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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1888)
TOE OREGON SCOUT.'2 QViMTinx of tahhf. AMOS K. JOKES EDITOR, City and County Official Paper. Fridny, February i, 1 SSS, j: di to n u , xo rxs. , it i" I . . . The bouse in the aslnnjiton tern- tory legislature has defeated the eapi tol removal hill. Xortli Yakima lost her prospective "eddeu plum" by a voto of twelve to eleven. Mrs. Lock wood, who was the can didate of the National Woman's Suff rage association for president in 1881 , saysjthnrc will bo a hitter tight be tween Miss Susan I?. Anthony and Mrs. Lucy .Stone for the nomination this year. A Chicago preacher is talking about ' 'hurling sinners into the endless des pair of the bottomless pit." It is all right, says an exchange, for the poor sinner if the pit i bottomless. laH ing is ensy, but lighting is what scrunches. A prize fight took place, recently in cw York, between two while men known as "Swipes the boot-black" and a local pugilist named Dallon. Dulton received a blow which resulted in his death, and Swipes was sent to juil. Thus it will be seen that the prize ring contests are sometimes ca pable of yivijig good results. The postal telegraph is a necessity There would be as much sense in per mitting the cntiro post-olllee .service to bo conducted by a lingo private monopoly as to permit the Western Union Tclepraph Company to contin i. 11 i... i i uu iu iii.ii!iin.r uiu iriiviiijiu iiiisi- ncsp of the naliwi . We have endured ! tnls monopoly all too long. Jf Con gress is wise, it will perfect a postal telegraph system at this session. Senator Dolph introduced a hill pre sented by him in the last Congress, to forfeit the wagon road grants in Ore gon. Tlio roads enumerated in the bill are thoso projected from Eugene City to the eastern boundary of the state, and fi 'oiu Dallas citv to h'ort Hoisc. It roquircs the attorney gen eral within six months" from the pass ago of the act to bring unit in the Uni ted States Circuit Court for Oregon against all ernons, linns or corpo rations claiming to own these grants. JIOW IS IT An act of thc'last legislature crea ted the new ofllre of rocorder, in sev eral counties of this State, and the ijuestiou now conies up as to whether or not Union county is included. The name of this count' appears in the body of tlio bill, but is not mentioned in the title. Some claim that this in validates the mi', so far as Union coun ty is concerned, and others say that it does not. What the result of this will bo wo are unable to say, but it may result in complications, and n legal contest. Tlio oflico is an impor tant and lucrative one. Tlio dutv of I thu incumbent will be to record deeds, conveyances, etc. , which would re lievo the county clerk of, perhaps, half Ids work and emoluments. U..W.WLMaitttlVM,HI HMCT TOL I Tit VI I. MAX II'VLA 'J Oh'S. The political uiacliinury, says the I'ast Portland "..7.W,is being put in motion lor the contest in dune. Pro- fcshloiial polltlciaui are scheming anil yvirc-worldu . I'hronie olllceseolcurs tiro alle!i))tin to reach tho public jnir.se. (vhilte a number of "fresh" ::aiuliilat(" s-ooin to IhiuU that their 'turn" hns eouie. Tho man who thluU thai hU parly services untitles him to recognition Ik pushing to the front. The men froiionily figure as delegates from the country precincts tiro hoin cautiously sounded. Mo-4 j of the worl; is holnjr done hy aspirants 1 for the payintr olliees. These' eandl-! dates will make every effort to control primaries in their own favor. When tho nominations are secured, hy fair means or otherwise. Inutile appeals will he made to party fealty. What difference iloc-, it make whether thu sheriff, elerUand treasurer are Demo crats or ltepuhllcatis, Prohibitionists or .Mugwump'? Honesty and otllc.icu uy uurht to bu the principal reipiire metith. To secure theo tlio worl; must helu at the priuuuie). Let the old polilhal hacks he iveu a hack seat, nntl dolea'os he selecled who uill not no to thu uoimipitluf conven tion ii.i the iiiflruuiciits of oomo suliom iiiir candidate," t harturtiml trailo ev ery thing olte toscetiro his iiouiiiialljin, but wlio will net for ihu bc-t iutorosi of the county ami Stale in the neluc f lull of noiuinuo. it 1 nl the primn rjus that the light of ihu people against I'ornipt rluy" -""l ruiuhiwaiioni ii i li st ho made. If ills not made at tlio prinrnWcs tho viult i a fuioono iii.iiiiii . limn-Jt in f qiiiist on,.' I) ought ,o ji'foi-c tlic people by IYes- Thc Inrlff prominently brfu iilent Cleveland in liix iucsmiso. is not i party issue unless the republicans, .dinreffiirdinjj the counsel of their lend- iiif? journals, and the inevitable result of nintuiT.r thought, follow blindly llio i leader-sliip of A. (J. Rlaitic and make it so. Uliiinc, in hi onyernoss to opponu ! Cleveland, has taken an untenable ... ' I position, anil one iiiul win politi cal death to (linn , and disastrous to the tepubllcau pnrty if it. follows his i banner. This jb becoming more ap parent every day. After the appear unco of the president's message, when Ulaiuo, assuming the leadership of his , . , . ... . , party, throw down the gauntlet, h was applauded almost unanimously by the lesser lights of the republican lll'i-CH. lint IllllY. W l fill slllinr HPnolHl thought has had time to assert itself, the pulse seems to be changing, nud the leading republican papers serin inclined to repudiate the ideas of the ambitious Jimmy, and it is well for their party that they do. That staunch rcpublicanjjournal, the Chicuyo Tri binir snyt: ' "The more carefully and dispass ionately President Cleveland'!, mess age is studied, leaving partisan con sideration on one side, the more sure ly convinced will any hone-t i-ritic liecomo ll at its opinions and sugges tions are in line with the best interests of the country from every material point of view. The threatened con gestion of the national treasury has made this matter plain- It is gener ally conceded that the government revenues must be reduced, and the only question is whether they shall be reduced in the interests of farmers, working men and the uou manufactu ring class or solely in the inteiesls of mill and factory bosses. We are con fronted with a huge surplus in the treasury, constantly growing. The tariff alone during the fiscal vcar yielded $'-'17,000,000. whereas ten yearn ago it produced but 91.30,000, 000. One-half of the present custom taxes would be amply sufficient with .J.. ' i iiuj i i;yi;iiiiij 11 'in other sources to meet the necessary expensed of gov ernment. " The fnni'crs and the laboring classes themselves have tound that the promises of protection are illusory, and that the onlv persons who derive ' auv benefit from it are the mill bosses and trusts. They, have also found that a reduction of the revenue by cutting down the oppre.-sive tariff taxes will result to their own advan tage, and (hat the high tariff results in the increased price of all manufact ured products which they need for their use. Tlio fanners have lontr been bled for the benefit of the bosses, but, they are now waking up to tie fact, that it is time to cheapen the cost of their implements, lumber, clothing, sugar, sail, iron, glass and other articles In common use, and they will not 'jous-enl to be victimized any long er for the benefit of protected monop olies. Ar lliis point the advocates of pro tection repeat their old gabble that to reduce the tariff will be to cut Ameri ca u laborers down to tho pauper wages of ICuropo.' The statement is i not only false but absurd upon il face. The pauper wages of Kurope are paid by high tariff Kuropcau co'.iu I Hies like Kiaiu-e, tJero aiiy and Aus tria, hnulaud pays one and a half times highor wages than any Europe an country. Her unemployed sur plus of workiugmen i- not due to tariff arraiiguients, but to other causes; but , tauing her workiugmen who are regularly employed, and they aid paid bolter wauos and are more coisfoi ta bly fed, clothed and hoiked than those of any other Kuropean country. The profits which will remain to tho mill houses after the tariff reduction will sllll be sufficient to remunerate, the employee, and that remuneration will be all the nroro valuable by rea son of tho decreased price of the arti cles which they have to buy lor themselves and family. The president is to bo congrat ulated for liU courage in formulating tariff revision and presenting It to j congress a the most important issue! now botore the country. Hi, not a partisan matter. II concerns tlic in terims of the large majolty of the people nf the I'nitocl Sta(e and of the entire farming population. ' ' That is a proclamation having tl.o true ring about it. let us hopo it ' echoes the true sentiment ot tho mu- i jority of ropublieans. Tho San Frn- ! elsco Argomi'd, edited by Frank I'ixloy, a life long republican, also ! speaks with no uncertain souud. It i says: "The luinhor-mill owners of Ore- , gon and Wiihlngtou Torrttory, the j luinlior-denlers of San Kraneiseo the men who have monopolized forets, , and eornured the retail trade: who . have, hy a conspiracy as unlawful as it i immoral, placed tltcin.elvo in ! position to lilunder every fnrmer who 1 would build a house, barn or fence, overv Inhabitant of city or vlllago who j would erect for himself a home, mid overy mechanic who would mko n i j box and every fruil grower who I I would Use one have united In a pc li- j i lion to coiigre.ssj praying that thi in I fnnt conspiracy W uot throttled by ' I removing the tax of two dollar per , I IhouoHud feet upon lumber. TIi'h lunihcr eonsplrHcy imposcx no unnec- ; C(-.uiy la.x of troni fourdullai a to eitcht I dolhirii h thoubiiud upon tho luinbet sold in CalifornlH, nil in tin pre-ein ! of thu incxliausilblc forots in ihitinh toluuihia and ot peii-blug foi "t iu Calilornu, we fee no vciy v"' "' sou why emigre bhmdd md thee I inflh'lactiirv in Inn, her t ti.e cmimii .f n io di'l!ar-per-ihiiuMtul-t"'' tii- ; iff. I'nh.ip- this kind "f le; - itlU may prolwt Umtu itud Mi.un. .i. Uu', it U a wrung t cuusUukuii of lointier in t'alihu nin , and a thrie me about one hundred i oii,umcc to iu.k pro diuvr, wt :..ot..d he i.id J j UiA free trail" in this article. Tlic same oiiinioii it cnlertiiiiiod lv us in refcr- 0,lrft to ,'oal an(' 0 Um "l'0" , t s a Uhe 0lemVfIUMi wollU : )C ,,tt, (o fcc cvc,.y one not properly : licrdcd, in :m inclo'cd field tlint lc- lonir3 to their owner manufactured into imtnrdiatc mutton. They do ! more damage to our fore-dry, and in i ! scattering noxious weeds over our ' palain and valley, than they are j 'worth. There are two .-Mrs 'to (his, tariff controversy, and it U oulv one ! ulcle that being heard ly pulitioa, anil that i the one tint', is united in ! smie manufacturing indtitrv to ex tort money from n disunited add in lmrmonius consuming constituency by ; oxcesive and burdensome taxation to ' protect and encourage what they style ' then "infant" enterprise. We think j that the American inantifnlurcr should i stop ljlending the baoy act, and .stop i invoking government protcetion for .iiifmit industries and take his chance with a ta-iff that is revenue, ! There should be no special laws for """' '"' iiunumnuuiiim mu : irener.il good i We believe that the more thte ques- Hon of tariff is discussed, the plainer ; it will be to the masses .of the people ; that aSrcduc'.ion will be to their inter ! csts, and as it is a matter of more ' importance than any other now before ( : our people, wo, sincerely hope thati party affilliation , or personal friend J ship for promiuout statesmen, will i not in any, way serve to bias opinion j in regard to it. t numtjtim i ju. juw.Miu-a V,'OM AX SUFFRAGE IX WASII- ixgtox 'j r ex ii irony. . The woman suffrage law of Wash ington Territory, which was declared unconstitutional because of technical defects, has been re-enacted by the territorial legislature. This causes a howl of anger to go up from numer ous territorial papers, a:id the legisla tors who voted in favor of it are bran ded as "dishonest demagogues and cranks.' ' (Jovcrnor Sample is also ex coriated for signing the bill "in the face of the pctitions;asking him not to, the one from Spokane Falls alone, ob tained in 24 hours, being 127 leet long and containing the names of 2, GOO adult, citizens, .100 of whom wore women' ' As the members of the legislature of that territory were elected by the votes o'f both women and men when the woman suffrage issue was square ly before the people, and as it is pre sinned they legislated on this question j in accordance with the wishes of their I constituents, we can't, see where the ! consistency of the above mentioned I howl comes in at this late hour, (f 1 the people of Washington Territory j did not want to give women the right j ! or Miltrage, wliy did llicy not get in I during the campaign and elect a legis- j laturo to suit them? ll. appears to us i that the best Ihiuy (hoy can do is to shut up. and take (heir medicine. For Toilet Use- Ayor'a Hair Vigor keeps tho hair soft and pliant, Imparts to it tho lustre and freshness of youth, causes it to grow luxuriantly, eradicate!) Dandruff, cures nil scalp diseases, and is the moat clean ly of (vll hair preparation!). ftVPR"5 lrau' ViKor has frfvon mo a .83 v3 perfect satisfaction. I was nearly bald for six years, during which titan 1 used many lmir preparations, but without, success. Indeed, what littlo hair I had wiu growing thinner, until 1 tried Ayer's iluir Vi;or. 1 used two ikittleu of tlio Vljror, and my head is now well covered with a new urowth ot hair. Judhou II. Chapel, Pcabody, jUurs. that has become, weak. ttiwl failed, may Itavo nevr li av itavo navf mo oud color rootorod to ft by tho uue of Ayer's ilnir Vigor. My hnlr was thin, faded, und dry, and foil oat in largo quunliticK. A.ver'u Tfair Vigor Htoppod tlio falling, and restored my hair to its original color. As a dressing fo' tho hair, tliia preparation l.a no oinal. Mary K. llammoml, .Sfilhvator, Miuxu yiCnD youth, and beauty, in tho V .auiilj apiearoncci of ths hair, may to pronen'cd for on IndcHnlto porknl hy tho use of Ayer's Hair Vij,or. A dis oReo of tiie Hcalp cau.ied my hair to le onm harh and dry, and to fall oaf. freely. Nothing I tried Hceined to do too any u.md until 1 eomuieuced uning ino any .whi uiuu x comiaein Aoer'tt Hub- Visjov. Three 1 llu nrepnratioirrestored ury healthy conuitlou, and it in oottirs 01 hair to k. now tinrt and pliant. 3Jy nealn is cuiml, and it is ttlbo taw from dandruff. Mra. f. li. Fikm, lilwaukoe, AV1. Ayer's Hair Vigor, Bold by Bnigyt1 aa-1 lcrfuuior3. Pkrvect Sirrry, prompt action, and Wondinfel ctiratlvo properties, oaslly pluoo A;, er's PUlu at tho haad ot tho list of popular remedies for Stele and Norv (MtH Hoadachew, Const'.patlon, and all idl utents oriluatiug iu a illKonlered Liver. I Itavo been a great sufferer from Headache, and Ayor'e Cuthartio Pills urtt tlio only luudioiuo that haa over itivon nio ralisf. Ouo doao of thoso Pills wm qtuoKiy niovo my oowois, an iruo my iiuau irom pam. wiiuaiu i. rago, IMulmtond, Vn. (lUIUIlOUU, YU. 11 WJW I o IT ISIO; Trtpuvd by Or. J. U. Avar & Co., Lowell, Jlanfl. dhu vy su uiuwn ui iaicuic Whk.iit, ru.hnT. L:?7tiX?ZJ i Ui:o. Wl t ur, W 1 MhM iiii 7 1 - VHffl i Nh v. - - . ouKuox. iVii i lid f . i ,) I i r r- i ! al e-ijd M uTOITSS BROTHERS, Dealers In iVIllVVL. HtWI lira aii Gars, TgdgOrdcrs from all parts of tlic country promptly attended to. HOWLAND & WILSOW, i UlHDd li FilMI imml i Keep constantly on hand a large supply of Parlor and Bed Room Sets, Bedding, Desks, Office Furniture etc. UPHOLSTERING Done in the Best Style. Lounges, Mattrcs.os,"iuul nil kinds of solicited. Our prices are reasonable. flie Green OE LA GRANDE, GREG ON. Has made arrangements for capital to otl'eivd in Eastern Oro::')n. Rate of Interest. No expense anil nodelay Odicu: Flwt Tlie Piienix Real Estate Association, OF LA GRANDE, OREGON, Has made arrangement. with real estate dcaler.i in the East, to sell land to Eastern huyers direct, Parties de dring to sell land, will find it to their interest tn place .ame with us for sale. NO EXPENSE CHARGED UXLESS SALE IS 3IADE. Ollicc with Oregon Investment Company ii i iwim i n if o i nnr mm m m a : una if-ra rara raw iwi, i f.a si si i us W. Du BE8DLEE$!Afi3, Proprietor. K'vps eo'n'antly on hand a full assortment of everything in las line, manufactured of the lit'si. material obtainable. He is now i fl'u'i lg for sak the Best lot of saddles, at lower prices than were ever offered in Eastern Oregon, LEAD HARNESS, HORSE BLANKETS, CURRY COMBS, Also a FULL ASSORTMENT of SITI'S, OIL. Etc.. Etk., Etc., In fact everything H : a. I R- J3Oa'l and examine goods. -O- (OPPOSITE CENTENNIAL HOTEL.) LLSOTT, - Proprietor. Everything I'ir.st ClassT Terms Very Kci.sonahlc. D i Buss to and Fiom the Icpot Making Connection with all Trains. MITCHELL & LEWIS CO (LIMITED.) Factory, Kacinc. 'Wisconsiii. ilanaf u tunr-i "f Carriages, Buggies, OCJ Uoad Carls, Spring Wagons, etc. dim Mill 111 fiPBIIu Willie CANTON (WBR HAWS. H AlUtOVS. ETC. 4tl 111 refill I l.1 IlKlllla'k MITCHELL & CO., Limited. . " Linn i.m.' i.j iu.ii ii .liM.ii.j.irm Furniture made to order. Your patronage -O- Mnln Street t'nioii Oregon. loan" on roal cstVo. at the lowest rates ever 8, 9, & 10 door oat of Iligsinson it Rogers' drug store. "WHIPS, AXLE GREASE, HARNESS usually kept in a P 3 : n. sssiSTiegi'L Main Street, Union, Oregon. Branch. Portland, Oregon. and Dealers in Phaetons, Buckboards 1 -V' 1 I 1 HlilillWIII.! Inyesiment Company, SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PKICK LIST, FREE. 192-19, Front St., Portland. Or On farm liiti-li in Vmatilla. Haker. Union. , OHIinin and Wallowa colintii-, at 8. 0, 10 anil 11 per cent, on live year's time. Ca'l on.!. II. lilNKIIAKT, at the Farm ers Mortgage nntl Savings Hank, Mimiacr ville, Oregon, if you want money on farm lvmns. The 8 per cent !. on improved farm land licartiic raiiroiitl in urjiiKie l.ontic auev. 10-21-mt;, J. 11. 1HNH1IAKT.' Main Street. Union. Oregon, BENSON BROS. - PROPK1ETOBS. Keep constantly on hand BEEF, 1'OliK- VEAL, MUTTON, SAUSAGE, HAMS, LARD. Etc. ALPINE HOTEL, Cornucopia, Union county, Or. R. C. WARINNEH, Trop'r. The only lirtd clans Jmu'-e in the camp. No pains spared to make quests coinfoita hlc. Chareres. Reasonable. J A. ISKLL, House, Sign and Carriage PAINTER Graining a Specialty. Shop, Corner Main and A Streets, Union, Oregon. ,s m.umm are ITiiexcellud FROM $50 TO $100 SAVED On the purehvsc of an Instrument, bv buying through W. T. WItlOHT, " Agent, UhIoii. Oregon. POP Gciatka, SUoumathta, Uumr- Ucalib, Ctla,-j, Sites, iruises, ' J unions, Com?, Ccratchcs, Sprains, Strains, Stitches, Etiif Joints, Backache, Galls, Sores, Spavin Cracks. Contracted Muscles, Eruptions, Koof Ail, Scrow Vorms, Suinnoy, Saddle Galls, riles. THIS GOOD OLD STAND-BY a-cni'ir lislies for ovcrjbojy csactty what Helalmcd fortt. Oao or tho rcasima for tlio (Treat iopularHy of tho .'luftnnc Liniment Is foundlultA iiulvurnal ni'Hcnljilllj-. Everybody need jsucli a inetllcim. Tho I.umliei Kinu needs It iu case ot cccMent. 7lio IIduicm ifo needs It for general family ue. The Cuunlor needs It f or his te:uuB and lit men. Tim .Ucchuulc needs It olways ou hU worlt boncli. Tlio Ilncrncnlxltlncasoof emergency. The Pioneer needslt an't get alongwltliout It. 'i'ho I'lU-mer needs it in bis honse, hU btable, ucd 111 ttccl; yard. Tiie iitcniiibont mnn or the Ilontmnii needs I'. Ill liberal supply alluat and asliore. Tlio norn'.riuiciuv needs It It is his beet frU-.iil r.ud gntest reliance. The fcStock.croiver needs It It will r&xo htra '.hy. .-.-.id, of dollars and n world of trouble. Tim Railroad r.inu needs It nnd will need it tut hmn as his lifo is a round of accidents nnd dangers. Thu ISaclcwoodsnmu neednlt. Tlierulsnotli Incl so It as an antldoto for tho dangers to life, iluib and comfort which surround tho pioneer. 'I'lio KSercImut needs It about Ills ttoro nmoug hi. iiii.loyeoi. Aecidents Mill happen, and when iatt-u x .no tho Mustang Unimcnt is wanted nt once. Keen a HoUiuiuMio lluuxe, Tistha best of eonoair, Kre:n3iottlotii tlio Factory. Itstininedtata oso l;i .-ate of cecident kavos pain nud lotos of wages. Itrfjli ti llattlo Ahvaytiiu tho Hlnblr for ,.- .-j,,,,, ivnntt'd. PATENTS Hhtnini'il. ami all Patent llu-iness attended t.i I'mniialymid for Jloderate Keen. iiiiridfiie Im i)iioiu the lr. S. Patent Oiliiv, and we ean obtain l'utenis in Ie.s time than those remote from Wasnington, 1111 MUliKLorUlLVWUi. We advls.. a. to )miitentidililv free of eluiriiu; and iiu.ko Nt) CllAitUUUNLIi l'ATKNT IS SIHTUIil)., We refer, liere, to the l'ostuiaater. the t-'njit. of .Monev Order Div., nud to otlleials t the U. 8. l'uti nt Ottiee. For eiroular, hdviee, trni and reBiirciires to actual oil nu in your own State or County, write to C. A, SNOW & Co., Ojs-Viitt l'atmt Ottoc-c. W.itilaiiToB, D. C. My fet-Met. iiamlin A; stiff! CtvrsiiiK , y- i ' huvtm Jim ask mm iilklii IMmm