Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1891)
THEGRANT C0U1ITV HEWS, Thursday, Deo. I? LOCAL BREVITIES. Note iJie chantr in Itaache .fc (Jo's all. Fimt vartoty of do itmn presents nt Um Watchmaker. ' Silk lis ml kerchiefs nt 75 eenta and $1 nt Sola IWa, Canyon City. Or. ! 'HiMe wrti rrtainly no printer's Irtllf when that favorite Iiviiim, "Jihus Paid it All," writlwii. All person imMitixl to II. Stnrvdl, (Imyon City. Orgnn, will ontl undwt tk their Account tofora January 1, lsti The Kurru ta;'o line lia changed to winter acheduUs, ami the mail now ' roaches this city in tho nflwiooii of Tuesday, Thuniday and Saturday. Young peoplo are living in high an ticipation of the amount of social ' pbsiaurtt to to derived during the holi day. Dsmes ntc, till you can't rrst- Another former Canyon City man has come into prominence. Henry 1 Doach, of 1'urtlanil, ha torn elected trMitrer of the Ul Iswrd of horti culture. A three or four-year-old toef steer in wily worth it Unit f 2ft; n tu-o-your- , old hog, miaiIa into tsu-on, is worth nitwit $.12. Again wo sny unto you,, raise tnoio twine. iO far tu wo have lnwn nblo to hsrn no new case of diphtheria have leen j dnveloied down the river. Foitunnto- i ly, indeod, urn the people living in tlmt patt of the vnlloy. 1 Tho Ilcppner house of the film of) Collin ,t McFnrlund have shipped xa. far this season l'.T em loads of whmt, imd tlioir Arlington house has shipped i about the sumo amount. ( Horace Sloan hut returned to his homo on Klk Creek, to do assessment work on his numerous quart, locations during tho winter. Horace has "rent fnitli in this mines of limnt county, ! tvitil is doini? nil in his jmwer to develop thoso in his neihtorheod. The Canyon City Hod .1- (Sun Cluli received two puir of Chinese pheasants from WelifiHil Inst week, for breeding purposes, hut one of them was minus ' ii win;;, mid died. They uro very pretty birds and it is hoped this upper country may toeome well stocked with them. j i M. 1'. Hudson brought over n ton of "fust fi eight" a few days ago, imd returned to Maker loaded with Onmt county fruit. Our (irchardistrt could j leull'.u cash price lor apple all win ter, wine it not for the danger of get ting them fio.cn while crossing the iiiouiitaius. The mines of Kistorn Oregon are attracting more attention of late than thuy have for the past live years. Tho wonderful output of the White Swan, Maisley-Klkhoi n and Uohhins-Klkhorn j of Taker county has stimulated capital i to heok for other properties equally as iroluctie. i ConoKpondeuU are enutionel to ro- j frailt from jx-i-Minalities calculated to wound the fm'liiis of others. If you ! h.ivo a grudo against your neighbor the oolumusof your hval nows;iper is : not tho proper mdium through which to "play een." liut often such items are published, Ixvuuse the rinter has I no means of ascertaining whether they aro porsonnl hits or only plain news , items. (Vrre.spoudcnU will ploaie Ui ' careful, ami not joke too heavy when ' they write. J The contractor who took tho lzeo mail louto at a ruinously low figure, mill-let the Hiime at a Ions to tliu second , contractor, and with the lirst snow he jumped tin' (unie, and in consispieuco the lee mail inisse,l a fen' trii. Next thini; we eect to hear of, is the or- 1 dor to discontinue this route. This mty ho pouihii', U'causR it is said the ! original contractor has "inlluuiice with ! tho deat'tmeut " It is a pity though t that eontractors who accept mail routes , itt loss than the actual cost of carrying the mail, cannot li held to tho very lottwr of their contract ly this Kou,n inuiit of ours. A county that can hooin and won't 1m)i should tx- made to lioom. There fore the Nkus inti'iids, if sullicient en- I oouragumont is given by our business muii, tu issue a iiiaiumoth illustnited tslitiou, setting forth (tiiint wmnty's advantages as a place of residence and businesii, and tihowiug the world her ' uiuleveloie(l losouice.'. Wo aro now in currespoii'lence with dilliirent cn grilling hoiues, and will m.iku this boom edition one that every resident , of the county may U proud to send abroad, lint it retpiiros uoiikiilurablu "of a cash outlay, and wo must have thu c.o-oomtiuu of tho busineas men. K-lUv. C. 1C l.uce was obserMtd a ' few days ago hooting it through the mkiw across liio mountain. This brother acted on several occasions con- ' tr.iry to the manner in which a minis ter should comtuct himself, and iuviu- tigittiou by the church authorities in ' the Idaho conference proved that he had been e.pi'lliwl from tho ministry in D.ikuti for embez.leuiaut and lying and his connection with this confer- , eucu was attaiuwl through furgod ia purs. He is said ti have left an uu- jkiid ImwiiI bill nt o.ich of his stopping ' plaoos whilo bore, except possibly ; l'niiriu City, as the pooplo up them h id Ittten appraisetl of his gaum. Ho w,n uutitd, al, for bttikting the tag ciiiuanio. Itoligiou ii a loa); Unit ! easily covers up Uie lorm w it Mmpr, lajt ooinaniUvttJy few liavu thu jjall to adopt it by wholiMaht. PRAIKtK CITY CLAPPINGS. DmoihW IS, 1391. Siecml Corroiiotiilctico to Xbw: How do you like our winterl At this dnt! .Mr. In lUy ii on tho road to nnjou'ry. L U and family hiur i;oneout in the country to visit relative. Harp your rrsolutions rendy for Jan. 1, 1SU2. Thfn Ht if you cnn't live up to thorn. Mr. Armstrong, who h Wn under the Dr.'s cro for two mouths, is re K)ited lictter. Mr. Taylor, who hn lvn very sick tho street apiin. Mr. Johnson, nor xenial blacksmith, lms mord into the hoot vncntod by II. Johnson on bridge Urrt, Vint Hartley, ho 1ms ln imjoy ing the achfl and psinsof rheumatism, is n occniitmally on our i-treeU. Mi. W. It. Kisk, our gonijl liry man has moved into his Itrother's hmo on rortlnmUtreet, formerly oe- cupied by Torter Hrw, look here yminj folk, of Grant county. A Riienl dtnee will 1m gien Thursday turning 21, 1 S3 1, nt the Crsns' hall, tickeU 51. 50. All are invited and a general goixl tinei is anticipated. Ilro. Whitmore, the orgaiiiT of the A. O. I. W. Islge, hut lrn success ful in organizing a lodge in our city with twenty charter uiomberi, It a good thiiii; sud u o sre glad to sve tlmso brethren meet in our midst. Uist week Huh lleotter uieutioued the fact of the illnoss of Mr. Mary M McCuiie. This ook f nro colled uH)ii to write thu obituary. The eloom of the nmli.ition of the fact that death ii sura unci is no respecter of persons, has again Iwen verified in our midsL This time the person selected was onn of our favorite sisters Mary K. McCuire, daughter of Mr. anil Mrs. Houull Sr. She had U-en confined to her led with foer and nervous prostration since the dutth of her sister Mrs. Ijiunuico. She was dearly loved by all who knew her. Constant and vivid were her hopes in the immortality of thn soul. From tho lirst of her illnoss she seemed conscious of the fact her time was well nigh run, and desired so join her friends in tho better world. "Ka Htr, lbt hfft Ihj imuaicnt em lojuto Tb ttmtjinrillr erktr,, hkh mott Tu thtt m; air r luni r.1ut. ,f t cli tit 11 tk III, thiml.r In llir lllt.l I. .11. nt J.IU Tlion fti rnl, IIV thf TturiT i!t, at nl;Kt, Sourv 1 in hi iIuiiza. hst mttitln.! .b.I J(lttlft II; ah RnfAllrrlnz liutl, ftpproAcli thjr gtn Uk. on h rna Ih Jr.pcr; ut I.U G.iuh Akuut hlui nd lie. ! I tliHi Jrmi Hlii Ki:rni:ri:if Finest steel skatni f 1.00 per iir at It.i.ichu t Co.'s, ltaker City, oaUgo prcuiid. Tho postollice store has jutt received an iiftsoitiiiciit of nloaut Christmas can Is. Snip, of land lielonging to the .Nor man estate, next Saturday nt the com t house. lteiiiember the time and place. Mr. Jowett, of the sUige lino, in forms us of tho death of I. R MaKin ney, of Hums, few days ago. Mr. MvKiuuey was a well known cattle limn, and has .sutlnrod for a limi; time with consumption. Owing to an unavoidable delay tho New Hotel will not be oivcucil next Sunday, us was eiMcted, but will bo oH)iiod to the public on Sun- dav. December, 'J7, 1M)I. M. H. Tim ms. Messrs. Hough anil Cooly, who cauio down to attend a (!. A. It. meeting, called at our s.uictum yes terday with Mr. Mclialey, and warniid at our lire and "enthused" with us over (irant county's glorious future. Vernon Islge No. 13, K. of 1'. will give their first Annual Pythian hull on Friday, Christmas night, at their cus tlo hall in .John Day. The Ust of music will Int fuiiiishml. Croud sh(K)ting uiattih during tho day. Kvery lly invitwl to atteml. The Nrws has not lenriusl thn rtt siilt of the meetings that should have Ikhui held last Saturday for the pur toso of settling tho district fair ipies tioii. In this city, however, no mot ing was held. Other (sirts of our coun ty undoubtedly displayed more enter prise. Iut Monday ovening Itev. NY hit more, assisted by Hum Coad and II or sley, of this city, installed tlie follow ing ollicers of the new A. O. lT. W. lxslge ut I'raitie City: I'. M. W., .M. Diirkheimer; M. W. John Iiuronce; Foreman, Itolw-rt DisvrdorlT; Overseer, Italph l'iik; ltoceier, K. It. Mclialey; Financier, Jos. H. Johnson; Itevordor, Js. Sullens; tluide, Al Worley; I. ti , J. Mc.Murdo; I), t!., A. J. Johnson, Trustees, W. Ii. Donaldson, J. I.. Sul livan, Terry Kiinzey. The new lode starts in with twenty charter moiiiUirs. According to tho profound iuforuu tion and Udirf of a band of Ksnsut ztsdots, there is to Ik) but few days more of this littl' orld we lis s in, for it will "come to an end," they say, precisely at ft o'clock next Christinas day. Tho lisidrr of these "lielierers." and who imparted this important knowledge to th othen, is young married woman, and she obtain I her information by "revelations." TI10.0 wlio place faith in this us prophecy can reifillato their hulidav oiiiidovmunt anil unjeynmnt awHinlingly. One good thing would Iw to iy all your dubu I before tho druad hour, I lZKli 1UHAS. Izkb, Or., Deo. lfi, 1S01. Abo CuttiiiK and Hob Olllcur nro out on .i trapping and limiting o ixxlilion. Mr?. C. V. Honlmin linn lwon quite sick for ioiiie day, but in now inucli letter. Mr. Tho. Hrnsfiold Imd tb mi- forttino to pet ft vrtlunblo boriH) crip nlel n few days iiro, while lmuling lutnlHr for bis now liouso. Our worthy blacksmith, Mr. C. Honlmin, has lcon kept vcrv busv for the last week or two tdiee- j ingborws and repairing wagons Wenning calves sooms to Ir tho , onler of the day witli our cattle men. ! We don't think a little liny would , go ainict with somt! of the old cows. ! Mr. Harvey Soniinorville is over j in tho Strawberry valley buying cattle. Harvey wnm to think that I there, is Mil! money in tho cattle i lminen. Mr. W. C. Atherton elwed a vcrv J suci;cMfl term ofichool hero lnn't week. Mr. Atherton though young in exMrit'iirt seems able to get thero all right. Mr. Frank Dunlon 1ms acceptesl a Kfitioii ai w puncher with II. Sommervillo. Frank is a rustler and things will move aUnit right at the t). S. ranch now. Mr. W. W. Ilailey, onu of the most prominent sheen men in the lower end of this valley, is building a largo tduil on his Fine creek ranch j for the purKwio of sheltering his ' shoep from the winter storms. Thu j shed is in thu form of a half circle, and is of sullicient size to shelter Mr. Hailoy's largo band of sheep. Our mail carrier scorns to have laid up for the winter, at least lie hasn't shown himself at Ico for a couple of weeks. A good (bio for the contractor wo think would bo alnnit tlie pner thing as there can bo no excuse for Mich uork. Since Mr. Kccney baa signed a contract for carrying the mail ho should be made to do so. Mr. Chut (ttieniioy, formerly with J. Durkheiiner A' Co., but now a saletniftii for tho Singer Sewing Ma ibitie Co, was in this section lately selling machines. Chut is a good machine man ami twcins to luivo had good success hero. Iteing ac quainted with him we know his etutemciits can bo relied Ukhi, and besides it is much better tu buy of a local agent that vou know than a stranger who is liable to palm olf some old iiiHchinu that has been fixed up. In all probability the proudest and happiest man mi tho South Fork today is our old and esteemed friend W."l. Ollleor. The cause of tho many rippling smiles and broad grins that sweep ucross his classic features is tho arrival at his home ofa 10 pound Iwiy. The mother and child are doing well, but the father overcome) by tho anticipated delights of paternity and thu pros jtect of many delightful walks in scanty attire on long winter nights, is now in a critical condition. On last Friday evening there was a gathering at the elegant newhume of Mr. and Mrs. IV Magill in re sixnue to the invitations sent out to their many friends. The house, which is bv far the nicest on the South Fort, was la-autifully illumi nated and its jovial host and hand some hostess extended a smiling and cordial welcomo to all. The danc ing, which was the principal aunise munt, began early in tho evening and only conned when old Sol cast his first rays o'er the merry scene. The sup)er, which was served at VI o'clock, was the very acme of sir fcctiiSn and proved that Mrs. M. is iniiitress of the culinary art. Ji)K HllSSKHUT. Portland recently eoriencod a heavy wind Htorm, in fact a regular tornado. Private lesson in shoithauil, tyK writing, hook-keeping or penmanship. Impiiiti of J. II. Collins. Co to the Itod Front Milliard Hall for a cool, refreshing drink of the finest la;;er I'" in liastern Oregon. John Hyde nnd Harvey Sommer villo are purchasing iiito n number of beef cattlo in this valley. John O. Smith and Mamie Olllcur htivo obtained license from the coun ty clerk to pass under tho matri monial yoke. The John Day (louring mill is running now without a hitch, rind will mauiifactiiro Hour until thu ditch freezes up. Mr. I. (1. Moon, of the John Day Holler Flouring mill, has appointed U- I W i,.u...ll ....1I....I..- ..r ,i... .ill l 11. I HtlUII HJ,llllUI 111 llll, lain.is subscribe! to that mill, and ! he will receipt for thu sainu. Mr. Powell stated to a Nkws reporter that lie finds times very hard, but has found none who huvo refused to recognize tlie amounts of their sub scriptions. Hon. 0. W. Mollalev called at our ollii'o yesterday, ami staled that he hail beun over to bong Creek on business connected with tho district fair enterprise, and tlmt n ineutini! was held there iast Salurdav. Mr. Mclialey who is an imliTntignblo hiboier for (Irant countv, delivered a ttpccoli on thu luir milijuct, wliluli wu Imd not room to publith this vli, TUB PltttSlDItMT'S MltSSAOK. l'rofident Harrison trnnBtnittsI bis nnnunl inotMgo to corigreefl on the '.Hli, Mtul, while it oonUiti much tlmt ie iiiiHirtiiit there ii miicli that is of no material coiutcquonce. How ovtir, it is an able utate pujwr. President Hrrin llrt calls at tention to rwirtH-iil trade relation. concluded with liraiil, Simin and Domingo, nnd of negotiations ixmuI iK with other cotuitrie and boiK-'s that hel'iiro the eh we of the venr fur , titer definite trade arrangements of I great value will lo con. ltidod. ) Concerning the question of Iwuii i dury between the Tniled States nnd foreign territory, the president says: I shoulit have iKH'ii glftil to an nounce some favorable diHwitioii of the ltoundarv tlispulo between (ireat Hritninand Veuetuella, touch ing the woaterii frontier of Itritisli (iuinca, but the friendlv ed'ortii of the 1'nited Staten in that direction have thus far Uvu unavailing." The proaident i inmleratcly firm in the Chilian affair; but it would have Wen more jatisfactory if the ltultiniorv, al the time of tho out rage in Valmriito, had okihh1 her Hrts and demanded iiiunetliate repurntioii. "After the ilefcat of Halinaceda," says the measnge, "our minister was directed to put himself in communication with the provis ional government as soon as it should haw established n defaeto character, which wan dono. During the )Mjndency of this civil contest, there were frequent appeals to this government to extend Udigerent rights to tho insurgents, and that K)liey was pursued throughout which thin government when wrenched by civil war. so strenuous ly insisted should bo the part of Kuroenn nation. " The president favor closer rela tions with the Hawaiian government and says the surveys for thu much needed submarine cable fioin our Pacific coast to Honolulu tiro in progress and this enterprise should have the suitalie promotion of thu two governments. He advocates the democratic idea of allotting lands to the Indians and praises I'nclu Jerry Husk's branch of the department. The larilf is discussed at grout length by the president. "I Iwlieve," said the president, "that a full test will develop the fact that the tarill' act of the fifty-first congress is very favorable in its average eli'cct unhi tue prices of articles Mowing into common use. During the twelve month frutii October 1st, IS'.M) to September 'U, l.v.i, the total value of our foreign cemmerce, oxjiorts and iinK)rlH combined, was I . -17,-StHJ.KHJ, which was the largest of any year in the history of the I'nited States The largest in any previous year was in lS'.Hl, when our com merce Amounted ti tlJilT.l.'I'.'.lW.'l. It is interesting, and to some, it will le surprising to know that dur ing the year ending September ;)0, IS'.M, our iinMiits of merchandise amounted to f v .7ii"i,27t), which was an increase of mure than f 1 1, (KMi.lKH) over the value of the im (sirts of the corresjioinliiig months of the previous year when the im ports of merchandise were largo in anticipation of the laritl legislation then H'inliiig The average annual value of the inqiortH of merchandise for the ten years from to lS'.H) was tti'-i. I ."--, and during the year ending September M, 1S!I1, this annual average was exceeded by i l.'W.WS, 17'J. The value of freo ii'uiHirU timing the twelve months ending September .'HI, ISUI, was f I lh,l).l,,l,S7 more than the value of free inqiirts during thu corn--Miiiding months of tlie preceding year, and there was during the same year a decrease of H,MJ 1,508 in the value of iuiiorts of durulilo mer chandise. The Krcentage of mer chandise admitted free of duty dur ing the year to which I have refer ence, the first under the tarill', was II. IS, while during the piccuding twelvu months under the old tarill' its H'rcentuge vwis.'il J7, an increaac of I. '5 .'.I kt cent." The rejstrt of the secretary of tho treasury allows that the total re ceipts of the government from all aotirces for tho fiscal ar ending June .'10, 1VH, were 1 iS,."i 1,'2'i.t t'.'i while thu exis-nditurcs fur the Maine K!riol were f l'Jl,".'H,l7tl Hi, leaving a surplus of 4:t7.-''!!i,772 (17. Thu receipts of tho fiscal year ending June -'10, IStia, actual anil estimated, nro M:W7U,(JM) and tho c.Knili turus, U)!),(KX),tiUi). 1'uder the law of July I I, lS'.H), tie- secretary of thu treasury has purchased ainco August lit, iluring the first year IH. atb'S.l I 'l ounces of silver bullion at an average cost of ! !! jut ounce. Thu highest price paid during thu year as $ I JVl'i and thu lowest was futhl.'ii;. In exchange for this silver bullion there have been issued f o,0.'7. liHi of the treasury notes .1 I 1 .t J tl.o.uel by the net The lowest price of silver leached during tho fiscal vmir was tU.thltiti, on April 22, l.VJI, but on Novemljcr 1, the mar ket price wan only 0.(1'.), which would give to the silver dollar a bullion value of 7 I j cents. Itefore the iiillucneo of the prosK.-clivo sil ver legislation wa felt in thu mar ket, silver was woitb in New York about O.H7o xir ounce. The ablest advocates uf free coinage in the last coiigrcsK wore moat confident in their preiliction that the inirchao by tho goveriimeut requirwl by tho law would at ouco bring tho prica of silver to l.'i02U ar ounoo which would uiako tho bullion vnltio of a dollar 1U0 cunts, ami hohl It thura. I The ttronhecies of the anti-silver ! men of disasters to result from tho i coinngo of $'2,000,000 por month i wore not wider of tho mark. I hoKi i the depression in thu price of silver j is temH)rary and that a further I trial or this legislation will more . favorably cll'cct it. Hut the increas ed volumn of currency thus sup plied for the use of the people was , needed, and In'iicfieial reselts ujhui j tratle and prices have followed this legislation. I think it mustlMj very j clear to everyone, nor should it bo ; forgotten, that for overv dollar of the rates issued a full dollar's worth of silver bullion is at tho same time deposited in tho treasury as a f-ocurity for its redemption. l'on this subject, as Ukiii the tarill', my recommendation is that the existing laws lx given a full trial and that our biisinestt Ik spared the distress ing iiillucneo which threats of a radical change always imparts. 1 am still of the opinion that the tree coinage of silver, under existing con ditions, woiiiii disastrously auect our business interests at home and abroad. We could not 1iok1 to maintain an equality in the purchas ing jKiwcr of the gold and silver dol lar in our own markeis, and in for eign trade the stamp gives no added value to the bullion contained in coins. Producers of silver aru en titled to- just consideration, but they should not forget that the gov ernment is now buying and putting out of the market what is the equiv alent of tho entire product of our silver mines. This is more than they themselves thought of asking a few years ago. I believe it is the earnest desire ofa great majority of the jyople, as it was mine, that a full coin use shall bo made of silver just as soon as the co-operation of other nations can be secured and a ratio fixed that will give circulation equally to gold and silver. The administration of the jiension bureau has been characterized dur ing the year by great diligence. Tho lota ( number ol iiensioncers uK)ii the roll on the .'ioth day of June, 1 MM, was t!7ti,l(i0. There were al lowed during the fiscal year ending nt that time '2.0,f'J" cases. Of this number l(l'2, IH7 were allowed under the laws of June 21, 1M)0. The is suing of certificates has been pro ceeding at tho rate of about IIU.IHXI ikt month, about 7o percent of these living cash, under the new law-. The commissioner expresses the opinion that he will be ablu to care fully adjudicate and allow .'to ,000 claims during the present fiscal year. The appropriation for tho paymei.t of pensions for the fiscal year of I MIO-'.i I was 1 1 J7,(i.S.'i,7j;i. Sti and the amount expended was $1 P.I,."i.'lO,lMO 'JO, leaving an unex pended surplus of flo'ijl I 111." "It is a deplorable atl'air tho mas sacro of the Italians in New Orleans and is an act that causes a blush of shame to mantle tin check of every honest American. Tho present ad ministration will use its utmost ef forts to settle tho matter amicably, and this should ho d'jno by all moans." The message follows tho usual licHten track of these documents, and it is not in any way different from what might be c.cctcd from a ivpiuuieaii president, lit ine in- turn it may happen that these state , pus-rs will be so concise that citi- I zcus may spare tlie lime to read them; but until this happens, jieople can only pay a casual, cursory glance at their contents. I. .. i.i . ?i. ,f .i i'T luiuocr cio per .11 lor 1110 nei 1 30 day. Delricrod in Canyon City jl.'i pur M, Shingles, rustic and Moor ing ill endless quantities. O. OumissKV. linker City's school board is agitated muchly. Some of the hoard sttuniiously objected to the singing ot tho soul-inspiring songs, "Marching Through Oeorgia," ami "Old John Hrown," in tho public bchool, and the teachers cried, and said they only had them sing these naughty tunes because thu music was nice to march by. - . Tlir. Wiiijr of U recce has iiiaile six mil lion itollnrs in speculation 011 the Lon don VIihii('. Tine euiror of China I not devoted to the pleasures of the tahle, but is very foiul of oysters. TtlK liermiiu cmiieror Is alleged In have requested his mother lo suliinlt a pri'riimme of her movements for his approval whenever she may wish to travel, Thk ciiiMtror of Hilim Is anxious to visit the I'mleil States, ami Is sail I to Ih luipulteiit Ill-cause the Chiiu-sn mlnisU-r In Washington urges him to wall until the world's fair. At I. Ib'heMSollero H inoesare liuptleil wllh w ater from the .Ionian. A i;reat Hir. .-liiln jii(f uf this water la hept In the shop of tlie ensile iqiothueary 11111I after every liuptl .in the water left In Uie font is euivfu!ly letuincil to this receptacle. Tiir st.iU-Iwil tiftbe lot King of Po- ' land was mode of hiuyrna (fold braid, ' embroidered In turquoises with verses ' froill the Koran. Its sitprU weie of silver irllt. Iieiiutlfully chased, and pro- fusely set lib enameled anil Jeweled iiieilullli ma. Ci.otiiui.isi: can I Unled when new U prevent their streUdiiinf. S.ssAl in burk put with dried fruit , ill keen It free from worms. I iu.su fruits should be wrnpietl In soil ma'r l' Uwp well fur a few days. Ol 11 (urulturu nan e-umctimitf, be iumIu Ki too" very well by a ottnt o.' rnr- m h. 'fur. crvuklnx of tUsir hlnp' may to r, aedletl hy apilyl '' drops ot r.ibbiua ou a little aoat, .! .; vvnr' ' rubbwl with a v. . !. ;i ctoth In awifsit oil. All . .-.4ceK.Uk1 tjl will tltsapiwjar. SLICK KAK HKARU FROM. lie AwsVcni at Last, and Kepllcs to J. C I,. Ixkk. Orison, Dec. 10. 1S1M. We notice that in an article pub lished in the Ijng Creek Kngle of Nov. l.'lth, tlmt J. C. I writing from John Day on the subject of sheep, asserts that the stockmen living on the South Fork are beginning to in troduce sheep although a few years ago they were bitterly op)wsed to them. In this Mr. J. C. I-. is slight ly mistaken, ami his article mis leading. The stockmen of this sec tion areiust as much opiosed to sheep tixlay as they were live years ago. True, thero n.ay be ouo or two parties living on the South Fork who want slice), and why do these parties want them. For the simple reason that they own fine ranches on tno outskirts ot the vnlicv, ranchivi that aro surrounded by tho finest range in Mastorn Oregon, which each voar is swetit bv thous ands of foreign ahoep sheep fioin t rook county and sheep from asco. The owners of which, not content with overrunning the mountain summer range, must crowd upon our winter range and even eat tho grass from our very doors. These are the sheep that the South Fork stockmen wero opposed to live years ago, ami they are just as much op sscxl to them today as thev wero then. lCvcu you, Mr. J.(.. L, not content with the grass around your John Day ami Hear valley ranches, must crowd the South Fork range. You, like all other sheepmen whom we have met, seem to regard cattle men as legitimate prey, and to crowd tiHin their range as a duty you owe to yourselves and to your country. Whv is it that cattlo raising has ceased to bo a paying industry with us.' My tlear Sir. it is because tho sheepmen of the John Day country not content with having swept every blade of grass from the hills in their own vicinitv and nearlvsoin Hear valley are ciowding the South Fork range upon the one side, while ('rook ami Wasco sheepineii are sweeping it iihiii the other. Is it any cornier that we have been opposed to sheep, or that we should Mill be opposed to them, or is it any wonder that some, so to speak, should fall by the wayside, and to save themselves should want sheep. Hut in regard to our wanting sheeji Mr. J. C. I., is sadly mistaken. Wo have been do ing vcrv well as wo aro and would rather Iiave auv other stock before sheep, but like some of our neigh bors may bo forced to get them some time in tho future to protect ourself. Hut to the sheepman who wants to conic ami locate among us by taking up a ranch or buying one, a man who wants to make this his home and winter as well as summer his sheep lion the people of the South Fork will extend every cour tesy. Wo wero not awaie until wo saw Mr. J. C. I.s article that wo had gained such wide notoriety, Si.uk Han. (into the lied Front Milliard Hall, Ciiiivoii City, for lino wines, liquors anil cigars. If you wish neat and tasty job work you cm do no totter than to call on the Ni:ws. A VCRY DISMAL JOKL. All riltlertiilki-r Alieretirl lira tlin I'rliit Allmrl of u llptfil .O ill. .Seine ipieer things turn up In neetlon with the reeonls that an- eon llbd daily la the city hall, says the llult.do Commercial, showing many n pi-cullar phase In human nature. lols of these little weiirrenees never cmne to IlKht, but this moriiliiK one cauie to the knovtl tslgn of the Hoard of Health authori ties that Is worth tellillir. (ill II l(,'li street, the number Is wltll behl, n few days ugii nrlltsen fairly well kliotvu In that pari of the town, passed over to the (real majority. The eerlltl catn of death reached the olllce 111 due time and was properly dlsHised of niiil eulerisl iihiii the records. A ibs'Uir uf eminent respectability enlbsl nt the allien this inoriiiliK and told of an ex treuiely uuliiie plecti of work that hap pened in i-iminetluii with the demise of the lliifh street resident. When ho died of course the first thing done was to secure the serv ices of an undertaker, and a gentle 11.111 cn'ed n that lino of bust lieas was sent for. lie carried out his part of tho contract, supervised In person the arrcyliiK uf the remains, and isben all was completed the widow of a few hours slopped into tho room uml itoud leaning oer thocasket. Her K'rlef was irreat, hut It did lint preent her sharp woman's eye from oh serlnif that every thing was nul rigid. Slid, turning to the undertaker, she said: "This Is not (leurpi's coat. There must he a mistake." "I think it Is," replied tho under taker. "It's the one that was ghen me for the piirsse." Well, mi as not lo outer loo deeply Into details, II Is einai'li to say that the lady tery quickly dlscoicrcd thai the undertaker was wearing her husband's Prince Albert, nnd that his had been ripped up Uie kick ami plauod ii)n thu form of tho departed. There was something of a scene then, hut the matter wns amicably arranged. Two eoau, marly alike, and the live man tolng nlxmt tho same slio as the dead one, caused tho trouble. Kioiir million w heels for vehicles are lunde in this iMiiutry In one year. I'l.t l.o.s Is U'eomlntf a rival of India In lsth cotton uiaiiufacturo uml ten cul ture. Tim aid moil fisheries of Alaska have yielded since Is I more than thu original cost of the territory. What Is wild to to the largest quart mill in thu world Is In far-olf Alaska. It consists of two hundred and forty ktamNk, ninety-six onucc ntrntont,twolvo ore crushers, and riMpilres five-hundred unv ihjwiT. Tho plaut Is at Tread wH '...s' .sr- .- Tin: lllnmnrch monument fund Is now two hundred and forty thousand dol lar. CiiAiu.KS Piutt, of Ilrooklyti, who left fifteen million dollar. Is said to have died from overwork. Mh. Nkiuikkii, the now United State treasurer, uses n stub ien in glvinjr liH slpintiiro on the currency. Mus. (lii.nmir, of Daly's theatrical eoinpnny, unlike many of her profes sion, gto to church every Sunday morning. Kossi tii usually finishes the day with a Kruno of billiards, and, though ho Is itljs'hty-nlnp years old, he plays with a sternly hand nnd usually wins. I) win Hi ni.it v Piki.ii's recovery Is only temporary. Ho Is til of chronic disease of the heart and as he H'rstsU In work, niralust the ndvlec of his phys ician, dentil Is likely to occur nt any time. . llLNiiv C. Lewis, of l'ltchburg. Mna., Is the proud possessor of n wntcll which Marquis tie Lafayette cave to nil able or orderly. Cnpt. Jounthnii Moore, during the revolution, nnd which Is nt least M. years old. Mias An. Hr.iixs's house In West Nlncty-lhlrd street, New York, has Ikhh fitted with great enro In old colonial style. It was In the hnndsof workmen for many mouths, tint tho re sult Is vmii thy of the labor nod time. M. L.vuiiKiir. who married Into the Kothseldld family a few years ago. Is to Uisinic the bend of the Paris house of that famous llrm usm the death of Huron Alphouse tin liothschlld. M. Lambert is now known na Albert tie Itolhsebild. Ai.aion I'll. Mum:, n nephew of Preab dent Millard I'llmont, carries nu old fashion, . I on-f,icctl irohl watch whieli U-Ionisl to Ins uncle. It Is an Kullsli lever ami seventy-live years ago wiih probably one of the most valuable wnlelics In America. ' Till: Pennsylvania railroad system employs T.HTl eugliiecra. Tin: loiifcst alujrlo Una of railroad In the world Is the new tniiis-Cuuetislnii built bv Uussla. Tin: highest Inhabited plneo in thn world I . (ialeni, a nilhvuy Utairc In Po nt. 1.1,1111 feet above the sea. To si.ci to: uniformity In the painting and ar.ilsliluu of their passenjror and freljfht ears some railroads employ e.v )ktI chemlsU to uualyie the paints and oils used. So sitVKlti: Is the eltmale of South Ainerk-a iism iron that b.-loie railroad ties have shown i.ljfus of decay tho ll.'iiiK'i's o( the rails will lw nearly'eiiteii oir by rust. Mom: land Is owned by railroad coins panics (Jll,0tl.).lMS) ueresl than would matte six i.tates an larffc us lown. Sims! lst'.l 110 less than II,o.U,iku neroa ot Inn. I bavo been iflveu to railroad com pantos. Tin: (iraiul 'I'runlt railway eonteui. plates eixtctlug a stone arch lirlil(fe by the side of the present railway ausHli slon brldje over the Nlajfarn river, to bo Used for freight pur.ses, leaving tho present strilctute for the use of pusftoli- j;er train . only. Plans have b,mn pre pared and adapted tiy the company. Want Some l'ouiocif I have .VKX) lbs of good Ki(ntoe8, for sale in any quantity, at I cunt. 'r psmnd, al the 1 lorsloy drug storo, Canyon City. Ol'OllilK HlPI.llV. Potter Hro's have 100 ton of limit and shorUt which will I si sold at $lfi per ton. Uit iory kiudnid, every trilMi, On this torioatrial Kill Put ilov, u their dollars and suhftciiho And wo'll receipt for all. Mr. diiuivillo Clark has fitted up nsiiiis for a hospital in tho lloialey building in this city, ami is now pin. prfinsl to loceho patients, and furnish them quiet and comfortable iimu tnienU. His sttsjk of thugs and medicines is also frosh and complete. When you send away for goodu re nber the firm of Coffin ,v Mo- Furhind at lleppuer. They not on ly guarantee you first class" good ut lowest prices, but they pay mail or express charges, on saino to any stage ollico in (Irant or Harney counties. See thulr new "ad" for further parlicularH. To the Public. Noticb is hereby given that I will nut bo rcKiusihhi fur any debts con tracted after this tlato by itnvono but myself, except ujmiu written order. Canyon City, Or., Nov. Ki, IStM. Kit Kit YoHUONSON. ELKHORN HOTEL. Canyon Cily, Or. .1... Chambers, J'mir, This Kostnuruut has recently Iss-n opeutsl, and will furnish Misils or bod ging at living rates. A 1j1eci.il feature nlmut this houso is that 110 (Chinese cooks 1110 employetl in the kitchen. (live the Hostnunilit a trial. M. J. ClIAUIillllS, Proprietor. MILLINERY AND CAN YON CITY, OltllOON. J Fine Stock of bailies' ('hihlreiis' ' mid Missis' Hats, Fancy goods, IClc Mus. Jas. HoiiiNsoN, lufiUiMl Orrfi'ti A I' Armtlrvnc, I'rlli, HriMti s. Imi t4i-ii4i Ikt (aiiiu, teiliiUj Oiv-MiNi. smii luntM uf ttu4jr, iui ut uf lutUeu. It 11 s i 11 ok s. Shorl liiutd, SrfMu m-I4i tlifuiilivut Ik yrsl. S.uJVit Mlbio UU mi mtj lllbf. CftUIlM, fiiMH tUUr HUnil, (if. Of nv-TTJI (