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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1888)
&rj fKi - - -----v-- - VOL.SY The Oregon Scout. An independent weekly Journal, i-ui'tl ev ery Friday morning bv JONES & CHANCE V, Publishers ami Proprietors. A K. .lO.NT.S, Kditor. ) 15. ClIASCT.Y, 1 Foreman. IIATKS OP SUltSOKirTlON: Ono cony, one rear " " Six months " Three mnntos 5-i.r.o 1.00 .7i" Invariably 'jih In Adwiiiee. hi dinner inili!tcriitioii arr nut )unn nu mil of near, tnv iMlai-n will ! KlutnjvU. Kates of advertMi.g made known on an plication. flyCorreiiondence from all part of the country soiieucu. Adro. all eoniiininieation Scout, Union Oregon. to the Onr.ooN l I'uornssioNAii It. KKIN, A. KKIN, Notary 1'ublie. E. EAKTN, & BROTHER, Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. JSfTrompt Attention Paid to Collect. ons T01IX U. OlIlTES, Attorney at Law Collecting and probate practice speeial tics. Olliee, two doors south of post-olliee. Union, Oregon. J x. cromwell, M. r., Physician and Surgeon Olliee. one d"or miiuIi of .1. I!. Katun' store, Unimi, Or. pm. 0. 1'. 1!KI,L, Attorney at Notarv Public, and AlMniclor of Title. Olliee State L.md idl'ue huildini:, corner Main unit A t-trc-cl-. Union, Oregon. p II. DAY, M. 1)., 1IOMKPATIIIC Physician awi Surgeon. ALL CALLS l'KOMl'TI.Y A I'TLSPKI) TO, Olliee adjoinin;,' Jones Uro's store. Can be found i ( iutit- at the Centennial hotel, room No. M. Hakkk. .1. W.Sm i.roN. .1. F. Uaklis. OAKKPi, MlELTON Si llAKKP., . Attorneys at Law. OPTICUS Union and La firando, Ore gon. vpecial Attention given ullj business entrust i'd to ui, rj II. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Lav, Union, Oregon. Olliee, ono door south of Centennial ho tel. J.M. CAllPobb, Notarv Public. 15. F. WILSON. Hx-Co. Clerk. 1AHUOLL & WILSON, Conveyancers and Abstracters. Abstracts to Ileal and Mining property furnUdiedon short notice, at reasonable rateti. ... Sales of Ileal and Mining property nego tiated. Uollectlon buines promptly at tended to. Olliee next door south of Post-otllce. Un ion, Oregon. J W. STHANGIC, DENTIST, La Grande, Oregon. Will visit Union regularly on the first Monday of each month. ALL WORK WARRANTED FIRST CLASS ORTGAGE lANK, I fsaiseasfststatssiauai NION. ORLGOX. $500,000.00to Loan on First Class Security, From i e i.i hu il.it- ! I i re and l!e -I Ye ir- Tiim , at a V . lu, Sill . Plop -ty fur ! I.!. III-! Low Noi.- T ON'KY Ulv i:l i:i ON DEPOisl To la1 liivcutid on tiuuruiitt'tHl Seiurity. O All Collections Promptly Attended to Without Delay. Copp's Land IJeviow. Washington, 1). ('., .Inly " '88. Editoi: Scoi'T: Continuing the subject of last week's letter, 1 will give it few points rcspec-1 ting women's rights under several stat utes, beginning with the ii:i:-r..YirTioN law. A widow or maid over twenty-one years of age is entitled to land upon compliance with the .statutory require ments respecting pre-emptions. Full citizenship is not a requirement, decla ration of intention being all that is necessary in that respect. Any woman who is the head of a family, though less than twenty-one yearsold, if otherwise qualified, may secure land tinder these laws. A married woman is not entitled to the light of pre-emption. A single woman who marries after filing her declaratory statement and before mak ing proof and payment, forfeits all rights as a pre-eniptor and cannot ac quire title to the land, though she and her husband continue to reside thorcon- In the event of the death of a prc emptor before making proof and pay ment, the title may be perfected by or for the benefit of the heirs. Ordinari ly widows are not heirs, and cannot make final proof and payment for their own benefit. In some States women are by statute made heirs of their husbands, and where such is the ca.-e, should there be no other heirs, the widow may perfect and enjoy the benefit of title to the land. Should tin re be several heirs the widow as one of them may perfect title for the bene fit of all. Where the State law allows the widow only a dower right or life estati in the property of her deceased husband, she cannot acquire title to his pre-emption claim, but may as guardian make final proof and pay ment for the benefit of minor heirs. r.vii:u tiik Tnimat-ci'i.TuiM-: laws, any unmarried woman over the age of twenty-one, or any single woman who is the lit ad of a family, under that age, mav enter ami m rlect title to land. j No residence is required on timbcr i culture entries, and marriage after ini tiating entry will not allect tne rignts of a woman to perfect title. The acts of cultivation, planting, etc., required by statute may be done by an agent as i well as by the entry-woman in person. ! tiii: i)i:si:ut land law, j authorizes any woman, whether mar ried or single, who is a citizen of the i United States, or of requisite age who ! may be entitled to and has filed her ! declaration of intention to become i such citizen, to initiate entry and ac quire title to land upon compliance with requirements. She may employ an agent to perform the acts necessary to reclaim the land as well as to pcr I form the same herself. The wife's ! rieht to take land under this law is ,t .,l.wln,l rr intnrfnrvl with bv I f i., i..,.i...,i iv;.r ,.VnriUfMl the nrivilcires extended by the law. Tin: stoni: and ti.m iti:it land law, applicable to the Sates of California, Oregon and Nevada, and Washington Territory, extends the privilege of en try to the extent of one hundred and sixty acres to every citizen of the Uni ted States or person who has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen, regardless of sex. Married and single women stand upon an equal footing with men under this law. Rights may bo abridged only by the the voluntary acts of the person. The law allows but one hundred and sixty iicies to be taken by one person or as Kociation of persons. Of course any ono who is a member of an association making entry under this act waives his or hor individual entry right. It is held that a married woman in California cannot make an entry under this act with community (family) money, if her husband has exercised his privilege of entry under tho act. Under such circumstances the hus band and wife are considered ns nn "association of pertons," an entiled to but one entry. tiii: m'inl'hai. land laws, extend to women all tho rights and privileges that men may exercise or enjoy, without regard to tho marital relations. AT I'PJlLIC BALL'S OP LANDK, women stand upon equal terms with men, and further they may purchaso us great a quantity of land at I'HIVATK KNTKY as they may be able to find subject to !iootal in' that manner, or as they have the cash, scrip, or warrants to pay for. HENRY N. COPP. Try tho now baking jKiwdor ut Jones Uro's. Only Ho cents u can. Warran ted as gttod as any powder in tho mar ket, or money refunded. UNION, OREGON, FIM JLiJi Grande Notes. Humor has it that there is soon to be a wedding in high life in this place. John R. Orites. Union's most popu lar and successful attorney, was in the city on Monday. J. Snodgrass has gone to Har ney valley to attend to his business interests over there. Dr. J. W. Strange was in Baker Oily, Sunday, and in Union Monday and Tuesday of this week. Dr. K. K. Irving has removed to Baker City wheie he has formed a partnership with Dr. Boyd. Miss Louise Kelley, a beautiful and accomplished belle of this place, is now in Portland visiting friends. Mrs. J. M. Berry, who has been vis iting friends and relatives in old Ar kansas, returned a few days ago, and is well satisfied to get home again. Gen. E. L. Applegate delivered a good address at the Republican ratifi cation meeting last Saturday evening. We all love lo hear "Lish" tell yams. Hon. M. Baker and his daughter, Miss Carrie Baker, left for San Fran cisco, Wednesday, where they go to attend the National Teachers' Associa tion. A dime sociable was given at the i residence of Kev. .1. R. Watson on i Wednesday evening, the object being I to raise money to aid in decorating the M. E. church to bo erected here. A whole train load of school teach ers were on a special train of six cars, Wednesday afternoon, en route for San Francisco, via Portland, to attend the National Teachers' Association. The Cove boys need not be too loud in crowing over their victory over the La Grande boys in the baseball game on the Fourth of July. The La Grande boys will meet them again, and don't you forget it. It is to bo hoped that the Grande Hondo baseball cranks will form a picked nine and attend the tournament at Baker City and carry oil' the $200 prize. W have the play ers here to do it, and the boys are striving to do so. A liberal prize is ollered for the ar rest and conviction of the person who I perpetrated that joke on Jake. It was I bad enough to be scared out of ten 1 years growth by being spuriously or , dered out to fight Indians, but to have to pay twenty-live cents tor an old rusty bayonet was too much for his weak cohstitution. The man who wrote the special or der No. 217, ordering Company II., O. N. G., out to fight Indians in Harney valley was a cruel, hard-headed fellow. He did not consider that Co. H is formed from "the boys" of town who OKI 1101 10111 UlC army lO llglltlUtll- nns, but for the fun of the thing. The Company was of the opinion, and with great unanimity, that, as soon as sible, they would resign. pos- Clover Creek Culliiijjjs. July 8th, 1888. Warm days and cool nights. Grass short, and crops about aver age. The rabbits and Equirrcls aro cut ting the grain quite badly. John and Albeit Graham have been down with the measles but are much improved. Two of the Bradford boys, formerly of Jimmy creek, havo taken up ranch es in Wallowa county. The next thing for the boys to do is to cage thoir birds. J read with much surpriso tho ac count of the terrible cyclone that passed through Morrow county, in which several persons were killed. Wo can dispense with these fearful and devastating wind storms iti this country. Sut. FOR SALH. Ono shinglo machine, ono bolting machine, ono moulding machine, ono drag saw, also shafting, pulleys, belt ing, etc, nearly new, will bo sold vory cheap for cash, or approved note. Also for tale, some new and second hand furniture. Inquiro of Samuel G. White, Gove, Union county, Ore gon. HUCKI.HN'S AltMOA 8A1.VU. Tiik IlcsT Halve in the world for Cuts, KruUes, Soros, Ulcorn, fc'ult Rheum. Fovtr Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chllbluiiitt Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, andpositivo. ly cures Piles, or no pay required. It is Kiiaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or inoufy refunded. Price '" cents per box. For Sale at Wright's drug store, DAY, rl FLY i;5, 1SSS. Island City Stents. July 10, 1SSS. IMT.OPl'l TlOX TO rocuTii or jvly bo- m vxci: A young couple hoein' 'taters In tlie broiling sun ; Faithful weed exterminator Wishing they were done, Maiden sits down on the row. Smiles on partner sweetly; Partner leans upon his hoc, Taken in, completely. Illushingly she asks file question, Wait" in expectation Will you be my e-cort, darling, To Ihe celebration? Yes, my girl, I will, by Jove, Take you" over to the Cove; Now a kls confound the bother, bet's to work, then comes your father. Hoein' 'taters. II. lcin1 'taters Till the set of sun; Hiivy weed exterminator Wish they'd just begun. Several strangers tiro stopping at the Oregon hotel. Mrs. Seranton has been quite sick for the past few days. J. O. Smith expects to go to Enter prise in a few davs lo work on the new mill. Messis. Steele, Goodnough, Wines and Cooper are sojourning in the Wal lowa. Mrs. Lindsay turned the mail eon tract over lo Mills Audross on tho first instant. A, B. Conley, Elijah Oliver and Jas. 11 alley have each erected ti wind mill this summer. Several persons who emigrated from Grande Rondo to Long valley have re turned dissatisfied with that, new promised laud. A petition has been circulated dur ing the week to have Mills Andio.-s appointed constable in the place of .1. L. Duiiiiiiigton, resigned. Two carloads of machinery for the (louring mi l at Enterprise arrived at La Grande recently and will be ship ped to its destination immediately. The nights have been made hideous of late by the howling of the canines. Here is an excellent opportunity for some capitalist to erect a three dollar sausage mill. The M. it M. company have im proved tho appearance of their store with a new coat of paint, and have been accommodating enough to hang "paint" placards on the walls for cus tomers to lean against. The I. C. boys tried to drink all tho whiskey in Summerville. J. S. Oh! M, have you seen the last Scour, there i a good piece in it by "Eli," a new contributor.. W. C. Yes, that does well enough but it is not near as good as the joke vou and I have on "Ell. M.L.CARTER, "Luna Tick." (mnaha Joltings. Gardens are doing well. Ripe raspberries are plentiful. Green beans largo enough to use. Crops in the Wallowa are looking well since the recent rains. Tlieie was an excellent dinner sorved at tho residence of Mr. B. K. Vaughn, the Fourth. There was no dance here this week as tho young people had gone to Jo seph lo spend the Fourth. The hears have killed ix more calves on the top of the mountains between tho hnnuha and Horse creek. Although Joseph lost the county scat, it is building up quite lively and seems to be in a prosperous condition. On last Wednesday lightning struck ono of L. J. Boothe's hortes. The ani mal is not yet dead, but is blind. His head from 'his noro half way up to his oyos is as black as if it had beon burned with powder. The 1'raiiie creek settlement is as fine a countiy as a person ever looked upon at this time of the year. It is all fenced oil' in KiO-acro fields. Every man can havo a ditch of nice cool water running by his door if ho desires it, making everything look green and refreshing. I. X. L. IS eO.NSUSIl'TIO.N iNctmAitur.' Iteuil the following: Mr, 0 II. .Morris, Newark, Ark., say: "Va down with Ab cess of LuiiK". and frlnndu and phyloiuii pronounced me an Incurable Couuiiiptlvi. Regan taking Rr, Kins' New Dinoovery for Consumption, am now on my third bottle, and able to oversue the work of my farm. It is tho fluent mtHlioiuu over made." J(be Middlowart, Docuiiter, Ohio, saya: "Had it not beun for Dr. King's NpwDU novury forCommiiiptioii I would Imvo died of I.iuiB Troubles. Was given up by du. I tors ,m now in U-.tor health.'. Try it Sample bottle rcc at Wright's drug Hlore. Medical Springs Notes. July ;, ISSS. Fine weather, tine crops and line squil l els. Mrs. Ada Dean has returned from linker Oily, much improved in health. Messrs. Turner and Dean have en gaged in the butcher business. Mr. J.egore and Dollie Watson, of Summerville, are visiting in our vi cinity. At the celebration here on tho Fourth, Lottie Buyer represented the Goddess of Liberty, and the liberty ear was in perfect keeping with everything . else. Theie were about 800 men, be- ! sides a host of women and children. 1 Nine four-in-hand, all suitably decora-1 ted for the occasion, joined in the pro- i cession. Sanger, 501) stiong, came down, with I'd Turner as chief reins- man. lion. T. 11. Crawford, of Union, deliveied a lino oratum, lieh, rare and racy. J. P. Allen, of Sanger' "our coming man," delivered an excellent 1 address, which was iceeived with much ; applause. Excellent vocal music was ' furnished by the Park choir. The ! dinner was supi rb, and the barbecue ' was a charming success, with Uncle i Crooks Baines as knight of the dish rag ceremonies. Mr. Oonkling's school i made a grand success in their part of ; the exercises. In the base ball game between the Park and Powder river nines, some dexlrious and dangerous maneuvers wete made. The game stood 22 to 21 in favor of tho Powder river nine. The ball in the evening was a success. Music was furnished by Weslerdale and Moody, violinists, and Lillie Marshall as organist. There were 81 numbers sold 8o would have been sold if Shannon Marshall had not a broken leg. However, Dunham Wright kindly dead-beaded him through. J. B. Dolby, I). Wright and ail others who took part in gel ling up the celebration, deserve much eiedit for its success. Coi'sin Joi:. I!il Valley Happenings. Hay harvest has begun and a light crop it is. Who upset and spilled their sugar on the road.' The festive machine agent's day will soon be over. Was Adam (lie only man that had a wife made lo order? Mr. John Welling had a democratic bam raising, recently. Some of our folks went to Joseph to celebrate the Fourth. Tho saw mill will soon shut down, as tho water supply is nearly exhaus ted, We have had several cases of scailet fever in the eouth end of tho valley, among thoNolson children. Mr. R. J. Adcock, traveling agent for the San Francisco Examiner, took in tho ball at J.ohn Minnick's on the Fourth. He is a wliolo-soule Cleve land man. Treat him kindly and pass him arotiii(!4 There has been quite a number of late airivals, Mrs. John Wilkinson's sister and two ehildien, of Kansas, John MoClury's father ftom tho same State, Mrs. Win. Swagger's father and mother and family, aUo an uncle from Dakota. All aro visiting relatives and fiicnds. Homo. PAID IN FULL. Keating, Or., Juno 2f, I88r. Tho State Insurance Company bus this day paid me $1,2811.80, the same being in full and a satisfactory settle ment for my houso and contents which wcie a few days ago destroyed by firo. This is certainly tho best investment of my life, and I must say that where the loss of ones home would embarass or dintress them, that it is supremo folly to do without insurance. I want all to know that I havo been treated in a just, honorable and businots like man ner and recommend tho State Insur ance Company, first, last and all tho time. W.M. CO.NSTAlll.i:. Why buy from imigrating agents of whom you know nothing, oithorof their roBjHinnibility or tho charector of their goods, when there aro lesponsiblo deal ers located noar you, who carry full and complete linos of all farm and mill inaoliiuory and implements, and whose b.iecess it is for your best interests to support with your pntronagoY Frank Rro's. Implement Co, of Island City request your consideration of their claim, and refer you to your neighbors who huvo hud dealings with them. II NO. A Few Snjj.uestions. EntToit Scoct: Allow me through your columns to suggest to our representatives in tho State legislatuie the much needed amendment of our statutes in regard to chattle mortgages. Under our present law the mortga gor and mortgagee may make the con ditions of their mortgage in any way they choose and the manner in which it shall be foreclosed, and state therein the civil penalty of the breach thereof by the mortgagor, but the statute at taches no criminal penalty which makes the chattle mortgage under our statute a protection only as against other creditors of the mortgagor, tho mortgagee having to trust only to tho honesty of the other party. For in stance," a man in the eastern portion of this county should give his mortgage upon all his personal property and that it should consist of cattle and horses, and the holder of the mortgage should reside in this portion of the county or some other county or State. While the condition of the lcin wero ; that he should not sell or remove the property fiom the county or State, 1 what penalty can you attach if he should do so if he has no other proper 1 ty subject to execution or attachment? lie can sell and still your mortgage is good, but what recourse has tho inno j cent purchaser, or should he remove the stock to some distant country your I remedy is dangerous and expensive. Almost nil the older States or a great ; portion of them make it a crime for j any mortgagor to sell the chatties or ; goods upon which tho mortgage is , held without first obtaining the writ : ten consent of the mortgagee. If I i mistake not Maryland makes it a pen ' itentiary ofiense. The States differ in the degree of tho punishment. Wo I should like to see our statute amended ' so that dishonest persons in such cases J would bo held in check through tho fear of a criminal prosecution. I While speaking in this connection i we should like also to see the law changed ami amended as to pay jur ors injustice courts and upon inqtfusta tho same as ir. the circuit court. What is the difference, we ask, in sitting up on a jury before the circuit judge or before a' Justice of the Peace or a cor oner, where perhaps tho juror is com pelled to witness a post-mortem, which a great many are unable to undergo. For sitting upon a jury in either of the two last mentioned courts the fco in this county is one dollar, no matter if the juror is held for a solid month, one dollar is all he gets, and in Stato cases, that in county scrip. No milo age is allowed nor expenses incurred bythojtuor. It is an outrage which wo hope our next legislature will has ten to abolish. X. RETURNING (Jill N USE . The eagerness of Chinese to return to this country continues. Since Jan-uiu-v 1st to and including June 18th, 7122 Mongols have arrived and 1731 departed from San Francisco. Of tho arrivals, 4218 were landed on return certificates issued by the custom houso and 11201 on writs "of habeas corpus. Alleged prior residents rcmnnded by courts are included in the depitrturos. This shows that .O'JOl more Chinese have arrived than departed in ilvo and n half mouths. Tho figures of Chinese movements siuco 1852 show that 312, 205 celestials came in nml 208, C13 left tho port. Tho present treaty wont into effect November 17th, 1881, and since then 'J2 , CM arrived and 7o,821 departed, Theso numbers includotho arrivals and departures from tho tinto the restriction act become a law iu Mav 1882. TELL IT TO US. If your wife, your son Sam or his wife, or any of tho children go Into tho country, or to somo other town, on business or for pleasure, notify us. If any of your own wife's rela tives comes to seo you let us know it. If you know any thing worth telling to your neighbor, toll it to us, and don't for goodness sako, go mount ing around, accusing tho local man ot partiality, simply because ho mention ed tho fact that Peter Smith's jorsoy cow hud a red calf and didn't say any thing about Simon Jones having swapped off his old briudlo cat. Ex. UN I ON MACHINERY DE POT. Tho Newton farm and spring wag ons, Standard mowerH and rakes and all kinds of farm implements con stantly arriving, and m hand, at tho above named depot. Farmers and in tending purchasers should call and ex amine the eaine before purchasing olse whoro. Prices low, and all goods war ranted. For circulars address F. M. Slocum, manager, Box 11!), Union, Or.