TWvr OREGON SCOUT
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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.
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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
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t ii it. pwfeot work iu reUilidtkH. U
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('" 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"
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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.
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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,
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Low Rates
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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
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mi
I will sell my mammoth stock of
lib 1 Lalios' Is ii
Hi,w' Qoab and Mi
I I
E. J. COUPER, -
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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.
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EASY TERMS.
IiiHpoctlon
SUUPHIHINGLY
by iho
LOW.
Ladies.
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