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Oreg . VOL. V. UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1889. no. 3. Tl HE Scout. urn THE OREGON SCOUT. An independent wee!;! Journal, Issued ev ery Fiilay luurnir.i: lv JONES & CHAXCEY, Puldiftiers and Proprietors. A. K. .Josns. t j 15. cu.incky, Editor. ' I Foreman. kati:s of si;nscnirxioN! One copy, one year . J-;'0 Six months it .. Tliree inontos lnvnrlnlily C'nsli In Aitvnnco. If fy chance sulcritiotis are not iil till end of ycur, two iMUn will be ehttrgetl. Rntei or advertising made known on ap plication. IjrjfCorrespondcncc from all parts of the country solicited. A dress all communications to the Omhjon Scout, Union Oregon. MMMmMMiiinii''u"ll"LI"1"""" ; I'KOFKSSIONAI.. U. Eakin, J. A. K KIN, Notary Public. J EAKIN, & BROTHER, Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. ETPrompt Attention Paid to Collcct.ons. JOHN II. CKITES, Attorney at Law. Ct)ll ctinK and probate practice special tics. Office, two doors south of post-ofliec, Union, Oregon. J N. CROMWELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Oftlcc. one door south of J. D. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. 1 II. DAY, M. I., 1IOMKPAT1I1C Physician ami Surgeon. ALL CALLS IT.OMPTI.Y ATTKSDCl) TO. Oillcc adjoining Jones Dro's store. Can be found nights at residence in boutli west Union. J. W.Sim.TON. J.M.Cakkoll. gHELTON & CAKKOLb. Attorneys at Law. Oflicc : Two doors south of post-ofticc, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention given all business en trusted to us. rj H. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Oilier, 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 "sales of Ileal and Mining property nego tiated. Collection business promptly at tended to. ,T Otlicc next door south of Post-olhcc. Un ion, Oregon. A. L. KAY LOU, M. I)., Physician and Surgeon, North Powder. Oregon. Has permanently located and will attend all professional calls day or night. Oflice: Drug store building; residence, one door west of Rodger.-.' hotel. J W. .STRANGE, DENTIST, Jai Grande, Oregon. Will visit Union regularly on tho first Monday of each month. ALL WORK WARRANTED FIRST CLASS Cornucopia Saloon, Wm. Wilson, Tiiop. The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars always in stock. FIRST GLASS BILLIARD TABLE. Drop in and be sociable. Shannon Marshall I -THE- Practical Horse Trainer, Will always he found at Dootho it Camp bell's livery "stable. Take your vicious horses to lilui and ho will break them. Charges reasonable m to Cove. Leaves Union d aly at Up. m, arrives ut Cove at 3:30 p. m. Leaves Cove at 8 a. in , arrives at Union at 0:30 a. m. Connections made with Kllintt's coaohes. running to tho dopot, currying passenger, for east and wont bound trains. IIATKS for I'ASSKXOKKS. I.UfJO.AOB and rittnaiiT, jii:asonaui.e. ROBINSON fc LAYNK. Proprietor. lim I rilK M.tt ACitOS-t TltK STKKUT. ;Vri'te-i for Tut: Storr', little brown lumsi" with a coylavn A giiteso i-utf and low: A few wide tree, but lcatloss now, And picket whit" as snow 'Tis there the charming maiden lives; Tis there with lowering foot I've often walked and talked with her The maid .'uro-s tlie stmt. Oft' when the stars were in the sky, And the eitv was asleep. Decide that little gate we've talked In accent low and deep. Ahl cau it be the gate will tell The tale that o'er it crept, In the silent twilight, o'er, When the city people slept? Or can it be the stars will sing At midnight in the skies To all the wide, wide world aloud, Tho-e heart-born melodies 7 No leaf was hanging on the air To cat eh the responsive beat That mv heart echoed o'er aud o'er. To the maid across the street. Alas! oft' times the sparkliug eye .Masks deep-set wounds of time; The lluxhing cheek oft' glows with fire, That llatnes at sorrow's shrine. Dm no! not so with these dear eye 1 Their brightness is the llainc coals, That glows where love may heap the Eternally the same. It may be so, that fickle youth Oft' dreams wild dreams in vain, Dut when that dream Is paradise, Pray tlrcam it once, again. How'er it be, wbn plodding ou, Life's revelries may be A new born phantom, foreordained A stepping stone for thee. Then boys, a western health to thee! And girls, affections) grasp. Long may the stately trees endure To count your everv clasp. Though' years go by and sunsets fade Dehiiid the western sea, Give love her dues the glass o( life Tilts trembling there for thee. D. W. HuitmaX. THE COVE. The Telephone Line Social Events The Champion Pedestriennc. February G, 1S89. Bert Ronton has gone to La Grande and will work at the carpenter busi ness with Win. Koenig. Mrs. Lou Payne is absent from home visiting f i iends and relatives at differ ent points in the valley. Any one desiring the services of an electrician expert should call on or address Prof. W. Edison Smythe, Cove. Some sickness yet remains, princi pally among children. Mumps and whooping cough, in a very mild form, are going the rounds. There' has not been a day's sleighing in Cove this winter and not many days of Morm. A milder year never was seen by tho oldest inhabitant. Miss Nora Lyons, who linn been vis iting her tisler, Mrs. Swain, the past winter, started for her home in Dallas last Monday. She was accompanied by her friend, Miss Addie Bloom, as far as the depot. The Cove contains the champion pedestriennc. The young lady thinks nothing of a ten miles afternoon stroll. Can any other member of the gentler sex in the valley say as much by a good many miles? A dispatch came per telephone from Union this week, requesting that six lire engines he at once sent by Hunt's railroad to assist in subduing a serious conflagration which had started in a four story brick building. When it was discovered that Frank Slocum was the author of the 'dispatch, the engines wcro not unhoused. The telephone line is complete and open for business. It works to per fection and a whisper can be heard from Union or the depot. Messages can be sent to the depot to be tele graphed to any part of the world, with only a moments delay. About the first message sent was a very appro priate one congratulating the place on its debut into the world. The sociable at Mrs. Campbell's, Wednesday evening, was largely at tended by the townspeople, also by the students of Ascension and Leighton schools, the teachers also being pres ent. The host and hostess, in a very pleasant way, made everyone feel at home. The entertainment consisted of vocal aud instrumental music, plays, etc. Late in tho evening a iunch was served in which tho genial Prof. Smith participated in his usual absorbing way. It is to be hoped that Otho Eckersley, the only man who could ever ail'ord the Prof, amusement when it came to discussing a dinner, will be present at the next sociable. A gentleman taking piano lessons with such perscverenco should bo a good musician. Miss R. I believe in treating dumb brutes with considera tion. Miss M. Alas! the light of my soul lias vanished from my gaze. T. R. Alex kindly told rae what some of tho piincipal citizens of Summcrvillo gave to Hunt's road. It only cost mo the cigars to gain tho information. Jo. H. I am going to talk with Dave per telephone tho first tiaie ho is in Union. Miss A. I am pretty good with my props and at wrestling. W. And I leave a lasting impression with my ivorio. J. ilucklcii'a Arnlcn Halve. Tin: Hwt K.u.vi: in the world for Cuts, Druisue. feorc, Ulcers, bait Kbeum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hulids, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posl alvcly euros Pile, or no pay required. It U uuurantied to irivc perfect mtiifaotlon. or monoy refunded. Price 5 ivnts per ' tjox. For sale at Brown's drug nfure. Salem. Doings of the Oregon Legisla tive Assembly, OUR LAWS AND LAW MAKERS. Reference to Some of the Absurd Hills Introduced. Salkm, (Or.), Jan. .10th, 1SS9. Editou ok tub Scout: The Fifteenth Session of the Oregon Legislature is no worse and but little better than its predecessors so far as intelligence, integrity and morality is concerned. There are always those who imagine that there are great wrongs to redress; that tho people are groaning under unjust and unwise laws, and that the country is fast going to destruction, and that a kind Providence has selected them as Moses of old was selected to lead them out of a wilderness of oppres sion; but the fact8are we are in danger of too much and not too little legisla tion, and the over-zealous are liable to do harm rather than good. To givo a prrsonel o f the members composing tho present House of Rep resentatives would no doubt bo inter esting reading, but I shall attempt a description of somo of the most oecen tric, as seen by a member of the "third house." Paulson of Washington is one of the most pugnacious and cranky mem bers of the House, and, although elected as a Republican, he has voted and acted in a manner to convince anyone that ho is a crank and never saw any thing (not even himself) as others see it. This solon it was who introduced House Bill No. G, entitled, '"An Act to regulate customs mills used to grind grain," which provides as follows: "Section 2. Every miller, occupier, or user of such custom mill shall be required in making any exchange of flour for wheat or ryo to give to the person or persons with whom such ex change is made, forty pounds of good merchantable Hour, twelve pounds of good wheat bran for every sixty pounds of good merchantable rye, whether such wheat or rye be delivered tit the time of the exchange or be in store in charge of such miller, etc." This bill needs no comments, neither does its author. Is it any wonder the Oregon Legislature is in disrepute. This same Republican giant of intel lect refused to voto for J. N. Dolph for the United States Senate, and cast his vote for Thomas Cornelius, who was defeated for Governor of Oregon two years ago. There are other hills equally as ab surd as Mr. Paulson's, and other mem bers equally as ignorant as he. Notable among the bills which cannot become laws on account of the absurdities of their provisions, is one introduced by Fisher of Polk House Bill No. 136, entitled, "An Act to regulate the prac tico of medicine and fix the fees of Physicians in this Stae." A part of section one of said bill reads as follows : "That the maximum fees of any phys ician authorized to practice in this State shall bo as follows: For any distance traveled over four miles, twenty-five cents per milo, and for any less distance traveled over four milos, $2 per visit; and this shall bo full com pensation for such servico, and no additional fee for any recipt given at said visit shall bo charged. For any rocipt given at tho office of any phys iciau or when no travel is required one dollar shall be tho minimum fee therefor." I have no timo to point out the defects and utter impractica bility of thiH bill, but I will leave it for tho school boys of tho public schools of your town to point out itu various defects. Tho following gentlemen arc hero from Union county: Hon. Dunham Wright, of Medical Spring; Hon. Lou Rinehart, Union ; W.T. Wright, Union ; John Kennedy and wife, Union; II. Wildy, La Grando; J. K. Ronig, La Grande, W. J Snodgrahs, La Grundo. Tho bill for an enabling act for tho purpose of removing your county teat will eomo np in the Senate to-day. Petitions and remonstrances aro all in, and wo expPct lively timo in tho futuro in regard to this question. llAYfSKEDB. Job printing done ut this office on elfort notice. Pric'cn itaVduuUlo. Nonrti nnvuKi!. I'aragrarblo Kec Ttt nf the ll.ipM'tiltu: uf Ilia Work. February f, 1SS1). Mumps are prevalent in thia locali ty. The play "Pecks Bud Roy" draw a number of our citizens to Baker. Mr. Shell and family have removed to their farm in tho vieinitv of Walla Walla. One hu'idred and sixty-five carloads of ice have been shipped fiom this place during the past mouth. Mr. Burns, watchman at the tunnel, is confined to his bed with pneumonia. Win. Sanders met with a painful accident on Monday by impaling; his hand with a pair of ico ton.s. A number of North Powder citizen will try their fortune in the Or.iek r creek minimi regions in tho spiiag. Mr. W. Harrison is now u ncident I of IvausiK, but has become disgusted with that country and will return again to Oregon in the spring. Mm. Fred Punch intttrned fiom a two week's visit at Tho Dulles l.iit week, having had a very pleasant and enjoyable time. Mr. Hermann Rotliehild won tho prize quilt ollered by tho ladies f the. Baptist church association ut the drawing held recently. A La Grande journal "gobbles with impunity" articles of our contiibution to The Scorr without giving due credit. "An Inmost man is the noblest work of his Creator." Rumor has it 'hut a prominent young man and an estimable young lady will unite in matrimony at no. distant day. The M. E. church will give a sup per at Spencer's liftll on Valentiiu'ii day, the proceeds of which go into the church fund. Mr. Miles Lee and M. Levy discov ered an incipient lire in Jan. York's house on South Powder a few even ings since which was suppressed with out difficulty a narrow e,-rape. "K" company have decided to post pone their ball indufiuatoly on several accounts. Duo notice will bo given when time is decided upon. Mr. I. N. Sanders is circulating- a petition with a view to straightening the county road, in the direction of Union, near his farm below town. Married. .January 20th, L88S), Mies Annie Charlies to Mr. James Wicks, residents of Wolf creek. May life's journey over be ono of joy and tran quility. Mi. Frank Rodgers, formerly of this place, is now engaged in tho hotel bus iness near the depot in Baker City. He is doing a fair business. 'Snide" Insurance companies man aged by "snide" agents work an incal culable injury to poor men by depriv ing them of their earnings by honest toil and returning naught in recom pense. A base liar sends slush to an outside county paper purporting to be ucwb from this locality. A "dead failure" tit every undertaking except poasibly lying, (his only visible means of sup Dni't) stands him in hand at all limes. When tho author is onco kuown tho source is considered. Aja., Xuvs of M10 U'enk, anil 1'i.T.soniit Slen. lion )y 1111 Ooc.ihIoiiuI Corrdtip.-miUri) t. Fino winter weather in this section of tho valley. Protracted meetings aro till tho go at present. Only two accessions to the church. On thoiiOth inst. there wan a quarrel in town, resulting in John Graham paying a line of $10. Wo would sug gest to Mr. G. that ho bo a littlo more careful who ho litis rows with, for wo sincerely believe that the fino will be made to the full extent of thu law next, time. A warning in time will result in saving many hard carnod dollars. Tho citizciiB of Elgin held the seo ond mass meeting on the 2nd hint, in behalf of Mr. G. W. Hunt, resulting in the election of h E. Taylor, chairman, and Rev. A. Thompson, seciotury. Tho inci ting adjourned until Saturday the Oth, wlieu theio will ho a commit tee appointed to solicit money to help pay tho subsidy asked by Mr. Hunt. Carpenters will resume work on Iho now Methodist o iiirch this week, and will push tlio work until it i com pleted. Ono of our town liulu went out hlcighridiiig with his btt girl and ran against something tolid and biolto hi sleigh. It resulted in hi lady having to ride one of the horses home. Prof. N. S. WLo will give a conovrt at the eloro of his sinin achool in Elgin. A good tima is oxpctd. Ev erybody in viUmI to come. J. W. Snyder htm concluded to gut a copy of niauktflouu and go to prac ticing law. CnA.VK. Tho farmers of Union county should look to their heat intorwU and buy thuir farm implement whsio tlmy can do the befct Frank Urug. Implement Co,, lilund City carry in btoel: a Urgo UBfeortimiut of ovgrything in -this Huc and can uimnvull nil oomja titor4 Centralia. Interesting Letter of Ex-Mavor B. Rees. A BIT OF RAILROAD HISTORY. Hunt's Proposition Should be Accepted Without Delav. Cks-tkaua, (W.T.), Jan. 29, 1SS9. Editou ov thk Ohkco.v Scout: The smallpox scare has subsided here and things are moving uguin as though wo had never hoard of smallpox. Mr. Barnes living north of town sold ono bundled acres of laud a few days tigo to Crouch and Dyer, of Minnoap- j olis, at 175 por ac re. This same land , was oilcrod last summer for five thous-! and dollars. There has been quite a number of town lots sold the past few days at fair prices. The surveyors tire at work on tho Gray's Harbor Railroad, and grading will doubtless commence early in the spring. 1 returned from Salem yesterday. Tho present seysion of tho Oregon Legislature teems to be a very quiet one. The "third house" is better rep resented by Union county than any other county in the State. Tho county seat mattei, I presume, is tho cause. The people of La Grando aro desirous to have an enabling act passed grant ing a vote on tho re-location of the county teat, but the frionds of Union and those interested in the welfare of their county generally, tiro thoroughly aroused and seem determined to defeat the purpose1 of tho La Grandeites. This move on the part of La Grande is a purely selfish one to satisfy an old grudge she Iuih had against Union since 187d, when the people of the county voted tho county seat from La Grando to Union, and it is to-day more centrally located to the population of tho county than La Grande. Revengo is sweet, hut it looks like Lagrando has, unless sho is very hard to please, hud ven geance enough. A few yours ago tho Oregon Railroad aud Navigation Com pany commenced the construction of a railroad east through Grande Rondo Valley. Tho county seat light being fresh in the minds of tho La Granders, now was the time to got in and do somo work. They worked very hard trying to make the engineers believe that tho Liuld Canyon ronto was tho pioper route for them to take, but E. H. Mix, a very efficient surveyor, looked tho matter over in the interest of tho com pany ho wan working for and located tho only really practical routo through tho valley via Union, leading out of the valley ou tho cant side of Pylo's Canyon, tho route which the managers of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company havo long tinco conceded lo bo tho proper routo for tho road. Depot grounds wore selected and dona tod to the company and right of way granted by the citizens of Union. Things began to look bad to a La Grander, aud about this timo reportB went to headquarters that Mr. Mix had beoii bribed by Unionitcs, and the company wero likely io incur great damage. Tho result was Mr. Mix was shoved along tho lino further east and a now corps of surveyors put on the lino in Grand Rondo Valley, The chief tchemer of tho engineers on the routo lust mentioned was a gentleman (if ho might bo called such) from the cast. Ho stopped at Union and vicinity look' ing over tho line, making frequent trips to La Grande, interviewing citi zons of Union occasionally, asking what such piecnof property was worth, and what tho difl'erenco would be in the value with or without a railroad. Tho people supposing the man was there to secure tho best interests of tho oompany who was paying him for his Efirvices, aud knowing tho impractica bility of tho routo ou tho west sido of the valley, felt sure that any company consulting their best interests, or tiny engineers that regarded tho company's inturedls must necessarily endorse tho Mix siirvoy and Union would get tho road, but not so, Mr. Vincent soon bsuniiio indignant at Union as a wholo I and s'atud boldly that if it was possiblo to doit, ho would locate the road twouty miles from Union, Whon oskod what hU reakons were, bo said "noma young ady hail niulibecl him at churou,-uifu light;" tlmt lio hud ''Hot tnkm ullo to get into "society in Union:" that tho people uf Union had not extended tho courtesies to him that he merited, etc. As silly as this may sound, coming from a man occupying his position, it is, nevertheless, true; that I know, for it was myself that interrogated him in regit ul to the matter. Parties in a posi tion to know claim that he left Union county financially better fixed than ho came, but he got none of his"boodle" out of Union. It would have been better, no doubt, for Union if he had. But this is not all, yet. After the road was located, graded and equipped, and Union left out in the cold, the people were informed that if they would raise money to pay for depot grounds, tho company would build a depot at tho nearest convenient point to them, which was on Mr. Craig's land, two miles west from town. The people, seared lest they should bo left out"altogether, cir culated a subscription, raised the monoy, and paid for the grounds, and yet, ever since the road has been in operation, thev have hud little more than a whist ling station at Union depot. Railroad building on the Pacific coast is in its infancy. Numerous lines aro crossing tho continent, and Pugot Sound, tho greatest of waters, will doubtless furnish terminal facilities for many roads, and while, they aro look ing for terminal points, they aro also looking for points where they may .send out branches to aid in completing a grand railroad system. Now railroad men aro coming into existence like Mr. Gcorgo W. Hunt, manager of the Oregon and Washing ton Territory Railroad Company, who has recently mode tho people of Union county an oiler to build a road through the Grande Rondo Valley for a certain subsidy, tho amour t of which tho people are familiar with, and which, if thny consult their interests, thoy will raise. A small per centago of the ad vance on real estate, when a good standard guago railroad is in operation from Suinmerville along the valley to Union, would pay the subsidy, and tho people, when they get it, will say it is the cheapest thing they have had in Union county. Why, it opens up an avenuo of trade direct to tho Sound country, the best market on tho Pacific coast for everything a farmer produces to-day. It insures for all timo to eomo a better rale on freights than they can ever havo without it. No country gets one railroad hut which needs another far worse than the first. On the othor hand, the proposed line will bo a good paying road; it will open up largo bodies of fine timber and tap somo of tho richest agiicultureal country ou the coast and far more oxtensivo than it is generally thought tube. This road will surely bo built, and tho Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, in looking the matter over at tho present time, must conclude they fenced very poorly, indeed. Respectfully, I). B. Rki:s. 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