J3L Gtjis Opegor? Seoul Is recognized as the leading paper of Union county. fye Oregon iScout Has double the circulation of any paper in-the county. 11 Jw' rm. r LI r Hora Will tlo 1'roHB tlio l'iaple'n KlKlitt Miilntnln. VOL VI II. UJTJOX, OH EG OX, TJIUHSDAV, .JULV i:, 181)1. NO. . 0-i m if PROFESSION L OA JDS. J. V. SIIKt.T.lS. J. M. fAHUOI.l.. S HELTON & CARROLL, Attorneys a? Law, I'MON. OKKGoS. Special .i!teiit;ni uivi'ii to nil business entrusted in u-. Ollice imu1oo:i sonlli of Imnk. It. EAK1N. Attorney at L nv, Piouipt utt-iuion iw.i.i (null 1)miios on - trn-.n-.il"."- Ollit-c mil- dun- -nirli of itmrdwiire store .if Siiniiii.'f-. .t ijiivtn- I. X. CROMWELl M. I)., Physician and Surgeon, UNION OKEOON. All call' promptly Hf-!idl to, day or nitdir. Ol'luo o" ir "onOi if tin- hardware More ii. tin -I nit-rs I.a;u- IS.-Mdcncc on I A Si,, fnnrili bouse iven Wright's store. E. BROOKS, M. D., Physician and Hnreon, ISl.A'I) CITY, OREGON. iT32" I I't atifiitimi given ' n" profes sional calK day .ir night. T. .Ut-N'AUGUTON, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, ELGIN. OREGON. Jjy-Ali '"i N promptly attended to, day or night. W. II. EWIN, M. D.. Physician and Surgeon, COVE, OREGON, All Cull-, attended i day or night. M ItS. A. M. PELH AM, M. D. Homoepathic Physician, I)i-eases of ''liildren a Specialty. Can be found in tin- tvsitetice of (I. W. Ames, north o' town. City Meat Market, I'N'ION, OREGON, BENSON BROS. Proprietors. Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Hams Lard, lire, KEPT i "ONSTAN I'l.Y ON HANI). Cornucopia Saloon, UNION, OREGON. WILLIAM WILSON, Proprietor. Finest of iiie.i, Liquors and Ci gars Kept in Stock. ESf-Liqnors for nicdii-.nal purposes a specialty. flood 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. I'rices cheap as the cheapest. Patronage - Solicited. 5-30tf WM. WILKINSON & SON. L. J Hogthk, Propr. Opposite the Court House, Union, Oregon Having again assumed control of this popular house, 1 cordially invite the public to give mo a call. Tables Furnished with the Best the Market Affords. First-class Lodging. Everything ne ly and neatly llttcd up. Meals, O Cer us. Becls, Cents. None but white cooks employed, 1-10. SALARY 825 WANTED, Good Agents to Sell our General lino of Merchandise. No peddling. Above salary vlll bo paid to "live" agents. For further Information, address : CAICAGO GENERAL SUPPLY CO., 178 West Van BurenSt.. -t-23-yl Chicago. III. A WEAK UNION CITY TEL Can now euro himself of tho deplora blo results of Early Abuse nnd Perfectly Restore hjg Vigor and Vitality by our gome Treatment. The Remarkable Curea ,of hopeless cases of Nervous Debility Rnd Private Complalnta rtrt stamping out quackery everywhere. Treaties tind Question List, a physician's gift to humanity, will bo Sent Free to thoto nlllictcd, Address with stamp PIONEER INSTITUTE, 105 ICoarnoy b't. Room 2 r-7-yl. Ban Francisco, C'al. R. H. BROWN, Dealer in- :Hmffis anfl MBdifanes w TOILET ARTICLES, ' PERFUMERY. PAINTS, OILS, ("LASS, I'lTTTY, Etc. 1 A Complete and Varied rfim-U of Wall j PHr-r on hand. i Proscriptions Carefully Compounded DkV r Niutit. A full snipplv -if "hi h1 hunks con stantly on h.iml. DRIVhK & MAKT1X, Heal Bliisiiiiii AND WAGON WORK. Can; .-ind .-ittontion paid tu Shoeing Trotting- Horses, In terfering and Contracted Feet a Specialty. jg2Plow work, Laying of Cylinder Teeth, Balancing, etc., givon special care. ! SIam Aftiiii S'l ITmmi Orninin o-T-tf OPENED - ANEW! THE ELKh'ORN Livery and Feed Stable, (Near the Court Ilnusc.) Hulick & Wright, Proprietors. Good Teams, Buggies and Hacks for the iicootnodatioj) of customers. CHARGES REASONABLE. 'Bus to and from the depot to con nect with train. (5-4-tf. ait For Him. G. W. Irackcy has routed Jones Bros.' photograph gallery and will open up the same on AUGUST 1st. All View and Portrait work hy the; Lightning pro cess. Will be at La Grande till alter the Fourth. Do Vou Want to SAVE FROM 25 TO 50 CHNTS On Every Dollar You Spend? If so, writo for our Illustrated Catalogue, containing illustrations and prices of every thing lunnufacturud in the I'nited States, at manufacturers' prices. 10,000 illustra tions, all lines represented. Catalogue mailed free 011 application. Ad dross, CHICAGO GENERAL SUPPLY CO., 178 West Van Huron St., Chicago, 111. I-2JI-V1 IIELP HETTEll THAN A nr vmnn I GOLDMINE! No cup WAITED! ital needed! No risk, but $10 to$15 a day profit! Teachers, Stu dents, Ministers, Bright men and Ladles wanted in evorv town and county. No ex perience needed. Credit given if desired, lie early this time and secure first choice of exclusive territory on this grand NEW HOOK. Don't lm mi Ostrirlit IVrlto and got full information and hoIIi! fact iitimit FOOTPR8WTS OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY Ity Win. S. ISryuii and John Clark Kill path, tho World Olohratcd Historians. The Story of the Nation as told 111 the brilliant deeds and grand achievements of tho World's Heroes and Heroines. A rich storehouse of History. Travel, Adven ture ami the woird mid wonderful events of thn "tinies that tried men's souls." I Thrilling stories of the days of chivalry, I startling heroic achievements of warriors and crusaders. Also a vast collection of the rarest uoins of English and American Historical Literature. Tho most wonder ful New Hook of the day, tho groat self educator; just tho book tho people want, Ovor .150 grand Historical Illuminations, Half-Tone Steel Engraving, and brilliant Od-eolorod plato. Evoryl'ody ilnds it a bonanza 01 uoces. useus wiinoni asK 1 ing. No Capital, no risk. Straight busi- 11 ess and big profits. .Splendid Illustrated circulars and lull particulars tout free. Addn. HIb TOKICAL Pl'H. Co., 7-0-wl bT. I.0UW, JM RELIABLE MEN WA N'TEI) a truveliug atiiiii fur a flnt aiuu Cigar Company. Must gtvo good rof urennM. P. 0. II. CIOAIt CO., I -j-Mw Ha km, N (' WASHINGTON. News of the Week From Our Regular Cor respondent at the Capital. Wamuv.tox. July 10, 1S!)1. EniTou Okkoon ScofT: Secrt'tary KostcrV recently oxpressed opinion that certain bureaux of the treasury department could be abolished without injuring the public service and that a million dollars a year would be saved theiehv, bus rai.-ed a commotion in the government depart ment. The (dl'n-inl barnacles whose highest ambition is to help some other ollicial do nothing and draw a big sala ry for it ai" tij) in arms and declaring that Secretary Foster knows nothing about it and that more otlicials, not I fewer, are what is needed. Not being familiar with the particu lar bureaux leferml toby .Mr. Foster, it would be folly tu say whet her he is right or wrong, but no business man wlin is familiar with the general meth ods of the government departments can deny that with the exception of half a dozen bureaux where the work is peculiarly exacting even in I hose there are drones by the score there are throughout them all at least two men employed lo do what one man would do in private employ. Why doesn't somebody reform these depart ments? the reader naturally asks. The task is too great for any one man. Every one of these thousands of hungers on to the government teat has political inlluence, and many of them wiidd a powerful social inlluence which is a lever that never fails to move things in Washington, and the moment that any head of a depart ment lets it be known that he thinks of putting his department on a strictly business basis he is overwhelmed with obstacles placed by these various in- lluences, and being only human, he Miou gives up the unequal fight. The greatest object in life of the old fossils who have for years controlled the routine work of the departments is to drill the new clerks that come in from time to time into their methods of doing everything by the slowest and most complicated and roundabout ways, and the new clerks soon fall into the habit of doing as little as possible and at the .-:ine time complaining of being overworked, just as the old ones do. While it would involve many in dividual hardships it would be the best thing that could happen for the coun try at large if, when the next presi dent conies in on March 1, IS'.)!!, every employe of the government high and low should bo changed. Tho fossils would say that such a chango would stop the wheels of the government machine, but it isn't true. There is nothing in the administration of the afbiirs of this government that a good business man is not capable of under taking without a day's preparation. Ho wouldn't follow tho anticmated methods of the fossils, but he would introduce new and better methods and put the departments upon tho samo footing as largo private business estab lishments which would save many millions now wasted and at the samo time greatly expediato tho public bus iness. Tho news that is being received here concerning tho farmers' alliance is constantly becoming moro puzzling to tho politicians in tho old parties. For instance, a gontlcman just re turned from a business trip through Virginia, and who is a business man, not a politician, says: "Tho demo crats are going to bo surprised when tho vote in Virginia is counted at tho next election. Tho farmers' alliance and tho republicans have joined hands against tho democrats and many dem ocrats, behoving that Cleveland will bo tho nomineo of that party, havo an nounced tboir intention of joining tho now combination, which will, in my opinion, elect at least livo members of congress and its electoral ticket." This is indeed news, for it had been generally supposed that in all tho Southern states tho allianco and tho democrats were working together, al though in some of tho states thero is known to bo considerable friction. Tho Chilian insurgent steamer Itata, which a few weeks ago caused a decid ed difl'oronco of opinion to bo expressed in tho cabinet, is again tho subject of contention in ofllcial circles. Mr. Blaine from tho first advised against pursuing tho itata on tho ground that wo had no right to interfere with her oiitsido of our own waloni, but 011 an oflloiftl opinion of Attorney-General Miller, backed up by the active sup port of Secretary Tracy, the adminis tration decided to go for the steamer. Now it appears that the chances f.ivor the court deciding against our right to bold the 1 lata, and the opinion is ex pressed that should such be the decis ion and the insurgents ultimately j succeed in getting control of the Obil j ian government, we will beeallul iifon j to pay a big indemnity foi having '.ikon the ltala and brought her back 1 to San Diego. There are some nice points of international law involved and the Chilians have engaged emi nent American lawyers on both sides of the question. .1. 11. C. FROM EAGLE VALLEY. Emim: V.U.1.KV. July 17, 1MM. ; Health is good. 1 : Mrs. Jell". Lorred is dangerously ill. i The weather is warm, the tliennoin j oler registering 100 degiees in the I shade one day this week. ! Mr. C. Hyde, of Baker City, has been in this valley for several days past on business connected with the courts. The recent rains have caused a small amount of hay to spoil in this valley, yet the farmers expect to have some to spare to the stockmen of the outside. A meeting was hold a few days ago to make arrangements for the Harvest Home picnic. It was agreed that on account of the late maturing of fruit it would bo best to have the picnic on the 20th of August instead of th& 1st as they generally have it. A grand time is expected, as tho fruit will be ripe and haying will be over in this valley as well as in other places. Wo put it on the 20tb to accommodate others as well as ourselves. Further particulars will bo made public soon. On Monday night one dark iron gray mare mysteriously strayed or was stolon from the corral of W. I). Nash. As near as I could learn the mare was in tho corral with about ten head of horses and belonged to S. L. Smith. Tuesday morning the bars wero lound to be about half way to the ground, and none of the horses out. John Eraser also missed a saddle about that time which is generally supposed to havo gone away with the mare. A man is also missing. Ho mysteriously disappeared and was for a few days supposed to bo under arrest, but was turned loose. Men havo been looking for tho horso. There have been a few suspicious characters in this valley for about three weeks. Owners of saddle horses may do well to keep an eye open for such fellows ns that. K. FROM SPARTA. Si'AKT.i, Or., July 112, 1801. Wo On Lung Co. are running a hydraulic in Maiden gulch. Tho school bore is progressing nice ly under tho supervision of Mrs. Scott. Bouyor & Whitney aro working a gang of Chinamen at their placer claim. Mr. G. W. Mann, of Itomoo, Mich., is visiting J. B. Alderman. Thoy have been visiting Mr. A's sister at Sturgill Bar, on Snako river, tho past week. AVilson and Jtyan aro treating some of tho rock from Clough & Reed's mine (tho old Waldron ledge). Thoy aro working it in K. E. Clough's aras tra. Wo sco tho 1 Ion. J. A. Wright out for an ovening horseback rido occa sionally. Tho gentleman is an export horseman and cuts a fino figuro on tho hurricane deck of a cayuse. Wo arc having somo vory warm weather at presont too warm to rtistlo much news; in fact times aro quite dull at present, no quartz mining bo ing dono hero now to amount to any thing. C. I). Itccd has gono to Uakor City on business. Mr. Itccd, Mastor May nard Reed and Master Roy Perkins intend going to Snako river next week to assist Mr. Bcozloy in tho rodero. Wo expect thoy will all como back full fledged buccaros. Know Mam:. Presbyterian Church, Preaching every Hnbbath at 11 a. in. and 7 p, in -, Habbath school at 10 a. in I Chris tian Endeavor Society, Tnoiday at 7 p, in. urgo parents to bring their children to church that they mny bo nurtured In nior. ality ami pfoy. W. J, Uvnnu, Pastor. MEDICAL SPRINGS. Rich Minos Near by Waiting for Development- -A Hot Place. Mi:iii 1. SrniMis, J.ily 20, Nil. Geo. W. Pillion, of Sunimerville, was on our streets this week. O. .1. Wilson and his niece, Viola Wilson, arc visiting u'lalives in Cove. Engineer l'hilbrick, of La Grande, paid the springs a Hying visit this week. Crooks Barnes gives notice that he now bus on hand an unliniittd supply of sall'ron, having harvested bis new crop; and to you whose pieiniunis are duo come forward. Tho alliance now has a beef wagon making regtilat trips twice a week, supplying its many eii-tomors. Flush beef is now 1101 an uncommon thing in any fanner's hotie Rev. Carper, just fresh fiom the old dominion, preached two excellent sermons on Sunday. He is a pleas ant, old-fashioned gentleman and we are glad to learn will visit us again in the near future. Johnny Warnell is at the springs anil says ho is doing nicely. Johnny is an ambitious, energetic young man and wo hope to see him speedily re cover from his present illness. E. P. Duncan and Mike Hull', of Baker City, are rusticating at the springs. Fred is all broke up; his best girl has gone back on him. He says nobody but a base ballist stands any show in Baker City. N. 1). Holey, proprietor of the Cor nucopia and Union stage lino, passed over the line today. Iluis inquiring the price of grain and hay. Now, farmers, you that havo grain and good timothy liny to sell, get in and bid. We notice Adam Crossinan, Charles Olsen and Sain White, all of Cove, on our streets. Sam is looking for bear, Charley wants a good gold mine, and Adam has made an examination of tho spiings and is just like that other Dutchman thinks h I not one mile away. C. .1. Finn is testing tho ore of tho ledge ho recently located near the springs and is well pleased with tho results. There are many other ledges in our vicinity that should be made to yield up their thousands of tons of paying 010, but do not for tho want of capital and tho hardy miner to take hold of thorn and develop them. One great trouble seems to bo that thoy aro too convenient to roads and settle ments, and the means of obtaining supplies, timber and all things neces sary to run a mine can bo had at too litllo oxponse. If thoy were but lo cated on the high granite ranges whoro it woul l cost thousands of dol lars to construct a road or trail to thorn, how tho peoplo would run over each other to get thero and secure claims. COVE CULLINGS. Covn, Oregon, July 22, 1891. Everybody como to tho danco Fri day night. Why don't everybody talk tho hotel business up? Tho prospoct for a largo crop of raspberries is very good. Miss Ella Ellsworth has been the guest of Mrs. J. A. Itussoll tho past week. Haying has commenced in earnest, and tho crop is better than many an ticipated. Sam White, Adam Crossman and Charles Olscu havo gono on a trip to tho Malheur. Mrs. Joe Edgar, of tho LelandHouso Portland, is visiting friends and rela tives in tho valloy. Foster Bros, havo sold tho largo lot of flour thoy hud on hand. Do not know tho prico realized. Don't forgot that E. P. MoDanicl & Sou keep on hand a supply of buttor barrels and ovcrything clso you may enquire for. Covo baso ballistB No. 1 expect to havo a match game on their grounds next Sunday. Union had hotter not tackle tho second nine. About 80 full sized barrels of buttor havo been packed in Covo this season, besides from 100 to fiOQ pounds being shipped fresh ovory wook. Largo quuntltlos of ohorrioa aro bo ing hauled from Covo, II. J. floor lias ut loaBt 1000 gallons. Tho cherry crop Is tho host ovor known, Large quantities of shingles are be ing hauled fiom (he Cove. We can I boast of the only s. If-feeder and regit I luting shingle machine in the country. j A grand ball will be given Friday j night July 'J lth, for I be benefit of the llrnt and second base ball teams. We 1 hope the dance will be liberaliv pat 1 ...... . " 1 ionized lortlie buvs tlcw-rve it. (Juite a number of La Glanders were over last Sunday, iiniong whom were J. M. Ilcrry and wife, .1. MeKi mum and wife, and others. Tln-v seem to know where to come for n pleasant va cation. Alex Cochran has resigned his posi tion with the M. it M. Co. and will re sume work with another iit plenient linn immediately. Alex is a good salesman in his line, and will do well unvwbeie. Crop-Woather, Bulletin No. 10. The observer of the Oiegon Weather Bureau, of Poitland, Oiegon, has is sued the bulletin for the week ending Saturday, July LS, LS!)1, the same be ing based upon reports received from 1-17 correspondents, which is as follows : Careful estimates of the wheat crop of Oregon and Washington show that both states combined will have for export at least thirteen million bushels of wheat; if the present indicated yield continues, which in all probabil ity it will, this may bo increased to fifteen million bushels or more. WUSTKItN OKKOON. Weather. Wanner, generally cloud less weather has prevailed. The tem peralute ranged in heat of day from Sll to '.)fi degrees, except of course along the coast, where it was cooler. Crops. Wheat harvest has begun in many sections and the yield is heavier than was anticipated. Spring wheat harvest will bo two weeks later. The hay crop was extra good and its harvest is now about over. Oats, bar ley and rye are promising very good yields. Tho codlin moth has made its appearance and damage from them is expected. Tho hop yards havo been sprayed and so far tho ravages of tho hop lice havo generally been con trolled. Apples will hardly be an averago crop. Peaches contintto to promise well. Prunes, plums and pears will bo fully an averago crop. Gardens aro doing well and vegetables aro very plentiful. KAKTHHN OltUOON. Weather. Very warm cloudless weather has prevailed. Temperaturo above DO degrees in heat of day is generally reportt'd. Moro completo reports show that tho rains of tho 10th and 11th wero oven heavier and moro general than reported last week. Somo damaging frosts occurred in sections of Morrow and Wallowa coun ties on the filh and (Ith inst. Crops. A few acres ol wheat havo been cut in Umatilla county and by next week wheat harvest will bo in fine operation. All reports indicate tho best harvest now about to begin that has been experienced for many years. Tho grain is plump and heads well filled. Barloy, oats and ryo aro promising. Hay harvest is yot in progress and it is vory heavy. Fruit prospects throughout this section aro very good. A bountiful harvest is assured. B. S. PAGUE, Obsorver, U. S. Weather Bureau. An Old Nowapaper. On the 15th of last month, tho Baltimore Amorican celebrated its ono hundred and eighteenth anniversary by tho publication of a big trado qdi lion. As a souvenir, a fao similo of tho first number printed in tho year 17711 was issued. Tho moat interest ing foaturo of tho first number is a long real estato advertisement of Colonol Gcorgo Washington, of Mount Vornon, Virginia. Lettors and tele grams woro rccoived from all parts of tho country giving congratulations mid rcminiscouccs in connection with tho anniversary. Ono was from Sam uol Sands, now ninoty-two years old, who, as a "printer's dovilV in the offlco of tho Amorican in 1811, when all tho men connoctcd with tho paper hud gono to dofond Baltimore agaiu&t tho Urltlsh, Bot up in typo "TI19 SUr Hpanglcd Hannor" from -thu copy which Francis ticott ICoy, tho author, brought to thoolllco,