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The Oregon Scout. VOL. II. UNION, OREGON, SATUKDAY, MAY 22, 1SSG. NO. 47. i J THE OREGON SCOUT. An Independent weekly Journal, Issued ovo y Saturday by JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers and Proprietors. A. K. .Tones, 1 Kdltor. f J 11. Ciiancev, I Foreman, hates or suhsciuption: Ono copy, ono yenr ft f.0 Hx months l wi " " Threo months Tj Invariably cnsli In ndvanco. Hby any clianco subscriptions aro not paid till end of year, two dollars will bo cbanred. Kates of advertising mado known on npplb canon. Correspondence from all parts of the county solicited. Address all communications to A. K. Jones, Kdltor Oregon Scout, Union, Or. I i LodKO Directory. Ghand IIonpb Valley Loons, No. fifl. A. V. and A. M. Jleets on the second nnd fourth Saturdays of each month. O. F. ncu, V. M. C. E. Davis, Sccrotary. Union- Loimie, No. 39, 1. O. O. F. Regular meetings on Friday evenings of each week at tliolr hall In Union. All brethren in good standing aro Invited to attond. Ity order of tho lodge. S. W. Lono, N. 0. G. A. Thompson, Secy. Church Directory. M. E. Cnuncn Dlvino scrvlco every Sunday at 11 a. m nnd 7 p. m. Sunday school at a p. m. Prayer incoting every Thursday evening at0:30. Hkv. Watson, Pastor. PjiEsnvntmAN Ciiuncii Ilegular church sorvlces every Sabbath morning and evening. Prayer mooting ouch week on Wednesday evening. Sabbath school every Sabbath at 10 n. m. Kov. II. Veuno.v Kice, Pastor. St. John's Ei'iscorAr, Ciitmcii Scrvlco every Sunday nt 11 o'clock a. m. Hev. W. It. PowEi.1-. Hector. County Ofllccm. Judge A. C. Craig SherlCt A. h. Saunders Clerk 11. F. Wilson Treasurer A. F. Mensem School Superintendent J. L. Hlndman Surveyor R. Slmonis Coroner E. H. Lewis COMMISSlONEItS. Geo. Acklos Jno. Stnnloy State Senator L. 11. Hinchart ItErr.ESENTATIVKS. F.T.Dick E. E.Taylor City Olllccrcr. Mayor D. II. Hoes COUNCILMAN. S. A.Pursol W. D. Hoidloman J.S. Elliott J. II. Thompson Jno. Kennedy A. Levy Hecordor M. F. Davis Marshal E. E. rates Treasurer J. D. Carroll Streot Commissioner L. Eaton Departure of Train. Hegular cost bound trains lcavo r.t 9:30 a. m. West bound trains lcavo at 4:20 p. m. l'UOirESSIONAL. J. It. CRITES, ATTOItlVKV AT I.AAV. Collectfng and probate practlco specialties Ofllco, two doors south of Fostofllco, Union, Oregon. R. EAKIN, Attorney at Law aofl Notary PuWic. Office, ono door south of J. B. Eaton's storo Union, Oregon. I. N. CROMWELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon Ofllco, ono door south ot J. II. Eaton's storo, Union, Oregon. A. E. SCOTT, M. D., PHYSICIAN AIVI ,SUI(I!(K, lias permanently located at North Powder, wherohe wlllanswor all calls. T. H. CRAWFORD, ATTORIVI2Y AT UW, Union, - - - - Oregon. M. Baker. J. F. Baker. BAKER & BAKER, Attorneys anA Coisellors at Law, AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS. LaGrandk, - . Oregon. D. B. REES, Notary Public AND- Conveyancer. OFFICE State Land Ofllco building, Union, Union County, Oregon. II. F. BURLEIGH, Attorney at Inv, ICral Iiutc and Collt't'tiiif; Agent. Land Ofllco Busluoss a Specialty. OOlce at Alder, Union Co., Oregon. JESSE 1IAHUKBTY, J. W. SIIKI.TOM SHELTON & HARDESTY, ATTOItNHYH .IT I.AtV, Will practice in Union, Dakar, Grunt, Umatilla urul Morrow Countlw, uUn In th Hupmine Court of Orvtfon, the DUtrlot, Circuit uud (Supreme Courts ol the UidUd HtuUN. Milling aih Corporation bunlnwi ! cittity. Olllc In Union, Oregon, J. W. STRANGE, DENTIST OFFICE Corner Main anil A Streets union, Oregon. All work strirtly flrst-clnss. Charges reasonable. A. L. COBB, IY1. D., PHYSICIAN LB SURGEON. Hiivinc nerninnentlv located in Alder, Union county. Oregon will bo found ready to attend to calls in till tho various towns nnd settlements of I lie Wallowa valley. Chronic 1Iciic a Specialty. EiJ-Jly motto is' "Live and lot livo.' EPOT HOTEL A. C. CRAIG, - - Proprietor, (Union Depot, Oregon.) Snlendid accommodations for commer eial men. Tables iilwiiyn Htipplied with the I) est the market anonls. Zifl'IIOT ANI COI.K MlNKH.U. HATll.stjsS KENTDCKY LIQUOR STORE AIVO SOMA I'AC'VOKY. Cor, Main and I Sts., - Union, Oregon Slli:it,7I.VN VUILI'.V, Prop. Manufacturers and dealers in Soda Water, Sarnnparilla, Ginger Ale, C ream isotlii and (. Iianipagno l ider, .syrups, etc Orders promptly filled. Daily Stage Line From Union to the Cove. I. S. Er.uoTT, PltOPKIETOIt Leaves Tnion at I0::i() a. m.. and ro turns at '2:110 p.m. every ilny except Sunday Faro from denot to Cove Kround trip 51 --r Passengers will be taken from tho depot through to Cove via I num. W. R.JOHNSON, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Main Street, Union, Oregon. Plans and Specifications for Dwellings, Itarns and bridges furnished FKEE OF CHAHGE. Bridge Building a Specialty All kinds or Cabinet Work neatly oxceu ted. Repairing done on short notice. None, but tho best workmen employed, and satisfaction guaranteed. Call and interview me. FRUIT AND SHADE APPLE, PEA It, PLUM, PKUXE, PEA CI f, APIUCOT. CKADAPPLE, CHEltllV. SHRUBBERY AND SHADE TREES Of well known varieties, suitable for this climate. Can also furnish foreign sorts at one-third tho price asked by eastern can vassers. I desire to sell trees at prices that people can afford to buy. L. .J. HOUSE, Cove, Oregon. Or. Van Monciscar 132-134 ThM btrost, Portland, Orept IS a regular graduate in medicine; Iiiik beon longer engaged in tho special treat ment of all Venereal, Sexual and Chronic Diseases than any other physician in the West, as city papers show, and old resi dents know; 1,000 reward for any case uhich ho fails to cure, coming undor his treatment, by following his directions. DIt. VAX is the most successful Catarrh, Lung and Throat Doctor in America. lie will tell you your tronhlo without asking you a single question, and WAKHANTri PEUMANEN'TlTItE in the followingcases: NERVOUS DEHILITY, Spermatorrhea, Seminal Losses, Sexuni Decay, Failing Memory. Weak Eyes, Stunted Devolop inont, Lack of Energy. Impoverished Hlood, Pimples, Impediment to Marriage; also Hlood and Skin Diseases, Syphilis, Eruptions, Hair Fulling, Hone Pains, Swell ings, Soro Tliront, Ulcers, Effects of Mer cury, Kidney and Illaddur Troubles, Weak back, llurning-Urino, Incontinence, Conor him. Gleet, Stricture, receives searching troatniHiit, prompl relief nnd cure for life. NEUVOUS DiseasBs (ith or without dreams), Dir-cased discharge cured prompt )y without hindrance to bimineH. JIOTH SEXES consult confidentially. If in trouble cull or write. Delay are dang erous. DImwi'm of tho Eye or Ear. Ulceration or Catarrh, internal or tuternnl, Dcaliiesi or Paralysis, Singing or Homing Noises, Thickened Drum. etc. pDiinani'iitly eiinxl. LOST MANHOOD pmfwtly rUird. PANCEItS AND TUMORS M.rmuuntly rviuovtsl without the kiiilu or ra untie. Mnlli-inti compounded and furnish wl to all ituttenttt ii t ollli trlrtlypHrvundvegi tablw. (JllHI-Ullttw of I'UHll i.vckT uuren in til raH midm takKii. Cnm'dtntloii fro ami Htrirtly coalUlmitlal. Ail tunmpon diNiaM promptly nttnilMl Ut, iHMllciHH ut uy tnriHi to any mniM ir imm tupus ii r. 1'itli r ttitilrwrt Prlvatf DUiMjimnry, No. JOi-lttl Tlilrd fit.. Piii tliiiiil, Orou, 'JVitm dtrlitly moli. Qm Iiuuk Bu. m. to 8 u m. IXDUSTKIAli IHUKFLETS. The 'IVniii'sx'o lioard of liealth ro ports tliat Uierc i a condition of the cffir. vcrv little known, which consid crably impair it- -anitaiy value as an article of food. Soon after it became the practice to transport cgs in larpe quantities anil to lonj; distances by rail way trains it was found on their ar rival that adhesion had taken place between the membranes of tho yolk and those of the shell, so that the yelk could not be turned out of the shell unbroken. On examination by experienced path ologists this was found to bo preoisolj the same as that of the plastic exuda tion in inflammation of the littles or bowels. It will at lirsl seem absurd to (speak of inflammation in such an tin formed mass as an ep;r, but this arises from our forgetting that, structureless and unorganized as it seems, the egg, even when fresh-laid, is a living being nnd capable of disease from external causes. The cause of this inflamma tion is undoubtedly t lie shaking and friction from the motion of the cars, and it can not hut render tho egg more or less unhealthy, as the products of in flammation can never bo as salutary in food as tlio.se of hcilthv growth. A London paper says a project is on foot for the establishment of a colonial school and training farm for young men intending to engage in agriculture abroad. The undertaking is approved of and supported by the head-masters of our great public schools, and man' more who may be considered to have knowledge of die need of such an in stitution from the home point of view. At present there are thousands of young men annually leaving these shores for our colonies, of whom only a very small proportion arc lilted in any way for the life on which they are entering; conse quently the number of failures is la mentable. An institution at which sonic practical experience can bo ac quired of agriculture, stock-raising, and the other acquirements of colonial coun try life, and at which tho capabilities of the intending colonist will be severely tested, may commend itself to those, and to that numerous class seeking in our colonial empire a field for tho en terprise of its sons. The Standard Cattle company of Cheyenne, Wyoming, is about to con struct an immense feeding establish ment, including .0,0011 acres of land, at Ames, Nebraska. The building will consist of feeding barn, elevator, and cribs, meal houses, offices, etc. Tho feeding barn will contain .'5,000 stalls, and is expected to turn out yearby S.OOO to 10,000 fat beeves. It is expected that 300.000 to SOO.OOO bushels of corn and 8,000 to 10,000 tons of hay will bo fed annually. This is the second great en terprise of the kind established in Ne braska in connection with randies on the plains and the great mountain val leys of the Rockies. These "fattories," a3 they have been called, 111113" event ually change the whole character of the grazing interests of the great plains ranches. A correspondent of The Texas Stock- man, in writing about marketing of mohair, says: I havo received returns from my mohair. Though it was but j six months' growth. I received (iO cents for tho best, which was about one-six til of the amount shipped. Tho price av- craged 30 cents. One of my neighbors I received 00 conts for his best mohair, fall clip.' They wrote 1110 that I should havo rolled each ileoco up separately. which 1 shall do this spring. The out side of tho fleece should bo rolled out. I expect a butter price for this spring's clip, as the hair is longer than in tho fall. Goats will yield more when shorn twico a year, and it is better for tho goats. To havo a line crop of large, rieh cur rants, enrich tho ground, make it clean and mellow, and thin out the brush. Cut away the old blunted wood and leave the vigorous young shoots. Let them occupy equal distances from each other and give tho bushes in some de gree a regular form. No fruit is more neglected than tho currant, the bushes being allowed to become enveloped in weeds and crass nnd the enfeebled bushes allowed to grow into u unus of brush. Tho difference in the size of tho hordes raised in tho two modes is about as ono to four. Cyrus T. Fox? in his "Experiences of a Lifetime," read before the Pennsyl vania Horticultural a.ssoejnlioti, ascribes much of the failure of fruit trees of Into years to exhaustion of the toll, and not to diseases and insects, nnd ho recommends a more generous treatment. I Id measured an apple tree in Ills neighborhood which was over five feet In diameter live feet from the ground, audit was in a thrifty ami vigor otis condition. He thinks it is the larg et applo true in the world, It grows on high, gravelly Iroiintono land. An other tree was nearly iu large. Although tho old reliable Wilton U a good linn market berry, it is acid in its ripest stage, and some bettor kind may be grown lor family use. The Sharpies has an excellent reputation a a fanuh lierry, being not only sweet, but largo and well flavored. The Man chester and Crescent are regarded as excellent on light soils, but require be ing alternated with varieties that aro both staininate and pistilate. In select ing varieties for home use this must not be overlooked, as many varieties will not produce unless fertilized by other kinds. Horseradish should bo planted as early in tho season as possible, or just as soon as tho ground can bo properly prepared, and if large roots are desired the soil cannot be made too rich and deep. In planting always use the sets. These are tho rootlets or branches of the main root, which aro too small for table use. They are cut into pieces about four or five inches in length, and in such a manner that there will be no danger of setting the roots upside down. Sets planted upside down will never make good roots. Prof. Caldwell says that some experi ments made with common salt proved that the soil of a grass plat, which had been dressed with it was found to con tain, ten days after a rain had fallen on it. twice as much water as an adjoining lot v Inch had received no salt. The plants on the salted portion were grow ing vigorously, while (hose on the un salted plat were sull'ering from drouglit This was obviously an exceptional case but it shows promiso from similar trials. 1). Dareste, a Frenchman who is ad dieted to experimenting with eggs, has ascertained the fact that the yelk of an egg is lighter than the white or albumi nous portion. He suspended an egg in a given position, marking the upper side, and after it had remained a month in this position it was carefully lowered into a saucepan and boiled. The yell was found adherriug to the membrane of the upper side of the shell. G. ('owing, of Indiana, says that, hav ing mislaid a paper of gourd seed, which he intended to plant early in tho spring, he did not plant them till June. The exterior of the seed had become hard mid dry; so he carefully split the shells at once plant ing t lie germs. They came up in a short lime, and grew vigorously till autumnal frost, and produced the only satisfactory crop of gourds lie ever raised. Every man in California recently n ccived SfiOO for a single cherry tree. It was required to be removed to make wav for the New Almaden railroad; the own er demanded :?1I0') for it; experts were appointed, and it was proved that the ireo nan lor years vieiiicd Hie owner crops of fruit which sold for. sums equiv alent to the interest, on the amount claimed. Hy a compromise G00 was accepted for the tree. Mr. II. C. Johnson, of Champaign, 111., states as the result of his observa tion that good crops of broom-corn can not be raised many years in succession on tlio same laud, even if a considerable quantity of manure lie annually applied to it. It appears to exhaust the fertility of tho sod much (pucker than common corn, small grain, or potatoes. Prof. Hrown says that the experience of thirty years convinces him that of all animals on tho farm the pig is the most free from dental irregularities; and the evidence of age, which a skilled in spector may obtain from a careful ex amination of the teotli, may be accepted as free from any suspicion of error. If largo watermelons are desired for show or exhibition purposes, give Iho vines a very deep, well-enriched soil, and do not permit more than ono fruit to remain on a vine. Pinch back the leading shoots occasionally, and bo very careful not to injure the vino in any way during its season of growth. Mr. J. J. II. Gregory is authority for a report that a Mr. Curtis, n farmer of Poabody, Mass., has a variety of apples so like a Baldwin tliat it cannot be dis tinguished from that variety and tliat it appears to have the remarkable power to reproduce itself true to typo from the seed. Mr. I. K. Felchgive3 a formula for a" chicken food which ho says will give a pound extra. in 12 weeks, or a L'O per cent, gain in the egg basket. Twenty pounds of corn, l't pounds of oats, 10 pounds of parsley, 10 pounds of wheat bran, to bo ground line and well mixed. A writer iu The Poultry-Keeper keeps what he calls "homo-made tincture of iron" iu a bottle of water in which a handful of rusty nails has beon placed. A little of this glaccd in the hens' drinking-water adds greatly to their health, he thinks, but it may bo doubted. A farmer in central New York, where beans are raised, says the best crops are prndiecd when they are planted iu hills two' t apart each way, ami tho soil wort ! with a narrow cultivator, lie ad planting from livo to seven Ik. . it hill. ADVISING A YOUNG AUTHOR. The follow ing correspondence is now gien to the press for the lirst time witli the consent of the parties; Win. Nye. Esq.: Dkau Sn: I am a young man. 20 years of age. with fair education and a strong desire to succeed. I have done sonic writing for the press, having writ ten up a very nice article on progres sive euchre, which was a great success and published in our home paper. Rut it was not copied so much in other pa pers as I would like to havo saw it, and I lake my pen in hand at this time to write and ask you what there is in the article enclosed thai prevents its being copied abroad all over our broad land. I write just as 1 hope you feel perfectly free to write at any time. 1 think that, writers ought to aid each other. Yours with kind regards. Ani:i.m:i!T L. Tkwkv. P. (). Rox 'J02. I have carefully read and pondered over the dissertation on progressive eu chre which you send me, Adclhcrt, and I cannot see w hy it should not be ra venously seized and copied by the press of the broad, wide land referred to in your letter. If you have time perhaps it would be well enough to go to the leading journalists of our country and ask tlicm what they mean bv it. You might writo till your vertebnu fell out of your clothes on the floor, and it would not do half as much good as a personal conference with tho editors of America. First prepare your article, then go personally to iho editors of Iho country and call them one by one out. into the hall, in a current of cold air, and explain the article to them. In that way you will form pleasant ac quaintances and get solid with our leading journalists. You have no idea, Adelbert, how lonely and desolate the life of a practical journalist is. Your fresh young face and your fresh young ways uud your charming gram matieal improvisations would delight an editor who has nothing to do from year to year but attend to his business. Do not try to win the editors of America by writing poems beginning: Now the merry goat let jump.', And the trilling ynller ilotr, With the tin can madly humps Like un ncroli.itlc imp. At times you will be tempted to write such si u II as this, anil mark it with ; large blue pencil and send it to the pa pcrs of the country, but that is not a good way to do. Seriously, Adelbert, I would suggest that you make a bold dash for success by writing things that other people aro not writing, thinking tilings that other pcoplo aro not thinking, and saying tilings that other pcoplo are not saying. You will say that this advice is easier to give than to take, and I agree with you. Rut tho tendency of (lie ago is to wear the same style of collar anil coat and hat that every other man wears, and to talk and writo like other men; and to bo frank with you, Adelbert, I think it is an infernal shame. If you will look care fully about you, you will see that tho preacher who is talking mostly to dusty pew cushions is also tho preacher who is thinking the thought of other men. He is "up-ending" his barrel of sermons annually, and when they wcro made in Iho first place from the sermons of a man who also 'up-ended" his barrol annually. Go where the preacher is talking to full houses, and you will discover that his sermons are full of humanity and originality. They are not written iu a library by a man with in terchangeable ideas, an automat io cog wheel thinker, , but they aro prepared by a man who earnestly and honestly studies the great aching heart of hu manity, and full of sincerity, originality and old-fashioned Christianity, appeals to your better impulses. How is it with our poetry? As a fel low-traveler and seasick tourist across life's tempestuous tide, I ask you Adel berl, who is writing the poetry that will live? Is it tho man who is sawing out and sand-papering stanzas of Iho same general dimensions as some other poet, in which he bewails the fact that he loved a tall, well-behaved, accom plished girl, sixteen hands high who did not reqtilto his love? All, no. He is not the poet whose orra cotta statuo will stand in tho cem etery, wearing a laurel wreath and a lumpy brow. Show 1110 tho poot who is intimate with nature and who studies the little joys and sorrows of the poor, who smells the clover and writes about lire, healthy people with Ideas and ap petites. He is my poot. I apologize for speaTcing so earnestly, Adelbert, but I saw by your letter that you felt kindly toward me, and rather invited an expression of opinion on my part. So I havo written more freely, perhaps, than I otherwise would. We are lxdh writers. Measurably so, at least. You write on progressive euchre, nnd I write ou anything that I can get hold of. So let us agree here and promis" each other that, whatever we do. we will not think through the thinker of anoi'ier man. The Great Ruler of tl e mi ise has made and placed upon earth a goml many millions of men, but he nccr made any two of them exactly alike We may dill'er from every one of the countless millions who have preceded us, and still be safe. Even you and I, Adelbert, may agree 111 many matters, and yet be very dissimilar. At least. I hope so. and I presume you do also. In the language of the late Lydia E. Pinkliain, Yours for health, IJili. Nye. German Superstition. As a rule Germans are not, gamhirs; but they play sometimes, and when they do they like to win, so there are charms that secure their success. Here is ono of them in rough outline. It is by far the worst and most blasphemous wo have heard of in central Germany a distinct piece of witchcraft, as it seems to us. To the words of tho charm, dis tinctly noted down at the time, we re gret that we cannot refer. The receipt without them stands thus: Catch a toad on Easter Sunday morning before sun rise, take a piece of soft wood pine, etc., not bench or oak -a little larger than the toad, and then nail tho wretch ed creature upon it in tho form of a cross, hang it on an isolntedpole towanl the sun, thus gradually changing its po sition with the progress of the day; keep sprinkling it every now and then with w ater, for if il dies before the sun sets your labor has been in vain. If, when tho sun goes down, he is still partially alive, it is enough; take him to tho nearest ant hill and bury him in it. On Whit Sunday dig him up. If no ono has disturbed the hill you will find the bones quite clean and white, put them in a little bar, hang it around you neck, and you will always win in games of chance. This charm is, of course, a violation of every law of humanity and religion; a giving one's self to the devil even more formally than if one sigired a contract with him in his own blood. If we could reprodueu the words to bo used at the diflerent hours it would be seen, imperfect as our account even then would be, what mysteries arc car icatured and therefore violated. The man who employs such means; simply says: "I shut myself out of the fold of Christ; all I want is to win at cards." The charm was preserved by an old man who served in the wars of 18lti and 1815. Another man, a comrado of his, whom lie carried wounded off a battle-field, had given him, when on tho point of death, his "lucky bag," and told him how to make a now ono. The veteran did not know from what dis trict tho man he had saved for a day or two had come; his knowledge of the charm it sol f was evidently inadequate; ho protested that lie had never tried it; hut the .bag and the bono were there, a little blue silk bag, worn and frayed, witli a name worked upon it that look ed liko Ella a girl's name, who was young some ninety years ago, we may suppose, and who put a ring, or per haps a few gold pieces, her scanty earn ings, into the bag, nnd gave it to her lover before he went away. It was full of toad's bones when wo saw it. Saturday Ilcvkw. An Editorial Wedding. Nathan Waldo Kennedy, editor and proprietor of tho Putnam (Conn.) Standard, popularly known as the boy editor, sent out rather novel invita tions to his friends to be present at his marriage to Miss Ida Greenslit The invitation is in typewriting on tinted paper, and at the head of the sheet was tho diagram of his card bearing tho words: "Private ofllco of Nathan Wal do Kennedy, Editor and Proprietor ol tho Windmm County Standard." Then followed tho invitations in typewriting, in which was given a slight history ol the bridegroom, followed by a com plcto history of tho bride, with a fow material facts in regard to her family, her brother, who is a journalist in Flor ida, receiving special mention. Editor Kennedy did not forget to mention al so that the young lady in question had been a successful schoolteacher, and that "her character was abovo ro prouch." At tho close of tho nuptial card was tho timetablo of tho arrival and departure of all trains at Putnam on tho important day. Hartford Times. Difficulties of Composition. A certain eccentric composor met a friend who asked If ho had recently beon making any more music. "Woll," replied tho composer, composition is a serious afl'air. if you have a good Idea you can't lind a paper to wrltu itdown; if you do write It, you won't lind a pub lisher; if you do lind one, hi) won't praise you; ifyourmuslo oventnally ia published, noliody will buy it; if somo body does buy It, he won't know how to play it; and if ho does pluy it, li won't like it."