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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1888)
THE OREGON SCOUT AMOS K. J0VK8 EDITOn, City and County Official Paper. Friflny, February 10, J 888, an no rial xon:s. There nru f-ovcu democratic nspir anls for the ollico of sheriff in Ibkor couiitv. Eastern Oregon Imh would be congressman profession. n number of r.ll of the legal The county Democratic Central Committee will meet in this city next Wedneeclav. The prohibitionists are inun-haling their force for the coming presiden tial contest. The Supreme court of "Washington Territory lias decided that the local option law is unconstitutional. The La Grande Joumnl hn cist off its outside skin as it were, and comes forth fresh, and looking prot-pcrous. The U.S. Senate lias passed a bill authorizing Dalle City to construct a bridge across the Columbia river from Oregon to Washington Territory. We acknowledge the receipt of a neat and attractive nlniunao for the year 1888. issued bv M. D. Abbott of the linker City daily and weekly Jiaxille. Dispatches to the daily press report over 1000 deaths from freezing in Da kota during the recent cold snap. Oregon may look for a large immigra tion the coming season. The Wallowa county papers aro full of articles as to the best location for tho county seat. The controversy has not become personal yet, Joseph. Enterprise and Lostine ure- striving for the prize. Ye who hanker after honor and the emoluments of ollico, rise up and let your voices bo heard in the land through the medium of the newspa pers, lie that tooteth not his own bugle will never get there Elijah. . Tho bridge on tho Wallotva river between ibis and Wallowa county, is said to be in a dilapidated and danger ous condition. Union and Wallowa counties should combine and build a good and substantial bridge at that, place. Shirts are being exported from this country, and tho wqmeu of Now York who mako them get thirty-tlvo cents a dozen for doing it. Wouldu'tit be well for Great Uritiaii to adopt a pro tective tarilf against tl.e pauper labor of New York? As will bo seen, a call lias been made for a meeting of thu citizens, to morrow oyeniug, at the court house, for tho purpo3o or organizing a Hoard of Trade in this city. This; is n movo in the right direction. Let everyone interested in tho .welfare of tho town be present. W. M. Uainsoy. an attorney of Sa lem, hat located in Pendleton. Wo are told ho will 4xi a candidate for judge of this ditrW loubtles he thinks wo have no timber here unliable for tho purpose, and wishes to nbviutn the dlllleulty, which is very kind of him to be sure. A strange embassy is in Loudon on a Mrangc errand, it i sent by Queen Ziimbh; of Aintilonglatid, Africa, ask ing tlutt her people bo protected against civilization, Her Majesty is quite right. .Sumo of I ho civiliza tion" that is dished out to thu poor heathen iiotviulayn they would bu bettor off without. Hermann is now posing lu Congress a tho bpecial representative of tho lumber niouopolibU of l'uget Sound nml the Columbia river. I lu labors to jiroinoie uie prom tu a lew scores or -lumber mon tit tho e.penc of two ( .hundred thouxntid people, mostly far ;niors, who havo to buy lumber. Ver ity tho farmer U dectincd to ho the tlrnwer of water nml liewer of wooil for nil the ' projected" people of tho countrv . Tho Snitry thinks the office should )ceh thu man not the man the olllce. V good theory that, hut xuldum prac icntl. Tim tlillicitity is when thu cou enliou ineeti- it too otteu puts men tui the llcUot, hecatn.0 they ami their penal friends ask (t , tint! never stop o consider their lltncs or uiultuesa tr tho ollico. A man may be n good iiun but nntit for the ollico he seeks. -llo might iiiahe yood shariff but ! lot a auod uci k, ttul vi?u wrsa. No mrtii is (1L to be a member of tho 'lcRiRlntnro who is not n Mihserihcr ami careful rentier of every newspaper published in his county.' In no otitcr way can he familiarize liitnsclf with tiic wi?licfi anil requirements of hN constituents, and servo tliotn intclli-Kcnllv. Orogon will have a prominent part to play in the next Piwidenllnl cam paign. Our State election occurring in June, will be the lirst gun. The democrats are loading their bnrrel of this grin for bear, but unless irrcat care is taken when she is fired, there will be a double-geared, duplex, back action movement about it that will kick somebody's jaw off. Uc careful. If you want a wide-awake journal, brimful of pointed and spicy articles, subscribe for Tub Scout during the coming campaign. Wo have secured at a great expense, a special artist who will dnpict tho various candidates and incidents of the campaign as they are presented. Nasi will be nowhere. If yon are not too narrow-contracted to enjoy a great, deal of fun, subscribe now. Among the injustices and evils of tho protective tariff, says the Jackson ville Times, are class legislation and that what it takes from the maav it ! gives to tho few. It robs niauv Po tent to pay Paul what was never due. If leads to evil competition, to con gestion, strikes, lockouts, monopoly trusts, pools and combinations, and artificially ensnares capital and labor in a minimum of productive etforls and results. It would fcem that our literature could be enriched by a compilation of tho traditional history of the north west. The field 'n prolifip in materi al. The many traditions extant among tho Indians left, the monu ments telling of the earliest advent of white men, and wrecks of unknown ships, which were manned by adven turers in the misty past, if recorded, would make a volume ot absorbing interest. Where is the man for the work? Malheur county has a post-tnastcr who, having been removed, refuses to give up the officii to his successor Moso Durkhciiner, on the ground that Moso is a " fiirrincr" and not a citizen of this great republic. If Moso mozes around there much wc imagiiip lie will get himself tilled full of buck shot. The postmastcr-geiieral and Cleveland, "alwo want to look out how they hack up against an Oregon P. M. It woii'l do to monkey with ono of us too much. . . -' Tun. Scout being an independent paper will at all times freely express its opinion on every question affecting tho 'public welfare, and as wc are aware that its ioeas may at. times con flict, with those of many of its readers, wo will say for the benefit of these that our columns aro open, and any one desiring to express a contrary opinion is invited to do so. Wo de sire to he perfectly fair and impartial at all tin-.es. A tliscusblou of any subject, when 'onducled with good feeling, cannot but be beneficial to all concerned. Frank M. Pixloy, of tho San Fran cisco Arffonu-U, who is without doubt the greatest American editor of tho present time, is making rulontloss war on the Human Catholic Church, which ho considers tho most powerful onomy the friends of human progress have to contend with. Ho is not an oppo nent to ho despised. Aside from its unequalled editorials, tho Artonuut is u rellox of thu most advanced : thought in i-cicucp, tho host in litera ture and art, ami tho highest phane of our .social culture, It is a publica tion that bhould bo in every family, and we advise our readers to subscribu for it. Our contemporary, the La Grnutlo Journal thinks that tho Democratic i n I f J . . i ..... i i ! central utniumiiue suoum pay no at tention to our suggoation its to tlie best litre ami manner of holding tlie con ventions in this county, hectare wo ; aro couduutiutf an independent paper, i i iir.ficoiJTasuieuiouiiipuaoortoven- l nr. hcotiT as the moullipleto or seven- tenths of tht people of Onion county, , ! and llio iimidi ilv'of lintti iiulitienl lint' i j - i j ties, will eontiiiuo to give advice, to the bust of its nullity, ou all propur , occuious. If tlie parties to whom this udvicti U given think it od, ! they will doubdoM uvurdUdue injii- Mderntluu. If, on thu ooutruiy, they think it Inelovaut and worthier, they ' will trout it accordingly. Tun S oct omiple n kiomowlnit wider fteld, und eiideuvor to ill) a higher plane than its oteemd tMiitoinpoiHiy , nod u tiio motive that actuate the two n:c not htoutU'ul, wo hardlv ild.ik our bioilu-r on u toll lis aiixiluiiy tfici ui' g itii- bllliinS ib.lt Wr d !! 'I klOW. II'UV- over hiii MictuiTi will be taken in good jwrt mul xiven ull tint mieiulou j lhev ararvorlli. Wc understand that some of the ' Umatilla county division ists sugges' f (llA iitrttit At nf i 11 trt!ifr u t"Willtrt if tllV lit WJillUM Vk 44 I l tiJ U JIVI (IVM V I Union cotiny, in order to give the proposed county of Leo a sufficient amount of territory. Just letup on that if you please. It pectus that wc arc surrounded by a lot of suckers who. if lei alone, would reduce Un ion comity to the size of a duck pond. Union is a good county, and since the cutting off of Wallowa, just the right size. Wo have no territory to give away. Tho board of commissioners of 15a- I ker county arc considering tho advisa- bility of the establishment of a poor farm on which tho pauper clement could be supported. It would seem that such a farm could be made self sustaining, and would be a better way than the contract system, but Umatilla county did not find it so. The keep ing of the poor on a farm was tried in that county for awhile and aban doned. Our Union county commiss ioners have had the same matter un der advisement, but as to what con clusion they have arrived at wo are not informed. Wc will again state to correspon dents that their names must be at tached to every article sent us for publication, if they expect to see it appear in the paper. It is not tliiit wc desire them for publication, but for the benefit and protection of the pub lisher. Otherwise, their articles will find their way into the wasto-basKct. This is an old custom and otic thai can do no harm. Occasionally wo receive a well-written communication, and would gladly publish llio same, but tor the fact that, there is no name at tached, and we cannot tell to whom the credit belongs. It is difficult, to invalidate a patent to laud issued to the railroad compa ny or anyono else, and those interes ted in mineral lands should therefore read the following excerpt from a let ter written by Secretary Lamar to Commissioner Sparks, bearing date of October 21, I8SG. The statutory exception of mineral lauds from the grant to the railroad companies is construed to include only lands known to contain valuable minerals prior to the issuance of the patent. The rail road company will therefore get a patent to all lauds to which it is enti tled, including mineral land, unless tho government is apprised of their character Some of our southern Oregon ex changes suggest the formation of a now State out of Southern Oregon and Northern California. They rea son (hat no 'country ctuV be sipecdily or fully developed while separated by long distances and mountain ranges from its scat of government, or when from its peculiar situation it must al ways occupy a suhorninate relation to other parts of the State to whice it be longs. Such is undoubtedly the case, but if our friends in that section will possess their souls in patience for awhile time will remedy the evil, The Star of Empire is moving west ward with resistless force, and in a less number of years than many imag ine, there wilt tie tin eo or tour btalcs in the area now known as Oregon, Tho .unwary- nutnhcrof 'J lie West Shore, thouirh toinowlmt delayed in publication bv roason ot its chango of form and iurrcasc of size, lias reached us, accompanied by an elegant oleo graph in nine colors. This is a splen did murine view, showing n large ocean steamer crossing out to sea from tlie mouth of tho Colombia river. 1 n engraving is richly colored ami f"" f life. It is pi inlet! on heavy ; plate paper ami is worthy of it good frame. The magazine itself is n spec ially lino one, having numerous illus trations tiulcd in the pages amid the reading matter. As usual , it is full or information nhotit the great north wo&t. Published by L. Samuel, Poitlund, Oregon, at S-.oO per year TheJnuuaiy number and oleograph scut postage free to any address for AO cunts. UUOUr.XN'.S A UN It) A SA1.VK. TV.- I?.-. !..... !.. r1. ..-..i-l.l tnv. Put. nmUu.urw. UkerV, teu'.t Uheum. IVver s.iri .fotiw, Chiu MaiuU, Chithluim, Tottiw. Chum MmuU. Chi Corn, imtl nil 8Mu Kruptiuus, and ptwitive- ty cure men, or no pay rvqmrttu. it is aranrantce.l to sAo nerft sjitlsfat tlon or moany refunawl. I'na 'JO coins per oos. Vor Srl.'al V i1.?h.'- droir storti. W. T. Wk'liit, I uluor. Pri-J.luut. 01 rxioN. OREGON. 'limU'.ir nu'o. Keys M!ul ulxiuut Mumr I'o livtlitn rtrrfu kt.ondwd to, mid Firs vTOHSriES BROTHERS, Dealers In fin d Cipn, Variety and Fancy hi School Bosks and Stationery, 5$$gOrders from all parts of the country promptly attended to. HOWLAND 1 frown mn& mimum mum. Keep constantly on hand a large supply of Parlor and Bed Room Sets, Bedding, Desks, Office" rurnittire etc. UPHOLSTERING Done in the Best Style. Lounges. Mattresses.'nnd all kinds of Furniture made to order. Your patronage solicited. Our prices arc reasonable. O Main Street Union Oregon. Tlie Oregon Investment Company, OF PORTLAND, OREGON. Has made arrangements for capital to loan on roal estae, at the lowest rates ever oll'ired in Eastern Uregon. Rate of interest, SO per cent. No expense and no delay Olllce: First door oast of Higghuon Si Rogers' drug store. Tlie Plienix Real Estate Association, OF LA GRANDE, OREGON, Has made armngcmcntB with real estate dealers in the Kast, to fell land to Eastern buyciH direct, 1'artiuj desiring to sell land, will find it to their interest to place same wun us ir,r sue. NO EXPENSE CHARGED UNLESS SALE IS MADE. Office with Oregon Investment Company W. D. BE2DLErVIAi!, Proprietor. Keeps constantly on hand a full assortment of everything in his line, manufactured oi me oust material outainauie. no is now Best lot of saddles, at ever offered in Eastern Oregon, LEAD HARNESS, HOUSE BLANKETS, CURRY COMBS, Also n FITfjL AHSOHTMHNT of 8PUP.8. AVIIIPS, AX1X GREASE, HARNESS OIL. Etc.. Ete., Etc., In fact everything usually kept in a First Glass Estabiishmemt. JGfOnll and examine gtiods. -O Main Street, Union, Oregon. mam M d m m. (OPPOSITE CENTENNIAL HOTEL.) Everything First Class. Terms Very Iteasonahlp. Buss to and Fiom the Depot Making Connection with all Trains. MITCHELL & actory, Racine. Wisconsin. Manufacturers of i Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons, Buckboards Eoad Carts, Spring Wagons, etc. 1 at? niifijf km ftnwiTri uih Milk til 111 C,KTON CLIITEK PLOWS, UAKltOWP, ETC. GALE CHILLED PLOWS, AND IDEAL FEED MILLS SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND Pit ICE LIST. FREE. M CHHLL & CO,, Limited. & WILSO oneniig lor hale tue lower prices than were LEWIS CO., Branch. Portland, Oregon. and Dealers In 192 - 194, Front St., Portland, Or On farm lnmls In Umatilla. Bakr, Union, Gilliiini and Wallowa counties, nt S. 0, 10 and 11 percent, on five year's time. CaU on. I. H. H1XKIIAKT, at the Farm crs Mortgage and ftivhiKs Hank, i-tuniacr-vtlle, Oregon, it you want money on farm loans. . . , , , The S per cent u on improved farm land near the railroad In Urnmic Hondo Valley. 10-SI-mtf. J.H. KINEIIAUT. City -jfal- Met .Main Street. Union, Oregon, BENSON BROS. - PROPRIETORS. Keep constantly on hand BEEF, PORK- VEAL, MUTTON, SAUSAGE, HAMS, LARD. Etc. ALPINE H0TEL, Cornucopia, Union county, Or. R. C. 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Tlsthe bttof .coao'iiy, Kouj n Ilottlo In tho Factory, Jtslinmcdlato vs. In eai-e of accident sates pain and las of wages. Koi a IJjttlo Ahrnyylu tho Htnblo for . 'VC1I uniitpi!. PATENTS Obmlnol. ami nil I'nicut lliisi nttonded i ruimmyiuni lor .loilcrutl' l' t'O.M. our .illhe 1-. opposite the U.S. Patent Office, ami we euu ohtain 1'atcnl.i In lu.i tuiio than thnvi, rcin.'to fr. in Wilmington SfiulJjODKl.orDK.VWUJ. Wc ii.tviso as to iwntt'ntat.ililv fror if t liarm-; and vn sic.TUKu'UAIUi,': VSUfi 'ATKNT IS We refer, litre, to t,(1 I'o.tnmntor. tho bm.t. of Moiiev Onlr Dlv., uii.l I., ntllclals of the I .fc. I'ai.utOtHi u. K,.r i lrrulnr. ailM;e. ternift anil tou"rc-tiiH.' to ui tiuil cli onu in your own Htntr r ,untv. write to 0. A. JvS'OW it Co., Opjiwite PaUv:t UlUin Wiuninyiciv l. tf Hamlin r ii J i UmmM