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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1891)
r ALL KINDS OF pi The Scout has tO r it n O! i 11 Commercial - Printing I uoiiuie me uircwaiion 1M1NK AT UKAPOX.VnLE IUTKS. OF ASV I'ArKR IN TUB rot'NTV. ill Hero Will the Press tlio People's reiRlits Mnlntuln. VOL VIII. UNION, OKEGOX, THURSDAY, NOVEMBEH 11), 18i)l. NO. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J. W. S1IF.I.TON. J. M. CARItOM.. S HELTON & CARROLL, Attorneys at Law, - l NION, OKKOO.V. Sjtclnl iittcnlion given to nil business entrus ted to us. OUlce two doors south of bank. R. EAKIN, Attorney at Law, VNION, OKKGO.W ' Prompt iittciitlon paid to nil business entrus ted to inc. Olliro'two iloor.s south or hardware store of Summers it Ijiync. I. N. CROMWELL M. D Physician and Surgeon, I'NIOK, OKEliOX. All culls promptly attended to day or night. Oflicc with K. Knkln. Kesldenceon A street, fourth house west of Wrlght'H Htore. E. BROOKS, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, ISLAND CITY, OKKllON 1'roinpt attention given to nil professional cnlls, ilny or night. T. McNAUGHTON, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, ELGIN, OREGON. All calls promptly attended to, dny or night. W. II. EWIN, M. I)., Physician and Surgeon, COVE, OIUXJON. All dills iittcndcd to, dny or night. MRS. A. M. PELHAM, 31. D. Homoepathic Physician, Diseeses of rhildren a Specialty. Oilice ut the rim residence, North Tnion. City Meat Market, TNION, OKEGON. BENSON BROS. PROPRIETORS. Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Hams Lard, lite,, Kept constantly on hand. . Cornucopia Saloon, UNION, OREGON. WILLIAM WILSON, PROPRIETOR. Finest of 'vines, Liquors and Ci gars Kept in Stock. IW-l.iqnorw for medicinal purposes a spe cialty. Good hllliard table. Drop in and be sociable. LUMBER for SALE at the High Vnllcy Saw Mill. All kinds of lumber constantly on hand or furnished on short notice. Trices cheap ns the cheapest. Patronage - Solicited. ft-IiO-tf WM. WILKINSON ite SON. HON CITY HOTEL, L, J. Boothk, Propr. Opposite the Court House, Union, Oregon. Having again assumed control of this popular house, I cordially invito the public to give mo n call. Tables Furnished with the Best the Market Affords. Kirst-clasH Lodging. Everything nicely and neatly fitted up. Meals, Beds, Cercs. Cents. None but white cooks employed. 4-lG-tf. A WEAK MAN Can now euro himself of the deplora ble results of Early Abuse and Perfectly Keitore his Vigor and Vitality by our ' Home Treatment. The Remarkable Carca of hopeless cases of Nervous DebUlty and PrlTate Complaints are stamping out quackery everywhere. Treaties and Question List, a physician's gift to humanity, will be sen rree to those afflicted. Address with stamp PIONEER INSTITUTE, 405 Kearney St. Room 2 5-7-yl. San Francisco, Cal. ASCENSION SCHOOL! A Boarding and Day School for CilrW. Cove. Union County, Oregon. Tin: Ut. Ukv 11. Wimii Mourn. ! !-. Ilwtor and VUltur Mis II. II. IIoumk. I'rluolpal ' Mu. AHTIIUH HtWfc'KV, .Vltlll. The next Sesolun ol tbb School Qpwis Sojitcmbor io, tfor- SCHOOL BOOKS Hal! Bros., Union, Or. Have just;recelM'l large supply.'of School Books, Copy Books, Slates, Tablets, Inks, Erasers, And in fact everything used in tho public schools of this county. &9tt )-Call early and make your elections, or send In your orders. l(M-tf. R. H. BROWN, -Dealer in- TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, PUTTY, Etc. A complete and varied .stock of wnll paper al ways on hand. A full supply of school books constantly nliaud. DRIVER & MARTIN, 11 AND WAGON WORK. Care and attention paid to Shoeing Trotting Horses, In terfering and Contracted Feet a Specialty. fltf-Plow work, Laying of Cylinder Teeth, Ilalanciug, etc., given special care. Shop Main St., Union, Oregon. .V7-tf. Tie Cove Drug Store JASPKR G. STKVENS, Propr. dealer in PURE DRUGS, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Paints and Oils. Prescription Cnrefully Prepared, ALSO DKALF.K IN SPORTING GOODS, ConsistiiiB of" Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols and Cartridges. Imported and Domestic Cigars, School Boos, Htc. OPENED - ANEW! THE EI.KIIORN Livery and Feed Stable. (Near the Court House.) Hulick & Wright, Proprietors. (iood Teuma, Buggies und Ilnck for the ac comodation of customer. CHARGES REASONABLE. A share of the public patronage solicited. 6-4'tf. Do You Want to SAVH FROM 25 TO 50 'CENTS On Every Dollar You Spend? If so, write for our Illustrated Catalogue, containinc Illustrations and prices of every thing manufactured in the Vnltd btates, at manufacturers' prices. 10,000 i lustra tions, all lines represented. Catalogue maileil free on application. Address. CHICAGO GEN'KKAh SUPPLY CO., 178 West Van Huron Ht., Chicago, III. l-23-vl For Sale. Dms and Medic Blacoiing TO THE GOLDEN LAND. IWrltten for TitK i-"cofT. 11SI9.1 The news went swift as an eagle's Might Stralght!bv thuuiouutnluatid gorge and plain, Over heights of snow aud in Hoods of rain, Over desert wastes anil golden grain With never a pause by day or night -Like a wild bird lired with n sudden fright, Or n prairie tire when the grass Is w hitc And drv with long, long weeks of sun ; Knch throat burst forth with a manifold Wild strain of the wondrous title of Gold! At morn at noon when the day was done The furrowed forchends throbbed and boat, The old forms burned in a fever hent, A rush, n'rumble, n tramp of feet Told tales of going with speed and haste O'er sen and mountain and desert waste To the Woudrous, Fabulous Ijind of tlold Where the river has kept, for years untold, Hid in the glittering sand of her breast The treasure anil gem of the Infant West Down by the Sncremento! What does the night owl say to herniate As she looks from their desolate homo at night On a idle of bones nil blanched and white That n hungry coyote gnawed of lute? The blenching bones of the desert tell How many a hero fought and fell And died alone in that savage laud Where owls like desolate vigils stand ! Whnt does the sea of the tropic say As it dunces over its bed of Isiues And sings in its old accustomed wny, With never n break In Its monotones? It snys to the years that the hentcd brenth Of the tropic clime brought woe and death And sealed the doom of the gallant band That sailed in joy to the (iolden Land! TIk n woeful tale, and the years entomb The pain aud peril anil death uue gloom That followed the path of the gallant band That went in search of the (iolden I.nud Down bv thoSacrcmento! tHEHTKAM WILSON HUFFMAN. FROM AMTELOPE. ANTELOfK, November 14, 1S91. Mrs. Wm. Catcs is visiting relatives in Vancouver. There is a force of men employed at Telocaset now preparing snow fences for winter. Why not have a starch factory in Union, as well as a woolen mil? Then we will all raise potatoes. Wheat sold in Garfield, over in the Palousc, on Nov. 11th for 81 cents a bushel. Quite a contrast between the prices there and in Union county. The farmers' alliance was nowhero in the late elections. In Kansas it was snowed completely under. Ten out of eleven alliance candidates for district judges in the state were de feated. The republicans carried 85 out of the 110 counties in tho state by overwhelming majorities. As a busi ness organization it would become a power in the land, but as a political party Never! The Fraziers have over five miles of rail fencing around their Antelope land. The boys, with Charles Hinck ley, started a regulation shaft on the ore body in The Bello of Antelope quartz prospect last week and sunk it down in hard blasting quartz eight feet. They have the foot wall, com posed of porphyrv and lime, but no hanging wall as yet. They camo up out of the shaft and ran a surface cut twelve feet east of tho foot wall, all in hard, solid quartz, and still no hanging wall. The boys will put a shaft house over it and sink off and on all winter. Glancing over the enormous docket for the coming term of court in last week's county papers brought to my recollection the changes that time and prosperity mako in a people. The bulk of names on the docket are old timers who in years gone by never thought of settling their grievances in the courts, but left them to arbitration. In those days there were only two lawyers in Union county, the Hon. James H. Slater and Cage Baker, and they would have starved to death if they had not gone to farming. Now look at the lawyers; they arc thicker than Hies in Bummer around a mo lasses hogshead, and all making mon ey ofl of the people. I can't account for it in any other way than that the same men who a few years ago would not law, have now become purse-proud and arrogant. Some of them act like little children, with new playthings, jrith their law suits. If a man's hog nowadays crawls under the fence into his neighbor's field, ninety-nino chances in a hundred the neighbor rushes off to town and sues for dam ages, to the great delight and satisfac tion of the lawyers. However, there is one satisfaction about it to sensible people: These chronic litigants of Union county 'generally have to pay high for their playthings. Thanksgiving is at hand the season of family reunions but one of our Antelope families lias anticipated tho happy day, Mrs. John Cates, after an absence of more than a year visiting friendB and relatives in Missouri, re turned homo last, week with her two ohildron, in good health und spirits. You may ho suro that day was tho date of John' Tlittiikgivig hi Hi" piotiilont und governor appoint what day thoy may. On Friday ovoiiiug H Autulopfti "Wily. Uiriil aul towgl 1 liar M, A got lsii UWlNK to the time being changed from Satur day to Friday evening. The house was crammed with her friends and dancing and merriment was kept up till dewy morning. It was f7i party of the season and will long bo remem bered for its hearty good fellowship. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thompson, Mrs. Mary Tom bleson, Mrs. Cromwell, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus I'roscott, Mr. and Mrs. Win. Catcs, Mr. and Mrs. McConnell, Mr. and Mrs. Hucy Lynch, Mr. and Mrs. John Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leavitt, Mr. and Mrs McKeevcr, tho Misses Bcrnico Washburn, Bcttio Lee, Etta HuiFman, Jennie Connelly, and nu merous others whose names 1 did not learn. 1 can't attompt to write up the toilets. One young lady informed me that hers was Irish poplin, with tlounces, furbelows, outriggers, down hulls, back-stays, etc., etc., and she said too, as she whirled round for my inspection, "it is cut bias." If any body knows what cut bias means thoy know more than I. However, cut bias or cut any way you like, tho gown was beautiful, and so was tho wearer, and the party a grand success. Mr. and Mrs. Catcs were indefatigable in their oflbrts to entertain their guests, and all left wishing them a long life of health, peace and prosperi ty, in which wish your correspondent most sincerely joins. H. MEDICAL SPRINGS News Xotes From the Cele brated Health Resort. DUNHAM ON FREE COINAGE. Visitors From Ohio Antics of the Moon Brief Personal Mention Cold Weather. JIkdicai. SrittNos, November 10, 1S9I. Last night, the coldest of tho season, the thermometer fell to 10 above zero. Dr. O'Connor and family of Pino valley, paid the springs a visit this week. W. D. Emelo is now delivering sev eral hundred bushels of wheat which ho sold to Baiccr City wheat buyers. Prof. Allen and wife, of Elgin, spent several days at the springs this week. Tho professor has been engaged to teach a school in Pino valley this winter. Jessie O'Bryant, who has been treat ing a bad case of rheumatism at tho springs for the last three weeks, re turned to his home, at North Powder, almost as good as new. , Did you seo the eclipse of the moon last night? The old man that stays there seemed to bo heavily veiled and in doop mourning. Guess ho iB sym pathising with the g. o. p. in tho recent elections. C. C. Fisher, who has been driving on the Union and Cornucopia Btage line, steady, for about ono year, has turned over the ribbons to Wm. D. Parker, his successor. Lum was a careful, trusty driver, and performed his duty well. Dunham Wright was heard to say since tho recent elections, notwith standing he thinks he has a tin tnino and McKinley in tho lead, that ho would support no nion for ollico, from constable to president, who were not in favor of free coinage of silver. E. W. Enos, a canvassing agent for the new paper called the Dispatch, was soliciting subscriptions among us this week and made almost a clean sweep. Everybody reads the Dispatch and Mr. EnoB is happy, and is on his road rejoicing. Mr. John Fenton and wife, of Ohio, are here on a visit with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. John Bowman. Mrs. Fen ton and Mrs. Bowman arc sisters. It is their first meeting in many years. Mr. Fenton camo hore an invalid, and while visiting ho never forgot to tako his regular hot bath at the springs. Ho leaves us much improved in health and favorably impressed with tho country. Bucklta'i Arnica Bilve. Tim llww tuny. In Ha wiirld for (Jul, llruU (M.iHirw. Vhm, nuiiliwim, Ymtom$'M iw, i:wiil IUihI. i'IiIIImmIiii, Ouriu ami nil mti rtmilJm iMMtlltvsir mm lite." mmm'1 tHUMiKMl ton'" ir fwi IjlUilAttteU. iii'iiii) rwiiiiidud I'mwH SlUPrl" l'url M lllxMII' ill ! I'iiii.u iiruyxn WASHINGTON. Our Weekly Letter From the Xiitional Capital. OPINIONS OF THE RESULT. Tho Speakership Contest Growing Warm 1 McKinley and Boies for j President. Editor Ohkoon Scout: Everything elso is secondary in im portance to the stato elections, in Washington, this week. Wherever you go nothing elso is talked about and to hear some of the talk ono would imagino that the presidential cam paign had already opened. Ono most remarkable thing about tho results aro that, as a whole, everybody looks upon them as encouraging to "our side." President Harrison regards the election of McKinley as a great administration victory, and savs if Fassct had made his fight upon national instead of lo cal issues that ho beliovcs ho would have been 'olected ; tho democrats re gard the election of democratic gov ernors in Now York, Massachusetts and Iowa as a great triumph and tho certain precursor of u greater triumph next year, while President Polk and Secretary Macunc, of tho National Farmer's Alliance, regard the whole business as an Alliance triumph. Says. Mr. Maouno : "Tho outcome in Ohio is a victory for u's, and it will teach tho democrats that they cannot got along without us. They havo been so accus tomed to carry every thing befcro them, in Some of these states, that thoy havo ignored us, and now thoy see tho con sequences." Col. Polk said : "Tho re sult has no bearing whatovor upon tho Alliance movement and will not affect it in tho least. Ono thing aloilo is ab solutely certain tho Alliance will stand for its demands, and will keep up an aggrcssivo light until they are complied with." So much for the opinions of the big guns in all tho par tics. Now, betweon us, your corres pondent, after a careful survey of the field, fails to seo whero anybody has any right to do any extraordinary amount of hurrahing over tho results, as applied to national politics. It amounts simply to what tho boys used to call a "Stand ofl'," and the light next year is just as uncertain as it was boforo tho elections. Secretary Proctor has gono cast, and it is said at tho war department that ho has practically retired, having turned overything over to Assistant Socretary Grant, and that ho will prob ably not return to tho department un til ho comes to turn it over to his suc cessor, whoso appointment is not looked for so vcral weeks, although it is certain that the roan has beon selected and that ho has accepted, but his namo is still a well-kept accrot. Elkin con tinues a favorite with the guessers. Representative Mills is tho first ono of the speakership candidates to "shy his castor into tho ring" by formally opening headquarters for tho short and sharp campaign which is now opening and which will end when tho dem ocratic caucus of tho House of Repre sentatives shall decide who shall be speaker for tho next two years. The friends of Mr. Mills recognizo that tho result of the elections, particularly in Ohio, has been to weaken the prestige of their man, although they boldly arguo to tho contrary. Tho new mem bers will begin dropping in soon to tako their shares in tho excitement of nom inating the man who will practically control tho legislation of the next Houst of Representatives, thereby becoming a powerful factor in tho pres idential campaign of next year, and as the most of them aro as yet un pledged their arrival js most anxiously awaited by the several candidates and their friends. Tho feeling between tho supporters oi Mills and those of Crisp is becoming moro bitter Tory day, aud if something is not done by somebody to put a stop to their wrangling neither of them will ho Bpeaker. Tho less prominent candidates do not object to this throat-cutting, as it adds materi ally to their ohunces of securing tho prio. Tlioro aro no now iluvoloponuniU In tl.u Ulilllaii ilinioutlv, hut It U notluo. nhlo n w liidluwlloil uf jamytiublu i)lll Ihok In Ujo uiluili of tlitt aiillliui ihIh ipter tfl lull uouiury Uiai lw luw gfliifl to New Orleans to meet his wife and family and bring them to this city, and it is also noticeable as an indication of the pleasant, relation existing between tho minister and Secretary Blaine that Mr. Blaino requested the treasury de partment officials to telegraph tin- col lector of customs at Now Orleans to extend the usual courtesies to the minister's wife and family and to pass their personal e fleets free. The fact that a brother of the minister will probably be elected president of Chili in a few days makes the friendship of tho minister a powerful factor toward an amicablo settlement between the two countries. Ohio republicans here aro already talking of Mclvinley for president and western democrats say that Boies, of Iowa, will certainly be a candidate for the democratic nomination. Secretary Rusk jocosely proposes that tho administration shall get ovou with Massachusetts by restoring the duty upon hides. Even if tho admin istration had the power it could not lo done without upsetting the reciprocity agreomont with Brazil and preventing the complotion of several others ready to bo announced. .7. H. C. The New Ballot Law. A great many peoplo are unacquain ted with tho new ballot law which will bo in voguo in this county next June, also at tho coming election in this city on tho first Monday of next month. For the benefit of our readers we will print tho following rules governing tho same: On going to tho polls on election tlay pass through tho door, and if chal lenged swear in your vote or stand aside. The necessary forms for affida vits will be supplied by tho judges. If not challenged, or after swearing in your vote, pass on through tho railing to tho voting booths. When you enter tho election room announco your name to tho judges having the ballots, who will furnish you with a proper ballot. If you do not understand how to mark your ballot ask tho election judges. If you cannot road English, or aro physically unable to mark your ballot, tho two judges of opposite poli tics will mark it for you, and on ro quest will read over the names marked. Go alone into bno of the unoccupied booths and mark your ballot with a black lead pencil or ink. If you wish to voto a "straight ticket" mark tho squuro in front or to tho left of the title of your party at tho head of tho ticket with a cross mark X. If you wish to voto a mixed or "scratched" ticket mark tho square to tho left of the name of each candidate for whom you wish to vote and be careful not to mark tho cross mark X in front of the candidate for whom you do not wish to vote. If you desire to voto for a person whose name is not printed on any of tho tickets, writo tho name with ink or black lead pencil in the space under the oflico to bo voted for, and bo sure and place a cross mark X to thfr left of the name written. If by accident you tear, mutilate, defaco or spoil your ballot take it at onco to tho judges from whom ydu re ceived it, explain how the accident occurred and ask for another ballot. You aro allowed but three ballots in all. You aro allowed to uccupy a booth but live minutes, in preparing your vote. Before leaving tho booth fold your ballot so that all tho printing on the back will bIiow, but so that no part of tho face of tho ballot can bo seen. When your ballot is marked and folded come out of tho booth, and hand tho folded ballot to tho judge of elec tion, who will put it in the ballot box in your presence. Then leavo tho room. When you havo voted,. and bofore you start to tho polling place to vote, remain 100 feet away from tho polls. A Nightmare. Havo you ever leen vibltiil hy that frisky and uucoinfortablo unhual, t;alled a nightmare? Havo you over had it climb ii)Mu tho M whilo you werw anh-up and go through a lively perform aui o widt h would mako a fortuno for tho proprietor of a divim? You novcr run loll Jut whim lliln iHM'tiirmil tdmd will mako It appi'imtiu'u, hut you aro ub lululy Mfu fnmi It If iu hamK-ii l Iw jiiMiik m oim uf H, (J. Mllli'rM WW MMlmidj, wIiIbJi urn miiirjbHtl h qiDuny UH'l ! Jlw'or