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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1887)
iit omits ice --r caikAo'Ur'. VOL. IV. The Oregon scoot, i An independent week'y JntiMinl, Nred i v ! cry Satin. ay inori.l. g ly 1 JONES & CHAKCEY, ! Publishers nud I'r.iprlcor-. j A. K. .Toxus, I Kditor. )' I H. haci:y, 'l Koseman. HATKS OK SUl'.SClUl TION: One copy, ore veur " '" Six months. " 'lb moiitos . . . Invariably Cnsh in Advnnec, 5" fid . 1.00 If In vliauo' xuhtcrijititins itre not jmiil li enil uf year, ttvo tlnllar trill be clutrijiil. I till Kates t fadveitisii g made known on np p'ioi tion. IstVor cspfu,lruve from a'l puis of .li coiiutry sil el ed. Ailie- s Jill comurinicatiniisto the On: GOs ScuUi, Uni in Or gon. HI II II I ltgr5CT3r.VKSg5rTCi:r.jy I HOI KSSION, 1.. JOHN It. C1UTKS, Attorney at Law. Coll c I' Z :i ul pro' ate prae'Ie.' spee'a' ties Office. tv ) t)un a u li of p isi olllc Unloji, Oregon. E. EAKIN, tomey at Law AND NOTAUY PUBLIC. Office, ... 1 dm f on li of il. 15. Ka.ui.'s slim, L'l.lm, Ori'fC' n. J X. CROMWELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Office, one d H r m nth of J. li ratm.V ttniu, Uiii n, Or gon. O. V. HELL, Attorney at Law, Notarv ruli'ic, and AM -actor of Tl lc. Onici State Lind t til e h.ti ilinjr. coniur Mam and A htnet-t, l i.ion. Orison. Q II DAY, M. 1),, 1IOMKPATI1K? Physician and Surgeon. AM. OA LI S I'HJMI'TLV ATTr.Mii:il TO. Olllco iid'oiniiiK .lonus Hro'-i store, fan lie f.Mlnd ni'.its at thu Ceiitemiial .hotel, room No. '.'5. M. Hakkk. .1. W.Sm i.To.v. ,r. F. I'.akeu. B lAKHU, HIKLTOX it HAKKK, Attorneys at Law. OFFICE Union and La O-.-mde, Ore jron. t-piclil Attention kIvcii all ' li.isincs entrusted to ic-. J. M. CA1UIOLL. Kotarv I'nlilic. H. F. WILSON. Ex-Co. Clerk. QAKUOLL & WILSON, Conveyancers and Abstracters Aliitracta to Krai and MiirnR prnpprfv furnished on short notice, at reaioiiaUK' rate.. Sales of Ileal and MinliiK propertv nego tiated. Collection business roiuptly at tended to. OJllce next door t-oitth of 1'ojt-ollice. In ion, Oregon. jyr'. E. A. GAR HEN. Fashionable Dressmaker, of order Centennial block, Mai i St.. llnion, O . Gi:o. WiiitiiiT, I'ri-tlde.H UNION, Does a dene: til Hankii f: Hua'iifw. Hi'.vs nud HellH x hiinge, a.id nU-omit . rummer did paper. Co ) ciliui'. s in fully at oadid to, and pr hi ptly io, or. i d ire AN J) SODA FACI'OHY, Co-. Ma nan i HSt'- ' idon. t mVm. SHB-tVAN & U Y, ' r p. Muniif k-mi or. and iIcjUt In I 'a ttr, tM.r.-tiriii.i. tiicgir Al" ' " S"'l : jiikI ChanipiMne C'dur, Srupi, uCo. 07 itow jiromvtfy fllt.il. I XV r W .K.i.T, ' I t a-h.e.-. , FH Mad lii; UNION, - - . OREGON. I I I KfiTimclrY Liauor Stc - : I Kidney Liver Bedicifte SEVER ICYO;;?f TO F.SJZ. CUItnS all niscnsoi of tho Kliliiej-s, Iit'.-cr, IJladder, ami Itrluary Organs; Dropsy, Gravel, Dtatiotoa, Ili-inhl'a Dlsuase. Twins .:i tho Unci:, I.oitis, oraiilc; Itctuntionor 2i"on-I!elc:iti'ia cfUr-Jno, Korvowa rc.-.-:c, remain Vi'calmcssoc, Itr.ccsros, .7sxir.dlco, tlillouanoss, I!en'..ar2:t, Sour tliotnacli DySpopsiSi Coti','"-iatia'i, a-.ul riles. HUNTS REMEDY CURE3 WIir.K AUi OTHK.t UKDICt.N'ES TAIL, ca it oc'u'iroctty and Rt enca on t!-c Illilncys, I.ivcr anil ISoiroU, restoring them to a l.ialthy action. HC.NTS liCMSUV U a tafc, sure, ond t jwec'y cure, ar.d huadrwls l:au been cored by it v!:C!i p'.iysli iat:s r.ml frionda l:A -!vc:i thorn p ta t'ls. D- l:ot delay, liy a! cace ill'ST'3 REMEDV. llladdei-, Crl.iary, w:d I "r Ii.-casci, Lirop-.y, Gnvcl, and Dlabctca, ar d by I II ITS REMEDY "rzizz isnsr iitijsev ASD T.IVEH 3IEniCIi:. ea:-C3 Ilrislii's t'iaoa c. T-t' cation or Non-Iloton-tioa o! Urine, P..'.i!S i.. the Back, Loinc, or Sldo. SEDY cures lntcrr.rcrar.ee, Xc.-vous D'.icacs Genera! Doblli'v, r r.ialo Vca'.r.er ', r.r. I nxcocscs. UNT8 REMEDY curc3 EUt.iUi-.CLr, Ilca-iai'hc, Jaundice, Ciour Stf.roail., Uj-:TC? ia, Cor.ctipitlon and Rlos. ACTS SJZ OI.'CE on tlio Kidneya, r.I vor, nd Kc-rv-clo, rcilori?.- thcra to a litallliy rcOon.and CntKS when all otiier mcdlclnM fa3. Hundreds lia e liccii savod who have be jiven up t . i'ic by frici.d j .u-d ptiyslcians. ; KidneyLivsr Medicine IIITNT':! nr.511 '1 'is cavo.1 from Ilu serins dU-aao ar.-t djat! r.cndrcdl who lave Jiscn iven up by ?'.iyii-c a .s t j d;e. HUNT'S UKJIEDVcnrea r.ll niBOCseB of tlto Kidneys, BlniMor, Urinary Or t;niiB, Uropsy, Oravo!, DIa'jetcs and Incontl:ior.eo and Kotcatlca c f Urlno. IIUKT'tt r.EMfiDV cnociuroscB deep, cxo&Ua an tpc.i), braces u;i tl.o nys'.oci, tad rcnowod UuUth 1 tho rcsul. If UNT'fJ KIOIEUY ci rc pain In tli 5!do, Kcolc cr liOina, O .noral IJoliUUy, Pomnlo nUcnsoi, I'lsturbcd Sleep, L,au orAjipotitc and Jrlglifs DUco.ic. IIUJiT'S IHUIKDY quickly Induce tho Z,lvorta liMltliy action, remuvjij tho iuco that produce llillouo lluadaolie, Dyspcp Rla, Scur Otomaeli, CostlvneM, 1'Hes, ate. Iy t:.3 ka cl nUNT'T 1SE3IKOY tb fiUowih an l VsrcU wUl r . ullly xtgtia their strngtU. uul Uuod will ' t perfectly puriftod. mJXT'H S2UIEDY 1j puwty vecettUe, and nuctj a wnt tuvcr Ufjr arnUhbd to tho public, aad tbe utisaet rottn bay bo plato In It. IIUNT'D HK3Ii:iY li proparwl ex pressly for tho oliovo dUeaieo, and Uu3 never lieon known to fall. Oa trial will convlnco you. Tor (aiol nil Drugglsto. i tor Panipbtct to HUNTS HSiMEDY CO., , hi mm i UNION, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER OUR POETS. Tiil ipaco is t'lvcn fo- the if-e and l'l'iiclit of our local wilteM of vt rse. and we hop- to make it a pleaim: feittl-e j o- the paper. I o Unit enil contr liiillim arc i Ic'tcd, hut they niut pove. uudoilh'ed I ttrary merit to' obtain p'a-.-i and reconi t on here. En J Written for the ScorT.l rttoiti iiiTto.v. Tl;e temp r.mce folkx are tryiiifrhavd Hv diar-st pleaMllv to 'i eird. fy long-felt want to ni'er rewaro, lly prohi'iit on, My fondest friend and me to parti Cnr.-ed disohuion. The chrNtian peoplo .tiive i-i vuln Their ho y milpit to maintain, liy hoivi"ii; tenipi-'air i! to aitain A liifjlier calling In truth their do rum to sustain. They're fastly falling, Hi hind the curt in or a di'ir; jii.wn i n the lower ccl'ar llniir 1 ful n wi.l venture furthermore In huh- places. Tlicy take a sip to cheer tin Jr sotc Alllicied face.il While we. the scatter d (lock of sin (in an win r and enter in, Our fun and fr.ilu- to bojrin In Milce, nud net, "Alas," they miv, ' ha N too ih'n. Our c.- ihI is mocked !'' lb a - fe hiA in n ( ipial rijrht. O if h ilv iijijt-ct. he i in -isrlii Mich for Iih e-i'nl ii ut ti-.'htl Wh it i-r it he. And never ilimv iiel'ci t o- llijrht Wbi'e im are free I" W' at i-- to one the li'j.-lie-t c-i e 1 Of li nt wli ' o i h cm-- did hh e.l, U to aiio.h -r. i o -"in s -ed O'' vie niul,ln; In aetion l.i. d iroml v 'deed. Our truth I cgin! H. W. II. ANOT11EK ON 13 LOOSE. Another poet lias "ih" on 1 lie liter ary horizon, and hands us tho follow ing for publication. En. USIOK. lTn;"U haisecn her darke-t days, Th inniii'f; p int l here; ,Sh-' i iiiiniiimr up in many ays, Her i( ad to wealth i.-. clear. IIcrbuines-s men show enterprise, In joining hand'' toirether: And p iihing tliinfji ri(.'ht straight aloug, l i pitt of winter Wea ltur. She Inn a p!endid flouring mill, And man we iltby men ; Who a'l eo nliine, and say they will All their assistance lenil. We f'lnn will have a won'en mill, A ti ie hotel we've pot; l!edi;ct'on works, .( inn s.-iy wo will Now Mion jioa-e'?, (ircut iii-ottl No doubt the railroad socu will chniifre, And run riirht through our town; It now l uni tin-' ugh the stockmen's range, And burns ilu titles down. A rival btug wav il) the crade, Thev call It Hnker City; Tries hard to git our mining trade. lint doe i not, what a pity I Our enemies will have tho blues, And surely fall behind: Union will i re id abroad the news, An 1 rise to fame, now mind. Now f -lends, m-irk d lwn what I do say, Keiucmbe-, I pr e'aim That I'nio'i nt n dis tor dny, Will "git thav all th same." "Mucous" TIIF ELECTION. Tlio city t'loctio.i hi Id in Union lui-t Monday to elect oflicerH for tho unsu ine; year, lcFiilted uh follows : Mayor, J. W. Kennedy; councilinen, S. A. l'nm-1 and A. K, Jones; niiirhnl, M. V Holhrook; ivcotder, J. E. TutUe; treaMtrer, .1. I). Canoll; street ci-ni- mit-Honcr, l.on is compiiM-d of Ea'on. 1 ho ei un 1 mx nienilieiH. Une two Wiiids is i leeled from each of thif ea h ye.ir. Mr. Jonea is tho only new member elected, Mr. l'lirfcel having been n meinber for a number of years. There went three candidates for city iii.ii1ih1, tli.it liein the only ollicc for which any strife was made. DON'T let that cold of yours run on. You think It is alight thing. Hut it may run Into ca tarrh. Or Into pneumonia. Or consump tion. Catarrh is di'giiJll ig. Pneumonia is dun geiom. . Comumptioii Is death itself. The breathing up.iratm mint be kept j laal.hy and clear of all obstructions and i olI'euivi! matter. O lu-rwUe there is trouble ahead. All th. diieases i f thwie parts, head, no-io, th oa , hrohchial tuboj and lungs can ho rUl.g itlully a id entirely cured by tho uc of HoH-heu's Cieriua i tjirup. if you don't know th a abcady. then an Is and Ibous andsof p-oplo can tell you, They buvc been cured by it. nud ' know how It U theai sehu ' Buttle only 76 ccuts. Ask uny druaglit. &irbe'vtrilA) for 'Ikiii OifLWff Byww, TELOCASET. A U.t. T.tlf., l?t ii... liit f?,.l'iltnr - I' - J ... Coi ri-pnnlcnt. Weather pet ting "too tiltcily cold." Eceles it Co,s. s,tw mill lias shut down for the seam. Mrs. lien. Macho has been rat her under the weather for a few days past, but at present is improving. Our citizens are bitty hauling wood, making winter preparations, and tettling down to a business-like basis. Pyle canyon seluol is floun'f-hing. Mr. Hooker is proving binnelf a pioli eient teacher. Good for the name of the place indeed. Mr. .1. E. Yowell returned from the Ou-e a few days ago, where ho has been baling hay. lie informs us tho hay market is good. Horn. To the wife of C. V. Miller, Dee. .'!nl, 1887, an eight pound boy. Lord how we thrive 1 Huild up your schools and make room ! The slight fall, of snow the first, of the week seemed to bring our sheep men to a proper sense of their condir tion, nml they begin to gather to win ter quarters. Mr. Shannon Marsh ill, of Hip creek, passed through our burg, one day last week, driving a line young stallion that lie. has boon breaking under his new method. It works excellentlv. H. II. A UNIVERSAL FAV015ITE. The most opitlar, most enjoyable and cheapest publication on (he Paci fic coast is The, West Shore magazine, and it should be in every house, coun ting room and library. The farmers, especially, will find it a clean, whole tome, entertaining family visitor. It is (he cheapest illustrated magazine in the woild, and lias no superior in artis tic merit. The West Shore for 1SSS will lie greatly enlargnd in tize, and improved in contents, both literary and artistic. A magnilioicnt large oleograph of the "Entrance to the Col umbia It i vi r" is now being prepared, and is superior in every respect to the handsome colored engraving of Mt. Hood ibued l.itt year. This beautiful maiino picture and the November and Dccumht r numbers, if 1SS7, will lie sent free to all who sub-eribi! now for 18K8. A most liberal clubbing list with leading publication!) is now made up, and will be sent to any one who dcHrctj to take The Weil Shore in con nection with other publications, subscription price is only if2.fi0. drcts L. Samuel, publisher of The Shore, Portlaed Otegon. . Ad Wett most i:.ci:m.i:nt. J, J. Atkins, Chief of Police, Knoxville, Toini,, writes: "My family and I arc bene- I tlel.-.rles of your most excellent medicine, Dr. King's New DUo very for consumption: having found It to bo all that you claim for it, d she to testify to its virtue. My frlciulu to whom I lmvo recommended It, praise It at every opportunity." Dr. King's New DIs- j oovery for Cotibuinptlon is gu rrntccd to cure Coughs, ( olds, Kruncliitls, Afcthnui, I l fni.ri mwl nvflri" nffnf.flnli fit till. Thriint. I Cho t and Lu .-g. Trial hot les free at U right.s drug store. Large Mzc $1.00. Tho annti.il report of tho Third As n'stant J'ost Master General shows that the receipts of the department are 11.1 pir cent greater than the previous year, while the increafce of expendi tures for the same period was at a ra tio of HA per cent. Tho total excess of cost over the revenue derived from the tcrviec is 5,-182,G70. At this rate it will not be many years, at tho pres ent rates of j ottage, till the revenue will equal the cost of service. It is thought, however, that n further reduc tion of postage will bo made by this Congress. Samuel Colvill, a wealthy farmer of Jackton county, Or,, bec.itno innuie while at thu Iloltoii house in Port land a few days ago. lie w.ih placed under tho care of ollicirs until his friends could be heard from. Ho became in sane on the subject of prohibition, lie is about 7f years of ago and said to bo wurlh $50,000. Win. It. McDaniels, the Ilarrishurg pott ntllco embezzler, plead guilty in tho U. y. circuit court, and w.i mjii lenced to one year's impi boumoiit in thu Linn county jail, and to pay a fine of $351. His cinbuzzthnoiitH, at diUVr times amounted to several thousand dollars. Smith'H walking gang plow, eomc thing new and jutt thu thing. For Hale by Frauk Diuj. luihxuuat Oo,, ), ISS7. THE COVE. A S,j mil sis 'f Hie Ni'ws ,r ttir IVeeU, t n jiaie.l 1- pn slj- r. r (tie I ton. ihu s if 'l lie si nut. POIXTS AND PKODS. December 7, 1S87. J. O. Smith, the omnipresent mill wiight, has deserted the valley and gone east on a visit among friend? and nl.itives. Pteparations arc going on to have a fine Christmas tiee lot' the Sunday school scholars, Christmas eve. There Will alto be exercises in the evening. E. T. Foster started for Enterprise, Tuesday, on business, and expects to be absent about a week to the interest ing region of milk and honey. Frank Hloom has rented the Vm. Makin farm on the Sand Kidg; and has moved thereupon. Frank will make a successful horny-listed granger. The mail stage broke tin axlo last Monday near .lolin Hoyd's. Another conveyance w.is soon procured and the arrival of the mail delayed only a short time. Tuesday was a wet day. There has not been such a downfall, since the lime a prominent livery man camo near drowning a well known dairyman all ciiizeiis of Cove. . The Indian creek saw mill was sold at sliorill's sale last Monday. Messis. Kobiiison and Thomas, holding mort gages against the property, were the purchaser.-. nt.l-'JOO.OO .luck Thomas and Jake Conner, Jr., have moved tlu-ir wiekeups into tho virgin letvsis and Will while the time awiy i his winter fuming timber into rails and cord wood. Jilo. Wagner, tho dairyman, has built an addition to his house. It adds much to the appearance of Ihu resi dence as well as to 4ho convenience, and will be appreciated in a caso of emergency. The aspirants for teacher's cortili cales who attended the examination at La Grande last week, ftoni Cove, were suecetslul. Misb Holtby has accepted a school in tho Tuttle district and com menced tv-aching last. Monday. The Cove uimredK thank Luna Tick, of ltland, for his pleasant items last week concerning their skill. They say theie will be need for a hospital for the treatment of dirctt descendants of Haalam's beast if they catch L. T. in the vicinity (If the llig Lake. It is whispered in town that tho editor of the Scout learned all particu lars of the alleged iccent robbing of the mail.-, from our fellow townsman, Hon. O. M. Jameson. A full account of the airair is anxiously looked for in the next issue of the mentioned popu lar paper. Mr, A T. Wright stole up to Union one day last week and returned with a blushing bride. The lady before thu happy event was Miss , of Colo- rail'., from whence she had just arrived. A sister of tho bride camo up from Portland and is visiting her relatives in Cove a few days. Died. In Lower Cove, Dec. lftt., Anna Duncan, bilovcd wife of Wesley Duncan. The deceased was born in Pike couniy, Illinois, Juno 2-lth, 18.03. and with her pa runts moved to John ton county, Mirtonri, in Sept. 1S(58, where her marriage occurred Sept. 10, 1S78. Tho next year the. and husband moved to Oregon. Mr. Duncan has thoentjio sympathy of the community. I wonder why it is that a certain inirry bachili r living not many miles northwest of town in not keen on our streets as often as formerly. A. Did you hear Ahx.s account of tho fracas? 13. A. II. Corn meal ia scarce and liiird to get toinetimos. A. (J. Thoso were fine Ilavanas wo smoked with the compliments of tho latcbt wedded couple. The boys. Let us go down and get one of them, no telling how Jong before wo will have to set 'em up. W. II. Lost, on tho road betweun Cove and Union, tho night of tho t how, ono Sunday hat. Twenty dol lars reward will bj paid for tho return of same in good repair at Union nurs eries. J, G. Why buy from imigraliiig ageiitB of whom you know nothing, cilherof their juspoiibibil.ty or tho charectcr of their goods, when thcru are ictpontiblo deal era localfcd near you, who carry full and complete lines of all farm and mill machinery nud implements;, and whoso bucccsh it in for your beat intercsta to support with yoar putronagn? Frank JJro'B. Implement Co, of Island City request your contidcratiou of tboir claim, aud refer you to yoiir neighbors! NO. 2-1 NOIIT11 POWDER. Illseiu -i j of Clil N'rnr tlio Ton ti. I.urAl lmii'iiveiu tils. .Nulrs. Deo. 7th 1R87. The prodigal has returned. I log-killing is in full blast. Winter litis come in earnest, Mall Itamsoy it Co. have closed their mill for the present. Win. Forsoy has sold his Clover crook farm to Win. Cusick. Another turkey shooting match yes terday; but no lights or fines. The buggy-man has sold several ve hicles in tliis neighborhood this fall. Master Adolphy and Miss Clara Par ker aro attending school at Walla Walla. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Parker will spend the winter in the milder climate of southern California. Gold has been found in paying rock, in the hills west, of town, between Wolf creek and North Powder river. E. O. and H. M. Hughes have sold out their entire interests bore,and have gone to Portland their former home. The (). K. it N. Co. has a largo force of men employed here, in cutting and loading ice for the La Grande station. Tlley say it will take about one hun dred carloads. Surveyor .1. XV. Kimbrell has boon compelled to cease operations for the present on account of the severe weath er, leaving quite a number of engage ments unfilled. If. O. Gorhiun, of the firm of Gorlinm it Kothehild, has purchased tho line residence and furniture of II. M. Hughes, and is now a permanent res ident of this place. Mrs. II. Norman, a former resideut of Union, who for the prist several years has been living in Washington Territory, arrived hero n few days ago to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Kimbrell, Our district school has been suspend ed for an indefinite time, for fear the diphtheria would get among tho schol ars, as Mr. Smith, whoso little daugh ter died of that dread ditease last, week, has moved his family into town. C. M. Ivollog. of linker City, has a corps of engineers hero surveying for a mill race on Anthony crock, and tho location for a Hume from tho mill sito to the railroad, in which to tloat down their lumber. When completed it will bo one of the best paying invcstmentB in this valley. Yank. nitAci: up. You are feeling depressed, your nppptito is poor, you nrc bothered with llcadnche, you are figctty, nervous, rind generally out of sorts, aud want to lnucr. up. Uraco up, but not with titlnuilcnti, spring aiodUlues, or bitters, which have for their basis very i heap, had whiskey, and which stimulate you for ati bonr, and then leave you In worse condition than lieore. What you want Is an alternative that will purify your blood, start healthy action of Liver and Kidneys, restore your vitality, and glvo re newed health and strength. Such a medi cine you will find lu Electric Bitters, anil ouly CO cents a bottle at Wright's drug stort', Union, Oregon. Frank Jlro'H Implement Co., of Isl and City, carry tho largest stock of standard implements to bo found iu Eastern Oregon. Their terms and pri ces, defy competition. They always have on hand extras and repairs) for goods they sell, which i.s a matter of great importance to tho purchaser, 5 Montana bus not had u business fail ure tiid year, In it has been built 800 miletf of railroad. Gold, silver and copper has been taken out to tho amount of 120,000,000. It produced moro than one-half the copper pro duced iu tho United States. Its stock interests are already ipimcnsc, und in creasing. For refusing to obey an injunction Jseutid by u judge, tlio mayor and tan members of tho city council of Lin coln, Nebraska, have been arrested and put in jail for coutcropt of court. At Oakland, Illinois, a supposed dead woman who bad been drowned and put in bur coffin, uwoko aud gav birth to a boaltby male child, Both aro doing well. Sidney Dillon succeeds Elijah; Smith as president of tug Or Transcontinental Co, It has b known for some lima past that a change would be made in the naaaagemoiit. It was believed tbat Hwiry VUluid MVtrkl wxWvd to ihv yJvy. '