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GOUT. Hi V VOL. VI. UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ID, 1889. NO. 13. . ) the Oregon Scout. An independent weekly journal, iucd ev ery Thursday moniiiiir lv JOXES & CKAXCEY, Publishers and Proprietors. A. K. Jonus, Kdltor. f IS. CUANOKY, L-'oruimui. 11ATI5S OF SUISSCItll'TIOXl One copv, one year $1.50 " ' Six month 1.D0 " ' Throe inoiitos "f Invariably Oiihh In Ailvnneo. If iii chance inibtei ijitiont are not ptiid till eml oj year, tivo dollars will be ehargtd. Kates of advertising made known on ap- plication. layCorrespondcnce from all parts of the country solicited. A dress all communications to tho Onnoos Scour, Union Oregon. IMIOTKSSIONAI,. It. Eakin, J. A. Kakin, Notary i'ublic. EAKIN, & BBOT1IEB, Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. ilEPl'rompt Attention Paid to Collect. ons. JOHN It. CltlTES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probnto practice special ties. Ollicu, two doors south of post-ofliuc, Union, Oregon. J N. CBOMWELL, M. D. , Physician and Surgeon. Oflicc. one door outh of J. 15. Kit ton's store, Union, Oregon. Q 11. DAY, M. D,, HOMHPATHIC Physician ami Surgeon. ALL CALLS I'KOMI'TLT ATTENDED TO. Oflicc adjoining Jones llro's store. Can be found nights at residence in South-, -west Union. J. V. SlIELTOX. J. M. CAliliOLL. gllELTON & CAIUtOLL. Attorneys at Law. Olllce: Two doors south of post-oiliee, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention given all business en trusted to us. r II. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Otlice, one door south of Centennial ho tel. h. DAN FORTH, M. D., Physician and Surgeon North i'owdor, Oregon, ii i s i: a s i: s o r w o t i: x a s p i: c i a l t y. Calls attended to at all hours. 15. F. Wii-so.v. Notarv I'ublic. A. J. Hackutt, Notary Public. "yyihriOi; & IIACKETT, Attorneys at Law. Collections and all other business entrus ted to us will receive prompt attention. A complete abstract of the hind of Union county in our ollice, .Managers of the UNION HEAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION. OFFICE: UNION, Oil. JAMES C. DOW, Attorney at Lav, Cornucopia, Oregon. Land Business Promptly Atten ded to Before the U. S. Offices. EcTMining claims bought and sold on commission. Mines examined and repor ted upon. Y SAYLOK, M. D., I'll. O. Physician & Surgeon, Union, Oregon. (Iradunte Hush Modical College, Chicago. Olllce at Union Pharmacy. Calls prompt ly answered. City-Ieat-IarM. Main Street, Union, Oregon, BENSON 13ROS. - BBOl'BIETOHS. . Keep constantly on hand BEEF; 1'OBK- VEAL, MUTTON, SAUSAGE, HAMS, LABI). Etc Shingles For Sale! Am ii limited amount of No. 1 nhingle i iiii-lai tlv mi hand und for sale i-bcap. urdrr- i ruin all part of the country ko- In iti-l S. B. m'ltitoroHs. ."Ml tt Cove, OreKon. gpgGuns, Ammunit THE COVE Opening of the Ascension and Public Schools. AN EXCELLENT HOP CROP. Mention of New IndustriesSevere Surgi cal Operation Quartz Cabinet. September IS, 1SS9. Mol Campbell went to Boise City this week to attend court. E. P. McDaniel shipped three, car loads of hay, Inst week, to Basco Junc tion where it is in demand. Chas. McDaniel, of Lower Cove, took his departure for Eugene whoro ho will attend the State University the coining winter. S. A. Cowles and Bruce McDaniel have returned from an extended trip to Creur d' Alone. They report hav ing a very pleasant time. Sam Bloom's baler claims the cham pionship. With four hands they claim to have baled about thirty tons of hay in three days. Next I Mrs. Hendershott is arranging some very fine fruit, picked in their orchard, for display at tho industrial exposition. It cannot fail to nttrnct nttontion. Jas. Bussell, who has been working on the Hunt railroad extension, has returned homo on account of sickness and is now under a physician's care. Tho Cove public school commences Oct. 7th. The services of Mr. Conk lin and Mrs. Geur have been secured. Books can bo exchanged at the drug store. Mrs. Jamison, who has been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Campbell, for some time past, has de parted for her old homo in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Geor A Son and J. W. Murphy are picking their hops. A gang of Celes tials are assisting in tho arduous toil. Tho crop is a good one and of the very finest quality. Chas. Donoy, the nurseryman, has made a complete collection of quartz specimens selected from tho various mines in tho county. Tho cabinet is worth looking, at. Letters remaining uncalled for in the Covo postofhee : L. M. Allon, Ed Brunor, .Tas. Cole, Frank Howard (2), Mrs. B. F. Williams, Justus Wright. Japphk O. Stkvkxs. I. M. Tho Baltczore brothers, accompan ied by their respective families, have sought a better climate. To avoid travoling in tho hot sun they started on their journey by moonlight. Frank Kelley, who has been suffer ing from lung troubles for some time, started for Portland, Monday, in hopes a lower altitude would prove benelicial. lie was accompanied by his wife. O. P. Jaycox has taken charge of tho morcantilo establishment of A. J. Foster it Son. Messrs. Etigcno Holmes and Guy Bridges will do the polite act in dispensing calico, etc. Jas. Payne, wife, and daughter, Miss Pearl, expect to start on a tour through the east next Saturday. They will visit relatives and friends in different states and bo away some time. Tho Excelsior Tanning Company aro manufacturing a largo quantity of leather which meets with a ready sale. Tho industry is a substantial one and proinuos to grow into a very impor tant one. The Covo band serenaded Mr. and Mrs. John Tolley and wero very hospit ably received and invited to an ele gant spread prepared by the brido in hor own inimitable stylo. Tho band boys wore very appreciative. , Tho wife of J. II. Fisher prosonted hor liogo lord with a lino boy last Sun day, and llarvoy has been merely touching tho earth in high spots since. That's ri.'ht, J. II., tho burning need of tho country is more big boys. A special meeting of Covo school district No. f will be held Saturday, Sept. 2 1 st at 2 p. in., for the purpose of voting a tax to apply on tho indebt edness of tho said district. A full at tendance should respond to tho call. Jas. Hondorshott is making a tour, this week, of Umatilla county in his official capacity as member of tho State Horticultural board. It is said ho has reached that proficiency that tho exact location of a festivo apis never escapes his eagle oyo. Died. At the residence of T. B. Johnson, Sept. 12th, after a painful illness of nearly five weelm, of typhoid pneumonia, Geo. W. Thompson, aged twenty-ono years. Tho deceased was a young man of sterling worth and was Illicitly respected by a large oirolo of friends. Joseph Smith, of La Grande, under went u sever surgical operation in Covo laal Thursday. A large tumor I of the neck and breast was successful-. ly reinovtd by Dr. Hardinge, Dm. I Mines, Ciiiim I1 and Dr. ring assist- j ing. Tho patii o! w.ii 'imlr tho in-j fluenf) ot rlili i 'mi '.ily two' hours. I ion, Field Glasses, E 'fhe Cove Dairy Company shipped a carload of chec.-c to Portland. Orders are coming in thick and fast, and at the present demand the stock on hand will bo exhausted soon. On account of the milk supply di creasing, cheese making has lven suspended till spring. Ascension school opened its doors to scholars, Tuesday of this week, with a fair attendance, 'fhe school in every way is worthy of liberal patronage. Boarders will be surrounded with home comforts and their education in etiquette and deportment, calculated to make them appear well in any soci ety, will be carefully looked after. Tho services of Miss Kato D. Burks, an accomplished music teacher of Lib erty, Va., have been secured and she will arrive in a few davs. JIMMIE CREEK. IteroNl of Itcocnt JlnppenliiKs---(Jrnlii Output of. tint Violnlty. September 10, ISSt). A party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Allen and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Thompson, visited Mrs. J. Bradford the other (lay. Wm, Cusick visited North Powiler recently. Miss Libbio Ashby was on Jhntnie creek last week. Several of our Jimtnio and Clover crcokors visited the circus at North Powder. P. M. Cofliii was in Hog valley a few days ago and moved his sheep. 'fhe following are the names of per sons and the amount of grain they raised this year.. J. N. Mitchell, S!12 bushels: LowisMcMaugh, 12!t bushels; Geo. Thompson, 339 bushels and B. Ashby, 2-M bushels. It Avas threshed by the Harson machine BEl'OBTEB. NORTH POWDER. Grand Doilkntlou Itall to lt Given on the 'Ttli- I.iirnl Iinpriiy I'liii-nts. September 15, 1SS0. Bert Baker was up from La Grande last week. W. L. Charncs was down from Ba ker county, yesterday. McMahon's circus took in tho town and somo of tho boys on tho 10th. Tho farmers in this vicinity aro about done threshing. Crops are shor ter than usual. James Lowell, deputy shoriif, was here last Thursday hunting up jurors and witnesses for circuit court. Kellogg, Punch it Co. aro stacking up an immense amount of lumber at their sido track one milo above (own. 'fhe Odd Fellows of this place nivo just completed their new hall, a fine stone building, which they will public ly dedicato and give a grand ball on October 25th. Murry Gilkinson, son of James Gil- kuiEon, on Wolf creek, who had hit leg broken a few days ago while ioad ing logs, is improving nicely under the euro of Dr. Danforth. POOR BEPOBTEB. r.KTTKU I'KO.II DAKOTA. Arthur ICfitinonil, tho 31 urtlnritr ol'W. (J, Diiuc'tin, lCM-apiiH front Jail. Hono.v, South Dakota, Sept 11, 1SSU. EuiToit OnuaoN Scout: According to promiso I writo to you. o arrived here on tho 7th nist. on the 12 o'clock train, and at 7 o'clock tho same evening Arthur Bed- nionu, tho supposed murderer, escaped foom jail and has not been heard of at this writing. He had been playing sick for several days and had a doctor to seo him twice. Tho jailer thinks that Bedmond slipped out of his cell behind the doctor, and that left him in the corridor, whon ho took the handle oil' a pump and made a hole through tho brick wall largo enough to get out at. Tho wall was fourteen inches thick. Tho othor prisoners say ho partly mado tho holo three weeks ago with an iron bar that somo boys had passed to him. Ho got out about 8 o'clock in tho evening and tho offi cers did not know anything about it till 8 o'clock Sunday morning. Men aro out in overy direction looking for him. There aro fourteen witnesses horo waiting for Bedmond to bo brought in. All aro satisfied that ho is tho guilty man. Tho people aro considerably worked up and very in dignant at tho ollicors for thoir care lessness. A liberal reward is ofl'ored for his capture. Deputy Marshall Harris, of Pierre, is hero. Ho gave tho ehoriffordors, when turning tho pris oner over, to keep a ball and chain on him. This was not done. Bedmond has no witnesses. M1SHY WHIG J IT. II Ik ItiikliifHit Dooming. Probably no ono thing han cniuud Mich u general revival of trade at Urown.n drug htoro ns Ids kIvIiik away to his cnsto liter of so iiumy free trial bottles of Dr. King' Now discovery for Consumption. His trade U simply enormous in this very valuable article from the fact that it nlwHy euro and never ulrtttppoiuu. i;oiigii. , CoM, Awtliinu. lironi'liitU, I 'rou ii unit a'l throat and lunif illm:m uirlfv oured. i You can text it before buying by yetting ii triiil boilbi free, Urge xizn $. Kvery bottle , warranted. ishing Tackle, etc., at ' SPARTA. New Mill Being- Put in by the Pittsburg; Mining Co, THE "ORO DELL" SHOWING UP. Work of the Del Monte CompanySocial Amusements Personal Mention. Boom, Boom! Dooming!! John B. McGco, Prof. Campbell and Col. Buchanan, well known ininiiiK men, made a careful examination of jour uiilios during tho week. Tho dress ball at tho spacious hnll of tho Hotel Do Sparks, the Pith inst. was largely attended, ami a grand suc cess financially ami otherwise. Tho Eagle valley orchestra, with Prof. Wright tho "inimitable piano neoom panist," made music for tho occasion -and this accounts for tho merry merry time. T Ije Winter mine, which has provod to be ono of tho best free gold proper ties in the state, and now owned by Dr. Morrotto and brother, is fitted up with new houses, blacksmith ahop and tunnel cars, and work will be vigorous ly prosecuted until May, 1890. when A ten-stamp mill will bo built if the out put justifies and the oro increases by active development. Tho machinery for tho stump mill being( built by the Little Pittsburg Mining Company at their mines two miles southwesterly from Sparta, is nearly all on the ground and tho mill builder has arrived and will at once commence putting things in or der. A large force of men will com m,enco sloping and by the .time the stamps aro ready to drop, onough oro will bo in tho bins for a long and suc cessful run. This means another suc cessful mining and milling onterpriso in Union county, which is now tho banner county in the state as a bullion producer. The Oro Dell, under tho successful management of T. A. Hetherington, is showing a rich pay chute 288 feet in length, which at the O-foot level has an averago thickness of twenty inches. Tho ledgo has over 100 feet in drifts, and tho incline shaft will bo sunk to tho 150-foot level. Tho ore carries about ton dollars in free gold and for ty dollars to tho ton in sulphurets, which makes it ono of tho best milling properties in the state. Wu aro in formed by the manager if tho oro con tinues to tho 150-foot level a mill with improved concentrators will at once be constructed on tho property. The Del Monte company, under tho guperintundeney of Dr. Jay Guy Lewis, have burned a largo coal pit, and are getting their shop and tunnels in or der for extensive winter work, and as a 200-foot uhaft will be sunk on tho "Old Josh" ledge, tho Del Monte will be ready for an extensive milliug plant in early spring, if not yet this fall. .Negotiations are on with the Sprapuo Electric Light Co. and tho Pelton Water Wheel Co. for power by electrio transmission, to run their machinery, and if all arrangements prove satisfac tory, the impression is that two three and one-half-foot Huntingtons, with four Black Hawk jigs for concentra ting their sulphurets, will be in suc cessful operation by Nov. 15, 1880. T his is tho company that proposos to utilize tho waters of Eagle creek, tA'o and one-half miles from tho Del Alonto mines. O. S. B. VASHINGTON. An IiitoroHtlug I.ottur 1'ioni Our lS'gu-Ini- OorriiMpoiHlem. Kept. 0, 1881). Enrrojt Oukgo'n Scout: Treasurer Huston contemplates a radical change in form of tho national debt statement, issued monthly, a change that is doubtless for political purposes and may or may not aid tho republican party before tho people. Mr. Huston says that on the entrance of tho democratic administration, Sec retary Manning and Treasurer .Ionian altered tho form of stateiiv nt that had been in use for decades, for political purposes. During tho terms of Sena tors Chase, Botitwell, Bichardson, Sherman, Windom and Folger, ovory treasurer had counted a-ioiig tho available assets tho ono hundred mil lions sot aside for the redemption of tho United States notes and tho twun-ty-live millions of fractional silver. At present these ono hundred and twonty-five millions do not appear 'as available assets. Tho republicans claim that tseorota ry Manning withdrew them from tho statement, as ho wus opposed io the purchaso of bonds and well know, on the other hand, that the people de manded a reduction of the excessive surplus, and that jthis alarm at the surplus must uo minted, liio new statement will show the about two hundred and million dollars. Speaking of the surplus, surplus as twenty-live tho return of the fninou surplu n dm er, Corpor al Tanner, Imh slarlvd ! W Million of hia resignation. Tho i.tp. I 1 1 1 1 r m of tho Corporal on his r ', mk' tin;? Greatly llecluced Pri tour lune left his best friends without a defense for him. It is feated that should he be retained, his utterances regarding Senator Sherman and other leading lights of his own party will block his administration after congress mtets. The trouble seems to bo to find a place for him. 'fhe position he now occupies is second only in impor tance to a cabinet position. It would not do to give him a much inferior , position, though he is hardly compe tent to be a chief of division, lie I might bo given a consulate but he i cannot be induced to go abroad. Thus Sinbad, tho sailor, in tho person of President Harrison, is bound to car I ry this doughty old man of tho sea I about on his shoulders, until tho old I man's grip gives out. The failure of , Coritornl Tanner to convince the LGrahd Army at Milwaukee that an In (vesication of his personal conduct .of j tho Pension Bureau is a direct blow at tho Grand Army was, however, his ' Vaterloo. Tho English syndicates that aro buying American breweries have per chance forgotten that tho lager beer drinker is not an Anglotnaniac. Ho is apt to bo quite the opposite. Apro pos of this is tho case of one of tho lending breweries of Washington which has, after long negotiatson, fallon into tho hands of the British, tho former proprietor being retained as manager and receiving a largo part ol the stock for his plant. The pur pose of organizing a company is to extend operations by increasing capi tal. IKit a local mining paper .acting no doubt at tho fiendish suggestion of an opposito brewer, publishes glowing accounts of tho meetings of tho Lon don btock-holders anil tho cako is dough. For the greater number of tho saloon keepers who havo patron ized the recontly purchased brewery aro Irish or Irish sympathizers, and the beer is dropped by scores of them. Within tho week the tnulo has fallen off wonderfully, anil tho English own er will wear crape at their next meet ing. 'fhe records.of the .War department show the steady increase of desertions from the army a record that is but poorly accounted for bv tho statement of otlicors to tho effect that better times encourage tho deserter to look for easy work and big wages in civil life, 'fhe men, outside a few favorites of tho officers, tell fony ono story. They say that every year tho' food grows worse and tho treatment harsh er. During tho year ending Juno 1st, out of an army of 22,000 men there wero nearly 3,000 desertions, in other words during the twelvo months a man .desorted from every guard of seven. Tho sutler is just as much of a nuisance as ho over was and his prices aro as exorbitant. Tho soldier of to-day is only an illy fed and over disciplined laborer. Tho recont reve lations lit Jefferson barracks exhibit only u condition that has been well known as existing for years there and elsewhere on tho western posts, 'fhe story is no new ono. Tho officers havo no sympathy for tho men who aro daily becoming inoro degraded, and tho relationship is that of slave and slavo driver. J. 1 1. C. Our CumpiilHory School I.nr. A law pissed by tho atnto legislature makes it compulsory for parents and guardians to bend their children who are between the ages of eight and four teen to school at least for twelvo weeks in the year and eight of them must bo consecutive. A violation of this law by tho parents or guardians is a misde meanor and punishablo by a lino of not less than live nor more than twenty-live dollars for tho first offense, and nut less than twenty-fr'o nor more than fifty dollars for tho second nnd each subsequent offense. In case the bodily or mental condition of the child or clrildron is such as to prevent their attendance then thoso who havo tho care of such children aro not liablo to the provisions of this law. y oiiii'llilni; of ii I'lieiioinuiia. A common nativo cow, owned by Frank M. Emory of Baker county, has one poculiairty that is soldom, if ever, observed in other cows. Her lacteal fluid produces no cream that separates from the bulk of tho milk under any common usage. 2srot oven n scum rises to tho top, but it is tho same from top to bottom, is of good ilavor, both for cofl'eo and to drink, and is Huh, more like all cream than milk. I saw one gallon of it strained into two vessels and sot in a cool placo over night with tho above result. Scien tists will plcasu explain. II. 0. EMKUY. Wlint'Mtlui.'Matter With Vim? . You are not "all right." You feel tired, your buck auhet, you feel sliulcey in tho knees, ySu aro ttubjeut to thill heartaches, are nervous, cruss, ml 11 things il ou't seeui to ko put right. In short, you are full of inalurlu, and you will continue to feel wome until you st Noiuutlihig to kill und expel the notion. We recommend Klcctrlc JJittcr. because it will just fit your case. Vo roniideiiture we, that wo guuruntcu it, whlrh iiieiiiiM Unit your money will be re ii nil 1 if you are not bonulltcd. No fairer nili'i un bo made. V'eti have a sure thing. I , t. Prlva 00u, und ?t K) at Brown's 'bug store, Union Oregon. ces at A. N. Gardner CORNUCOPIA. An Intense Foiest Hre Endan gers the Camp. SALE OF THE RED JACKET MINE. Work on the Tramway Water Wheel Construction Xotcs Kniroit Oitr.uoN Scout: Last night a fire broke out. or rath er was set, in tho woods immediately adjoining tho town, and increased to such a sio and intensity that it was deemed wiso to use efforts to arrest its progress. Soon after tho alarm was given tho superintendent, and other employees from tho mill appeared upon the scene and at about 11 o'clock it was subdued to a point where it was deemed safe to allow most of the men to leavo and go to their homes. Hud there been a breath of air stirring noth ing could havo prevented a disastrous conflagration. A wind from tho north or west would havo swept, the town, and from tho south would havo left Cornucopia without a mill. Fortune, however, smiled on us, and only tho charred remains of an aero or so of forest was tho result. Every man in town applied himself to the work of rescue, and a great calamity was aver ted. tub oapsk or Tim i'ikk. A man in town who goes by tho namo of "Deafy" had been for a long time engaged in cutting wood and burning charcoal on the hillside near town, and a largo pile of brush having accumulated, a brilliant idea seized his mind to removo that pile by burn ing it. Accordidgly tho lire was sot, and a big scale, and eminent danger onsuoil. Were it not that "Deafy" was not only duaf but otherwise alllictcd, the indignation of tho community wotijd havo doveloped into more em phatic demonstrations. TIIK TKAMWAY. Tho work on tho tramway construc tion is fairly progressing, and in about two months will be completed. It is quito an imposing and extensive work. Its length from tho Bed Jacket to tho mill is two miles, and in ono place tho wire runs over pillars or monuments eighty-five feet from tho ground. A full description of the works will bo given in another letter. TO UK RUN 1IY WATER. A gentleman in charge of tho water wheel construction is in town and has been at work for tho past two weeks, and the O. G. M. Co., by their display of business energy, ate giving ovidenco of intention to prosecute tho work of mining in a practical manner, and Cornucopia will soon bo No. 1 as a mining town. There are several now enterprises about which I might speak, but until they aro completed and con sumatcd I shall say nothing. CLOSINC OF TIIK KKI) JACKET SAM?. Tho bond on tho salo of tho Bed Jacket having expired, and tho pur chasers, tho O. O. M. Co., being fully satisfied with tho purchase, all nego tiations aro finally closed, and Messrs. Duffy, Ainstcad and Burdotte will leavo at onco forBakor, whore tho pur chaso monoy will bo paid. Thus tho matter which for a long titno has been in a stato of expectancy is now settled and tho O. O. M. Co. got somo of tho most valuablo property in Union county. NOTICH. Tho weather is delightful and bids fair to continuo so for somo tinio to como. I know of no ploasantcr min ing camp in all tho mining regions that it has been my fortuno to visit. This morning Mr. Kennedy met with a serious accident whilo watching tho smouldering lire, llo stopped into a blind holo, fell forward on his hands, and before ho could cxtricato himself liia hands wero burned to n blister. Dr. Woods was at onco called, and tho propor remedies administered. BAUDIN. Churuh AppolntiiiDiitH. Tho following were tho appointmontH made for this district by tho Columbia Uiver Conference of tho M. E. Church, South, recontly in session at Dallas, Oregon : Bov. E. O. Michael, reap pointed presiding cldor; Bov. II. V. Howard, rendleton; Bov. I). F. King, Weston; Bov. Frank Atkins, Hoppnor; Bov. M. Lurkin, Pomoroy ; Bov. Don nis, Grande Hondo; Bov. B. B. Crego, Sumtnorvillo; Bov. D. M. Yokum, Wingvillo. lluokleii'H Arnica Katvii. Tiik Bkht 8ai.vi! ill tho world for Cuts, ItrulNcs, Sores, Ulcers, Suit Klieuni, Fever Bores, Tetter, Chapped llanda, Chilblains, Corns, nnd all Skin Eruptions, and post alvcly cures Piles, er no pay required, It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded, l'rlcu -5 gents per box. For sale ut Brown's drug store. You can purchase at tho Union Pharma cy ladies' braces and ulidoinlnal support ers. tiubiurlho for 'I'm: Oiiimon Scout. & Co's Jewelry Store.