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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1887)
1 r 1 TT ir-n-r ' " 111 1 " - . ritOVKSSIONAl.. Thp term Smiir !- U UUUUli. :J) II. REES, I ! Notary Public and Conveyancer UNION, OREGON, Our Poets. An Independent weekly journal, s,ued ev f.v Saturday morning liy JONES CJIIANCEY, Publishers anil Proprietors. I 15. ClIANCUV, I l''oi email. Onicc-State 1 and Olllee building, ITnion, inioii count v, Oregon. A. 1C. ,Io.ni:s, ( Kdltnr. f .1. I. CAKKOLL. Notary Public 15. tU'TIOX: ?l..-0 l.(M) ItATlW OF SUKSC One copy, one vear " ' Six month " " Tiiree moiito Invnri.'ilily Cash In Ailvniice. If In vhiiiu-c tilm rliit!ni!i ure mil tihl till entl lit !t'Hi; tun ilollitr ivill l,r rlmrycil. lintcs of advertising made known on ap plication. dirt 'orreipnndcnee from all parti of the country sil. cited. Adrc-s all communications to the Oiu co.v fccorr, L'niun Oregon. K. WILSON. Hx-Co. Clerk. QARI50LL & WILSON, Conveyancers and Abstracters. Abstracts Jo Keal and Mining property furnished on short notico. at reasonable rates. Sales of lieal and Mining property nego tiated. Collection busiius promptly at tended to. Olllee next door south of Poit-oillcc. Un ion, Oregon. SATURDAY, JULY 30, ISS7. Summerville. NO. ;). THE t'OVK. ISLAND (MTV. hm and of verse. ThN space is given for the heneritt of our local writers anil vc hone to make it nle of the paper. To that end contribution arc I solicited, but they must posse-; undoubted 1 i iciarv merit to olitam place and rccosu turn lierc.-Kn. A Spicy Letter From Our I'm respondent. Kegtitnr L. COHHS, M. D. G I.ixIjjc JSHrcetory. FhysScian and Surgeon SWXTifc "vig penna,,cntly l,,a,eda, Alder. r. nd and fourth Saturdays of e'u'i, nm.uh' , "'i"?? , "'f'".'-, W11 '"'"'''"J "l.v to second W. T. WltliiHT. V C A. LKVY, Secretary. UN'ION I.OIKiK, Xo. .",:) I. 0.0. 1 Itegular meetings on Fridnr eveningsof each week at their iiall in t'nion. All breth ren in gooil standing are invited tt attend. 15y order ot the lode. U. A. THOMPSON, X. 0 CIIAS. S. MiiilJIi:, Secretary. CIniich JHnctoiy. TITHTiroDIST KI'ISCOI'AL CHURCH. aim. uivinc servic in. and 7 i. m. Sn Prayer meeting every Thnr-dav evening at :. ltKV. (i. M. IliWIX, Pastor. PI! KSI5 VTF.IM A X CIIUKCIl. MVA ! U larchurch service everv Sabbath morn ing and evening. Praver meeting Wednes day evening oi each wck. Sabbath i-chool every Sabbath at lit a. m. Ur.V. C. 15A1IM), Pastor. qt. joiin's KPisroi'AL curitcir. O Service everv Suudav nt ".o'clock p. in. KKV. W. it POWHLi,, Hector. Cmiiity Oilicei'ri. State Senator . . L. 15. Ilinehart Keprcsctatives i;K;fv fudge .0. ' Gcodall OnininissHmmw I .''"' 1 ""Milan attend to calls iii all tlie virions towns 'and hciueineni or me Wallowa vallev. JSrrilKOXIO DISKASKSA SPKfTAIi'Y. My ni.-tto is: "Live and Let live," Sheriff . . . Clerk Treasurer School Superintendent Surveyor Assessor. . Coroner.. . . U. I-eep A. X. Hamilton A. T. Xeill . ..15. C. liratnard .). L, Ilindmaii M. Austin O. D. Thomlinson S. Albcrson Mavor City 1 Couiicilmeii Recorder Marslial Treasurer Street ( 'omiiiN loner O Ulcers. . I). 15. Kces S. A. Pursel J. S. Klliott A. Levy .1. V. Ivenucdv I). V. Davis J5d. Pemillard J. 15 Thomson 15. 15. Cates .). D. Carroll L. Katon !J. A- 'L House, Sign and Carriage PAINTER Graining a Specialty. Ore V, I'i:ofj;i;sioj'ai., JOHN J (-'KITES, Attorney at L Collecting and probate nractice siieeial iies. Otllce, two doors south of post-olliee, union, urcgon. m 13 AKIN, Attorney at Law AND XOTAUY PUBLIC. Ofliec, ono door s,uth of .1. J5. Katon's store, Union, Oregon. X. UltOMWKLL, M. JJ., Physician ami Surgeon. Otllce. one door south of J. 1!. Katon's store, Union, Oregon. JJ V. liUKLEIGII, Attorney at Law, Itcal estato and collecting agent. Land Otlice Husiness a Specialty. Otliee at Jo sepli, Wallowa countv, Oregon. Q F. 1515LL, Attorney at Law, Notary Public, and Abtnictor of Titles. Ofilce State Land Olllco building, eonter Main and A StroeLs.JiiiJon, Oregon. 11. DAY. M. I).. IIOMKPATHIC Physician ami Surgeon. AU. i:UJi jl'KOJIITLY ATTltfflinU TO. Ofrlcendiiinlm Jqne JlroM store. Can ,,(HU!ul "i'llU l ,hB t'fiitonuial hotel, roA No. 28. ' M- l.AKEB. . WaHSI,. J. V. liAKEK. gAKKH.SIIifilrONA 1JAKEU, Attorneys at Law. OFnciMSpBHlon and La (iraudo. Ortw gon. pMsil Altuntioit j,ivcn ll bulno t-utnuttil tn u. Itcpulilislicd by ropiest. oiiur.ox, Who siiall staytheiiandof Progress? What wise oracle can see All the greatness, and the grandeur, of the days that are to be I In this later laud of ours, by the sun-down j ocean's rim ! That Willi joyous pulse sends over to the Old World (plaint anil i;riin , erecting from her latest otlspring, from the last link and the best, In the mighty chain of Kmpire that has reached the distant West ? (.reeling, to that olden country, where the kingly prophets wrought, And with gleams of inspiration all their words of wisdom taught. Where fair Science bad its birth place, and where (icnius made its home, In the gardens of old Athens, in the halls of ancient Pome 15re the puny arm of Progress, that was weekly as its birth, Stretched its fateful lingers westward, till it spans tiie circling earth. Now. beside the blue Pacific, must its fur ther progress cease, Here must science work its wonders, here must art and wealth increase, The accumulated wisdom f the ages of the past Here must come to full fruition, here must yield its fruit at last. From our schools must come the scholars, from our hills the bards sublime That will guide the course of nations to the latest space of time. Shop, Corner Main and A Streets, Union, I ,Iol ft !t ohler race be nourished, free from .superstitious weight, With its faiths, and cruel dogmas, and its creeds of hell and hate. Oregon ! fair land of promise ! who will deem tltcse visions vain? Who will deem these thoughts-, the phan toms of a dreamy poet's brain? Hero my youthful feet first wandered, here my childish spirit drew From thy beauty inspiration, as a wild flow er drinks the dew. I have rambled through thy valleys, climbed thy rugged mountain heights, Camped within thy leafy forests on a hun dred star-lit nights; Ilested by wild, unnamed rivers, where the checkered sunlight shines Through the leaves of oak and maple, and boughs of kingly pines. From Mount Hood's snow-covered summit gazed with wondering estasy At the grand Columbia rushing on its swift way to the sea As resistless as the current that has .swept the red man on Till his birililand swarms with strangers, ami las Heart and hopes are gone. Now I see vast cities .stretching where the Indian used to roam, And the hum of toiling thousands, builders of the hearth and home; And the pulsing heart of Progress in its mighty impulse feel, Hushing on with all the swiftness, and the strength of steam and steel, Lrusjiiug out the last faint traces of the things that used to lie, Surely bringing this fair country to its no ble destiny. Amos K. J on km. re- Watchmakers & Jewelers, Union, - - Oregon. Clocks and Jewelry For Sale. Itciiahiiiff at arouVratn i:nti-K. Call and examine our goods and prices. .Inly 2Sth, ISS7. Win. Holmes is luiililinir .sido walk. this wi'i-k, and otlionvii-o improving his town propi'i-ty. Wm. I'ngli, formerly of Cove, lias gone to Pendleton where he expects to work at carpentering. Huckleberries are ripening in the mountains and exeur.sions after the luscious, berries are now in order. Ben. Owen by lias returned from Idaho and will lie engaged in buying horses in this vicinity for the next' teii days. Infant baptismal cervices were per- tormed at Ascension eliureli lust Sun day. Seven infants and children ceived the holv rites. S. Ihirronglis went to Uaker City, Thursday, to make arrangements to lill n shingle contract for the llradley -Mining Co. of Cornucopia. A large party from Cove will go rus ticating to Wallowa Lake next week. They will travel by the regular stage aim intend being away seveial weeks. Kobinson it Lnyno have received their new stage for the Cove and Un ion mail line. It is covered, and runs with such smoothness that it is u pos itive treat to ride to Union now. Charlie Dickinson, the ail'ablo wield er of the yard stick in A. .J. Foster &. Son's establishment, has accepted a position in Jnycox & Foster's store at Union, while Air. .laycox is absent in the east. Considerable trouble was experi enced, this week, in hiring bands to help with the hay harvest. However, M-veral Missouri iiniriigvanLs came in and were at once put to work with liny forks, ut fair wages. Well what kind of u time did von have on the Fourth, anyway? W.' D. K. 1 am open to challenges from any rifleman since I got, my new HS-fifi Hai lnrd. 0. (J. O. 1 wish some christian would inform me what is the mutter with myself. It. .1. There is nothing like fixing up a bouse and making it T1m Cr p Oull Mil, Dcutti from Dlpli tlici In--si.tiiu NoliM i He Nii;le Investigate I'tireiiiilngv. I Sully Ann's -Weekly ltuli;e( of Newn 1 Nutes mnl t'lHllc.il rolnteiw. LATE IM PKOVJ3M13JJTS. Fiirmors busy baying. 1). Sommer is in' Portland the pres ent week. The buy crops good in this section of country. Several loads of drummers in town on Tuofouy. The child of Jlr. Logan is lying at the point of death, with diphtheria. Two lights in town the past tendnvs. Fines promptly pai.t in recorder's court. Mrs. Ada Prescott, of Island Citv, is visiting at M is Joseph Trttesdal's, the prssent week. A. .1. Patten started aerosn the nioun Was it much of a partv? Oh, well. ' Here's the praise of the paper, instintcd; ! Hut. hah! if you ask me to tell , My opinion, it's nut what they've hinted. ; The Mippei ? Ah. well, that would pass; The llowers? Who talked of llowers? I The music? They call it first class , In this much valued paper of ours, j The guests then .' All who went i Wele the very e!ite of the citv. It's called a most charming event ; lint folks sometimes fib, more' the pity. business very dull. Fanners are busy making hay wbilo the sun shines. 31 r. Carter and family have gone for a short stay to the mountains. Wm. Snyder, the new barber has: lo cated next door to Preston's shoo shop. Truth does not destroy, but crystel izes, and makes permanent the char- tains this niorninir in i.ttrsuit of an ah- lu'uT o1 11 ,M1 n,.an' levins ll 11 Prl-'o scondim: debtor. I u'' ""'Hi'.v to society. Airs. William K. Kinebart and fami ly are camping out in the mountains the present week. Several parlies were out in the mountains hunting and picking huck leberries, last week. V. 15. Collins is having his now house painted and the plasterer will com mence lathing next week. Our agricultural implement dealers I Saturday evening u very enjoyable I parly was held at the island "Oily Iloiifo. Dancing and social converse was indulged in until 12 o'clock. Johnnie Clark sold over .$1000 of farming machinery, etc., on Monday of this week. Hiley Cooper, with , Ivnapp, Uurrell &, Co, sold a liko amount. The house and lot next door to tho i.u ii.iuiS j it ihiiim' nun j ii iKlllir it 1 .. .,,,,1.1,1:... 1 , attractive, no telling what may bap-1 , .....1 . . . . . . 1 . . -i .. 11. are disnosi.,.' of :, v.xt. ,,, r 1..... i " ,K mMl "PI"'-""" me post, v,.sii...r ,.,..r.i ,. ,1.: . oilice. was mid a few days ago for tbroo 7 , V i . '" 1 hundred dollars. The bouse Use! .1111.00 1,0 i:nn lias qualified as Jus- , neurone thousand dollars. That 1 ice of the Peace for this precinet.and I well for the future of Island City niin iu mom wiiii mo county clerk. Mr. Uisbop, a hi ot Iter-in-law of Mr. lumen Cbattin, arrived here from Ce dar Kapids, Iowa, on Friday of last week, and will piobably locate here. Mr. A. F. (iastner, special agent of the PJnenix ami Home, insuionoo com panies, of MarU'oid, Conn., and- New ! substitute astib.stantial dam i oil: ( it y respectively, paid our town a visit on Tuesday, mid appointed Mr. I 15. Collins as local agent for these companies at Summerville. Prof. J. A. Aulgnire. the eminent. phrenologist, it, in our city the present elf cost neurone thousand dollars. That speaks 11 tor the future of Island City. Campbell, tho expert millwright, in formed the writer, after the Gove it Co. vs I. C. M. & iM. Co. was decided, he would put in a new wheel, and make other changes in the mills, also re move the brush-heap that held tho e j 1 :n , !,i 1 I mucr on wm nun 10 run wuii, mm A a vnt. I - .. JV,V, -... no nas 1101 put, 111 an appearance au it is feared ho has been lost in that game of pcck-a-boQ. Sam.v Ann. mi Jll! rami wm AND SODA FACTORY, Cor. Main and li Sts. - - Union. Oregon, SIfi:itMAN-,t KAI.KY, I'lops. Manufacturers an dealers In Soda Wa ter, Sar.saparilla, (finger Ale, Cream Soda and Champagne Cider, Svrups, etc. Or ders promptly filled. pen. . It. II. Did you hour tho J'ottrtii of July joke on calico Sum? E. A. R. What a pretty shoo you wear. M. E. Ask me tho proper wuv to attach a wringer to the Acme wash er. May S. Elgin Echoes. July 20, SSo7. Kerns very scarce at this place. Mrs. Carlton died a few days ago. ture on Mime brunch of phrenology, 1 110 1 rol. is making many friends hero and his lectures are largely attended. He bcenis to he thoroughly conversant with his subject and will no doubt make his visit to our town one of prof it as well as ono of pleasure. A man that will deliberately talk nbotit something he knows nothing about and Mate what ho claims to be facts, to the detriinunt of good, honor- auio citizens, without imv irrnnmL I M .13 1 Wallowa City Warbltngs. July 2f, 1887. The saloon is progressing nicely ami will soon be all enclosed. Mr. Tucker, of Arkansas, has ar rived here and will make this his home. Mr. Ihulcigh will soon begin build ing a large addition to his house hero. J. V. Stubblefield's residence is well under way and will bo finished this week. Hurtling hot days all tho past week The health of the neighborhood i. ' whatever, be bad better dn'it ; n... w''h a very Blight Hinder shower on generally, eood. di-im of imw;,.... ,,.1.,, ,.r n 1 I' riday. - fo--"" 11 " hi o uinMiiu ui nir Wl u 1 Snyder it Co. aro enlarging their 1 as n'"li!u" ""d not in the presence Ciff-:- Meat- Met Main Street. Union, Oregon, BENSON BROS. - PROPIUETORS. Ifcep constantly on hand REEF, PORK- VEAL, MUTTON, SAUSAGE, HAMS, LARD. Etc. Tonsorial Rooms. J. M. JOHNSON, - - PROPRIETOR, Main Street, Union, Oregon. Hair cuttlnc. sli .'IVlIlfr mill ulinnitnoiiin done neatly and in the best style. Hot and Cold Baths. Gko. WltKlUT, rresiuent. W. T. WltlOHT, Cushier. fSi'rlOSSr -OF- 0 UNION, - - OREGON. Does n General Hanking IiiiBitioss. Ilnys and beJIs exchange, and discounts commer cial paper, Collections carefully promptly reported. attended to, and ALPINE HOTEL, Cornucopia, Union county, Or. R. C. WARINNER, Prop'r. The only tlrst olass hoime In tho camp, hie " ,'arl1 ,0 ,llako K"0' comforttt- Charees Reasonable. Eajyle Feather. Vegetables of all kinds in great abundance. Have now corn. Wo would 00 glad if those desiring to run races would telect some other day besides the Sabbath, especially when there aro r-erviccH in the valley Mr. W. C. Heck has just returned from Cornucopia, having supplied the market there with vegetables. Win. Jlolcomb supplies llogem. Fruit is not near so plentiful hero this year as last. Our Sunday school sustained onitn a loss when Mr. and Mrs Heezely left, but with tho assistance of Mr. Heap, (who is well qualified) hope to run the school fciiccossfiilly and would gladly wolcoinoany one in our valley who will work for tho caiibo of truth and righteousnoss. Tho delightful showers occasionally are refreshing to most everything, but 11 lliav llltorioro Wit I Olivine 1cl1ir.I1 i lm .iu I,,, .lorri wig, which ho rf Ftaln L ,M "'" i. 4! Iil. IIrvU,a,l Bor. 1 1 1 V'ffl r'""' ,(,th W" II V LIMriUI l,ll .,,...., .! I w" a. drug ami grocery store, Work in this place is still nushinc and hands are very scarce. -Master Jasper Cowan is just recov ering from a slight attack of tho mcas els. Our Sunday school is prospering finely under the superintendence of not. j. ij. iiimfnian. Jesse Jackson, our efficient school teacher will leave soon for Washington Territory, where he will canvass for hooks. Our fanners are making hay while the mn shines. Tho hay crop is not so goon as we anticipated earlier in the season. -Mr. I). Chandler has raised a neat littlo barn on his place, and Dr. Mc Naughton is hauling lumber for a barn on his place. We bad a lady lecture to uh last Wedn esday evening on the subiect of spiritualism. She is also a mind rea per and a faith-curer. Mr. G. N. White has mieebiised fanning mill outfit and will tako tho field soon to tell the best fan to clean wheat I over saw. It cleans every thing out of tho grain except the flour. Hope ho will do well with it. The work on tho Haptist church progresses very slowly. Tho church has called tho Jtev. Mr. Mooro to tako chargoas its pastor. Ho will locate hero about tho flrstof September. We trust ho will do much good among us. Wo thought wo had struck bonanza a few days ago, but it proved iu uo copper ore. ji we could find tho source of reve- ofa good, honorable. 11 urif lit. m'rivmt even though that citizen be"u ieur rel uuvo Died. Thursday, July 2(5, 1887, of ui imiiena, me it vear oh 1 nmrlitor of 11: , 1. . r.. . " mr. aim nirs. .1. w. Lotran. Tho fn. neral on Wednesday was largely atten ded by friends of tho family. Death is a sad Ieveler, and many there are who must needs stiller because of his pres ence. Still it is sweet to know that in the great hereafter we may meet with those "who once were but aro not." Mr. and Mrs. Logan have tho synipa- ui.y oi me- entire community in their euu uiiiiciioil. Hoys, f won't stay in tbod d town H. W. 1 am tiie boss gum chewer of tho city. If. O. It. I am going to iino my iicaii ion. a..i. V. You had Deter comb out a few of the enrollcc tttui wiiielultles before you do so. the boys. Tho phrenologist says that H. I. II. is a lover of spirits. What makes a. L. McK. bold his head so high? inquirers. Ask J'rof. Aulguiro. C. I neroliy certify that Prof. Aulguiro is mo --Moss- pnreiioiogist of the J'acilie yoast, and will further state that I Mo Wanted. A houtowork. R. girl to do E. DltAKK, Daihv. general Al.KI'11. Ladies and gents' summer goods con stantly arriving from tho Kast mid San Francisco, at levy's. know whereof a speak. H. D. II too. m. ij, Mi'K. Cuauk. THIRTV-F1VE CENTS A CAN. Tho Milk-ino Raking Powdor, full jiound cans, warranted as good as any in the market. For sale at Jones Uros. Try it. EAGLE COOPER SHOP. S. H. Ayles, manufacturer of but ler barrels and kegs, has always 011 baud a good supply of tho best quality and will sell them at reasonable prices. Give him a call at his shop, south of the school house, Union. Only a few cans of the sowing ma chine baking powdor left at Levy's, which will bo sold at 50 ets a can. Tho regular factory price is (15 ets. 1 no nrst issue ot tho new paper was made on Kriday. Wo leave tho people to judge of its merits. Mr. Gardiner, of Prairie creek, who is erecting the hotel here, purchased Roberts claim adjoining town on tho north. So far the famous red fish have been vory scarce, tho run being very small for some cause. A few were' caught yesterday. Charlie Conoway has tho fiamo of his store up and already for tho shin gles. Tho Alder store will bo moved into it for a while, immediately on its completion. Work on the foundation of tho new brick will soon bo caused. The excar vution will bo completed to-day. Wo hope ere this time next month to bo the proud possessors of a brick storo in our town. Mitchell's saw mill burned to tho ground on Katurduy night at about 8 :.'10 o'clock. About everything around tho mill was a total loss. Thousand of feet of fine lumber now lies in ashes. 0 have been unable to learn any of the particulars. Moro anon, Uk.vi:tt Flat. IN IMtllSV, ANJ TO Till! POINT. ' Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered liver is misery. Indigestion 1.1 a foo to good im-ture. fho human digestive apparatus is ono of the most complicated and wonderful things in existence. It Is easily put out of order. (Ireusy food, tough food, slonnr food. bad cookery, mental worry, Into hours. Ir regular hublts, and niuny other thlngx which ougiu not to be, Jmvo mado the American people a nation of dyspeptics, nut Green's August Flower has dono a wonderful work in reforming this sad bual ne and making tho American people so healthy thut they can enjoy their meals and ho happy. Heinemher: NohapplnesswIthouthealtU Hut Green's August Flower brings health and happiness to tho dyspoptlo. Ask yourV' druggist for a bottle, Beventy-flve cents.