- THE OREGON SCOUT. AMOS K. JOXKS. i:oitoh. 7V Oregon Scout haxas Inrnea circu lation iw mil three paper in thi sec tion of the State, combined, and ix cor rexpniidiiiijUj valuable a an udrerltxinij medium. Saturday, July J(, 1887. Union and Vicinity. Kiwi A. I.tvy's new ntf. Hon Holiday died at Portland la.t "wvuk, jiki'iI 8 ycarc. llwid the nil. of Mi'ssw. I'olihiMin fc Liiyite'ri t'ovo .-tagi- line. Mime Mini oi a traveling show was in town, this week, but did not exhibit, Mel Ileritse'c is inakiui' a verv eili - eieitt mar.-lial and nightwalilinian Wallowa eounly has received its .record books, ordered sometime 4igo. Twelve sheep belonging t Win. llootlio were killed by lightning, in the (Jove, last week. Kelty, the Polk county wife-inurder-cr was taken from the jail, last week bv a mob, and hanged to a tree near by. The west hound train was several hours late Wodnexlny, oeuaioued by the burning of the Payelte bridge in Idaho. Shcrin Hamilton found a black va- litu on the street Thursday. The own-' or can get the same by calling at his' oiliee. 1 Attorney (). V. Hell has nuade some extensive impiovi'inents -on liis rosi denee and ground in North Union, , recently. J A full assortment of Johnson's kal-' Fomine at the Cove drug store. Dur- j able and beautiful in llniult, easily used j and cheap. , Horry pedlers have beeji numerous i in Union this week. The berries, on ' an average, have not been ,o good this season as usual. Assessor Tonilhnon is interviewing the tax payor at his oiliee at the court house. Jlo ro.) wnts getting along line ly with liis labors. Mr. It. 11. Drake, during his recent visit to Portland, laid in.a fresh Mipply of goods and is mow prepared to oiler better bargains Uian ever. A man by the name or Cavanaugh was arrested a few days ago in Walla Walla, and taken to linker City to an swer a charge of horse stealing. Farmers can easily be convinced of the extraordinary bargains being ott ered at She New York store, at La ('ramie, 1y making a personal inves tigation. My II. Nelson, an old man who has been wee Icing at John lloyd's ranch. was severely hurl, a tew days' ago, j while handling a hay stacker, and is laid upfront the biuises -received. Parties from Cornucopia inform us that great credit is due to-TsYls Sehoi.n over for the cau ful and ellieient man ner in which he piosocutod (he mad work between that place and the val ley. A .good iond is the result. Our sJoekincn should raise more alfalfa. Air. Hon, .living near town, has a patch of it lhat luis proven a bonanza lo him this spring owing to the high juice of hay. He will cut two niuiv crops yut. linker City ile reille. A fire at Stumptuwn on Tuesday evening '.turned the saw mill and a large quantity of lumber belonging to S. P. Kieliardson. The It i o is sup posed to fcavo originated frmi a steam engine used in furnishing motive pow er for the mill, Wj understand the property was uninsured. The small town of llniue., a few miles beyond North Powder, on the O. M. it N., is becoming quite. a business point. Two stores. Jiot.-l, -blacksmith .shop and .saloon aie the .businesses represented. Several ,ucat dwellings are there, and the place contains about 7") population. The wifoof n Umatilla county man died some time ago ami Jeft.ii written reconiincnd:'.tioii of her husband mi ll rem d to ;t second wife. She lived with him hng enough .to Jind him out. The method is novel at least, and will possibly .aid the gentleman in ob taining another mate. dJefore biting lynched Wednesday night, savs one. of the Uclrs JJnknt.i exchanges, "Ooloncl lloisedea'lor baud ed 112 and lv-qucsted that the Hay-! rake hu continued to Ins fanuly for another year. The colonel is a gentle man ,ti lid a iuiblie spirited citizen. Our best wishes ;ieeoinjiany him." All -ho assisu-d at the festival for the hnjJroveniouJ of the Union x.-eiue-terv. or in anv ay contributed toward the fund raised for that purpose, both iiuuos aim genueuieii, aiu lequc.MCT.i m meet at the school house, Tue.-nJay, July P.ltli at 7 o'clock in the evening to decide what iiujirovement shall be Jiiade this year. TJie school board are jiartieulaily invited. Mr. Ynndevantor.nf the Park, and several others, put in several days last week catching salmon at Oio DelL They caught and salted down tcven Imrrels of the finest kind of fish. They .say that salmon nre to bo found in large numbers at Oro Dell, on account of their being unable to puss the oh struetious that have been placed in the river at that place. An nuearthy noise on Main street early Wednesday morning brought a large number of pcoplo lo the kcene, who found that it 4wns Jack J-'iirrcll, alias "Happy Jack" cursing one Whit low, city marshal of La Grande. Jack is equal to Gen. Ifnirchilds in this line. Whether Whitlow wins iwrolyzod or not we cannot wy, but he sauted to ho, and took his dose like a little man. Unfortunately our mandiul was ut i-r.vt .-hi' n"'''' ETCHINGS. Or Imp! rl ri Mntli ! I'i.Holii! 'i tlir 'S!,mt" r.ti'M Tux Kv.w Soiddi. L.w.-Durinjr (ho last Mion of the State IVadicrs' In ."titnto at Snh'in the County School Snin'rinti'tuK-ntj' (liirnwU "t 1 it new ."(liool law. Ont of it requirements i i lhat to olttm'n k first ntli eoitificato one mm-thi IS yon in of ajjv, nuna have ; taimht twelve months, anil must have 1 ranked J0 ht cent in the cxnininn tiims, with TO jut cent as the mini- ! nimii for any one liranvli. A person who has fullilltNl nil Ihe lrqnireniontf" for a thud jrrnile eortslK-nte is reiturei to again po through tlie mill for a ec onil jrraile ceitilicnto., and ajrain for liti-t urailu honors. Kir.-t unulu eortiti- i cates nre valid only m the enmity j where given. They 'aw pKxl for two ! yeaiv, and may he renewed by the eounty suiH'iintentk'iit, with the con ; sent of the board of examiners, for two I years longer, upon payment of a fee. I However, the renewal of a iirgt grade ! eertiliea'e more than once without 1 re-t'xaiiiinatioii is prohibited. To 1 many the ik w law is as deep a mystery as the inter-.-tate law. The opinion . -prevails that it pioduees the opportu , nity to a peaMin who, having once qualified for a first grade eeriilieate, to fail at re-examination. City Superin tendent T. 11. Crawford, of the Pori- i "bind public .-ehools, does not believe in (ho re-examinat'on of a i-erson who has once demonstrated capability. DoririTri.. A La (iiande gentle" man haa under contemplation , a scheme which would lie of valuable service toftoekmen and others. The plan is to get the name, address and hrand of every stockman in Union, Wallowa and linker counties, and have them printed in book form to be Mip plied to ifJl who will purchase them. linker Drwwral. The enti rpnViug La (Srnnile man would probably be able lo sell about ten or fifteen of his books, which v.nild hardly pay for getting them up. The cheapest and most Hen sible way is for the t-tockmou to adver tise their brands in the newspapers. Everybody would then know what they are, and j tray stock could easily be found by the owners, or rather the owners could be more easily found by the stock, or those havimr them .in , charge. - Ki:ihvj:i Wit hat J!ati:s. In m , cordanee with the recomnitfndntiou of the State Kailroad comnii.-sion the O. 1!. A N. Co. will next week put into ' ell'eet the following rate on wheat per i 101) pounds from points on its line to j Portland: The Dalles 17 cents; Cohlo ; IS cents; (hunts 20 cents; JJlaloe.ks, ! Arlington, Castle Hock 2 L cents; Umn j tilla 22 cents; Echo, Pendleton, .Milton, I Iiluo Mountains, Centerville, Adams, I Walluln, Touehot, Walla Walla 2-"i cuts; La Grande, Union. North Pow der, Maker City, Present t, Alto, Day Ion 27. cents; Pomeroy '.'.) cents; Col fax, Moscow, Fnrniinglon 1121 cents. Of i oiir.-e the ommission has no ju risdiction in the Territory, but the railroad company extended the i educ tion to the people there. This gives Walla Walla a rate of .f ii a ton to Port land. Pos'tlnnd JJrmocrut. Dlt. CAH'S. From a private letter to a gentleman in this city, written 1y a physician in Colorado, we learn that Dr. Capps has been there, lie makes the statement that Dr. Capps at -once not tolid with the church monlliers, died to marry a rich widow, but fail ing in the attempt, lit out for parts unknown with homo funds that did not belong to him. The doctor is evi dently t-omowhat like Myron's pirate: "As milil a mannered ninu as ever scuttled ship, or cut a throat;" but when be gn-ts riled up, a holv terror, .specially amt-ng the. ladies. I AwAiimvj. W. V.. Loos has been jWwmded the work of transcribing the records of this county fioni the Union county lciordi-. liis oiler was S (outs per folio, which includes double 1 indexing and making pints of the (jwns, aiid-vvas the lowest icspoiisibkt and spteilie bid. Mr. Lees will be as ' sifted in the woilc by Messrs. Leslie, t IJuileigh and P. II. Cosliow, all cojn- in tent and reliable peixms. Wallowa 1 (thief tain. Mr. Leis is now in this chy piosceuting the work. j J)i: Las' IVoiid. A negro orator, I snys nn exchange, thus eonL-ludes nu neconnt of Jio denth of n colored ! britiher: "De las' word lie was heuid i toisny, de las' word ho was In aid lo j utter, de las' word he was heard to sncuk. de las' v.sinl ho clirr nninomieed. ,ieiaa' svllahle he eber spoke, de las' idea he eber ejaculated yes, my bred ron, do bery las' word he bir was knori ii to breave Joith, tound or ojacii lalo, was 'Glory." Coxru nun To Tiiavki.. Tlvomns Waltlioii, who was placed under IhuiiIs of $iV)), last week, to appear before the rand inrv on n eli:ii'e of horun uloiil- iug, luis taken his departuro for "furrin lands." The grand jury found a true bill ngninst him, but tlie festive Tom my was not there to take part in the pioceedings. Di:iJ.vin:.VT Taxw. Sheriff Ham ilton has reduced the delinquent tux list to about $.",fiOU. We are glad tn note that it has been iwlueed to thew figures, and are in hopes that hu will not let up till every delinquent who owns a dollars worth of projwrty ban been made to pay. Cmci'iT Coi'HT. The Circuit Court is in session, hut as yet no euses of im portance have been adjuented. In the C4UU of Farrull vs Wallace the jury failed to ugn-. The cane of State va Harris, ca.-hicr of the Sunimerville bank, is iow l.t ing trietl. Tliere wm. a rojtular i irons in court lat WtdniMbiv wliile Mr. Parrtdl alias "Happy Jack," of La Gnndo, was giv ing in bis testimony in the env of Karull vs Wullace. H kt pt (he court, altorin , jury ui:d ieniMie i '.' in i.n lll'K ,M ff 1 : 1 -1 t ! . Social Scintillations. l'n hkiiiiIk Tci tnlnlmt. I'rlnr'rnlly, Id the I'tiresrlmillmis of thi' 1'ojtltllU'l'. "THE WOKLO I0 31 0 VIS." j Mr. Carter, of Island, is in the city. I Mr. K. T. Merwin mid wife aie in the city, i Pod Smith returned from Colorado : last Tuesday. , Marion Davis in on another tour of linker county. Mr. Corey and family Ims'e returned I fittin WaHowa. Mi. 1). 15. Iiees visitoil friends in . Cove this week, ' Siog liner, of Isl.iml City, win? hi . town this wotk. ' P. McDaniels, of ilw Cove, uulkd on us Thursday. i Dr. W. K. Kinclmt't crtinc tip fn.m ' Portland, .Monday. Mr James Wilson, of Lostinc, was in Union recently. Mr. A. J. Hughes, of La Grande, visited us this week. Judge J. A. Tucker, of Keating, is attending court here. Uev. llaiitl, of Utine, was visiting in Union this week. J. M. I lorry, of Island, look in the lnetiopohs this Week. , J. O. Kuhn, editor of the Journal, was in Union, Monday. Mr. Frank Collins, of Snmnierville, : is in the e-ity attending court. Mr. J.M. Welch, of North Powder, was in the city during the. week. I. A. DaWKai, of Portland, has been ' in Union for several dnvs past. W. II. Child, a eounty charge' fiom , Eagle valley, i dangerously sick. I Kxcuiions to the mountains after , huckloboiiies av!11 mou bo in order, j Mr. S. O. Johnston and family, of . Fiimnierville, were in Union, Monday. j Mrs. Coii'in mid daughter, Grade, and Mis. Goedspeed returned a few ' days aj,o. , Herman Waldeek, the Summerville ' merchant, called on us the fore part : of the week. Malt Johmton is abroad in the land, i lie showed up in Union this week, j jolly as ever. We received a pleasant visit from V,'. K. Kenedy, of Pino valley, last Wodnofdny. The Episcopal entertainment al Wright's hall, last night, was an en- i joyahlc aflair. ! Mr. John Humphrey and Henry Sterling, of hlnnd City, are hero at , tending court. I Dan Moore and wife, who have been visiting friends in this city, rulurned I home. Wednetilay, I Mr. Duncan, of (be firm of Clough tv; lunean, mine owners, was in me city during the veek. I .Mrs. Irwin, win lias neon on a vitit to the f-ount! lor tevend weeks past, returned last fat.urdny. Angus Shaw, (if Suinnierville, called (u us Thursday, and liMiownd his siili- sciijiuun io i ne fvoi t. (J. (i. (ray, of the Cove, had- his horse, "hliiekfnot," photogivi plied by Jones Isi os. a tew days ago. Mr. and Mrs. MeCallum, of Grant, j county, aie vifiting their daughter, I .Mrs. Dr. Pruden, at Sunimei ville. 1 The Portland and Wallow.i exeur i sionists returned the fore pint of the ; week, and report having had a line time. ! The Ladies I'Weign Missionary So ciety will meet at the Pitvsbytorinn church, Thursday, July 21, at 2 'o'clock i p. in. I The parents of Mr. I'obt. IC.ikin of I this city, who hnw been visiting here ! returned to their iionie in JSugeno n few days ago. i John Pliy made Union a viVit this week. Helms had his wiiiskers cut a la Jiurnfido, and lnwtlio ajijiearance of a major general. i John Wilmot returned from Wal lowa, yesterday, onliia way toJlellovue, hjalio, wliere lie has tevtral contracts Um- biiilJing houses, aiivl other work. H. H. Cliugan, of Cornueopin, is in tiu! oily errving on t lie yraud jury. We are indebted to Jiim for a photo , graphic view of the main stroeUut Cor nucopia. Wo understand that at 1 'ast three youwg couples of tJiis city will hu joined in the holy bonds of matrimony 1 in the near future, probably tw-nior- ! low. Mr. Corbin is rusticating on the stock iiinch "With her husband for a few weeks. The millinery More is conduct ' ed in her absence, by. Mrs. Alia lb n sou. Mrs. A. P. nencoii is in Walla Wal , la. Slai was called there to attend the. Iiedside of her lather, Pen. Stanton, v)m.-e death is annuiiuccd in another c ol inn 1 1. Mr. 1L 1 llurleigh, attorney of Jo soph, arrival in the city the fore part of the week for the purpose of attend ing court. His wife accompanied him and will licit friends in Union and the i Cove. ' Dr. Harmon, the optician and ocu list, will le in Union till the 2i'nl inst., when hu will take his departure- for I Cornucopia and roniuin one week. , Ho wil go from there to the Cove for two lay, to Suinnierville ioroii weik, ' to Inland V r two d.iy.-, and fnun tiler u. L: Grande. Unities living in I the (t!i A. I1..I11 d '..vl'l -, desiiilig liie (!.!! ( .-el-vit.-, V. ill do Well to make a note of the time he is to nriivc, and act accouliu.'.ly. 'ile'doetor has bc-'ii in tiii- ci!y for m vt ral w ek.i, and h..- die an t ti-i:-i I'llf inesy, giving 1 . t i -. - .-ati fa'-:i .i i.i f.ery ens , 'i I.i i . v. e I I, u . Local Lines. Wool sacks IIS cents eneh, at J. H. Kalon's. b'or h:in sting inacliiiicry, eall on Jo. Wiight. Thegaire law relat'ngtn gioiise, etc. expiioil y sterday. Iht'iikiug oart for sale. Enquire of Dr. D. Y. IC. Deering, Union. Harlan Stewart purchased a nuin ln r of Matt Johnston's horses at Los tino, a few days ago. Don't wear out valuable machinery for the want of oil, when you can get the Ini-t at Jo. Wiight's. Wanted. A good chamber maid at the CeiiJi nnii.l hotel. Wngts if I. per wo.'k. Jxofereiiees required. A oonidi ruble amount of now side walk hits Iteen laid in various jmrts of the eity within the past few weeks. Judge Walker presides at this toim of the circuit coiut. Everybody seems to be very favorably impressed with him. The infant son of J. A. Wright, of Wallowa, was drowned in tin Hume of the liurdeano crock saw mill, last week. Jos. Wright 1ms ordered a complete slock of (liy goods, groceries, etc., which will be opened up in the brick corner, mhjii. Smith's walking gang plow, Ktnie fhing new and just (lie thing. Kor Sale by Frank Uio.. Implement Co., Island City. .( Only a few can--of the sewing ma chine bilking powder left at Levy's, which will be told al iC cts a can. The regular hu tery price is (i." cts. This teun ( f court has attracted hut few people hoi o. Hutfor the "niuiKM osily" of lawyers one would not know that anything out of the ordinary run was going on in town. If you want a line pair of shoes or boots, cull on Mr. C. Vincent, who has ju-t received a largo assortment of la test stylos from the east. He will not he umlenold fnreah. 'fry him. Work on the Pyle canyon road is about completed, and a splendid road, with no hills lo pull up, is the result. Peoplt! in the toutlicni portion of the county will find no dillku'.ty in tiavel ing this load now. Mr. John 'Doom, of Pine valley, who linn boon on a visit to the eastern slates for several week's past, returned a few days ago. Ho informs us that he profois Oiegou to any country he has been in. Portland Stock Yards Report. Portland, Or. July 1 1 , 2SS7. Again the arrivals of beef are neatly up to the proceeding week, with a mod ern to demand and values unchanged ; ( many of the oll'eriiigs wore latin r coarse and common, causing sales lo drag, tliouge there was a lot. of line, fat, pony-built steers oll'circd that struck the ye of a butcher, and a trade was made without comment. Demand for slii cp has been slow, as most of those forw.udcd were coarse, and prices re main in tact.. Demand for lambs fully equal to she supply. Hogs have a ten dency to weaken in values as warm weather approaches, llwaos arriving this week are unbroken. AIIIMVAI. OI'' STOCK I'OKTIIK WIIIIK. July ft. Iicef CO hond; lambs 70 lid; hoep 12(1 heml ; hogs fin head. July G. lleef -10 head; sheep 117 head. ; .) uly 7, XJeef -10 bead ; hogs 07 head ; lamlw 7!!' head. July y. Hoof 120 head; slmep .'ill!) head; holses 12 lid; stock cattle IS lid. July !). lleef 40 head ; lambs 71 lid; sheep 127 head. July JO. jtec-r 20 head ; hogs ."7 hd ; sheep (.' head, July 11. Jiref 10 head; sheep 70 hd: lambs, 77 head. (Quotations. Peef, fl (; .', c. gross; heep, ( II e. gloss; Jxjgs, ! (& li c. .gross; laii!b.sl.7r) f) iOU. each. Market quiet J. II. HATHP.UN, Manager Portland Slock Yards. Stock of allJ:indssold on commission. Stock fed, transferred and roshipped. num. STANTON At Hie i c-iil. m e of lien. Jlnv wind, in Wiilln Wnlin, W.T.July 11. IrtsV, of ilroi"v, Itciijniiiiii Stanton, tifU'il ":i years iind 11 inniitli '. Mr. Stanton was father of Mrs. Uon hon wife of our fellow-townsman .Mr. A. J' llrnson, and was one a( the pio neers of Union, having located at this place in IMS I. Ho conducted for a iiuiuht i of years Die only hotel at Ibis place, known in those days as the Stan ton Homo; was afterwards engaged for some years in fanning and stoekraisiug. He told his I'm in in this eounly and removed to Umatilla, county fcotno years n'nce, where he has been exten sively engaged in farming having one of the tines t farms in Umatilla county. Ilia death was not altogether unex pected, ho having sull'eied some mouths with what proved to bo a fatal disease. Mr. St union formerly rosided at Sa lent, Oregon, where he leaves a largo umilcr of relatives and friends. Ho was a man of considerable prominence, and rcptoacntcd Umatilla county for one or mora terms in the legislature. Whoever known hu was unanimously honored ns a man of decided character and of inlb vible integrity ; a just and upright citi. it and k kind and iudlil r' ut Iui-Imh I an 1 father. His scores and lumdre.U oi fiiitmls throtiglKait Oregon, Washington and Idaho will be deeply grieved at the sad intulligenoo of his death, and all will join in hearty yymputh with his berenvnl family. A g o I man is gone- J'e.ice to his ii.-ln .-. 1! if rill 11 II if Proparatory to taking my nnmml iin cn tory, 1 hnxc roduceil prices on wtv wt sr. M TO ACTUAL COST, O1 0! 0 For TMrty Days I In order to closo out balance of my Sew ling Machine Baking Powder, I "will sell it at 50 cts. a lb. can; re.'nler factory rnee is 05 cts. Only a few left. Adolph Levy5 - UaisSosij, Ogi"s, ""SWING LOWWEET CHARIOT?' " List, 'twill be well for yon, List, while I tell to you How I will sell to you Bargains all the way through. Ladies Ores Goods Sold by Sample at Portland Prices, GROCERIES If BEDROCK, SILT ALMOST KI if Al HARM 01 FlllilS. M mm k Mi mm Mil ll "As the twig is bent, so h tlic tree in clined. Drake buys for cash and gives his custo mers the benefit. Cash is king and success is liis servant. I Drake's low rent and low prices makes ibis store the place to save money. i "I WILL NOT HE UNDERSOLD." jlow, it is our turn, sot lo "Blow; to to Inf . r. it the Citizens of I'nion iintl I'lii it "i 'iin -r tl-sil T.ai'o lVcen up n i.il ;.(' ami l ine:."' .cleeldl ."mo I. 01 Dry Goods, Furnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Glass and Quosnsware, ood ii Wliieli was bought Isold strictly lor cash, P-3 I tonish the natives." We don't cct't to "nni the town." hut 'In i"iet t it r -'li.nv o' fit' tnnl. of liiUiit.i iiml I'ctinti'.v, il laird tiluf-', vn I piixU mill low I'l'loi:." wltl nt. iiiinillsii thai citil. TJie old vray of doing business is a thing of the past. Cash men do not want lo pay poor debts and long-winded accounts. We expect to re-organize the mercantile busi ness in this valley, not to drum or humbug the people by misrepresentations, not to sell goods less than cost, but to make a uniform cash price on all goods, which means 20 per cent, lower than any man who buys on time can sell for. Twenty thousand dollars worth of general merchandise bought and sold for cash will make this saying: 10 per cent, for the risk, 0 per cent, discount, cash and S800 for book keeper, making a saving of 4, 000. Does anybody blame us for starting the ball a rolling? Ah earlymspBction of our stock nil! mice Tliu imwt !i'itlcli' tiiut tlio iu w or k-r of bnsliiew N uiuelt Mjoro aittlxfuUnry to till, JAYCOX & FOSTER, r mm i m. id i Lonpr. M 111? 5 it, k lor cash and will bo at prices that will "as . - - Union, Or. -