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VOL. V.
UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY issi).
NO. 32.
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The Oregon scout.
An Independent weekly journal, tutted ev- '
cry Friday niornlni; h
JONES & CHANCE Y, i
Publishers nml Proprietors. 1
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plication.
Erg-Correspondence from all parts of the
country solicited.
Adrcss aliconmninicationsto theOr.i:r.o.v
Scout, Union Oregon.
ri;oFj:ssnN.u
It. Eakin,
.1. A. Kvkin,
Notary rublic.
J EAKIN, Ss BUOTHER,
Attorneys at Law,
Union, Oregon.
JSTPrompt Attention Paid to Collcct.ons.
JOHN It. CHUTES,
Attorney at Law.
Collecting and probate practice special
ties. Olllcc, two doors south of post-olliee.
Union, Oregon.
J X. CKOMWELL, Ma D.,
Physician ami Surgeon.
Oftlce. one door south of .1. 11. Eaton's
stoic, Union, Oregon.
C.
II. DAY, M. 1).,
II0MKPAT1I1C
Physician ami Surgeon.
AM. CALLS 1'KOMPTl.T ATTEXlllill TO.
Office adjoining Jones ISro'.s store. Can
be fcund nights at lo.-idence in South
west Union.
J . W. Sm KLi ox. J. M. C.uiuou..
gllUll'OK .t UAKKOLL.
Attorneys at Law.
Office: Two door south of pos'.-onice, Un
ion, Orejron.
Special attention given all business en
trusted to us.
T.
II. CUAWFOUD,
Attorney at Law,
Union, Oregon.
Olliee, one door south of Centennial ho
tel. g F. WILSON,
Conveyancer and Abstracter.
Abstracts to Ileal and Mining property
furnished on short notice, at reasonable
rates.
Sales of Ileal and Mining property nego
tiated. Collection business promptly at
tended to.
Otlice next door south of Post-office. Un
ion, Oregon.
A. L. SAYLOIi, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
North Powder, Oregon.
Has permanently located and will attend
all professional calls day or night.
Otlice: Drug store building; residence,
one door west of Kodgcr.-' hotel.
J W. STKANGE,
DENTIST,
La Grande, Oregon.
Will vis-it Union regularly on tins
first Monday of each month.
ALL WORK WARRANTED
FIRST CLASS
Cornucopia Saloon,
W.m. Wilson, Pi;op.
The Finest of Wines, Liquors
and Cigars always in stock.
FIKST CLASS BILLIARD TABLE.
Drop in and be ociable
Shannon Marshall,
THIS
Practical Horse Trainer,
Will always be found ut Booth- & Camp
bell's lively 'table.
T: ke our vieioin lmrsex to him and lie
will break th- m. Charge rtii-onablo.
to line t
Leuvfi Union dilly at Up. m. arrives at
Cove at 3 .30 p. m. ,
l.ottvim Cove at s a in , arrive at Union
ati):3Uu. m.
Connection made with Klliott roarhu
rniuiiug to tin depot, currying jMiiger
for iwst and wet bound train..
n.vri's fr p.tssr.NfiKiss. i.t ii.fii:
una ri:i:i(.irr, ui: MihAiu.i;.
fee.
lttfW3ON .V. I aY.1
PriprUtcr"
Written for llic ScofT.i
MTri.t: PUT AJfO MAMA.
A little glr! iUpe rasgeil.
Once got upon the train ;
Within her amis her dolly.
Amid the sleet and vain.
Her feet were lwrc and -hoelcss;
The wind win cold and bleak,
Neglect shown in her features
Her body frail and weak.
Conductor "Where's your ticket?"
"What's that?'' then aks the child.
He takes her hand 'tis fevered,
Her looks are strange and wild:
He asks her name 'tis Fanny;
'Ma willed me 'l.lttlc Pet !' "
She came la.t night and kissed me;
Put she was cold and wet.
They put her in a long box,
With llowers 'round her head.
And then told me. and Dolly,
"Your dear mama is dead !''
They took her to the railroad,
riut she came back last night
And lay down on my pillow,
With face all pale and white.
And now we want to tlnd her
She said that we must come
Me and my little Dolly,
And stay at mania's home.''
"You must return to papa!"
Conductor said to her.
"We can't we must find mama;
"We know that she's somewhere."
With both thin amis uplifted,
She placed them 'round his neck
And begged in childish accents,
"Please, please don't send me back,
"My new mama will whip me,
"And lock me up beside
"Will take away my Dolly
"Ma gave me when she died."
"Let tin and 'Little Dolly'
"Stay with you 'til we find,
"Dear mania's home and kiss her
"We'll both be good and kind."
The little girl's sad pleadings,
Had toucln d his manly breast!
"You -hai.'t go back to papa!
"Lie down, you need some rest."
The train went on and onward.
Sometime apparent wild,
'Til telc-r.- m g ive notice,
'Send back the truant child,
'The little cieature'.s hungry.
"And needs a bit to eat.''
So sayivg. the C nduetor,
Went fonvaid to her scat.
Ami there upon the cushion
With Dolly on her heart.
Lay 'Little Pet' in slumber,
Her eye-lids wide, apart.
Tenderly then ho touched her
Alas! it was too late!
She'd found her angel mama
Up there at Heaven's gate.
Will H. Minnick.
Oskaloosa, Iowa. 1KSS.
OKKROX NATIONAL GUARD.
Ofllclnl Orders to llio Members of the
Third lti-glinvnt.
UHAiiQt'AitTHits Tiimn Regiment
or Lntantky,
The Dai.i.s, (Or.). Jan. 21, 1889. )
tieneral Orders No. 1.
I. Company commanders will re
port to these headquarters immediately,
the enlisted man in their company
who has brought into the (service the
most recruits during the last quarter,
ending December .11, 1888, making
report, on the value of the recruits
brought in, and also on the qualifica
tions of the competitor in order that
the regimental medal may be awarded
to the most worthy man, in case of a
tie on the number of the recruits
brought in.
II. The award will ho made Jan.
20, 188!), and reports not in on that
date will not be considered as coming
at all, as in the eate of "no recruits."
III. Tho medal will bo sent to these
headquarters by the picsent holder at
once.
IV. The following men have been
granted honorable discharges from the
Oregon National Guard: Fred Saiz,.C
Company; W. L. Zeigler, K. H. Robie,
and W. F. Butcher, G Company; und
J. 0. Ivinsey. K Company.
V. Private B. F. Case is hereby
tuansferred from D Company to E
Company.
VL Tho following non-commis-Monod
otliccrs ate hereby reduced to
the ranks for neglect of duty Ser
geant E. Finton and Sergeant 8. G.
Griswoll, and Corporal J. B. Taylor, all
of I) Company.
VII. The following men aro hereby
disln noi iihly dimi-sod from the Oregon
National Guard for continued neglect
of duty : E. Fen ton, John Brown, H.
Kirk, S. G. GrifWi'll, and J. B. Taylor,
of D Company.; W. 1). Coyle, of G
Company, und II. W. Oliver, of I
Company. By order of
Chaiii.ks E. Moiioan,
Colonel.
OlUcialJ
JOHKTH I'. FirfSHItALI),
FiiBt Lieut, and Adj't.
F.irmciro and others in buying farm
implement1?, wagons, etc., will invaria
bly find it to thoir advantage to let
traveling agents alone and buy of well
known and reliable firms. Those who
jiiirclinn of Flunk Bros.' Implement
Co., of Irlnud City, will be suru of get-
i ting jtut what they buy, and may
count ii fair dealing every time.
. Their prm uu- Cued to suit the times
und thc ulwi have uu handd ultra
tor Kfrkh thifynM- 3
CHICAGO.
Letter From a Former Resident
of Union.
MACKS' MEDICAL MANEUVERS.
The Theatrical World .Madam Kawson
Work of the Newspapers.
Chicago, Jan. 20, 1SSS).
EniTOR Scout:
Dkaii Sin: Having just finished my
anxious perusal of The Scout, which
comes regularly to hand replete with
local news of my home beyond yonder
desert waste and mountainous peaks
and gorges, I strike a Brick Pome-royal
attitude in the oilice of the Totoni
of Health, 413 Wabash Avenue, and
will endeavor to earn my salary (as
Mrs. Duniway used to sny) as special
corresiomlent of The Scout. Many
of your readers will, 1 presume, re
member a ministerial, feanta-claus-appearing,
start-and-go-back-kind-of-a-fellow,
who it was said flies never lo
cated on without skutcs, commonly
known as "J. T.". Well 1 will just say
in behalf of Mc that he is a stayer and
is gradually building up a nourishing
business in Medical Lake salt prepara
tion!!, which stand on their merit.
There is but one purpose for which
Mack has found Medical Lake salt to
be a complete failure, and that is re
furnishing and decorating the surfaco
of a desert wasto that ho tries to hide
with his hat. But Mack holds his own
4 against the march of old King
Time, and I don't think he has lost ti
hair from his head since he came to
Chicago. The writer has had several
hair-raiting escapades sinco he has
been one of the wrangling and hust
ling multitude of this city, but is
still able to enter in the free-for-all
with percentage, however, somewhat
against him on account of injuries
received one year ago by :i fall on tho
icy pavement.
Icy pavements, by the way, are a
luxury we have not enjoyed yet this
winter. Talk about your mild Oregon
winters, tho climate of the beautiful,
aunny south, and all that, but what's
the matter with Chicago without a
flako of snow or a day's temperature
below freozing up to the 18th day of
January, and at this writing the tem
perature has fallen to 18 degrees above,
tho lowest of tho season.
But the evening News lays beforo
mo with signal service probabilities
looming up in sensational head-letter,
and it almost makes my teeth rattle to
think of how Chicago, like John L.
Sullivan, will fail in a great reforma
tory measure and allow fond hopes to
be, blasted and loving admirers to lose
confidence.
It has been a dull season from a
business standpoint on account of un
reasonable weather, and many estab
lishments havo gone to the wall that
might havo survived by tho naturally
expected winter trade.
The theatrical world, however, aro
wore than usually thrifty on account
of the pleasant weather, and hmhisc
inonts generally aro in order. Even
your reporter, who has seen better'
days physically, mentally and financi
ally, no longer ago than last night so
far departed from his habitual walkaJ
of life as to actually encumber .him
self with a lady companion and hie
away to the People's Theatre where
N. S.Wood's popular play, "Tho waif$
of New York," is on for tho week.
Such a play, I dare say, although quite
inferior to some that are rendered ut
Hooley's, McVieker's, The Ilaynuirkct
or Chicago Opera, would create a stir
among the towufolks of Union, especi
ally when in tho last scene a real New
York fire with hose-caits and lite en
gines is brought into utc on the stage.
But Billy the newsboy jumps from
the flaming window with his lilte
sister in his arms, the rtilliau is sup
posed to peiieh in the flamed, and tho
assembly of people as leisurly prepare
to go home as if they didn't euro a
snap whether the theatre burned or
not.
Chicago people aro frequently, to
line a board of trade term, uhott on
long wheat und long on short, but
they aro hardly ever short on sensa
tional matter, such us Madam Haw
aii's trial for tho tdiootiug of lawyer
Whitney '.n the criminal court lust
summer during the prorem of tho
trial ef her sou for the khooting of his
! utervfiUlrtr, JJunkor KawiJon. Her
ease is now being hoard jtnd has occu
pied the greater portion of the Week in
tho selection of a jury. This ense hint
involved considerable tragedy and has
stimulated tho Mrs. It. to hi come tho
authoress of a piny called "The bank
er's wife," which she contemplate In
troducing to tho public at the culmi
nation of her tii.il. Banker Kawson
is a cripple for life, the boy is behind
the bars, and lawyer Whitney, who,
very probably, was guilty of using
treacherous measures to secure dam
aging evidence against her in her di
vorce ease, has been taken to the mad
house a cripple and a hopeless maniac.
The Chicago Times is at present a
variety of ensatiollal woik, and has a
new libel suit about every day. Il
aired the work shops of the city, and
showed up tho hardships uf the Chica
go shop girls a short time ago, through
the reporlorial investigations of one
Nell Nelson who deserves much credit
for her work. It next took tho illegiti
mate piaclice of phy&iciuns up for a
hearing, and is now stirrirtg up the
animals in police hcad-quartors and
are demonstrating to a dead certainty
that Chicago's boasted policy depart
ment is rotten to tho core.
Your correspondent has been for
some time engaged in feeding the
hungry multitude on In and 20 cent
meals, but profits are light, and to
niako ii howling success of tho restau
rant business one ought to bo en
dowed with that, historical faculty of
multiplying loavet', fii-hes and beef
steaks to supply tho demand. There
is a sott of fascination or halueination
of the mind that takes held of a per
son after having boon rounded up in
Chicago for a few years that it seems
almost impossible to overcome, and 1
gue.ss I havo fell a victim to it like
many others who havo wasted their
lives in wrestling with fato in Chicago.
However, I may make my escape
from Chicago in the near future, in
Which event I will review the .scones
of my childhood near Iowa city and
endeavor to reach tho land of bunch
grass, sage-brush and fifty dollar nug
gets when tho robins nest again.
W. II. Mc.
.
HI.fi IN.
Nhwk t flio Wccli, nml inri Inimt. men
tion by an Oei'.'isloiuil CiUTospniuloiit.
The snow is leaving tho hills.
There is talk of a new doctor com
ing to our town in the early spring.
The Methodists are holding u pro
tracted meeting at t ho Pleasant hill
hchoolhouse.
Our barber, W. M. Snyder, is erect
ing a dwelling house Ho calculates
to stay with us awhile.
Itcv. Mr. Jones' meeting closed, af
ter a threa weok's session, without get
ting any one into tho rjvor.
J. T. Galuwuy will start his saw mill
the first of Maich, and will bo ablti to
furnish all kinds of rough and drested
lumber.
Prof. N. S. Wise's school, at Pleas
ant hill rehoolhouse, will close this
week. Ho gave aery gooil satisfaction
as teacher. '
The Baptists aro trying to intorept
tho people of Elgin in a ptotnietod
meeting. Kev. Mr. Waltz, of Baker
City, is assisting.
The citizens of Elgin and Cricket
flat held a mass meeting on the 26th
iust. in behalf of G. V. Hunt's rail
road. Hurrah for our town.
Mr. J. H. Payne is putting up a
hardware store and will bo rattling tho
tinware and nails around in about
three weeks. Wo wish him success in
the business.
Mr. 11. S. Galoway and brother hav
bought a ten hore power engine, and
shingle mill, from Staver A Walker,
and will have it running in this place
by iho first of March. Good hick to
the boys.
CUANK.
A Kottnil I.t'Kii! 0iluil.
K. Halnbridge Itunday Rs j., Coanty AMy
Clay Co., Tex., s.tys: 'Jin o used Kkeulc.
Hitters with inou happy rextilts. My broth
er also wax vory low with MalnrHil fever
mid Jniinnitii', but was cured by tbnelv mu
of Oil iii-dioiiie. Am Mtt.Mfh'd Kkctrlu
Hitters fciivwl bis life.'
.Mr. I. I. Wilcoxion. llore Cave, Ky..
addx a Ilka Nmtliuony, suylng: H positive
ly lnili(tvo bo would havo died, had It not
been for Klcetrin Utttem.
This r!at roinwly will ward oft", us uull
tlx cure all Malarial Disease. u'"l 1"' U
Kidney, Uvur and Htuiiuch ).ord. - .
stand unoqualtHl. l'rluu 60e. unlfl,
llrown' dnij; store, Union, Or.
Tho farmers of Union enmity l.mil l
look to thoir best iihm t .mil bu.
their farm iiiipnn ut u . ih' . un
do tlm bust, Fr.iiil. Pi 1
Co, Idiiud City eurrv in slojk a i. ri
nuoriui' ut of evi ruling: in tin li .,
Ulld tan uinl rcll all iyj.1, ivo. '.'
VENICE.
The Ucautiful Queen of the
Adriatic.
ITALY, ITS PEOPLE AND CUSTOMS.
An Oregortian's Description of Scenes in
Far-off Lands.
Venice, Doe. 17, 1SSS.
EtMTOii Orkoo:? Scout:
The Appeiininos are glorious now.
The hiah, glittering pinnacles of snow
clad peaks tower above the pass
through which wo must go from the
(huon side, to that of Venice. We!
j left our quarters in tho city of Genoa,
at 7 : 10, Doe. 1.1, and started for an
overland journey to tho upper part of
Italy. As wo ascended tho sloping j
hills that steal far down, vine-laden, j
to the outskirts of the city, a magnifi- j
cent, scene we iK-iieut. it is too rare
to portray with pen, for wo cannot put
li.'o and peaceful animation in words,
as iu colors. Tho low foot-hills are
covered with grape vines. This fonris
a very valuablo branch of industry
here. Tho occasional little hamlet
i nestled elo?e to the side of a brown
high stone forms the home of the
nionntaiueera of 1 taly. They are beau
tiful people. Tho vigorous climate
and cool atmosphere gives a tinge of
health and loveliness to their cheeks
that is not possessed by some of our
American maiiU in tho malarial (lis
tricls of old Missouri. These girls
trip around oVr the locks and dill's
like thegoatu over which they watch.
Slowly we gained tho dense heights,
and as the first, day closed wo wore
anxious to lie down, amid tho clouds,
scarcely to the summit of tho pass.
Night iu thetc mountains is the con
centration of all that is sweet and in
vigorating in life. Even when tired
and weary from a hard day's tramp,
we cannot go to sleep for looking at
tho sky, the sea, tho trees, tho wide,
wide valley of tho bounding Po, the
craggy peaks of tho Alps, and all that
the luxurious hand of Beauty can j
pour into the lap of Night.
Wei can sit on ii stono and gazo at
the shimmering bosom of the tranquil
ie.t and think of our own dear wives
afar o'er those peaceful billows, but
how many n long, long milo to the
uiialy vales of the Willamette I
Tho second day's travel brings us to
tho verge of the mountains. . How
beautiful 1 On both sides for miles wo
have a boundless oxpaiuo of waves,
tho Mediterranean behind us, tho
Adriatic before us. Tho lovely green
valleys lay smiling below on the
shores of both. Little villages cluster
heio and thero with their adjoining
fields of flowers and vines.
Wo start down to the other side.
Ci'onoa is a place of the past with us.
We can only remoinbiir how it was,
fir tho high old peak are between -us
and tho city. Tho Adriatic side is
more beautiful still. Wo wander
downward for several days wo see
the craggy upland wheio rises tko
famous llubicon we pass in sight of
Huvenna, and at last wo enter the
classic city of Venice. Hero wo do
uotseo the veloeipado, tho buggy, tho
bicycle, but cinuls for strcots and
boats for vehicles. Tho back grounds
of Vouicu arts vory picturesque. Tho
city in somewhut larger than Genoa,
and ifc seemingly livelier. Wo can
look farther down tho bay and sea
more vesxels riding at anchor, and
floating peacefully uwuy in tho blue
haze of tliu twilight.
The people kok moro intelligent.
Foreigners are welcomed here much
more heartily. But it still seems Ita
ly. The samo pure, blue sky, tho
same softness of tho l.tdon air. Melo
dy blows on the breeze, It is queer
what an effect a change of climate
works mi a person, It imparts a
frushncsfl of life, and a renewal of tho
exhausted vigor.
Sjiakcspoare choao u good placo for
tho )ocation of his Venetian merchant.
Tliu swarthy follows look at us with
the self-anmo expression that was
joutwd out in "1 am your Oracle, and
when I opa my mouth let no dog
bark."
j Img may Vonieo thrivs! and when
I ,!u tui'i.ht'of (his world shall como,
n: ... fltc j rmpor In hur glory still!
Cut!. ROHH.
I iik w oi r is just tho pajxjr to send
. t iu ywu. f. b uds. Try It.
now sioks Tin: tax.imyi:i: stash?
.V l'ou S.nlllf Kt'iiuirkH on tin- ("utility
Seal Question by a Corrf jiidrnt.
Editok Scout:
Within tho last few weeks tho citi
cens of this count nave been dis
turbed by a commotion that is not
entirely dead yet. A few of the peo
ple of our neighbor city, La Grande,
havo taken it into their heads that
Union has been the county seat of
this county long enough, and that it
will advance some personal interests
to letnovo the place of law and busi
ness to that out-of-the-way place.
Our taxes arc high enough ut pres
ent, and to remove the county proper
ty, and to build new buildings at this
time will necessarily incur' a heavier
rate of tax for seven or eight years to
come, and then it will not better tho
county when the extra expense shall
have been paid.
Wo are just entering on an era of
prosperity; our mines are just being
opened up, our markets are beginning
to be more ready and better, so to go
to tho very unnecessary expense of
removing tho county seat at this time
will surely mako us drop back oneo
moro into that state of heavy taxation
anil financial stagnation from which
we have so recently emerged. Such
a state is uninviting to immigration,
to business men, and to eapital. If
we wish to prosper, and to havo men
of means como among us, let us oiler
some inducements, and tho first one is
u low rate of taxation.
It is said by the La Grande papers
that the appointment of .1. W. Norval
as chairman of tho committee on
counties is favorable to La Grande, but
tho people iu general place too much
confidence in Mr. Norval lo boliovo
such an insinuation, audit is sincerely
believed that ho is under no obliga
tions to certain sections of people, but
that he goes to tho lcgislutivo halls of
Oregon with a feeling of deepest respect
and conscientious regard for the com
bined interests of tho people of Union
county, and not under obligation to a,
few long-sighted speculators at the city
of La Grande.
If the good Lord had wished to savo
time, and curtail tho exponso of feed
ing a largo army, ho would havo sent
a cable-gram to La- Grande and had
some of her "blowers" sent forthwith
to blow down tho walls of Jericho, for
it would' not havo taken seven long
days to tear down the walls if Ho had
given them a county seat move to
blow on.
If the matter is put to a vote of tho
tho people in two years from last
June, it will bo voted down, unless
some foul and sly moans are employed
to overbalance tho majority voto of
oui tax-payers. Our tax-payers aro
the men to settle this matter, and if
they aro allowed to exercise their voice
then they will stand tho result. If tho
people of La Grande could tee tho
burden of taxation that will follow
this move they would surely, liko bus
iness men, lot it drop and go at work
on improving tho property, offering
more extensive inducements to manu
facttues and all other kinds of enter
prises so it might, by virtue of its mer
it, location and business, attract peo
ple who seek a lively and prospering
town.
Union is the natural location for tho
county seat. Our southeastern pcoplo
havo far enough to como now to at
tend to tho business which must of
nocessity como to tho county eca,
while tho most oxtrcmo northern por
tion is within an easy day's drivo of
Union.
If tho railroad company, which owns
a few depots and warehouse grounds
along the lino, that were given it by
the settlers, is to bo mudo a silent but
very uotivo factor iu this movo, nnd by
uid of its funds and votes carry tho
selfish designs of La Orandu into
effect, our citizens who do thoir duty
iu supporting tho county and its busi
ness aro iu a poor way to exercise
their rights. A Tax-i-aykh.
I'Mti't Kxperltiioat.
You cannot atford to wasto tlmo In ex
perimenting when your lungs anln danger.
Ccj-iHUinptlon always seems, at first, only a
cold. Do not permit any dealer to impose
upon you with some cheap Imitation of Dr.
KIiik's New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, but be sure you get tho
genuine. Because lie can make more, pro
lit ho itiiiy toll you ho has something Just as
good, or juU tho jmmo. DonH bo deceived,
but lutlst upon gutting Br. King's New
nis, oviTv. which is Kimrantced to give, re-
Ik-f In all Turost, Lime anil Chest afiee
Horn. Trial booties free ut Brown's drug
(tow. LufrfO Mtfoi?l