ?U00(). Four huiulnsl and eighty acres of pasture laud, fenced, was purehustsl hyJ. S. llaptoiistoll, for ?:I0, and ICO aenw was hid iu hy Joe Olixer, for J IS I. The mill originally cost f 1 5,000, xvhile the deeded government laud sold fur Imlow the first price, not counting the fencing. A stretch of country two hundred mili'4 lung ami one hundred miles wide is culled the "John Day" coun-I try, hy reusou of the river and its tnhiitnries. Hut all this should not ho eoiinfouiidesl with the beautiful John Day Valley of those purts. Kx- chuiigtks sMik of stock dying hut winter in the "John Day country" for want of feed. That xtat not iu this x-ulley, xvu utin proudly s.iy. lleppner , County ollicers have made their semi-annual rcxrts, which xvill lie ntihlished in the next isstiu of the S' KW.s. Toin Morgan, representing the First National Hank, of lleppner, a solid and accommodating institu tion, is in the city. If this country hadn't Is-en HI miles from nowhere the n-nl estate sold nt auction last Saturday would have brought 11 U'tter pi ice, Dont came down Inst week to pur chaso Homo necessary IuiiiUt to construct his new snxv mill, which xiill itself Ihi cutting lumber U'fote many weeks. Ordinances regulating the sale of liipiors, driving vicious or unruly ani mals through the streets, etc., have lieen posted, by order of the new city council. Hon. A. Toy, fi erly of the Oriental l-aundry, of this city, is home from a visit to China. He thinks of engaging iu the mercantile business nt John Day. Paler City has her Set en Devils mines, mid a claim 011 the Creeuhorii country; but Onint county must fur nish coal to keep the furnaces hot, and fruit to feed the hungry miners. l'.o. in articles are no giss) unless there nre sijjns of 11 boom, therefore the Ninx.s dix's not make nny false sound. Hut this country hit 4 resources that will cause it to Utotn before long, Ralph Hyratii mid his men are "Unking" wood, which they will Ihstt down Canyon cieek during the spring freshets. Hyrain, Stuiscll mid Smith will engage iu the xxool business this year. The sale of the (iuudlach and Nor 1111111 property last Satunlny demon strated conclusively that there is no surplus of capital in the country. Heal estnte is the bout of security, hut bidders were scarce. Harney Valley xxill experience the usual annual ovmllow this season, xvhich iusuie-s the hay crop. Two good-sized rivers Mowing into the lake, xvhich has no xisihlo outlet, will muse it to H(hI iu shores. At fjreat j hi i 1 is ami expense we haxe seeunsl tele-raphic disuitclns fnuu KurciM Asia and America, wlpch ure published oil the first payo. .Subset iUi for the Nkws, xxhich given you the latest in every language. We hear nothing more from the rich prosn-ct on the hcailuaters of Canyon creek. If there is a lieh ipiait. defMisit up there it would puy to build n 11 iil into the camp mid ilexelop it as early as sllile. riiialillu county in forming a pioneer nssiK-iation, and the ditto to constitute membership is fixed at "during and prior to the year ISIi.'i, or immediately after the dislmnd incut of Price's army." The ladies of the M. K. church, of Prairie City, xvill give an enter tainment iu the Orange hall, Satur day evening, April LSlh. Funds to lie appropriated for the erection of a The holies' man does not cut such a sxxell now. You can llnd him at Joe's saloon Sundays silling Indiind two pair. Jas. Young's te.Mii ran away from him last Wednesday, mid xvere not caught until they 'reached town, n distance of nUittt three miles. xvarnors. 111 lMlL'ii. the West Point military academy .'(.IS I men have received diplomas from that institution. I Not many years ago the Portland I chamber of commerce passed a j .solemn resolution that the govern I nient appropriation for owning the j Cascade Locks was a useless xvitntc of tillblie funds. N'ntv Porlbiml U j eager for nn ojien river. " ' ""derstand there will ho . , .... iecriu nun men iroill neiow to An exchange remarks that the attend the roller mill meeting next ( l.icago doctor who has captured Saturdav. FvervUslv invited to xvhat he thinks is a grin iineroU-, attend. xviin Hoven siriH'S tirouuil Us IhxIv, may llnd on closer insnction that he is the fortunate sjsHesor of the first jKitato hug of spring. Necessity is alxvays suggestive and may ho original. The Nevada legislature having refused to appro priate monuv for the traveling ox ileuses of tlie district judges, one of them has lwught a hicycle on xvhich to make his magisterial circuit. April I I, lS'.U. Mr. John llelmick, xxith his mother and sister, left our beautiful valley to oiid the summer in the Stein's mountain cotintrv with rela tives. Mr. II I.andreth has also gone to Haker City to engage in hauling ore. Then' are others moving in the vallev. Wo under stand that W. P. Pearson and fainilv their Mock out. 1 1 heard that 0. M. Smith lins put in ten acres of xvaterinelons. IIohi , he has a givsl yield. I What is the inntter with tiff en ' aiding act iplot We don't hear ' from them any more. Mr. Charley Timms, the as .ir, has lieen scon in this nHtioiiofthe county, livoryhody glod to see him. Call iig.tin Charley. Then' nre thirteen lace hows hero training lor the three days' races, which come oil' June 10, II, and t'J. mid there are as many moio looked for befoie the llnd of June. It vri i.kii. M.ll and Mr. Hundalls nro coniini! 1 11 ' mu.Io iu ., I I . I it t . ,i.iii ir-l. I i I ir. in II liack to Hear allev this snnnt;. i,ii. i i..f. i copio learn ny experience. Our vxorthy detective has joined the masons xxe mean the stone masons. He has already laid the comer stone ol Hate liew cellar. Spring has come at last, although We heard a young man suv last ' somewhat haekward. (irass start Sunday that he intended taking a , ''ig line. Snow most gone. Settlers liucev ride, hut that .Moe Durk- 1 1,llv' inroix 11 oil tiieir xvinters 1110 Ilf.tlllilP llllllliiluillyi.il tltii ti'1,,.f market. the face of nature which mail is only capable of doing. Our seluxd xvill commence next I ...:!. It 1 !. .. jtl iiutwii, 111111 nun 111,11 11 in- lll'VOllOll 1 to the lirst laxxs of nature are pro- ; paring to iinpmvi Any jhtsoii xvho shall xvantonly or negligently place any tree, brush, log or drift xvood in a running stream iu this ntute so that it is ohhtructed, is liable to a line of not more than f.iU. 1 his act does not aiiiilv to .ir. ... There is a strong attraction at the Warm Springs for one of our young men to go up there lishing. lie returns in the xx ee small hours of the morning. The city couiieiliuen xvere sworn in in less than half an hour after their election and held a meeting next day, at xvhich Mr. Howell was elected chairman. Arthur King is noing to teach school at the Wincgar district. We Understand that some of the young ladies have expressed their "dcdire to go up and attend. We understand that Halph Fvans made a kick about the ladies visit- Mondav, xxith Mrs. teacher. School in the K'cll trict will commence the Mav. M. M. Adauisoii xxith tdedgo and j steel, hi H)werful strength ntt the j pine to xveild, to make a million or 1 more, to fence Parrish' ranch on Hear creek shore. Our postmaster thinks he has la grippe and thinks its about time for it to let liiu. slip. Nix Coxi llm s. LIST Ol' JUKOKS. It out c Discontinued, On April 1st M. A. Moore, stilt contractor on the mail mute from Prineville to Mitchell, received notification from the xistal di p.irt incut that the route had been dis continued, and service to slop nn one of the unites ov tihik the eon- tract to eurrv the mail at les.s than the actual cost of h rforiuing He service, and xvhich he had sub h t at a Ions of several hundred dollns a year. The discontinuance of (hi 4 route xvill he a gieat inconvenience to the ieoplo living in the north eastern putt of the county, as it allbrded them the only direct com miinicatinn xxith the' county seat. Hut McCoy xxas into a losing game and had to cot out of it. teen r, I ten 0. r, H'f 1 u n" " discommoded, and having "ft of 1 .,, ..... ., .. .f 1111111,111 nun 1111- uepai lllll'lll, IIHOU it to loliovo himself of a Imtl con tract. Oehoco lteviexv. on the oilier slile ne xx-orks Ills xvny up. At Columbus, t)., the other nielli u hni.v caught n rat mnUlutr otr xvltli her Roll! xvntch mill chain, xxlilch she hud lelt upon a ilresser on ri'tlrliiff. The rodent had dnii,'s!eil his prle nearly txx.'titv feet, mul In a minute uinrx xxiiuhl have tlkappeareil hi his hole with It. I.t:xvis Moi'.vtaiv, a hid of eleven yearn, nt Monsou, Me., has n dot, team xx ith lili li he recently drove front his home to that of his irrnmlfiilhcrlit Mtlo, a illstauce of thirty miles. In seven tiotirs. The trip xvns iiinde Just after a suoxx-storui, xx hen the rtmJs xvere In very kul roiiilltloit. A Uiiltsi: that chexvs tobacco Is owned bx liinrxre (Ihnsteiul, of Shelton, Conn. The iiiilmnl lenriied to chciv yenn nro. In D.xntiur.v, when a man imnu-.l IVanlt Hit I'lenm was his ilrlver. Whenever Pietve t(iU a eliexv lit the presence of the liiirw. he tfiive the animal some, mul it has since become n habit ivlth the latter, mul ex Mctitty jfives It Krt'nl snl-Isfaetloii. WOMEN FOR LAZY MEN. Wndilell as er ills NOTICK. All PerMtns interested in a roller mill in John Day Valley are rc ipiested to attend a meeting at Orange hall, iu Prairie Citv, Ore., Saturday, April t.S, IS!) I, at I o'clock p. iu. He sure to attend. THK 1.AD1HS Ulil.lQHTUO. C.OOD Ux noliial count 150 youiitf xvotueit haxe taken up HiiiImt claims In xxivsteru Vx ashliiKtnu ilurltij; the piut six months. Tnr.HK nre noxvJou retrnlarly ordained xvonieii preachers In the United Stntes, xx hen-forty yenrs n'o then- xvas only one. O.nk xxomnii In Monroe, Mi.,h:t nnnUj hi ten montlis time l,o vests, n-celv-I111.' therefor Sill), U'slile ilolnu the h usexviirU for herself ami hiishaiul, mul taking care of the milk of one coxv. timilllt nt; I.inhkn Is the pHllo name of 11 yoiuitf xvoinini xvho makes n gissl llvlntr for herself mul two olilMreu sweeping mid dtisthiK' the prlvnte apart ments of housekees.m mill bachelors. Ix- Austria ivotuen nn employeil to carry the iiiortnr ami brick to the'buikl cr. They xvorlt fnuu seven o'clock In the uiuruiiiK till si o'clock at iillil x Ith one hour at noon, uml receive tlx etity cents 11 day. Most of these fe male lusl-eiirrlers nre tiiiuuirrlcil mul homclcvi. Mih. K. .. Piano, of West Ilnttfonl, Coliii., shims a business tact that Is siir-pa.H-d by but few men. in iiiltlllhiu to uuii.iirlinf the jrrlst mill ami Us birKit Ini .ln.'t .. she has starteil an Ice enter prise. A liotiM, tl'JxH-J feet mul 'J feet lil:rli. has Ihx.ii built uml lllleil xvllh -J.IHI.I tons , if hv, which she propuMia luuell the cuiiilu siiiiniter. 11 - - logs placed in a stream for driving mg him. He said that he was aide to go ami see them. Hu is getting Mtiite xvcll since he has civen 1111 . ... 1 or raltinc One hundred and sixtv-txvo os triches at the Oaliformu ostrich farm, near Anaheim, xvere soltl at private sale for f IMKX). The birds xvere assessed at 111, (KK) and xvere claimed to Ikj xvorth HO.Oo). The buyer represents a local company of capitalists and vjiccu tutors. Hy a proclamation issued hy the picsident, there xvas added 'lo the S'ellowstoite National Park u utrip of IiiihI alout twenty miles xxidc 011 the oast side, a wider strip on the south, extending over the great Hocky mountain divide as far went as Idaho. xx ork. 1 1 is constitution xvill not allow him to labor under dilliculties. Poiliil S Pl.ASTKH. THIS YKAK'S ASSKS3MKNT. Oregon and Wanhingtoit are not liahle to get much money for sur veys out of the appropriation of the last session of congress, hecuusu the surveyor-generals of those states have not made contracts for the amounts apportioned to them fur the fiscal year ending June ;i. The mieroseoiie, htisying itself in the dark realms of horror, has found a noiv suhject for human terror. This is the acarus saeclmri, xvhich is described as looking like a crah or more so, and xvhich has heeu discovered to the number of 'J.S(!,(XX) in a ound of cheap sugar. helfry. Price of admittance '-'."to. Jack Chambers went nxvny oil' some wliete lishing 11 few days ngo, and while trux cling ucros the mountain a lurx" Unul of elk crossed the ro.nl in front of him. The wuyon huh or soiiiething must have struck nun uuil killed it, from what xvo haxe l-cu told. Hiiv. Mr. Luce xi ill fill his regular apjxiiiitmcnt nt Prniriu City next SniiUith. Some person has tnid that the preacher never visited Pi.titie unless he xvns armed with a rexolxer and shot gun. This is probably erroneous, for the town cannot jxwsibly Ihi that Utd, It Is 1111 outrage nn the neonle of this interior country that they are 1 work done will he compelled to submit to the inachina. I proaches, so as to tlous of unprluoipled mail contractors, who am awiinlud government contracts at prices liehnv the cost of operating them. Then Isicause they have "in fluence with thu depmtniunt" they make mi olmrt Ui have important routes discontinued U-cuuso they uro 11 losing game. Too often they succeisl. as was the case with the Prinuvillo- ' "d cjpiiojK'd inside of 100 dayH.' .xiitciieii route. I'alltH Clironiolc. No diiuht Joaiuiit Miller would he the first to laugh at this ridieti- luous statement at his exK'nse made in the Philadelphia timcn: "When the 'Poet of the Sierras' gets a marked pajx-r containing a criti cism of his ixsvins he retires into the woodshed to read it, carrying with him a shotgun and a stu'tlcd cat. If the criticism is a favorable one, all right; if it is the other way well, thecal needs restufling." Mrs. M. K. Cramer, of San Fran ciHco, editor of the Harmony, has Ih'cii talking Christian science in Kansas City. She wound up hy dropping tins shell among the real estate liooniers of that lively toxvn: "Mind hos nhsolutc control ovt r matter. When xvo say that xxe are sick that is, the mortal part of us xxe are not sick, for xvo are infinite. Wo are spirit, and spirit cannot he sick. Will owcr is nothing; it takes mind to heal the power of mind over matter." Thu Dalles delegation to the Portland chamber of cominorco meeting have had confererenco with (lovernor Peunoyur and Hon. Phil Metsclian, and xxero informed hy those gentlemen that the construc tion of the Cascade jsirtagc road will connnence at once. The lirst 0110 of thu up have them fin ished heforc high xvntor. Hy thu time they are finished or sooner it xvill he known whether thu road xvill ho huilt at the exKjnsc of the gen eral government or not. The governor and Mr. Metsclian assured our delegation, however, that the road would certainly ho linished C.x.xyon Citv, April HJ, l.S'Jl. lCiUTint Nkxvs: 1 would like to make known, through the columns of the Nkxx h, the valuation that I intend to put 011 the several different classes of proMrty throughout the county this year. I xvill class land in four different classes, xx Inch xxill be as follows: First grade, fill er acre; 2nd, to jmt acre; ,'lrd, t'J per acre; Ith, tl 01 tl.'J.'t jier acre. Improvements, of actual cost, after making allow ances for the xvear and tear of same. The value of improvements xvill ho added to the 11 hove valuation of laud. Stock horses, t'.'Odi 7 -'." er head, sUtllious, ) of their cost; stock cattle, tilt r head; stock sheep, common, tl.T'i per head; sheep graded, t (" "f -t ht head; mortgages, at face, except xvhere the pnK;rty mortgaged is not worth the amount set forth in the mort gage, iu such cases the mortgage xvill he valued the same as the laud xvhich the mortgage is against; notes and accounts xxill be valued at face, except iu such vases as they are not considered good, then there xvill he some alloxvaiues made. I am axvare of the fart that there i are u few, in fact.ipiitea iiumher of1 parties, in thisVouuty that make a , . practice of making false statements in relation to their taxable prop erty, and go so far as to tell their J neighbors how they played the assessor, thinking they had done soiiiething very smart in so doing, j From this time on if any parties make a false statement in relation 1 to their property or induhteduess, for the iiurjHiso of "beating the assesMjr,' as the call if, (but at the , same time it is the county they are heating, histoid) it is my intention . to couijilaiu of such parties to the , grand jury, and give them u chance to explain xxhv they did so. hut I 1iom) that I xvill not he tinder the , necessity of making iiuv complaint. I C. II.'Timxis, I Afcsestor. j (into the lied Front Hilliard Hull, Canvon City, for fine xvincs, liipiors and cigars. Secretary Nohle has ordered all intruders out of the Sac and Fox, Cheyenne and Arapahoe and loxvn and Pottaxvatloinie Indian reserva tions, and instructed the soldiers to clear the entire country. The convention held iu Portland is 0110 of vaht imRjr!uiico to Port laud mid thu Inland Kmpire. Its result xvill prohahly ho soon seen in the actual opuiug of the Columbia river to thu passage of steamers around thu obstructions xvhich now imK.'do commerce. The following names have been dra x 11 fiom the jury hox, the oxvners of xvhich will serve as etit and grand jurors at thu coming term of circut court: j .1 II Johnson Farmer ' W II Short ' I Hichard Paul " I P Scudder ' I'lein Deardorff " Thus Mador " John Shrier Frank Wallace " Martin Deir " ' Jas Darren " W D Paler John Turcuiuii " A J Cummitigs " Hichard Pntrum Lafayette Howell " T 1! Keeney " J 0 Moore " (Ieo llagnv " W C Cox ' Joseph Siinghanki " K A (iilliam " J C ICrickson Miller Alex Finhiyson Slock mini (1 Foppinna " Adam (iordou " Clin Ctlev " D D Hobhfns J A Chiipman " A Hachoney Merohaut C II I .eo Uvomuuii W II Kelly Painter The pleasant effect and the er feet Huloly with which Indies may use the liquid fruit laxative, Syrup 1 of Figs, under all conditions make it their favorite remedy. Il is pleas ing to the eye and to the taste, gentle, yet effectual in acting 011 the ' kidiievs, liver and boxxcls. , TI115 U1KI) I, AW. It is uulaxxfiil to kill or destroy ; the uesls of the follouiug birds in Oregon; and violators thereof will he lined or sent to jail: ! Nightingales, Skylarks, Oroy Thrushes, Hlack 'l'hrushcs, l.in- nelts, ( loldlinches, Heil-brensted ( KiiroH-iiii) ltobins, Hlack Star lings, ( ironlx'tils or MiM'kiughiril. I The foregoing are birds iuiHirled and turned Imwio in Oregon from Kuropc. n xnx 1. IIIIIDS. Hobiiis, Hluebirds, Hlackhirds, Oreoles, Wild Canaries, Wrens. Snowbirds, Meadoxv Lerks, (Iros beaks, Indigo I-'itich or Sxvallotv. ' These are native birds of Oregon, found plentiful iu our woods and ojH'ii glades. The tine for killing them or destroving (heir nests is not less than t".') nor more than t H'), in default of xx hieh the , oU'euder goes to jail for from '2't to I VI days. One-half of nil fines col lected goes to the informer. This is a rather severe laxv, hut il is a law and should he obeyed. Take 110 chances, for f'-'.'t to f ."M is a tempting inducement for some one 1 to tell 011 you. Let thu hirds 1 suvercly alone and snvu trouble, IiiJInn Depredation Claims. , First elass clean seed btiley for Kile at I iiuidlach's. A Cliicngo defaulter is named Worms. An early bird detective should be sent after him. Flour, Cinh.im, Hat ley, (either giounil or xihole) Cliicken feed, Hye, Middlings, lliuu, Shinto, ,le, ,te, at (uudlach's. Hugh Smith arrival from Port-' land a few days ago, and xvill proceed to his Hear alley much. From there he xxill go In Hums and resume business iu his meat market. To e.xiiul the impurities in (he the blood and give strength lo the system before the effect of xxiirm xxeiither are felt, use Pfundi'l's Ore gon IIIihmI Purifier. It xvas a Dakota editor xvho xvrote: "The price of our paper is not increased by the McKinley bill, but xvo ivish to corieet the misapprehen sion of some subscribers xvho apjicnr lo think it xvas placed on the I'n-e list." ' W.xvi Siixik Sci us! I have for sale a boll I seven tons of the finest itntoes ever raised on the John Day liver. Can be had at my ranch, txxo miles above Mt. Vernon, at 1 1 cents kt j mii ml. Fiii.n L. Titi.i uv. Mutton sheep are selling freely at 1'.' T.'i a head, ami sheepmen hold out for a higher price. The Hald xx in Land A- Live Stock Cnuiiiaiiy sold a band the other day fort.!!') a head. These are good prices and indicate proiperoiis times for llock masters Chronicle. Hen after the ranges of Id ilm xxill be kept for her own flocks and herds. Il has long been the custom of ICastem Oregon stock otxuers to bring their stock into Idaho win i home pastures xvere eaten oil', and fatten them iu the sister state The new revenue laxv xvhich provides that all Mock kept in one county of Idaho for llftccn dax'H shall be assessed as iersnnul property will cause these visitors from over the state line lo think twice before incurring such an expense, and xvill militate in favor of Idaho's slot k iiiuii. Idaho Hevimv, The people of The Dalles and ICastem capitalists are in earnest about building n rnilr.Mil from The CURIOUS AOS AND SIGNS. A.v Italian prlmw luh.Ttlses iu n neivp.iper at Moo for alt Ainerluuii lieltv i. 1'. Mime forehrit cities there nre men 'ilr.-il to iittr.u'l a croxvil to lliulr elii iloyer;.' x.'IiiiIown ny stnriii uml irar.liiK" .: to them. A s.xtiMiN in ("lunlH.rlniiil (Inp, Hast felines .ee, has the folloxvlni,' IntiM'Ip . hi: 'Sunny Slile hiiIihiii. 1'olytlv X titer trlv illsktisseil at nil ours."" A eciiiocs iiilx-c rtlkciiieiil In nil Ku llsh pas r Miys: "This concert take lii tilirhl tl'rhhiy). mul not yesler- l.y , .is w.i.. erroneously iiiinoiiiiceil." A'( i Hlerprlshnf puhliaier Iu t.oiiiton ulieitlnS'il forwvenil hrln-hcnilctl iiumi, p.iluteil the iiiiuie of Ills pnmr oil each hettiliiuil trleil to tfet them front sent nt a theatric)! I Mrforuintn'o. but the mnnnj-r of the theater objceleil. A li;.i-Kr U.ue of n piisr pttblisheil In Nlal, tiM)l AfiliM, isiiilalneil this .i.l,eitii!t,Mif, "Wuiit.nl -A yonm; lily 11 . I ijii ..iiii.i.i:il.ui. mul to aaals! 1 t. 1 'on ; fire, i ' 1 1 1.1 i.-i 1 . Apply to 1 I'. .1 lb trli,n- N. . -Thnv .i otil.' li.i.-! ,,r . Kept on thu pieiu- The Pnelllc Hrexvery's Celobrnleil Hour, the best in ICiiHl'ern Oregon, in noiv kept conslanllv 011 Input Iho Ite.l Front Hilliard" Hall. IIiiIiiich !iikiiikh 4't)rc Of Poithllld xvill open Sept. 1st. .1. A. Weseo, the Ieitdln pemnnli of Iho const, has bocoiue a puliiei in tliia school and xvill male it the lending HuHiiioHH('ollee. Heinl for e.ilnlogiio I! 111 When you send 11 way for goods: reiiu inbi r the firm nf ( 'iilliu ,v Mi I'm land at lleppner. They not on ly guarantee you lirst class gnodx at loxxest prices, but l hey pay mail or express charges on same to any stage ollice 111 (Irani or Harney counties See their new "ad" for furl In r paitu ul.us wanes to tin' I'ossil coal mined. Just before adjournment congress j They will certainly build the road passed an Indian Depredation laxv 1 unless some railioad intercepts their that will probably put loO.OOO.OOO iu circulation. This laxv practically removes all restiictious and limita tions, and every settler or his heirs can now get pay in full for all losses occasioned hy Indians. Henry N. Copp, the well-known laxvyer of Washington, D, C, xvcll send free of cost a copy of this laxv lo all xvho xvill apply to him for the sniuc. Designs nun minus one. A signifi cant fact is noticed about the rail road from linker City to Kuiupler Valley, which is 011 the righl course for extension. II xvas graded for a broad gunge, although it was in tended from thu start to use the ' narrow gunge material nf the I'niou . 1'uellie, left after broadening the Utah Noithurn. Fossil Journal, 1 OIVJ5 ENJOVvS Hoth the method and 11 -ultu when Syrup of Figs in taken ; ilispleawuit nod refreshing to thu taslo and net gently yet prnmptlyon the Kidneys, Liver ft ml HoxvcN, cleanses tlio sys tem effectually, dinpel colds, head aches mid fevers and cures habitual constipation. Hyruit of Figs is (ho only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to tlio tasto and ac ceptable (o tlio stomach, iiromiit iu its action mid truly heneliciitl in ita cllccts, its many excellent ipialiticu commend it lo all. It is forfcdo iu fiOo and 81 lsittloa hy nil Icndiuj; druggists. UANUrAOTUIKU OHLV U1 TIU CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SH IHANCISCO, CAl. IQUIHIUt.H. k(V I0HX, H, i !' .41 ' X 1 . .. . - -T" ' f -