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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1889)
TWvr OREGON SCOUT , . Ai s K JOM-. - - I i" i : The Oregon Scout has (is large a ri.vc lation as any tiro papers in (his sec Hon of the State, combined) and is cor respondingly valuable as an advertising medium. , I Thursday, Jan. 31, ISSfhi Snb'crliitluns to tlie Sulislily Hunt it:il!rmil 4 Tin subscriptions to the Hunt rail road subsidy in this city is moving along slowly, but in a very satisfactory manner. Some $-15,000 is now on the paper, which hits been subscribed in sums varying from !?o000 to $2-0. Some three or four of our heaviest tax payers and men who are expected to subscribe liberally are out of the coun try and cannot be seen at this time. No subseiiplions for less than the aboVe- amounts have been taken yet, nlthouuh there are a hundred men in this precinct who will subscribe in cuius ! varying from one to two hundred dol lars each. We can assure the county at large that Union preuint will do its share, and more than its share in rais ing the subsidy. If other points do as well, the rumble of Hunt's raihoad cars will bo heard thioughout the valley before next winter. In a ISncl Humor. Tho Pendletoi. Tribune savs: The Ln tirande Gazette is exceedingly ill- tempered over tho proposed change of county scat and descends to personal abuse simply because, the Tribune has fit. to allude to the matter. Its iteration that there is no attempt to dismember Union county, shows the : editor of that paper to bo densely igni rant of what is goinu; . n, or gtuly of wilful mhicpit mutation Tii. Gazette also claims- tbat the prompt ct o, ..n en sibling act being pntsed is exceedingly j bright. If so we can si e no n.Tctsiiy j nf tlu owner of the Gazette bciii' in S.ilem, using argunionis for the favor- j .,i.i.. ,.,,wHl,.i-nM(m nf lull, that to 1 iiVIIV Vl'HIV.' .- , , some are more persuasive and otent ! executive committee was appointed and than an honest showing of the facts. g c.u Inten si. nianife.-ttd. Wo arc assured The inducements he h.is already ode rod that i!ie people of tho Cove will nut be bc 3U something more substantial than ; hind in this important matter aigument, shows that the purported i An enthusiastic mass inectinp of the, peo- exceedmg brightness ot the prospects of the passage of the enabling act lcsts entirely upon the contents of the saclc he has been provided with. J'rom Cornucopia. Mr. Henry Rust, of the Pacific Brewery, returned a day or so since from a visit to Cornucopia, the seat of the Pine Cieek mines, and ton ro orl or ho state.-; that business at that camp is very good considering the winter season and the people there are hope ful of tho future of tho mines. -Mine owners arc doing a large amount of development work and the ore veins are widening out ami becoming richer as work progresses. The lied Jacket mine, owned by tho Oregon Cold Min ing Company, is yielding largo bodies of gold sulohurets and hundreds of tons of ore is now ready to be hauled to the mill for reduction. Tho com pany will start up the mill as soon as the weather permits and a good divi dend to the enterprising company will undoubtedly bo the result. Meritocrat. Ho Takes tlie Cake La Grande comes to the front with tho meanest man on earth. His name is Jhowser. He told Jim U.irkins a half interest in a cow and then leftued to divide the milk, maintaining that Harkins owned the front half. Last week the cow hooked him and he has brought suit befoie Justice Kllsworth against Harkina for damages. Ju order to compromise the matter Harkins offered to sot a price, and give or take, so that one or tho other might be sole possessor of tho animal, but Browser wouldn't do it, and swears that tho only way that cow shall be divided it. to cut her in two with a cross-cut saw. Uiowser also wants to divide the county and raise sheol with the county seat, and Harkins doesn't. That's the dif ference in the style of the two men. Siiinlliiox lit Walla Wnlln. ., . Some little, alarm prevails over the fact that two cases of smallpox aio re- norlcd at Walla Walla. Lwry precau - tion should bo taken to prevent tho scourge being brought to Pendlolon, there is no nccoity of lieeiuning un duly alaunel. The Uoaid of Health of Walla Wulla has ordered tbat all meetings, places of aniui-eiuent and public gatherings be discontinuul. Owen Cecil, one of the smallpox vic tim, ij said to be living at the pest houco. The siroct where he was living when discovered to be suffering from the dUouw, has been barracaded, with U. Kveo-l.oJy I. g.Um, vcin- ated. V. Why Iff Klukh. The Eaglo Rock (Idaho) XfffiUer ; (lOtnplain that it cannot get the news , swrosto bo lu u iwu way. u u cnanicing, from Roise while Uiv legislature i in , tntar!ioru ally iHakl"B. tr m a hang PMion. and m s : "Tliore ar four rep-1 doodle to an clephont-n enoruioiu ele rewnUtives in hoth liounea of tho phant on the bund-, of it. uiiUui.-.y owner.. lirUlaturc. 0Vi.iv one of whom the JleguUr has mipportetl ardently tor awry office their nmc .have been mentioned for the post eight yean, and nevor received mo much a h tiiekle for it, ami neither one of them lmve con detceuded to tend u ovon to much ns printed copy of one bill that hua hten WMented, altliough they have voted thtuiwlwa 5 worth of Mge IM... .I..... i..r llin 'ilLtfiAT Ui t ii it. pwfeot work iu reUilidtkH. U -Of I, INT mi'UTt. N. Gtlir e.l it, t y Tlti Vp . t n t lleri.il i..-itrr. ('" t w and ui'-tle. Levy lead.- in iiurchaiidi. Cholea ajples for aat.--ll. r. lhituinu. T1m bc!t nf accommodations at the Depot hotel Felt hat at cost at JI re. Rinehart's mil linery store. The Stmdny dinners at the Hon Ton r tanratit arc excellent. New subscribers' to Tns Scout are com ing in at an HStonishin rate. hadles' Miases'and children's hoods and tobojans for sate at coat at Mm, Uino- hart's Yesterday whs Chinese New Year's day, ar.d our almond-eyed brethren fioin acrosi the sea made thing? pretty lively. Any consideration with which you will treat vour overdue account at tlie Cove drui store jmt now will bo highly apprcet- j ated . ; The immediate appraisal preliminary to I :v public sale of over 100,0: 0 acres of the I'niatilla reservation has been recommend ed by the commissioner of the general land otnee. Ucmrnibcr that Mr. Hunt will take your wheat in payment of his claim at fifty cents pi r bushel, or at the market price above tlnwo figures. Farmer.-, what more could vim uk'.' A remonstrance to the county seat move was eit ciliated in l.a Grande and Inland City this wceK, by .lamci llutchinmu and Nels. s-'elioonovor. and about lifty names more were secured. Kaniombcr that every property owner in (irantl llonde vidluv will bo benefitted to a large extent by the. Hunt railroad passing i through tlie valley, l'ut your names down I for a liberal aiumtnt and the subsidy will be j raised wi.hout difficulty. I Tin- lare amount of taxable property , whii b the H int railroad would bring into the coir. ty would lighten on taxi s, increase (In. wriK- f other prupeny and stamp th.i'.i upon thi home in the section through win- ll it pusses. A nicotine of the citizen- of the Cove was he'd hut satin day to take into coiisulera- tion the Hunt raliroaii nri'P'isuion. in j,!e 0f Klsm and vicinity was held last Sat- urdav. to tako stuns towaul raisinir the Hunt railroad subsidy. We have not been j able to get a report of tho mertiiiK, but an j executive, committee was appointed and 1 the woik commenced in earnest. Our correspondence is n.oro than usually inteivting thii week. We present our readu-., with a poem from Will Minniek, Iowa, a letter lrom Venice, Italy, by Carl lioss, a letter from Chicago. III., by Win. McC'oiiias, and our lvjuilur letter from Washington city, by J. H. C. Mrs. Marion Martin, aged about CO. com mitted suioidu at Cottage Giove. Oregon, Saturday, by taking strychnine. Marion Martin, husband of tho suicide, is a well known pioneer ot that section, and (!.") or 70 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Martin arc well and favorably known to many ncople in Fnion county, Who will regret to hear of this.' Mr. Payne, of the linn of Payno Urns., of Walls Wallu, says of Mr. Hunt's road in that country that its advent raised fiinn property along the line from five to cloven dollar-" per acre; that the advance in prop erty in tlie city had increased much more than was tliouejit it would, while tlie saving in a business point of view hod been in ex cess of the subsidy of 100,001) asked by Mr. Hunt. These aiv telling facts. The incentive to the people of .Smutuer ville and vicinity, and Indian valley, to subscribe liberally to tho Hunt railroad subsidy is very great. If tho Hunt road is built, there will in nil probability be a branch road from l.a Grande to tho Wal lowa country, which will give them two ompeting lines. If th Hunt road is not built, the branch of the 0. It. &N. will not bo built and they can count on that for a certainty. The O. H. t N. company will never build that road till they are forced to. Senator Chandler, of liuker county, in troducod his bill to annex a portion of Un ion count v to liuker, in the senate last Mon- biY. We arc reliably informed that, ae- cording to the reading of this bill, the lino will run but a mile or aft east of this place and will tako tl o Covo Into llakor eountv. Da'ter and La Grande arc , standing in together, and between i lhe nf),ni!li machinations of tho i;0dlam soenis to have been turned , loo 1( ,ooks ,,ku this 8()rt 0f fooIlHli- ness would become wcarisomo to tax-pay crs after awhile. The v luihful editor of the Centervlllo Home Press is too vindictive by far. He ' say: 'i-'iMiik Cook, one of our :ood(?) iii.er;bers at I'.lla, Mo. row county, lia 111 t nun via" .'. i skipped the country without pay ilujM t itliN naiier which amounts in i.. yi. Mav ho lie totd on tho devil's red-hot pitilifoil; for the rest of his natiual life is tlie prayer of a sinful eiino.- Now we r:,l'i'"'w:r;;1,"'T,:,,,t . j Jtu MltX , , , .,.,,- .. tln.ii if ilin enM rmld I about ton yonr. ami then if tho cu paid up all orrearai'c wu should foigivo him and call U uure. The WhauedooUlo ucrow the streot Tlu weeic. ar. nur-j iu, ! ... niacuitleciit sum of five dollar to litm in hand pull. sold. K oi tho other aloek lioldeii, ah hi right and HUo In the oje nhaiit, bUsU comdated of one fifty dollar hare upon which he bad paid Uilrly-llve .i.ji.m Willi th lueanaittency natural to fcumuuliv ikefaultiaatl kid on brother Ir- win fur ihl.BtaUiof affair. i ii oilier irwin i 'lioMotu b waw it in MintclmiK a iuner bald h but h' CMi i utatiageR j Mra.lv .Um Urtcer tu ui.ybu.ly tae, rlrrman's Meeting. T. I II i1 L. Ci in-1 at the C t Colin j The Scout- WorVly Inspection nmt Uo-illiha-; h 'S M Ilda ovilltngof last week, I rt or friend oIV Duty, iitid ilic lo.lowiiis iuiness wns transacted: I A onmiit iv i-on-Mii;,' of CM:. Davis K. j Mr. J. M. Thy culled on u a few davs t-'. Johnxon and W. A. Hall were appointed to confer with the trustees of the churches i in rcpard to placing fire alarms on the ' clmrrh bells. The secretary wn ordered ! to inccrtnln the probable cost of freight on ' ati engine, cart, etc. from New York. The ! foreman was instructed to dispose of the ! triangle belonging to the company Or j dered that the president draft and have ! printed suitable certificates of membership j and tbat each member be presented with one, who has been a member over seven years. M. F. Davis and 11. Chancey were j appointed to act with the president in pro i curing certificates Nominations for ofib j eers to servo the cu-uiug year were made a follow : For president, J. M Carroll; 1 vice president, 1 P. WINon: secretary. H. ' W. Davis; treasurer, II. Chancey; foreman, C. K. Dai and W. A. Hall; assistant fore- ' Levy. Another Swlnillo. Small towns throughout the state arc complaining of an ingenious soap swindle which is being worked. Fe male agents, claiming to bo from Chi cago, canvass at houses, IcAving a cake, of soap as a sample. They return and ask the lady to sign a printed "testi monial," the snmo to be presented to the croeers to inlltictice the latter to handle the trade. The testimonials afterwards turn up as "orders," calling for soap in various quantities at fancy nrices Tho wording ot tlie so-caiieu "testimonial" is very ingenious j The Pendleton East Oregonian says: ' "11 nut's r.-ilroad de es not seem so far i away as formerly. It is evident that i if every property owner puts his shoul ' tier to the wheel" as he should, tlie rail road will be rolled into town without ' difficulty. 'There is a tide in the atVairs . of men,"' (and the immortal Shakes ' peare might have added, towns), which, ! taken at the turn, leads on to fortune." I Pendleton's tide has come, and the op portunity must bo grasped. Notice of involution. Tho partnership heretofore existing be tween A. .Stalker A- Son, Half Way, Union county, Oregon, is this SHh day of January, lkS:i. dissolved, A. 1!. Stalker having bought A. ytalkor'i interest, will continue the business at the above named place, and will pay all debts of the firm. All parties knowing themselves indebted to said firm will please settle at their earliest conven ience with A. It. Stalker. Till COVE. Our UcROlnr CorresponilrJtt's WtM'kly I'liilK"! f New. Covk, January 30th, 1S89. The ladies' guild will give their sec ond sociable at Mrs. Jlel Campbell's this evening. Tho wire is being erected for the new telephone line. It will be completed bv Saturday. Drawing for a valuable music box will take ulace at tho drug store Sat- uulay of next week at ll v. M. ' Miss Mary Jones is seriously ill this week. She" is under tho cato of Dr Doerine: with Dr. Honaii in consulta tion. Judd Geer has received an appoint ment as clerk in tho State Legislature and will sojourn in Salem during the session. In Justice Sanborn's court tho civil case of J. M. Jones vs. W. T. Davis, to recover money, wa postponed till Friday of this week Mrs. Ilulick, mother of tho Hulick brothers, is suffering from a partial stroke of paralysis. She is well ad vanced in veins and her condition is considered critical. Lu licmillard of Uutto has been in town for several days purchasing heavy truck horses. He was successful in fmdinir and securing a number that suited him. Mrs. liobinson and daughter, Hosotte ' are at linker City attlto bodsiiio oi Mrs I Annie Weaver, who has been very sick but was thought to bo improving at last accounts. Mr. Albert Wather, a nephew of A R. liobinson, arrived from Australia on Tuesday, where her has passed tho last seven years. The gentleman says tho snow viewed on Mount Hood, as ho cuine up the Columbia, is tho first he lias seen for seven yi ars. Tho citizens held an informal mil road 1110011111: last .Saturday at tho hall After considerable spirited debate in . i regard to tho railroad company insiir , iinr tho location of a depot near J'hy'a - . . , I'OIIlt, 1110 lOIIOWIIlg guiiucnnui wuiu placed on a conimittco to solicit stih scriiitioiis and to confer with Mr. Hunt concerning what favors he would show this place if tho road is built, viz: Messrs. E. P. MoDaniel, James Payne, M. W. Mitchell, A. V. Conley and Gcorgo ft ray. A Union girl camo near practicing her affection for another on mo last wtH'U 0. unci I oanio near being a favoiite when ladies' choice was called at the hut dance C. Well, well, is that telephone? I thought it was a limbic box L. 8. Please excuse nio from tho set a moment L. Having to pay for a paralyzed sleigh made it rather dear coasting O. I am about an young as I titod to bo and ready for a toil aguin Ii. Not much; I'll try and got along witho .t any messages l.om spint lanu ims oUmiiB -io- n. . " . .. . , t:.. . a r . I. I , i.:.. Kiwi'iUfS --j w-.. w. gchcKil A. C. I am propared to give iiiatructiona in tho art of Miooinp; luiraoa to thot they will not interfuio. Alw; tuutflit mu tho tcn-t-12. I'. DHKSS rAitAin: ago. Mr. J. It. Kcevcs, of Tcloeaset, called on us, .Monday. Mr. U. F. Iteale.of La Grande, was in Union, Tuesday. Mr. John flnblo. of llig creek, was in the city last Monday. Mr. M. L. Carter, of the Sand-ridge, called on us, Friday Mr. Matthew Mitchell, of the Cove, was in the city, Saturday. Miss Lora Warren in visiting friends in North Powder, this week. Mr. H. I). Garno, of Summervlllc, sub scribed for Tun sjcot-T tin week. Mr. Kugene Chase called on us and sub scribed for Tin: Scoi'T tills week. Mr. Arthur A. lhtslck called on us this week and subscribed for The Si oi t. Mr. W. T. Martin, of the Park, made us a pleasant and substantial visit last Friday. Mr. 1). Zweitiol. of Suminei vlllc, sent to us this week and subscribed for Thk Scot r. Mr. K. K. McGarvey, of Pino valley, made us a pleasant visit the fore part ot the week. Mr. J. A. Shultz, of Adin, California, sends us a .subscription to Tin: Scoct, this week. Mr. .1. (J. Shirley returned a few days ago from liurnt river, with a largo band of cattle. Mr. George Gignae, who has been quite sick, we arc pleased to note Is ablo to be iround again. Good tiin-ss will prevail next summer. Mr. Hunt and his railroad will he the prune. cause of it. Weston Leader. Mr. A. S. Love and Miss Maggie Crews were married at the Arlington hotel in lin ker City on the '-'8th hist. The Ladles Aid Society of the Presby terian church will meet at Mrs. 15. F.akln's, Fridav afternoon at '2 o'clock. Mr. John Hoyd called on us Monday, and replenished our treasury to tlie amount of a year's subscription. Mrs. Saunders ami daughter, Laura, who have, been on Lower Powder for some time, returned to Union a tew days ago. Hazlett, "the pilgrim printer," struck Union a few days ago and is now holding down one of tho cases in this office. Mr. .las. Page called on us yesterday and subscribed for Tin: Scout, to be sent to his father in Griswold, Cass county, Iowa. Mr. Thad. Draper called on us the fore part of the week and subscribed for I in: Scout, to be sent to bis father in Nebraska. Miss Fnuna Uidwcll returned from the Cove. Saturday, having just llnished teach ing a three month's term of school at that place. Mr. J. Corey, brother of Mrs. Tomp. Carroll, arrived in this city a few days ago from tho cast. Ho will probably remain for sonic time. Mr. II, 11. French, of the Cove, called on us, Tuesday, lie lliuiKS mere win no no trouble in the Cove raising her part of tho Hunt subsidy. Mr. T. K. Jones. Justice of the Peace of Island City precinct, was in the city, Tues day. He called on us while here and sub ueribed for Tin: Scotrr. Jlrs. Mulhollan, nrr Miss Vada Swack hamer, came up from Portland a few days ago on a visit to her parents in this city. Her many friends are glad to see her. Tho AViiurvillo Comedy Troupe play at Iiig creek on Wednesday evening, January uOth. They would draw a good audi-nee in Union should they extend their trip this far. Quito a rush was made for last week's issue of Tin: .Scout, and tho entire edition was exhausted in no time. An order from Umatilla county for a dozen copies could not be filled. Married. At the residence of F. M Hummock near Island City, by T. K. .Tones. J. P. .Jan, tth. Mr. J. .1, licidin and Miss Helena Hummock, both of Un ion county. Messrs. lieok and Hurd, representing the American lluilding and Loan Association, of Minneapolis, Minn., wore in Union this week and established a local branch hero. Shares to the amount of over i'i0,(i00 wcro taken. Itov. Clark Ilradcn, who, it will be re membered, was in Union a few months ago, is now holding a series of meetings at La Grande. We acknowledge an invita tion to attend. Mr. A. U. Conley, of the Kundridgc, was in the city the fore jiart of tho week. While here be deeded 1800 acres of hind to his three sons WO. ncrcs to each, fionio boys arc fortunate In having tho right kind of n dad. Mr. J. K. Vundorfy called on us. Men duy.'and subscribed for Tm: Scoct. Ho and his brother have rented the ltluehart shingle mill, on Cutherlnc creel., and will have any amount of shingles on hand for the building boom that will strike I'lilon and the Covo next summer. Nine cases of smallpox arc now reported at the little town of Amity, Yamhill coun ty, and over twenty per-ons were exposed to the contagion before Its character was luiowii, Two cases arc rqiortcd- lu Walla Walla. This droad disease is getting u little too close to us to be pleasant. Porn. Thursday, dun. lilth, on the Hand ridge, to the wlfo of J. J. Conley, a son. Also at the same time and place, to the wife of Ud. Conley, a son. (food for tho Conley 'u I Tho advent of Hunt's railroad will create a demand for good farmers on Vhe Handrldge. and tho Conley boys koup up with the timer, and don't you for got it. Uiiukl vii'm Arnlrii Knlv". Tub Hest Salvi: in the world for Cuts, llrulhus, bored, Ulcers, Halt liheiuu, Fovor Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hunds, Chilblains, Corn, and all b'klu Kriiptions, and poul alvely cure I'lles, or no pay required. It is Kiiarantced K'vo perfect autiafuutiou, or inuiioy refundoil. I'rloo ' wnt per UW. rVr .flttvt h&vn'l Uvtrg sturi DLWLKR Latest Styles. Just Received, Direct from MISSES' CALFSKIN SHOES, Also a Fine Assortment of GENT'S -:- FURNISHING -:- GOODS. My Prices will suit the limes. Drop in C. VINCENT, Main Street, Union, Or. life!! HflUBBl?! B. M. LOMBARD, SK3 Low Rates E fi?Tho , ii ii." SC WHO COIlSlUt uini una iiui. - OKFICE IN "JOURNAL" BUILDINC. mi inn dm auDL (OPl'OSITE CENTENNIAL HOTEL.) 8. ELUOTT, - Proprietor. J. Kvcry'hing l'irst t'l.i-. Terms Very tieas'inable. Iluss to ami l:iom the Depot Maldnir Connection with all Trains ..TO, CLOSE Jam I II 111 mi I will sell my mammoth stock of lib 1 Lalios' Is ii Hi,w' Qoab and Mi I I E. J. COUPER, - i i LOWEST BATES. "mm, RINEHART' ifflsiiifit ,: Just opened in tho l-iick building adjoining Jaycox t Konter'H utore, Main .Street. I'liion, u full and complete iishoi tmont of HUE II FBI 9m Wlilclt arc Now Open For PltlCES ON GOODri In addition to the above, a complete lino Shoos are in Htock, nml will bo Hold at uoat. IN All Kinds. the F.ast, a Large Invoice of LAD1KS' the Rest Ever brought to this Market. and ami sec me. U - LA GRANDE, OGN - - o Commssssooij 57 ...... i.. ,,.;n .,.,11 ,m l,nfiin linrriiwiii!". ii - .il - w.. ...v . G I B nrwvninMaurjk'mtuiiiTM I I - Union, Oregon. I ! EASY TERMS. IiiHpoctlon SUUPHIHINGLY by iho LOW. Ladies. f Lud tVGentB' and ChiUlrrna w ifllli
