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About East Oregon herald. (Burns, Grant County, Or.) 1887-1896 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1892)
The Herald. WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20. 11*91. 8 LARGEST CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPER IN THIS COUNTY. —The Van Items were misslaid —The Boot and Shoe Store kept and did not reach this office until by Lunaburg 4 Fry, guarantees too late to be news. I satisfaction both in pr ces and qual-1 lx- v« t> _ • e • v. ity of goods. You can obtain from is profuse since his then) k of a|)d gh —.VI K. B’ ggc C_' "* return from a 1 visit tiv to bia his z-klrl old n.imo home ladies and _ gents ware, gum boots, ANY in Missouri, in his praise of old overshoes etc., etc. fashioned "corn pone and possum.” . THE PIONEER FIRM AND Officiel County Paper. —We call attention to one resolu HARNEY COUNTY. tion passed by the Democratic Cen-1 tral Committee, and which was Area Sq Mile«. l’J.OOO, Copulation Local News, 1,55». omitted in our report last issue: j Resolved that voters must vote in From Holliday edition Eaat Oregonian. I —Ladies felt frames from $1 to in their own precincts at the pri maries in the election of delegates ■ Harney county lies directly south II .50. At the miliner store. of Grant, and was formed of the to the County Convention I — The Democratic State Conven southern two thirds of the territory. —D ied —On the 15th inst in the j tion meets at Portland on the 19th afternoon, little Bertha Goodman I This constitutes Harnev the largest April. age 5 vears, daughter of Mr. and ■ countv of the state. A spur ef the ■ —The local in last week’s issue Mrs. W. K. Goodman. Blue Mountains extends into the ■furring to the new school building — Mr. and Mrs W. K. Goodman more northern part of the county ■ Drewsey, the word desire ap- desire their friends to know that and bordering upon the slopes of jiars. it should be deserve. they appreciate the attention and these an abundent supply of timber I —Remember Lewis 4 Richardson kindness shown them in their re-1 is afforded for building and fencing ¡hen you are in town. Thev keep cent affliction. purposes. South of the lands of ke best brands of wines, liquors The following are the list of Pat this character begin a succession of AT THE TOWN HALL, BURNS OREGON. hd cigars. ents received at the Burns Land —Who said you couldn’t get a Office the 19th inst: Edward Ash numerous valleys large and small which in the aggregate are a vast Grand March at 8.30. )od flavored cigar in town for five ley, Obadiah Borton, C. W. Circle. Hits? Call at the Citv Drug Store body of desirable lands for settle S. Cawfield, J’. B. Cawfield. C. J. id inquire. Durbin. J. A. Diton, J D. Fairman, rnent, extending into ranges of graz The Grand March will lie the special feature of the evening. Ticket» —W. E Gass received hie new Geo. A. Hickey. Emmett Johson, ing land almost unlimited in extent including supper at the Burns Hotel, 12.50. billiard at e last. Sunday, step in D. C. McDonald, A. J McKinnon, and capacity to support herds of •nd pun h he balls thev roll nice- John McNulty, Ward Moore, J. W. cattle, horses and sheep, with a Thomas, S. S. Smith,.!. A. Sizemore growth of natural pasturage unex —The Elite Saloon is furnished A. B. Smith, J. H. Woodman. P. celled in East Oregon. Harney —B ring in your wheat .—John District; those excepted each cou- With the best brands of liquors and D. Athcsin, L. J. 3osenburg, John Sayer announces he will grind your stitute two. cigars. attentive bar tends etc., Bodyfelt, Chas C. Crawford, J. Valley the largest of these, is situ wheat at a half cent a pound, or Stock Inspector Inspector for for ensuing enauing year, year, Stock ■'. Call and taste for yourslves. Campbell Martin. Guv C. Dicken ated about centrally in the county. fifty cerite per hundred and guar- David Carey. son, Richard Daubv,Richard Eulei, I — Brenton 4 Fnie are feeding Dan’l W. Fisk, Geo. Hulse, Julia It is some 60 miles long and 35 antees good flour from good wheat. Judges and clerks of election it* ha y at twenty-five cents a head at A. Hayse. Sarah Ivey. Frank wide and ¡8 watered by the Silvies the different precincts of the county r_ IBr Wt ite Front Stable. No better Metschan. Auguest Muller, Edward river. Magnificent meadow lands Price of Meat. Judges. Clerks. 1 ■Kommodation or a more comfort EcCann. Dave Newman. Geo. M 1 are to be found here affording CURRY. From and after this date the fol able. well arranged stable is found Stovall, Wm. Sherry. J. L. Sitz, 1 abundant grass the year round lowing prices will be charged for T.I Shields, J A Williams, ■ Eastern Oregon. Geo. E. Sollinger. R. M. Templeton. Wheat, oats, rve. barley, in fact all R J Baker, J B Craig. meat: ■—Our photographer J. J Pierson Jno. A. Wickstrow, E. A. Whittier, the productions in the most di Boiling beef 06 Shoulder stk .07 W E Smith. bt |s everything in trim in his gal- Sarah A. Whittier. BURNS. versified farming are easily Shldr boil.. 08 Beef roasts. .10 I J. B. H untington . Ty. a nice, warm, comfortable, and Corn beef . 06 Mut rst a stk . ,12j D L Grace, C W Byrd. and prolific-ally produced. Th« >z v room for visitors etc. His pro- Rnd a Sr stk 10 MutAvlstew .06 E B Reed, J M Vaughn. hardier fruits and berries and veg VI stk 4 rat . 10 Pork chops 124 G W Young. iienev as an artist cannot be ques- Ined. Call and see him. etablea grow in profusion Agricul H enry C aldwell . HARNEY. Are invited to visit the Art gal ture has. however, advanced no far I— F or sale . Three lots with a | R Drinkwater, Joe Morris, lery situated between the Offices of Jr business building on one, situ- Herald and Items in Burns. Don’t ther than to supply the hx:al de GKAT1FYING TO All. , T B James, C H Burdick. ^■d in Burns on main street, The stop to ring the bell walk in and lie mand, attention here, as so often 1 G F Haines. ■ce asked is low considering the seated please. I may be busy in noticed elsewhere, centering in sttxik The high position attained and I SILVIE«. |vantageous position of the lots another room. horses and wool production,in which the universal acceptance and ap- J L Cross. For business. Terms cash. C C Kilhourn, f< J. J. P ierson . this whole region excels. Happy proval of the pleasant liquid fruit John Craddock. I Jewitt. fther particulars call on W. C. rd 4 |W. Y. King Real Estate Evidence Given in the Context Csxe. Diamond, Silvies and Silver Creek ••emedv Syrup of Figs, as the most A Wintermier. puts Burns Oregon. PINE CREEK. valleys are others lying in various -•xcellent laxative known, illurtrate I rhe value of the qualities on which W F Moffit, J C. B uckland —Testified that directions, all awaiting settlement 8 W Miller, I ay and P asture —Hav for sale its success is liaised and are abund Wesley Keeton. he had l»een a resident of Harney D A Miller. with fihe oportunities for the iinnii 1 pasture gratis. Marion Bun- antly gratifying to the Cal Eig R A Miller. precinct, Harney co . for 4 or 5 d.six miles south of Burns, of grant. No county in the state pre Svruv Company. DREWSEY. I fere to sell from 150 to 300 tons of ve rs- was in Happy Valley on sents« > vast o quantity of unoccu Thos Howard, J Daly. at three dollars a ton with good day of election. June 2, 1890; that pied lands of greater fertility ami I N E Duncan, :ure thrown in. The pasture is Happy Valley was not in Harnev County Court Proceeding« Chas Gibler. L N Stallard. ■rient without feeding any hay precinct; that he voted ill Harney with better climate conditions. The following figures are from Mil deep snow. He also offers the Valley for the town of Harney for happy VALLEY. The matter of voting booths, all ■n-lege of feeding on the premises, perminent countv seat. the assesment returns of 1891: no- M H Drake, lads rejected and ordered that Geo Stanclift, ■tvr plentv. ...» 718,573 tice be given for sealed proposals to Sylvester Smyth, J II 5eal. Land, 368.227 A. C. W orthington —Testified L Shid ler. H. E. Thompson, .... 229,460 build booths with wooden frames John Mahon, Horses, 8,305 ........ ■is. Kenyon a <d Ed. Stuurbr a> that he was clerk of the election at Cattle, 28.062.......... ALVORD. 338.692 covered with cloth. ■¡rants for th- office «»r iiHint Burns, June 2; that he was ac A proposed county road com- D M Logan, Wm Gore. ... 48,050 lAk W. E Al Person. Lvtle How quainted with C. F. McKinney and Sheep, 32.633 .... meneing at the SW corner of sec. 4. J. Horn. Bart Cronin. 798 Swine, 195............... ■ and J. C. G irrett for slv Tp. 24, R 31 East, said point being J S Devine. he saw him around, ai d immedi Gross property valuation . 1,760,056" on a public highway running east, ■of the parties given are r» pre- WILD HOKHB. ■tative men and have manv ately at, the polls during the day. The returns for 1891 show the ank ending at the NE corner of sec. S I) Defenbaugbv ■mis. ' As yet we are not inform- and that he was in the room while school population to lx? 792 and the j;6, Tp. 22, R 31 East. Said pro H E Lavton, L C Chamberlain. ■>f aspirants for the offices of th*-votes were counted That Mr. amount expended for the mainte txised road rejected liecausv of th« H Sturgeon, ■«surer County School Superin- McKinney challenged votes and his nance of public schools in the coun impractibilitv of road and co«t tp Cash Macv. CATI.OW ■lent, Assessor and Commission- the county of at least $2,(XX). challenges were respected bv the tv was $7.662.63 W H Shirk, Wm Heron, the towns of the county . A petition for a road from Saddle Thos Walls. judges of election. He testified N Sweitzer IA it bi ED—At the The court P S Crowley Burns is the largest town contain-1 Butte to the Narrows that C. H. McPheeters challenged {evening of the 13th, Chas. W ing 400 inhabitants. It is situated appointed as viewers. N. O, Ord, POISON AREEK. jnson and Minnie R. Reed, were C. L. Lowe and then the young man , in the northern nart of Harnev Vai-1 Ted Hayes and A. S: Swan. j Chas Zeigler, led in marriage. J. C. Parker diclared his age t to be over 21. | lev on one of the proposed routes of Ellis McKinnon» In the natter of the petition-of . officiating. The following is I e out g man’ s father was called j Geo Hagey. oregon Pacific railroad, and on M J. O’Connor. A. Hendricks ami IJ C Wooley. E D Newsome list of presents received by the and said that the statement made | Silvies river, the largest water John T. Bailey, to change the Burns- I k>y couple: Mr. and Mr. L. M CRANE CHEEK. in the county. Burns is by the boy was correct that he waa | course Dwell, water set; Mr. and Mrs 21 years eld Ed Brink approached now .^e tei»porary county ’ seat, i Blitzen countv road on the line lx»- j David Carey. A Venator. tween their respective claims. It H. Smyth, fruit stand; Mr. and and its situation is such that will was ordered that H Elliot. 8:mon C R Peterson, Frank Stauffer. L Henry Caldwell, cake stand; the polls and his vote was chai-1 probablv alwavs be the leading C Bonnett. Lewis and R, T. Hughet lie appoint L D. Jam* eon, fruit stand; Mrs. lenged by C. F McKinney; he town of the county because of its embree . B. Reed, set of sauce dishes; (Brif.k)did not vote..although it natural advantages. The United ed vieweis and T. A McKinnon, county surveyor, view and survey Bent Embree, Wm King, jwn Bros., caster; E. B. Hanley was possible he was of age. He States Land Office of this district said said change Jan. 11, 1892. J H Bunyard, M B Hayes. | Frank Lewis, clock; Charles is located at Burns. There a-etwo aiso, testified that C F. Mckinney Scot Hayes. In the matter of the report of the H, lamp; Bruss Byrd, butter more gotxl town in the county,Har SADDLE HUTTE. k; Lloyd Johnson, lamp; Madge was not prevented from approach ney, 14 miles north of Burns, and viewers and surveyor on the pro- Id. set of pickle dishes; Hester ing the polls. and that J. C. Garret near the gold mines recently dis |>osed change in the countv road Herman Lauen, J A Ord, neon, set of vases; Henrv Long requested that McKinney lie ad covered on Trout Creek, «nd Drew beginning al or near the Robbins 4 R R Sitz, Henry Lyons of silver knives and forks; L. mitted into the room while the sev situated on the Middle Fork Purrington store in th- town of J P Dickenson. Drewsey and ending at a rock rnburg. set of silver table spoons; <»f Malheur river both surrounded marked 37 miles from Burns; the LAKE. votes were l>eing counted as a rep kry Welcome, set of teaspoons: by an excellent farming and stock change granted. Geo Marshall, Chas Wilshire, krv Richarsson. bed spread and resentative of Harney, which re country J T Ware. A W Hurlburt A list of persons selected from bw shams; Minnie Ginnia.svrup quest was granted ; he further tes The gold and silver mine« re I N Hughet. her; Eldon Johnson, table set; tified that no irregular or unfair pro cently discovered in the county will the assessment roll to serve as DIAMOND. J C. Parker, Vase; Mr and ceedirgs were allowed at the polls in the near future t>e of great l»ene- jurors for the year 1892. L Gass, wedding cake orniment; All the election precincts, except W I) Helmick. Wm Philips, fit in the way of inducing immigra pk Hack man, perfume; Nora and that no drunk man had been tion, which will develop the resour Lake. Harney. Pine Cr-ek and W D Huffman, Char Richardson. led to the polls to vote pman, ail', handkercb'el. ces of both the towns and country. Drewsey, each constitute a Road Chancy Ci tn mon* Of Harney County- Burns. Ore^ G rand masquerade ball . MONDAY EVENIIG FEBRUARY 15 1892-