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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1891)
THE GRANT COUtlTY HEWS, Thursday, Dec. J4 LOCAL BREVITIES. Firemen's boll N'ewyesr's . ffealskin hi with holm in the elbows ar ashi to l mtsch worn. IV attention l" iwti4M catling for bids for Vevping Uni enstnty poor. ShwilTCnMp -ill toll the (J. M. Smith ranch next Saturday, at tha Mwri hon. Dat.l 1. Taylor anH 'IWIocia KmuimIj, of iVairia City, havit hetm granted a licente to wad. tW iemporatc in your diet tomorrow-. Itmnrmlirr our first pftret.lt to tbem mItm cut of huu ami home P. A. Hswd ci tried tho It mm I ml Monday morning. Mr. Itil tw in an old mwnUineer, can Unrel the snowelad tnoanUini witier than a tenderfoot. Iavs have their lime lo fall And flutter to wither at the north wind's lireath. Drlimpienlt, now u tha lim to cull, An t tickle tho editor half to death. If any improvement is tmCii-ecl in the Nliwa today please attribute it to Um fart that tho editor has purchased a IiIkIiHicI editoiial chair from lv. 1 aye, the furniture dealer. Tho thoi mometer oseillat hat ween high M" ami lower "0." This winter hi what miht lw termed 'Hpn und shut." Freoxing weathor dona not lint loom than a few houra at a time. One of the three Chinese plmi&anU, owned in this city, escaped u few days ago and want out to Istttle itli tho snow-clad world alone. All effmts to capture the pretty fow 1 wore futihv. Wo are pleased to state that tho .N'kv was misinformed regarding the now in Harney valley sometime ago. I turns exchanges reported six inches, Instead of twelve, a 'twos told to u. To the 100 miner wintering on Greenhorn mounliin, thn N'r.wa sends tho usual holiday greeting. Ureenhorn will furnish the bullion to coin many shining fa and J 'a through their oflbrts. Vioked people ttind in slipjiery placet, says the Prophet. It is only the good jtoople who slip on lho icy sidewalk and fall while tho wicked Stand up like a tall tir troo planted by tho rivers of wat t. Tho Uuily Orogoninn lift been sued for libel by Jo. Manaudus, of Itaker Uily, who claims he is damaged in the sum of $50,000 because in ii eettniti nrtielo Uio ( Iregoniitu spoke of him at iv "French restaurant kcewr and gumblcr." Judge didoi-d relumed homo from li.iker t.'ity Tuesday evening, and will roniaiu liotm' until soino timu in .Inn miry. A lengthy dtxkot wn diajwawl of-iu linker county, ami aevoml re eruiU wero unit down to tliobig work thoj) at Salem. During a blinding anowitonn on tho mountain Iat Sablmth tlie .Monument U"0 driver lost hi way, and wander ul abont for a few houra liefoiu tindini; tho road. 1'Iven then he win com jmlled to I'liiim in aftx.t, and huntod his wat;nii the next ilay. A few days hj,i, mar Knwne, a you li niiku iiiimed I iti, while at the loxideuce of Mrs. (Meek, tried the ham mer of his (jun to see if it' worked. The physicians who amputated Mrs. Cleek'b by think they may save their patient. The jjun workod all liht. It aays doea under audi circum ilniueK. ( debts of many years itamlitur hme U'en paid thi year by farmers who hnvo twen kejit jiotir, but aro lion e.t. A small bunch of cattlo, anil m- ' llip somo whw.it, havo helpod wonder- fully. Uur flouring mills, which tho j iity told tho pople were a imcoasity, uro worth thouiwndi of dojlars to our little valley, and nuxt yoar their bene llct.il elhvt will bo suou more than at Uio pnux-iil time. Philosophy i a ffreat tiling in this world, and unw4hes the pathway of iinnkiud very often, 'llioae who are not pluloHophera, however, uro often forced by ciivuinUnoua to conduct thmelve. pliilo!,ophically. 1'oor Miu j I low, who etfuhl not toll philoiophy i from corn ktarch, sit quietly in hit oell and iondcr. As Itoston men would say, "he weeives his incarcera tion plnhMophially." lluwever jrejtly we muy ilnnire coin muuicaiiona, this family journal ilmus the lino at political and irsonal iirliclen. Kirt, a newspaper's column ii not tho proper place for controvorsiei tlmt concern only one or two. Sever al other xood reasons could be givu. We havo re-uive:! a nuinW of such oifusioiu lately, but while a public hull can be rented for a small sum we would respectfully say, "hire n Imll." Tint Nhws man jwid a visit to the John Day Hour in- mill a few days ago, in company with AUtuut 1'iaitmasUtr r.irrisli. -Mr. Moon and .Mr. .McUally took oxpe.'ial paiiu to eutoitaiu their visitors, and cheerfully showed us "through the will." The machinery ii drst-clau, and the mill, which is running night and day, turns out 60 lurreU of excellent Hour daily, ami is unable to supply the demand iu this immediate neighborhood. Besides Hour, they furnish graham, oorn misil, farina and chop barley. ljverybody now soes the good our two llouring mills are doing for this valley, and in the IS'lwa' ill uatra td edition wo will wiy inw about t)tse Kuterpriw, PKA1RIE CITY ITEMS. News Notes I' rem Town snJ Country. I)c)!nlur 21, ISO I . ' nre hnving lots of snow tip Ottr way at proMttt. Mrs. J. C1eorf U up tlt vitlloy rioting her relatirw. Some of tin tcorie have com menced to few! their stock. Tlwre Are Mtno cattlo buyers in wir iwialilorrKXwl talking of liuyiii); cattlo, but tlwre is mora "tnlk than cider." The voting jolts of onr noigh horhouii ro trying U rnjoy tltem elves with from otto to three Unc every Friday night. Our expert butclier from Prairie City is in hi glory tuw--dvs. He U up lo hit ollxiws in bofinoas lutchering Iwgs, "d don't you for get it." Wo made a trip to the Wincgnr school houso Wodmlay omtiitg to attend spoiling school. There wn.s quite a crowd there rd some viry good sprlling. Nunc of tho bors got outside and forgot to act tins gentleman and were miile j Annoying to the sjwlh'rs. hilt ! there wo took ovt-itMon to look Around ; the premise, and noticed tlint they I hail invetctl in thirty-two now nnd 1 itnuroveil desks when there in onlv room for nlanit sixteen, nnd we did not think thoy wero in nccortlAttce with the rest of the scliool ItoitAo. There is one Midi broken, Also sever al light of glnas iniftaing, ntnl the stove is not tho best in the world. dm- Hov. Silk handkerchiefs at 7ft rents and $ 1 at S-ls Uro's, Canyon City. Or. . Kinet teel skatt f 1.00 r pair at Itvsehe A Co.', Iktker City, jMiatme prepaid. Co to the Hed Front Milliard Hull for a cool, refreshing drink of tlie finest kiger lwer in liasteru Oregon. 'dm greatest placo of atnusetunt to lie found by the young people will li tho I'ytliian hall at .John Day Friday night. All pertums indebted to II. Stansell, Canyon City, Oregon, will call nnd si t lie their accounts before January I, 1 1U2. Mr. It H. Penfield, agent of tlie Norwich I'nion Insumnce Co., gave his noii'libors each a iretty ond useful calendar. The ntatt hmrd of eiuaiatioti now iu Kotsinn at Salem, limU an increase. : of f 12,000,000 over the assessment of last your. Julius Durkheimor, of l!urns; who has liecn to li.iker City on court htui niss, niso1 our town on his way home some days ago. The only Christmat present t can give to our jtatrons is to semi them the best sipor on (!od s footstool, anil wish them all a merry Christum. ItememW tho Ghristmas tre at tlie M. It church this evening. Take your presents there early, so tlmt the com mittee can have plenty of time to dec unite the tree. The New 1 Iotol wits not opened last Sunday, as win expected, but v ill he opened to the public on Sunday, December 27, 1K91, at noon. Uepoctfully, M. It Tim mil The mat mistress informs us tlmt tho Canyon City KtoiMc will lw open on Christmas and Now Year's day from 10 to 11 a. in. and ll p. in.; also on Sunday from 10 to 1 1 a. m. The Winchester Kepeatiug Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., whuse jnn and aniuiiition are the be I, favored this thiukfaclnry with the present of a tine calendar, as I ins always U-en ! tlitir custom. ' J There are 250, IK ;l Indians in the J United Sl.ttos, exclusive of Alaska, ! this enumeration including buck, suawa and stpoosos. The available i force tor lighting is nu.uuu, only one half of whom aro warlike. Vernon lodge No. 1 3, K. of P. will Kivc their first Annual Pythian latll on l'riduy, Christinas night, at their cas tle hall in John Day. The best of music w'ill be furnished. (irnnd shooting match during the day. livery Italy invited to attend. A line lithographic bird's-eye view of the proponed World's Columbian Kviiositiou buildings and grounds at Chicago grace one of our large show windows. Patrons would be respect fully inv iUxl iuside to look at the tine view, only they canjtee it much better from the outside Tuesday night the weather wnsiuch as would cause the boldest mariner to hesiUite before attempting to vnwUiur the chiuook gale iulersjierked with ruin aud inky blackness. 'I'lie brave cap tains of the mail crafts had an awful time picking their way over tho hilts, and arrived heie lste. From tho number of scalawags nnd refugees from jnsticu tlmt have left (Irunt county Iwtween thu light of two days during tho mst few iiioiilhs our neighbor mo liable to form it bud opinion of thu inntplo over in these pnrU. Organ Mxlillcrs, sowing imicliinu agunU, preauliurs, lawyers, horse thieves, oto , etc., etc., flc, etc., from lirant county, Imvo excited the comment of ouplu iu other places. In one sense thu fuel of them having gone Is a credit to ns as a county, for it hhows that they have aoiiiewlmt of a fear of our courts of justice, and tlmt tho good lplu aro crowding thoiu. HILL, UBM UKOUQHT UACK. His Well Lata Plan Kntttrsted anil the UorroweJ Team Recovered. ?oin week ago n fellow who gave his name ns Win. Hem onino into thi precinct from Heppivcr, with a couple of Ilnrivey teamsters. He was a stranger to them, ami not fancying his company they gave him tho "shake" after hauling him this far. item tried to hire n fuddle horw, ami later on, it team from tho livery stable, hut Frank Mcllcan, (who is often cranky to his hext in terests) refused to let him have one. He remained, however, iu this city j ami John Day, for wme time, and tlnallr hired a team at Hall's -table in John Day, to go n few- miles into the country ami lead a horse to town, which horse he said a friend had left for him. He even tmrtotvotl a halter from ('has Cobb for the horse ami his story seemed so plausible that he skipetl his board bill he- sides. Instead of going to the country after the horse lie went to Prairie City ant! staid all night, tt-Iling the Kople there that lw was on hin way to MeKwan after a load of liquors which he had there, and that he in tended engaging in the saloon husi nt'ds in the City Hotel building iu this city. On the strength of this lory he engaged Mr. Manwaring to accompany him to MclCwnu to drive the freight loam over, which he fit id was there alreadv loaded. . IS9 r .of- lo J.vtl . This story or a aiuiilar one was told at every stopping place on the rond, ami as arrangement were made at these places for feeding thu teams on the return trip no bills were paid. Arriving at McKwnn's tho team was exhausted, und no liquor was in sight. I tut Hem claimed that homo of the kegs had been leaking, nnd he must go to Portland and ee if the whole-ale dealers would not replace them. He loiirdel the stage next morning, ami after arriving at Baker he kept himself secreted, it teems. While all this was going on .Mr. Hall was not idle. Concluding that something was wrong he placed a warrant in Deputy Sheriff Tod hunter's hands, ami the oflici-r started after the lohl lioardhill beat er Wednesday night. .Mr. Todhun ter reached Maker Thursday night, and suspecting that Hem would board the midnight train for the east he hurried to the dcol. and searched the train, without finding him. As the train was hInjiiI to pull out he saw Hem's lint through the window, and even while the train was in motion jumttcd aboard ami yanked his prisoner out of there in short order. I AHHy.lt II I VI OI T. Hen. thought nu injustice lmd been done, as he said he wa only going up to Huntington to oolloct some money to pay the hills he left over lu re ami along the road. Hut instead of proceeding on his journey ho accompanied the deputy sheriff on his travels, and arrived here Saturday evening, whore ho had a preliminary hearing on Mon day before Judge Uuliaun, who promptly fixrd Iannis at S'-M) for his upjM-nrunee la-fore, tho next grand jury. Not having an acquaintance with l.'l's) to spare Mr. Hem hums his grub along with Ming How in the county bustile. Mr. Hall has recovered his team; and paid all tho ex anises of footling the same while in the jH-sscssion of Hem. Travelers complain of Isul toads. This cannot very well be prevented at this season, unless tlie proper work was done early ill the fall. The snow was twelve inches deep at Itkevinw last week, with the mercury on the down grade, though the weather has moderate I considerably since then. One of the Twin Misteis in the Cas cade range of mountains has contracted the smoking habit, and the other day seut up a pulf a thousand feet high the other day. A small sized earthquake was also felt near the uiounuin during the awaking ipsjll, QKANtTtt tTM8. j SSMSMSS Craxitk, Dm. ID. 1S1. : (!. Thornbttrg, our gonial land lord of the C! rani te hotel, has gone , to Kaker for a few tlava. Weather pleasant and very little ' .now, not enough for sleighing nml vet mot too much to make wagon ing agreeable. TIhj Monumental mill starts up , today wU.shing ore from tlie Mullah) mine. Mr. I.ura is delivering about ten tons daily from this mine. Candidates for county offices are already looming up here. AH we want is sheriff, clerk and AStmaaor, and some other preiinct can have the balance. We notice the G aining cotinteu unco of H. Thornbtirg, tlie newly inarrietl man of North Fork, Ukiii our streets again, also A. J. Dickin son aud Ci. 11. (ilitridge. , Ike Klopp is absent on a business trip to Maker City. On his return he intends having some of the ore from his mine reduced at the Mon-, umenUl. He h is an abundance of quart and of flue quality. There is one transfer of mining projierty rejarrted this week. W. (inrrison of the H. S. Mining Co. having sold his interest to the other , iiartners. Wo didn't learn the con ; sideralioti, hut siipjKise it was fur considerable amount. Pktk. 4 O S I'KAlKllt CITY CI.A1MMN03. lWralw 22, ISO 1 Siccial Correspondence lo .Vims: Is all O. K. He is coining Santa Clatiij. All the imticnts on lite sick list are netqternting. Mr. T. N. llurnet ban liti visit ing in the country J. W. Mack spent Salunltt and Sunday at the capital of iho county on business. W. U. Fisk, the rustler of Prnirio City, jwid Canyon City a bti.-iness visit Monday. Christmas song service at tlie M. make u display of our mining, slock K. church next Sabbath at 11 n. m. and agricultural products nnd inako Ut all go nnd hear the good tidings. ' a gtsal reiwrt, that sure we will have Thomas Howell, a voting innn of tt railroad in the nenr future, tritvers . v . . i !.... .1... .....1 I. ...... lit. ,.r ii.;., nromise. who has Ih , n in liJalio. lias returned to our quiet city. Glad to have you with us again, , Drs. Ashfonl and Fell iiaid our burg a visit last Sat unlay on bus! ness. The Drs. are rustlers nnd nro IkiuuiI lo succeed. Ill II IvKIDKTKH- After the Adnunistrstoti. At last il seems there is to lie some light throw n.tisn the manner in which the estate of John McCann, who died several year ago in I'nion county, hits Ihtii ndiiiininteTed Uhiii. At the time of MeCann's death his eslutu was itppntited at lo.lKX). The county court for Tuioii county npMiiutcd lis administrators of said estate, W. II Ihillin.ui and John A. Tucker, for the pcrnoual protM-rlyol the deceased, nnd Willis Skiff for th partnership pro rtv of MeCnun nnd Skiff. Since that time il is .uid no accounting has been render ed by the ndmiiii-tr.ttors, Willis Skiir having uiyleriou.-ly disappear ed iu the spring of Im, the partic ulars of which are familiar to us all. McCnnti died intestate ami as fur ns is known without having nny relalivcs, nnd his estate in conse quence reverts to the slate. Ac cordingly (iov. Pennoyer lias np jHiintid 1 If tin O. Ilolmnn, thu well known attorney, as iqieeial attorney of the atllle, together with District Attorney Hyde, to inquire into the matter. 1 11 consequence nu action has been commenced iu the county court of I'nion county against tho administrators and the wise will ho heard nt the January term. Scout. Puttie City School Ucpott. The following is a monthly nqtort of the Prairie City public school fur the month ending Dee. IH, 1HUI: NtiinUr of pupils enrolled in high school 12, days present (i'.l.'J, iIuvm nl,M..il K' tioii. tnte 0.r, dally average M.- Number eurollutl l in intermediate lays present , SilH, days absent '.Mi, times Urtis W, daily average "). 1 Satisfactory work is being done I iu Itutli grades, and utteiiduneo is I very regular. Molto Air the month: "Tru uitli t in Ufitt (. ui i aiiii4, in iloiiiii .h iir oii c,wi itt S.lu 'title tfit?J, in 1lr.-aM1.114 or rrt lhlis I" il li nil Uy, l ul wlutWx r uirii In Oii ir liilndlwo, AihI Iu iplU ut tli'lr fsmiia oi jruttlh, Tl.c ! ii.4bluj au klniit u KlnSimt. AihI hi-lliiliir u in, 1 trutS " Ii. I.. (iKiiiiKs, Prlu. The Monumental. Mr. Isaac Klopp, the well known . 1. t . . ... .1 1 (irwnite creek miner, is visiting tho city, says the Maker Deuiucrat. .Mr. Klopp informs 11 IVinonat reporter that the stumps of the Mouumunlal mill cuminem-ed dropping last Thursday and is supplied with sev eral hunllred tons of ore from thu Monumental and Hiill.ilo minus of urnuite, and the Morris iiiiuu nt (ireeiihorn. Mr. hiopp further snys deserves. And 111 order to lw sue that Mr. Miller, manager of the mill wssful we must have railroad trans is supplied witli everything iieces- jiortalion. In view of this amrent wiry for the successful oinitiona fact, it buhooves thu tnjoplu in this of Uio mill ami feels confident of county to advertise by making it continuing oRiruti"iis for nn indell- gotjtl display of nil tho productions nite tiuM w ithout serious hindrances i that can bo nroducctl here, and let gr delay. ltSTAUUISM MANUKACTOKU5S. Orant Ceanty Is Ktrh In Ksw Material. Why Not Send it to the World Already Finished. From the copy of Hon. (!. W. Me Haley's seech delivered at l-ong Creek recently on Indialfofthe Dis trict Fair enterprise we take the fol lowing extracts, and the thoughts advanced therein should bo well con sidered by every resident of lirant county. He savs: "The people of ( rant county, in my opinion, are endowed with as much enterprising spirit as those more remote from our once golden country. The people are now awakening from that leth argy of idle thought to a new ap proach of another epoch, which has been predicted for some time that is after I'nele Sam's mKs1i is worn off that the country is what (he citizens nuke il. However, tho peo ple heretofore, with tho country aUnindiug with luxuriant bunch grass and our placer mines, the gold as it were lying ttsn (he surface, diil not have to strive. Hut now they fully realise the necessity of home manufacture, in evidence of which two roller mills iu tho last twelve mouths and another in pro cess of construction, have Uvn built. And the next object in view is to encourage capitalists from abroad to engage with us iu building factories of all kinds, and morcoscf iitlly the building of mills ami concentrators to develop our vast mineral interests, it being a fact beyond question, that , the hidden wealth of this country nlmunds in gold, silver, lead and I coper, with slono coal as well, nnd nil that is required to make this a ' rich and proserous country is to engage the attention of that class of ; nun that have capitnl and make ! mining their avocation. And my 1 opinion is there could bo no step taken that would bo inoro successful in turning the attention of capital ) isU toward our uudevelood country j lhan lo have a musing grand rally . and exhibition nt the district fair i next fall iu this county and show to tho nuMido world that we have it ! country when develoed, that can- not lie surpassed by any other purl of the date. And iust ns sure its wo ; " "-. " - part of our county "When I left this part of tho rjiiiii!v 11 tt if Ism irtri twt I pi r. S .:,,, ..'i.,.,., I nw lie,. i quite n sum 111 gold coin. 1 tiien I proposed to some of my ucighlmrs 1 th.it were fully- ns able as myself j that I would invest Jfo.txjt) iu a wool , en factory, if they felt disposed to join me iu the enterprise. I ask, what would have been thu probable , result of that engagement nt this timu? I will answer that question by saving that I lieliove that wo wouhf havo made no less than ton 1 K-r cent on our investment, which , would have doubled our capital at ' this time, with a probable result largely in favor of twenty-live ht cent, la-sides the saving of thousands ' of dollars to thi.i county tint has U-en unnecessarily carried away. Such establishments have been built und Mii'ccfMfully conducted In other parts of the ntuto for more than thir ty ".ears; not only that, there have , been dtstilh-riea and lanyards for the same length of time to my knowledge and I can see no leason why we should ship our raw materi al Kast, or to any part of this state to have il manufactured, and pay traiisrtntiou both ways, when we have all Iho natural fa Ii lilies for manufacturing our own clothing, ' UmiIs and shoes. We sell our wool at an average of about l." cents ht wund ami have il returned to us In the shuirt! of wearing apparel and blankets valued ul from one dollar : and a half to two dollars ta-r pound j nnd often much more. Our beef ; : hides are sold at nu average of n 1 dollar each and returned to ua iu 1 the shus! of hoot ami shoes, worth j from two to seven dollars n pair, to ' snv nothing uImjiiI the exorbitant price paid for whisky. Now wu j iiavi) us good walerHiwer nnd all the : natural facilities that are required ' for the establishment of manufactur ing, and if we fet-l the inability llnuiiciully or otherwise to establish such iuqiortttnt business ourselves, we must give encouragement to capitalists abroad to engage with us in the enterpiise, and I want to iin- press upon the minds of the eopIe I lint il ui'i-niH In 11111 that tbu liroiHT ! step to take is lo advertise our conn- " 1 lie JK-Oplc ul tJregou have. lived easy in former years, having thu advantage of once supjiotett inex haustible buuehgriisH, hut in a measure it has disappeared iu ICast uru Oregon us it did many yeais ago in tho western part of the state. The motto of a tnujorilv of whom once was, ns the bark la-gati to a ., r . . . . . . . .1. tall from tho fences, to take up their line of march for an easier clime and prepare tho wny for civilixatioii to follow, und leave tho repairs tol u made by a more sturdy class. Hut hoar in mind, wu have reached thu boundary of explorations, and it now becomes necessary to lc content and make this country what it so richly eaiiitnliU know if tliay roagh tlnjlr strong arm out into this jwrt of the country that wu will greet (ham with n hourly wulcomo by loading them in return with our tinsiirsd agricultural products of all kinds, ami stcok as well." CotnmendaMe. All claims not consistent with tho high character of Syrup of Figs are puroely avoided by the Cal. Fig Svrnp Company. It acta on the kitlnevt, liver ntitl Iwwels, demising tho system effectually, hut it is not a cure-nil nml makes no pretensions that every lottle will not subst-anti-nto. A Challenge. I lierehy challenge .1. D. Coinlm to n glove contest to lc fought lo a tlnish with i or. gloves for i HKM) (K) n side iu the Masonic hall, nt Can yon City, Or., Jan. I, IS'.i2. Hach man to weigh iu at 1 10 iHiml.. The contest to bo governed by "Mar quis of (jtieensbury rules." Signed: " W. J. Hauthx. Want Same 1'oUtoes I have iVHX) II of good MttattMs, for sale in any quantity, nt I cent er iHiund, at the 1 1 or ley drugstore, Canyon City. (il-OHtlK ltiri.KY. (In to tho Ked Front Milliarti Hall, ('anvon City, for fine winoa, liquors and cigars. 1 'otter Mio's have 100 tons of bran and shorts which will le sold at lf per ton. Mr. Cmuvillo Clark- has tlttd tip looms for a hospital iu the Ilontloy building iu this city, and it now pre I .a red to nttdvti jsitienU, anil fiiimsh them quiet anil eomfoi table iqsu tiiieuts. IlissttM-k of drugs and medicines is also frush and complete, When you scud away for goods remember the firm of Collin eV Mo Farland at lleppner. Thoy not on ly guarantee you first class goods nt lowest prices, but they pay mail or express charges on same tti any stage ofllco in (Irani or Harney counties. See their new "ntl" for furthor particulars. ' Counterfeit live tlollar green hacks aro iu cite uhttioii iu this state. They are of tho series of ISM), numbered A 'Jl 1,1)55,7(10. The paper is the only thing which is poor, ami iu comparison with a genuine note it does tint show up j well. I hu engriiviiio is iloiie handsomely and Is ns fine ns that on tho real note. l'v tiiu ollleial coiisus icMirt we ! leant that Oregon has .ll.i.itu 111 hahitiints. Miigonu piecinet I1.1v ing 1111; Albany, city, 1107'.' ; A bun V precinct, 1 0 1 :t ; Oiegmi City, liot'il ; Salt-in precinct, 10,170; Corvallis, 1.VJ7; iVndleton, 'Jollt!; l.a (Iraiule. ib'2'A The Dalles, pre cincts, 1207; I 'tirtlitntl, ICust l'ort laud and Albiua, 02.010: I.'oh burg, 1 I7'J; Ashland I7M. Tho fact thai thutisauds 111 e jH'iishing of hunger and starvation in thu czar's dominions eon t rust n vividly with tho story that comes over til wire tu the i-lfi-cl that he is iiIkjiiI to make a present to hi wife of "the most marvelous pearl neckliicu of uit'deni times." It took its forum- Mssessor twenty years to collect tho jh-uiIs of w hiefi it is coiukKfd ami is valued at 120,000. At! INC5ENIOUS CIPHCM. ilulr llin I'll. ml. ul 11 Tri.irli llilif (inl 1 tll-IIIVI'lli - llllil .l.lll. Some years i?o, kiivs Die l. 1 1 -. t Fn-e 1'rvM, the fricmU a I'mi-n'i thief iwlopti il a ileeiileitly tin i(vi- ui- i Ii I o( curry iuir 011 a clinul.-.tin 1. IMIIllt-llCf willililin vvhili II V. II'. 11 ing trial. One day the j.nl. rn.., . lUil hy the prlumer'M I 1 e. t I . . ! a-.kil him 1.1 give her Iov. r hi . in i.v Tills Unm In-tog oeiieit f ... I ' totUuIn simply a small loci, if In r Ii in iiroiiiul which vva foMed a leaf of .1 Im-jIi. Thu jailer ithl not r..nnl. i- it worth his while to deliver the. M,iiv,'inr Ui tlie culprit, and, Uiorvlore, threw it ojtlilc, A day or two later a hlmilar IncloHure wa tiun.U-d in nt the prison irate und shun t tin- fate of Us preileeeMmr.. In lite course of a neck another vvu-i left I i.v the kawe person. This aroused 1)1 k.ikpiclou of the governor oj the prlm, to whom b:ul la-en det.illcd the clreinn stuuci-s. lie deU-rinined to invent tjfiite the meaning ami in eonUiirfly lln.t i.v .. mined the prhitetl leuf. This he found was torn from a novel aud contain! l twenly-slv lines 011 each side. He then turned his attention to Uio hair ami discovered that I here were Iwenty iilx pieces of uurquul h nirth. This put xled him for awhile, and then siiddeiily jumilur to the eoni'lii.'iioii that there l.ni'it be homo oolllieetiou iN-twet 11 the imiihIh t of the prllltel lines nnd the nuinU r of hairs, he luUleru-h of thu lat ter along the line of the page they re kiH'etively rvnehod, bcirluniug with the kliortest hair, at the top of the leaf. After uhauging them about hcvcral times hu UUt-overeil that eacli hair itdlited to n diirerent lelU-r, und the coinliiiiation thus pnialueed forinixl 11 sialic kenUmee, by iiiimiiu of which the primmer was given to uuderstaiul that Ills fi'lciwU hinl ascertained thu day ui which he was to lie taken to court, and were di'tenritue.l to muWtt a lxdd at tempt to rescue him as soon as hu mudo hih aM-arauct. TakiUH the cue, tho governor adopted every precaution Ui frustrate tho wi II laid plans of tho ouUldrrx; thu attempt was motto ami, as a natural oonse itHince, tha eoulrstrs whih found ttteiAselves in the sanw eonUltkm as the oih) far whom thoy hud pUtutiud thu IttMjUO. Tiik toUtl aiMestknl vntnaltoR of Cali fornia to Sl,oao,Soo,Vl. A ('Al.llimM.v man lma startetl Into the tmaineaa of rntalug hnlf-bewNl uttf fol. I IS. 1Ii.ocuma.n-, of Cut Canyon, Cal,, has a psrfttme farm eontitlnlMg ovrr s.000 lavender plants. t vnroavt v now has six nstrtoh farms. Thla country spends about 9:1,000,000 ayetir for otArieh feathers. Tine in-trlflml Uty tf a man, which was fotirxl Iu a enve near I'rrsno, Cal., has liecn sold fur SIU.OOO. It is to be ot hibitetl. Tus tftvat show pl of tho raoent fruit fair held 11 1 Mnryhvltle, Cat., wm an exact copy of .Mutter's fnmona fort, built entirely of nrnngvw. Tkiiama t'of.NTi, (ul., pabl oat $T9B foracnlpa iu l)ecemtar. 'Hie hvt Iih I'lmlnl five Hons, one hundred nml eljfht tviyotes, klty-thive wildcat, nineteen hundrttt and rlfty-lwo mtihit, flfty ItiiiH erowk, ten bears ami two eatfle. rm:ini wieutists art pnssllng over a spttier vvhh'h was diiieowretl in a cat Ity In a atone. It is estlmntetl that t!m sttme iiuint he t.lHHI years old; this noV vvitbatamlliig, however, the spklor is ipiltt lively and very youthful in lis atitiea. tt Is blind ami has no month. A et-Mitstirv Is on exhibition at t'aa per, Wyo. It Is nu imprint of a mon strolls pnlm leaf, oiihmhI by the leaf falling Into the clay and the clay aft t wants petrifying. The melt was found tin Salt creek, and Indicates that yearn ago, when the liljf it ml lnt were being formett, Wyoming piwaessvil n tropivat cllmalu. A ivu.KCTin.N of T.oiw butteriiles and moths, uiilipic of ita hind, since all were heed from egv. has lMn given Ui the New York Museum of Natural History tiy Mrs. M. tehuyler Kltiotu Tlw collnettou repnnnt In part tlto work of herself unit her husband. Prof. K IaiwoII r.lllott. who died t lyuars nRo- st.ivit the egg shells, put them In tho oven and bum them brown', then iitnah them line and mix with the feed. It Is healthy and bunollcial to the fowls. .UIS.M they U.jrtti laying, an effg every day Is Hot so certain vvith honu as with ducks. It In only In exceptional eiuKu, that a hen will Iny every day. A iikvh of enblaige In tho poultry yarxl will ti found very iutUablt. to the hens, and only n few days will eluMMt before nothing but tho stalk will Ik' left. I'.i oi.ni: I'nu.n's favorite "fatl" la said to v I. is p-t canaries. He lias iloacu of thcM, and illvhlua his affections be-twi-i'ii them and thu Imkihk In his Quo library. T111-. late Ceil. Allvrt Tike Ultl a elti sen of Aluvaiidria that he removwt from that city to WnxhliiKton Ik-cbuih) tho iioople whistled so much they diaturbetl his lln-rary intuira. A i.vo.vmi: editor once li'iflvod a story, Iu which them una not n kindle mark of punctuation, except 1,11 oc casional x ri.nl At the luittom of the let iai'e fit' author had written: ' I'leiiM- put 111 tho ilr Imiil iluln to ill Hoods Sarsaparilla It n ronri-ntrstril rttr.trt ,.f aii.i'jlll.i, Vrllnw IKh-L, riilir.i, Junt. r Ik'iiK-a, Msmlrstr, li.unlf llun, aihI nllirr i.ilunMii vrgrUMo rrinnllcii, mi( liitiri itli nt Im Ihk llli II)' .iiii. mid ttio lctt el IU kind It 11 i.rltiln l.i luijr. It l in f4n d l y lliinouiilily reini ' leiit Vlivr lnilta, la tint loo-t r orfiil 111 unit , l.y a Ht iilur (''iiitnii ttl' it. IV i'i'Ml. 11 autt I'tuct i, r.ll! If It rur.itliv in Peculiar To Itself It will ctirr, wlirii In llin Hivvi-riif mt'illi'lns, Hcmlul.1, Hall It 1 1 e 1 1 1 1 . III.h.I 1'i.lxilillig, (Intic.Ti.ui suit nil i ll.i r llitiii.in, U.tlarUi, 1))k-iiIi, llillouiiit'si, Slrk Hriuktchtf, Ostailli, Illieuiiiatliui. ami all dlfflmiltlSS Willi llio I.ltrr and Klilnryi. lt10r11-11111jTI1.il ,'lri'il -ii'liiii,rrfslsaii At - lite, and I'hci itrr.it lm uUI, liervv, UhIiIjt, nml illgrtllvu mriTinUi IIihhI'i H.nui.nllt.v Is M.I.I I ) nit ilrnntittl. I.ml.rfv rir..iri'tl mily !' r. I lliwtl ft IU . AllitTaili', I.iit ll. M.i- N. II. II vim tlrrldtt In take II.k .1. S n.ii.v 1 ilia do nut Iki liiilucul tu l.uy an) "lln-r. IOO Doses One Dollar ELKHORN HOTEL. Canyon Cily, Or. ,! . I'hti mln'r.s, I'rapr, This ItestHiirunt has im-mitly lawn opened, nnd will furuisli tMisils or J jud ging ut living nit os. A SKN!ial feature alnHlt tilts I10USC) is (hat no (.'hinuso etMiksnro employetl in the kiUihiiu. (live tho Hestourant a trial. .M. .1. Uiiauiichs, l'rtiprietor. TEiPostoffi Store) (MXYO.V (1 I V, OIC. . L- lUiri'isli - - I'rnnr. A fine stock of fiosh Candies, KuU, 'I'olsicco, Stationery, KU, lite, just received, (iive me a call. JH.OUWJ Ol.fil. A I' Alm,liuii(, I'rls. ItfMjMll Si llMll t Al'lftl. Ill (VLLIUI, HklttW, IMMUlk MsMit dujihi i.f Mudy. Muit ru( tultluy. IIiisIiiush, Short lllllltl, ItttW'ttiif, fti-jniif, an.lt o lJrfMnii M WMIVII lkluu(kyut I In ),ul. MliJiia. Ibllttili U-J ! Ul UlM. l'kUlvIM flvlU 1UmI Htiwl, (UC sAi&. -pPK aKWiif mSlBWa