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THE OREGON SCOUT.
AMO.H K. JONKS.
KDITOK.
The Oregon Scout has as large a nYcii-
fcrion wy three papers m this sec
ttan of the State, combined, and is cor
responding valuable as an advertising
medium.
f Friday,
August
24, 1888.
Pious
Crank.
A fellow calling himself Iter, Clark Hra
rien made himself particularly obnoxious
at Putnam's lecture by nnnouniing that
he would answer the speaker, obtruding his
presence, interupting the meeting by
insulting remark.", placing himself in a
conspicuous place atid linking faces at the
speaker and otherwise acting like n luna
tic. Wciimler.'taiul he has been following
Putnam and annoying him in thi-i manner
whenever the occa-dun presented itself. We
are surprised at I'litnam's forbearance to
wards him, The fellow is h little ofT in his
head or is a fanatic of the worst kind. In
cither case hi bulldozing propensities
should be checked. He should have been
taken m charge by the ollicer.s of the law,
and it it safe to say that he will be if he
figure in a like manner in Union again.
Had he been a gentleman, no doubt the
audience would have stayed and listened
to what lie had to say, but an it was, they
nearly all left when Mr. Putnam concluded
his lecture.
A'e do not think that church mcmlxrs or
respectable people, anywh'cre. will sanction
Mr. liraden's proceeding.-. The cause of
ebrbtianity has nothing to gain by it. and
much to lose. Such an exhibition of over
bearing intolerance only confirms the be
holder in the pertinence of Mr. Putnam's
remarks, and his mind involuntarily reverts
to the rack and thumb-screws of the In
quisition, the bonfires made of heretics at
Dos ton and the P.lue Laws of Connecticut.
Yc live in an age of parjial intellectual
and civil liberty, and it i.s to he hoped this
liberty will grow and expand. The best
thoughts of humanity must prevail. Only
in personal freedom and the unquestioned
right of men to think for themselves lie the
hope and happiness of humankind. He
who withholds the right of speech to any
man is not a benefactor.
Communing' With Nature.
W'c desire to give public notice to any of
our friends who may think of inviting us to
go with them out into the mountains for
tho purpose of ''communing with .nature,"
to go mighty slow about it. Probably it
would be best for them to .send the invita
tion in writing, as we don't want anybody V
blood on our hands.
Wc were induced on the above mentioned
plea, to go with a party of friends, last
Sunday, into the mountains to spend the
day. AVc got up sometime in the latter
part of the night, in order to get an early
Ktart, and when all were ready, went bowl
ing up Catherine creek, communing pleas
antly until we were .suddenly brought to a
Htandstill, on a dangerous grade, by an
enormous rattlesnake which .seemed to cur
excited imagination about as big around
as a stove uipe and ten feet long. The
Miakc coiled up and made some unfriendly
demonstrations which frightened the hors
es and they commenced backing, cramping
the carriage toward the upper side of the
grade. We sprang out and ran around to
rateli the horses, when wo slipped and the
hind wheel ran over us at the junction of
the lower and middle third of our right
femor. Hy this time the horses got headed
for home and went tearing down tho grade
at a fearful rate, leaving us and the snake
to settle it. Wc didn't commune very long
with the twisting, rattling handiwork of na
ture, but lit out as fast as our legs would
carry us, after the vehicle, which we caught
up with and found uninjured.
Arriving at the place where the day was
to be spent we unhitched the team which
were immediately beseiged by innumerable
'boss flies." Repairing to the murniering
stream close by to quench our thirst, wo
found the water warm and very filling in
deed. Later ou wc concluded to go fishing,
but no sooner than we ltad taken a position
on a convenient log, our feet slipped and
we found ourself under water. Ve came
to the surface, puffing and blowing like a"
porpoise, and got ashore, utterly demolish
ing our fishing tackle in doing so. At camp
the ladies advised us to stand in the sun
and get dry. This we did, but on account
of their piescnce, refrained from dislodg
ing about a gallon of fcunu and gravel that
had got down the back of our neck while in i
ti,n wnw I
the water.
For an hour or so wc beguiled the time
pleasantly communing with myriads of
gnats, flies and yellow jackets which in
habit these wilds. With the' latter, partic
ularly, we strove to be friendly and avoid
giving offense, but our efforts were unap
preciated, Ono of tbom, with a tail on him
about an inch long, without any provoca
tion on our part whatever, let us have it
just over the mastoid process of the right
temporal hone. Alter that wo communed
with nature till dinuer time, Tho table
liHd been spread in the shade at lirst, but
old Sol in his movements had changed the
arrangements of things and poured down
upon it with life-giving warmth. Tiic heat
caused us to .squirm around some, and an
other one of the yellow fiends got his work
in on our left gluteal region jut posterior
to the trochanter major. After that wc
finished the repast standing.
AVe spent the afternoon endeavoring to
keep on amicable terms with tho insects,
watching for rattlesnakes and investigating
the nnimnnda in a glass of water from the
gurtrling stream, and otherwise communing
with nature.
Wc got home lato in the evening, cov
ered with dust, anil being thirsty, we drank
a considerable amount of cold water from
the well, Which caused a sovorc pain to
catch us in tho region of the diaphram.
We admit that we told the ladies, while
coming home, that wc never enjoyed a
ploasanter day in our life, but all the samo,
a wofd to the wiie is nituclent,
P. S. The anatomical twin usod in the
above we luunitfd from Pr. Hay. whil he
was Uxing ui up. Wtt rfruumv ttuy arc
corrfcU.
Union and Vicinity.
Stationary at Hall Uro'e.
Hats and caps of all kinds at Jones
RroV.
Levy is Mill receiving immense
quantities of good?.
Detective stories a laige assort
ment at Jones P.ro's.
We have experienced, this week, the
warmest weather of the season.
Exchange sold on Portland, Oregon,
and San Francisco, Gal., at tho Mort
gage Hank.
We hear there is talk of a buck
building to be erected in Union, soon,
to be used as a hotel.
Money loaned on Ileal Estate at the
Mortgugc Hank, on lontr or short time. '
at a low rate of interest.
Travelers will always find excellent
accommodations at the depot hotel.
Healthful medical baths in connection
wi"n the hotel.
L. J. iiootbe, the genial nronrietot
of the city hotel, is always ready to
welcome guests. Call on him and be
will tieat vou right.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mr.
Howard, of Ladd canyon, died last
Satuiday evening and was buried in
the La Cirandc cemetery. Monday.
No further developments have been
made regarding the skeleton recently
found in Powder river, and the affair
remains about as great a mystery as
ever.
Three hundred and twenty acres of
good valley land for sale, for $3,500;
jpmju cacti: balance on time with in
terest at 7 per cent per annum, at the
Mortgage Rank.
Our jeweler, Mr. Al. Gardner, is
having a new front put in his estab
lishment, which will make thin
much more convenient, and add great
ly to its appearance.
Wc are in receipt of another letter
from a gentleman in Laglo valley,
concerning the neighborhood unpleas
ness there, but as wo think the matter
has gone far enough, wc do not publish
it.
II. P. Stewart, M. S. Warren and
Edward Kiddle were recently elected
directors of the Union Milling Com
pany. Mr. Warren is president and
Mr. Kiddle Hccretaty and manager.
The best medical authorities ac
knowledge the value of Ayer's Pills,
and prescribe them with the utmost
confidence, as the most effectual reme
dy for diseases caused by derange
ments of the stomach, liver, and bow
els. An invoice of Winchester H8-t55, JO
(50 and -15-70 single shot rides, also 10
G0 and the new lf-70 Winchester re
peaters received at the Cove drug
this week, also Romington 41 calibre
belt pistols. All will be sold at low
prices. Correspondence solicited.
The Baker City Democrat says the
route from Union to Cornucopia is not
a feasible one, because tho mail carrier
was delayed, somewhat, last week.
Whatever deficiency there may be in
the mail service between these two
places the road is not to blame for it.
It is in good condition.
Two road graders, ordered by the
county court, fiom Fort Wayne, Intl.,
arrived hero this week They are
known as tbo "Walkaway" and ''Lead
er." The two machines cost .$227.f0,
freight tfOG.OO. They are placed on
wheels and no doubt will do excellent
work. It will require- four or six
horses to manage them properly. I
The farmers and stock men of Wal- J
Iowa aro improving their bands of
stock as fast as possible. Recently
the following purchases of blooded
stock were made by residents there:
E. W. Imbler, one Jcscy bull and two
heifcio; E. H. Tulley, a Jersey cow
and heifer; Wait Wade, a Jersey cow;
Frank StubblcUeld, a Short Horn bull;
Dan Kinney, a Short Horn bull; L.
Tucker, a Short Horn bull; Jas. Mo
Lain, a Short Horn bull and tho Ken
tucky Jack.
Died. At her homo near Summer
ville, Sunday, August 12th, at 8 o'clock
A. M., Grandmother Oliver, aged S2
years, 7 months and 20 days. The
funeral took place Monday, and was
attended by many sorrowing friends
and relatives. Mrs. Oliver was an old
pioneer, having como to Grando
Hondo with her husband, h. J . Oliver,
111 lou,) w ult u ;ircu i-in, iooi.
The remains wore deposited by the
ini i -r i ait, moi
side of hor husband, and the two who
shared eo many of tho vicissitudes of
life together now rest side by side in
peace.
Tho Wallowa Signal hits it about
right in saying: "The Oregon Scout,
published at Union, has survived the
appearance of its much talked-of rival
and the chances are it will continuo to
survive. If it is the intention of tho
new paper to "freeze" it out, wo opino
it has an elephant on its hands. The
Scout is a good paper, thoroughly in
dependent, having tho courage of its
convictions and the "back bone" to
advocate them, but does not belong to,
nor follow the dictates of any party or
clique. Tho Scout fills its sphere and
it will bo hard for any other paper to
drive it out."
Mr. Samuel P. Putnam, president
of tho American Secular Union, and
editor of the San Francisco Free
thought, delivorcd a lecturo at tbo
court houso in this city on the Itith
inst. which was largely attended, muny
people coming in from the country to
hear him. Mr. Putnam has few
equals as a debater, and at times rises
to flights of superb oratory. Like
inrrki.ll ho is nvnr kind, courteous: !
and gentlemanly in debate, granting I
to thoao who differ with him the freo I
m.l nnroistrictod oxen-iso of thoir
rights, but putting in elodgo haratnor
blown at what he oonceivos to bo tho
myth and sup relitions of the age.
In Mr. Putnam the liborula huw a
rftfwVxful frfcmi aull afl).
Personal and Social.
Mrs. Samuel Haynes is quite ill.
Hon J. W. Tuttle visited Union last
Friday.
Mr. E. H. Hill, the cattle dealer, is
in town.
H. F. Burleigh is attending court at
Enterpiise.
Mr. John Dobbins will start east in
a few days.
Mrs. Clute has been on the sick list
for several days.
Little Arthur Rinehart has been
quite sick this week.
Miss Lora Warren returned, Friday,
from a visit to Wingville.
Mr. Thos. Childers, of Sunimerville,
vijitcd Union a few days ago,
Mr. Jasper G. Stevens and his sister,
A elite, visited Union, Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Wilson returned
from Walltwa county, Monday
Key. Powell, of the Covo Ascension
school, was in Union, Thursday.
-mi-. . ivcnncuv, or tno uove, is
visiting his brother in this city.
Mr. John Martin, one of the solid
Cove farmers, was in Union, Friday.
Prof A. J. Hackett returned from
trip to the Willamette last Tuesday.
Mr, Prank Bidwell's mother has
been quite nek for several days past.
Mr. X. Howland returned from a
trip to the Willamette a few days ago,
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Warren took a
pleasure trip to the mountains this
week.
Mr. W. H. O'Dell has bought Dr,
Drake's residence property in .North
Union.
Mrs, Jas. Loftell and Mrs. A. X.
Hamilton arc visiting in Wallowa
county.
Kev. Wakefield is building a barn
and making other improvements on
his property.
Mr. John Minnick, with his steam
thresher, is doing some good work in
the vicinity of Union.
Mr. W. H. Galoway, the popular
hotel keeper of Elgin, was in the city
the fore part of the week.
Mrs. Corbin and her son, Elisha,
started cast, Monday, on a visit. They
will bo gone about a month.
Mr. Xick Fickhn moved his family
in from the ranche, yesterday, and will
remain in town during tho winter.
Mr. Jas. Rinehart came up from
Suinniervillo and was shaking hands
with friends in this city last Friday.
Mrs. Murray, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. L. B. Kinehart, will
return to her home in Malheur coun
ty to-day.
W. B, Campbell, of La Grande, while
stacking hay recently, had the mis
fortune to fall oil' the stack and break
his collar bone.
Mr. G. W. Smith, of Island city, vis
ited Union, Wednesday. He called at
this office and subscribed for Tun
Scout while here.
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford and Mr. and
Mrs. Marion Carroll spent last Satur
day and Sunday in the mountains in
search of recreation.
The new Pine Grove M. E. church
at Pine valley, Union county, will be
dedicated on September lGth, Kev.
Ihompson olhciating.
Miss Bessie Murray, of La Grande,
will teach the North Powder public
school. The bchool will open on the
first Monday in September.
The 'Ludies's Foreign Missionary So
ciety will .meet at the Presbyterian
church to-day at 2 :.'10 P. m. All mem
bers are requested to bo present.
Mr. S. Aldrich and feimily, who havo
been for some time past in Clover dale,
Cal., returned to La Grande a fe'w days
ago. Mr. Aldrich was over and called
on us Saturday.
Mr. Truesdcl and wife, Mr. Charles
Coffinberry and daughter,. Miss Laura
Saunders, Mrs. Arba Holbrook and
Mrs. Al. Garduer arc rusticating in tho
mountains, near Sanger.
Dr. Biggors, it would seem from a
poiusiil of the Portland pajwrs, is con
ducting the campaign with a high
hand, and making things extremely
lively in cortain quarters.
Mr. Benjamin Owonby and Miss
Jennie Davis, of Enterprise, were mar
ried last week. The course of truo
love with this couple did not run ex
actly smoothe, but all is serene and
lovely now.
Miss Sarah Chrisman, of the Cove,
called at this office, Tuesday, and
ordered Tub Scout sent to her ad
dress at Leo Summit, Mo., whither
she goes in a few days, with hor father,
on a visit.
Mr. A. E. Ea&n and wifo aro now
at Conway Center, X. H. Mr. Eaton
haw ordered Tin; Scout sent to him
there for the prcscut. His brotbor
who resides at that placo is very nick
and is not expected to livo.
Mr. Henry Rust and wife, of Baker
City, wore in Union Tuesday, accom
panied by a brother of Mr. Rust, who
came out from Rochester, N. V. a fow
weeks ago. Thoy havo been stopping
at the Hot Lake for several days, tea
tiug tho efficacy of its niiucral water.
Mr. L. M. Allen, formerly of tbo
Covo, hut uow living on Bully creek,
Malheur county, was down tho foro
part of tho week after supplies. Ho
pays he cannot get along without Tuk
Scout, and renewed his subscription
for another year. Mr. Allen is well
fixed unlheroand likes the country
very much. His daughter, Ida, who
Iiuh been attending school in the Covo,
Will rotliril With him.
Smith's walking gang plow, some
thing now and just tbo thing
. For
it Co., ,
i
Salo by Frauk BroV. linpluuftJtit
laianu uny.
Culliugs.
August 23rd, 1S8S.
Dr. II. Ellsworth, formerly in the
drug biicinesfl in Eugene city, is visit
mg relatives m town.
I Miss Lillian Seamons, who has been
j spending the summer m Cove, ha
reiurneu to w ana w ana ami win rc-
j Mime nitwit' teaching in that city.
1 he fall term of public school will
begin Oct. 1st. John Daily and Eu
gene Conklin have been engaged as
principal and assistant, respectively
Chas. Olson and wife and Ed. Hob
inson and Laura Foster returned from
Walla Walla, Wednesday. Thev ex
perienced a pleasant but very dustv
i trip.
J. ('. Doney has returned from Wal
Iowa county. He says it is extremely
dry and dusty in that vicinity and
the grain crop is short. J lis daughter,
iMiss Margie, came home with him.
P. F. Chrisman and daughter, Miss
SaraO, will start next week for an ov
tended trip through Kansas, Missouri
anil Iowa, where they will visit friends
and relatives. They expect to be gone
six weeks.
Mrs. Win. Smith and daughter,
iuss Anna, mother and sister of Prof.
V. Smith of Lcighton Academy, ar
rived from Minnesota last week, and
will make their home in Cove.
ah eiiori is neing niaito to raise
ltiniis ty Miiiccrtption stithoient to
paint the public shool buildini: and
enclose tho grounds with a neat picket
fence. This is a laudable undertaking
and should be successful.
Heading and threshing has com
nienced m Lower Cove and on tho
Sand Ridge. The yield will be very
fair and soon every granary in tho
vicinity will be full to overflowing,
awaiting transportation.
The weather has been unusually
warm in this corner of the valley.
1 herniometer sojourned among tho
nineties. Fires in the mountains cast
of towr. nave made it smokey. This
state of the atmosphere could be en
tirely avoided if the prowling bands of
lndian.i were kept at home and camp
era were compelled to lie more care
ful.
I would lather be on the rcceivine
end of a baseball battcrv for a month
than to pail another kicking cow for
a minute. Morgan. Small watrer.i
accepted that Cleveland will carry In
diana. S. G. W. I'll take such bets.
A. R. Here's a V that in ease of a
tournament the nine that Harry be
longs to wins. S. Enthusiastic dem
ocrats in town are scarce. I am the
only one sporting a Cleveland hat.
J. B. Did you hear mo explaining
the political issues last Tuesday V J.
Council
Proceedings.
At tho recont meeting of tbo city
council the following business was
transacted :
Minutes of tho meetings of July 7th
and 10th read and approved.
Bill of Jos. Wright for mdse. of ? 10.
, and T. II. Crawford, ollicc rent, 7
months, if 17.50, were allowed and war
rants ordered drawn.
A duplicate warrant in favor of Jno.
Wright, for mdse., of was
ordered drawn in lieu of warrant No.
101 which was destroyed by lire some
time ago.
Street committee asked for further
time to report on the removal of the
stable building in the street at tho
south-west corner of the court house
block, granted.
Iho street commissioner was in
structed to place three-fourths of tho
street work of the city upon the road
leading to tho Covo, within the road
district limits, or so much thereof as
ho dcomexl necessary.
In tho matter of office rent it was
decided to rent the present office from
X. Tarter until further action in tho
matter.
Council then adjourned.
Teachers' Institute.
A letter from State Superintendent
MoElrov, informs lib that tho teachers'
mstituto for the Sixth Judicial Dist. ,
and Baker county, will bo hold at Ba
ker City , Aug, 28. 29 and 80, 1888.
This district comprises tho counties of
Baker, Grant, Malheur, union, uma
tillimud Wallow'a. All teachors and
friends of education in the abovo and
adjacent counties arc cordially invited
to ho present.
The more tno suojeci or ptiunc scuooi
education is considered iu conference
by tho teachers, the greater does its
importance bocomo. It remains for
tho teaciicrs and scuooi oiuccrs to car
ry forwtfrd and develop this impor
tant work to higher degrees of oxcol-
lenco, and, in order that wo may bo
ablo to 6ccurc for our schools that at
tcntiou aud aid which thoir importauco
demands, all are earnestly urged to
attend and co-operato in tho great
work of popular cuucuiiou m our
stato.
18 COJUjUJU'TION UiVimJUiLUt
Read the following: Mr, G H. Morrid,
Newark, Ark., says: "Was down with Ab-
ccss of Luugs, and friends and physicians
prououueed me an Incurable Consumptive.
Degau taking Dr, King's New Discovery for
Consumption, am now on my third bottle,
and able to overitco tho work of my farm.
It is the finest medicine ever made.'1
Jesnc Mlddlcwart, Dccautcr, Ohio, says:
Had it not lceii for Dr. King's New Dis
covery for Consumption I would havo died
of Lun Trouble. Was givcu up by doc
tors. Am now in beat of health.', Try it.
Sample bottle fito at WriKht'N .lrug Store.
Barguiua atJaycox fc Foeter's.
Rev. Thos. MacGuiro will preach at
the Prejbytcrian chttr'cb t-Vcry b'uuVluy"
u 3 oWcV, lJ, M.
Cove
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