i;-ft t I f 5: I 4- THE GRANT COUNTY HEWS, Thursday. Sept. HI LOCAL HRKVITIB5. Rain has de vended, and ImmwIUt thai will I no more. tfae Uio fine and low priced elorka Ml Um Watefctrtakrr's. Attorney (Wad ami family kit vis iting ia the great Harney country. Fitwr litw f clocks never before mm in Giant ewmty now Ml the Watchmaker's, I'mnrU Clarno, of PotUand, accotn Mittol by two prominent capitalist of ihmi city, arrived on Uh Ureetthorn ktUriy on lour of map l ion of tlie minna. J.i,l,n lu Uk. ii hi dentil- for Yale, Malheur eottnly, wJkmw nn h v ill bold bin ne.t Utw til coott. .Miss Mau l iUfc ltiiwi aeeompainml ttim to IkW, where sli will visit! will k-ti leilatav x. , Oar public rhool ojh-.k net Mon day or.rniafr, S-j.t'ilr 1 1. Artano- ' mmiU bavn Wn male to rvi a, numtxT of out id" pupil on rva-vui j alilo Unns. Our school ranks with the bast of iU grad. Pox valley rninei are said to I tin Storage vaults tf untol.l wealth, ouiUi a rich strike having remuly lsHn mule. Wc aro gbvl to are Crant Oitunty's winea looming up, for our tninos are our hijte of comni 'rcial su remacy. Utra. 1'arruh, poktuuslriMs at Ibis pUae, in anawpr t an imjuiry aftor n nj;ilewl pji kajje, has rtvtsi vl infoi tnition frtjin Hiior IJow, Montana, thit Ml. ITiUla McDo-U ditnl Uieie List June. Mrs. McDowell was once msidonl of this county, and leaves same iv!nthM. "Jte Fiter.ttd, who was visiting hern and attend.nl our Fourth of July c'Kibration three years npt, was burned si 4hMliy duiing the recent tire at The D.tlles that he died soon afterward. Tn attempting to save goods from n burning house lie was overcome an 1 rescued with difficulty. f)n the fir.it pne u ill lie found an nrticle ndatiiy to recent vohianic di-t-lurUincm in the moon. When the in ion, which h coming nearer, crnehei into threat tli, all the eople who ay tly priiuer promptly and with an un selfish feclin?, will U caught up mi feathery Iwl of ean and not hannml. Tim Virginia inino near the old town of Itobiusouville. J. II. Mitchell, own er, is showing up some f;ood free-gold (iimrtz, and is undoubteilK' a bonanyi if enpitat wur at hand to work it. Mr. j Mitchell and bin Uiis ai-i diiiiij,' what j dovelopmciit they can, but if they had cajiital the Virginia wuld yield us ; much gold as any luine in Grunt or ' Il.iker count le i. Tim Monument il mil), in the Cran itn creek luiiiiiiL' seolion, is to sUut iiii, mm wilt do cuxttun work for the milieu j tributary. This will be tho liej-inninx of the de elopiuent of this licit milling reon. When tho Nkws man isited Unit section tlu' people wero in hnjies of tho mill beiiiK slatted, and n gient uiniy rich prospects lusl their hope of speedy development on the starting ' of the Monumental mill. ! 1 Hust has afliiaeJ most of the wheat fluids in tlii valley this season, the first lime, we are informed, that this ilisea.'js has nuidu iU ajipearatice in tliit , county in the history of grain raising. The cold weather in eaily summer, and the lat rains, the reanon given for tho rust thin year. (Joining as it does nt the commencement of the new tlour Uvj mill era, it will woik a double hardship, for therri is doubt about the gntiu making a tirst grade Hour, if Uully oHticU-d with rust. Fruit growers of this valley could save the community several bundled dollars annually, besides building thetirelvea a lucrative liusimss, by oroctintf a fruit dryiuz aonaratus and furnishing the merchants and cousuui- n druul apples and prunes. This ia ' the finest fruit countiy in the North- I west, but all our dried fruits are im ! potted. A patent dryor would not . uosl a great deal, and would Is' to the eeiiiinunitr next in value to tho new tlouring mill. ' Until we keep mote i iii Jttey ai name we iu it ntsm poor. Furly-niuo Jimmie, whose eastern nam wat Mr. Dillln, im bemi on thi. osit fmty two years, a gosl Hrlion of the time having been spent aiieii',' his iiiiuin claiuet no tr 1 tola n.sonvi lie. 1 le is filling the ollk'O of road super visor of his dutiiut to ierectiou, keeping his poili tn of the mountain ri I in excellent repair. .Mr. Hiitin h.is some Uart. ledges ami placer slaims, too, that are goml propel ty, which he snowed the editor during our recent tilp to tho uiiuiug aeuiou, In fuel, lljbiiiionvillo is in the mineral lsU that will some day make (limit j oounty the richest gold and silver iro- ducin country on eaith. , Among the hoti'U ri U)itluud eie dial attention u colled to the lloltoii House, now under the maiiaxemeut of 0. W. Itoby, formeily postmaster of Portland. The house has Iwnn uowly fiiniisJwtrt and refitted at a large ex panse, and is now siuoiij the Imst (li-st-cliss liot'-ls in Portland. In coune.' liuit is a tine reading room, apart from the main oflieo, where all Urn latest and best pei iodi al of Uio day may be fouml. The cleiks sre getitleiuauly ami oUij;iiij and Uioroulily UlidarsUtid the ootnforU of their gtuftts and Irfiw to make Uteut fool at home, 'I'lm pee I de wilt find it an ataftlkMit family hottd, quiet snd jeuUmlly I-jcatetl, lint yor eyas fitted iUt tlw light kind of srswtacto nl tlie Watchmaker's Canyon City. TV first eider of tlw MAMm win imsswited Ui the Nkws shop km Satur day by Uw frwit ami ciW man, Mr. 0." It." Kinohftf U Hay is much cheaper In UiU vsllay tli is season than formerly. (Joed tim othy hoy is bsittg ihtliveral in town at 19 and f 10 per ton. Dick 1 ticks nl received l.y frWglit last week a Urg ico chest for kofjtirtf Iwer cool. When loer conn- cool the psople mast have it. Perpetual snow lingers on the brow of Straw Wry mountain, lint not a much ns graces the aumniil of ML Hood, the pride of Oregon. Judge Sola returned from hii Hour creek isnch kt Sabbath and jwoaont ihI the Nawa man a hatful of fine trout i " Uie Mmi according to a promise previously made J. C. Powers V Co. have a force of , fiftcfit men ronninit a tunnel in mi the j t ...... t ... i. Mi . . .i.-t Intrinsic, thctihom distritt, which will Up the IoIk" at a depth nf hundred foet. Wo rncuived a friendly call a few dsys ago from Mr. J. 1. F.iull of lhik er City, anil Mr. Hi (lr of Union county, who had Uvn over to Ilntiicy ; ounty on it business trip. ; Tlie printers two not prrinittml suffer for want of fruit. Clay I.uce dumped h lan of tine apples into the N kw s hopper tlie other day, foe Uu lifioU-rs and trmir cuntoutars. Hf sUiersiii Idaho, we understand, ha been ll for i'2t for three-year-olds, and $lH aiid I'JO for cows. Mover are scarce in tnis county, lait Uiere is one hoju-ful nltniatie the stockmen ha-c plenty of liay. Mr. K. H. Hay, of Diewsey, cnlbul at our shop hut wlc, and in conver sation said tlmt the horses and entile in his section vere all fat. and that , ,i,0 ,HHiUle were lamenlini ihe alsience ' of borers for this class of stock. Our mineral cabinet represent soma valuable mines of ((reenhoin mountain ami vicinity, all of hich mines ate in (Irani county, we are proud to say, notwithstanding the fm t that Sister Hiker county lays claim to them. Sol Taylor's threshing machine held foith at (iundlach's ranch west of town a few days lately. The biggest day's work was something over twelve huudrel bushels, and considerable time was lost, too. The yield is large, the season being suitable for grain on upland. Mr. Mcltean, who has been out en his Sodu spring ranch making liay, says that his rye yielded this year til mil t five loos of hay lo the acre. And this was the third sea.vm since the Imid wax plowed, the only cultiva tion Ix'in; with a harrow. lined soil always counts, and our county lias it. Mr. C. W. Porter, of the Prairie City 1 toller .Mill, was in town last Sat unlay, and contemplated stalling the new mill in pei Imp two weeks from that time, giinding old wheat. People around heie are about out of (tour, and are wailing for some of the heme pro duct, which the millers guarantee to lie good. Mr. I. M. Foster informs us that he recently found two lie) trees in the mountains near his ranch. llees in . i . it . . .i . it an" " tt" l" " ",B vn "T uie Ixscoiniu numerous, aud occasion- ally the owners have lost a swaim, which no doubt took up their abode in the timln-r. A few years ago wild lieus in Iiosteiu Oregon were unheard of. lirunL county's fruit is llwiug in a steady slreaiii over to IIarny county, u well as to Haker and Morrow. Har ney City taxed a peddler $.VUI), and the niivt iiibt the council rojicalrd tile law, H-uliiiiR that hit fiuit u.i too )o.kl to U' placed in iUarantine. His 5.00 ai alt-j returned, ami be r ceiverl a cordial invitation to biing over as much 4' the same fruit a he could haul, next time. 'j'he postmaster ut this pUce ha ju4t neiml wortl from the llnd as i,iUiit poslmaUer general advising tmt t,t. oontmct for carrying the maj between ( Won City and Ime once per we'k from Oct. I, IK'JI the ile of 1'en July I, IH'.Pi has been let by rtmeiit to J. W. Keeney. dletti. Ho much for our elhutv to get service on this route. This contract ; ill prolstbly lie ietformed s Mr. Ki-em-y is an old mail service coutract . or. ' (lovernnr I'ennoyer hai apijiuUsi, from (irant county, as delegates totlie Salt lake arid land convention which i it mlM to meet in October, Messrs. J. ! II. HamiiUiii and D. H. Uinehait. ' Ho could not have made a better sel ) eotiou of men who understand the sit j lution. Mr. Hiiuliart tdls us ihut he ; luts not fully made up his mind w heliier or not ho can attend, as hu health lias uH, my itot)r Uklm the conveu tiou will be culled ill Uie midst of fruit picking time, which is always a busy one for Mr. Kineii.il t. (irconhorii mine have been develop ed sullicitntly to show conclusively that the camp w ill isi Uie ricliest in ! the l'liiUl Stales if not the liehcst in America. Pmtlund capitalists have deveuM'd a number, and fuel ipmiU aaying all the way from $ to O0U to the ton. Tlmie is the Omu meut mine tipod by tunnels of Only thiiu-en to twenty feet, which assays from $70 fft.OtKJ Mir Urn, llenmtt j ttr Co. have two good claims anil have shipped ore daily, beginning from the 1 from four u six Immlnsl dollars ltir . 1 t jn. i surface, giving tlitui net I etui lis of Xo clue as to tlte wlwreabottli of tlw lute stage rohber. li. IS. PurritigUm, of Harney has Ikuii visiting in our city lately. l'ruf. Collins has Wen laying a visit to Scnithworth's ranch by way of recreation. Keeney has again assumed con trol of llic Canyon City-Monument stage lino, and 'aUgca 'are miming clear through to llfpptitir. Orogon can twat tlte world on pvorytiay ueful fruit. Too much rcliiTnic haa hitherto Ik-cii placed on scrub trottiiiK horscn, remarks n valuctl exchange. Marrietl. in the parlor of tho Now ; Hotel, thin citv, Wwlncwlavuvening, j Sept. '2. 1SD 1,' Mr. Daniel" W. l-'isk ; and Mi Nellie M. IVrkina, Judge i Clifford ollicinliug. ' .H Mofdilla Viefcery, of I'ImpiiIx, j X. Y., who haa 1ecn cnKaiiril to , tench in the primary detriment of our graded schoul, arriveil on Tuea- our traded schoul. arriveil on Tues- .1 .. ..-....) ....... day evening's stage. We have endeavored to obtain rcirt from a Kirly of young jn-ople who lately visilcif Suawberry lake and had a boat race, but all ellorts have thus far failed. Juduc Cattanach sltiniM.il a barrel of is'ors and nlums to his daughlor totin Montnnu, Mrs. l'oindexter. Such fine fruit ia not tu be found grooving in all Montana land. Taylor's thresher, DeartloriV v Co.. manogem, came down from (iunil Inch's Tuestlay inoriiiug ami went up to Dnn and Frank Flak's ranrh to hull their crop. I would Ik- pleased to receive the patronage of any desiring Ics.ons on piano or organ. Class in Citv ami John Dav. Canyon Mas. Xki.uk McCoy. The sturgeon season has begun in the lower Columbia. Some of the fishermen have already made contracts for their entire season's catch at a cent and a half a s)nud. Pi ter Kulil had a small field of a new variety of wheat that eecaiM.il the rust. I hat is the raise if il was exisised lo wheat to the same condition. that rusted other fields. The Portland speed association has oilcifd n purse of f-lO.OvX) tu . trotted for by Xniiey Hunks, Alter ton, HtutnlMiul nnd Nelson at n race meeting to be held thereon Septem ber 12. Mr. David ISlantott was in the city yesterday making prejmrations ; to leave his Hear valley homestead. I lllautoii Histollicc will Im- discon- ! tinned, but Homer will supply n ' gn at many of the settlers with mail. ; Farmers tell us that many hun dreds of acres more wheat will l , sown in the valley next season thnn there was this year. Then the j Prairie City mill will lie kept grind-1 ing some tune. Their water swer i dues not freeze up nor run dry. j A numWr of citizens of the coun- ; try are thinking seriously of moving , to town during the winter to take advantage of Canyon City's graded mIusiI. Small men with large families and large men with small ' families, come on; there is room for you here. At Missoula, Mont., Oregon Keliuio, the Istke county phenomenon, started a number of times ami won every race. The owners were otlcied $10,00!) fllt the horse at that place, but promptly refused the oiler. He is already one of the greatest winners ever on the northwest turf. A Prineville lawyer named Ilarites crippled himself one day last week while pitching hav, by sticking a pitchfork into his leg. T he moral of this is plain, and ought lo serve us a warning to all lawyers; They should never handle a pitchfork, or indulge in any hard work. A big enterprise is Hearing com pletion near Central Point, Jackson county, whereby the llogue river will Is- turned into a new channel for a distance of several miles and the bed mine d The ground has been thoroughly prospected und shows up in good sIiuih-. Uce culture in the vicinity of Yakima is Wonting a gcent indus try, and a tine iiunlity of alfalfa honey is produced. ( ne geiitlcmnii has sixty-nine swarms, from which he ho-M'N tu obtain t'aMKl pounds' of honey at least. Here's a Min(cr for the farmers of our valley in the vicinity of alfalfa Ileitis. The ollico of our county elurk is as comfortably arranged as in any of our ut-ighlMiriug counties, especial ly the vault for storing the records, leaker county formerly had a vault uImjuI oik -third as large as ours, but recently the county has built no addition to it, thus augmenting the happiness of the clerk. Apples ruised in Harney valley command a little higher price than any place we know of at present Father tlotvcii, after great exertion and an endless amount of cure, suc ceeded in having one mature, mid he sold the s.uuu for the sum of one dollar a bite, which netted him just five dollars Harney Items. Mr. II eorgc (itindlach informs us that his l acres of wheal and barlev yielded nearly I, (MX) bushels, and the machine threshed it in four davs. is grunt m us not alllicte.l with rust like ull other erojis, which j tact tie attributes to us i wing sown iu tho curly season, and having mwu Unw lu whieh tu inaltue. I l'ltAIRUt CITY NKWS. SVptemK'r S, USUI. John Hiegumn ialk ynt. , Several ' week. stranger? in town this Jerry Daily is in diUScuUy nt ' present. Tlw hlackainillii are biiay all tlw tint retiring machinery. ! lien Parrot has retired from the i .vaUwu liusiiteaa. (!ol for him. I 1'rairio City is have a good time, lively, tlw Iwyn but "llml is not i mv fault. i X. S. tlulwock is ehniMon t wmtling, al with the vnrd stick at M. D. .t tV. Jes Dixon and llarve .Meador arrived from Maker City yesterday with a lot of groceries. Hello Mr. C. C. What nr.. vmi ,i0ig 0,lt m au, nJ mf?,i? Sou had better unit lliL rarki.i. S'on lml fwiir milt ri-,.f i Nre liable to gel jtiged for less than ' .. . . . 1 . , fr I 'ill not stand your work. I'oRot a I'l.ASTKH. Uncle Johnnv Hamilton came i over with Commissioner Davis, hav- 'K wismeas in tin; commissioners' i coat I. Mr. .rrnll and Tom are outsailed . removing Judge Dustin's farm twi- ilence from one hjkjI on earth to an- other. Tommy McHwait lias put on four-horse coaches on his limit Him, to accommodate the increased amount of travel. Dr. J. II. FeP, now of Heppner, who lias hist returned from a trio to t Japan in the capacity of ship's sur geon, is in tne city tor a few ilays. Win. Kelly is painting and re Miiring the Dr. Howard residence, which it is Dr. Ashfonl's intention to occupy as soon as ho can move over. AUiul "UK) tons of liny belonging to the h. F. Coni'Miny, was consum ed hv fire vostcrdav. kiuiimukhI (o Lo j iJIL. uork of an incendiary, savs the i h, Herald. I T:in (Wad, formerly of this city, but now of Harney county, lost a j horse and mule a few days ago by , the lightning method. Pretty Into i in the season for thunder storms, I hut they have Iwen hanging around i the brow of our mountains some considerable. Let us now make arrangements to hold n fair in (Irani county next year. If we can get the fair "of the F. H. () I). A. S., which interpreted menus the Isl Knsteru Oregon Dis trict Agricultdral Society, which there is some likliliood of us doing, il will be a tine thing for the county and is worth lalsiriug for. Thirty bushels ami a fraction j over, of grain Mr itcie on tho (iund ' Inch ranch this year is a pretty god yield, when the grain was only cultivated in. Mr. liumllnch iil , forms us that some of the land 1ms ' not been plowed for ten years, only , scratched with a cultivator. What would it not yield by thorough and deep plowing? 1 Flour iH) sr barrel, barley 1 J cent per pound, rye '' cents, wheat 1J cent, chop barley 1 cent at (iundlach's. Itring sacks and cash. If you wish all the hay you want next year, plough S or M acres now, and sow I j bushels of fall rye kt acre ami cut from ! tu I tons jst aero In Juno without Only a limited summit spare. unco. Irrigation. of rvo to j At DieU's springs on Canyon creek, sometime during the night of ; Thursday, Sept. '!, Thomas J. Smith, aged about 70 years, i Mr. Smith hail la-en feeling jssjr , ly for some days, Is-ing troubled ! with n cough, and had gone camp ing in the 1iom that he would soon ' feel better. Friday morning Mr. I Diet and his hired man were haul . iug hay, und alsnit II o'clock, not j having seen Mr. Smith around, they , went into his ti nt and found him dead. His risfht arm was doubled , up under his head, and the left one i thrown over his breast, as if he hud been in the act of rising, when his death, which was doubtless iiistun , taneoiis, occurred, j Jack Stephens and ICIimr Over i holt brought the unwelcome news ! I.i liiu'll mill .tllutii-i ItllllM.,!, iwlimf corouor summoned a iurv ami re- ' ! paired to the scene of death and ; i held an impicst over the laxly, ; " :' """ . ! which was brought to town in the evening. Dr. Orr held a Hst mor tem examination, and the jury ren dered n verdict in accordance with the facts, thai death resulted from rupture of an artery iierinducoil by fatty degeneration of the heart. His left lung was also diseased, iM'iug very small and grown fust to the lasfy. 'fhe funeral took place Saturday afternoon from the Masonic Hull, conducted by Prairie City lAidge, A. F. A- A. M , of which order he was n rcsjM'ctcd member. Mr. Smith was a pioneer of (irnnt county, and a host of friends are grieved at his snd ami uuexected death. , He left two sous, loin mid Henry, but they are both in Wyoin ing. ins wiie nas neen ueuii a uumU-r of years, and thus death I claimed him in an hour w hen there was not a rclutiye w J0Ved one near tu ulhe his dying moments. j THE DALLKS UURNKO. ( Itlchlcen HIocWj HurneJ, j L.OJt of Neatly One Dollars. Involving Million Ust Wednesday Tho DalliM suf ' fcml n icrions contlngrntioii, Iw ; erilh.il by tho Sun as follows: ' Tho fallcs hits met with an ) mm fnl calamity. It has suttercd j tlio most serious Iihs tu all its his I tory. ICighlceu blocks of property, covering a bjiaoo of over thirty , acres has been swept by a tornado I of lite, and where but a few hours I bko wero scenes of busy, thriving industry anil happy homes, is now but desolate waste, marked only by a mass uf charred unit blacken til ruins. The lmmUoiue Vogt block on Second street, the pride uf tho city; the Xiekeleun building i at Third and Washington streets, a moil uncut to tliu enterprise mid I piiblic spirittilnes-f of its owner; I the attractive oditico of tho Con t grcgalionul church society; the j Methodist and Itaptist chiiruhcti ami ii score or more of handsome i private residences have nil been swept tiwuy by tho lliiines. It ii I I in nl to estimate at this time the ! full extent of ruin wrought. Men and women that but yesterday were counted fairly well to do, to day walk tho streets, Utters of nil they had. liiisiucss men in uiatiy iiitMiicca liavo sutlereil a serious loss, in fact sumo will haitlly bo nhhi to save ati) tiling from the wreck, while many others liml themselves badly crippled. Three essential things were painfully lucking: Prompt action, well directed ellort and water llml these been applied The I miles today would not present the desolate scene it docs. With the advarce of the (ire a strong easter ly wind sprung up and tlie tone ii'ieiit lioime at 'fluid and Jc!ioion street, owned by Mrs. Wingute and the mammoth building in the (irange feed ynrd were simhi wrap pul in lire and then it was that the rent danger was to be observed. The wind increased tu a gale, car rying grcnt brands of tire blocks distant ami igniting buildings in all directions that wore considered out of all danger. Thu great sheets of tlitinu seemed to fairly revel in their frightful work of destruction and engaged in a mad nice with each other to be thu lirsl to liml fresh victims to their in satiate orcod. 'fhe tireineti work- til heroically as they could, while a thousand pairs of willing hands were assisting those whose homes were ablaze or endangered, some of them little thinking that nl the very time their own houses wero being swept away. Two or time times it was thoiij-lit that the lire wits at Inst checked mid the Humes under control, but it win only a delusion. The water supply at no tiiuogiKsl would give complete- t . i.i .ii.i - . - . ly out ami men uie mirni cusirici of today tells the rest. Luckily the w i ml at Inst ilietl tiowu ami toe lire was linallv under control, 'fhe boundaries of the burnt district tiro as follows: I'loin Federal street, running east on Main to the west line of Madison; thence south erly to Fifth street; thence west erly along Fifth stieet to Union, thu block bounded by Washington, Court, Fourth and Fifth streets escaping, 'fhe tier of blocks be tween Washington ami Fedora! streets, including the opera house, the Yogt block and MeFiirland's resiilonco wore also swept by the llaiiii-h. It is imKissiblc to give any reliable ieMirt of the losses sustained. Some place it at fully one million dollars, but this is doubtful, und piobably little more than half that sum will be the nearer figures. There were at least .10 dwelling houses burned, vary ing greatly ill vafue and until u detailed account of these hisses can la set orcd, no delinite idea of net mil loss can be hnd. On Momlays, Wcilncnduys ami l'riJay- Of each week U-lween September Hi and October 17, the Union Paci fic will sell excursion tickets to , , icmui m one mm ..ne- ,lfl1' "' r,,r ll" r"m"1 lr'l'- 't t l-xoition. lluclii, Ducks, Hilda. 1 have M) Mucks for sale. Ad dress, Tom Muiui.vN', I leppiler, Oregon. If yiHi wish insit and tasty job woik you e in do no iR'tter limn to call on the Xliws. Co to tho Med Front Milliard Hall, Canvon City, for line wine, liquors ami cigars. Minor Mrothers, dealers in general inerehnmliso, Main street, Heppner, Oregon. Stccinl discounts to cash buyers. (iooda nt Dalles prices. Orders by mail promptly tilled. Mr. (irsuville Clark has titled up rooms for a hospital in the llorslcy buildiiiK in this citv. ami is now ore nans to receive natieuts. and furnish them uuiet and comfortable aiNiitiiiHiiu. His uWt sUwk of dings anil uiwliciues is l0 fresh and complete. TO UUVKLOl OUU MINUS. l'oitUnd Men Incorporsie a Company to Ststt tlie Monumental Mill Again. Articles of incorKtration of the Monmi.ontn! Milling Company were I tiled in the county clerk h otlioe yesterday, says the bregonian. The 1 Siieoritoratoi-fl'are II. A. Hogtie, W. 11. (Jilbert and IS. P. Cardwell, and the capital slock is $."i(l,J0 in shares of $1 each. The object of the com pany is to buy ores and reduce j them nt their mill in (Iranite creek I district, (irant county, and to do' custom work. j This will be cmmI news to owners of mines in the (iranite and llreen- horn districts, in tirant county, and i will put new life into the mining I interests there. The mili referred j to is that of the celebrated Monti J mental Mining Company which has I been idle ami in litigation for sever al years It is a fully iiptipMil I twent v-stamp irv crushing silver 1 mill, which cost lOU,(H, adaiiteil 1 for working gold ami silver sulphur ct ores, of which there is a great s deal in the districts above mcntion- ed. The mill will Ih started up at once, Wing nil in goodordtr, and will do custom work for numeroiiH mines around, which will furnish plenty of tieh ores. The starting of the null will give tlie district a iKsim and enable many to realue on mines which have long been unprofitable for want of a mill to work the ores. This move on the purl of Portland capitalists should tend to encourage our M-ople in their attempts to make a creditable exhibit of our vast mineral resources at the Portland Industrial KNitiou. In so doing we would be tjtihscrviiig our best interests and a like opportunity will probably not be picsented for some j tune. It is within our power to j make a mineral exhibit which would iur county proud, excelling all (,ll',:,r i"t? fhe committee in whoso hands 1 this matter rests, should receive nil the encouragement mssible. If you i have a nice specimen i-end it in. The committee will properly lal el all specimens and will see to it that they will be returned to the owners where rciiuests are made. My making a line exhibit nl the eK)-ilion capitalists will have a splendid opportunity to inspect our t ores ami it may follow that not a small amount of capital will find its way here. When our mineral re sources are once thoroughly adver tised a new era will dawn uxn us and the future of our mines is as sured. llcllcr Than l'.ver. The Xorth Peeilii: Industrial Ux- isinition at Portland, September 17 to October 17, IMM. Ituducod rates via the Union Pacific. Some casus of typhoid fever on the John Day. We have learned of no new eases of diphtheria having been developed. j Francisco hat 1500 siiIojiir , , places whom liijuor is sold at j r,.tail. One saloon to every seven i ty. three persons or one to every - fourteen voters Devotees of the National (iaine who think themselvus champions, can have the conceit knocked out of them by running afoul of tho Can yon City baseball team. 'fhe pension ollico during the week ending August l.r, issued W.ltl jm-ii-sion certilicates calling for a total llrst payment of $5(11,11(17 and an average llrst payment of f Klil.li I. Christopher ('ultimhus is to be nuidu a saint, now that nobody icmciiibcrs the language hu used to his sailors when they wanted to go home. Time cures all things. I u this valley where the farmers often haul hay 'J') miles to market il is surprising that there are no hay presses. A Ion of babd hay muld lie piled in a wagon and hauled with (use, while to stack it on according lo the pleselit mode is forty yein-- behind the times. And then I'n ighi ers would often take along a bundle of hav for their teams - Mr. M. Diamond, who came in Ft. Dalles in is.VJ, with the I s regular troops, was burned to ihath in Mr. FiUOerahl's store Wcdm - day. A young mini who was at work saving goods in Mr. Farrelly's house thinks he was thu last person w ho saw him alive; but in this he must be mistaken, lie was carry ing a bureau unaided, and as he was proceeding down the stairs, a large mass of burning shingles fell and burned his back. He halloed to Diamond to coiuu down, that the roof was on lire, but did not see him leave tho building. Mountaineer. Cracker creek, Maker county's once lively mining camp, is now ipiiet nnd business iii the burg is still, 'fhe ore is there in the ledges all right, but they claim that no priK'css heretofore died is able to extract the gold nnd silver from the ore in paying quantities. The ore. however, will assay as high as fiStsi to the ton, ami Supt. Donaldson in forms the Xhws man that he can deliver ore into the mill at a cost not to exceed It) cents per ton. The mill was elected at a cost of nUml f 1 lU.iXX), und is lighted by electrici ty throughout. It is hoped that the Cracker creek ore may soon be i.roltliil.li. r.ullw.ul r,,r tlu.r.i n r.i n I .... I I W .I'll IUI IIIV'1,1 IIU I," if! . I number- of mums, even in Oram county, IeMjmling on thu suoctss of I lb-it enlertiriue I iu.it enterprise, i OUK MAIL SKKVICU. As proof conclusive that through the instrumentality of the Xnw.s as v M ns interested parties of Can yon City mail communication has been secured for the South Fork country, we publish tho following letter received from tllnger Her mann: llotifo of Representatives U. S. ltoscburgh, Or., Sept. 1, 1SU1. To the Kditor of the Xkws, Sir: 1 enclose otli ciul notice that the mail service from Canyon City to Homer and I see, will now be contracted for, ami ' 1 Iiom in another move we shall pit ! service further on to Stewart, which will complete thus much needed , commuuicatioii. We have been working a long time to secuie this service, and htive unit with many delays. I I 1iom- the -tostmnstcrs of Homer ; and lice will at once agree lo re npMintiiient, so that tlie service may go into elleet on letting of con tract. Very truly yours, HlVilKlt 1 1 KIIMAN.V, The official notice Mr. Hermann refers to is this, from the Second Assistant Postmaster (ieneral, ad dressed to Mr. Hermann nt Koie burgh, and dated at Washington, D. , l ., August i, 1MM: Sir: "Referring to your recom mendation for improved mail facili ties at Homer anil lxee, Oregon, 1 have the honor to inform you that mi order has this day been issued contracting for service from Canyon City via Homer to I see, from Octo ber I, lS'.ll.'' (iratliylin; lo all. 'fhe high Kisilioii attained and the universal acceptance and appro val of the pleasant lupin! fruit rem edy Syrup of Figs, as the most ex cellent laxative known, illustrates the value of the qualities on which its success is based and are abund antly gratifying to the Cul. Fig Syrup Company. ON TO l'OUTLANI). Ami to Ihe Noilh Pacific liuhiitrul puililou tn That City, To those desiring to visit the lCv Nsitiou the Union Pacific will cll tickets at one and one-fifth fare for the round trip on Mondays, Wed nesdays and Fridays of each week between September HI and October IS, I Sill. X OTIC i-:. 1 wish lo inform the public and more particularly the no.nl people of (irant, Harney and Malheur coun ties that 1 have purchased the drug business of James v Jones at Maker City, Oregon together with all ac counts due the firm. I have increased the slock turnout the demands of this growing country. Your orders will always rceeivo prompt and careful attention. K. M. Van Si.vcic. Maker City, Oregon. When you send away for goods remember the llrm of Collin it Mil Uarland nt Heppner. They not on ly guarantee you llrst ehiHa'goods at lowest prices, but they pay mail or express chaiges on siiine to any stage ollico in (irant or Harney counties. See their new "ad" for further particulars. ' W, II. Kelly has just leceived a stock of ntni linn Wall Paper, and is piepniml to do painting and pipeiing cheaper than any one, Work outside of town solicited, (iivoliiiiiuc.il!, 'fhe agents of the Union Pacific System are provided with railroad ami steamship tickets to nil points east, as well as to and from foreign Kirts. OiVIv IvXJOVS Moth the method and results w hen Syrup of Figs is taken ; it is plciuaut and refreshing to tho taste and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver anil Moweh, cleanses tho nyn tein cUcctually, dispels colds, head aches mid fevers mid cures habitual constipation. Kyrun of Fig 1h tho only remedy of lis kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the tastu ami ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly benelicinl lis ita effects, its many excellent qualities commend it to all. It is forsaloiu fiOc mill 81 Iwttles by all leadiin; iliuggiHts, HtHursoTumo OHir ur Tin CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAt IHANCISCO, CAl. i oun ivi if, xr. a t w rone, . r IuitUli-l Oiii-t-n A I Armtliuiiir. 1'iln ." . .......... ,.iM,i,,r.iH.i, sMici.Mm 01 iudy. Mint rtr u( luulou, iiui,...t i...n ,i lU-Hr H Hi I..- I ( it al. Ill ( tiltiut, NtUlu. (rrOii, .!!. vJ(ii,ri.-iM vj.i,o SS'lu ttouil.iilMiil lkMi. Hiud.nu ,u,a- it , ,1, csuWi nam oiui hvwi, A