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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1891)
She 5r?e Oregor? Scout Is recognized as the leading paper of Union county. Gfye Oregon Seoul Mis double the circulation of any paper in the county. Horo Will tlio 1 'roBH tlio I'oople'n RlnlUn Mntnttiln. vol vm. UNION, OREGON, TIIUKSDAY, JILY 10, 181)1 NO. 4. mamwum PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J. W. SIIELTO.N. J. M. CAltltOM.. S HELTON & CARROLL, Attorneys ac La'rf, UNION, OREGON. Spocial attention circn to all business entrusted to us. Oillce two doors south of bank. R. EAKIN, Attorney at Law, ITNIOX OREGON. Trompt attention paid to all business en trusted to inc. Office one door south of - hardware store of Summers & Layne. I. X. CROMWELL M. D., Ph vsician ami Surgeon. UNION OREGON. All calls promptly attended to, day or night. Olliee one door south of the hardware store of bummers & Layno. Residence on A St fourth house west of Wright's store E. BROOKS, M. D., Physician & Surgeon, ISLAND CITY, OREGON. 9Protiipt attention given to all profcS' sional calls, day or night. . T. McNAUGHTON, M. D., Physician & Surgeon, ELGIN. OREGON. lffAll calls promptly uttended to, day or night. MRS. A. M. PELIIAM, M. D. Homoepathic Physician. Diseases of Children a Specialty. Can be found nt the. residence of G. W. Ames, north of town. W. II. EWIN, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, COVE, OREGOX, All Gulls uttended to day or night. City Meat Market, UNION, OREGON, BENSON BROS, PROPRIETORS. Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Hams Lard, Etc,, KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Cornucopia Saloon, UNION, OREGON. WILLIAM WILSON, PROPRIETOR. Finest of u'nes, Liquors and Ci gars Kept in Stock. Liquors for medicinal purposes a specialty. Good billiard table. Drop in and be so ciable, LUMBER for SALE at the High Valley Saw Mill. All kinds of lumber constantly on hand or furnished on short notice. Prices cheap as the cheapest. Patronage - Solicited. 5-30tf WM. WILKINSON & SON. L. J. Boothe, Propr. 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I JUAJt CO , 4 2-8w Hafcm.N t' WASHINGTON. News of the Weok From Our Regular Cor respondent at the Capital. Wamuscito.v, July 3, 1891. Editor Okkoon Scorr: Mr. Harrison left for the seashore this morning, and it is not expected that he will return to Washington before August as orders liavo been is sued by private Secretary Halford to tho clerks of the executive ofliee to prepare to move bag and baggage, next week, to Capo May Point, whore the executive office will bo located as long as the president remains at his cottage; meanwhile- tho White House will be turned over to the workmen who will take advantage of the absence of its regular occupant to make many needed repairs. Befoie leaving town Mr. Harrison appointed ex-Representative Simonds, of Connecticut, to be commissioner of patents vice Charles E. Mitchell re signed. Mr. Simonds is said to bo a very competent man. Secretary Foster is certainly a very shrewd politician. Perhaps ho hud no hand in bringing about tho present very peculiar condition of things in the long drawn out dispute between the bureau of engraving and printing and the Knights of Labor, but it is nevertheless a fortunate thing for his partv in Ohio that the dispute is now practically between tho Knights of Labor and tho Federation of Labor, with himself as arbitrator. Secretary Foster informed the executive com mittee of the Knights of Labor that tho seven men discharged would not bo reinstated, but that ho was willing to overlook their discharge and see that they wero employed as soon as some new presses were put up. Then a committee from the Federation of La bor presented a protest against those discharged men being given any pref erence over other men whoso applica tions were on file, and thus the matter stands. This may turn out all right for the working men ; but it empha sizes the evil of there being two sepa rate and distinct organizations, em bracing members of tho saino trade. It reminds ono too forcibly of tho re mark of tho Englishman : "If you want an Irishman clubbed thero is nev crany difficulty ingettingan Irishman to do it." The newspapers continue to print stories of alleged defections from the farmers' alliance, but at tho headquar ters of the organization in this city, where they are in constant olliciul communication with all the States, nothing is known of any serious de fection anyivhoro; on tho contrary they say that tho organization is adding to its membership constantly and extending its influence in every direction. Ex-Senator Ingalls took especial pains to slur at the farmers' allianco in his lecture before tho Glen Echo Chautauqua hero this week. Although ho did not refer to it by imino, thero was no doubt as to what was aimed at when ho said : "We havo now a now school of political philosophy, that is repudiating tho Declaration of Inde pendence, that is endeavoring to over throw tho maxims of democracy and to insist that tho race shall not bo for tho swift nor tho battle to tho strong; that tho distinction ordained by God among men shall bo an obliterated statute, so that idleness shall bring tho same roward as industry und thrift; that the ignorant shall bo as wiso as tho learned ; that debts shall bo paid by acts of congress; that money shall bo made as plenty as tho autumn leaves of tho forest; that taxation shull bo abolished by acts of a State legisla ture, and that property shall be equal ly distributed among all men." Tho Weather Bureau is now a part of the Agricultural Department, hav ing been, according to act of congress, formally transferred to that depart ment on tho first of the month. Now brooms always sweep cloan, and Sec retary Rusk is prolific of promises aB to extensions of tho service in tho in terest of tho farmers. Thero is no doubt about Secretary Husk being perfectly sincoro in his desire to help tho farmor, hut it remains to bo scon how much ho can accomplish, Prof. Harrington, of tho University of Mich igan, has boon appointed chief of tho bureau. All of tho candidate for speaker of tho hoiuo havo gono to Now York or other place to tko part lu liidopon. deuce Day jollifications, but there are some very interesting rumor's Iloating around Washington as to the futu re liction of some of them, which, if true, cannot fail to affect tho final result. One of these rumors says that .Mr. Mills will withdraw his name because of Mr. Cleveland having thrown his influence to Representative McMillin, of Tennessee, and that Mr. Mills in conjunction with a number of influen tial southern and western democrats will work to give both tho speakership and the presidential nomination to tho west, Hohnan, of Indiana, being their candidate for speaker, and Morrison, of Illinois, for president. Representa tive Bynuin, of Indiana, will also, it is said, withdraw from tho speakership contest and go into the Mills move ment. Representative Crisp thinks tho allianco members of the house will go into tho democratic caucus for the nomination of houso c dicers. Alli anco men here don't agreo with him. J. 11. C. MEDICAL SPRINGS. Mr.nuwi, Si'itiNds, July I I, 1S91. Wo notice 1). A. Miles on our streets again after a brief visit to the outside world. Mrs. I'hilbrick of Walla Walla is trying tho virtues of the waters of the springs. Mr. Mike Wright of Baker City is rusticating at the springs. Ho is a fisherman from way back. Rov. MeCart preached his farewell sermon to tho citizens of Big oreek Sunday. Ho leaves for conference soon. Mrs. Hiram Kcnnison and daughter of Baker City are at tho springs doctor ing and are much pleased with the effect the water produces. Kov. Boyles county lecturer for coun ty alliance, deli vorcd a very ablo lecture to the people of Big creek on yesterday evening. Subject, finances. Sheriff Bolles and Doputy Glidowoll are both in tho Panhandle country The last heard of, the deputy had all most been drowned in a rain storm. Mrs. Dunham Wright ol tho springs is now in Cove harvesting her cherry crop which is now ripe and will bo done with dispatch if Laura goes to her rescue with her expert. Kov. Sidener preached to tho good peoplo of Park Sunday evening, lie is regarded as an ablo speaker and can get an audianco any timo ho may ceo fit to come among us. Geo. and Justus Wright aro making preparations to ship to Portland and tho Sound country a fow car loads of beef. They havo as fine beef animals as can be found in any country. Tho recent hard rains havo damaged a great quantity of hay in our settle ment, though tho weather is beautiful and bright again and tho mowers aro singing on all sides both Into and early. Quito a stir among mining men about a quartz ledgo located within a half milo of tho springs. Specimens aro being taken to tho assayer and a big body of oro of some kind is in sight. Hope thoy will strike it rich. STARKEY STRIKES. Staukkv, Oregon, July 10, 1801. Starkoy did not celebrate. Wonder if it's going to rain all sum mer? With tho amount of rain wo havo had, a good crop is a settled fact. John French, Lcslio Dunn and Un do Jimmy Mooro camo up from tho mill to spend tho Fourth. Mr. Joo Laurin finished stacking his hay on tho 7th. Joo is in luck, for it has been raining ever sinco. A social hop was given by the bloods of Starkoy on tho night of tho Krd in tho houso formerly occupied by L. C. Marloy. A good timo is roportcd. Born. On tho -1th inst, to tho wife of W. T. Burnett, a bouncing twolvo pound boy. Billy 'says this is not tho kind of celebrations ho lias been hav ing heretofore on tho glorious Fourth, but is proud of it nevertheless. Mr. W. B. McMillin' who hiw had the contract for carrying tho Starkoy mull tho past your, mado his last trip on tho 27th of Juno. Although com ing hi luto on several occasions, on account of log jams and ico gorged lu tho river, Muo nuver lout a trip. Uncle Ohio Burnett, his successor, Ima tho contract for throe year commen cing July 1, 1801, Oi.n Bookh, HIGH VALLEY. "Uomo'a" Usual Batch or Ums- Editor Davis Roviewcd. Hum V.vu.nv, July 12, ISM. Having been very busy with the duties devolving upon all granger? at this time of the year, wo wero eompellod to letour correspondence toTitK Scorn' take a rest for a few weeks, and for fear ye editor might think im om who remarked to us lat.t Saturday, that we had been called hence, wo hasten to assure you that we are still alive. Mr. Wm. Lylu has returned from Phenix, Arizona, on account of his wile's failing health. PI ic rn rolled air of High valley always proves a-perm-nent benefit to tho health seeker. The Into rains have thoroughly soaked the ground and crops of all kinds are taking on a more favorable aspect. T be hay crop is light and no amount of rain can redeem it now the season is too far advanced and many farmers everywhere will bo com pelled to sacrifice grain fields for hay. John Minnick says this is going to bo a growly season for threshing men, as thore will be a very large quantity of late, ill-matured grain mixed up with the first ripe growth that will not thresh out of tho husk unless subjected to a powerful process of tangled con cave. Ho is overhauling everything in his separator preparatory to giving tho knotty grain a round up, and when the jig starts he will bo there. Wo see the damage statoinent of tho La Grande lire in four different county papers gives W. J. Snodgrahs' loss at. !M),000. Hero is a specimen case lor the next grand jury to find collection oil back taxes. Where largo mercan tile linns can do a business away up in the thousands and beat the assessor out entirely, it is high limo tho roal estate owners were falling into tho same line. Tho High valley allianco is on tho road to success. Wo organized with !) members and now have 22 and 8 applications, besides others who say thoy will soon be thoie. I5onds of op pression are strong in uniform council. The delegates to tho county allianco are B. Logsdon, Andiow Wilkinson and J. W. Minnick. Our school closed amidst tho jollicst, happiest crowd of school children that has been our lot to behold in a num ber of years. Mr. S. L. Corpo was our teacher. Number of days taught, 00; number of times tardy, I ; number of boys enrolled, 1!J number of girls en rolled, 18; total number, I 'M ; average daily attendance, 28. At noon the school withdrew to a shady spot near by and had the full enjoyment of a picnic dinner, with a bountiful supply of luscious strawberries, a treat from their kind teacher. Tho afternoon exorcises were complete, and anyone present and hearing the recitations and various parts carried out by tho little, smiling, bright and happy chil dren would call the school aught elso but a triumphant success. During tho past livo years Mr. Corpo has taught four terms of our school and the directors havo secured his services for the fall term. Logfc may his bright banner wavo o'er the young America of High valley! For homo time past wo have been reading the Eastern Oregon .Republi can, and many aro tho statcmouts therein from L. J. Davis, editor, that no reabouablo thinker can in any way endorse, and in tho issue of July 0th is one in particular on wire nails, claiming the tatiif is not a lax, and that it is of great bo.nofit to our peoplo is shown in tho fact that a duty of two cents a pound on wiro nails has not only caused nails used in this country to bo mado by our own peoplo, hut has reduced tho prico below the duty ithclf. Bro, Davis, why is this so? and why do wo pay six cents hero in Union for them? Simply bcauso of the nail trust. The consumer never gets any benefit from a reduction of duty so long as a trust manipulates sales. From your genoral urgumont you would have us beat tho steamship trust by kooping our wheat and com at home. Following out the same theory wo could beat tho railroads by eating our own pork; beat tho sugar trust by eating sorghum; boat tho loathor trust by using rawhitlo lianiofla and wearing moccasins, and beat tho lumber trust by building log houses. Why not return at onco to tho condi tion of tho savages ami heat tho whole business? We alii nn that there i no I argument that can properly be urged against a trust that cannot with equal propriety bo urged against a protect ive in riff, and the writer who condemns the one and upholds the other simply exposes the prejudices that mar tho symmetry of his own understanding, without adding to the general stock of knowledge. Mr. Gladstone, John Sherman, Daniel Webster, ex-Governor Grimes, and many other learned statOstnen of your own political party, besides the most learned men ot all other parties, have told us most posi tively that the tarilf is a tax, and it not only increases thu price of tho for oign article, but it also increases tho price of the domestic article of tho same kind, only whore some trust ' runs riot to ruin tho protected article. Now if the tarilf, as you claim, makes the manufacturer sell his goods for less money aud pay his workmen higher wages, what does ho want with th.' tarilf? Common senso teaches us that men never advocate any iueasiro that will take money out of their own pockets, and yet if your logic is true that is exactly what our factories aro doing. Howover; you may know more than Daniel Webster and all tho rest of these learned statesmen. If so, your case is coitainly dangeious and wo would advise you to go at onco to a cooper and have a few strong hoops put around you lest there be an ex plosion. Homo. PARK PICKINGS. Park, July R!, 1S91. James Wisdom has a boy to raise. Crops of both hay and grain look fine. Kov. Sidener shot off his gospel gun today. Tho company will start tho saw mill in a fow days for a short, run. Jo Van has bought a pieco of school laud that adjoined him on tho west. Poor old Moiko! he gets his hide tanned every time a preacher comes along. Mr. McLin has takon up a piece ot land between the Park and Catherine creek. W, T. Martin is going dewn on Pow der rivor to help H. W. Leo during baying. Thore is going to bo an allianco lecture on Monday night at Dig ereok by Kov. Boylcs. There has been sufficient rain to make good grain. Tho ground is wet down very deep now. Jos. Van is about to trade for a pieco of land within twenty-live miles of Union. Jo is a rustlor. A. Van got a lottor from Grandpa Wisdom Saturday. Ho is very bad off yet. Ho is visiting friends now. There is an infidel smasher horo as well as in Union, that is, in his opin ion, but that is as far as it goes. W. M. South had tho toothacho all week and was mad all tho timo; but ho had the offending tooth pulled Sat urday. Geo. South has a top buggy and it goes down to Big creek every Sunday and takos him along for well you know why. Tho health of this community is very good now. Tho lamo backs are nearly all woll. Grandma Van is much bettor. Eulalio South camo homo to spond the Fourth with her many frionds. Sho will 'return to Union in a day or two Sho has been stopping at Mr. Eakin's all spring and summer. G. W. Dillion and It. M. South wont to Elgin on business last Wednesday and woro going to tako in tho picnio at tho Covo. Tho folks at tho Tark did not got tn go on account of tho rain Friday. Tho Campbollitcs gavo us a rattlo hero in tho Park today. Tho sdmo old story; nothing now. Ingorsoll, you might just as well broak your horn, for you aro no whoro in tho hands of Bro. D. Mr. Scout you ought to havo boon at tho allianco last voek to sco Undo Sam Vanordcr rido tho goat. Thero woro 17 that rode tho goat. The alli anco la very contageous; It has got nearly all of tho country, Union, yau look out, for there will ha a large dW gatlon down on you the 15th with blood In their eye aud grub In UteJr lmkeU. .Taykr,