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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1891)
THE GRANT COUNTY JEWS. Thursday, Dec. 3. LOCAL BREVITIES. Tli Virginia mine nt Ul.inwn villo U yielding mm rich fr- gold ore, 11 Crifflth kiiiI Mr. I j. H. .Mil ler; ImUi of Prairie, Ihitb lx-en grnnted n IfcttttM to wed. Upwurtl of cnosidemUf snow I inn fntlmt within a fiw days, (mt, poetical ly pmfcing, hardly any of it stays. .ItHlge Clifford will ho nn adjourn oil twin of envtut court in ,1 mnmry, for tiw final disposition of a few maining low cute. From the Mustry, stormy w wither o nrm enjoying already, it look ns if tliM yswr's uhtmd.int ertp would all ti tnwded l'f ! the wintr is or, Intelligence rwtchwi in tlmt (Smut IteUlmw receives:! u broken Ih; whilo nt hi ranch on llmijjmnt creek n few days ago, by n horse falling upon him. Vic Keller U busy doing nsemi-nt work on the Fred illr ledge, which i.t ono of tiin numerous free gold do posits of thin ftoctioo, ami lint yielded wages with n hand mortar. As usual, the A. 0. V. W. liy m tils thoir Thanksgiving kitty nn en joyable iwetsioti, mid n sncees-s Uiimi oinlly, ns thy only desired the receipts to covor nil xmio incurrod. Mr. Konl, irostrctor, n'turnil from tli" Trout cnnik minu lntoly, nnd lft nt thin ollico Mcimmi of iiinrtz from tluil onmp. John .Muldrick imviycd winin of tlio oio, nnd olitniiml n roiipoct nlilii old Imtton. Mr. .John Sigfiit hrou);ht thn mid inforumtioii to town l.mt Snturdny, of thd (Iwitli of Mr. .lohu Foppinno nt hii houifl on Shootly. Mr. Foppinno wni n jiiouiH'r of ( ! rout county, nnd n prominent stooknmti. CJroth it TIioiiimiou, mIio for long yonrH hnvu Ihhui in tho hotel liusimws in this city, cloaad thuir doors to tho pulilio Mrniday niht, Thii Iimvim tin town ith only ouo hotel nt printout, hut ChninlKirti cnu itill futil tlm lain- Dr. Orr took dep.irturo TIiiim d.iy iikii niiit; for his old home in Ohio, by wny of l'ortlnnd nnd Snn Frnncin'o. It in tho nteiitiou of tho Or. Uinttt-nd n oounio of lKfturi'X in u Now Yolk medical iimtituto U;foro ri'turuing to tho wot. Deputy Shi'iill's Yorjjunson mid Kouthworth tituitiil to .Snlciu Inst Fri day morninp, liuvin in chtirgo tho un fortunuto young mini Mnl Church, who, (nil jokm mido), will neenpt n podtiou in thu laulin' lilncksmith shop in Siili'm. Hoport rt'iichi'd town lust Fiidny tli.it John (iooio hud futility stoblx'd his hrothur liill, dining u ipiurirl. In vimtigiition of tho rumor contirnii'd thu iunrri'l iiirt, but showoil thu Ktnhhiii to lmvo Ih'oii nothing norious. No nr nistx won) mudu. Minors will do tuniirl work nil win ter nt tho Now linlvillo miiKM on Midilto Fork. Son Fmucisco ctipitnl inU hnvu Im'coiii.) intonwtcil thtiri', nnd (urly in the spring the enmp isoxpoot iid to Immiiii on thu fttreugth of tho rich orr ulivmly found. O.iing to tho iueitmsc of tho credit biMiuuHa nnd not Uting ublu to curry on that kind of trade, on nnd lifter Docuiiilxir lftth wo will do n strictly uiili biuiness. No dovintioii from this rulo. itisl Front llilliunl Hull, Uiinyon City, Diogon. Die II y suwmg michino ngeut, I'nmk Wilvin. who win over hero Komn time ao mid hud no uso for iriuUrs' ink, was placed under j300 IkiiiiU nt linker City for riiiW..Iing hotmi $70 from thu isiugur .Muehiuu Co. mid nt lust accounts was in jail. Coal predominnttH in this precinct Uo.il h Ixith north of us mid south of in. Mr. A. C. Hull brought somu in to town tho other day which ho obtain oil up Canyon cieek. Tho CikiI m the wiint) ns tint which Mr. Clmk limls north of tho river, mid is u good quali ty of lignite. Fish nro mid to Ixi dying from thu ollocU of hnwiltikt from the mill nt Doroville. 1'oople kliouhl see tlmt this oxcollent trout it renin is not madu tho dumping ground for sawdust, fur if it is tho tinny uU will wxjii lo nu uilntr isl mnong tho duNiitd glorhvi of this commonwealth. Kvury 0110 who is (i ti;mi.-i:illy ublo should unit their voices nnd their for tunes in tu eon i ji t!ti organization of n ttiiiti let fair ussoeiiitiaii, for I Smut county can very wtsily secure the fair next fall. Let in welcome it into our iniiUt, for no lnittor moons of u( vtirtiH inj; our county 1i.ii presented iuolf for iiiuiiy yours. 'I'liuni urti 11,000 nut tons of ailv.tr in tlm Unitod .State) treasury. It roproitmU in vnluo ? 100,000,000, or u trillu mora than $(51! for onch man, womiii ami child in the United States. Yot, when noun jjood nun comes in t) pay for hi Nkwj wo nro oftm com pullwl to run nil ovor town for cluui'o tot his "Ave." .Somu other fallow Inn our ihuro of this f 00. Now that our farmer nro ruining morn grniti tlmn formurly (Srant coun. ty' assessment roll should show iu in oraisod numlMr of swine. Peed thorn tho refuse grain, ami hit uk lmvo homo grown Won uiul liinl. Thn assess iiiuut roll for thii year kliowi 2,'fl htsid of swino. How nrn those to in iko u tfttU for ovor live thousand pooplo klneu t ho ilny of tnir.ioloH in Mining location uoticos far ulu nt tho Nkws oflicc Alnx Swoek, of I'ortl.iinl, sjieiit n faw d.iya in our town Utoly. Tho lloso Tortin luiys oontemplnto giving a Now Yaor'n Kill in this city. Sftoostmy notico of S. H. Ami. Kind his bono anil get the $10 rewrd. l'orter Ilro's have 100 tons of binn nml shorts which will l sold nt $!." per ton. ' Don't fall to rrsd the ndvrrtho incnts; you mny tlm I something to your ilacidtMl ndratitnt;. Four Weeks from tmlay ends this j yoar of our Ixird, nnd hew grncefully the yr grows old. l'rivnto Iimios in sliortlmiid, typo writinjc, )wk-kceping or peumausbip. Inquire of J. II. CsJIlns. Hichiinl Flinn sUutod ynstonlnv ..HM-n.ng for ilmington, Do .. to us.t his mother, who is tlaugflrooaly itt. Thn Sumpter roilrond tins nlHit ills coutiuHod its tntllic until next spring IioIihI up for the winter, sotosKsik, Wo will toko ymiling mttln, nither tm, or t-year-olds if you lmvo thttm, mi sulswriptiou nt this thriving gin foundry. Mr. Sum Ilillis returned hom n faw days ngo from n trip to Wnshington stnte, nnd teptHts everything (Hi the rush around Wulla Wnltn. Nnto Fisk 1ms Hnniey county U'nii supplying tho iMoplt with (illlllt county npplm mill rorU mirkrt out tho mouiiUins. lively Tho building niljnining the Ihory stable is U'iug tittiil up with n new lhr, mid the social daiiciw will proln a lily bo held there hereafter. Ilobeit Drink witter enmo over from Hnniey lunt Moiulay nfter Mayor l'ar rish, who wns wiuit.nl in tho county sunt contest hctuccn Iliirns mid Har ney. The old Virtue mine nunr linker City, which in mrly days yiuldetl great richus, but which lias lain iillu far yistrs, will prolstbly U worked tigniu soon, by n California comsmy. AnnrrhisU hnu U'eu playing thuir avocation in linker county, mid burnud (00 tons of buy, nnd u lirn, l.tnugiug to Lconinl Iiwo. Iluriiiug at the stikn is tlx) gHNl lor .such ueiiilisli lu cundiai ios. I am well proKtrod to winter n Utml of sheep, plenty of fornge anil nmge, very nsisoiinhlo. Parties wishing to avail themselves of this opportunity will plouse nddresh (iKO. (Jt'MUafll, Canyon City, Or. Mud interferes with tenuisters on our mountain roads nt this time, lower dow u where tho snow does not lay. Spistkiug of mud, it might Ui welt nt this time to stnte tlmt the valley roads nro also full of it. Mr. mid Mrs. iiiovihI into town John from I'owull lmvo their rorich. hnving purch'isud Mr. Denning's house- . j hold goods. I hey emtio to town so tlmt Miss .Jessie could have tliundvmi-ta-es our oxcelleut public school oiler. Temperance ladios in Fmjiori.i, IC.iu sa.s, got on a toot and smniheil n drug store, mid broke nil tho windows in tho muyor's resilience Inst Friday. Would it not ! (sitter for tho sisters to hnvu such work to thu Chiungo mi urchisUt Vernon lslgo No. H, K. of I'. will give thuir first Annual l'ythimi Istll on Friday, Christmas night, nt their ens tie hall in John Day. Tho Inist of music will li furnished. (Jmnil shooting mutch iluriug thu day. Kvury Ixsly invittsl to attenil. Kind the resolutions passed by thu (!. 0. A. .V S. A. livery precinct in (irtint county should hold a meeting mid s-u what cun I hi done townnls sn ouring the ilistiict fair for this county. W lieml It, mid wo also need the money which tho statu will appropri ate for that woithy ol.jocL Itev. O. I!. Whitimirti, gnind lectur er of the A. O. V. W., is in the city nnd will givo a fitMi lecture nt the court house Friduy evening. Ijulitw nro espiHiiully invited to present. Mr. Whitiuoio wi lecture nt l'rairio City after ho hn os here, nnd will en ilwiMjr to institute a ludgu at that place. Three Tiicoma Frenchmen haven't been rending thu nowspiisirs, mid aru coiisesuently mourning thu loss of sf ("(, Inisidu tho uxionses of ono of them in going to New York ami returning. Ho went in answer ton "groon goods" circular, and his two friumls hulKd to mako up tho ii'i't), with which he was to purchase f UI, otX) of counterfeit money that could not ho detoetod from the genuine. He met his man. saw thu templing bills, paid his money, received a valiso with a bundle of whitu pawr in it tho old trick and came homo a xorcr and sadder, if not a wisor, Frenchman than ho ever was before. Thuro aro no longor any clrefs among tho Indians on this reserva tion. An order has been issued by thu department, and was received Tuesday by Agont Crawford, reduc ing tho'chiefs to tho ranks. I'eo, chief of the I'matillas, Ya-ten-e on itz, chief of tho Cayuses, and With-out-a-Shirt, ohiof of tho Walla Wal las, arc thus deprived of the author ity ovor their followers which they possessed, and no longer have the recognition as chieftains which gave them certain jiowers, among thoin the only right to represent thoir people in council. Tho order is for mo urjHisu 01 suvuring tnu trilml I e . . ..... ruin. ill. rifiii.to. it.i in. j I.- i 'b ouitnin, f4. yj, j IZKK 1UKAS. hKOr., Nov.'iS, 1S0I. Mr. I). 11. Atliorton will movo to 1 ti r Corral crcok ranch in tho noor future. Tha xtinuorox are ciDocteil homo from lomlloton thiit week, nnd tliun we will lmvo some of tlio filthy lucr. ! Sol. llticlmnnnn has luft his rnnuli on Klnt cruok in chnrgo of 0. H.I I'tloy and will tint in his time this winter liaxing fiteoji soinowhoro on j the John I'ny. Mh'I Cutting has !ecn building n i fire place and ehimnoy for Mr. C lv I .en is. Damo rumor (dill thinks that C K. in coiituinplaliug the iiintritnoiii a1 Ion p. Mr. Thou. Hnmlleld is building a new house on hi I.owis creek rimoli. Sinco Tho. lmx junt returnwl from Wi.,(fwl ,(C Mm,fv ,mi)(l prenr- ing for tlmt ml headed clooohuiitn. The Duiitou Ixiyn nre building a bam nnd doing lotn of fencing on their rniiili. Judging by tho im roveinents thoy nro mnkiug wc gnein they aro here to utay. We need a storo nt Uee. Who lias the rnpitnl and tho Hand to get to the front? The man who Iih can do a Imimiicm of J'.'O.tHX) to i.'IO, IXD a year anil thore is mirely money in it. We understand Mr. Jan. Harrison will remove) his family from his Hear valley much, wheru they lmvo l-eeii living for the last (no or three vt'Mf, to his ranch in this valley. 'o are truly glad to welcome them hack. The jMlitionl pot seeniti to bo boiling slightly in thin neck of the woods. lco wants to bo represent oil on ono or the other of tho tickets next June and tho party that recog nises us by a nomination for a good ollico will get moftt all thu votes in this precinct. Dear editor; Why don't you got out a Ikxiiii edition of tho Nkws? If the business men of Canyon Citv, John Day and l'rairio City wotifd givo you the nssistancu they should von could writo up the dillereut in terests of t Irani county anil by send ing "iiKX) or .'NHXj copies broadcast throughout tho east much good might be done for tho county in bringing immigration. Think of it, and rustle tip tho business men and ssio what they wjll do in regard to the matter. I'mler the heading "Calaboo.o" the editor of the Sentinel in the is- sue published Nov. 1'Jth, hurst out in a violent tirade against certain parties (who are to your corresoinl ont unknown) because theso coun-! try Uiys who d.i not see town for ! two or three months at a time can not stand as much liquor as the i Minsk ill I lievmiked ile!it7enM lillluf ,i i 11...1 .1 1 l...-iu- , nil m il 1 11. si lit ltlihs.ll tVlP If i Wo will venture to say that then) is not a man in John Day who doesn't sjKiil ten times ns much liquor in a year as anyone of tho party whom the editor calls "drunken beasts, rulliuns, brutes, etc." The 11 vera go vaipiero, sheephcrder or ranch hand isn't ashamed of what ho docs, and if he hnpHns to get a little more liquor than hu can carry without Ixiiling over, wo still think hu is the equal if not the superior of the city dude who plays the hypoorit by soaking himself in n)pskull on the sly. J01: Hiissn-iiAT. Kxtremely cold Mouther is reHirt ed in many ltnrlinus of the oast. In .Minnesota and Dakota the mercury 'vural do- has alreadv registered so grees below zero. A dispatch from Salum in shak ing of this year's assessment says all the counties of thu statu show an increase in proKirty except lin ker which is f l.'t.lXXJ behind. (iotsl wheat at Prinevillo is worth nliout Si) cents a bushel; barley only brings .17 J cunts; ryo fit) cents ami oat .'Sficonts. Potatoes are slow salo at o.r cenU a bushel, says the News. Whatever tho opinion is by the jHilitieians, Kastorn Oregon must have cither one or the other, senator or representative. Thu inland em pire must and will hu heard at thu June alection. Tho erson who furnishes items for a iiuwspaHr is always a valuable friend of tho uews-gathoror. Thu editor is an appreciative follow. Please rumembur this, and whun you lmvo an item lut him have it. It now looks as if there would be an unusually heavy fall of snow in the mountains this winter. If this should ho it will insure abundant crops as well as n largo yield from our mines next yonr. Its an ill know that don't do somo good. A good preventive for diphtheria is thirty grains of quinine in a pint of whiskey, givun in doses of a ton- siKsm full threo times a day. As thorn nro a few cases of diphtheria in the county it would bo woll for "'" " 'l. '' " F" pnrents to ailopt this treatment with V11 u "'v"1" l""t. furnish their children. A ihilatithroiic farmor of Mt. Cnrinel, Conn., oll'ured somo time agu to ' deliver free of cxjwubo dur ing' the month of October, fifty bush els of good apples to deserving oor families providing thu members of thoso families do not usu intoxicnt- nig liquor or loiiauuo or kuui a nog.- i .. . . 1 t 11 ...I .....i. ,inu gut lllwu npjuu". CIRCUIT COURT J'KOCIiKDINQS. iw twcKtrr. C K. Hnnlick v. J. W. I.omons recovery of nuwioy. Continued for the term. Kielmrtl Hirkon vs. 'Hilary I'm itt npiynl from justice court. I)i.inissl. Whiltier, Fuller A Co. vs. M. K. Slnnwll rorery of monoy. Con tinued for the trm. Assignment of John Cur rev. ( ontiniiMl for tlv term. , Assignment of tieo. (hiudlach. 1 Continued for the term. C. V. llanlick vs. J. W. I.omons. Disiiiififted at plaintiiFs cost. In the matter of the assignment of C. M. Smith, an insolvent debtor vs. John 11. linker, assignee. Con- tinned for tho term. C. S. Dunlin, assignee of John Carrey vs. J. K. Friek, t). I'. Cresap ami W. S. Soiithwiirth. Samo. Assignment of .las. Norman. Same. (leu. Under vs. Daniel Morrow. Same. McFarlaml . French vs. J. K. and ICstclla Snow foreclosure of mortgage. Default as to defendants Decree of foreclosure nf mortgage Assignment of V. (1. Casivary. Continued. Watson A- Hinge vs A. (J. TnUir et als Iecree on stipulation. Portland Savings Hank vs. Win. Welch confirmation of salt). Or der made confirming salo. V. S. Dtisttn, assignee of John Carrev vs J. H. Frick, I). 1'. Cresnp and . S. rsiuthworth injunction. Coiitiiiuitl. In tho lu.itUr if the assignment of Murray Hns , Kenneth !. Mae Kne una apKiut il assignee in place of M. A. Moodv. Thu following bills were by thu court: C. A. Johns, Dist. Ally John Wheeler, rciwrtor W. K Kllis. defending Ming How Cluy TiMlhunter, jurv haliir Jas. ltobinton, court haliir T. J. Cotad, general allowed $'-'15i!..rl) lWi.0) 00. 00 01. tV) tll.W) lOS.f.0 10.60 72.00 72.00 2R.00 ha I ill 'riiontMMin (troth, hoard of Juror M. J. Chambers, larl of jurort O. I. Cresnp, shcriirn nttendanco (Jen. Shearor, clerk's at- teiidanco W. II. Kelly, grand jury balifl' Hniluv Ballery, brief and argument in thu ease of State vs. 1 Sterritt, Muv term, lstit) ' f.o.tx) Court ndjouriiid until Tuesday, January, 12, 1 '..', ut 2 o'clock i. 111. HI.K CRRHK MINKS. Mr. Horace Sloan caliro ill his Klk creek mines lust week from ami I lelt at the N kws olliee a Hixjcinion of oru from Ins ".Mo.-kinghinl" initio above Susutivillo. Mr. Sloan nl.-u gave us a few f.u ts in relation to mines and mining in that camp. The "Mockingbiid" has had con siderable development work, and the ledge now shows up ulmllt three feet wide, and assavs about f.'IO js-r ton. John Hughes and Dr. Cnnnoway are partners in a tine npuuriiig ledge, and have four or five inon en gaged this winter doing development work 011 tho same. Mr. Sloan has about '1ft tons of "ro 'l'1 'l"nrljl nl"' :utui- puueo binning 1110 nun 111 1110 spring. Mr. TiblxjUs Insl siimmor dis covered 11 new ledge just below the old mill, and is busy doing his as sessment. Sloan oV Cornelius own the "Mon arch," ami have found a deisMit rich in tellurium ore, which is little I loss than pure gold when procrly treated. The Klk creek pincers, Sloan t Haskell, proprietors, had a good season's run, and Mr. Slo.ui informs us thit all the miners in that vici nity are encouraged with thu protf jM.ets of the future. do to the Itod Front llilliunl Hull for n cool, lefre.liin,' ihiuk of the fun ist l ijj.ir lMr in Ivist.-ru Oregon. (Irnham Hour $."i.(X) per barrel, barley 1 J wnt, rye 'i cenU ami pound at M)tatoc 1 J cents er (lUiidltichM. D'-y lumber 'lu per M for the next :10 il.iys. Deliverc I m Canyon City ?lfi per M. Miinglcs, rustic mid llooi illg in endless quantities. (I. tit'KitSSKV. During the month of September tho I'nited States shipped f ''I,(XXI,. tXK) worth more of broadstuH's. to Kuropu than in thu corrosK)iiding mouth of hint year. This will help pay ofl'soinu of those mur'tgagos. Mr. (iiauville C 'lurk bus lilted up rooms far a hospital in the llorsley theiil quiet mid . oinfoi utile aKUtliienLs 1 1 is stock of drugs mnl iiiihIiciiius is ulso fresh mid coiuplete. Tho advance of public sentimont in California in regard to thu prac tice of carrying concealed wunx)l)H is shown by the action of thu Sun Francisco courts. A man was fines! recently i'i'yO for thin olluiiiu nnd tho sunroinu court of tho statu has 1 nlllrmud tln dociiiuu. .... - . ... HISTORY OF Tliii MONUMKNTAI. Most iMjoplo in Kaslern Oregon, mining men o?ocially, know some thing of tho varied story of tho Monumental mino and tho great stamp mill hearing its name. The current rumoVs of the restarting of tho null and its valuu ns an aid to tho development of the vast (Ircon horn camp mako tho subject just noiv of siH-cinl interest. Tho Pen dleton Tribune, therefore, gives, for the Itenelit of those who nro unac quainted with its history, tho fol lowing outline of the story of tho establishment of the chief mill in Oregon for working refrnctorv orv-s: - ' The Monumental silver mine was probably first discovered by a Mr. Hiiiton. who, however, never gavo it much attention and finally ahnu doned it. A little later, in the seventies, two prosioctors, Messrs. Klopp and Nail, associated in placer mining with the elder Hobbins and Winn Johnson, located the mine and after jiosting notices anil Inking some samples of ore, went to Mr. Kohhius home to have nil assay made. Tho result of the assay proved a rich find, and thev return- j ed to find a party at work in their ' prosH-ct hole, Messrs. McCann, Iturnliniii, Mooru and McDonald, uhu claimeil to have made tho dis covery as early as Messrs. Klopp and Nail, and exhibited their notice duly posted. It seems that one party had approached the hiil from one side nt nUiiit the same time that the other party catnu up the other and the coullicting claims were finally adjusted by a copart nership of equal interest. The mine proved rich in silver and was operated by the original owners until about is"", when Mr. C. S. Miller, the present owner, then a trained mining c.K-rt fresh from the Idaho mining regions, was at tracted t it. Mr. Miller finally or ganized a cortsiratinii which pur chased the property and in 1S7.H constructed the great 'JO ntamp mill, coding in the noighlKirhood of i HXI, OX). The hrtijierty was ojHiratcd under Mr. Miller's energetic man agi'iiieiit for two years when the company became financially involv ed and the mine and mill went into the bunds of Mr. Kaufman, of Port land, as receiver, and remained idle until l.vi.S. Mr. Miller had faith in the prop urly anil finallv interested an Kng lish syndicate in it and originated a deal with them which was finally closed by Mr. Kaufman. Tho com pany was known as tho Kaatorn Oregon Mining Company and under its management the initio was work ed nnd the mill operated during I'.l and I still, closing down about a year ago. During this time the shares of which there Mere MXI.ixxj reached in the Loudon market a price of more than a ikiuihI each. The company disregaided tho le gal claims which Mr. Miller had against it with the result tlmt he brought suit, attaching tho proorty aml obtaining judgment. Thu time of redumption having expired the title now vesta in Mr. Miller, and realizing that it tuny hu madu val uable not only to himself but to the state, he has been making arrange ments as rapidly as Kisiblu to sot the wheels again in motion. Thu mill is in perfect condition, having bei-u carelully looked after when idle, and is capable of bundling twenty tons of ore a day. The mino consists of sixteen par allel veins of ore of narrow surface dimensions hut of probable increas ing width below. Tho veins if sbecinl richness aro it. 11, 1'.', l.'land It'.. l'Min l!l thu mill rests. The original scheme to construct a tun nel cutting all thu veins at tho bastt of tho hill will doubtless one day be carried on. (io to tho Itod Front Milliard I lull, ('anvon City, for lino wines, liquors ami cigars. Puachfts, UimntiMW mid cablstge far salo by (!. W. Ilousttui ut ristsiinble nitea, at the eottagu 011 the hill, ' This paper is in synqmtliy with the patient ininem 011 (lieeuhorii mid other minenil Mictions of ( irtint county, who w ill sk-iiiI tin) long w inter developing quartz mines, while tliny live nloiie mid fry their Military llupjux over the bin 60 of a pine knot. Verily, they uto tho forerunner of (!raiit county's prospei ity. When you send away for goods n iueinber tlm firm of Collin eV Mc Farlaml at lleppuer. They not on ly guarantee yon first chitts goods at lowest prices, but they pay mail or express charges on name to any stage ollico 111 firaiit or Harney counties. Seo their new "ad" for further particulars. The Oregonian, at gront oxoiise, has prepared a sectional map of Oregon, and oilers it as a premium for Mibscriptions to thu Weekly Oregonian. Tlio map is corrected up to date, is IOxTiO inches in size; scale, six miles to the inch. It is neatly finished and on rollers, ready to hang up on the wall. This is the finest map of Oregon ever issued and should Im in every household in the Hate. Anyone sending f!!.(X) will receive The Weekly Orogouinn for fifteen months (if thu subscrip tion is received prior to January 1, Is'.)'.',) and one of theso maps as a premium. Thu price of the map without the papur is i'2.O0. Address), OmKUOMA.V I't'lll.lillll.MI Co., Portland, Oregon, THK DISTRICT FAIR. At a recent meeting of tho Grant County Agricultural and Stock As sociation tho following resolutions wore adopted: Wiikiikas. Hv nn act of tho legislative assembly of the state of Oregon, J. W. Wisdom, of linker county, John Lackey, of Malheur county, James Cotart, of (Irani county, John McDonald, of Cnion county nnd George Woodham, of Wallowa county, wero aiiiHiinted ami constituted a ooard ol commis sioners to lie designated and known ns the First Kastern Oregon District Agricultural Society and Whereas, the lionrd has designat ed Prairie City, Oregon, as tlio place to hold their next annual meeting, the Grant County Agri cultural and stock Association nt a meeting held on the 'Jlst day of Oct., 1801, has unanimously decid ed to do all in its jHiwer towards preparing grounds mid suitable buildings for holding tho same ns designated by tho commission. Now the question so intimately connect ed with the progress and develop mcnt of our vast mineral and agri cultural interests is asked. Will tho eople of Grant county aid in this enterprise? And in order that the wishes of the peoplo may be ob tained, lie it Kesolved, that the association authorize the president to request the citizens of each precinct in thu county to call a meeting on the I'.'lh day or December. 1MM. And that the citizens of each precinct npoiut 1 a committee of no loss than three imtmhis to solicit subscriptions as a donation to bo applied by the direct ors of the sooiotv in preparing tho grounds and suitable buildings fur county and district fairs, and that each committee report the amount collected to the secretary of the Agricultural and Stock Association at Prairie City, on or betore tho 'J111I day of January, ISD'J. A compli ance with this reasonable demand will ho immediately recognized as a source of development ofoiirgrent resources. Can there be a nioro propitious time for Ibis? we ask. Actuated by this movement tho character of our county will be de termined and ample prisif given to capitalists who will encourage rail road transHirtation. No doubt the majority of tho Moplu in tho county have boon informed of thu proceed ings of tho board and that Prairlu City has been designated as the place to hold thu next annual meet ing. Hut our representative, Mr. Coznrt, informs us that it is 011 con dition that the citizens make all the prep.irarious for holding the same In the event that it is not done that he, (Coznrt) stands pledged to fa vor Tniou county as tho place for holding tho next annual meeting. Now it is to bo hoK.'d that the K'ople will be impressed with the necessity of donating as liberally aH their circumstances will jtorinil, as we seo no reason why the people of Grant county should bo thu last in adopting such measured when wo are assured of tho District in Is'J-. ( i. W. Ml lI.M.KY, Pres. G. C. A. A- S. A. 1'rsidc Clly School Repoit. Thu following is a monthly re port of the Prairie City public school for the month ending Nov. -0, 1S0I: Number enrolled in the High school -10, days present (KM, days absent 10'J, times tardy 1-, daily average ;(.'!. Number enrolled in the Intermediate (!, days present 1 l.'S.'t, days absuiit l.TJ, times tardy 1 1, daily average .17. A number of visitors during the mouth, among them wero Supt llonham ami wife. Pupils, by daily recitations and written examination, are showing signs of marked im provement. Tho motto for tho month The trim order of learning should be, First; what is necessary, Second, what is useful, nud Third; what is ornamental. To reverse this ar rangement is like beginning to build at the top of tho edifice. K. L. Gi:iiin:s, Priu. Letter 1. 1st. Letters remaining urn-ailed for in the ixistoHiet' nl Praiiiu City, Oregon, December I, I Sill. ltichard Thomas, Win. J. Thomp son, C. W. Kimborling. Persons calling for any of alxive letters will please give date of ad vertising. Kin: K. M. II.m.kv, P. M. Commendable. All ohiiuiH not consistent with tho high character of Syrup of Figs aiu purtHHtely avoided by tho ('nl. Fig Syrup Company. It acts 011 the kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing the system effectually, but it is not a cure-all and makes 110 pretensions that every Itottlo will not substanti ate. To the Public. Notice is hereby given that I will not be ross)iisiblu for any debts con tracted after this date by anyone but myself, except Ukii written order. Cnnyon City, Or., Nov. hi, LS'.H. Fitim YniiuoNsoN. UucLs, Ducks, Duels. I lmvo oOO Huoks for salo. Ad draw, Tom Mdikia.n', lhtppnur, Oregon. DIED. Of dinhlhoria, Nov. 2-ltli, 101, James l.loyd, beloved sou of A. .1. ami 1 Initio M. Ctiinmiiigs. Horn May -o, I.S70, in Monroe township, lluiler county. Iowa. hittlo I.loyil had endeared him self to his whole neighborhood by J Iuh manly ways, Ids kind, unsolfisli, 1 noble conduct. None knew him j hut to lovo him, tho haho of tho ! household. Ho bore up under tho 1 torture of the terrlhlo disoaso with out a murmur. Oftun his faco J would Ik) covered with a sinilo of thankfullnoss for favors conferred; 1 often, almost to tho last ho would I ask father or mother or attuiulaiitrt to take rest, olluriug them a pbtco on his couch. Such manly, uncom plaining endurance from' a inero child, is rarely exhibited. So dear, so hard to givo up Iiojk:. Over his little grave might truly lie written: Hm mux IiwIIm, M.IImi, two mt) tt, Hla I'rvMwv.l. KUltlkw, of hit tsMAtf liltMfrl, A I'lllK.Sl). 1 HU MYSTERY OF GROWTH. An l.i.l.lt.l. l'r. .-.. Ml. Id. .Mnr Alt CrrHitlun. Who tins ever seen nuytlilti irrotvV , It must Ih tlmt one wlio could keep .g'i i.'i.k -ii"iii uiiiiv 1111 rui, i.ir 1 1H liillil, when I looked Into t!iU il.mvr hit. there uus nothing tlicrvt but earth, tml t 1 l tit there Is a (.lender sUin ur hlinle n( Mime thltit; half no Inch hn;, There mut tiuve been n Moment when the KretMi ixilnl protruded through tho "lt; r, ix'rluip", It wns n white lnt) snd it would have U en very Hukittkl fur me to have ro.naln.sl In n Mwiliott VO wnteli it ntoiiillly (or twetity-dtur lioura. l'ioile hale done tlilll(Ti reqilll lll(f Inuru pMlleuoc tliun that. Hut tHoin;h I have U-en nenr this llowrr-p.it most of Ulis time, I only know that one sunset went il.iun iihiii the mold: the next ilin (I irrcen tlilnif irnnvlnjr. Shortly I shutl see a thicker stalk, a liroiuli-r lilude. It 110 acel. lent hnpMns, there will Ik-a plant o MiuioMMt tx'furu 111c In 11 few tfeotiH. Hut thouuli I vow to uulcli It, I shall not see It grow. I shutl mi) nt Intenals: "How It lut Ktsrtvn"' hut never know when It took thin now start or uufohleil tlmt new leuf: ntvvhnt liistuiit the bud upmnrod or nt uhnt moment It op.iicd. Hun iinvone actually xecii a nMd0l oh'n'.' There U no r'einl Hint I know of i.t sin sti.'li (net. The motion tlmt In tvtiilrvd l evident. Wo have seen llowers In eiery ntiiKc nnd the jiroiH-si U l.rlef We almost (uiie.v we huvoiMVn it p.'rforiiicd, eneh one of us; hut, n I think, I know I ueier have -have ymi? I Udleve tlmt mi mortal ever wutchml 11 miishriMim take IU Klinpe. The till ni ls iiMiully done In ilnrkliewt an. I secivc.r, yet, with u luiitern. It would Im poiuti hie to m'c whnt could Im- m'cii. And yet I mil sure thill. If we nhoiild try thu ex periment, till that would liiiKMt would W that we hhimld U) invar' ut seme iiiomeiit Hint a mushroom hail suroittoil up no more. As to the lnrjjer plnuU - tlm klirulw, the triH-s, the vliiclHitunUu cnu tell you how every stuge of growth It nr rlve.1 at; hut no one ever saw iiuturo nl work. At whnt hour doe the linliy Iwffln to grow? The mother who holds It in her nnih for uccUs In only comih'Ioiu tlmt (t hus i liaii;.il. The u rlnkle vnuUh, this red turns to pink mid w Idle, lU cj'ei lieciiine hltelllKeut, Its earn etirt II tl. It llM in'""' plump. Its no' nequlrtft a shiiKi. With her anus nhoul it, her eyek upon it, kIio would say every half hour: "Whjr. of eniro, the lsihy looks ex nelly us It did when I Is-guii to put It to sleep." Hut In el'lit "i''U there Is n smiling little erentiire In theciudle that oould not U- rceoifiil'' d us the hour-old child lirouounceil n very line Uiy by the ntir e nnd tin' doctor, hut, to uui. ecus torn, .I eye, hldcou eunuch to Its) hor rlfylnif. That fnlr (uihy, too, how doe It elinui' to the hoy, to the stnuig Hints. The hiih.v never luioWk hliuiMlf. Tunlimnt every sine it I in occurred to come mut.l.'iily to n reall(llif senso that he U tfmwiiup without huvlnif the slightest l.leu how It hu !iupK!i!0il. --N. V. I.islifer. CUROPCAN ROYALTY. A ioitv 'rmnllon of dignity U the Crown I'rluccMiof IV'timarli, whostnnd tx fwt three Inches In her utockliliT. Till: late Duke of lledford owned SO, (HSJ acres of land in Ureal llrlUln, In clinlliiK a Mpiure mile of U. 11. Ion Itss lf. lilin S vi.ihiiii Is sulil to work four teen hours 11 day, writing nnd rs'Mllnjr ilinpnU'hen. Add to this the lime con sumed In Mn'lal duties nnd he mrely i:et more 1 1 in 11 four or live hours' simp. Von Miii.tki: has .levoted the Inrgti sum voted him by the city of I tell III on hU IMilh lilrthiliiy to the foiindntUm of the Mnltkii llrniicli of the Home for Old People, Imultutcd by Wllllum I. and the Kmprcks Aurustu. Cx tji ick.v Ntr.ti.11: announce that, she cun not Itcur the continued huinlllu ti.'., to w hich she Is subjected In tlmt country any hinder, and that kIic hie ileteriullieil to leave Scrvla an. I live al.mail until the Kliik'luill eouicnf nie. INDUSTRIAL AND FINANCIAL. A ciir.wi.vo pun concern hi llroolilyu has Is'coiuo u stis'k coiiipniiy with a cnpltnl of tM, ooo.ooo. As nvcrnK'e crop of liny In the Putted StnU's U csllmnteil nt lll.OOO.UM loun nud tho value Is wtlimitvil nt S3HT, oou.uoo. Tin: llrst cnrlond of ce.lriru-oo.lwHa i.)ilpxl from Arkansas to Uurop.i tlm other day. It wilt comu back In tha shape of hind pencils. t'l.Ain-.iiv will win ft woman's lor wliere love will full. It's easier to ip the ipichlton than Ul to ijiicstloupopufterwurils.- -I'itUburRh t'lironlilc. If you wish nent mid tasty job work you cut do no Wttor Ihnn to cult 011 tho Nkws. I'ufiUrul. Iirrion A I' Arttnlrviiir, 1'rln lll.lxli Hclwut Uirllll. Ill . 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