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VOL. IV.
The Oregon Scout.
An independent weekly Journal, Nsiied ev
ery Friday lnorniiii,' lv
JONES & CIIANCEY,
Publishers and Proprietors.
A. K. Jo.nks, (.
Editor.
j 11. I'HANCKY,
( Fort'inan.
iiatus or suitsciurriox:
One cony, oiks vrar . $1.M)
" Six months 1.00
" ' Three moutos 75
lnvnrlnbly Cash In Advance.
Jf hi chance suhteriititinmire nut jutid till
end of year, two dollars will he ehnnjed.
Kates of advertising made known on ap
plication. JQJ-C'orrespondencc from all parts of the
aoitntry polieitcd.
Ad res s all communications to tliu OiuuiON
Scout, Union Oregon.
Lodge Directory.
GKAXDK BOXDB VALLKY LOMJK,
No. .r)0. A. F. and A. M. .Meets on the
second and fourth Saturdavs of each month.
0. F HELL, W. M. j
E. W. DAVIS, Secretary.
UNION LODGE, No. ."!) I. O. O. F.
Itcgulnr meetiiiKs on Friday evenings of
each week at tiieir hail In Fnion. All breth
ren in good standing are invited to attend.
By order of the lodge.
G. A. THOMPSON, N. G.
C1IAS. S. MILLER, f-'eeretnry.
BLUE MOUNTAIN LODGE NO. 2., K.
of P. Regular meetings every Wednes.
dnv evening, at Odd Fellow's hall in Union;
All brethren in good standing are invited to
attend, (ii:o. Iiic.n.u, (;. . .
11, F. Wir.sox, K. of It. and S.
I'ltOFliSSIONAL,
It. Eakin, .1. A. Eaki.n,
Notary Public.
EAKIN, & BROTHER,
Attorneys at Law,
Union, Oregon.
BSTTroinpt Attention l'nid to Collect. ons.
JOIIX 11. CR1TES,
Attorney at Law.
Collecting and probate practice special
ties. Office, two doors south of post-olliee.
Union, Oregon.
J N. CROMWELL, M. I).,
Physician ami Surgeon.
Olllce, one door south of J. 15. Eaton's
store, Union, Oregon.
o.
F. HELL,
Attorney at Lew,
Notary I'uhlie, and Abstractor of Titles.
Olllce State Land Olllce hulldini;, corner
Main and A Streets, Union, Oregon.
Q II. DAY, 31. D.,
H03IE1'ATIIIC
Physician and Surgeon.
ALL CALLS mOMl'TIA" ATTLNDLl) TO.
Olllce adjoining Jones lira's store. Can
be found nights at the Centennial hotel,
room No. 23,
M. Dak Kit. J. W. Siiki.to.v. J. F. Nakkk.
jgAKEIt, SIIELTON & HAKE It,
Attorneys at Law.
OFFICES Union and La Grande, Ore
gon. Special Attention given allj business
entrusted to us.
rp II. CRAWFORD,
Attorney at Law,
Union, Oregon.
Olllce, one door south of Centennial ho
tel. J. M. CAItltOLL,
Notary Public.
H. F. WILSON.
Ex-Co, Clerk.
QAKKOLL & WILSON,
Conveyancers and Abstracters.
. Abstracts to Ileal and Mining property
furnished on short notice, at reasonable
rates.
Sales of Ileal and Mining property nego
tiated. Collection bu-incss promptly at
ttniicJ 'lo.
Olllce next door south of Post'oftlCc. Un
ion, Oregon.
J. E. TUTTLE,
Agent,
Union. Oregon,
Has for salcon easy terms. 18,000 acres of
good land In Union and Maker counties, al
so Home choice town propeuty.
Money to Loan.
Collodions Mntlo.
Agent for the 0. R. & N. Com
pany's Land.
Onion, one door iouth of Cjiitfrnninl lintel.
Real Estate
i scrofula
I do not believo that
Aycr'a Sarsaparilla
has an equal as a euro
for Scrofulous Hu
mors. It is pleasant
to tako, gives strength
to tho body, and pro
duces a moro perma
nent result than any
mediclno I over used.
E. Haines, North
Liudalc, Ohio.
I havo used Ayor's
Sarsaparilla, in my
family, for Scrofula,
and know, if it is
taken faithfully it will
thoroughly cradlcato
this terriblo disease
W.F.Fowlcr.M.D.,
Greenville, Tcnn.
For forty years I
liavo suffered with
Erysipelas. I havo
tried various remedies
for my complaint, but
found no relief until
I commenced UBing
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
After taking tun bot
tles of this mediclno I
am completely cured.
31. 0. Amcsbury,
Itockport, Me.
I havo suffered, for
yoars, from Catarrh,
which was so sovero
that it destroyed my
appetito and weak
ened my system.
After trying other
remedies, without ro
lief, I began to take
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
and, In a few months,
was cured. Susan L.
Cook, J09 Albany St.,
Boston, 3Iass. ;- -
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
is superior to any
blood purlller that I
over tried. I havo
taken it for Scrofula,
Gankor, and Salt
Rheum, and received
much benoflt from it.
It is good, also, for
n weak stomach.
Mlllio Jano Pelrco, S.
Bradford, Mass. tt
Humors,
Erysipelas,
Canker, and
Catarrh,
Can be
cured by
purifying
the blood
with
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
.1
rrcpwod by Dr. J. C. Ayor & Co., LowU, llui.
Prico SI ; six bottles, 9Si iSftFffiiJ
Gi:o. WniuiiT, 1 W. T. Wkioiit,
President. Cashier.
-OF-
UNION,
OREGON.
Poos a Oencral Banking Business. Buys
and hells exchange, and discounts commer
cial paper.
Collections carefully attended to, and
promptly reported.
FASHIONABLE
DRESS - MAKING-!
Miss Linda Mathieus,
(Late of Paris, France,)
Has opened a dress-making establishment
in tho building one door north of
Johnson's blacksmith shop.
All Work Warranted to
Give Satisfaction.
CHARGES REASONABLE.
The bW' Hotel
A. J. GOODBROD, Prop.
OPENED ANEW.
The Leading Hotel of
. Eastern Oregon.
Everything Now and First
Class Throughout.
The table always supplied With
the best ahe market affords,
Excellent Accomoda
tions for Commer
cial Men.
Charges Reasonable.
UNION, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH (G,
OUR POETS.
Pl'lils simre is L'lvon fur the nsn nml
. boneiit of" our local writers of verso.
I and wo hope to make it a plea-dni; feature
I of the paper. To that end contributions are
solicited, but they must possp undoubted
. literary merit to obtain place and rccogni
, tion here. Ei.
Written for the Scout.)
lWKAlMIUASi: ON WINTGII,
As published iii Tin: Onnoov Scout, Jan.
JOth. l.m
Xow's the time when chilly feelings,
Creep along my spinal bone,
Vhife the seine of their revealings,
Makes mo wish that thev were gone.
Things are faded, wilted, withered,
That made Summer' grandest scene,
And our part of earth is covered
With the frigid King and Queen.
Bud and flower, brooklet, river,
Lay entombed, hut not for aye,
For old Sal will yet uncover
All these beauties tlrstof May;
But throughout the long eolil winter
Ciorgeous beauties never wane.
Frost-king Is a wond'rous painter,
On tho snow-drifts and the pane.
Twinkling Ktars shed down their lustre,
Silver llake.s'-f "poon-beams shine,
While the rfff "'fn heaps all cluster,
Makiug inusVjh. divine.
Bells that ton, sad groiipes that gather,
Tells tho story of tho noul,
While our out-door zero weather
Tells us, "keep within your hole."
Ah, can Sun grow out more neatly,
Than the frost-king, In his way?
Bearing snow-drifts that completely
Cuts our mail off day by day"?
Aye, the universal gladness.
When this garb of purest white,
Breathe'! its last in liquid sadness,
Adding joy and trpe delight.
Fragrant spring! Oh, do come quickly,
For we're weary of the snow,
And the MVufrr ltet' sickly,
Penning rhymes of glint and glow.
Summer far removed thou secmeat,
From old winter' chatmimj ice,
Yet we of thy beauty dreauiest,
Then come quickly what's thy price?
Bright and white the tears of Heaven,
Drop In Hakes, on young and old.
Dark they seem, as ulumc of raven, I
In these days of hitter cold.
Hope (not fame) we fondly cherish,
That warm weather soon may come,
And that snow and ice may prrish,
Winter l'orU too, keep inuin.
W ill, II. Mi.n.nick.
Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Local Lines.
Try the now baking powder nt Jones
BroV. Only S3 cents n can. Warran
ted as good as any powder in tho nuu
ket, or money refunded.
Hon. T. II. Crawford, of this city,
has been substituted in tho place of
Hon. L. B. Ison, to speak at tho Clove
land club next Monday evening.
Frank Bio's. Implement Co., of
Island City, are now prepared to sell
wagons, buggies, hacks, or any other
nrticloof farm implements and machin
ery at lower rates than ever before sold
in Eastern Oregon. They guarantee
all goods they sell. Try them. 0
Tho Baker City Tribune, says : Cor
oner Siicperd was summoned to hold
an inquest on Wednesday on an infant
found dead in a bed near Huntington
the day before. Tho child was (lead
when born, and its mother, an unmar
ried woman, would give no informa
tion in the matter until tho arrival of
tho coroner and physician, when alio
told who was tho father and refused to
prosecute, and also refused to marry
her companion in crime.
' Tuesday of last week a young man
named Simmons committed suicide on
Howell prairie, Marion county in a
novel manner, lie was plowing in a
05 acre field and some time between 2
and 4 o'clock, just after starling on his
return across tho field from tho eastorn
boundary, ho unhitched two of tho
three horses, tied ono end of a halter
strap to the doubletrees and tho other
ubout his neck in a slip nooso, and
after walking a few steps, delibciatcly
lay down and allowed himself to bo
dragged to death.
The mucli-talkcd-of fight between
Sullivan and Mitchell camo off 'JUS
Saturday on the grounds of xjaron
Ilothchild, near Oriel. 'EniHy-nino
rounds were fought and ' men wer0
badly punished. Mi'udl, it is report
ed, Bccmcd tho fleBliCHt man of tho two
at the closo nhdhto trionds aro jubilant
although the Relit wah dic!nre1 a
draw. "BcUfelig was even at tho end of
Uurty'cighth round. Sullivan's
-ackers 'openly express their disaji
pointrrtent and are uuablo to undcr
8tAndvhy ho did not do better. Tho
time was three hours and cloven min
REDUCTION IN SHOES.
From this time till tho lothof March
I will sell my stock of winter boots
and shoes at prices ten por cent, cheap
er than heretofore, in order to make
room for my spring stock, (iivo mo a
Cllll.- C. Vl.N'CKNT.
Cove Callings.
Match. I I, 1SSS.
E. O. Henry, who has spent the win
ter in Kan Diego, returned to Cove,
last week.
Mrs. Kulph .lamosou and Mrs. X.
Parker havo returned from their visit
to Missouri.
Mrs. E. L. Seamons has returned
from Walla Walla, very much improv
ed in health.
L. M. Allen has tented the l'ennett
farm in Indian Valley, and will move
.thither before long.
Andrew Russell, after an absence of
several years in C.tur d'Alene, has re
turned to Cove, again.
Miss Eva Swain lias commenced at
tending Ascension school, public school
in her district having closed.
Fred, lhibb, of Ciuttr d'Alene, son of
Ciipt. Btibb, U. S. A., is visiting ac
quaintances in town (also his girl.)
Rev. 0. M. Irwin expects to com
mence a series of meetings on Sunday
evening at 7 o'clock, in tho Morrison
church.
Chas. Law, a young man residing at
Express, Raker county, arrived this
week and entered Lcighton Academy
as a boarder.
.Ino Martin has sold 200 acres of his
land (the home place) in Cove, to some
parties from Wisconsin. Considera
tion ijvi.lOO.
Cove is receiving her quota of immi
grants. Scarcely a week passes but
what there are new arrivals from the
eastern states.
Miss draco Evans, an accomplished
young lady who lias boon attending
Ascension school, has returned to her
homo in Pendleton.
Born.-J-To the wife of .las. Sills,
March 10, 1SS8, a daughter. .1 im says
l,his wife now holds four queens, and
ho has jumped the game.
Tho Episcopal choir will go to La
(Jrande and be present at Easier servi
ces. They have been carefully trained
and their singing is of a high order.
At tho regular annual school meet
ing in tlie big lake district, J. West
and O. Perin were elected directors,
and M. L. Carter re-elected clerk.
Ivoc Vincent and Loo Wilson started
I with Wm. Wentwortli for Idaho City,
j Tuesday. They expect to secure at
good wages, employment about the
mines.
Mrs. A. R. Riggs, of Port land, presi
dent of the W. C. T. IF. of Oregon, will
deliver a lecture at Marrison church,
Sunday at o'clock p. m. Admission
free. It is understood a collection will
lio taken.
Elinor Forest and Isaac Sordon,
brother-in-law of Geo. Stewart, are in
town from Ohio. They intend to re
main during tho summer, and if suit
ed, will probably locate.
Tlio secretary of tho Covo Dairy Co.
says .they are in need of a first class
cheese and butter maker. Hero is an
opportunity for a man thoroughly un
derstanding the qiiHiness.
Elmer Wortman fired a pistol oil' in
his hand the other day, the bullet pass
ing through a linger, hut happily, miss
ing tho bone. It is whispered that
Elmer attempted suicide on account
of feminine complications.
The Count of Serano will bo played
by the Covo Dramatic and Musical So
ciety, at La Grando, April 2nd. Tho
music will bo rendered by Prof. War
fel's vocal class, with Miss Mcacliiun,
soprano and Prof. Warfel, tenor.
The noxt tinio tho gent pecks into
my window after night, I will try and
givo him a fitting reception. H. B.
You will chew mo up, S., when G. is
gone, won't you dnrling? M. I guess
Wes. will, fed bad, too. M. Oh, 1
have 'j0st my purse. G. I'm tho lad
Viiftt found it. 0. I thought Bedlam
had broken loose, but como to investi
gate it was only M. B. R. and O. E.
debating tho tariff question. B 1 can
afford to bo indifferent. A.
WHO IS YOUR RUST KRIRMIT
Your stomach of course. "Why? Because
if it is out of order you are one of tliu most
miserable creatures living, (live it a fair,
honorable chiincu and see if it is not the
best friend you huvo in tliu end. Don't
tmiokc In tho morning. Don't drink In the
morning. If you mutt siuoko and drink
wait until your stomach is through with
breakfast. You can drink more and smoke
more in the evening and It will tell on you
lass. If your food ferments uud does not
digest right, If you uro troubled with
Heartburn, Dizziuesi of the head, coming
up of the food after eating, DIIIouniiohh, In
digestion, or any othur trouble of tho stom
ach, you hud bystUkuOreun's August Flow
er, a no pornon can mu It without iiuuio
dlalu relluf.
loon.
Pine Valley Pickings.
March 12, 18SS.
Would H little spring poetry bo in
order?
Out In (inindo Hondo the March wind
The wind Kuroclydon,
Tosse-t the pebbles way up In the air.
And thieatens to knoek-vou-down,
(But that's all fun.)
In the vale nt the foot of the (Jranites,
No storm-winds roar and blow,
But I promised the truth on March 12th
We have nearly a foot of snow,
(Hut 'twill soon go.)
Luke Lloyd, who has just returned
from Baker City, reports tliu roads
very "fuppy."
Mr. D. F. Moore and wife, George
Steele, E. Canady and others, of Pine,
arc sojourning in Grando Rondo.
Died. On or about March nth, at
tho residence of Mr. Perry, in Pino
Valley, of consuuiptson, Mr. Thomas
Tonkins, aged near -10 years.
One of the little twin daughters of
Air. and Mrs. Holbrook, of this place,
recently fell into a kettle of boiling
soap, scalding its limbs and tho lower
part of its body in a shocking manner.
Miss. Ollie Ellis, of Boise City, re
cently arrived in Pino, on a visit to her
aunts, Mrs. Bragg and Mrs. Lloyd.
Ever since her arrival tho young lady
has been quite ill at tho residence of
Mrs. Lloyd, but is now convalescent.
Some sickness in tho valley. Mr.
and Mrs. .las. Loop recently lost an in
fant son, aged about (i mouths, and wo
learn that Mrs. Loop is very dangerous
ly ill. Wo do not know tho nature of
her sickness, but havo been informed
that Dr. Wood called it diphtheria.
Wo learn also that little Georgia, their
only remaining child, is very ill.
We understand (hat Mr. Wiso has
secured the school in Fairviow district
for a term of iivo months, and that
there will bo ono or moro terms taught
in each of tho four school districts of
Pino, tho coining summer, and proba
hly in Cornucopia. Hero may bo an
opportunity for some of '"yo peda
gogues." Cauhik Tl. .
Eugene City Notes.
March 1 1th, 1888.
City election first Monday in April.
The number of cases of measles aro
rapidly growing less.
Jako Wurshuuer, of Baker City, was
hero last Thursday.
The Luno county Granger conven
tion met at tho court house, March
Otli.
Hon. W. T. Mill, a prohibitionist of
Ohio, has an appointment to speak in
Eugeno April -ltli.
A petition ia being circulated asking
an increase of mail service from Eu
gene to Foley springs.
Tliero will bo a largo number of
business houses erected hero duriug
tho coming summer.
Tho Bepubliean convention met last
Tuesday and appointed delegates to
tho Stato convention.
Tho Eugene Gun Club held their
monthly Hhooting match last Tuesday.
Mr. Ski Meek took tliu badge.
Tho Electric Light Company's busi
ness is rapidly increasing. They now
have in operation about 125 lights.
Mr. F. R. Hydo, a student of tho
University, died last Wednesday, of
pneumonia, in respect to whom tho
University did not convene on Thurs
day. L. Jay.
PATENTS G BANTED
To citizens of tliu Pacific Stales du
ring tlio past week, and reported ex
pressly for tho Scout, by 0, A, Snow
& Co., patent lawyers, opposite U. 8.
Patent Office, Washington, 1). 0 :
II. Burnett, East Portland, Or. paint;
E. Gushing, San Francisco, Cal.. cor
set stcelo protector; M. P. Farnlmm,
Germantown, Cal., harvester and
thresher; G. Hoisholt, Wutronvillo,
advertising clock; II. L. Howso, San
Francisco, Cal., hydrocarbon burner;
S. Kendall, San Francisco, Cal., oro
crusher; 0. Morso, San Francisco, crib ;
T. J. Pcarco, Oakland. Cal., making
paper; E. E. Itedfiold, Linkvillo, Or.,
Magazine gun; J. J. Roilly, Spokane
Falls, W. T preventing rails creeping;
L. Sirieix, San Francisco, compass cor
rector; F. Wilcomb, San Francisco,
stocking; 0. Wilson, assignor to II.
Goosou, Cordelia, Cal., gate.
FABMERS, ATTENTION I
If you would havo largo yield and
plump grain, uko tho Galo Sulky Spring
Tooth II arrow and Seeder. References
given of some of our best fanners, For
sale -by II. B. Drake, Union, Or.
NO. 38.
Cornucopia Groupings.
March 11, 1888.
Six degrees below zero tho 8th.
Snow about three feet deep.
Stages arrive on time, but roads bad
between here and Sparla.
J. T. Bolles surprised his neighbors
by informing tliein that "it's a girl."
Bolles is a democrat.
Skirting rink runs throe nights each
week, and is largely attended.
W. T. Burdett has returned from
Eagle Valley and is again u prominent
resident of tho "horn of plenty."
The road is now open to tho "Red
Jacket," and the miners aro at work on
the ledge.
Prof. Luce has gone East on a pleas
ure and business trip. Ho will return
on the 2-ith inst.
"Dug" Morgan, of Pino Valley, had
tho misfortune to lose his house, by
lire, on the (ith inst. His loss is quite
heavy, but and insurance policy of
$970 comes in good play, and Air. Mor
gan appreciates it.
Mrs. Sam Nicholson has become
(piite insane. It is supposed thatshohas
given too much thought to tlio subject
of spiritualism, and thereby unbalan
ced her mind, as Alleutown has been
holding a series of seances for the en
tire winter. She will betaken to Un
ion during the week for examination
and commitment.
Pylo Canyon Pellets.
March 13, 1888.
Plowing began in earnest.
Wo aro getting exceedingly pious.
Preaching four straight shots at one
time, in thrco days.
Our friend Georgo Thompson, of
Union, seenio to enjoy farm lifo very
well. Ho is fat and hearty.
Tom. Johnson says ho likes a joke,
but when it comes down to diminish
ing tlio democratic party, ho aint there.
It happened on a day that only returns
onco in four years.
John Brooke, our estimablo sheep
man, is sojourning in Union a fow days,
repairing his phisiological system.
Young lambs and buttercups aro
now plenty on our hills. Oh how
sweet it is to gaze on tho beauties of
nature, when they don't eat our grass!
Our political pot is not boiling very
furiously. Soino say our political ele
ments aro drying up, and it takes a
good amount of enthusiasm to stir tho
withered leaves from a stalk of political
(loudness.
Mrs. Nettie Dolan, of Baker City,
daughter of C. H. Prcscott, of thia
place, came down on a visit last week,
to her parents. Frank Dolan, her
husband, is a telegraph operator em
ployed at Baker City.
Miss McMaugh, of North Yamhill, a
sister of Lewis McMaugh, our estima
blo young farmer, arrived hero a fow
days ago on a visit. Welcome all ; wo
are sociable, and try to bo good, but
that is an unknown element to a care
less community.
Your humblo correspondent has as
sociated himself once moro with the,,
ilowcrs, and trees, tho grass and bree
zes of tlio country, and has broken the
fond tics tho warm bonds that 'juvo
bound him to tho city during tl.o win
ter, and now, while tho rural 'beauties
of tho wild hills and sconce pictures
of tho smiling valleys iiingk in his
imagination, tho char ms of tho city
aro miraged doubly ttir and pleasant
in memory. I). W. H.
PRAIfcE YOUR WIFE.
Praiso your wife, man ; for pity's eako
givo her a little encouragement; it
won't hurt her. She doesn't expect it; ,
it will niako hor eyes opon wider than
Vhoy havo for tho last ten years; but it
will do her good for all that and your
too. There aro many women to-day"
thirsting for a word of praiso and en
couragement. You know that if tho
floor is clean, labor has been performed
to make it so. You know that if you
can tako from your drawer a clean
shirt whenever you want it, Homebody's
fingers havo toiled. Why don't you
como out with it hearty, "Why, how
pleasant you make things look, wifo,"
or "1 am obliged to you for taking so
much pains." If you gave a hundred
and sixtieth part of tho compliments
you almost choked them with before
they were married ; if you would Btop
tlio badinage of whom youaio going to j
mti'A luiinn m nnr nriM iu (iMiiri i uiiimi i
things wives laugh at, but they sink
deep sometimes), fewer women would
kioul- tnr ntlmr amirftH of liimmmuul
A "Victor" safe is tho only insurance
on valuable papers. F. M, Blooum,
agent, Union, Oregon,