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.
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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
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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
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'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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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