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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1887)
THE REGQM SCOUT. AMOS K. JOS ICS KOITOIt, City and County Official Paper. Saturday, June IStli., WILL SETTLE AV CUV JIT. It seems that 1 lie Wullnwn reunify f iniiymilcs nro so much i1ilcitM!il with tlio cuiK'Iusiniii: arrived at by the board ' of commissioners iippuiiiltul by the lcgishitmc to idjiisi mutters between Union and "Wallowa I'onntics, that they have coucluilcil to leave it to the arbitrament of the courts of law, and last. Saturday Med their pupcrfi appeal ing the ease to the circuit court It. was not exported here that they would do this, as it was frit that the proposed settlement was most liberal toward "Wallowa county, and thai more was granted them than Ihey coufd justly claim, in owlcr thai no unpleasant feelings might be engendered, and that all might be settled amicably. Concessions, in this spirit, have been unavailing, ami wc now learn from Attorney Sholton, whose linn lias charge of the.cao for Union county, that the kmc will be tried on it merits mill lo that end ihey have iilso ap pealed from the decision of Ilia board of commissioners The papers were served by Sheriff Hamilton this week, and the case will come up for heating nt the. .Inly term of coiirl . Wc under Maud that Piper. Durleigh & Gowan tiro tlio nlloinoys for "Wallowa counly. It is not necessary for us to cuter into u recapitulation of the llgures in this attempted settlement, as they liavo already been published in this paper. Wo also refrain from express ing our opinion in regard to this mat ter, although we have looked into it fully, lest it should raWo the bile of our friend , the editor of thn Chieftain , Imt wc hiidiiiir, if he will allow u to do so, Hint, when this, suit is untied, it will hi fou. i,l Ui.il "Wallowa county will linvo lo assume between foitr rind Jive thousand dollars nioitt Indebted ness than It would lllivo hail to, had it seen lit to nbido by the settlement FUggested by the board of commiss ioners. A MOTHER '.MISTAKE. The wisdom of the average Oregon legislator is so profound, and the acts passeM by the body to which he be longs so far-reaching and mysterious in their workings, that it take; the ordinary citizen about six ii'onths af ter adjournment to fiet quieted down, and rid himself of the haunting fear that something is liable to drop on him at any minute will-out giving warning of is approach. It is now some mouths since tlio ad journment of (he laf term, and peo ple were beginning lo think the worst had passed, and lo feel easier, but as will he seen, entirely too soon, so fai ns the people of the Wallowa are con cerned. It is now discovered that that counly was not provided for in the act redistricliug the state into sen atorial and representative districts, and consetpieutly will he without rep resentation in the next legislature, See. 1 of tlio act creating Wallowa county, which was approved Feb. 11, 1 SS7 , provides that , "The Iciral voters of Wallowa county shall be eiilitleil to elect at the nciu ral cUrdon of lKXH.anil thereafter until otherwise provided by law, one ini'iulier of the house of icpu sentalive!vliik I'nlon octiuty shall lie enti tled to elect one; and the 'said Wallowa eoeniv shall, for senatorial purposes, he an nexed to theeiKlitceiith senatorial district, and lie entitled with said district to one sen ator until otherwise provided hy law." The redistricliug act, howovor, which was approved six days altor ward Feb. 17th, provides that Un ion counly shall have one senator and one joint senator with Umatilla, and three representatives, but no provis ion of mention Is imulo ot "wfflltJwa county. As the (jnotii of mnibeis al Jowcd tliirly iu iho soiiatc. and sixty iu the house, is already full, it would seeing that Wallowa county gis left out in tlio cold. iMtilhetir and other now counties may be similarly situated so far as vo Know.. TJutt llils Is truo indicates u. remarkable absence of inlud on the part of the representa tives whoso duty it was to look after the inlerests of the districts lly yep relented, 0 ll'A YO Uli 0 VX JIOMKS Every man, whether he is a work man in the common acceptation of the word or not, feels a deep interest iu the management of the affairs of the city, county, and State in which ho lives whenever ho owns a lioniu. 1 lo is more patriotic, aptly says the ilualrial G'ttxette, aud in many ways is n bettor citizen than the man who dim ply rents, and who lias but llttlo If any assurance ot how long it will bo before lie can bo ordeiil to move; to which may bo added in many cases the saving of more money. Of eourfo it requires 6oino economy to lay up a eullicicut amount of money to purchase ami pay for a homo; but this very fact, if properly carried out after the home , is acquired, may bo tlio instrument of furnishm"; the menus to commence, mid prosecute a business upon your own responsibility. True, in pome cases it will require moroconomy. perhaps, than wc arc now practicing. Itut ti c question with every man, and especi ally if he is the head of a family, is, Can he afford it? That is, can he af ford to live up his wages as fast as lie earns them, without hiyintr up any thing for the future? If he is the head of a family, ho is obligetl to pay rent, . and it does not require very many 1 years of rent paying to make up au amount sullicicut to purchase and pay for a comfortable home. You have to pay the rent. This you say you can not avoid and be honest. Well you cannot be honest with vonr familv mi- W v,o. .mmI.-m ...i.s.ni.il.l.. Mii.M.mi I,. ' provide them a home of their own in case anything should happen to you. And I lie obligation to do this should be as strong as the one to pay rent or provide the other necessaries for the comfort of your family. When you own a home, you feel a direct interest iu th". public affairs that otherwise you might consider were of little in terest. LUium.uiJjBcriiii ! in nui Just an Airing. A few ;.(;'iitlt Illnlx anil Truthful iniw'l.H friiiu ik MraiiKi'r in lliu lunil, (ml ikii W lio Iihh lull k ami l'.j t'. Itr- WALLOWA C'Ol NTV AND IlICSOUIlCIM. Wallowa Valley, June (!, 1887. Ed. Scojit: Thinking mayhap a short letterfiom this section would bo iwci..i1 nlilo to 1 1 in 1 1 of voor iiimii'ioiis readers, I will endeavor to say a few words concerning I ho Wallowa Valley aud its resources and advantages wor- Jin hy of their perusal. rue valley is uiviueii into inreo sec- i tionr the Upper, Middle and Lower I valleys, and consists of several tlious and acres of excellent farming and stock land, a great deal of which is al ready taken mid considerable iniprove-nir-uts made. Hundreds of nice, abundantly producing farms dot the valley and adjacent foothills. Many small creeks and valleys are tributory to the Wallowa, on all of which is found line grain producing land easily available aud easily fenced. Fine stock range is found on the low hills and table lands where already hun dreds of horses, cattle and sheep graze several months in tho year. Tlio soil in the bottoms and valleys is of an excellent and very productive nature and easily domesticated. This only remains. A person coining here to start must not think that he can sit down in a corner and that his laud will be fenced and plowed and the crops planted, but. he must icork and that hard loo. This is no place for one wno desiies to gain a livelihood without i any eH'ott. The climate hero is as j good as the state is blessed with, and no one need complain it' it don't just : meet their ideas ol what it ought to be. Immense quantities of lino timber, pine and tamarack, abound on the mountain slopes and is not hard of access, and several good saw mills are situated in Iho valley where as lino a variety of lumber as is seen iu tho state can be found. Lumber is at. a very reasonable figure, averaging about JfKI per thousand. Joseph, the present counly seat, is the main town of Wallowa county, at present, but it is iu a fair way to bo left in the rear eie long, for tho people have chosen a more central location and started a town for the purpose of locating tlio county .eat at the next general election, some time next year. WALLOWA (TIT is to be tho future county seat and me tropolis of Wallowa county, and, although it is iu its infancy at present, good men have been secured to take hold and the work of building a town has ulna y begun. One of, (if not the best) school buildings iu tlio county is located hero and well under way to ward completion. A largo store buil ding was raised a few days ago and will he rushed to au early finish and immediately beoeupied. The founda tions for several more business houses, as well as residences are down ami ev crylMng eomcs with it an air of bum'' ncv.i. A priiitingolllco and blacksmith shop will be the next additions to Main fctrcvt, and will probably bo erected during the next ten days. The town site is on what is. known as Ilonnett Flat, and is as admirably a located site for a city as one could lindin a nionth'ri travel over Kasteru Oregon. The soil is of a gravelly nature ami very pro ductive ,ncn piopei ly tended. A ie P":1 has been circulated that alkali nlioundd here in Unlnnite J quantities, but fcuch is not Uto case of all. ICx cellent water iNili bo secured by wells or by a main taken from the river a shoit distance above town. There is a great dcil of opposition to tho new town i on account of tho county seat ques- I tion, as the owneri of tho other town and the parties interested in dividing tho county at tho last logiolatuiu were directly connected with the view of so curing tho county seat at. Joseph, but the people, as a majority, think that u more central location wijuld bo nioro advantageous and also tlcsiro to have, at least, a word to say us to the man nijoinent of the county ntl'iiir, they, al so, recognizing the game tit once. Wallowa City, will and must have tho COf.NTV SKAT. Again Jotcph hat a newspaper owned and edited by uuo of the sauiu cumixi uy who own the townsito aud it very seriously objects to anything which will not in some way lead right up to Joseph, and will not speak encouraging ly of uiiv thin-.r, iniprfr nunt or other- Em; , say nnvtlnng derogatory of Joseph or any of 'her wnva ami schemes to gain utln!;" nia1'" 11,0 trut,1 I Another paper is toon to be started ' at Wallowa Citv and we are told it will ; stand up for the rights of thr people instead of u cho-en few. One, lr'a'StSK crything over the Grande 15onde tins from La Grande, the neat- .oad station and supply point. I In I tiiu f.f ititif t I ..v... vii.i...r..v.... (l... r:,.., i, .,,!.. mountains i est railioad station and sunulv noint I The means ef access to the valley is , by stage from La Grande. Stage leaves j La Grance at 2 o'clock every afternoon and reaches Joseph at about ! o'clock 1 tlio next day. The road traverses the! entire length of the ullowa valley i and a good portion of the. breadth Brando Hondo valley, passing throngl ! m iiuust, country mat lies out : . . ..... ... . . . ..t .1. ...... mm i ... i :. a"7 T.t ui iiwuir. x i iv legume i.iip in -pi.-iu, but on account of Joseph's opposition stage line the fare is sometimes cut very low. Many hundred head of cattle and horses are annually shipped out from here, as also many hundred pounds of the finest of Eastern Oregon wool. One of the gieatest needs of the Wallowa Valley is a nilST CLASH flltlST .MIl.I. which can find an excellent situation at Wallowa city with all the advanta ges and power needed to run a large mill. Neither of the mills here make very good Hour and the people are erving for a eood, first class mill to locate here. Ground for a mill can be very easily secured at that place by applying to Mr.Jt. F. StubblcJield. A I limited number of lot, either for b;ui- j ness or residence can be secured gratis I by beginning to put up a house worth at least .fifiO, at once. Lots can also j be purchased very reasonable. Good ' ranches and stock farms can be taken up or bought at very low ligures, and i lumber and provisions being cheap it I ' a spicuum piace lor lnumgranis io locate if they can escape the clutches ' real esiate agents in uihikio iionue vanev. lore anon, A. II. rilKLPS. Iheaking cart for sale. Enquire of Dr. I). V. IC. Deering, Union. Must Ee Settled. Having had the misfortune to lose my en tire stock of (,'oodi, l,y lire, on the niornhiK of the ."0tli. I must rtqnest all those indebt ed to inc. to call at once anil settle their ac counts, as I am in need of money, and must have it. JOS. WltKiHT. Niittcu to Stockholders. The minimi nieetiut,' ot the stockholders of tlio Union 3IilliiiK tVinpany will he held at the ollieo of the company in Uniwn, on Saturday, Julv li, lsS7 at 2 o'clock- 1'. M. II. 11. DUAKK, Secy. JULY i - JULY I Summerville, - Or. Ushered in hy 11 1 guns at Sunrise. I I'oriningof procession at t) A. M. tin- j dor supervision of K, II. Morelock, Marshal of the day. as lollows: i Liberty Car, j Union and Sumine'rville Silver Cornet Hands, Base ball clubs of Union, Xorlh Uow- tier and Summerville , in uniform, i Orator of the day. lion T, II. Craw- I lord, Header of Declaration , and Chairman ol day J. W. Xorville. ' Citizens iu carriages and wagons, Horsemen . Iu the above named order the process ion will form aud inarch to the cele bration ground, two miles west of Sninmerville. PROGRAMME AT GROUNDS: Song by Glee Club. Music' by Hands, Heading of Declaration of Indepen dence, hy F. II. Collins, Song bv Glee Club, Oration by lion T. 11. Crawford, Music by Hands, DINNER LI rienty of hush for all. AKTlillNOOX: Assembling at grand stand at 1:.10, Music by Hands, Song hv Glee Club, Address bv ,1. W. -Norvlllc, After which the precession will rc fonn and march to town, ! Match game of base ball between the Luion and Xorlh 1'owder clubs, for a purMj of at 'J:!iO. Litoritry exetvisos at tho Occidental 'hull, for a prize of AND NOW THIS FUN HHCIXS: Wr nt l:.'10 the Hon. order of liornoYcumlirickilarians 11 parado Main unit ratten streets, under the leadership of Hi Koyal Highness, Kllis Kinehart. lir.ind ili-play of FSRE WORKS ! Iu, tho evening, superintended by S, Melenie and Dr. V. K. Kiue hart. Tliedavh' exenNcs to cunehnlc with a GRAND BALL ! At tho Occidental hull. Tickets, Including Supper, - $2.50. Ily order of committee, 11. WAUDIJCK, T. A. KLNISUAUT. A. MISAC1IKN, i THKD. WILLIAMS, I A..1. I'VTIT.N. T BURRELL & CO., Portland, Or. : , , ' ' Uc-iirrnl -U'.'.n for Oregon a.,,1 Wnriiingt'in Territory for the- - CE I R AXJK 13 BAIN FfS. WAGONS, HUFFALO l'JTTS T1TKESIIKKS nii.PKNGLVES, ! THE KACINE SJ'HIXCJ WAUOXS, HACKS and lU'CJOIES, I TJIE COLlMm'S M'OfSIEK, KOAJ) CAHTS and UlTKHOAIlDS. I WOULD KEXOWNEl) DKE1UNG "ALL STEEL" TWINE I5INDEHS ! Several kinds of Hay Rakes, St i I 111(1 7 Kill 0" J OWS 1 ClUU H cL11Villi4 1 IU : i WORLD KENOWXEJ) MK'OIIMIOK ; THE MiCOKMK K AND DEEIHNG MOWEltK, THE HODGES' NEW LMPIJOVED HEADERS, Buckeye Iron Turbin Wind Engines nvi.v i Aivii aiu 1 BarlM fire an! Binder Twine a Specially. All our pnnN arc Hoindit for Cash ami will lie Sold ti 1 v as KIltST CLASS (OOlisiC'AN UK SOLI). Hive us a call or write for I1lu;rutod Catalogue, fnc. ?f5"-Ku'l stock of ltcpairs for all .MiK-iiuu ry lamcii, Branch House, I I Am II 11 s& ma aaafltiss lOrator if 111 m, MUSIC FOR THE DAY BY THE PENDLETON BOY'S BAND, Singing by a cliorus of 50 voices, The Horiieybrcnieklcs. L'OO strong, under charge of I?. F. llcalo, will appear. IJaso ball and other games. Grand dance at night, tickets, with supper, t?2.o0. Dancing iu Uavillion 100 feet square, creeled for that purpose. Come, EVERYBODY. NOT THE WORLD BUT THE STOCK OF mm m -Belonging to- W iMust, shall and will prices ever known Call and Enii tie Adolph Levy,, H3B3R Ml WASH1PJC RfiACHINE and WRINGER. Corwin C. Coffinberry, - Manufacturer, Union, Union County, Orco-on. TUST1MOX1ALS. tTiilmi, Ore ton, May 11, liT. Tlv U to ocrtiy that 1 have u ed Hip Ac 'riitslstowrtKvtli.it Mr. I'liurle f. l otl' j rue wtishtiiK nuichlu and wringer to do lnlMrry,on May 10. wmilied w.th an Acme two lurjfi fami'v waaliiiuts. hhJ it xnve washing in telilne at iny hotel, hi one hour j inc perfect mils faction, and I think it will Mini foity-llveiiilnule., lUe following nainwd I do uli tUut it Is recuuillii'liiletl to do. article.: Family wshhiK, I tine iirt. 2 MHs. CH AKI.IW UoUtN'S. pair drawers, a uudeililru, 2 walts, 1 1 hoi mi, J towels, a pair oc.Ks, r.' iiamtKer eliUits, tl collar ami 1 pair euff'. llitlel gooil-, IS table cloths, 18 nheet, 39 pillow on, and TO towels, t"tt tiocs ill all. Tin) nUnve wutltiiut gave ixrlxt Millsfuotlnn. K. II, Ml 1.1.1-It, Propiietor (.Vlllotiulul ltoll. Vniuii, Hiej.Mii. May Vi. 1HK7. TUI t' riii tea! 1 h ie nl the Ac llio walni.g ii.it.li.iie mid ni'.i.v., auJ lltitruilluly U-U't it a 1 1 . 1 am i -;i i:.i d that it is the lt,t waling luaehine now in ll. and unhi-sitatniplv reruiilineiMt it tn all)" person w i-Id I IK a wuhl'i' lll.irliilir 1 UIU anUslted thui it will (lii .ill oriou.e tlien UelalluW tor ii I'V Mr ( .en Ihir, Stilkv, Gang J 1 ' O TWINE HINDEHS, wxn v t jlxxl juu,;iuvo, always in muck. Island City, Or. 2 u r.u. .' A' rr wrrrsv. H fl H M 'SWSP be sold at tlie lowest in Eastern Oregon. Only CouM St 1 u - Union, I'nlon. Or. Muy 11, l7. Union t'lty Uotpl, May nth., 1SS7. 1 Thl 1 to c-crily tlmt tlie Amim washing! ni;ieh!iie lu Uoiiu two washinini at my ho- ' tel.jind It ha srivm iHrfeci atlsf tion, : Mid I thinli It will do ail thai Mr. CoiUnlier- 1 n uprv-tut it to do. L. J. mootiu:. 1 Uttlon. tin'i hi, May 10. 1SS7. ThU Is to wrU.) mm we hne testeil tint ) AotU" waidMNir n:n bine aud wriujrur on I m.-vim1 WWWii. au 1 hae no luwiuney in j sjtyiyjf tiuil it I the Ih-i lu icliiue we Imve I -i u."s i i m . ,1(1 ri, M H. VI I.IK .tuNKs. 1 Yd murm flap I II mm ock To Those Indebted. On the morning .r May .TO'.h. 1 had the j mis-fortune to loe, by lire, iny drug .store and it entire contints. account hooks inrlu I tied. I am eomiu-lled to nk thine ,vho are indebted to me to rail at my nrtiM at the First National 1Sn.uk, mid agree upon amount due, ami riming? for ittlcmciit of Maine. Please call at vour earliest convenience. JNO. T. WlttUHT. J. A. 11KLI., House, Sign and Carriage PAINTER Graining a Specialty. Shop, CornT M:iln and A f trccts, Un'onf Oregon. R. C. GREIG Is almost daily receiving: additions to his large stock OF A new line of Eastman's Perfumes, Just hi, which an- well known to take the lead. Spectacles, Brushes, Combs, etc, A laifre assort inent. Bird Seed, Insect Powder, Machine and Coal Oil. WIND MLLSr mi, I desire to uiioriu the ulitieth' ""t the snloncent for the celebrated KNTKK- PltlSH WIND MILLS, in Union coun ty, and invite intending purchasers to come and examine the on" now one -'i tion at niv place in West Union. I am convinced you will pronounco it the. m-.-t mill now manufactured. The extremely low prices place them witNi'i the reach of nil. Circulars of wind mills anil turnips sent on application. A..1. KI1MUC. decL'o-yl, Sciatica, Lnrabago, RhcnmatiEin, Burn:, Scalils, Stings, BitC3, Bruises, Banioaj, Corn;, Scratches-,-Sprains, Strains, Stitches, EtuTJoints, Backache, (Jalh, Seres, Spavin Cracks. Contracted Muscles, Eruptions, Hoof Ail, Screw Worms, Swinney, Saddle Galls, Piles. THIS COOD OLD STAND-BY Bceomrllslies for cvcrylioily exactly what Uclnlmeil I forlt. Ono of thorcaioaarortlioereatiJOitularltrof ' tho Miiatnns Llalmcut la foamllnlta uulvcrsnl I uppllcnblllty. Krcrytxi!j-ieelsuchainltclne. Tlio I.umliriianu needs It Ju case ot accident. Tlio IliHsnvIioiioelsnrorgcneraii"". T!i o Cn n ler uoods It for Ills tenins and hl men. Tlio Mucliaulo ncod It always ou bl work liB0ll. Tlio Miner nncd it Incase ot emergency. ThotMonBorncKUlwan'tsetalonevrlthouttt. The I'urmei- needs It In Ws House, his stable, aud hU ktuek yard. Tho Steamboat mnn or iui llonti.ian nee.li It In liberal scvply aflootnnd aliore. Tho Hor.c.fnuclor needs It-It is hU be.t friend and safit reliance. Tho tstoclt-arower noeds It-It will saro him thoEsauds of dollars and a world of trouble, Tlio Itullrond man neodsltand will need It so long a his llfo Is a round of accidents and dangers. The ItucUwoodMiiiau needs It. Therolsnoth. tag nice It u an anttdoto for tho dangers to life, llrali and comfort which surround tho pioneer. Tho SIcrchniit needs It about bis store among hU employees. Accidents will happen, and when these como the JIuttang Liniment Is wanted at once, lCccpu IJottloiu the House. 'TUthe bestot ccouomy. KcepnUottlnln tlio l'uctorr. Itstmrocdlata uio In case of accident saves pain and loss of wages. Keep a lloitlo Alwnyaiu the rttublo for i - s s 'nr4. to, !ftl Mis ,s BEAST! Oiiraenf