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The Oregon SfTlf TT VOL. V. UNION, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1888. NO. (2. EDITORIAL NOTES. What has become of Harrison? "CoNKLi.(?i" says Col. Ingersoll, "was in congress when empire were given to corporations." This was in the good old days when the republi cans were in power. Do you want the republicans there again? Levi P. Mokton, the republican can didate for the vice-presidency, is bo deeply interested in tho Canadian Pa cific railroad and steamship companies that he seriously disapproves of the president's retaliation policy. Neither against tho so-called pau per labor of Europe nor tho slavo la bor of Asia is tho American working man protected by tho tariff. Why? Because the tariff does not exclude them from our shores. Not foreign productions but local conditions regu late wages. Ex. Blaine says tho year 1887 was s prosperous one. Three years ago h said that if the democrats came into power tho business interests of the country would bo destroyed, It will bo seen from this how little faith is to be placed in anything the arch-dcrmv goguc from Maine may say. Onck upon a time the learned James G. Blaine said cheapening whisky would increase its use. therefore he opposes reducing tho revenue tax from a moral standpoint. Now he supports a platform that proposes to take all tax off of whisky rather than aurrcn dcr one feature of protection. Ye gods, what consistency? BLAINE is preparing another speech as a companion-piece to his "trust' and "treaty" efforts. Poor Harrison meanwhile is in an agony of apprehen sion as to what fresh blunder Blaine will make. Harrison, "he pays the freight" on all this funny business of tho "uncrowned king," and every speech has cost several electoral votes so far. It's a little rough on Harrison, but it may help Blaine, The La Grande Journal last week copied an article, verbatim, from the Home Press, as a specimen of republi can argument, and also, to illustrate how tho English language can be butchered. It is not necessary to go out of the county to find such speci mens' as we have an industry of the kind right here in Union. In that line we will back the Eastern Oregon lie- publican against tho Home Press or any other paper the Journal man can trot out. Prom recent developments it would seem that the republican senate for tlte past few years has been prostituting its "statesmanship" to the vain endea vor to belittle the administration of Mr. Cleveland. First, the Canadian treaty is rejected with no other end in ( view than to cmbarass the president and precipitate serious trouble between neighboring nations, and now it trans pires that the tacking on of an irrelevant amendment to the new Chi nese treaty has resulted in its rejection by the government at Pekin. Verily such simulation of statesmanship is enough to mako the American people abolish tho money-bags' senate alto gether. Cleveland's letter of acceptance is out. It covers nearly three columns. Upon the question of free trade it con tains tho following: "Abrupt radical changes which might endanger enter prises and injuriously affect tho inter ests of labor dependent on their suc cess and continuance aro not contem plated or intended, but wc know tho cost of our domestic manufactured products is increased and their cost to consumers is enhanced by tho duty imposed on raw material used in man ufucture. We know this increased cost prevents tho sale of our produc tions at foreign markets in competi tion with those countries which have the advantage of free raw material. We know that, confined to a homo market, our manufacturing operations are curtailed, their demand for labor ' regular, and rates of wages paid un certain. Wc propose thereforo to stim ulate our domestic industrial enterpris es by freeing tcn fr0,n 1,10 (hUv im pored upon imported raw matcrhls which by employment of labor are mod in our manufactures, Urn exlun ding markets for tlndr alo, and t fitting an inorcmul mid twdy pro duction witb allowance of abundant Things aro getting badly mixed in the republican camp. Senator John Sherman the other day, speaking on tho anti-trust bill of Senator Began, plainly implied that truU grow out of tho revenue laws and could be legisla ted against by congress, while a few hours later James G. Blaine said that trustu were private affairs, witli which neither Cleveland nor any privato citi zen has a right to interfere. Which is the republican doctrine? Blaine's great "trust" speech, deliv ered at Foxeruft, Maine, in which he reiterated again and Lgain that "Trusts have no place in a national campaign1," has startled the republican party, per haps more than any other recent ut terance of the "acknowledged leader." The idea that only individual states can reguiaio nrju aujust "trusts, or any other matter relating to commerce between the states, is indeed a novel one. Tho New York Herald heads the speech, "Burehard Blaine," and savs it will "kill tho republican party dead as auoor nnii." It begins to look as though it will be necessary to suppress Blaine or have Brother Harrison go down to suro defeat because of his speeches. The preliminaries aro now finished and real work with tho gicat Lick tel escope is about to begin. At thebegin ning of the August moon the astrono mers began a series of photographs of its face in its various daily phases. The large photographic lens attached to the great telescope brings out with marvelous distinctness the great con tinental formation, the sea spaces and tho extinct craters on the moon's sur face. A curious phenomenon or dis covery was recently observed among tho four known satellites of Jupiter. The third satellite tast an elongated shadow. AccordingVo astronomical I researches this shadow should have been round as the satellite is supposed to lie. The observers aic puzzled and are studying the problem. Piofessor Burnham, whose double-star work lias brought him wide reputation, has al ready located several new curiosi.ies in this line. A Good Camp. All reports coming in from the re cently discovered mining district on East Eagle, in the southeastern portion of Union countv, tend to confirm former accounts of tho great richness of the mines of that section. Tho McGeo and O'Brino discoveries, the first lo cations made in tho district, are turning out the finest kind of hemitite of iron ore carrying free gold in great profusion, samples of which have been assayed in this city and yielding as high as ifGOO to the Ion. Tho district above referred to is called Eagle Mining district, but tributary to it other rich finds have been made. From the town of sparta, thirty miles northeast of Baker City, to the mines mentioned is adout 15 miles, but tho whole belt of country int1 rveningisono great dopo.-it of fine mineral showing, and lino croppings of gold oro have been found over tho whole section, and many well defined ledges have been uncovered. Yesterday tho Democrat reporter was siiown by Air. J. A. w light, of Sparta, a specimen of free gold oro from a find made a few days since about four miles northeast of Sparta, by J. II. Fake. The specimen is a beauty and can bo seen at the Cabinet, whoro Col. E. II. Richardson, to whom Mr. Fake, sent it, has put it on exhibition. Mr. Wright is of the opinion that this new section will eteato quite a stir in the mining world in the near future. Many of the dhcoverers of finds in this section are men of practical mining experience in other camps of the Noitliwest, and their judgement is that they have at last found their fortune. They aro taking light bold of tho development of their location and will show up their true moritH. Democrat. WOK! II KNOWING. Mr. W, II. Morgan, niercliutit, Lake City, Fla., was taken with a severe Cold, attend ed with a distressing cough and running nto Consumption in its first ktages. lie tried many so-ca. led popular c. ugh reme dies and sti-nddy (,'tew orw. Va riducod n lle.li. h.iil dithoutty In breathing and was unable to Imi nually inc.! Dr. Klnc'tf New DiouVi-ry for Con-umptlon and found Iiii-neduu roil, f, uud ul'er using about it half dozu bottle found himself well and ho had no rxturn nf the disease. No other ro uody uit .how no grand a ttte- utd of ur m Dr. King New Dkn.vry for CmuiMtuoii Ouaranttwd in do lust what tit Juinial lor It.- TiUl UalOo fnc iH Wrttltt' drwe o IVrdu, Own SATUKirs srnnitu. Each of nil, that ha a betg, Fills hi phcre. by nature planed, Harmonizing, and agreeing, With it works on every hand; Start with man look up or downward At unnumbered things that live, All exactly fit the standard Of the sphere which nature gives. World have life, as well as creatures Trees, plants, insects all exist, In accord with nature's features, Striving, struggling, to subsist; Live they all, and till their mission, Yield to nature's stern demands, That asks not "by your permission," llutwith firm and bold commands. Motion is life, and note the grasping; Magnet-like, it draws and holds, Rarth attracts all mutter, clasping, Very like to human souls; Nature's law i.s but a battle, Fought by planets, plants and man; Strugcle all, like starving cattle, Life to hold as best they can. All of life, with nature's motion, Has alone its sense to fill ; Proper sphere designed portion Man the same as beast or snail. Nothing more has man to boast of Than the rest of moving things, Yet beyond expects some ghost of Chance and place to fly on wings. Soul or spirit, sense or iustinct. Hath all things with motion life, Everything within its precinct, Fills its sphere in constant strife: ! Hence, though man may claim a prestago As the king of anatc things, Why. yet claim, beyond, a vantage 1 Over all, of angel's wings. Wiu. H. Minnick, Oskalnosa, Iowa. Copis liiiiul Review. Editor Okkgox Scout: A good deal of uncertainty seems to exist in tho minds of tho people as to what is absolutely required by the homestead and pre-emption laws, and the frequency with which proofs are presented on tho face of which it ap pears that tho claimants have en dcavored to calculate to a nicety tho smallest amount of improvements actually necessary to secure titlc has caused the authorities to look with suspicion upon all commuted home stead and pre-cmpton entries. There is neither a maximum nor a minimum of valuation, though it is shown by practice that the Commis sioner of the General Land Office has made up his mind that a settler who has improvements valued at less than one hundred and twenly-flvo dollars has not mado very strenuous efforts to mako a permanent home for himself and family, and will not pass such entries to patent except under most peculiar circumstances, showing be yond doubt that the claimant has acted in good faith, and that where an in dication of bad faith appears ho will have no mercy upon the claimant. In final proof it is frequently said by claimants and witnesses that "absences have been no greater than tho law al lows ;" or "ho was on tho land as often as the law requires." These statements are cvaeive in character and outgrowths of ignoranco respecting legal require ments there is no provision of tho pre emption or homestead law permitting tho absence of settlers from their claims, nor is their a provision specifying how frequetly thoy must be on the land. Tho laws require continuous that is, unbroken-residonco upon the land from date of settlement todateof final proof. Temporary personal absenco from the land between such dates no matter, for how long is not inconsistent with continuous residence; while a removal from tho land with the intention of re maining away is fatal to continuous residence though tho party may change his intetion and return after an absenco of only a few hours. Intention is cvry- tliing in operating under these laws. The man who makes a pre-emption or homestead entry with tho intention to mako his homo upon the land is acting in good faith, and would actually bo guilty of no wrong if ho should change his mind Maidenly and cell the land after having received patent or duplicate certificate or receipt therefor. An entry made for tho purpose of speculation with the intention to sell the land at tho earliest favorable opportunity, is an entry in bad faith, and though tho ontryman may sub sequently clungc his miud and make his future home upon tho land, ho could not Hiaud before bis own con suieiioo us mi honcut man, V.MILK COOPBK SHOP, 8. II. Ayht. proprietor. Muniifuo tmvr nf butwr Urrtd uud kog. A good mpply ulwy on hand, b'lioji twuOi of iwlrool )kao, Uukni, Qrrjrn. A Successful Test. The Baker City Democrat, speaking of the Pino Creek mines, says: "For some weeks past experiments havo been going on at the old quartz mill across the river, in working tho base ores characteristic of the Granite mining district, comprising Cornuco pia and adjacent camps. Tho test made was in roasting, chlo ridizing and amalgamating, and the result attained is so satisfactory in ev ery particular as to be heralded abroad to our neighbors in the many good camps to the cast of us, as a bit of news that will awaken a new and live ly interest and cmbuo those who havo stood by their claims, with renewed hopo and courage, and eventually place thoso camps on a footing with tho best in the Ovimlry, as well as tho prospec tors and mining men of that district under lasting obligations to Mr. H. Webb, tho man who has had enter prise and public spirit sufficient, com bined with his thorough and diversi fied knowledge of tho treatment of ores, to spend the time, money and study required to make a practical test and solve the problem that has herotofor- baflled tho skill of the many good min ing men who havo gono in there. By this process it ia claimed tho ma jority, if not all tho ores of that section can bo successfully treated at a cost not to exceed ten dollars per ton. Tho tests made were on lots of oro from the Companion mine of Cornucopia. A small furnaco 2x6 was built by Mr. Webb for tho test, and tho ore roasted under a slow heat, caro being taken to keep tho heat down. Tho amalgama tion was in pans. A larger furnaco and moro ample facilities might havo induced a better result, and it is confi dent a better oro can bo reached un der more favorablo circumstances and with added experience. The result as given, was a saving of 93.70 of tho gold; 91,32 of silver, or 93.12 of tho assay value of tho ore. These tests were mado on oro of av erage baseness as compared with tho other ores of that district, from which but 35 per cent, havo been saved by the methods of treatment heretofore employed. There is no district adja cent to Baker City containing moro rich ores than tho Cornucopia and Sparta region, and now that their suc cessful treatment is made a matter of fact, wo can but look for renewed ac tivity at Cornucopia and tho making of one of tho best camps in Eastern Oregon." About Itijclit. An exchange thinks this in about the size of it, and wc think it is about three halves right in its diagnosis. "If an editor omits anything he is lazy. If ho speaks of things as they arc, people aro mad. If he smoothes down tho rough points he is bribed. If ho calls things by their proper names ho is un fit for the position of an editor. If ho does not furnish his readers with jokes ho is a mule, If ho does ho is a ratt'.e head lacking stability. If ho con demns tho wrong ho is a good fellow but lacking discretion. If he lets tho wrong and injurious go unmentioned ho is a coward. If ho indulges in per sonalities ho is a blackguard. If ho doos not his paper is Btupid." The Ghain Cnoi The new crop of wheat is coming in a steady stream, but as yet only a small portion has been delivered up to date. ThoSaletn Mills Co. havo received on storage, 05,000 bushels of wheat, 30, 000 oats; Herrcn, 35000 wheat, 15,000 oats, and Grant, 01,000 wheat and 30,000 oatH. Tho price of wheat has advanced to 72 with but little sale. At Corvallis 77; Albany, 75; Govais75: Buena Vista 73. O.U6 are worth 17 to 21. Some of tho old wheat raisers think tho farmers hould sell now rather than take chances on an uncertain figmo laterou. Most of the wheat is foul with wild oats. Oregon Videtto. Frank Bro's Implement Co., of Isl and City, carry tho largest stock of standard implements to bo found in Eastern Oregon. Their terms and pri ces delv competition, uiey always havo on hand extras and rcpaird for goals they sell, which is a matter of great importance to tho purchatur. 5 Rev. Thos. MacGuiro will proach at the Priisbytvrinu church every .Sunday at !i o'clock, i. i. Smith' walking gung plow, tmna thing now and hut tin thing. Par Halo by Frank Jlrpn. implement Co,, Wand City. J Cove Cullings. Sept. 13, KSSS. Mr. O. M. Jameson was in town this week, but left for Victoria, Monday. 11. J. Got iv. Son, aMted by twen ty Chinamen, aro picking tli' ir hope. The crop is very fair and of splendid quality. Good. Cowles and R. G. White spent a couple of days of this week hunting on tho head waters of Indian creek, but were unsuccessful. Mrs. Mollio Wright, of Iowcr Cove, shot and killed, the other day, a cayote at fully 250 yardn range. The animal was making a collection of fat poultry. O. P. Ilarnes returned to his place in I'arauiso valley this week, ile was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Annie, who has somewhat improved in health. Dr. McDonald and family have moved to It-laud City, whero tho doc tor is practicing his profession. Ho will itbo bo in Cove overy Saturday at 11 A. m., until further notice. The Kpiseopal .-ehools opened, Mon day, with a fair attendance. The boys' school bus already 15 boarders and ravoral others are expected. A number of day scholars abo attend. W. A. Wheeler and family, who have been managing J. T. Jewel's dai ry farm during the season, havo dis posed of their milch cows and returned to their former homo near haul Port land. A welcome shower, purifying tho a'l mosphere and settling tho heavy dust, fell hist evening. It was not heavy as to stop threi-hing. This is tho first rain descending on tho devoted heads of Covpitet for sixt-two days. Alex Cochran is making a tour of tho Sound country. Rumor has it that he is hunting up a location where a blacksmith, after twenty or thirty years of eloso application, can become an alderman and retire with a compe tency. S. Burroughs has purchased of Shi ver & Walker, La Grande, a 10-horso power engine, and. will use it at pres ent in eutting sliinglcs, moving his machine into the limber, whero ma terial is convenient. Tho engino will also bo used in his planing mill when wntor is low. Tho "bar" huntois havo returned. Their fondest hopes wcro not lealized. S. White bagged two grouso and a dog. Hon May got -100 trout and two old squirrels, anil Charlie got the most of tho trout after thoy wore cooked, and S. Bloom got what tho urchin firod at. Tho nowly wedded pair in town Wentipsday was tho most handsome and happy appearing couplo I have seen for many a day. A. Anybody teen my littlo lambs? Frank. Stand aside, we havo como back. Wes itndS. Hero's a band of horses that Cleveland with all his fishiness, wins. Geo. Tho h. b. managers of Dnion havo been en gaged to take chargo of tho Pendleton tournament, this fall. C. Covo now proposes to givo a grand baseball tournament. It will bo held after tho leaguo season closes in tho east, and clubs from Now York, Chica go and Detroit havo already telegraph ed their intention to bo present and contest for the $5000,00 prizes already raised, no pro rata, prizes paid in full at tho end of the contest. (Hakor City papers pleaeo copy.) Tho expenses of all clubs attending will he guaranteed. Free coaches to and from tho grounds. Cushioned scats in tho grand stand without extra charge. A public spirit ed gentleman of this town has dona ted a beautiful field of llvo acres, to bo converted into a park for tho occasion By moans of steam rollers the entire grounds will be made ns smooth and hard as a floor. This grand nfl'air will last ten days, and arrangements havo been effected with tho railroad compa nies whereby excursion trains from all principal cities in Oregon, Washington and Idaho will arrivo daily. For par ticulars sec small bills AN KXn.ANATION. What is this "nervous trouble" with which so many seem now to be afllictwlV If you will remember a few years ngo tho word Miliaria was comparatively unknown, to-day It Is as common as any word In tho Kngllsh InnguiiRC, yet this word covers on ly the meaning of another word used by our forefathers In times past. Holt is with nervous ditcaics. u they and Malaria are Intended to covor what our grandfather callo I IlilloiunasK. and all aro caused by Iroublts that arise from a diseased condi tion of tho Liver which in performing Its functions ilndlng It cannot dispose of tho bile through tho ordinary channel is com pelled to pa it off through tho wyatem, causing nervous treublos, Malaria, bilious Fuvor, etc. You who aro suffering can well approcliite a cure. We recommend Orccu's Augiut Flower. Its cures aro marvelous. Why buy from imigrating ngonts of whom you know nothing, uitherof their responsibility or tho oharector of their goods, when there are responsible deal ers located near you, who carry full and coinpluto linos of nil farm and mill machinery and impltnituiits, and whoro a.iOi-oM it Is for your beat interests to Htiptiurt with ymr jwtroiiuuoY Frank llroa. IiMplttini'iit Co, of Island City rtMp'wl Jour ounnldwrtttiaii of their claim, Niid Mur you to your iioIkIiIk'N .,i.,. i....... i. ,.i .1..:. I. ...... ..,. i. it...... i ' nilU M1V tllMI lWIII5 MUM HIUIII. II North Powder Notes. 4Septl2, 18SS Mr. Cy. Leo has moved into town. Mrs, White has gone to California. Th camp at tho mills rcjcmbl-y tho "deserted village." . Mr. O. D. Thomlinfon has about com pb ted assisting. Married. In Baker City, Sept Sth, Mr. A. N. Ciouch to Mrs. Clara Biggs, nil of North Powder. Chas. McGurry holds a state schol arship, and will attend tho University atEugeno City, the coming winter. Mr. Burden, engineer at S. It. & H. mills will erect a dwelling in town, and movo his family hero in a short time. Mr. James Gilkinson has purchased a rancho on Main Powder rivor, and will removo his family down in a short, time. . An insurance company or any other company doing business honestly will pay all honorable losses, without any question. Mr. Rosebcrry and family havo moved to Long Valley, Idaho, togoth-. or with sonio other parties lately resi ding at the mill. Mr. 15. F. Saylor, recently a druggist of Goldendale. W. T., but now a resi dent of MoMinvilio, Oregon, is hero on a visit to his brother. Mrs. Biggs, of Forest Grove, presi dent of the W. C. T. U. of tho stato, lectured hero to a crowded house, on temperance, Friday evening. Dr. Savior's practice is increasing daily, Ho prescribed for six different parties on IJock creek, in Baker coun ty, while on a professional visit there, lecoutly. Mr. Harrison and family aro closing out their household goods and other property, preparatory to emigrating back to Illinois, whore they will mako their home in tho future. "Dr." Lash's medical ninuth-picco "took in" tho town and peoplo hero during the week, with his "celebrated bitters." Samples dosed out proved satisfactory, from all reports. Dr. Saylor has beou appointed medi cal examiner for tho Caulnaut Mutual llcnefit Association of Galesburg, Ilks., at North Powder. Capt. J. A. White is local agent for tho company. Tho steam thresher lately purchased by tho Shaw boys, proved a decided failure and has been thrown buck on tho hands of tho company. A. now' separator has been ordered in lieu of tho old one. Married. -At tho residonco of and by Judge G. W. Dolan, on Clover creek, last Sunday evening, Mr. Ed. Charncs to Miss Clara Harrison. Ab usual, soino uninvited guests feeling iiflron ted, assembled, and with musical in struments "in such cases mado and provided" proceeded to soron'ado the happy couplo at tho Bodgors Houso in the evening. Tho dulcet strains fur nished by tlio band evidently was not appreciated, us tho bridegroom failed to put in an appearance, and tho ho tel proprietor objecting to tho music, tho hand quietly disbanded sino die. m Ajax, Pylo Canyon Pellets. Sept 12, 1888. Dry and dusty. Crops all harvested. Ben Macho took his departure for Pino creek, Mouday. Harrison's machine, of Big creek, lone good work threshing this fall in Pylo canyon. Forest fires aro raging in tho woods near Teloeasot, and groat damago is being dono to timber. Polities aro quiet now, but wo live ii hopes of democratic- success, and hopo is as good as success. A Catholic priest held services at I'olocaset this week and a good many if our citizens attended. Mr. Shannon Marshall passed by, Tuesday, on his way to Union. Ho is still lame from the effects of tho kick ho received last spring. Jacob Stinebaugh, of Teloeasot, won lown, Tuesday. Ho will removo his in mil to tho Big Bend if ho finds a Miilablo location. Sunday school is not in session now, ih our leader, Mr. HayneB, is away. Wo boast of having had tho' livliest Sunday School this summer of any other place this side of India. Ernx ii. UUNXWM JIKK YOUTH. Mrs. I'hu'bo Chesley, Peterson, Clay coun ty, Iowa, tells tho following reinrkable sto ry, tho truth of which Is vouehed forbythe residents of the town: "1 am 73 years old, havu been troubled with Kidney complaint and lameness for many jean; could not drees myself without help. Now I am free from all pain and soreness, and am able to do all my own housework. 1 owo my thanks to Klectrio Hitters for having renewed my youth, and removed completely all u1mo ami pidu." Try a bottle, ouly M cent at Wrlgut'a drug store, Unlou, Oregon. IIUCKLKN'H AKNIOA HALVE. Tin; llKr U.u.v:In the world for Cut, Uralses, Sores, Ulcer, Salt Ilheiim. Purer Hons, Tetter, Chapped Bund, Okllhlalnn Corns, and ull Hkln Kruptlons.uHd positive ly mirm PIIim, or no pay rpilrwJ, It b tfiiiiruiKcud to lvo jK-rfrct sutUfiaUuH, wr money refmuM, Prlw itjiM pw m, Vot Hl4ttt WrffMNi druR nlor.