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Oregon 1 JL VOL. V. UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, ISM. NO. 08. atarsunuvu; w Tiii w untax mjm viasjuvwit Tiwtj jnwuumLiumii u iimnit jufL .,1,1 , r The Oregon Scout. An indeicii(U-nt weekly Jourunl, issued ev ery Thursday mornlm; lv JOXES & ClIATfCEY, Publishers and Proprietors. A. K. JO.NKS, I j H. ClIASCBY, Iidltor. ( Foreman. UATKS OK SUHSCUll'TIOX: One copy, one year Jj'l.'iO 14 ' Six months .... LOO " ' Three montos ' lnvnrlnbly Cai.1i in A1viici. 6v chanec tubiaiptions are not paid till tnd of year, tuo dollar will be charged. Rates of advertising made known on ap plication. tSTCorrespondcnce trom all parts of the country solicited. Adress nil communications to the Oncaox Scout, Union Oregon. I'ltOKUSSIONAI.. 11. Eakin, J. A. Kakin, Notary l'ubllc. J EAKIN, & BROTHER, Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. jaTPfouipt Attention Paid to Collcct.ons. JOHN Jt. CRITES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special ties. Oflice, two doors south of post-oUlcc, "Union, Oregon. J N. CROMWELL, M. D. , Physician and Surgeon. Office, one door outh of J. 15. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. c. II. DAY, M. D., JIOMEPAT1IIC Physician and Surgeon. ALL CALLS PROMPTLY ATTKXUEII TO. Ofllcc adjoining Jones Ilro's store, fan be found nights at residence in South west Union. J. W. Siillton. J. M. Caukoll. gHELTON & CAUKOLL. Attorneys at Law. Office : Two doors couth of post-oflicc, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention given all business en trusted to us. rjy II. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Office, one door south of Centennial ho tel. jg F. WILSON, Conveyancer and Abstracter. Abstracts to Heal and Mining property furnished on short notice, at reasonable rates. Sales of Ileal and Mining property nego tiated. Collection business promptly at tended to. , .... , TT Oflice next door iouth of Post-olllco. Un ion, Oregon. A. L. SAYLOIL M. D., Physician and Surgeon, North Powder, Oregon. HaR ueriuaneiitly located and will attend all professional calls day or night. Office: Drug store building: residence, one door west of Kodgers' hotel. J W. KIMUUELL, County Surveyor, And Deputy U. S. Mineral Surveyor, North Powder, Oregon. J W. STRANGE, DENTIST, La Grande, Oregon. Will -visit Union regularly on tho first Monday of each month. ALL WORK WARRANTED FIRST CLASS Cornucopia Saloon, Wm, Wilson, Pnor. The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars always in stock. FIRST CLASS BILLIARD TABLE. Drop in and be sociable Shannon Marshall, THE Practical Horse Trainer, Will always be found at Uoothe & Cami bell's livery btable. . Take vour vicioui homn to Wm and he wjll break them. Charge reajuubl. ?ov fine guns, ; A Pleasing Sense of Health r.nd Strength Renewed, and of Ease and Comfort Follow tho on of Pyrnp of Figs, as i; ru-ia gently 0:1 tho Kidneys, Livkr Bowels Effectually Cleaning the System when Costive or Udiou.i, Dispelling Colds, Headaches and P-cvers and permanently curing HABITUAL CONSTIPATION without weakening or irritating tho or gans oil -which it p.i t". For Sale In r.Ooaml SI. 00 llottles by nil Z.rai!ins IruaRlU. y.."i ..-'.tu.".f.-j orv by Tiin CALiro2JiA r::- sysu? go 1 . .-tii ... Trails .Tr:. ; nl U-p.i t from I ! 1011 1 ulv as 1 1 ovs i: Vsi i "1 Nil. 1 w 1 st not n :i. ' IVi'iiV. No. 4, L'vcil,;i'"-ciiger,.N'o.;i, L ve 1 at ."1 ::!." a. in. 1 at l:Stlp. m. Freight, No. s, L'vo Freight No. 7, L've at a. m. at u:. p. 111. TlflvKTC to and trom principal points 1 1 0 in tho United States, Canada and Europe. Elegant PS"' Cars. Emigrant Slc-ping Cars Hun Through on Exprc-s Trains to COUNCIL BLUFFS and ST. Free of Charge and Without Change. Clofo connections at Portland for San Fran cisco and Puget touml points. For further particulars impure of anv Agent of the C'ompativ or of A. L. Maxwell, C. P. tT. A., Portland, Oregon. OCEAN DIVISION. The Oregon Ilalhvav ifc Navigation Co.. and Pacific Const, .Steamship Co. will dis patch .Steamers between San Fran cisco and Portland, as follows: FiioM roinr.ANii. Leaving at 12 Midn't., as follows: FR05I tUN I'n.VNi 1SCO. L'v'ng .Spear st. wh' at 10a. 111, as follows : Col'a., Mori. I'Vb. 4 Oregon. Friday Feb 8 State, Tuesday Feb 12 Col'a Saturday FeljKI Oregon, Wed., Feb. 20 Statu, Sunday Feb. 21 Col'u.,Thur.Feb. 28 0 regon, Moi. Mar. 1 Oregon Sun., Feb. : State, Thurs., Feb, 7 Col'a., Moil., Feb. 11 Oregon. I'ri., Feb. 15 KUite, Tues , l'b. l!l Col'a.. Sat.. Feb, 2!i Oreuon.Wed. Feb. 27 State, Sun., March 3 The company reserves tho right to change steamers or sailing lays. UATKS OF PASSAGE: Cabin. - - US.OO Steerage - - ?S.OO Hound Trip Tickets, Unlimited - ?a0.00 Children, under 12 years - - Half Faro 0 years - - - Free Thr abort rat iarlwte llmifd. W. II. IIOLCOMH, ! A. L.MAXWELL, Gen'l Manuger. ! Ci. P. tT. A, H. A. IiENEDlCT, Agent. Union. I Leaves Union d.iily ut 2 p. 111, arrives at Cove at :i :.V p. m. Leaves Cove at 8 a. 111., arrives at Union at 'J :30 a. m. Connections made with Elliott's coacho; runnliiK to the depot, carrying passengers for east and west bound trains. UATKS tor VA SSU.NO IEKS. UVCCMIV. and j-mnoiiT, lti;ASO'AltI4i;. ItOHINHON A LAYKK. - - - Proprietors. Union and Cornucopia Quickest and Clieapest Route to the IMne Creek Mines. UATKS : KAkJC. FKEI61IT. Union to I'ark - - 1 K c Sailer - - 3 00 lc CoruueopU - - 00 e Geo. 1 HALL - nt. Union, Or. optical goods, etc., of tl,l MCMOKIES. 'Wiitten fur I'i.i StotT. , Ah, yes. ecn now. though the skies may be Minnv. And lark may Ik- -inking their sweet roun del ay, I can -ce in old Union some memories sweet memories. The frch. green beautle of by-gone days, A few JtrMrglins boy, some dour bonnie niniden- Some Mures, whose brows are all wrinkled and gray Somo far-reachin : hills, that greet the high mountains, A few spreading fields that go blooming away. A printer or two, a poet, a school girl Some boys with good qualities, hanging around. A good jolly crowd, and a homestead so ehanni'ng. Where all of life's pleasures in sweetness abould. A sidewalk with trees, full-lcaved ovcr- lifltii'ill A girl with soft eyes and a poach blossom check, A few tender words, some smiles of the sweetest. And promises precious we promised to keep. -1?. V. II. PI UHLUIIUJUU'.UJBHlUUITni LETTER FROM ATHENS. Athens, (Greece,) Jan. 215, '89. En. Okkgon Scout: Greece is the finest country in Eu rope. You may talk about climbing tho glittering slopes, and leaping over the snowy abysses of the Alps, or of wandering along among the ruins of the winding Rhine, but it is nothing compared with spending a few weeks with the droll Greek, and his still drol ler surroundings. "The Isles of Greece! The Isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Whore grew the arts of war and peace Where Delos rose and Phoebus sprung I Eternal glory gilds them yet, But all except their sun is set!" llow expressive was the eloquent genius of Byron, when as he sat on the rock-ribbed cliffs that overlook the gulf of Salamis two centuries after wards, ho sung to the tunc of the later Muse's lyre, the lines; "A king sat on the rocky brow That looks on sea-born Salaniis; And ships in thousands lay below, And men in nations all were his! He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set where were thoy?" Aye, even after the wear and waste of centuries, and after the gentle Greek had fallen, the Muse could wan der over the sacred ground and lisp the words that years has not drowned! Uow sad it seems to think of what has once been on this little, but beau tiful, strip of land! Sonic of the fiercest anil bloodiest of battles have drenched tho soil with rich blood ; charges have been mado that still ring on the pages of history with tho clang and clash of armor, the shout of tho victor, tho stifled moan of the fallen, tho tiead of legions, and with yells for vengeance. And so, just to one side, where Athens lifts up her pretty domes, there centuries gono the gen tle old sages in cloaks and sandals would gather a crowd of listeners about them in some cool, delightful veranda and would read from the rolls of papyrus that have borne some of .tho richest eloquence that has over been penned by tho facile pen of man, and under tho iiowory canopy of the near temple the tender fingers of tho daughters of the land of Solon and Pericles have warbled on the Grecian lyre some of tho daintiest melodies that tho genius of man has ever put to music. Strange mingling of ten derness in its tenderest form, eloquence in its richness, heroism in its lofty grandeur! All on the same soil ! All nourished at tho sawo thresholds! All fed by tho samo mother and adored by the same lover! Tho samo sun made bloom tho wreathes to deck the brow of all of thorn? The little green islands that 8tand alone on tho coast of the Agacan, and close by Greece, are like some lonely tree on a desert. The waves ripplo up to them, then recede silently as if awed with the touch. From tho low vales back from tho hca, vast foot-hills stretch, literally covered with currant hushes red with luscious fruit. This is tho chiof ox port of Greece, but other fruits, such as figs, dates, prunes and poaches, aro sent off by hhip loads. Tho country noar Athens is some what dutolate, Uoro and thero a ham let stands doop buried in a grovo of willows or fig trees. The broken stone wall httvo crumbled. Tho ground is mostly untilled. Tho city is as pretty us it has boon since its palmy days. Since it was pillaged centuries ago by every descripsion, cji tho Turks it has been in u ruini-d state. The Gothic and Ionic pillars still stand. Tho massive arches, the gran ite collonades, the high bay windows overlooking tho street, tho stairways of whitest marble, all these aro here, but decaying and crumbling from neglect. The people are classic men and women. Xoscs arched, and smooth cut, hair long and wavy, dark, restless eyes, soft, dark skin, athletic figure, broad and tall, a loose cloak thrown over the left shoulder, knee pants, san- j dais and a richly made loose cap this 1 is the modern classic Greek. The 1 working classes look more rough and j hardy, not more heroic looking, but hardy to drudgery. Thoy all bear a 1 stamp peculiarly brave yet cunning. ' They can face danger to the uttermost, but stratagem is their forte. It has , j always been so. Whon the foe could , : be outdono by cunning, ho was out- j j done. When ho was to be ovortlnown j j by pure bravery and heroism, then ho was overthrown by the (5 reek legions. They still look upon their country as tho fust and only country in tho world that should bo praised. One cannot blame Lord Byron for leaving his native home, his friends and poo pie, and going down to this fair, beau tiful land to aid this grand old relic of a heroic nation in a final effort to gain the sweet freedom that had so long been denied them. It was a grand idea. Only a man whoso life was awake and responsive to the cries of the fallen would have done it. Uo looked at the broken monuments that adorned her ramparts, lie saw her ' lvre broken and masteries at the foot of the invader, lie heard tho eongs she had sung so sweetly ages gone. He saw tho sturdy brow knit with trouble in the shades of t lie overhang ing war cloud, lie saw her fate trembling in the balance his naturo revolted. When tho mighty strains of ancient Greece vibrated on the chords of his own responsive soul, he went to I her rescue, lie died while she was carrying on the banner his hand helped to uplift for 0110 time moro in the annals oilier history. So with the brave! Tho flowery vales of Greece will some day be restored to their for-! mer beauty, their former supremacy! The grand temples that are now fall ing to ruin will bo rebuilt upliftod from their ruin. Tho people are not satisfied and a constant storm is brewing. Her sons will rif-c in their might some day, when none dream of it, and re-establish their uatiie, their fame. "Here has the Persian thousands stood I Hero has the glad earth drank their blood On old I'lataea's day! And now there breathes this haunted air Tho sons of sires who conquered thore, With arms to strike and souls to daro, As quiclc, as far as they." "Some sunny day, not far, away, Into tho lap of Fame Will diop a wreath that will array Greece's ancient, glorious naino." Car 1, Boss. Tun Baker City Democrat, a paper published at the inflated and tax-ridden burg on tho 0. R. & N. Go's, line, somo UO miles south of hero, has awakened to the fact that if Hunt's road is built to Union it will eventu ally bo pushed on through tho Lower Powder and Eaglo and Pine valleys, thereby cutting off Unit entiio section from Baker City. In order to assist in preventing this calamity that paper has suddenly become very much in terested in tho welfare of another bankrupt burg in this county, known as La Grande, and is evidently very anxious to too the Hunt road defeated and tho county seat moved, imagining, 1 no doubt, that if tliceo could bo nc-1 complished, they could manage to j annex tho southern portion of Union j county to Baker, and their last hope for redeeming it from utter ruin, there by realized. Go ahead, Mr. Demoorut. Throw mud at Union as much as you please, spend your breath in inflating your municipal bladder, pray to the legislature for assiatauco in sinking artesian wells to moisten your Uorilu soil, whoop up your magnifieeut mines : which mostly lay in adjacent j counties incur indebtedness till it will cost every poor devil who happens to gut a home thore, one hundred dollars on ovary thousand he jiossessos, yearly, for taxes. Whoop her up. Your opportunities are grand. 11 on A. N. Gardner, CENTRALIA LETTER. UnsrKU,(W. T.) March I. 1SS0, A slight fog overhung the valley this morning but e'eard awav by noon. Tho (surveyor ennifi from Chehalis tonlay, to survey town property in Hanson's addition. Work on the cross-road from Gray's harbor is progressing slowly. The work of surveying is not completed yet, and work cannot goon to any ad vantage. The new three and a half story hotel is ncaring completion, whon oq..ipped onee this will be vhft finest hotel be tween J'ortland and Tacoma. Centra Ha will toad tho west "some day when all life lessons have been loarned." Some thivty families from the east came to the vicinity of this place last 1 week, uiul failfld in some extent to net 1 houses to rent. Some new cottagos will soon bo erected for that purpose in this city, and then wo can accoma dato persons without homes. One is reminded of spring when the frogs make tho night( melodious with their sonm. ami the 'larks wake tho stillness of morning to time with their carols to the budding trees, and yet it is like Muv in Eastern Oregon. The country on this coast is bleated with a splended climate above its Jn!,uy resources This city supports two chusches one M. E. and ono Baptist. Also a Y. M. C. A. is m successful existence and thriving to all appearnce. Organiza tion makes men friendly, "hut money makes tho mare go." Chehalis, a town four miles south of this place had quite an oxuitement somo days ago over tho cooks at the hotel attempting to assurno tho role of druggist, and prescribing an over doao of oroton oil for a cako mtulo ex pressly for a certain jierson working at tho hotel. The person ate tho cake, and the cook a negro, with an assistant departed for tho city boarding house a-la-sheriff. All is lovely and the cook's locked up. Washington is to bo admitted this fall into tho sister hood of states. She comes full fledged with colors Hying, and wealth glowing in her coders. Sho will make an important addition to tho' Union. North and South Dako ta with Montana comes to us hand in hand at tho. same time. Wo will bo allowed all the many rights and privli gas that aio gladly conceded to other states, and shall givo our heart and bund for the support of the right. FROM TACOMA TO UNION. Union, March 12, 1SS0. Editor Oregon Stout: Some people may think it is u picnic to leave home and to, bo Hush with money, to take in tho cyclorama, the op era, take boat rides, a walk to lake Un ion, to lake Washington and fifty conts for every turn you make and to lock ahead for support to nothing moro than thevirtuons qualities of a rusty printers ruin, but we, for two of tho slingors of antimony in the world, can givo tho ones who aro contemplating a trip, a few good bits of advice and some ex cellent pointers on tho matter and if it is allowable wo will rovero Grco ly's advice to "Go west" to "Stick to what you have, and let the woit stick together with it mud and fog." Of course "boys are boys" but wo came nearly making this time worn maxim a fallacy, for we were nearly skeletons when we got to Union. As most all of you know, Centralia, W. T is about '100 miles from Union. You all know that at four cents per mile, the fare would bo sixteen dollars to that place, and if you havo gono very deep into tho technicalities of Brook's Normal Wiitton Arithmetic, yon are well aware of the fact that six teen dollar minus one dollar and six bit equals fourteen dollars and twen ty five cents, so wo lacked the differ euoo of those two sums of having tho necessary amount of "stuff." Well, every body who has experienced a fi nancial panic knows the dreams and plans that will enable one to make a raise that Hit to and fro in your mind. You know how many air oastles and mansions of imagery loom up before you, when you forget your lank purse for two minutes, autmul try to think of a way to lift your self at onco to fortune, and how low down your lip drops when the sad faot comes the jeweler, main street, gus ing to you in its fullness and vigor. At first wo were going to wt ito trav elling editorials for the country papers along the line, and then by so doing build up a cheap but gratifying rep utation that would cany us success fully back to "home and mother." We hud heard of one of our townsmen who had acted dead soldier in tho cyclorama at Portland, but wo were not accustomed to the wild roar and clash of battle, so wo could not think of wallowing in red ink and sand for fifty cents a day. A man offered us a. job of herding slieep. but it was across tho river and neither of us could swim or row a boat. We bought a nicklcs worth of bread on tho road and the hdy had to look twice before she could tell wether it was a nickle or not, for both ot us Had carried it by turns in our greasy hands until it was black. By close calculation wo made our daily walks so accurate that wo got to tho different stations just as the freight trains got there. It may injure tho pride of many people to think of rid- I "B !l hoK cr with omVh' willow I bnkcts' 1W buckets, axel grease, ! b"B8io tongues, burlap sacks, ect. but ! il " not ''"j" our pride as much as j wo thought it would our shoes to walk track, and track walking is a job that 1110,1 WM0 'ovu ' mmuro the beauties 01 nature generally no. iiiu ueauiies of nature were a secondary considera tion to us. The beauties of lw cuisine art were firstly. Wo can give any per son information now in regard to tho stations, the springs, camping places, good houses for "hand outs," and all the little bits of advico that relate lo genuine tramp life. B. W. Huffman. Till: XV.W SCHOOL LAW. The new school law enacted at the laBt session of tho legislature with reforenco to the granting of certificates to teauhors is tho same as tho old law except in tho following particulars: Certificates of tho third grado are to be good for ono year and shall not bo issued to the samo person moro than once. A teacher who obtains i third grado certificate, must at his next ex amination pass up to tho second grade. But he has a year in which to prcparo for this advance. A second grade certificate is good for two years but shall not bo issued to tho samo person moro than once. A person holding a second grade must, at his next ex animation must pass up to 11 first grado, but ho has two years in which to prepare for tho advance. Teachers who have secured first grado county certificates, in accordance with tho provisions of this act, shall be entitled to rccive a first grade stato certificate without further examination, provided they have taught three years success- fully in the public schools of this stato and aro recommended by tho county superintendent and tho county board of examinors for tho same, nnd havo paid the fees as required by tho laws of Oregon. Teachers who hold stato certificates, as above set forth, and havo taught four years successfully in the public school of this state, shall bo entitled to 11 stato diploma, provided thoy passim examination before tho county superintendent, or tho board of county examiners, in book-kooping, composition and physical geography, and are recommended by tho county superintendent and county board of examiners, and have paid tho fees as required. Teachers who hold state diplomas, as above described, and havo taught not less than six years success fully in tho public schools i this state, shall bo entitled to receive a stato lifo diploma, provided thoy pass an exam ination before tho county superinten dent or tho board of county examiners in the additional branches of alegbra, English literature, Oregon school law and goneral history, and profont ft recommendation from tho county sup erintendent and board of county ex aminers, and havo paid tho required fco. lluubleii's Arnlrii Halve. Thk Best Hai.vi: In the world for Cuts, Bruises. Soros. Ulcers, Salt Ilheiiin, Fever Soros, Totter, Chapped Handy, Chllblnlni, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and pom nlvely cures Piles, or 110 pay required. It is jfuuranttod to givo porftct satisfaction, or money refunded, Prlco 26 cents per box. For sale at llrown's drug store. 1 Union, Oregon.