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VOL. V.
UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, ISM.
NO. 08.
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The Oregon Scout.
An indeicii(U-nt weekly Jourunl, issued ev
ery Thursday mornlm; lv
JOXES & ClIATfCEY,
Publishers and Proprietors.
A. K. JO.NKS, I j H. ClIASCBY,
Iidltor. ( Foreman.
UATKS OK SUHSCUll'TIOX:
One copy, one year Jj'l.'iO
14 ' Six months .... LOO
" ' Three montos '
lnvnrlnbly Cai.1i in A1viici.
6v chanec tubiaiptions are not paid till
tnd of year, tuo dollar will be charged.
Rates of advertising made known on ap
plication. tSTCorrespondcnce trom all parts of the
country solicited.
Adress nil communications to the Oncaox
Scout, Union Oregon.
I'ltOKUSSIONAI..
11. Eakin,
J. A. Kakin,
Notary l'ubllc.
J EAKIN, & BROTHER,
Attorneys at Law,
Union, Oregon.
jaTPfouipt Attention Paid to Collcct.ons.
JOHN Jt. CRITES,
Attorney at Law.
Collecting and probate practice special
ties. Oflice, two doors south of post-oUlcc,
"Union, Oregon.
J N. CROMWELL, M. D. ,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office, one door outh of J. 15. Eaton's
store, Union, Oregon.
c.
II. DAY, M. D.,
JIOMEPAT1IIC
Physician and Surgeon.
ALL CALLS PROMPTLY ATTKXUEII TO.
Ofllcc adjoining Jones Ilro's store, fan
be found nights at residence in South
west Union.
J. W. Siillton. J. M. Caukoll.
gHELTON & CAUKOLL.
Attorneys at Law.
Office : Two doors couth of post-oflicc, Un
ion, Oregon.
Special attention given all business en
trusted to us.
rjy II. CRAWFORD,
Attorney at Law,
Union, Oregon.
Office, one door south of Centennial ho
tel. jg F. WILSON,
Conveyancer and Abstracter.
Abstracts to Heal and Mining property
furnished on short notice, at reasonable
rates.
Sales of Ileal and Mining property nego
tiated. Collection business promptly at
tended to. , .... , TT
Oflice next door iouth of Post-olllco. Un
ion, Oregon.
A. L. SAYLOIL M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
North Powder, Oregon.
HaR ueriuaneiitly located and will attend
all professional calls day or night.
Office: Drug store building: residence,
one door west of Kodgers' hotel.
J W. KIMUUELL,
County Surveyor,
And Deputy U. S. Mineral Surveyor,
North Powder, Oregon.
J W. STRANGE,
DENTIST,
La Grande, Oregon.
Will -visit Union regularly on tho
first Monday of each month.
ALL WORK WARRANTED
FIRST CLASS
Cornucopia Saloon,
Wm, Wilson, Pnor.
The Finest of Wines, Liquors
and Cigars always in stock.
FIRST CLASS BILLIARD TABLE.
Drop in and be sociable
Shannon Marshall,
THE
Practical Horse Trainer,
Will always be found at Uoothe & Cami
bell's livery btable.
. Take vour vicioui homn to Wm and he
wjll break them. Charge reajuubl.
?ov fine guns, ;
A Pleasing Sense of Health
r.nd Strength Renewed, and
of Ease and Comfort
Follow tho on of Pyrnp of Figs, as i;
ru-ia gently 0:1 tho
Kidneys, Livkr Bowels
Effectually Cleaning the System when
Costive or Udiou.i, Dispelling
Colds, Headaches and P-cvers
and permanently curing
HABITUAL CONSTIPATION
without weakening or irritating tho or
gans oil -which it p.i t".
For Sale In r.Ooaml SI. 00 llottles by
nil Z.rai!ins IruaRlU.
y.."i ..-'.tu.".f.-j orv by Tiin
CALiro2JiA r::- sysu? go
1 . .-tii ...
Trails .Tr:. ; nl U-p.i t from I ! 1011
1 ulv as 1 1 ovs
i: Vsi i "1 Nil. 1 w 1 st not n :i. '
IVi'iiV. No. 4, L'vcil,;i'"-ciiger,.N'o.;i, L ve 1
at ."1 ::!." a. in. 1 at l:Stlp. m.
Freight, No. s, L'vo Freight No. 7, L've
at a. m. at u:. p. 111.
TlflvKTC to and trom principal points
1 1 0 in tho United States, Canada
and Europe.
Elegant PS"' Cars.
Emigrant Slc-ping Cars Hun Through
on Exprc-s Trains to
COUNCIL BLUFFS
and ST.
Free of Charge and Without Change.
Clofo connections at Portland for San Fran
cisco and Puget touml points.
For further particulars impure of anv
Agent of the C'ompativ or of A. L. Maxwell,
C. P. tT. A., Portland, Oregon.
OCEAN DIVISION.
The Oregon Ilalhvav ifc Navigation Co.. and
Pacific Const, .Steamship Co. will dis
patch .Steamers between San Fran
cisco and Portland, as follows:
FiioM roinr.ANii.
Leaving at 12 Midn't.,
as follows:
FR05I tUN I'n.VNi 1SCO.
L'v'ng .Spear st. wh'
at 10a. 111, as follows :
Col'a., Mori. I'Vb. 4
Oregon. Friday Feb 8
State, Tuesday Feb 12
Col'a Saturday FeljKI
Oregon, Wed., Feb. 20
Statu, Sunday Feb. 21
Col'u.,Thur.Feb. 28
0 regon, Moi. Mar. 1
Oregon Sun., Feb. :
State, Thurs., Feb, 7
Col'a., Moil., Feb. 11
Oregon. I'ri., Feb. 15
KUite, Tues , l'b. l!l
Col'a.. Sat.. Feb, 2!i
Oreuon.Wed. Feb. 27
State, Sun., March 3
The company reserves tho right to change
steamers or sailing lays.
UATKS OF PASSAGE:
Cabin. - - US.OO Steerage - - ?S.OO
Hound Trip Tickets, Unlimited - ?a0.00
Children, under 12 years - - Half Faro
0 years - - - Free
Thr abort rat iarlwte llmifd.
W. II. IIOLCOMH, ! A. L.MAXWELL,
Gen'l Manuger. ! Ci. P. tT. A,
H. A. IiENEDlCT, Agent. Union.
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Leaves Union d.iily ut 2 p. 111, arrives at
Cove at :i :.V p. m.
Leaves Cove at 8 a. 111., arrives at Union
at 'J :30 a. m.
Connections made with Elliott's coacho;
runnliiK to the depot, carrying passengers
for east and west bound trains.
UATKS tor VA SSU.NO IEKS. UVCCMIV.
and j-mnoiiT, lti;ASO'AltI4i;.
ItOHINHON A LAYKK. - - - Proprietors.
Union and Cornucopia
Quickest and Clieapest
Route to the IMne Creek
Mines.
UATKS :
KAkJC. FKEI61IT.
Union to I'ark - - 1 K c
Sailer - - 3 00 lc
CoruueopU - - 00 e
Geo. 1 HALL - nt. Union, Or.
optical goods, etc., of
tl,l MCMOKIES.
'Wiitten fur I'i.i StotT. ,
Ah, yes. ecn now. though the skies may be
Minnv.
And lark may Ik- -inking their sweet roun
del ay,
I can -ce in old Union some memories
sweet memories.
The frch. green beautle of by-gone days,
A few JtrMrglins boy, some dour bonnie
niniden-
Some Mures, whose brows are all wrinkled
and gray
Somo far-reachin : hills, that greet the high
mountains,
A few spreading fields that go blooming
away.
A printer or two, a poet, a school girl
Some boys with good qualities, hanging
around.
A good jolly crowd, and a homestead so
ehanni'ng.
Where all of life's pleasures in sweetness
abould.
A sidewalk with trees, full-lcaved ovcr-
lifltii'ill
A girl with soft eyes and a poach blossom
check,
A few tender words, some smiles of the
sweetest.
And promises precious we promised to
keep.
-1?. V. II.
PI UHLUIIUJUU'.UJBHlUUITni
LETTER FROM ATHENS.
Athens, (Greece,) Jan. 215, '89.
En. Okkgon Scout:
Greece is the finest country in Eu
rope. You may talk about climbing
tho glittering slopes, and leaping over
the snowy abysses of the Alps, or of
wandering along among the ruins of
the winding Rhine, but it is nothing
compared with spending a few weeks
with the droll Greek, and his still drol
ler surroundings.
"The Isles of Greece! The Isles of
Greece!
Where burning Sappho loved and sung,
Whore grew the arts of war and peace
Where Delos rose and Phoebus sprung I
Eternal glory gilds them yet,
But all except their sun is set!"
llow expressive was the eloquent
genius of Byron, when as he sat on
the rock-ribbed cliffs that overlook the
gulf of Salamis two centuries after
wards, ho sung to the tunc of the later
Muse's lyre, the lines;
"A king sat on the rocky brow
That looks on sea-born Salaniis;
And ships in thousands lay below,
And men in nations all were his!
He counted them at break of day,
And when the sun set where were
thoy?"
Aye, even after the wear and waste
of centuries, and after the gentle
Greek had fallen, the Muse could wan
der over the sacred ground and lisp
the words that years has not drowned!
Uow sad it seems to think of what
has once been on this little, but beau
tiful, strip of land! Sonic of the
fiercest anil bloodiest of battles have
drenched tho soil with rich blood ;
charges have been mado that still ring
on the pages of history with tho clang
and clash of armor, the shout of tho
victor, tho stifled moan of the fallen,
tho tiead of legions, and with yells for
vengeance. And so, just to one side,
where Athens lifts up her pretty
domes, there centuries gono the gen
tle old sages in cloaks and sandals
would gather a crowd of listeners
about them in some cool, delightful
veranda and would read from the rolls
of papyrus that have borne some of
.tho richest eloquence that has over
been penned by tho facile pen of man,
and under tho iiowory canopy of the
near temple the tender fingers of tho
daughters of the land of Solon and
Pericles have warbled on the Grecian
lyre some of tho daintiest melodies
that tho genius of man has ever put
to music. Strange mingling of ten
derness in its tenderest form, eloquence
in its richness, heroism in its lofty
grandeur! All on the same soil ! All
nourished at tho sawo thresholds!
All fed by tho samo mother and adored
by the same lover! Tho samo sun
made bloom tho wreathes to deck the
brow of all of thorn? The little green
islands that 8tand alone on tho coast
of the Agacan, and close by Greece,
are like some lonely tree on a desert.
The waves ripplo up to them, then
recede silently as if awed with the
touch.
From tho low vales back from tho
hca, vast foot-hills stretch, literally
covered with currant hushes red with
luscious fruit. This is tho chiof ox
port of Greece, but other fruits, such
as figs, dates, prunes and poaches, aro
sent off by hhip loads.
Tho country noar Athens is some
what dutolate, Uoro and thero a ham
let stands doop buried in a grovo of
willows or fig trees. The broken stone
wall httvo crumbled. Tho ground is
mostly untilled. Tho city is as pretty
us it has boon since its palmy days.
Since it was pillaged centuries ago by
every descripsion, cji
tho Turks it has been in u ruini-d state.
The Gothic and Ionic pillars still
stand. Tho massive arches, the gran
ite collonades, the high bay windows
overlooking tho street, tho stairways
of whitest marble, all these aro here,
but decaying and crumbling from
neglect.
The people are classic men and
women. Xoscs arched, and smooth
cut, hair long and wavy, dark, restless
eyes, soft, dark skin, athletic figure,
broad and tall, a loose cloak thrown
over the left shoulder, knee pants, san- j
dais and a richly made loose cap this 1
is the modern classic Greek. The 1
working classes look more rough and j
hardy, not more heroic looking, but
hardy to drudgery. Thoy all bear a 1
stamp peculiarly brave yet cunning. '
They can face danger to the uttermost,
but stratagem is their forte. It has ,
j always been so. Whon the foe could ,
: be outdono by cunning, ho was out- j
j done. When ho was to be ovortlnown j
j by pure bravery and heroism, then ho
was overthrown by the (5 reek legions.
They still look upon their country as
tho fust and only country in tho
world that should bo praised. One
cannot blame Lord Byron for leaving
his native home, his friends and poo
pie, and going down to this fair, beau
tiful land to aid this grand old relic of
a heroic nation in a final effort to gain
the sweet freedom that had so long
been denied them. It was a grand
idea. Only a man whoso life was
awake and responsive to the cries of
the fallen would have done it. Uo
looked at the broken monuments that
adorned her ramparts, lie saw her
' lvre broken and masteries at the foot
of the invader, lie heard tho eongs
she had sung so sweetly ages gone.
He saw tho sturdy brow knit with
trouble in the shades of t lie overhang
ing war cloud, lie saw her fate
trembling in the balance his naturo
revolted. When tho mighty strains of
ancient Greece vibrated on the chords
of his own responsive soul, he went to I
her rescue, lie died while she was
carrying on the banner his hand
helped to uplift for 0110 time moro in
the annals oilier history. So with the
brave! Tho flowery vales of Greece
will some day be restored to their for-!
mer beauty, their former supremacy!
The grand temples that are now fall
ing to ruin will bo rebuilt upliftod
from their ruin.
Tho people are not satisfied and a
constant storm is brewing. Her sons
will rif-c in their might some day,
when none dream of it, and re-establish
their uatiie, their fame.
"Here has the Persian thousands stood I
Hero has the glad earth drank their
blood
On old I'lataea's day!
And now there breathes this haunted
air
Tho sons of sires who conquered thore,
With arms to strike and souls to daro,
As quiclc, as far as they."
"Some sunny day, not far, away,
Into tho lap of Fame
Will diop a wreath that will array
Greece's ancient, glorious naino."
Car 1, Boss.
Tun Baker City Democrat, a paper
published at the inflated and tax-ridden
burg on tho 0. R. & N. Go's, line,
somo UO miles south of hero, has
awakened to the fact that if Hunt's
road is built to Union it will eventu
ally bo pushed on through tho Lower
Powder and Eaglo and Pine valleys,
thereby cutting off Unit entiio section
from Baker City. In order to assist
in preventing this calamity that paper
has suddenly become very much in
terested in tho welfare of another
bankrupt burg in this county, known
as La Grande, and is evidently very
anxious to too the Hunt road defeated
and tho county seat moved, imagining, 1
no doubt, that if tliceo could bo nc-1
complished, they could manage to j
annex tho southern portion of Union j
county to Baker, and their last hope
for redeeming it from utter ruin, there
by realized. Go ahead, Mr. Demoorut.
Throw mud at Union as much as you
please, spend your breath in inflating
your municipal bladder, pray to the
legislature for assiatauco in sinking
artesian wells to moisten your Uorilu
soil, whoop up your magnifieeut mines :
which mostly lay in adjacent j
counties incur indebtedness till it
will cost every poor devil who happens
to gut a home thore, one hundred
dollars on ovary thousand he jiossessos,
yearly, for taxes. Whoop her up.
Your opportunities are grand.
11 on A. N. Gardner,
CENTRALIA LETTER.
UnsrKU,(W. T.) March I. 1SS0,
A slight fog overhung the valley
this morning but e'eard awav by noon.
Tho (surveyor ennifi from Chehalis
tonlay, to survey town property in
Hanson's addition.
Work on the cross-road from Gray's
harbor is progressing slowly. The
work of surveying is not completed
yet, and work cannot goon to any ad
vantage. The new three and a half story hotel
is ncaring completion, whon oq..ipped
onee this will be vhft finest hotel be
tween J'ortland and Tacoma. Centra
Ha will toad tho west "some day when
all life lessons have been loarned."
Some thivty families from the east
came to the vicinity of this place last 1
week, uiul failfld in some extent to net 1
houses to rent. Some new cottagos
will soon bo erected for that purpose
in this city, and then wo can accoma
dato persons without homes.
One is reminded of spring when the
frogs make tho night( melodious with
their sonm. ami the 'larks wake tho
stillness of morning to time with their
carols to the budding trees, and yet it
is like Muv in Eastern Oregon. The
country on this coast is bleated with
a splended climate above its Jn!,uy
resources
This city supports two chusches one
M. E. and ono Baptist. Also a Y. M.
C. A. is m successful existence and
thriving to all appearnce. Organiza
tion makes men friendly, "hut money
makes tho mare go."
Chehalis, a town four miles south of
this place had quite an oxuitement
somo days ago over tho cooks at the
hotel attempting to assurno tho role
of druggist, and prescribing an over
doao of oroton oil for a cako mtulo ex
pressly for a certain jierson working at
tho hotel. The person ate tho cake,
and the cook a negro, with an assistant
departed for tho city boarding house a-la-sheriff.
All is lovely and the cook's
locked up.
Washington is to bo admitted this
fall into tho sister hood of states. She
comes full fledged with colors Hying,
and wealth glowing in her coders.
Sho will make an important addition
to tho' Union. North and South Dako
ta with Montana comes to us hand in
hand at tho. same time. Wo will bo
allowed all the many rights and privli
gas that aio gladly conceded to other
states, and shall givo our heart and
bund for the support of the right.
FROM TACOMA TO UNION.
Union, March 12, 1SS0.
Editor Oregon Stout:
Some people may think it is u picnic
to leave home and to, bo Hush with
money, to take in tho cyclorama, the op
era, take boat rides, a walk to lake Un
ion, to lake Washington and fifty conts
for every turn you make and to lock
ahead for support to nothing moro than
thevirtuons qualities of a rusty printers
ruin, but we, for two of tho slingors of
antimony in the world, can givo tho
ones who aro contemplating a trip, a
few good bits of advice and some ex
cellent pointers on tho matter and
if it is allowable wo will rovero Grco
ly's advice to "Go west" to "Stick to
what you have, and let the woit stick
together with it mud and fog." Of
course "boys are boys" but wo came
nearly making this time worn maxim
a fallacy, for we were nearly skeletons
when we got to Union.
As most all of you know, Centralia,
W. T is about '100 miles from Union.
You all know that at four cents per
mile, the fare would bo sixteen dollars
to that place, and if you havo gono
very deep into tho technicalities of
Brook's Normal Wiitton Arithmetic,
yon are well aware of the fact that six
teen dollar minus one dollar and six
bit equals fourteen dollars and twen
ty five cents, so wo lacked the differ
euoo of those two sums of having tho
necessary amount of "stuff." Well,
every body who has experienced a fi
nancial panic knows the dreams and
plans that will enable one to make a
raise that Hit to and fro in your mind.
You know how many air oastles and
mansions of imagery loom up before
you, when you forget your lank purse
for two minutes, autmul try to think
of a way to lift your self at onco to
fortune, and how low down your lip
drops when the sad faot comes
the jeweler, main street,
gus ing to you in its fullness and
vigor.
At first wo were going to wt ito trav
elling editorials for the country papers
along the line, and then by so doing
build up a cheap but gratifying rep
utation that would cany us success
fully back to "home and mother."
We hud heard of one of our townsmen
who had acted dead soldier in tho
cyclorama at Portland, but wo were
not accustomed to the wild roar and
clash of battle, so wo could not think
of wallowing in red ink and sand for
fifty cents a day. A man offered us a.
job of herding slieep. but it was across
tho river and neither of us could swim
or row a boat. We bought a nicklcs
worth of bread on tho road and the
hdy had to look twice before she could
tell wether it was a nickle or not, for
both ot us Had carried it by turns in
our greasy hands until it was black.
By close calculation wo made our
daily walks so accurate that wo got to
tho different stations just as the freight
trains got there. It may injure tho
pride of many people to think of rid-
I "B !l hoK cr with omVh' willow
I bnkcts' 1W buckets, axel grease,
! b"B8io tongues, burlap sacks, ect. but
! il " not ''"j" our pride as much as
j wo thought it would our shoes to walk
track, and track walking is a job that
1110,1 WM0 'ovu ' mmuro the beauties
01 nature generally no. iiiu ueauiies
of nature were a secondary considera
tion to us. The beauties of lw cuisine
art were firstly. Wo can give any per
son information now in regard to tho
stations, the springs, camping places,
good houses for "hand outs," and all
the little bits of advico that relate lo
genuine tramp life.
B. W. Huffman.
Till: XV.W SCHOOL LAW.
The new school law enacted at the
laBt session of tho legislature with
reforenco to the granting of certificates
to teauhors is tho same as tho old law
except in tho following particulars:
Certificates of tho third grado are to
be good for ono year and shall not bo
issued to the samo person moro than
once. A teacher who obtains i third
grado certificate, must at his next ex
amination pass up to tho second grade.
But he has a year in which to prcparo
for this advance. A second grade
certificate is good for two years but
shall not bo issued to tho samo person
moro than once. A person holding a
second grade must, at his next ex
animation must pass up to 11 first
grado, but ho has two years in which
to prepare for tho advance. Teachers
who have secured first grado county
certificates, in accordance with tho
provisions of this act, shall be entitled
to rccive a first grade stato certificate
without further examination, provided
they have taught three years success-
fully in the public schools of this stato
and aro recommended by tho county
superintendent and tho county board
of examinors for tho same, nnd havo
paid the fees as required by tho laws
of Oregon. Teachers who hold stato
certificates, as above set forth, and
havo taught four years successfully in
the public school of this state, shall bo
entitled to 11 stato diploma, provided
thoy passim examination before tho
county superintendent, or tho board of
county examiners, in book-kooping,
composition and physical geography,
and are recommended by tho county
superintendent and county board of
examiners, and have paid tho fees as
required. Teachers who hold state
diplomas, as above described, and havo
taught not less than six years success
fully in tho public schools i this state,
shall bo entitled to receive a stato lifo
diploma, provided thoy pass an exam
ination before tho county superinten
dent or tho board of county examiners
in the additional branches of alegbra,
English literature, Oregon school law
and goneral history, and profont ft
recommendation from tho county sup
erintendent and board of county ex
aminers, and havo paid tho required
fco.
lluubleii's Arnlrii Halve.
Thk Best Hai.vi: In the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Soros. Ulcers, Salt Ilheiiin, Fever
Soros, Totter, Chapped Handy, Chllblnlni,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and pom
nlvely cures Piles, or 110 pay required. It
is jfuuranttod to givo porftct satisfaction,
or money refunded, Prlco 26 cents per
box. For sale at llrown's drug store.
1 Union, Oregon.