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VOL. IV. the Oregon scout. An independent weekly journal, issued ev cry Saturday morning by JONES & (!HANCEV, l'ubli-liers and Proprietors. A. K. .Tom, Kditor. f i R. Ciianci:y, ( Foreman. KATliS OP SUltSCKlI'TION: One eopv, one vear Jfl.,r0 " " Six intuitu 1.00 l'hree niontos 75 Invarinbly Cash In Advance. If by ehanrr mtlitcrljitloiix arc not paid till Rates of advc'itilnj? made known on np plication. 2JCorrespondcnce from all parts of tlio country solicited. A tiros all communications to tUe Oiti:(iON Scott, Union Oregon. I.nit;e Directory. ""A RAN'DK RONDK VALLHY IvOIKiE Of No. .'. A. b and A. M. Meets on tho second and fourth haturda vs of each month. O. K'RKhL, W. M. K. W. DAVIK. Secretary. TTNION I.OIMJK. No. 39 I. ). O. V KJ Regular meetings on Friday evenings of cacn weeK attneir nan in I'nion. ah nretn ren in good standing are invited to attend. Ry order of the lodge. fi. A. THOMRSO.N, N. O. OIIAS. S. MILLKR, Secretary. Chinch Directory. MUTIIODIST KPISt'OI'AL CHURCH. Divine service every Sunday at 11 a. ni. and 7 j. in. Sunday school at It p. m. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at ti:M. JU'.v. u. m. utwiA, rustor. PRKSRYTKRIAN CHURCH. KKGU larchureh services every Snhbatli morn ing and evening, Prayer meeting Wednes day evening ot each wcel:. r-animth school everv hauhatn at hi a. in. 11KV. C. COX, I'astor. OT. JOHN'S U PISCO PAL CHURCH. Service every .Sunday ut !( o'clock p. m. Ki;v. V. K vuwiAAi, Hector. County OlMccra. Statu Senator L. R. Riuchart Representatives K,Bj&v Judge. O. 1'. Kendall O.nmissio.iers K;1),n,m:m . Sheriff A. N. Hamilton Clerk A. T. Neil! Treasurer .K. C. Rralnard School Superintendent . J. L, Iliudiuau Surveyor .... M. Austin Assessor O. I). Thoinlinson Coroner S. Albcison City Olllcers. Mayor I). 15. Rces S. A. Purse! J. S. Elliott A. Lew J. W. Kennedy E. W. Davis Ed. Rcmillard Counciltncn Recorder Marshal Treasurer Htreet Commissioner J. R Thomson . , M. Heritage J. 1). Carroll j. Eaton ritori.ssioNAL. JOHN R. (MUTES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practlcu speeial jr ties. Olliee, two doors south of post-otlice, Union, Oregon. EAKIN , Attorney at Law AND NOTARY I'UKLIC. Offlce, one door south of .1. 11. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. J N. CUOMWELL, M. D.f Physician ami Surgeon. Ollicc. one door south of J. R. Eaton'n store, Union, Oregon. JJ F. BURLEIGH, Attorney at Law, Real estate and collecting agent. Land OtUco Business a Specialty. Otlke at Jo seph, Wallowa county. Oregon. Q K. RKLL, Attorney at Law, Notarv Public, and Abstractor of Titles. Oflice State Land Olliee buildinc, corner Main anil A Streets, Union, Oregon. Q II. DAY, M. D HOMEPATIIIC Physician Surgeon. ALL CALLS IT.OMI'TI.Y ATTENDED TO. Oflice adjoining Jones Rro's store. Can be f iu nd nights at tliu Centennial hotel, room No. '23. M Rakkii, J. W.Shelto.v. M. R Rakek. B VKKR. SHKLTON .fc RAKKIt, Attorneys at Law. OFFICES Union and IOrauiie, Ore gon. Spcclul Attention given nil huhlDtfua t-ntriistVil ) in. ruoricssioNAi,. jy 15. KEES, Notary Public and Conveyancer. Onice State Land Olliee building, Union, Union county. Oregon. J.M. CARROLL, I R. F. WILSON. Notary Public. E.-Co. Clerk. QAKltOLL & WILSON, Conveyancers and Abstracters. Abstracts to Real and Mining property furnished on short notice, ut reasonable rates. Sales of Real and Mining property nego tiated. Collection business promptly at tended to. Olliee next door south of l'oat-olliec. Un ion, Oregon. i j. conns, 3i. d., . Physician myi Surgeon. Having permanently located at Alder, Un ion county O 'eg n. will be found ready to attend to calls in all the various towns and settlements of the Wallowa valley. I3rCHR0NK: DISEASES A SPECIALTY. My in .tto is: "Live and Let live," RELL, House, Sign and Carriage PAINTER Graining a Specialty. Shop, Corner Main and A Streets, Union, Oregon. JV. GAIIDXER& CO., Watchmakers & Jewelers, Union, - - Oregon. Clocks and Jewelry For Sale. Kcpiili inK nt Mnler.-Ui! lCntes. Call and examine our goods and price1). AND SODA FACTORY, Cor. Main and R Sts. - - Union, Oregon, SIIKtlMAX ICAIiKY, l'rups. Manufacturers and dealers in Soda Wa ter, Snrsaparilla, Ginger Ale, Cream Soda and Champagne Cider, Syrups, etc. Or ders promptly tilled. City-Meat -Met Main Street. Union, Oregon, BENSON BROS. - PROPRIETORS. Keep constantly on hand BEEF, PORK- VEAL, MUTTON, SAUSAGE, 1IAMS, LARD. Etc. Tonsorial Rooms. J. M. JOHNSON, - - PROPRIETOR, Main Street, Union, Oregon. Hair cutting, shaving and shampooing done neatly and in the best style. Hot and Cold Baths. Geo. Wkiout, President. W. T. Wright, Cashier. -OF- UNION, OREGON. Does a General Ranking Rusiness. Ruyg and selln exchange, and discount. commer cial paper. Collections carefully attended to, and promptly reported. ALPINE H0TEU Cornucopia, Union county, Or. R. C. WARINNER, Prop'r. The oiilv firrit c'as home in thu enmn. Kentucky Litiiior Store First laU hL Nopainj fp.urd to make guest tooifoita Lie. Ctrareres Rttisorrgrbr. UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST Our Poets. TliN Mpnre is given for the ue ant! henetitt of our local writer" of verse, and we hope to make it a pleasing feature of the paper. To that end eontrihiitlons are solicited, hut they mtwt po.M's undoubted literary merit to' obtain place and recogni tion here Ei.J Written for the HcofT.) MoniiiiN siii:riii:iti)S. Unlike their (plaint ancetors The shepherd of to-day; Nut stamped with Heavenly piety. Rut more jocund and gay. They sport not now the harmless crook, Rut pack a "needle gun" And 'run a blulP' on any man When fresher range is won, In lonely tents beneath the trees, They pas the night away, And "wooly, wild and full of llecs," Await the coining day. Instead of winged angels, A cougar or a bear Comes to the camp at dead o' night And spreads confusion thre. Their sole associate is a dog, Their sole defense a gun; If irate rancher conies' around The herder is sure to run. Instead of gaining light from Heaven, He endures the scorching rays Of the autumn nun on barren hlhs, Wldle on a harp he plays. Unlike the hurp of David, Which waked the weary souls. Tills harp supports a famous name Has ' Richtcr"on the moulds. Long live tlic.se noble shepherds To tend the herds of men, Albeit nut beholding The Star of Rethlehcm. -R. W. II. Telocaset Tattlings. Augnst 17th, 18S7. Let us bo incorporated, Ere G rover in nominated la the lmppy time to conic in eighty- eight. With a Haw mill to mipport us, And Pine creek mines to court us, We'll deride our gmuller Kihtcra o'er their fate. Haying about over. Weather very warm ; 00 in the shade. Sammy Brooke, of the Cove, paid us a visit the lirst ot the week. Miss Enolu Twigg, of this place, took her departure for Hood river, Monday. Eccles tfc Go's, saw mill is in run ning order. Hurrah for Antelope! We will have to be imposed upon now, perhaps, by a store. Toniliiihon it Brooke moved one band of their sheep to Suinpter valley in Baker county, the lirst of tho week, in search of better range. The grain crop in this vicinity in better than it lias been for n number of years. The range in drying up very fast, and outside stock will have to be pastured as soon as possible. Mr. A. G. Carter, more familiarly known as "Uncle Andy," received the papers granting him a pension, a few days ago. He is the snow shed watch for tho O.R. & N. Co. and one of the sturdy survivors of the Mexican war. It seems that tho old religious part of Antelope valley is gradiniliy dying out. A few year ago some of our good people would go to church twice during the summer, but now they do not go at all. Tho huckleberry patch is one place where friend and foe meet on an equal footing; neither one is encroaching on the others rights, and consequently, all go there at every opportunity to in dulge in a few day of free and unmo lested quietude. B, II. (JIVK THEM A CIIANCKt Thnt is to say. your lungs. Also all your breathing machinery, Very Wonderful ma chinery it is. Not only the larger air-passages, but the thousands of little tubes and cavitiei leading from them. When these are clogged and choked with mutter which ought not to be there, your lungs cannot half do-their work, And what they do, they cannot do well, Call it cold, cough, croup, pneumonia, ca tarrh, consumption or any of the family of throat and nose and head and lung obstruc tions, all arc had. All ought to be got rid of. There is ust one sure way to get rid of them. That Is to take Rosthee'a Herman 8yrup, which any druggist will sell you nt 76 cents a bottle. Even if everything else has failed you, you may depend upon this for certain. SLOfJO.OOO to loan on firrt class real ebtato ecc'urity byt P. F. Balcer, Union. COVE. Nous of lln M'iM'li in Nnle.l liv rtnr WIrte uwaKc Cot ii'siionilinl. August lSth, 18S7. O. P. Barnes, of Paradise, and Mrs. F. M. Mason, of Lost valley, are in town. They have not forgotten their old home. The festive porcelain pump man, of Baker, done the town this week, and inserted several of his instrument: in Cove wells. Win. ICoenig sports a horse and bug gy since Tuesday, lie says it is just as cheap to ride behind a phaeton and a Jay Eye See as to walk. Born. To the wife of .1. L. Gibson. August the Ilrd.. a sou. The happy father is in Chrnueopia and has not been heard from since tho joyful event. Win. Bloom and Robt. Cochran have gone to Hogcm whore they will be employed about the mills'. Dudes in town are scarce since their depar ture. Fredrick Mitchell is preparing to build a commodious residence for his own accommodation, near the site of hid present house. Win. ICoenig has been employed to plan and erect the same. Edwin Boswell returned home from Pine valley, Wednesday. He has been engaged in hauling lumber to the mines since May, and brings home a pocket full of sheekels, tho result of honest toil. Born. To the wife of Wesley Dun can, in lxiwer Cove, on the Ilrd. inst., a boy. Wes. was Been, by tho neigh bors, in the wash tub the next day, so no alarm need be felt on account of his condition. Haying is nearly finished. The quality is very good this year and the quantity nearly double what was cured last season. Unless shipments out of the valley are large, tho supply is ample for the most severe winter and spring. J. W. Murphy Iuib picked, on his farm, and sold, this season, tivo hun dred gallons of stiawberrios and rasp berries. Several hundred gallons of the latter fruit Rave gone to waste, having been neglected on account of necessary attention required for hay ing. Profs. Smith and Powell, of the Episcopal schools, visited Baker this week. Jt is expected a number of students from Baker county will take advantage of our line educational ad vantage!! this fall. The Ascension school for girls opens two weeks from next .Monday. Cove orehardists aro suffering from depredations of midnight marauders who carrv away loads of peaches and plums besides breaking and injuring the trees. The loss has been so seri ous that somo now aro going nightly on a vigil, guarding their property with shot guns charged with bird shot. For sale at an cxtortionato price, Prof. W. F. B's chronometer, price 25 cents. Davo. Ugh! 1 drank two gallons of water to-day, with a cat in the well. Bert. Tho next time j cross tho valley, will indulge in pedes trianism. After-colliding with a lum ber wagon, carts are an oxjiensivo lux ury. Miss Surah. Wo did not know Jno. saw us gathering forbidden fruit. Two ladies. A repeating yellow jacket along tho vertebrae is not t-o pleasant as it is cracked up to be, Bud. TO THE CITIZENS AT LARGE. New Bridge, August l, 1887. We, tho undersigned, have been in formed that wo havo told that wo be lieved that Thos. Council and Jus. Butterfield killed John Nolen, the man that left tho vicinity of Little Euglc, Juno 12, 1887. Anyone understand ing us to nay that, misunderstood us, and wo had no intention of telling any thing of the kind, as we do not bulieve that cither of tho above named men would do anything of tho kind. Lkwib Jknninoh, E. II. Smith. EAGLE COOPER SHOP. S. B. Aylcs, manufacturer of but ter barrels and kegs, has always pn bund a good supply of tho best quality and will sell them ut reasonable prices. Givo him it call at his shop, south of the Bchool house, Union. THIRTY-FIVE CENTS A CAN. Tho Milk'ino Baking Powdor, full pound cans, warranted as good us any in tho market. For sale at Jones Bros. Try it. 20, 1SS7. I ummerviiie. The 'rnp Ontl k- l'lro Neoilrd -Tlm Olrthci-la-r.iitKi'tnliuncnl. DcHru-linrnt A t'.eo tii id piuHiiisrncmsTH. Summcrville, Aug. Hi, 1SS7, Oh, the dust, the Milling dust ! II. Waldeck is laying in a stock of goods for the tall trade. My items of hist week should have stated that "haying" was over, instead of "heading." J. H. UinehiUt and wife returned from Wallowa on Friday of last week, and report plenlv of rod lisli in the lake. Several threshing machines have started up at this end of the valley, and all report the grain to be of a good quality. W. II. Utis'scll disposed of his band of horses and mares at auction one day last week, realizing from the sale about $12. per head. Still the hot weather continues, and still the weary laborer continues to cuss the fates tliatdoom him to a life of toil. Rut 'twas ever thusly. 1 am the "boss of the road" since I received my new bycicle. II. ( li. Stop me, boys, 1 am about to fall. A. J. P. 1 don't buy any more wool, now. 11. W. The mills at this place will shut down in a few days for want of grain. This will give them uu opportunity to make some necessary repairs before beginning on this year's crop. Summerville is in need of a lire de partment, and a meeting should he called to devise some nitans by which our town would be, heller protected from the fury of the "lire fiend." Dr. C. Dittebrandt has quite a large number of cases of diphtheria, and so far has handled them very stieeesfully. He has not, as yet, lout a patient, though some eases were very aggra vated. I). Summer has opened a branch store at KIgin, and Chailes Patten lias gone to that plaru to assume charge of thu same. Chalk's is A nteady boy, and Mr. Soinmer may rest assured that his business at that place will receive due attention. Tho prohibitionists at this place are making ready for tho light that will tako place at The polls the 8th of No vember. What the result will be, time, will tell. Tho anti-prohibitionists at this place sire quite numerous, and will piobubly carry tho day in this precinct, hut by good mananeiiieut on the part of the "no wet" party, the verdict may Ihj changed, On Saturday of last week tho citi zens of this place of all sexes, ages and conditions were out on the streets to witness a performance, tho like of which had never heretofore been seen evon in tho most luxuriant city. Va rious were the comments bestowed, and many wero tho criticisms passed, but wo think tho skill of the perform er was not to bo questioned, as it was his first appearance in publje, and tho sight of such a large crowd no doubt unmanned the boy and made him ap pear at adisadviiutage. When Harvy gets acustomcd to the "bucking" of tho "critter" ho may mako a better show ing in public, and may even bo ablo to rido tho cycle without taking a, "head er.' Crank. La ( ramie XoteH. Weather very hot. with heavy even ing breezes, which makes tho dust disagreeable at times. Thoro is a good deal of building go ing on, and somo very unique residen ces aro being erected. The waterworks will bo of great ben efit in case of Hro, if tho pressure is sulllcieiit, and will help to beautify tho city, it boing an excelled irrigating means, thus keeping tho Lu Grande park whoso existence is not yet and tho yards of residentcrs more verdant than they aro at present, but probably tho near future will witness u great battlo, in which right versus' might, through their respective delvcrs in Lycurgian lore, will cut great gashes in each othor'H sides, whilo tho Goddess of Justice blindfolded with u checked silk handkerchief will look down from a dizzy height upon the bleeding con testants, and with her adjustable balan ces, dutormiiio tho value of tho pros and cons of tho caso. To ront. Good barn, wull arranged aud couvoniunt to wator. Centrally located. EnVfiiiro df II, B. Drake. NO. 8. AX Ol'TIXCJ. Adw'iiturrs of our l.a (ir.imte Corrripoii ilonl anil I'nty ol I'l-li'iuli. Huckleberry Mountain, Aug. 18.S7. Dkau Km-rim : Well, here we are, live men, four guns, three women, two children and two dogs. l.tict Wednesday morning just as old irol began to peek over the Eagle mow caps, we bade good-bye to La Grande and soon were climbing Fox hill on our way to the wowds. Of course wo could not ride; no horses could lie found strong enough to tako such u load up such. a grade, hut while our tents and supplies rode, every creature "with legs hud to ue thorn; but we were in no hurry, and would frequently stop and rest and enjoy the beautiful scenery which gradually un folded to our view as we ascended from the river at Oro Dell. The n freshing green of the meadows, the golden line of die harvest fields, the comfortable homes of tho farmers, and the noble Grande Untitle with its majestic, sweep and graceful curves, going far towards making our valley tho most beautiful spot on earth. No wonder it is called the "Gem of Ore gon," for there is nothing so fine in tho whole broad State. No wonder that imigraiits from the East never want to go hack. At. 1 1 :!!() we stopped for our noon day hutch, for which wo had a good relish, and at 1 o'clock we pitched our tents among the towering pines of tho mountain. While the valley is beautiful, this is grandly delightful, with its velvety car pet of grass, the breath of the fragrant evergreens, a constantly cool atmos phere, and drink from the snowy springs. Oh, how w'e wished all our friends could enjoy it with us. Rut the fuvl - f hours in camp aro not the most pleasant onus for a party of picnickers like the first year of married life, some things have to bo learned. Everybody enjoys sitting about a IJazing camp-fire, but not ev erybody knows how to cook by such a lire, so the bread is liable to get most too biown on theotuVulo while, tho in side is not brown enough, and tho meat lias most too much variety about it. The teapot gets its nose melted oil' and so does the cook almost; and then it requires at least ono night to get used to the new beds. You aro liable to spend a part of the first night on your knees hunting for the pino cones and little stones which mtulo your bed uneven, and then you think about snakes and bears and cougars, so that you can't really say the next morning that you had a good night's rest; but after awhile the situation im proves, or you adopt yourself to tho situation ; the bracing air gives, health to the blood ; tho food becomes pala table, and you sleep as well as though thoro wero no cougars or cones within a thousand miles. lluckloberrying is very nice, but rather tamo enjoyment. It is very easy work, but not very exciting. Wo start out, find a good patch, gather our arms full of bushes, then select a nico place where wo can sit down and pick oil' tho berries, then gather anoth er arm full of hushes, etc. Spine of our party tried knocking tho berries oft' on sheets, but they found tho fruit was not quite so nice to eat during tho day or tho sheets to sleep on at night, so they gave it up. After a few day's picking ono gets tired of it and longs for something more entertaining, so we wero delight ed ono evening to hear that a cougar had been soon or heard near whom tho women worn picking berries. Thoy heard certain ominous sounds, such as tho cracking of dry sticks, and onco thoy heard a heavy fall as though somo heavy animal hail sprung from a troo to tho ground. A council of war was hold, and it was decided that four of tho bravest hunters should startotit and spond tho night in a hunt for tho cougar. Tho guns worn examined; tho harmless squirrel shot was extracted ; tho deadly buck was substituted, and at dark wo started out. Thoso who have nover been out on such an expedition know but little of thu difl'culties in tho way. Frequently a fallen troo obstructs your path ; badger holes aro froquent, and thero aro very loncsomo gulches to cross, besides tho danger of meeting a bear, so as a consequonco wo did not got so very far from camp, but finding a lingo log which looked as though it would protect our backs, wo all settled down to watch for tho cougar. Boon wo concluded our backs would bo bet ter protected if wo had two nion on tho other sido of tho log, so wo called for tho volunteers, and alter a while two ' (tontinvKi oi Idu pane