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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1889)
Orego VOL. V. UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY I SSI). The Scout The Oregon Scout. An indcppnilrnt weekly journal, Kucd cv rry Friday mornliii; liv JONES & CI LANCE Y, I'liblisluTs and Proprietors. A. K. .Toi:s, I Editor, 15. CiiAsor.v, Foieiuaii. HATES OK SUlJSCItll'TIOX: One copy, one year Jfl.M) " " .Six month 1.00 " Throe inontos 75 lnvnrlnlily Cash In Advance. " btf chance nubtcription ure vat jxn'd till end of year, titv dollars will be charged. Hates of advertising made known on ap plication. JSfCorrespondencc from all parts of the country solicited. AtlrcsR all communications to theOi'.KOON Scout, Union Oregon. ritorcssioNAi.. It. E.VKIN, J. A. Kakin. Notary Public. EAK1N, & RROTHER, Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. JSTPrompt Attention Paid to Collect. ons. JOHN R. CRITKS, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special ties. Olliee, two doors south of post-olliec, Union, Oregon. J N. CROMWELL, M . D . , Physician ami Surgeon. Office, one door south of ,T. 11. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. Q II. DAY, M. D I10MKPATIIIC Physician awd Surgeon. A LI. CALLS 1'llOMITI.Y ATTKNDKI) TO, Office adjoining Jones Hro's store. Can be fciiiiul nights at residence in South west Union. J. W.Sur.i.TO.v. J. M. Caiiroll. gllELTON & CAUKOI.L. Attorneys at Law. Office : Two doors south of post-ofllce, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention given nil business en trusted to us. II. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Ollicc, one door south of Centennial ho tel. g F. WILSON, Conveyancer and Abstracter. Abstracts to Heal and Mining property furnished on short notice, at reasonable rates. Sales of Heal and Mining property nego tiated. Collection business promptly at tended to. Olliee next door south of Post-ofllce. Un ion, Oregon. A. L. SAYLOR, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, North Powder, Oregon. lias nennancntlv located and will attend all professional calls day or night. Olliee: Drug store building; residence, one door west of Kodgcrs' hotel. J W. STRANGE, DENTIST, La Grande, Oregon. Will visit Union regularly on tho first Monday of each month. ALL WORK WARRANTED FIRST CLASS Cornucopia Saloon, Wm. Wilson, Pitoi The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars always in stock. FIRST CLASS RILLIARJ) TABLE. Drop in and bo sociable Shannon Marshall, THE Practical Horse Trainer, Will ahvnvs be found at Iloothe it Camp bell's livery "stable. Take our vicious horses to him and he will break tli m. Charges reasonable. lm Line I: Civ:, Leaves t'nioudlly nt 2 p. m, arrival at ; Coveat:i:.'50p. m. U-avos I'-ove at a. m . arrive at Union at 0:30 a. in. Connections mudo with Klllotf woaehe runiiliiK to the dmt. t'rrylng wunirfc for rust ami muit UkiimI train. Htui nu.ioiii, iiiiamonaiii.i.i UQIIIKlWN I .WM I'roprMors MI'S RAILROAD t ! Proposition to Extend it Through Grande Konde Valley to This Citv. Direct Line From Union to Tacoma. A SUMSIOY OF ONLY SslSO.OOO ASKED. A Most Advantageous Offer to the People of Union and Wallowa Counties. Enthusiastic Mass Meeting at the Court House. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPOINTED livery Precinct in the two Counties Ear nestly Solicited to Call Meetings and Take Immediate Action. MnsH Mectlnic Culled Thr Coinmlttcn'H Atiilrcxs to the People. Hunt Addresses the People in Mass Meeting Assembled-Hnthusiastic Response. THE SUESIDY AV1LI. SOOXltEItAlSED. Over IS 10,000 Hurriedly Sulmcribre a a Miirter. We stated in onr issue of the 11th, from what information wo were able to obtain, a proportion would soon bo presented, by Mr. G. W. Hunt, the railroad magnate, to tho people of Un ion county, with tho object of the ox tension of the Oregon and Washington Territory railroad from Ccntcrville, Umatilla county, to this city, via. Sum merville. The proposition wan re ceived on tho lllh inst., and on Sat urday evening a mass meeting of our citizens was held at the court house to take the matter into consider ation. Much interest was manifested, and the house was packed with repre sentative citizens, many ladies being among the number. Following is tho secretary's report of tho proceedings : Meeting called to order by Mr. qA. K. Jones. On motion Mr. J. B. Thom son was elected chairman and Mr. J. M. Carroll secretary. Hon. L. B. Rinehart was called upon to Bt.ite the object of the meeting, and said that ho had recently had several long con ferences with Mr. Hunt in regard to the extension of his railroad to this city; that Mr. Hunt had submitted a proposition to him to he put before the people of Union and Wallowa counties, and that tho meeting was called for tho purpose of bringing tho matter be fore tho people, for them to act upon. The proposition of Mr. Hunt, togcthci with a letter from him were handed to tho secretary and read. The following is a copy of tub lkttkr: Wallula Junction, Jan. 8, 1889. Hon. L. B. Ilinehart, Union, Or., Dkak Silt: Agreeable to your re quest, I herewith enclose you proposi tion to tho citizens of Union and Wal lowa Counties, Oregon, which will ox pluin itself. You will seo by my propsition that the time is extended for the comple tion of the road to the first of Septem ber 1890. Tho reason for this is to protect myself and givo myself plenty of timo in thccvcnt of anything occur ring that would cause me to lose' my subsidy. Nevertheless if my propsi tion is accepted and Mihsidy raised and everything satisfactory so that I can tret to work in tho carlv nart of Anril ioxt, I expect to and will in all prob ability get road completed to Union in timo toako out next fall's crop, so you will sec the necesiity of your peo ple acting promptly in this matter. Thin might eeem to souio of your people quite an amount to donate or givo rwuy, hut yoir will hoc after care fully examining the situation, and what you are going to get hy tho com pletion of this road that you will not ho giving mo in one tense of the word anything, hut on tho other hand I will ho placing your jwojilo in a portion that tliuy will make twice thUnmutiiit back this llrit year, ami that they will only bo giving luu hunk part of wlmt I am helping llioiii to iimke, and dirt lier Unit tlivy tlii'ii will liuve it for nil time to come. Besides will add largely to the value of their properties, as well as to bring into your county qmto n largo amount of additional taxable propctty which you will readily see. All of which I hope will bo satisfactory to you and your people. 1 remain Yours trulv, G. W.'lIUNT Pres. and Geu'l Manager, Oregon and Washington Territory Railroad Co. Following is a copy of tho l'KOI'OSlTION : Wallula Junction, Jan. 8, 1S80. To the citizens of Grande Hondo Val ley, and of Union and Wallowa conn ties, all of Oregon : In regard to your enquiry of extend ing the Oregon and Washington Ter ritory railroad from Ccntcrville, Uma tilla county, Oregon, to Union, Union county, Oregon, 1 hereby mako you the following proposition, to-wit: 1 will extend and build tho Oregon and Washington Territory railroad from Centreville, Umatilla county, Oregon, to Union, Union countv, Oregon, for a subsidy of ($1SO,000.00,) one hundred and eighty thousand dollars and the right of way and difyot grounds at Summervillo and Union, and at all in termediate points, wherever tho com pany sees lit to locate depots, and you citizens to get the right of way from the summit of the Blue mountains to Union, including in and out of Union, all this to ho on the company's line, or wherever they may locate their rail road. Bond to be completed on or be fore the lirstof September, 1890. Sub sidy payable and to bo paid as follows : The first half, ninety thousand dollars ($90,000.00) to ho paid On laying tho track into Union, and tho company ready to take freight and do bu.-iness; and the second half, ninety thousand dollars (.90,000.00) payable twelve months after thocompletion of tho track into Union, with good negotiable notes bearing interest at tho rate of six percent, per annum, until paid. In consideration for tho above sub sidy, will transport, or cause to be transported to some convenient harbor at tidewater on Pugct sound, all ship ments of produce of the country, after the construction of tho said railroad, at a rate not to exceed tho prices that the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. charges to Portland. This odor to bo accepted or rejected by your most wor thy citizens on or before April 1, 1889. G. W. HUNT. Pres. and Gon'l Mnn'gr Oregon and Washington Tcr. Railroad Co. On motion a committee of seven was appointed by the chair, for tho pur pose of considering the proposition of Mr. Hunt, and to report their views on the samo to tho meeting. Tho com mittee consisted of T. II. Crawford, L. B. Rinehart, A. 13. Eaton, A. K. Jones, S. A. Pursel, G. M. Irwin and A. J. Goodbrod. Tho coinmitteo repaired to tho clerk's oflico, and after duo con sideration of tho matter, submitted a report, which, on motion was unani mously adopted. This report was pub lished in our last issue. The meeting was then addressed hy T. II. Crawford, I,. B. Rinehart and A. 13. Eaton, who reviewed tho advanta ges that would inure to tho people of this section of the State by the build ing of this raihoad. Tho eloquent and stirring speeches mado hy these gentle men were listened to with interest, and elicited enthusiastic applause. On motion an executive committee was appointed by the chair, as follows: R. Eakin, J. H. Hutchinson, A. E. Eaton, W. T. Carroll, G. W. Ames, Jos. Wright and T. II. Crawford. On motion tho executive committee was instructod to present each of the Union and Wallowa county papers with a copy of the resolutions, for pub lication. On motion tho meeting adjourned, AIJWtKHB OK THKJ.'OM.MITTKH. To tho people of Union and Wallo wa counties: Tho. proposition of Mr. G. W. Hunt to extend hU railroad from Ccntcrville to Union, Oregon, via Summervillo, merits your most careful and earnest consideration. It is truo that this subsidy demand ed, at a first glance, appears large, hut when you consider the bouelHs to tho pcoplo tributary to said road upon its completion, you cannot fail to see that they are Immoasurubly larger than tho subsidy demanded. ThU road when completed will place you in easy freight communication with tldo water on PiiKeUouiid, wxl tliugicut irmloiiiurU of tliu world. On owy (on of frolglit j that you ship to tide water yon will save in friight at least two dollars, bo sides you will save at taist two dollars per ton in hauling and deliveiing your freight at the railroad depot. Here is a clear profit to our people of at least four dollars per ton on all their pro duce raised for market in tho section of country tributary to this road. Tho amount saved to our people from this source alone in two years would more than pay tho subsidy demanded. Mr. Hunt binds himself, his compa ny and its assigns to carry your height t6 tide water on Paget sound for t lie samo rate and pi ice charged by com peting lines, on the same class of freight to Portland, Oregon. How does this eireet you? Take tho item of wheat alone. At the town of Center ville, whore this contract is in opera tion between Mr. Hunt, and the peo ple, on his depot platform wheat is worth four cents per bushel more than on tho platform of the (). It. A, N. dc- ppt-nttho same place. In other words Hunt's railroad has enabled I he fann ers ofthnatilla county who are tribu tary thereto to realize for their last year's wheat crop, foureentsper bush el more than they would have other wise realized, hut for said road. An advance of four cents per bushel upon all the wheat grown in 18S!) tributary to this proposed road when completed, will go a long way toward paying this subsidy. Again, tho completion of this road will open up a market for all of the surplus hay, oats and barley grown upon our fertile valleys; it will en hance tho value of our agricultural lands at least five dollars per aero; it will render acocssablo a largo area of our finest timber; it will encourage immigration, develop our latent re sources, sot in motion the wheels of numerous manufacturing enterprises, and mako us an industrious, thrifty and progressive people. It will large1 ly increase our taxable property, light en tho burdens of taxation, and in a fow years make Union tho second county in tho State, in point of wealth, population and influence. Tho completion of this road will prodcuo a lively competition in freight and passenger Iralic in Eastern Ore gon, which must necessarily result in reducing transportation charges to a basis of just compensation. This will save to our people in a few years a vast sum of money. Mr. Hunt's proposition boars upon its face tho ovidenco of good faith on his part. Not one dollar of this subfi dy is payablo until tho entire road is completed and ready to take freight, and then only one-half, and the bal ance in ono year from tho completion of tho road, with interest tit six per cent, per annum ; ho that if tho road is not built, you will not have any thing to pav. Hit is built you will save in freight tho first year more than enough to pay ouo-half of your share of tho subsidy. Wo bolievo this subsidy can and will bo raised. To that end wo urge every man who is to bo bcnelited by this road to aid tho untorprieo to tho ut most of his ability. Wo urge tho people to call meetings to discuss tho proposition, and orga nize for tho work. It. EAKIN, Chairman. O. W. IIL'.VT ADDUKMKH A MASS M,".lJTJNa In response to to tho call of tho committee, tho people) gatheied in mass meeting at the court house in 'this city last Tuesday at 2 o'clock I', m. to hear what Mr. Hunt had to say, personally, concerning tho proposition. Representative citizens from every portion of tho county wcro present, and tho court house was literally jammed full, standing room in tho aisles and corridor being at a premium. Tho meeting was called to order by Hon. It. B. Rinehart. Mr. 13. P. Mc Dauiel, of tho Cove, was elected chair man and B. V, Wilson secretary. Mr. T. II. Crawford then nddrefltd tho meeting at length, and reviewed tho situation in all its bearings. Ho was followed by Mr. A. E. Eaton and W. T. Wright, whon Mr. Hunt was callud iiK)u and stated his proposition, tho samo as is oihboditKl in hid oomiuunl- cations given above, 11 preswntod to I tho ponplt in tt cluar and concise manner tho advantages tha0 would i mioruo to tlinin, as well as himtolf, by raming tho subsidy of .f fl),0M uekwl, and ox pi ui nod his proportion in nil Its ' pilau, and niuvvurdtl wititfautorlly u number of quottluiiK propoiimM ui 1 Mill iiullceriiinir it IJuMatwl that hu was in hopes tho jcoplo would see tho gtvat advantages of such a road, and raise the subsidy. If they did, they might rest assured that his part of the agreement would be strictly carried out, and the road completed in tho time specified any way, and in all proba bility tho oars would be running hy next fall. Mr. Payne, of Walla Walla, a mem ber of the boaid of trade of that city, was then called on and explained tho workings of Mr. Hunt's road in that country, and tho great benefit it had been to the people there. Ho said that tluy were greatly elated over Mr. Hunt's road, and had received, the first year, benefit-' greatly overb.illan eiug all they had given liim in the way of a subidy. He thought this was a golden opportunity for tho peo ple of Union count , and ono which they should lose no timo in taking advantage of. Mr. Taylor (lioon then spoke at con siderable length, reviewing tho prog ress of the country from the time when it was a great sea of waving grass, and tho homo of innumerable herds, and when tho only met hods of transporting freight was by the crawling ox team, to tho present. He expatiated on tho great necessity that now existed for a competing line of railroad, and ox pressed his willingness to contribute generously to tho subsidy. The moating was then addressed by Hon. 1. 1. Rinehart, S. L. Mclvinsey of Siimmerville, Hon. Dunham Wright of Medical Springs, and others. On motion Mr. Hunt, W. 'P. Wright and T. 11. Crawford wero appointed to draft a t'unporaiy contract. Motion made and carried that tho precincts of Cove. Island City, Sum mervillo and 131gin each appoint an executive committee to confer and work in conjunction with the execu tive committee of Union precinct. On motion tho meeting adjourned. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed throughout tho entire mooting, and it has been increasing over since. A hurried circulation of tho subscription paper was niau'e yesterday, morning before Mr. Hunt and party left for Summervillo, and some !'10,000 was subscribed, mostly by small property owners. A number of our largest property owners were absent and could not bo seen, but all will subsciibo lib erally. Union ptoposes to do her part, and if tho oilier portions of tho county will do as well, the subsidy will bo raised in a very short time. It is a matter of iutoicat to every man in tho county, and every man should aid to tho best of his ability. Tnu La Grande Gazelle cxultingly leniarks: Tho O. R. it N. road holds the key to Grande Rondo valley and could and no doubt would have cars running to extremes of Wallowa before a permanent survey of a competing lino could bo mado, if there was any neces sity for it. No ono will dispute tho statement over which the Gazelle seems to chuckle witli so much self satisfaction. Tho people havo boon fully awaro of the fact for a number of years past, but-thank God tho day of doliveranco is near at hand. When tho 0. II. & N. Co. alighted tho best interests of this valloyby building their road along the mountain side to please La Grande, they wero "monkeying with tho combination" and tho "key" tho Gazette speaks of will bo rendered use less. That "key" remark is suggeativo of conlinemeut, tyranny and tribute, and comes very appropriately from tho Gazelle. Mr. G. W. Hunt will, how ever, opun another door at Hummer ville a wide, free door for everybody Io,uho, and it will then mako no differ ence about tho La Grande door or who holds tho "key." As for tho road to Wallowa wo hopo it wi'.l bo built nt once. It will hurt nothing but La Grande. When it is built and La Grande ij transfonned from a shipping point for u largo area of country into a switching ttatiou it will begin to wish it had never heard of a "key." Tim mad would greatly benefit Hum mervillo by making a junction at that place, TJie star of Summorvillo is in tho aneundancy, and while wo expect soma day to havo u brush with our friondg thuro on tho county seat ques tion, wo aro glad to note tho bright noss of its future prospects. Wuutml, Wo want ovi ry purmni Indebted lo iu to eull ami ftoltio by lliu ArQt lliti year. Wo will tube ouU. wheat or Urley-or tlut uult, o ooriiu to tliu front without iMuy. Wo uiwu uliicti mid uitat bivVi NvVirt U iNCKATi'rrui:. Somen lint In Mm Manner tif lie rlu Nmotrtlie Ifnnit that Knto Mini llrend. Union, Jan. 20, 1889. Editon Orkho Scorr: Ate dreams in order? if so I will re late one I had tho other night. I dreamed that 1 lived in a little town of eight or nine hundred inhabitants, situated very near the geographical center of tho county, and it was tho county seat; having good, comfortable buildings, and the county very nearly out of debt. The inhabitants thereof being about evenly distiibutcd round about, so tho said county seat was also situated as near the center of popula tion as could be. And everything was lovely. Now I dreamed that there was a citizen of this county who was a phil anthropist, who had a line intellect and unbounded business qualifica tions, the only man, perhaps, who was really capable of doing business for tho county. 1 dreamed that this philan thropist offered to sacrifice and de scend from, and abandon the higher plain of society which justly and legit imately belonged to a man of his lino intellect and classic education, and take his1 place in the lower walks of life among the meek and lowly. And I also dreamed that he did so love tho dear people that ho, with aforethought and mature deliberation, did agree to sacrifice and utterly squander all of those brilliant opportunities and spend the balance of his natural life in their service, for and in consideration of tho mere pittance of a county olliee, for instanco the olliee of county clerk or sheriir, he didn't care which, but would prefer tho former; any way so the dear people would receive tho greatest possible benefit from his valu able services. This valuable oiler was mado from timo to time, that is to say every two years for a long time, but through stupidity or lack of apprecia tion tho dear pcoplo didn't seem to reciprocate, or in plain English they evidently didn't want him. Now tho very efficient and benevolent county otlicials, through sympathy for his feeble and delicate condition not be ing able physically to perform manual labor, his emaciated form scarcely tipping tho beam at 225 pounds did from tilne to time give him odd jobbs about their offices whereby ho might honestly earn bin bread and butter. And I dreamed that this long-winded philanthropist, after long suffering and repeated failures togthrust his val uable services upon the pcoplo of this county, and when human nature could no longer stand tho pressure, his wrath and indignation knew no bounds, notwithstanding tho many fa vors and tho aforesaid broad and but ter, but did then and there determine and resolve, with tho aid of a neigh boring hamlet on tho hillside, to utter ly destroy, tear down, knock out, bust up, raze to the ground and blot out from the face of tho enrth tho aforesaid county seat, and carry tho mangled and bleeding remains to the hamlet on tho hillside. With this intent upper nfost in his mind, with blood in his eye, and the prospect of a speedy re venge, ho did, notwithstanding his attenuated and debilitated condition, face tho rigor of midwinter and hie himself to Eagle and Pino valleys, armed with written documents and engines of death wherewith to procure aid and authority to consumato tho aforesaid demolition. I further dreamed that this belligerent citizen, with slender constitution and fine bus iness qualifications, on Icing informed by some kind friend that his gooso was cooked and his scheme a failure, ht having no more raw goose on hand very wisely arrived at tho conclusion that ho might as well step down from tlio candidate's block whore ho has boon standing for tho last six or eight years and retire from tho political field. At this juncture I awoko to find tho sun high in tho heavens, tho teakettle singing merrily on tho stove, and my dream a reality. If the above coat fits anyone hereabouts let him put it on. W. F. Davis. IIcicm It Pay? riircc-fourths of our people are troubled with Dyspepsia or hirer Complaint in samo form or other, which by nature ot the dis ease 1i:ih u depri'sxiiiglnfiiienco on the mind or body, preventing them from thinking or acting clearly in any matter of Importance. Indigestion, coming up of food after eating, dyspepsia, sick headache, acidity of tho Ktomuch or any derangement of the stom ach or liver (upon which tliu whole action of our syscm depend) arc speedily and af fectuiilly overcome by tho uso of Green's August Flower. Tho most stubborn cases have yielded to its tnlhicnce, as thousands of letters received will testify. Tho lm liienso sale of tliU medicine N another utiar antce of Its merrlts, (over a nilllon and a half bottles sold lust year.) So wo ask. will you suller from any of tho above dii canes when you can havo Immediate relief In tho August Flower. Three doses will prove Its worth. It is nold by all drugglsti and generul dealers In nil parts of tho world. Buy of Frank Bro'a Inipllmont Co., of Inland city who arry tho finest stock of standard ImplimenU found in Eastern Oregon. Tlwlr rm wl prlccn will tftiii ttnyoiM. Thy nlwy hiiva on baud wctru ! rnplr for good thvw)l wbMi U u ufcttW l