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THE OREGON SCOUT.
AMOS K. JONES
EDITOR,
City and County Official Paper, j
Friday, January Hi 188J).
KIMTOKIAI. IS'OTl'S.
Diviwno the county means bank
ruitcy to Union county.
Don't let the sophiHtrioH of the La
(Jranclcrs get siwuy with your better
judgment.
MoviNii the county sent means giv
ing a huge portion of territory to
linker countv.
Wi: presume the leaders of the coun
ty scat question will offer W. J. Snod
grnss n.4 one of the principal bonds
men. He seems to be the principal
actor in the farce.
Ki.vri: it is known that Hunt's rail
road is to pass through this valley, the
lenson for the great haste of the La
Grandcrs to move the county scat is
made more apparent.
Oii:ciONs legislature will convene on
the Mth of the present month for its
fifteenth biennial session. It is com
posed of thirty senators and sixty rep
resentatives, of whom twenty-one sena
tors aro republicans, and nine demo
crats; and iifty-one representatives, re
publicans, and nine democrats a re
publican majority on joint ballot, and
U. y. senator to elect.
In tho caso of the United stales vs.
the Htuto of California, involving the
question of the right of tho .State to in
demnity for school lands to compensate
it for deficiencies in fractional town
ships mado so by reason of swamp
lands found therein, tho secretary bus
reversed the decision of the commis
sioner of tho general land office, and
sustained the validity of said elections.
A Wahhin(!T0N special says that
.lolni F. Swift, of California, will prob
nbly be a member of Harrison's cabi
net. If Mr. Swift has tho capacity to
be a cabinet oflicer, then we, although
following nn humble calling, should
aspiro for the ollico of governor of the
state of Oregon. Mr. Swift made a
speech in Pendleton during tho Juno
campaign of last year. Ho will al
ways bo remembered hero as making
tho poorest, speech of the campaign.
E. 6.
La (iitANDK is known everywhere to
bo the "poorest town in Kastern Ore
gon according to population," and an
examination of tho tax rolls will prove
this to bo a fact. A prominent man
of Island City, spoaking of this matter,
a few days ago, uaid that he had mon
ey to wager that one firm in Island
City paid more taxes and received
more freight over tho railroad than all
tho men in La (iraude, combined.
Wo do not doubt the statement in tho
least.
Tin: bill introduced in congress by
Springer provides an enabling act for
tho admission of Arizona and Idaho as
stales. The people of tho two territo
ries aro authorized to hold an election
on tho Tuesday after tho first Monday
in November, 1880, for the election of
tho delegates to a Constitutional Con
vention to meet the the first Wednes
day in January 1800. The Constitu
tions framed at these conventions aro
to bo voted upon by tho two proposed
states on tho Tuesday after tho first
Montlay of November, 1800, and if a
majority should bo found in favor of
ratification, authority is given each ter
ritory to form a stato government,
which, however shall remain in abey
ance until the respective Stato Consti
tutions shall bo approved by congresH.
Shoshonn Journal.
Hivnt'h railroad will pass up
through tho center of Grande Uondo
valley inside of fifteen months, and
will bring Suuimervillo into great
promiuenco, and wo aro of tho opin
ion that tho short-sighted individuals
there who wero wheedled by tho La
Grandees into Mgning that petition
will regret their haste. It is now or
never with L.i Grande, not so with the
other points in the valley. A fow pov
urty stricken sharpers at La Grande
know this, and, whilo wearing an air of
assurance, uro grasping at every straw,
as a dtowniiiR man would, to prolong
their existence. The time will come,
mid that in a very fow yoars. when La
(linndo will bo the most insignificant
burg in Union county. If I hoy had
tho county mint Uioro now it would
not mlunl Uio coining of tlint time ono
tluy.
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A rOMlMUIHUN.
Tho total taxable property of Baker
count,: for 188S, as takon from tho as
sessment roll of that county, and pub
lished in the llakfc- City Jlcveille, is as
follows: Total taxable property, $1,
(5.14,002. County tax sf35,ai8.8.
State tax ' (;,fJ2.U5.
School tax '. 8,171.!).
Poll tax .'iSCO.OO.
Total 50,B2.28.
The taxable property for the year
1888, of Union countv is $2,576.7J)f.
Countv tax $33108.3.1.
State tax , 10,307.18.
School tax 12,883.07.
Contingent (county) 0,103.00.
Poll tax 1,318.00.
Total -f 03,1 01, 30.
Tho levy in Baker county is as fol
lows :
For county purpoios 22 mills.
State 4 mills.
School 5 mills.
Total :!J
Tho levy in Union county is as fol
lows :
For county purposes 1 mills.
State and school D mills.
Total 24 mills.
Of this $270,70."), that part of the
south-eastern portion of the county,
which Baker county is f-o anxious to I
claim as her own, and which the good
people of La (Jrande are so willing to
slice oil' into Baker county in ex
change for the county scat, pays on over
$1,000,000. No wonder that Baker
county, in her almost bankrupt con
dition, is so anxious to obtain that val
uable portion of our county, a portion
whose possibilities are almost beyond
computation in its future wealth.
It is, however, a matter of surprise
that the people of La Grande or any
other section should be willing and
anxious to give that portion of tho
county to a sitflcr county in older to
move tho county seat from its present
site. Vet tho people of La Grande are
willing to do this very thing, and are
working in harmony with the Baker
people to have it accomplished, as
they very well know it can never be
done without, it.
. tjmHMgragm'Ei-mi.i.mJCTga
AM OTIIl'ltK SlIH IT.
The Pendleton Tribune, referring to
the effort now being made by Lu
Grande to secure the county seat of
this county, makes tho following honsi
blo remark.
"The residents of Union county arc
agitated over an effort being made to
secure tho removal of the county teat
to some location or other than Union,
tho present shire town. La Grande
has never been satisfied since it lost
the county scat years ago and as usual
tho citizens of that town are tho prime
movois for a change. It is hardly
probable that the desired change can
bo effected unless tho proposition of
stripping Union county of a
large portion of valuable territory and
giving the ame to Baker county
should prove successful. Thoro certain
ly does not appear to beany valid rea
son wlv the present boundary lines of
Union county should be disturbed.
That portion which Baker county
seeks to secure embraces tho mineral
reigon of Union county. Tho Cornu
copia, Pine creek, Sanger and Sparta
mining districts have within the past
year shown a wonderful development
and give great promise of future pros
perity and it will bo hut a short time
before a sullioiont advancement is
made and a population gained that will
I .-...(ill.. (I... i..uitli.iiiiti'iii nm-tinu of
Vlllllll li tv.n.. ...v... 1 "
Union county to bueomo a county of
itself. No good could be accomplish
ed by giving it to Bakor county and
the only advocates of tho scheme in
Union county are tlioso who realize
that such dismemberment would inure
to the advantage of La Grande in tho
struggle for the county seat. It may
be just as well that the people of
Union county bo given an opportuni
ty of expressing their wish a to a lo
cation of a county seat but it should
be done by fair means and be lttor
mincd by a special election inntoad of
being made an issue at the next gen
eral election as now proposed. Then
if La Grande is the favored locality the
I question Will ne souuti aim nut
spectre like, every two year, it disturb
j ing clement during each uceeive
I campaign."
( Tin: La Granders are circulating the
mport Hint the court liotuu oi inu
county is not in a bIe condition.
This will bo nowa to everybody. The
fact is. however, that the court Uouae
is as substantial, to dny, u it wan the
day it win built, and we doubt not will
leiii.iiu to for x iuitci'u( tt century to
icune
, TO Till" 1'JiOPM: or UNION' cointv.
Tin- litwlnrtiffiiri Pfitn mi tier niinoint-
cd by a mass meeting of the citizens j
of Union countv held at Union, Ore- !
gon, Jan. -1th, 18S0, beg leave to sub
mit, for your consideration, the follow
ing: I.
Resolved, That the submission of
the relocation of the county seat of i
Union county, Oiegon, at this tjjuc, to
the legal voters of said county would
bo detrimental to tho best intercuts of
the tax-payers of said county, for the
following reasons :
1st, That such measure is prema
ture. 2nd, That Union, the present coun
ty seat, is nearer the the center of the
county than any other available point
at tho present time.
3rd, That our present county build
ings are amply sufficient for present
purposes and that a re-location of said
county seat would involve a total loss
of said buildings and the fixtures
thereto attached to said county in this ;
that the grant of said property was
conditioned upon its perpetual use for
court house and jail purposes, and
would also lesult in the practical loss
of tho property of said county used for
the protection of the poor.
4th, That the expense of such sub
mission and of erecting county build
ings at any new point would be a
grievous burden upon tho tax-payers
of said county, and would greatly and
unnecessarily increase tho indebted
ness of the county, and would also
greatly retard immigration and unset
tle and depreciate property value of
all kinds in our county.
5lh, That such submission would
inevitably result in cutting off and at
taching to Baker county a large area
of our most valuable timber, grazing
and improved agricultural lands, also
our extensive and valuablo mineral
lands in the districts of Sparta, Eagle
creek, Sanger and Cornucopia, now in
its infancy of development.
0th, That a re-location of said coun
ty seat at the point from which the
present agitation springs, to wit: La
Grande, would greatly increase the
current expenses of our county gov
ernment in the items of increased
mileage to officers, jurors and witness
es, amounting to many thousand dol
lars annually, and would also place a
grievous burden upon private individ
uals who find it necessary to resort to
the courts for a settlement of their
differences.
II.
Resolved, That we charge the origi
nators of said agitation with being
prompted bv selfish and unworthy
motives in this; that said parties aro
in sympathy with a scheme to cut off
and dismember a portion of our coun
ty in order to accomplish a re-location
of said county seat; that they may en
hance tboir individual property to the
detriment of the tax-payers of the
whole county.
III.
Resolved, That the proposition of
said agitators to furnish a bond to re
place our county proporty is a fraud
upon the Ux-payers of our county,
and an attempted bribery of its voters
in this; that said agitators 'well
know that such an obligation can nev
er be enforced.
For tho reasons therein set forth
yourcommittee recommend the adopt
ion of the foregoing resolutions.
R. Eaki.v,
Chairman.
Tuk intelligence and wisdom of the
state of Oregon will be convened at
Salem next Monday on tho opening of
tho legislature. The Oregon legisla
lure has heretofore gained considerable
notoriety iir its law making -prinei
pally bv having its acts, passed,
I knocked higher than Gilroy's kite by
I the supreme oourt. We trust this ses
I sion will be free from senatorial wrung
1 ling, and that e.ich and every member
j of the legislature will .fool it his imper
ative duty lo work for the good of tho
I state in general, as well as looking out
: for the interests of his own county or
I kcction. There aro many things which
j need to be changed and others to be
, created, which will, under judicious
j action, be of great benefit to the state
, at large. As thoro is a large rcpubli
! can majority in the legislature, the
only time consumed bv the members
should bo simply the time of taking
1 tli-j ballot. Our road laws need re-ad-(justing;
our tax laws need a decided
change, and many other changes aro
needed. Now let our legislators for
' once settle right down to business and
do something; of which the state may
Ut proud.
To move the county seat will bur
den the Ux-imyers of Union county
with an extra lipciut- of from $JiO,000
to if:.vuoo
A NKW LINK I-KOl'OSKI).
We understand that a petition is
being circulated and pretty generally
signed by tax-payers in Union and
Iiakcr counties for the rc-cstablishment
of the boundary between Union and
Baker counties on the following line:
Commencing at the mouth of Powder
river, at or near the south-east corner
of township 0 south, of range 40 cast;
thence west to the south-west corner
of said township 0 south, of range 41
cast; thence north to the south-west
corner of township 7 south, of range
41 cast; thence west to the south-west
corner of township 7 south, of range
34 east; thence north on the range
line to the intersection of the present
boundary line of said Union county.
While this proposed boundary would
take a small slice oir of Baker county,
yet it would not seriously affect its
territory, but would straighten the line
between the two counties without do
ing any injustice to or encroaching
upon the valuable lands of Baker
county. It is certainty much fairer to
Baker county than is the proposition
of her representatives to take some of
the most valuable lands of Union coun
ty. Tho tax-payers of Baker county
residing on the strip that would fall to
Union county, under this proposed
boundary, are exceedingly anxious for
its establishment, both from a stand
point of convenience and that of a
reduction of taxation, the taxes of that
county being about one-third higher
on an average than the taxes of Union
countv.
ovu ri!Ti;ni: i'j-osU'kct.s.
The assessment roll of Union coun
ty for the year 1888, shows the taxable
property to be $2,570,705. This
amount would have been much larger
could an assessment been had in such
a manner that the true taxable prop
erly could have been obtained. How
ever, as it is, the people of this county
have evcrv reason to congratulate
themselves on their future prospects.
On every hand the resources ot the
county are being developed. Agri
cultural, mining and the lumbering
business is daily receiving new and
fresh impetus, while tho mercantile
branch is daily increasing in volume.
We may expect that the year 1880
will bring us an increase of $1,000,000
of wealth. No county m the state pos
sesses more advantages than this.
Railroads will thread the county in
almost every direction within a few
years, thus affording cheaper transpor
tation to seaboard cities than is at
present enjoyed.
A 1'i:tition to congress was circula
ted this week, in Union, and signed by
almost everybody, praying that honor
able body not to pass any Sabbath law
or change the constitution of the
United States in any way that
would tend to unite church and state.
The petition should be signed by every
patriot and lover of our free institu
tions. Tin: Scot'T is just the paper to send
cast to your friends. Try it.
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Also a Fine Assortment of
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C. VINCENT, Main Street, Union, Or.
JL - -
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Keop3 Constantly on hand a Large Supply of
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All kinds of Furniture Made, and rphoUtcriiig done to order.
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UNION, -
All kinds of photographic work done in a su
perior maimer, and warranted to
o-i-t-o enf
Jones Bro's,
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Trains arrive and depart from Union
dailv, as follows:
iiit m vn i vu'st isnrx'h.
Passenger. No. 4, L'vei Passe nj;er,No.;i, L've
at r:25 a. m. at 1 :.!0p. m.
Freight, No. 8, L've Kreipht No. 7, L've
at 2::S.r a. m. ! at U p. ju
TirivKTto and iroin principal points
1 IVrvL, 1 O in thc fnitt-! States, Canada
and Europe.
Elegant PyKiT Cars.
Emigrant Sleepin;- Cars linn Through
nn Exprc-s Trains to
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artd ST. PAUL
Free of Charge and Without Change.
Close connections at Portland for San Fran
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For further particulars inquire of anv
Af-entof the Companv or of A. L. Maxwell,
G. P. ifcT. A., Portland, Oregon.
OCEAN DIVISION.
The Oregon Hallway it Navigation Co.. and
Pacific Coast .Stcain-hip Co. will dis
patch Steamers between San Fnin
ciseo and Portland, a follow.-,:
KHOM l'OKTI.ANII.
Leaving at l'JMidn't.
as follows:
KltoM SAS KUANCIfcCO.
L'v'ng Spear st. wh'
at lOu. in. as follows:
Elder, Sunday Nov
State, TIiuimIuv,
Columbia, Mon ,,
Oregon, Friday ,,
State, Tuesday ,.
Columbia. Sat. ,,
Oregon, 'ed.
lState. s .t. Nov
8,Cohimlia. Wed. .,
laorcf-on, Sin. day ,,
III Slate, '1 hui'sday .,
JO.Cohunlii i, Mon. .,
JJ Oregon. Friday ,,
'J State, Tuesday .,
The company re.-erve the rij-ht to change
steamers or sailing duys.
KATES OF PASSAGE:
Cabin. - - ?1.00 Stfcni-re - - -UU
Hound Trip Tickets, Unlimited - $.'0.0,1
Children, under 1- yearn Halt Fare
,, . years - - - Free
The uliuvr rntrt i'nri' thnnl.
W. H. HOI.COMll, I A. L.MAXWELL.
Gen'l Manager. I G. P. it T. A,
II. L. DEACON. Agent. Union.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Lanh Omen at Lv Giu.nhk, Oi:k:hn,
December 1-,
Notice if hereby given that the fullowlng
nanied settlor has tiled notice of his inten
tion to make linal pmof in support of hi?
claim, and Unit said proof will be made be
fore tho register and receiver ut La Grande,
Oregon, on Jan. "JH, liS, viz :
William Mibbay,
1). S. No. 7:W1. for the N hlf. NK ur . SW
nr. NE . and SK or. N W qi . See. I, Tj 5.
s H. tor.. W. M.
lie names the following 1tnckei to
prove hi eoiitinuoiu residence upou and
cultivation of, said lund.
I, A. KobtU't.iHi, Wale shelton. John
Mninmey and A. Cuckrcil, all of I iiun, Or.
Anv person whodesire to jir ti?t utruiiist
the allowance of iu h pruof, or who known
of any Mihkiautiui reuwm. under the Uw
and tut regulation of, (he Interior Depart
ment, nhy such proif tuul not bt- al
lowed, will tw given tut opxnunlty ui tht
above muntioiuH) lima nd Un' to i-ixm
wxaiuine th uilnie of said rlitnm.
and in oB-r e idi i.ie in rt-l utt .l i: thai
lUhiniiU-d by i l.iliimnt
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SHOES,
JSvor Drougnt to uns iuars.ci.
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Miller,
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Parlor ai Bed
room
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ief iiff inn.
Artists.
Thomson & l'urscl are agents for
the celebrated Cyclone "Wind Mill, and
as the prices on them have been great
ly reduced they are now within thc
reach of all. Sample mill to be seen
at their planer in North Union. Call
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