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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1885)
0 The Oregon Scout. VOL. II. UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1SS5. NO, 25. THE OREGON SCOUT. An Independent weekly Journal, issued eve y Snturdny by JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers nnd Proprietors. A. K. Jones, I Editor, f i 11. Chanxev, ( Foreman. KATES OF SUHSCIUPTION: One copy, ono yenr $1 no " " Six months l 00 " " Threo months 75 t. Invariably cash In ndvnnco. If by nny chanco subscriptions nro not paid till end ot year, two dollnra will bo chaired. Kates of advertising inado known on appli cation. Correspondence from nil parts of the county solicited. Address nil communications to A. K.Jones, Editor Orctfon Scout, Union, Or. Loile Directory. Ghanii Kondj: Vai.lev Loikik, No. m. A. F. nnd A. Jl. Jleets on tho second and fourth Saturdays of ench month. 0. F. lir.hh, V. M. C. E. Davis, Secretary. Union I.oikje, No. tfJ. I. 0. O. i ltoffiilar meetings on Fridayovetilngs of each weckat their hall In Union. All brethren In good standing- arc Invited to attond. Ily order of the lodge. S. V. Long, N. G. G. A. Thompson, Secy. Church nircclory. M. E. Cnuitcn Divine service evcrvSundny at 11 a. m and? p. m. Sunday school at 3 p. m. Prnyer meeting overy Thursday evening otCtyo. Kkv. Andkuson, Pastor. PitcsnvTEniAN Cnuitcn Itcgular church services every Sabbath morning nnd evening. Prayer meeting each weok on Wednesday evening, fc'nbbath school every Sabbath flt 10 n. m. Kev. II. Vkiinon Kick, Pastor. St. John's Episcopal Chuiich Scrvico every Sunday at 11 o'clock a. in. Kev. W. K. Powell, Kcctor. THEY AUj 1AI.K SHOP. ) Comity Ofllecrs. Judgo A. C. Crnlg SherltT A. Ij. Saunders Clerk II. F. Wilson Treasurer A. F. Ucnson School Superintendent J. L. Hlndninn Surveyor E. Stmonls Coroner E. H. Lewis COMMISSIONEltS. Geo. Acklcs Jno. Stanley State Senator Ii. II. Klnehart HEPHESENTATIVES. F.T.Dick E. E.Taylor City Olllcer. Mnyor D. II. Kecs COUXCII.ME.V. S. A. Pursel W. f), npJdleman J.S. Elliott Willis Skitr .1. II. Eaton G. A. Thompson Kecorder J. II. Thomson Marshal I. A.Dennov Treasurer J. I). Cnrroll Street Commissioner L. Eaton Ifcpartiire of Train. Kcgular cast bound trains leavo at 9::i0a m. West bound trains leavo at 4:3) p. m. I'KOFF.SSIONAk. J. R. CRITES, Collecting and probate prnctieo specialties Olllco, two doors south of Postollice, Union, Oregon. R. EAKIX, Attorney at Law aofl Notary Public. Ofllcc, ono door south of J. 11. Eaton's storo Union, Oregon. I. N. CROMWELL, M. 1)., Physician and Surgeon Oiilce, one door south ot J. 11. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. A. E. SCOTT, M. I)., PHYSICIAN' ATiii SJ'BCSi:, Has permanently located at North Powder, where no will unswor all calls. T. II. CRAWFORD, AT'l'OKIVKY AT LAW, Union, D. Y. K. DEERIXCJ, IIiywi:Inii iiikI Mnr;;'oii, Union, Oregon. Office, Main street, nextdoorto Jones Ilros.' variety eoro. lteatdonce. Main street, second houso south ot court house. Chronic diseases a specialty. O. V Attorney and Counsellor at Union, Ouegon. Heal Estate, Law and Probate Practice will receive special attention. Ofllcc on A street, rear of State Land Olllce II. F. BURLEIGH, Attorney at I.nir, ICcnl i:.tiitu and Collertlii-f Affciil. Land Ofllco Business a Specialty. Oflico at Alder, Union Co., Orogon. JESSE HAnDESTV, SHELTOH & axxokivkym Will practice in Union, Jlakor, Grnnt, Umatilla nnd .Morrow CouutioH. also in the Supreme Court of Oregon, the District. Circuit and Supreme Courts of the United States. Mining and Corporation busineea n upe Icalty. Office in Union, Oiegon. True Stories by the Truthful and Communica tive Tonsnrlallst. Ilavo you over notieoil how ninny pcoplo thoro aro who talk shop? No? Well, 1 have. It's a common failing, anil sometimes itisn't pleasant, either. It all comes from seliislinoss, you know, anil selfishness is a nilsorablo sott of thing In other people I don't like to hear men talk shop. 1 never do, and 1 always discourago them from it - as much ns possible. Hut thoy will do it. Tho othor day thoro was a mnn in here, and ho hadn't moro than got into tho ehnir boforo wo discovered that ho was a life in suranco agent. Of course, to hoar him tell it, ho was tiio Ross life-insurance man of the wild West. 'I'll toll you what I did this sum mer,' ho says", in a loud voico, con fidentially to everybody in tho shop. 'I wont up to Waukesha for my vaca tion and while- thoro made my ex penses and SHOO besides. How? .Just as easy as rolling oil' a lo'. 1 srot in solid with tho girls and found out who was engaged to who, and promised tho ongiiged ladies silk dresses if they would talk tlieir young men into tak ing out a policy in my company. No descent young man hesitates to tako out a liberal policy to protect his oirido should anything happen to him, especi ally when the birdie puts one handou his shoulder and bends lior svlnh-liko r . . . . . iorm arounu anil looks ui into his mco and coaxes for it, you know. No, sirroc. ror two weeks thoy kept mo uusv writing up policies, it was a groat snap. Hut did you bin' any silk drosses for llio girls.-"' l askoil. " 'Nary a dross,' renliod tho wretch. "I lold them all to bo good girls and survive thoir liusbands and thoy would got cnougl) money to buy a trunk full ol urosses. bleolc schome, wasn t ltr "That's tho way ono man talked shop. Maybe ho was a liar, but I don't know. Insuranco mon have enough gall for anything. 1 know of ono who worked a bettor scheme than that. Ho and a voting doctor chum of his went in cahoots. As tho doctor was on his rounds ho would go up to mon ami say: "i-oi mo listen tit your chest.' Then ho would put his" ear down to tho man's ribs and listen until tho subject got nervous like, when ho would straighten up and on n u ire: " '(Jot your lifo insured?' "If the fnirlitonod v.ctim said 'no,' the doctor solomnly, and apparently with reluctance, advised him to at tend to il at once, and recommended his accomplice, saying that though the man's lting3 weroalleetcd lie would seo his friend tho insurance man and lix it so ho would get through tho examination all right. In this way lots of men with perfectly sound lung's wore thus frightened into lifo insur ance, you see, and that's what 1 call a ease of bad methods in a good cause. "There was an actor in hero the other day. Of courso ho had to talk shop, too. And ho talked it so much that an old cliap sitting In tho next chair got tired and made such a bad break as this- " Harbor, ' ho says to tho man who was cutting Iiia hair, 'barber,' says lie, 'can you toll me wliy all actors aro durnod fools outside a theatre? Tho way thoy talk shop makes mo sick." "What did tho actor say? I can't toll you. Of course ho heard tiio old chap, and ho jumped out of his chair and swung ins arms around and spit all tho lather oil his lip. You want to know what ho said? 1 can't loll you. You couldn't print it if I did toll vou. Did lie make any reply at all? Yos", ho did, but, as I never say cuss words. you will havo to road tho answer in tho- "Musicians aro event chans to talk shop, too. Thoy aro always at it. They think everybody olso is stuck on music just tiio same as tlioy aro. J hero was ono in lioro tho other "day. and ho started oil" talking about great compo sers. Ho talked of glories, and arias, and symphonies, and orchestrations, and lots of othor thinirs, and tho har bor savs 'ven' nvnrv mini) in n wliiln Oregon, or 'just so,' or 'right you aro,' from mo lorco of habit, I guoss. lmally tho musician savs to tho barber: " 'Aro you fond of Moyorbeor?' " 'Yos, ratlior,' says tho harbor, in nocoiitly, but my favorito is Milwaukee export." "Greatest timo wo'vo had for n coon's ago, though, was Wodnosday last after dinner. Thoro was a big, rough chnp in hero, and ho was slightly under tho 'Jlucnco. Ho was a hog sticker from tho stocic yards, spending a vacation and his loose cliango in town. Ho was a bit ugly, loo, and didn't soem to bo satisfied with his share. Sworo tho razor was dull, and that it was a-schratching him. ' 'Ef I couldn't koop a bettor razor'n that I'd quit tho biz.' says ho; 'tho knifo which 1 stick hogs with out to tho yards is sliarpor'n your old razor. Don't you think I'm" as good as a hog?' " 'I'd ratlior not talk shop,' says tho harbor, says ho, kind o' tart like. "You don't want to talk shop, oh? You think you kin insult mo 'causo I'm from I ho stock yards and don't woar kid gloves, lor whistling to tho wrong dog, mistor. I want yo to understand that I'm Armour's boss pig-sticker, an' you can't run on mo, j. w. sitKLTON ( nnu l'vo trot my piir knifo with mo. j Look out for yourself!" 1 "About that timo things bogan to I lopk equally, an' I hud some business j to utteud to out iu tho street. Hut . my barber didn't scare worth a conL no pulled a razor an' jumped up in tho air; an' followed that plg-stiekor nil over tho shop until he cornered him back of tho store. My harbor was mad, ho wr Law, HARDEST!, AT I,A1Y. " 'If you want to do any cutting I'n your man,' ho shouted, ' brandishing his razor. I'm right with vou, mj victim. I'ull your knifo and I'll sliov you how wo stick pigs hero in Chicago. I'll cut your infernal pork heart om of yon!' For (Sod's sake, harbor,' says tin stock yard man troinblinjrly, 'f-f-oi God's sake let's don't talk shop.' " Chicago Herald. rrescryiiig Unities. Two newspaper editors of somi prominence mot last summer, frou dill'erent sections of the country, am had quito a talk over business matters otc. Ono of tliom said tho grontes trouble ho had was in standing oll'pco plo who wrote plays, and who wantei him to examine them, road them, am givo his opinion of tlioin. and mak suggestions as to thoir improvement Ho had writton a play once, wliicl was quito successful, and it seemed a: though all tho young play writ on within live hundred miles thought hi had nothing to do but oxamino plays Ho said a groat many of tho writon woro girls, who believed thoir plan woro equal to any play ever written and it was hard to criticise a play when a pair of tearful, anxious eyo; woro looking at you, sconiinir toyoart for a favorable verdict. He said if he could got out of examining plays he thought ho could bo happv. Tho otlie: editor laughed a littlo at his friend ami said: "Well, may bo 1 can holp you I used to bo bothered the sanio and 1 havo road plays onough to box car, and havo given plenty of vico. If 1 gavo holiest advico I mat. tho author "of tho play mad, invariably, so I adopted a now plan. Now whet a play is brought to me by an amatun author, 1 ask tor a week to oxamino it When tho girl conies after tho p'aj and tho verdict, I tako the roll of man useript out of tho pigoou hole whero il lias boon all tiio timo, and putting oi an air of judicial dignity, I say, 'Miss, your idoiis aro all rigid, only thoy nr crude. You do not prcsorve your uul tios. Thoro is nothing that makes a play so successful as preserving the unities. Until you can preserve the unities, tho play can never bo a situ cess!' Woll, it is wonderful what an e fleet those words havo. Nino times in ton tho author will tako tho ulay and go away, thanking mo for nij troublo. Tho faot that they don't know a unity from a side of sololeath or makes it oasy. They don't want to give tliemsolvos away," and so thoy go away satislled that I am an old hand at tho business, and havo loam od to preservo my unities, and thoy go oil' resolved to proservo theirs in tiic future. 1 think if you will adopt my plan, and uso tho crude doilgo, and talk to your customers about 'preserv ing thoir unities, it willsaveyou a heap of trouble." Tho two editors separated, and had not scon each other until last week, when thoy mot in tho rotunda of a Chicago hotol. At first tho ono who had been advised about tho unity busi ness would not speak fo tho other, but finally, after being asked what had happened to break tip thoir friendly relations, and what was tho causo of tho black eye, tho troubled editor said: "I took your advice, sir, and I am sorry for it. A voung woman canio into my ollico about ton days ago wiin a piay mat sno wanicu mo to read. 1 kont it a week, and when she , canio back I said just what you told mo. i H.iiu, -my uoar, your unity is not preserved, it is orudo. the worst kind. I'tiero is nothing moro sadden ing in this world than to seo a girl, on dowod by naturo with beauty and tal out, produce a crude ollurt, anil not maintain her unities. O, my Go-oil. wliv did vou not nrnsnrvn vmir imifma girl, instead of fritter. ng thoni away in this crttdo manner? Thoro are great possibilities for any girl who has talont for literature but if she hasn't got tho strength of charactor, tho sand, as it woro, to maintain hor unities, thai sottlos it.' " "Woll, you idiot, wliatdid she savf" niKcuiiio onior ouitor, looking at tlic uiaek oye. 'Uli, slio didn't say much. What could slio say? Sho just snatched the manuscript, called mo an old fool, and went out. In about an hour hor brother canio in and said he under stood 1 had boon lying about his sis tor's play, and calling hor uamos, and boforo I could explain ho hit mo or tho oyo, and took mo by tho collar and mopped tho floor with ino. That sot ties it with inc. I shall read no more plays, and you can havo your crude unities back, as I havo no further use for thorn," and tho two play critic! went into tho hotel saloon and opened a small bottlo. I'vch's Sun. Getting Even With Phillip Hrooka. I supposo if any ono was to ask "Who is tho largest mnn In Boston?" tho universal answer would ho, "Phil lips Brooks" tho biggest man men taily, morally and physically. Fow, however, ovor oxporionco his size b) boiug alouo in tho room with him. It is a bo-littling oxporionco. The Jlonu Journal says a woll known Bosloc business man onco had occasion to call upon him and was shown upon hit study. On tho ontranco of Mr. Brooki his height and ovor poweritig largo iioss quito overcamo his caller, who was something of a wag. With nc wasted words the clergyman wont di rectly to tho business in hand. Hardli had ho startod however, when Jii'i callor put his hand beside his mouth and laughingly cnlloil out, "Wait om moment, sir; 1 always insist on a plat form of equality," upon which hi leaped into a chair anil retained hii station during tho entire interview. Uotlon Trave ltr. Oh For the Holidays. HIGGIN SON& ROGER Wo aro again to tiio front with tho finest nsaortmont of DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES and CHRISTMAS GOODS ovor soon in tho Valloy. Evory porson buying ONE DOLLAR'S worth of Goods from us during tho month of Dooombor will ro coivo a ohanoo in tho following b3auttful and valuablo prosonts : 1st Prize Plnsh Gelioii Dressing-case. 2fl Sti 1 Cigar 7tt it It i. Large Wax Dell, over i feet ligl. r Tnmi I r. Large Scrap-Book. 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