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UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1889.
no. 3.
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THE OREGON SCOUT.
An independent wee!;! Journal, Issued ev
ery Fiilay luurnir.i: lv
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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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large supplemental sheet with portraits
of members of tho legislature now in
seesion. A description of Salom and
that portion of tho great Widamette
valley in which it is situated is a valu
able feature of tho number. The vory
readiblo and instructive article on the
"Genealogy of Oregon" should be care
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tho American union on tho far west
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tho intermediate country was re
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