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
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Having- bought flic- Saunders stock of
goods, will continue to sell at
mi u i
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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.
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