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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1887)
V WE OREGON SCOUT. AMOS ICJONIX - KDITOIt. wquwniiRiwjiiwJi i7J-'rn Affirm ?7' Oregon Scout hat as larijva circif hilion as any thre papers in this sec tton of the State, combined, and is ror respondingly valuable as an advertising medium. Stititrriiiy, May 7th., 1H87. , Union juul Alcinity. Tin Inxwbnll censou if uon tie. Stock on the range gutting Int. Tho countv court will convene noxl week. Sherman it llsiley hnvo leased No- dine's tuli rnneh. Tho Oro Doll hrhlge is mid to be in a dangerous condition. kulin lias uot angry and won t ex change with us. We feel Mid, Circuit court for the new countv of Jliillu'iir, convened lust Monday. The Arlington hotel, of Maker City, has been leat-ed to some Portland men. The Knights of Labor are organizing in many towns throughout the state. The first meeting of the State rail road coinniisMoners took place lat Monday in Salem. Some of the alley ways and back fit roots of tho city need cleaning, and tho city authorities should i-ce that it is done at once. A new post office, named Gould, has been established one mile west of (il'Min's ferry on Snake river, .lame? . Cameron. 1 M. On account of going to Portland . soon to purchase goods', I am com polled to insist upon all owing ovi-iduo bills to settle at once. .1. (!. Stkvkns. Mr. Nance a prominent citizen and Justice of the I'eace at Elgin, died at that place last Tuesday. The remains were interred in the Suninierville cem etery. II ale it Smith, the well known rail road contractor-;, have secured the con tract for boring .the Siskiyou tunnel .'1070 feet in length. The work is ex pected to bo finished in about live months. From tho Gazette we learn that the city recorder of La CJrando makes up tho city assessment roll from the rec ords of' the county assessment on Jile at the court house. Novel method of as sessing, that. Last Saturday, an old lady by the name of Hill, was examined by the proper authorities and adjudged in sane. She was taken to the asylum this week by Sheritl' Hamilton and Dr. Deoring. A gang of laborers aro now busily engaged building a new wagon road from Huntington to Vale, tho distance boing'about "2 i mile-!. The object is to make Huntington the shipping point for the Willow creek and Malheur sec tions. Since the. lease of the (). 11. it X. Company's lines to tho U. 1'., Maker City is making ed'orts to have tho end of the division, machine shops, and round houses, moved from La Grande to Maker City, and it is said with fair chances of success. Messrs. Win. Mo Murren. L. Cr.nbill and G. M. Chambers, three experienc ed and well-known lumber men of Maker county, have associated themselves under the tirm name of Me Murren, Orabill it Co., and porpose to carry the lumber industry more extensively than over has been known there before. A man by the name of King Spain, who is working on tho Collin place, below town, while riding a horse hav ' ing harness on, last Thursday, was thrown ofl'and his foot catching in the harness he was dragged a considerable distance, and pretty badly injured. Dr. Cromwell attended tho patient and thinks ho will get all right again in time. Tho fifth anual convention of tho Woman's Christian Temperance Union ! of Oregon will take plaeo at'Ihe Dalles tho third week in May, commencing Tuesday the 17th and closing the eve ning of tho 20th. All local unions are requested to send full delegations. The basis of representation is one delegate for each local society, one delegate for every twenty members, and one for a fraction over ten. Through a private letter from Prai rie creek, Wallowa countv, we learn that a man by tho name of Munncl went out one morning this week to bring in some horses not faraway, and as ho did not return that Jay, seareh was instituted for him by about fifty of his neighbors, who after scouring the hills for several days found him dead. We were not advised as to what they thought was the cause of his death, j If Kulin wants us to write another I ''beautiful tribute to Grande. Hondo" for his paper, we will do so with pleas- j uro. If he wants us to select some oth- j theme next time, he has only to men-1 tion it. Nothing mean about us whon I it conies to helping a mortal in dis tress. Of couiso if we write any more j for his pujx?r grout care will be exoivis-; ed that tho first letttr of each Lnedi.iH ' not get in such a shape as lin y d.d in our lat. That was purely accidental. Poetollieo department officials are J having prepared a series of new deigns 1 of omboN-ed stamps for stained enve lopes of 1, 2, l and 5-ceiu denominat ions. The head of Franklin has been 1 Mflwtcd for the 1-eont stmp, and the UeMdd of Wellington, Jackeon and Grant for the 2, 1 and .l-cent donoiiu-' nations resjitetivoly. Jhe general de sign of the new aeries is uniform. On the upper side, mid following tho oi'ul slwpe u the legend " United Statu luf i age. uiiieau or -u. a. l'ostage," as on the stamp uov in uso. Tut new to ri e is now tt)Q' for idtut. The 1 1 i. m .-,. u - i' ! 1 1 jii.t f. n ,M ' in i Vi .! -, ;iv i n I ii n uii.i W,.'.l( w.i ( i n:i!i' , n"t m this nty the forepart of tie' week and i have been buy ever Mneo, getting matt rs in -impe. The work was not ! concluded a we went to ptrMi, conse , quently Ave ronld not publish an ac count of their proceedings in this issue. The Vast Orerfonian say the reser vation survey will probably be com menced in a few days. The contract or's lurid have !oen accepted, and they are now waiting for the accept ance of the commissioners' report. It is understood the surveyors will en deavor to tinsh thu survey Infore next winter. Hall Hccle tfc Co., the sawmill men of North Powder, are negotiating for the purchase of the Skill' & McCann mill, on Catherine creek above this city. If tli -y buv, they will at once put the mill in operation and make things lively in that section. The mill belongs to the McCunn estate. The' coroner of Maker county, during his seven months in ollice has present ed bills to the amount of .fflSO.oo or $M 1.3(1 per month. The editor of the Tribune ean't see through it,and seems to think the busincsss has been some bow or other, more remunerative than it should have been. Mr Levy received tho finest lot of bacon this week we have overseen. It was put up by George (ray and John Uandall, of the Lower Cove. Some of th! sides weighed C'2 pounds, should ers Impounds, and "hams Jl pounds each. The bacon was ipiite a contrast to that usually brought to this market. We are informed by parties in fiom the Lower Powder river country, that there has been but very little, if any, rain there since March 1st, and in con sequence the grass i short on the rang es, and ciops uot in good condition. They are in hopes a good rain will come soon. Mccently a band of hoi ?os consist ing of about li'O head, mares, geld ings, colts and Jillies were sold by Wesley Parker, of North Powder, to Mr. Short, a purchaser from Kansas City. They were a. choice band and no doubt brought a good price. The Wallowa stage line has changed time and now connect with the.' trams, both ways, at La Grande. Our numer ous subscribers in the lower end of the county will now recieve the Scorr tho same day it is issued. The Stale Teachers' Association of Oregon will bo hold in Salom July (!th, 7th and Slh, in tho Representatives' hall at the State house. ' Social Scintillations. Purngruiili lVt OUnliic. rilnclimlly, to tlio rrr'Kiliintlin uf llu l'liptllilD'. "THE WORLD DO MOVE." A CORRECTION, Union Oregon, May Ilrd, 1SS7 Ed. Srorr: The article in the La Grande Journal of April 2!)lh, US7, "Optic," of Union, is quite erroneous, and we desire to correct it to this ex tent: Entertainment was provided for the Indians that attended the Idaho Presbytery at Union on Apr. 21st, 1SS7 in christian families, but with only one or two in one family, and two of them were thus i ntertainod, and the other three would not soperate, hence to find entertainment for them at one place, they had to be taken to the hotel. Tho reason of this was that but one of the three could understand any English. They were perfectly clean and neat in their persons, and polite and gentle manly in their conduct at tlie table and elsewhere, and I dare say that there is not a family in the Presbyterian church in which they could not find entertain ment. I write this because the article above referred to rellects upon the very families who expected to, as well as those who did entertain the Indians. II. Eaki.v LETTER FROM 1)1?. CAPPrf. Denver, Col., Apr. 30, 1SS7. En. Scorr: 1 write to confess to my family and the public, that 1 did a very wrong thing in leaving Union at tho time and under the circumstances of my departure. I was laboring un der a degieo of mental depression, which none but myself can ever know; but had I known that it would have caused my wife anil children such trouble and sorrow, to say nothing of the anguish and regret that I have felt, I certainly never would have done so. Very much, as might be expected, has been told concerning nie, which is, foreign from the truth, and I exceed ingly regret on my poor family's ac count that so many refuse to pay to Mrs. Capps what they so justly owe to me. Some have denied their accounts altogether; some have claimed they paid their bills before I left; but 1 did not leave a singlo bill for collection but what was rcatonablo and just, and it certainly comes in very bad grace for those who take advantage of my ahccncc to Mvindle my family out of what they justly owe, to bmml their time berating me. 1 certainly have done a very great wrong, and I feel it my duty to confess it. I would give a fortune, did 1 jmssees it, to undo what I in an hour of despondency and dis couragement did; and I intend, just so far as I possibly can, to make- all right. My wife und children shall bo provi ded for while 1 live. It has never been my purpose to neglect them. I cannot explain all that actuated mo to leave ; it would bring others into such notice as would lie very unpleasant for them, therefore I am willing that all tho bluine should be thrown upon me. I certainly deserve a large chare of it. Afking tho public to have at least a little charity with a aad heart, I close tlii letter, V. CAlTri. Thus. Keating, of Keating, was in town this week. Prof. Tuttle ha our thanks for favors shown us this week. Mr. R. 11. Cashaw.sherilVof Wallowa county, is in the city. , Attorney .1. W. Shelton, went to Sa lem this week on business. Sheriff Hamilton is gathering in the delinquent tax at a rapid rate. Dr. Day tank allying triplo Dayton, W. T last week. He returned .Monday. Mr. W. M. Constable and wife, of Keating, were visiting in Union this week. Mr. E. Miller, of the Centennial hotel made a visit to Walla Walla this week. Dr. Capps writes to the Scorr from Denver Colorado. His letter appears in this issue. S. L. Hunter, tho brick mason, is now working on the Soinmor building, in La Grande. Mr Springer left the fore part of the week, to look after bis stock interests in the Harney valley country. Mart Taylor, an old-time showman, is destitute and sick and ending his days in a California hospital. W. D. Emele, of Keating, made us a pleasant isit this week and had his name placed on our subscription book. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Collins, of Sum merville, weie in Union this week, vis iting their daughter, Mrs. Hamilton. County stock inspector. Preobstel is visiting the various sections of the county in the discharge of his duties. Mrs Minnie Mloch and her brother Julius Levy, took their departure for Centerville, Umatilla countv last Tues day. The city fire wardens took their rounds tluough the city thiu week. They cannot exercise to much vigi lance. Jo. Dolby, of Mig creek, has purchas ed the "Short Order" house in Maker City and will try his hand at the hotel business. Herman Waldeck, the Suniinorville merchant, shipped a splendid lot of furs to jScw i ork recentlv. I hev wero from animals caught by Frank Easly of Indian valley. Mr John R. Crites, of this city, has received an appointment as attorney for the board of commissioners for the school and university lands, for tho State of Oregon. Mr Andrew Muchanan, of Island City, was visiting in Union tho fore part of the week. In order to bo with the great majority he came in and subscribe for tho Scorr- Mr. George Hayes, of Umatilla coun ty, read our last issue- and sent us a dollar and a half for fifty two issues more of the same kind. George knows a good thing when ho sees it. Mrs Watson is now teaching in the La Grande school. A report of her de partment of the Union public school appears in another column. It should have appeared in our last issue, but was unavoidably ciowded out. Mrs. John Millikcn, the wife of au industrious farmer living up in the foot bills of the Mine .Mountains, gave birth to triplets last week. John took to the woods whon the awful magnitude of the event downed upon his dazed intel lect, and at last accounts had not been rounded up. Ilcppuor Gazette. SCHOOL REPORT. NEW YORK STORE. Theabovo named store at La Grande, H. Anon, proprietor, is the place to Eocun bargains. A full and complete line' of general merchandise is always on liand. Remember th i?ew York Slartf,,Li Grande. Union, April 21), 1887. En. Scout: As I am 'about to elose my work in the piimary grade of tho Union public s.hools, I send you the following report for publication. Al low me to add that, on account of tho strong attachments formed among us as teachers and pupils, it is with a feeling of sadness that 1 sever my con nection with this school. I desire al so to speak a won! in praise of the vorv efficient board of directors E. H. Lewis, II. M. Drake and J. W. Ken nedy, who, by their kindness and wit dom have greatly encouraged mo in my labors here : itoi.i, or uo.voit. Present every day during year, Wal ter Swackharner; not absent during this term, Walter Swackhainer, Wil lie Hutchinson, Lula Ilaynes and Oko Menson; not tardy during this term, Homer Dickson. James Hutchinson and Lula Haynes. Those to bo promoted from Second reader: Mertha Muchanan, Maud Clark, Frank Hamilton, Lon West, Walter Carroll, Luzetta Johnson, Oko Menson. Archie Gilfillan, Orville Saun ders, John Wyott and Xettio Watson. Promoted from First reader : Anna Green, Maggie Miller, Walter Swaek bamor, Rufus Wright, Jool Wilkinson and Lonnie Mitchol. MtlZKri AWArtDErJ. For the greatest number of head marks in sp lliug classes, Second rea der, Lula Haynee, autograph album; Firt reader, Joel Wilkinson and Gns sie Lwy, autograph album to each; best sehollarship in arithmetic, Mor tlia Muchanan, handsome inkstand. AIkh. J. R. Watson, Teacher. oui: cici;i:u. Wabelk'vo In truly liii-nlingthooonlideiiae ot our patrons, In liuiietKfipduiiriaociinit htstfiaents uoiiceriiliig tlisia, Wimre iluul Uig, a ili biikiiie-x, low prices, prompt ing, sin! clear Ui.uck'iiDe. All orders outlasted to us for DRY OOOIhs, will be strictly filled hi siwh dunce wilh tkis crawl. 0MiS,t KIXG, 1M 1ri Street, Portland. Ot egon. Isljuui Citj Idyls. spring is the winter of our d siciiii nt , For yesterday it thawed, to-day it freezes And man's pneumonic wrath and grief give vent In wild, distressing, dislocating sneezes. Musines less active than usual, Mom. To the wife of Joe Grinicl, twin daughters. Master Jesse Maer gave a party in honor of his 7th. birthday. Mr. Marnhart, of Pine Creek mines, has been visiting friends in town. Mi A. Clark, of alcin, ()i,ix visiting her brother. ,Ino. Clark. Mr. Childors, who for several days was dangerously ill, is some better. Mr. Charles Croby has returned from a vifit with her sister at Port land. Mr. Jones has his new tin store well stocked with tinware, of every descrip tion. Tute Kirkpatrick fell in the river and came near drowning. Johnnie Adams rescued him. Mr. Oliver's little girl, two years old, fell in a tub of hot water, death ensuing some twelve hours after. We hear glowing accounts of the Mother Hubbard dance at Summer villi. Miss Smiley and Mr. Daisley drew first prizes for best waitera. We want a laundry, run by white men. The homes of white people de mand the products of our own mar kets, and the 'money hoarded to send to China by the fungi of Asiatic serfdom would be used to grease the axels of commerce. The only way to make the Chinaman go is to refuse to em ploy him, and it's high time the pig tail that runs the laundry in this place crossed the bar. Sai.i.y Ann. Ilusiness Locals. H S El ranii y mm Having- bought flic- Saunders stock of goods, will continue to sell at mi u i S f PI LESMLC bl i ii lie m Wis I TJ ' Th m 9 AND SOME WILL BE GIVEN AWAY S&SgA full line of Groceries just received. ATTENTION! All persons who arc indebted to Dr. G. W. Diggers aro hereby notified that their accounts and notes must be paid within ton days from date, or costs will bo added. Call either at my office or the olfico of O. F. Moll, attorney at law. I mean business. G. W. RIGGERS. Union, Or., April .10th., 1887. IIAITINKSS ANI Ill'.Wril "Are important problems, tlio former depen ding Kreatly on the latter. Kveryom is fa miliar with tins healthy properties of fruit, and no one can afford to bo sick und miser able while the pleasant California concen trated liquid fruit remedy, Kyrup of Figs, may be bad of all dniKKists, Knell, Heitslui & Woodard, Wbolesalo agents, Portland, Oregon I!iklcnH Arnica Sulvo, Tin: Must Salvi; In the world for Cuts, liruhes, Soto, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever fioren, Tetter, Chapped Handh, Cbllblalnt,, Conn, nnd nil .Skin Kriiptlnn., and positive ly eu res Piles, or no pay required. It If guaranteed to give perfect xatUfaetlon, or inonej refunded. PrlcJ 'Si cents per box. For eali) by J.T. Wright, Union, Oregon. ; Ooldendale, W. T. 1 have bad tho dlabotes for thirty years. Have had many physicians prenerlbo for mo but failed to get relief. 1 tiled tho Origan K'ulney Teo. and tho iirst dose gave nic ro lelf. 1 am now alimul well, and would rru ommond It to any onosiifforhig from this din ouse. MOS1W1UKK. MILK! MILK!! Aftor tho first day of may 1 will do livtir milk, morning and ovoning, at flvu cents a quint till further notfoo. S. 1'. FIQKLIN. (!rau. Sucar, 12 lbs. Extra C ,. I I Yellow C 1C . . Me.-t Codec, f Mot Tea. Piekels, f mil kegs Price's C. W. M.'Soap, box. . Kirk's Soap, box Rice. II lbs Starch, (! , Mincing, 2 boxes Ovsters, 211) cans, .1 for HI. ' ! Sardines, French, 2 boxes Cove 'Strai, "lit OTTIR, PRICES. .if 1.00 Mlackberries, o cans I no Peaches, table, ! cans. 1.00 1 - l'ie lOO ; Assorted pie fruit, ." cans j oo Tomatoes, (5 cans L7H ! b' I ,-,() j Candles, 12 for 1.27) U'lll'kers, lolbs 1.00 l'l'lllU's German 10 lbs. . . j;-, . Matches, ! pkgs .2.") I ,'v'-'' American, 10 cans . 1 .00 . 1.00 And'all other goods nt ami I -..;... .2.) , Minds. lire (ill llrt-ehisN . . .$1.00 .. 1.00 ... 1.00 ... 1.00 ... 1.00 ... 1.00 . . . .17) ... 1.00 . . . 1.00 . . . .2." .. 1.00 ate. The stamhiid Mine itiol at Drake's. Strichnino at Drake's Meals 2.") cents at the Centennial. Garden hoes at do. Wrights, .'57 1-2 cents each. Steel traps, ?2. oO a dozen at Jo. Wright's. Choice garden and llower seeds at Jones Mro's. Fifteen pounds of blue vitriol for $1. at Wright's drug store. Ladies and gents' summer goods con stantly arriving from the East and San Francisco, at Levy's. Why buy from imigrating agents of whom you know nothing, eithorof their responsibility or the charcctor of their goods, when there aro responsible deal ers located near you, who carry full and complete lines of all farm and mill machinery and implements, and whose success it is for your best interests to support with year patronage? Frank Mro's. Implement Co, of Island City request your consideration of their claim, and refer you to your neighbors who have had dealings with them. II A Caplulu's Kiirliinulii lls' vrvy. Capt. Coleman, 5ohr. Weymouth, plying between Atlantic, CI,y and N. Y., had been troubled with a rough so that ho was unabhs to sleep, anil wa Induced to try Dr. Kink's New Discovery for CoiiMimption. It not only gave him instant relief, but allayed the extreme sorcne-s in lil breast. UN children were similarly affected and a single do.-e had the same happy effect. Dr. King's New Dis co, ery N now the standard remedy In tho Co'c man household 'Hid on board the m'Iioo ner. Free Trial Hottlrx of this Standard Jtemedy at .1. T. Wright's drug Itore, Ilnnl Times. AVldlt money Is close, wages and prices low, expenses should be cut down In cicry household. ICeonomy, the watchword for -Mothers, head off doctor bllN, by always keeping in the houe a bottle of Dr. Ilo-an-koN Cough and Lung Kyrup. Stops a cough instantly, relieves consumption, cures Croup and pain in the Chest In one night. It N just the remedy for hard times. Price r0 ct., and .fl. Samples free. .Sold by .1. T. Wright, Union, Oregon. Grade Flour at 83.50 barrel; 5 barrel lots at 83.25. JAYCOX & FOSTER l-2-tf. per. gon. Union, On Drake's New i ii u i 1 1 ii p c m r i t i fl II 11 H U 11 Ij C ill C Si 1 1 I will duplicate the prices of any mer chants in Union. I A3I IliCRiCTO STAVittid DON'T KLITFF Worth ;. Cent. NO OLD STOCK ON HAND. Mice, IT) lbs if 1 00 Codec, Tilbs 1 00 Coll'ee, browned, ! lbs 1 00 Mrooms,:: 1 01) 1 vorv soap, 10 oaken 1 ' 00 Dried apples, 7 lbs I 00 Dried plums, 7 lbs 1 00 Triiiies, 7 lbs 1 00 Hoda, 12 lbs 1 00 Mest tea, .'! lbs 1 00 Lye, 10 cans 1 00 Axle grease, 'A cans 7)0 Cherries, f cans Tobacco, 2 lbs Codlish.8 lbs. ' Wash tubs Matches, 12 pkgs Purity soap, 10 cakoa Thorn's o. w. soap, per box. Moyal savon soap, per box. . Pickles, per k Starch, S lbs Sardines, 2 cans French calf boots . . 1 (K) ... 1 00 ... I 00 .. I 00 ... 1 (10 ... 1 00 ... I 0 ...I 70 ... 2 (10 ... 1 00 2fi . . . ! ro Only Union Roller Mills fiour for sale. J3est in market, at prices to suit all. Boots a! SIiogs, Cloii an! Dry floods Coming now from (lie Kost. to Drako'.s Oadi Store. RFAI)J READ.! WW IT TAW! k READ. -(lit FAT MA11UAINS AT- Herman Waldeck's, - Summerville, Or. w i FinB LinB.of Dress fioods, Giniams, Lawns, CALICOKS, LAD IKS' FANCY HOODS, Kw, Etc, Fine AxKOitinent of Corsets, Hosiery, Laces, and Embroideries. Gents' Furnishing Goods, Mens, Youths and Boys' Clothing, Hats, Caps, etc., etc. All kinds of produce bought and sold. Clill JTERT and TEED STABLE. (OPPOSITE CENTENNIAL HOTEL.) J. S. ELUQTT, Proprietor. Everything Flrt Class. Turin.) Very HeunoniiMc. Buss to and Piom the Depot Making Connection with all Trains. Dailv Stage Line to Cove, Carrying Fast Freight and Passengers. LouviiiK Union every afternoon ami returning in inornini;, making eonnoetlon with trftlm. Pnro 60 cunts 5 rouiul trip 75 eunU. 4 TV