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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1889)
THE OREGON SCOUT. . ., ,.. AMOS K. JONES KDITOlt, City and County Official Paper. Thursday, Febr'y. Slf 188JI. iJaMfWMHraB ITT WiWSAJll II if Xl j:ditoi:iai. xotks. It is said that n rcnuiant of Hit "clill' i dweller," a raeo Ktipposed to lo ex tinet, aio living in the Kan Mateo monnlniiiH, .New Mexico, 'llioy arc only three feet high and very wild. A party will go out to capture them. t i'b given out at Washington that the new administration will he under way at leaht two months before any attention is paid to changes in oflice outside the heads of departments and the principal places in the diplomatic service. General Harrison has indi cated plainly that no rush will ho in order and thai the civil service statute will be held in view. Tin: land offices have received in ulrtietious that will give parties living at a distance a great deal of trouble. The olliecrs are instructed that where money and papers are, received and the papers are incomplete, or from any canto the money cannot at the time bo applied, that the money shall ho iinniedirtely returned or, in other words, that no money shall be retained in the office except that belonging to the government. Tnnoruii the kindness of Hon Dunham Wright we are in receipt of Dawson's railroad commission bill winch has passed the legislature. Tho hill increases the number of commis sioners to three, provides that not more than two of them shall belong to the same political parly, and increases the salary to $2fi()0 a year each, and $2000 annually to the clerk of said oniinituion. Wo do not know wheth er the governor will veto tho bill or not. Evurv growing ami ambitious town jh composed of Unco elements. Thoso who work patriotically, vigorously and intelligently for its advancement, those who are in a state of apathy or indifference, and those who tako a curious delight in discouraging tho cilbrla of others by ridicule, by a per sistent denial that any progress can or lias been accomplished, and boasting of every other town but their own. Tho last class arc called croakers, but they are really Mnnothing wii; for their opinion does not arise from de spondency, hut from tho unenviable spirit which will neither act itself nor stiller others to act. Ex. lr the people of La Grande who are anxious to get a vote on thu county seat question had entrusted tho canvass for signatures to men who only wanted bona fide citizens counted before the Legislative committee instead o. men who would rather have tho name of a passengor on a train or from a tomb stone than that of two taxpayers, they would have succeeded much better. These gentlemen were challenged for a count and comparison of names several days before the bill was introduced, but tho tombstone and rail road racket would have been exposed, honce a comparison was declined and tho hill was delayed. SOMl.TIIIMl .Mt'ST II V, DON'K. Under the above caption the Maker City HUule says: "It can hardly bo possible that Hunt's road will come up to Union and camp there. It isa feeder for the Northern Pacific and Tacoma. A few miles farther than Union will enable the new road to tap the Pine Creek mines and tho big copper dopes itsof tho .Seven Devils country. Within the next eighteen mouths tho Oiegon Pacific will have been completed down to Ontario, through Harney Valloy, to I make junction with the Chicago and j Northwestern, trade lo then? Where will linker City. I Crant County will ex- ! perienco a change of heart; the h Limber losouicea in tho Cascades will be (lovelorn! for the eastern ltunlier niiirket; the grain and stock products I of inter-Oregon and tho new mining industry that will inevitably open up with tho new roiul, will leave Maker out of their cnleulatkxifi. Our business men seem to think things have e,ot to come (heir way ahino or rain. I'ooule quite iM astute have been mistaken before now. Hnkor might do a gootl ninny thintJH to bonu tho town. Wo might co, piette with Mr Hunt a little; wo might iniuimirate the building of eho Suniptor Valley railroad ami kill a rival town up thoiobofoioitU begotten. Wo might forcoHomy of tho hi,; blockn of wild land iu this valley out of tho bunds of present holders by plnclofi thl'in under IrriutinB canals. Thu minor ; antl P-wpcotor might he a litllo more . j kindly dealt with. All of these tilings j i arc possible and legitimate, and if i something is not done our (own will wake up one of these days to find itself shorn of its trado and importuned." The Bladr takes the right iew of the Mtuation and tho pooplo there will do well to heed what it pay. I U; argu- ment applies equ .lly Wi ll to Union and Union County. Then -.tretit ringdove of pi ogre?", and tin: man or ionium- nity that does not keep up will; the procession is loring ground that can nevt'r he regained. ffi'jji ujTxi.u!qm.'jif.ir.iiu.v.jj I.KWItfTO.V-WAI.I.OWA ItOAI). The Wallowa Signal says: In convocation with a gentle. nan from Paradise valley, last week, ho staled that a good wagon road could be built at a little cost, from this place to Lewistou. Idaho. If such is Hie case, or at all practical, such a road would put the the transportation of freight from and to the east upon competitive rates. Our informant frays there is not Milliciont dillViouce in the distance betwee.i this place and either La Grande or Lewistou, to make a perceptible difference in tho wagon freight. Under these circumstances, if the railroad frieght to Lr.viston is lessor by tho opening of such a road could be made le.-s, tho railraad at La Grande would have to reduce their rates on freight coiitigne 1 to the Wal lowa or lose the tr.uie, and our people would in either case bo directly bene fited. The proposition is worth in vestigation by business men of tho vnllev, and we hope to hear mora of this subject in tho future. Tho road spoken of would be a good thing and worth striving for if there were nothing bettor in ttighl. The Wallowa people will serve thoir own interests and make it count big if they stand in with (he Hunt railroad and subscribe liberally to tho subsidy. If tho Hunt road is extended from Walla Walla, which in all probability it will be, a short branch from the main line would tap tho center of Wallow.i. val ley and meet all requirement. The papers published in Wallowa county do not appear to have lound out yot that such a move as the Hunt railroad iu on foot. Tho Sittnal is informed that there is bigger game to be bagged than wagon roads, and in its failure to scent and point out tho same io its constituents it is falling short of its duty. n 'jj i an .emu enrxag-i in ott.vxj GOAL MONOPOLY. Tho Uayvx Valley Advrrtixer, of San Francisco thus spiak's: "During tho past winter tho damna ble monopolies of coal and its carriage has caused more sufl'ering than it is possible to desciibe, short of a volume as big as the holy Uible. Matter ero ated by tho Almighty for (lie use of his children as tuel, which costs in labor when loaded on the cars, some seventy-five cents p.-r tun, taken from tilt; mines along the Missouri river, carried to Kansas Citv, less than fifty miles, can not. be had short of five or six dollars. And out iu (lie blizzard legions of Kansas, Nebraska and Da kota, Hay ten dollars. And made pur posely so scarce, at that tho people had to perish (as iniinv did) or rise en manse, nuit take it ov loree. "Coal all around in quantities in finite but held under such hard con ditions, that those lab rers who mine it are under martial law, as at lievier. )., atone end while the consumers are dying of cold, or forced into high way robbery, as at various points along the railway iu lCansas and Ne braska last winte "Who gets the five dollar per ton? tho hundred dollars per car load, more or less, mat it sens lurr imi i it nice?" this lfi 'ruVis. An exchange truthfully says: "Tho columns of a papor are thu publisher' stock iu trade, and tho parties who ask to use them for their Sueial ben efit should expect to pay for the unite . Kvery public spirited citizen should have a pride iu seeing his town and surroundings improve; every now house, every road, every new iimnu- factoring establishment orctd, every new husiuoks enhances the valuo of pioperty iu our midst. Kvery rellect- ing mind knows this to be truo, and it should' not bo fnntotton that the local : , , , . , , newspaper adds mueh to tho Knonil wealth and prosperity of thu ulueo, un well as increiiHO the reputation of tho town abroad. It bononU all who have . . .. ... , . ,, bumne- m the plac; enluncw. tho , value uf property, biwidue being a do , sirablo publiu rouvt'nionotj. It in-j ereasus tradu; it muti. iu auainit iin- position; it navra you fiOiu lOi it wain you of danger; it p tt nut dillurent tuIvHiHtifo and iticie.tes yo.O pmlHe. Tho looal prws i tho power that move the people; there fore, hiipport it by Hlv.rtiMig in it liberally, nubciibiug for u and uyitiK ftnii' Till; LHJUOK LICKNMi 1SII.7., Hoiwe Dill No. 43, for an act to res- nlatu the salu of spirituous, mult and ( vinous liquors, has passed both houses i of the Legislature and only wants the , ngnuturo of the Governor to hecomc a , law. As it will, no doubt, he signed, ; and as radical changed are made in the I method of procuring caloon licenses, we publish it in full for the benefit of J ; those whom it may concern jxucnaeua uy iw lsgisiauve, sianm- lily of the State of Oregon: J J . . . I . , r ... t I . . . 1 Hbctiox L That no person shall be tVlflll 1 1 ti tfill uiilf 1 f IlllMU Vllillf fit vinous liquors in this state in less quan - tiLius than one eallon. without first having obtained a license from the County Co.iri for that purpose. fccc. 2. Every person obtaining a license to sell spirituous, malt or vin- our, liquors shall p..y into tho treasury of the county granting such license, the sum of four hundred dollars per annum, and in the same proportion for a leas per. o.l ; or two hundred dollars per annum, and in thesamo proportion for a less puriod foi a lijouae to tell mult liquors only. Sr.c. .'5. Every person applying for a license to sell spirituous, malt or in- ous liquors, before receiving the same, i shall execute to such county a bond in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, with two or more sulliciimt sureties, to t (Mitiorovrd bv such court, conditioned that he will keen an ordeilv house.and that he will not open, or permit to bo j necessary to secure the road is $S0,000. opened, his place of business for tho If every property owner will give five or purpose of traffic on the first day of j six per cent on tho value of his lots the week, commonly called Sunday; ! uml ,illlIs two and a half or that he will not give, sell or stipp'ly llirt-' l'r cent on the value of tho im spirituous, malt or vinous liquors to ( provements thereon, and the business minors or habitual drunkards, nor to anv person at the time in a drunken or intoxicated condition ; and in case of a violation of the foregoing condi tions by any person giving such bond, ho shall be liable to jiay a fine of not less than lil'tv nor moio than two hun- dred dollars lor any ttu-h violation, and the bond so eivtn as aforesaid by such person shall also bo liable to !e prose- cnted as hereinafter prescribed. Si:c. i. That arv noison wichinir to w'll spirituous, malt or vinous liquors, before obtaining a license its hereinafter provided, shall at his own trouble anil expunge, obtain the signatuies of an actual majority of the whole number of legal voters in the precinct in which he may wish to sell such spirituous, malt, or vinuotis liquors, to a petition to said county court, praying that said license bi granted, and no applicant shall bo deemed to have a majority of the legal voters of such precinct whose petition does not contain the names of a number of legal voters of such precinct, equal to a majority of all tho votes cast in such precinct at the last preceding general election, and greater than the whole number of names of legal voters of such precinct, which may be signed to any remonstrance against tlio granting of such license. .SKU. f. That when the signatures of ..u actual majoiity of the whole number of legal voters have been ob tained, to be deterniiiud as provided in tho preceding section, tho applicant shall, at his own expense, cause the petition to be published in such county for four consecutive weeks iu anv daily or weekly newspaper published in such county, together with notice ot tho day on which lie will apply to the county court fur such license to tell spirituous, malt or vinous liquors; provided, that it there ho no daily or weekly news paper published in such county, thou the petition and notice herein specified shall he plainly written and posted in thiveot the most public places in such precinct, and proof of such posting be nude by alhdavitot oneol the petition ers and two resident householders of the precinct. Hue. (. Un the applicant producing to the county court the receipt of the county treasury for tho paymont of the sum herembetore ptvscnueii, aim jiroot of compliance of all tho preceding pro visions of this act, the county court inavgive him a license of theeharactor and for tho term his receipt may call for. Sf:c. 7. It is hereby made the dutv of the prosecuting attorney, shoritfs, constables and justices of the peace knowing of any violations of this act, to make complaint thereof to the grand , jury at the next term of the eueuit ! court of the county iu which the olleino may havo been committed after said j violation, anil the moneys collected on i such judgment, except taxable costs, ; shall ho paid to the treasurer of the proper county fur general purposes. It shall also be the duty of the county clerk to prosecute tho bond given by ueh applicant under the provisions of this et, fur any violations of its con ditious. ! 8Di 8. Kvery county clerk hhall. j on thu first day of the term of each circuit court, deliver to tho grand jury un accurate list of all persons bidding license under the provisions of this act i within the county, which list shall show tho date and expiration of each license. Sbc. D. If anv person or persons , H,"lH U-irtor' .": or (lisP(,8 il ner unv Mpuituous, malt or vinous liqilnw without having tlrst obtained u hewnae therefor, its provided iu this net, ueh jwrson shall be dcoined guilty mUdeiiiwuior.und upon eonviotion thereof mhull bo lined not less than two nQr mQn fo,r implied dollars. 8m.'. 10. It hall be the duty of the Krnd jury t oath and ovory term of the eirvuit curt of any enuuty uf this st it- I" make impiiry ami iviurii hills I ii !. tnn.nl Mg.tmt every hiuu vio Linn, .i'iy of tho provisinnsof tlusaot. II. Nothing in thu net hall Im ciiirued no to apply in any manner to inc-rpor.'.uxt towns and oititw of this St.u... M.t . 12. Titl me, of chapter 81, "f :', liuou Law9'f Orogoji, and all other acta and parts of acta illl'nnsiMf im I witli acl nm himiliV roUea,ed- . . 1 jmiiMi&uuii an wii'iu jo urgent need of a law to prevent and punisli unlawful sales of siuntuous malt or vinous liquors, this act shall take effect upon its approval by tho uovernor. DO YOUK TAUT. Although the O. It. & N. railroad runs through Pendleton, tho business , num of thilt town arc funy uwakc to , ,, t . .. , .. . . , . to the fact that that road cannot be , rclii;d on as a factor in t,u.jr .,. j. . !l a,1(I un,eS!! tllc' Ciin SL'cl,ro the ' IIlt railroad the chances for ever building up a good trado center at Pendleton are very slim. Under j t, circlun8lancc9 tllL.y arc trvi ... . . . , , . I "ai" lu 1,10 s"cu uy ! Hunt. Tho following appeal of the East Oregonian to the citizens is good, and as it fits our case exactly, we re produce it. Every porperty owner, merchant, mechanic and citizen has an interest in this matter and their subscriptions should bo forthcoming without mak ing it necessary to hunt them up. Let them come forward and subscribe. No one should be a "dead-head" in I this enterprise, and those who are will id j hnu it thu most impolitic, narr hud it thu most impolitic, narrow- ! sighted act of their lives. The amount men win give irom two to tnreo per cent on their stocks and fixtures, the nect ssary amount will be secured and Hunt's railroad will bo ono of the permanent and most beneficial enter prises in Pendleton. We cannot af loid to do without it, oven for a year, J Wo want it this year and as soon as w'o oan get it. 1 lierc are tides in mL-11 'ives which, taken at thu flood, led to fortune, and this rule ap plies to towns and cities with the same great force that follows the ap plication of the laws of tho Creator. Shall we have tho road at once? Your subscription is necessary. Do a man! Don't shirk a plain duty ! Don't bo a clam ! This bivalve nev er moves. Let our motto be onward and up ward. The only way to build a town these days is to be alive. All "dead" people should live in graveyards and not in houses. Awake to your interest, even if you do have to stick a pin in yourself to do it. Hustle, rustle, got there or break a trace trying. Don't hold back because you are mean enough to think some ons is going to make a dollar and you arc not. If you will stir from your sitting posture and be alive you will secure profit, too, and earn it. All the great things in tho world are duo to activity. So be active and progressive. Job printing dono at this office on short notice. Trices rsasonablo. Dwell inj? jlouso for Sale. A dwelling house and lot, at I he Cove, Ori'gon. Centrally located, near and con venient to all tho ki'liools. (Jooit cellar, wood-shed and welt. ViIl be sold cheap for cash. Apply to 8. . WHITK, K-:U-tf Cove. Oregon. Gibson & Haynes, r J Union, Oregon. Horse-shoeing, repairing hlackMiiitliiui; done with ami general neutncs and dispatch, and on short notice. SllOH OnDOSite loilCS Bros' Store. Main Street 7-tf. Union and Cornucopia Stage Line Quickest and Cheapest Route to the Pine Creek Mines. KATES : rnroiiT. Union to Park " " Samrer " Cornucopia $1 SO 3 00 6 00 Geo. F. HALL, Agent, Union, Or. SOCIAL DANCE At Oavls' Hall, Every Friday lit, From 8 r. x. to 2 a. m. Tho Hunt of Muiio will Always bo Fur nished. Tickets, Si.oo. I3VJ2RYUODY INVITED. HAIKU &: JAMBH. Pnn'r'?. BLACKSMITHS L. J. BOOTHE, LIVERYFEED STABLE, (Next door to court house and op oitc Union City Hotel. First-class Double and Single Eigs and Sad dle Horses always on hand. i Horses hoarded bv the day week or month. Good drivers furnshed. men waited on at any hour. Oats and hay for sale. IJOOTIIE & YODEIt Proprietors. rrarrrui.tr 1 itt in -rri""""' FURNITUR Wilson & Miller, -Manufacturers Hi an ins, Pocili Tlnm 0Q011, uuuia r i t 101 Keeps Constantly on hand a Large .Supply of Bedding, Desks, Office Furniture, etc. All kinds of Furniture Made, WILSON & MILhKIt, h!TJ I UNION, All kinds of photographic work done in a su perior manner, give satisfaction. Jones Brers. Trains arrive and depart from dailv, us follows: Union EAST llOt'XK. Passenger. No. 4, 1ve at T :'.'.') a. in. WEST IIOUNI). Passenger, Xo..'i, L'vc at 1 :.'!() p. tit. Freight No. 7, h've at 11:20 p. in. Freight . No. 8, Ivc at'.'::!.ria. in. Tlfl'KTQto and trout principal points HblVL,lJ in the Cnitetl States, Canada anil Kurope. Elegant Cars. Emigrant Sleeping Cars 1'tin Through no Express Trains to OMAHA, COUNCBL BLUFFS and ST. PAUL Free of Charge and Without Change. Close connections at Portland for San Fran cisco and Paget Hound points. For further particulars inquire of anv Agent of the Companv or of A. L. Maxwell, G. 1'. ifcT. A., Portland, Oregon. OCEAN DIVISION. The Oregon Railway it Navigation Co.. and Pacific Coast Steamship Co. will dis patch .Steamers between San Fran cisco and Portland, as follows: FKOM roKTI.ANII. Leaving at 12 Midn't. as follows: KKO.M SAN FKANCISeo lv'ng Spear st. wh' at 10 a.m. as follows : Col'ii., Mnu. Feb. I Oregon htm., Keh. I! Oregon. Friday Feb 8 tate.Thur-i.. Feb. 7 State, Ttiesdav Fi t) 12 Cot'a , Mon., Feb. 11 Col'a Saturday Feb It; Oregon. Fri., Feb. IS Urcgon. Weil., l-elj.L'O Mate. Tiles, Feb. l!l State, .sundav Feb. 24 V Pa.. Sat., Feb. 2:1 Col'a.,Thurs.Feb. 2S Oreuon.Wed Feb. 27 Oregon, Mor. Mar. 4 State, Sun.. Match a The company reserves thcright to change steamers or sailing days. RATF.S OF PASAOF: Cabin. - S10.03 Steerage - - $3,0') Round Trip Tickets, I'nlimited - $80.0) Children, under 12 years - - Half Fa io ,, ,, S years ... Pree The nboxc rates include ISottrd. W. H. HOl.i OMll, tieu'J Manager. I..MAXWT.LL, V.. P. &T. A. It. A HKN'KDICr, A-'e;it. I'nion JASPER G. STEVENS. Propr. DEALKIt IX I )uro Drills, atent Hlodicines, orfinncry, aints and Oils. Prescriptions carefully prepared ALSO DKAI.KH IN SPORTING GOODS, ConsistiiiK of Th'flnn niirt ffiiti Tl,'i nlTlPv llflT lillllO PlO lUllUO, MliUl LTllllU. 10" J Wllul MUUHJ x "J W (TfiS .JLUciUUi Iiuportod and Domestic' Ci gars, etc IHVJ3 MH A CAUL. iTha Rrto mm Mm rm mw wuvw &&btg timvs tols anfl Cam W. A. YODEK. Professional of and Dealers in- Parlor and Befl- and Upholstering done to order. Mnn St., Union. Or. - OREGON. and warranted to Artists. UNION Tcnsorial Parlors 0 L. .1. Uesuic, Pitoi'itii'.TOit, Shaving:, Hair-cutting and Sham pooing;, in the Latest style of the Art, Shop two doors south of Centennial hotel. (J1VKMU A CAMi. !) 28-tf. Bon Tod Restaurant ! Now open to the public on Main Street, Union, Oregon. Board and Lodging. SKRVKI) at All Hours 25 Cts. Xo Chinoe cooks employed, and every thing neat and 'clean. The Public Patronage Solicited. Jilts M. Woi.kath, Propr. 12-8-tf AND SODA FACTORY, Cor. Main and 11 Sts. - - Union. Oregon, SIIHKJfAN & JtAI.KY, TropK. Manufacturers and dealers In Soda Wa ter, Sar.-anarilla. Gimrer Ale. Cream Soda and Chamimgno Cider, Syrups, etc. Or- uers priininity iilleu. at t. Main Street. Union. Oregon, BENSON IHtOS. - PKOPRIETOHS. Keep constantly on hand II KICK, 1'OIIK- VKAL, MUTTON , KAUAUK, HAMS, LAUD. Etc. ThoniMni it I'iuel are atrents for the celebrated (.'yehnie WindMill, and as the prices on them have been :rent ly reduced they are now within the reach of all. Sample mill to be seen at their planer in North Union. Call and examine it. PATENTS Obtained, and all Patent limbless attended to Promptly nm! for Moderate Fees. line i.x oppoMtf tlie l'. m. ratcnt !)''. tod we can obtain Pateni In lesi !""ll,,l""itlioercin.te from Wa.oinpton. i SvixIMHIJKLorllltWVIXO. Wo adviso 1 a-M putiUiital.ililv free ot i-lmrpo: and wt lu.ik i NO I'HAIKjH tJXI.KSS I'ATEST IS ! Wrffer, her, to IHipt. orMonrv Onlci 'of the U.S. Patent tho Postmaster, tho Order Div., und ti ottlcials Olllcc. Kci eiriiulsr. auviee. itrius mho reiieroiiccs to actual ell ems in your own itato or (.'inintj , write to C. A. SNOW Co.. Plts PatWit OiHev, WashhU'ttnii U. a room Sets leas Kentucky Liauor Store City Me
