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4 V l VllLrJHZZUIZ&H JETS THE OREGON SCOUT. AMOS K. JONKS KDITOIt, City and County Official Paper. Tlnii'Hdny, March 81, 188U. gwmej jiil.Tuui,.Ja.iJ AluMm-ifi,., itrs.tamnvxwr. FTnrrBn . . KniTOUTAI. NOTES. C. I. JlANi-oni) hu.s boon appointed Chief Justice of Washington Territory by President Harrison, and the senate lms confirmed his appointment. CJov. J'Kx.vovi'jt hue appointed the fol lowing horticultural commission : Dr. .7. II. Card well and Henry K. J)osch of Portland, Jt. S. Walluco of Salem, 8. D. Whitman of Modford, .Tas. A. Var ney of the Dallos, and .lame Ilendor Miolt of Cove. TitK Ailariun says: "The 0. 11. & N. Co. can't handle tho Columbia riv er flleamboat ongineorn as easily as it did tho Oregon legislature." Woll, hardly, and that company is finding out that the pcoplo of Eastern Oregon aro not as servile slaves to it as they used to bo. Tin: worst hind of competition comes from men who do not undr - htand thoir business. This is the elasa that cuts prices and generally demor alizes business. They aro found in all lines of trade and generally succeed in making their creditors pay foi thoir lack of knowledge. Tiiiiui: is still forty-seven aspirants in tho field for tho position of United States Marslmhihip of Oregon. Xot ono has shown a disposition to with draw from the contest. Put then it is not reasonable to expect a hungry man to withdraw from the banquet when there is any thing insight to fill up with. That's what tho banquet was prepared for. . Jt is suggested that among other things, tho phonograph may bo used as an automatic novel reader, with each character speaking as it were in propria persona. That is tho phono gram will ho produced with tho various voices as in nature, all tho inileclion of passion, sorrow, sympathy, ridicule and sarcasm, and song, etc., uttered to it originally by professional elocution ists dialecticians and singers. iMrs. Lucy Stone Kays: "Wo idiall never have tho churches full of nion until thopulpits aio filled with wonion." That might be a drawing card laiey, douhtlcsM many bald-headed sinners in the front eeat would bo saved, but (hero would bo n marked decrease in tho attendance of ladies, which would mako tho matter as bad or worse than it is now. You had bettor prcinit nature to take its course, Lucy, and lot tho bald heads go to the devil. (Jov. 11 ii.i, of Now York in a letter to tho Halom Democrat club makes a .stirring appeal to tho Democracy. Wo givo ono extract : "Our linen have been driven hack, it is true, but wo are not dismayed, and tho contest must inevitably go on. If wo now prove ro erent to tho trust, the progress of tariff reform may ho delayed, but tho day is not far distant when tho Domooratio principle of equal participation in tho benefits of taxation shall bo controlling and supremo. To win tho contest our weapons must bo those which will enlighten tho ignorant and reloaio the i'redulous from thoro fears." Tin: Orfyanian assorts that "not a penny was Bpent in trying to piuh the Hull Jvun tfohomo through the leg islature." Probably not a penny of Portland's money was spout for thnt purpose, but one only has to glance nt tho number of appropriation jobs that passed the legislature to be convinced that over $100,000 of state money was ( xpended to got Portland's pet meas ure through. Tho Portland delega tion held ho balance of power in tho legislature, and they dished out with no sparing hand appropriations for pet measures whenovor it would mako u vote for thoir non-taxable bonds bill. When tho nost slato tax levy is mado the pcoplo will rolise that they, mil Portland, have paid pretty dearly for the Hull Hun sohomo. Pni'i7 xlew. Tho iwoplu of I'nion county have realized tint situation already, and will be more fully ,wuke to it on time progotaus.. IIiuiKli'ii' Arutcm SnHi. Tine 11 kmt H.u.r iii tun . i i.i r. . nil-, llrule, Norm, Ul er, Hall Kin mu, I'mr sorc. Totter, i hi-l IUihU, i uL..u.i tt'l'D", uri I (ill Mlii J'.ruiit iiuu, mihI h1 alvily cure I'llo, r no jmy rf.juliwl. I; h guaranteed til ilit ported '.lUlmti'iU IT IUOIlv viu iileil Price '! n-ut- r lwxro' dU at Jtrnwn tit iii; tore. oitovin: CLKV15I.ANI). The Portland World echoes the sen timcntii of nil democrat, . fil l -p-,nt majority of the Ameiv .(n j n; , wli.n it enyn : "Orover Cleveland ir, more greatly admired to-day by the American peo- ' plo lli.iii ever lirfore. And po great i i ! Western ciithiwai-m, ct.peci.illy, for him, All the Taminanv Hull- ,n 'Uiriu- tondorn may be powerless to j ivv-iit his rcilomiimtion for the presidency in ! 1802 Tho fact tha' hu presided with ' such dignity, that his .administration j was marked with such olden-tirtie hon or, cleanliness and patriotism, has in spired confidence of the people to such a degree, they may rise throe years from now and demand his rcnomi na tion. Mr. Cleveland is ptrong and truly honored except by a rabble ele ment hi Now York which, however, wns sufficient to defeat him at the fast olection. Kew York Htnto will not be, so im portant hi 1892 as it was last year. The admission of four new Slates and tho reapportionment which takes place in 1880, will naturally change the election battle grounds. ' This, with tho rapid decay of honorable re publican policy, and the ineraieing hontiment for equal righto, of which ! Mr Cleveland is tho greatest Jiving champion, will probably place many heretofore republican Htntes in the democratic column. Wo would rather see Mr.- Cleveland president than any other American, and the good and patriotic senso of tho people may demand at the next elect ion his return to tho office which he to highly honored." ONH Olf TlfK CAUIMRT. Thoro is something j)eculiatly funny about the make up of .John Wanna makor, Postmivster-Oeneral of theme United States. Last year he busied himself with raising IjtlCO.OOO among his rich quaker friends in Philadelphia for tho mo of the Republican cam paign committor, which ho knew was to be spont in any way, corrupt and otherwise, to bring about success, while all the time in his individual life he was striving to bring about hot ter morality by his active work in tho Sunday Schools of Philadelphia. Air. Wananiaker must havo known ' that tho corrupt uso of !?4fi0,000 in n single campaign would do more harm to morals than he would be able to cor rect in his whole life timo. That he know this cannot bo denied, but at tho same timo ho felt that tho success of tho republican party meant better things to him, moro power, more prof its, more money, more protootion to tho few, more benefit to the monopo lists. So the selfishness of his exist ence conquered the bolter and higher principles of his soul, and John Wau amnker became Postmaster-General of a great nation through the influence of his corruption fund of $.150,001). After, knowing this a man who reads tho following "sickening stun"" from tho newspaper dispatches from Philu-, dolphin, Mr. Wanauiaker's home, grows exceedingly weary and disgust ed with groat lives, of which our Postmaster-General's is a sample : "Postmastor-Ueneral John Wana makor in his Sunday school looked un like the man who hud helped niateri- ally to elect the republican national 1 ticket. His Sunday school is held in the lletlmny Presbyterian church which Wanmiiaker built. Tho Post-niustei-Ooneral is superintendent. Thoro was a larger number of scholars in attendance than usual and the building was crowded to the doors with visitors and members of tho superin tendent's Bible class. "After tho routine work, his Bible class and a largo number of spectators retired to a largo room. Before be ginning tho lesson, Wuunmakor said he proposed to organixe a vesper meet ing, to bo hold at 7 o'clock in the evening. " Mint don.t you aH oome, please don't you all come, for there won't be room for you.' " 'Now,' ho continued, 'if our choir will just kindly give us some music 1 will look oor those- communications.' "When tin male choir h:'d flnMie,!, he went on : 'Oh, hero is one from a frtoud of ouis whoi husband is dxing. (!od help the widow and her (ami!). They dreie our prayers. Uefore bo giunin tin !."util ..ni (. .A all who (li ii. i nun.- It. . . iih rli .-tut-day with their Uvulii. . ton. :.nt minut' V iiftornonu meeting. 1 always try to be there und will denn it u great comfort to meet Uk s w.o i.iidhclp. La.t ,'Miiiduy a i.. ilui 1;. ,t Jit lei Mn, u line hi. wii !i ul '.i m i.n-e I in tin-- t !. - . nt' 111.! ,1 ..I. .1 ..ii ' !ej. , t lit it ful ui , h . i. iiiii- ! Uvjl fure he w.is j; it ally ii "The l'o; turn-.:, l-C II :al 1. u 'III .i : . ii' , i .' i lit .1 l.i il t tl to ... ' . acles of love, to enable us to make this earth more beautiful by love, by sympathy and bv encouragement.' "After this the lesson was becun." , , , . I ho Dr. .Terkyll and Mr. Hyde in John Wniifiiimkpr'ri lifn U but tlu re- bushier. U tlil ilsiy, March 1.1th, 1?S!, di. .jonn anamakcrs mo is UUi tin. re , Hn,vp(l ji- Voder retires and the ImsincM suit of a system which robs the many i will be ran led mi !v L. .1. lloothe. Into t.,.: : 1 :t n... ... mvu iTimn5B ami enrieiius mu jui. ; It i a system which will eventually; fall for the reason that it is gradually j undermining itsolf. Jt is based on the j principle that a man, (or a nation) can i live upon himself (or itself) or, figura- j tivcly speaking, that a man can lift ' ,, , ,, ... , ... himself opto the ceding by pulling J , , , ..,., Harmless aim uouot win tan nom nrotind it after awhile, and thon there will appear tho clean, clear light of ! day And the simple truths of a just system. l!at Oregoniun. A ,OJITAST. The 12nst Portland Vindicator, in making a comparison of the old and young members of the late legislature, says : 'There were two young members in the lower house of the late legislature; Hon. Jeff Myers, of Linn county, and Hon. Robert A. Miller, of Jackson. The former is in his twenty-sixth year and the latter a few years older. These young men returned to their homes taking with them the confi dence and respect of all with whom they came in cmtacl. They din- played nn adaptability to tho duties i of tho positions they were called to fill, bj the manly course they pursued, and the manifest purity of the motives by which they were governed. Con trast the noble conduct of these young men with that of Senator Watts, of Yamhill, tho accused bribe taker, the girl swindler, tho lecher, the quack. That man is more than sixty-live years old, a giant in avoirdupois and a pig my in intellect. He is a Good Temp lar, n profeseod Christian minister and a man of high moral ideas. The hoary old villian' has been accused of crimes which no newspaper would stoop bo low an to present in print and which could only find record in tho annals of a criininnl court. Away with the foolish idea that none but old men are safe counselors, and that thoso of fewer years aro qualified only for I ho battle field. Such a theory is worthy of tho dark ages which gave it birth. The world has advanced and mankind has attained a more exalted sphere." MUJM'jwniti.T.Tri3arraii.TOa AH8TKAI.7AN'.WOOI.. Tom Morry, who lias just returned from tiio Afolliourno Exjiosition, writca as follows eonoorning tho wool of (hut continent: "The j;onoml faoo of tho country is like that portion of Oregon lying bo- twoon tho Cnscudu rango anil tho t;oa, in Oregon, (inpecially hotwoon Hoso burjj und Coos Pay. What wo cull valleyt) in wostorn Anioricu, thoy call downs,' that is tho Darling downs aro merely tho valloysof tho Darling river. Some of theeo 'dowiib' two very exten sive and contain aH much area as tho Sncremento and Willamette valleys put together. Put tho greater portion of thorn is used tolely for tho jiastur- ago of sheep, a bu&iness in which they aro us far ahead of us, as wo arc ahead of rticin in everything else. For my part 1 would like to puo Australian wool let into America free of duty, to fur as Oregon is concerned. It would develop the marvelous water jwiwer of Oregon in the next decade, ta no oilier cawso could develop it in the next fifty years. If we could produce tho eumo quality of wool here ourselves, 1 would fay go ahaad and tax it to keep it out. But knowing, as i do, that we do not grow it, and never can, 1 should liko to two it lot in froo of duty. It would build up cities liko Spriugth'ld and Newark at all audi place u,s Ashland, Rock Point, Winchester, Eugene, Jolf onon, Albany, Salem and Oregon City, utrt towtm, but uitio. It would em ploy mich nu amount of skilled labor In thoio cities-, that, instead of living a hand-to-mouth life in producing grain for the I'uitcU Kingdom, tho fanners near those towns would find a homo nmtket for all they produced, instead of being lleeeed to death by tho con utriptive charges growing out of u truffle licru the market is ID.000 milcu uivny from tho jnxitlucor. llonuo, 1 f.ior fiee w.imiI." Mi HI V Iiik. We liihf to f U our citlsen, that for ycai:- wt Imivi liwn Helling Dr. Kuig' Now Dim'. .very lor 1 iiikiiiuUoti, Dr. lllg v,. i If,. Clin, Puvklcii' Arniea 8alv miiI I I. . l i I Hi r, mill lmf netr IimihIUmI uiii .i-i llu" Ii well, or that li.iNf t;tv in M h u'i!or-al n.iIi i'tinn f do not h i i u,iii.pf thciH fVfry lm, anil Imii i ua.lv to roiutiil Uie pari ha' jni ,il 'tiiisCuiurv r .uhk do n.t lollnw i i i I ..- r, i- ttli-- kju- won llii'ir I , . i . ii t ... ii in. ri - V. II I U- ..' i ', I'm hi, il. tvni NEW THIS WKKK. dissolution sorter.. f ATQTIUK IH IIKKKBY OIVKN THAT i Xi the partnership heretofore existing nc- j twecn Jlootlie & Yodur. in the livery stablo ' whoso liiiini.s all accounts are iilaeed tor t.o,,t.t0I1 j, J. IJOOTIIK. All3IiyiaTnATm..s WOTICK. Carr dS- id. are hcruliv notitieil to prevent the sninc S?,n5;;;,0V, 'A m'S testament r said .Inlm t'arr, within six inotithi from the dale hereof, at his rei- dcncu car ,iaIH citv, tnion county, Ore- I Dated thN LOth day of Mnrcli, ln j J ( HIM. MUTT, Administrator. run limicliu for Kent. Dins wii.Ij hk UK'.'HIVED HV THE imtlorsiciiei. mi to the ITth dnv of April, 1SMI, fertile rent of the "Hall Way House'' en the Pine Creek road, for ono year. This N the best dairy riinehe in the country, mid is alio the liest p jint on the road tor a .stopping place lor travelers, it being just half way from I'nion and Maker City, to Cornucopia. (Sood well, pood seven-rooin hon-e with k.t:lien. Stable room for -." he.nl of Initio-', ami o'her im- i provruidit", Jtl:it reserved to rej"ei any or all urns. a. t. l.A TDM. ".-iM-t-'i I nloii, Oregon. P.OOTIIE'S 8 if KM V (Opposite the eotiit house, I'nion) Horses Boarded by the Day, Week or Month. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED. MARVELOUS MEMORY DISCOVERY. Only ftennlno Sratem of Memory Training l'our llooka Learned in ono reading'. Mind wandering cured. Every child and adult wently benefitted. Great inducements to Correspondence Glasses, rroapectui, with opinion of Ir. XVm. A.IInm monif, the world.famod Specialist in Mind Diseasetu llnnli'l t. rrenlrnf Tlininpiou, the (treat I'srchol ORist. IlucUley, 1). I). .editor of the Chnttian Advocatf, If. 1'., Kii'liard I'rortor, the Scientist, Ilnim. V. W. AnIot, JiiiIko (Jlbvon, Judahl. Jli'iijiiniln, and othr, sent poit free by l'roi; A. .LOISISTTK, 2U7 I'UXh Ato., N. Y. ROYAL ST. JOHN SEWING MA CHINE. A'o wrong way to run It; Itwws tho siuun running forward or backward. No cams, cogs, or loose Joint. I No holes to thread In inachlua or shuttle. No rood point In any other ma chine It does not possess. BUY THE ROYAL ST.MOHN. For Sale by J!. II. liny H in, l nion. Or. arrive aiel ilc):irt from daily as follows i:ST lKll'NII. west nor mi. I'assi'iiKcr.Xo.a, L've at 1 t.'iO p. 111. Freight Xo. 7, L've at 1 1 :( i. 111. .Passenger. Ho. 4, L've at 0:2.1 11. 111. Freight, No. 8, L've at :')) a. 111. TlPk'l'T t "'i11 irom princiiKil points 1 IV.fvU 1 O jM tlu, VTllite(i states, Canada and Kuro-ie. Elegant Pi'i"" Cars. Immigrant tSleeiiin-r Cars Ilun Through on Hxpret-s Trains to RfilAMA. COSJGSL BLUFFS and ST. PAUL Froeof ChavKO and Witlioui Change. Cloe count rti"ii at rurtlmid for San Fran eiseo and l'litrt-t Spend iioints. For further )iartii-ulu'iM inquiro of any Ageutof the Company or of A. L. Maxwell, (!. P. AT. A., Portland, Oregon. OCEAN DIVISION. The Oregon ltullwav it Navigation Co.. anil Pat'ilie Coast iMtauixhip Co. will ills j-atih Steiimeis hetw en Sun Fran eieo and l'ortlanil, a follows: r'UOM l'OllTI.A.Ml. LeaviiiKiit 1-i.Midn't., as follows: FHOM SN I'ltANelM'O. L'v'ng Spear st. wh' at 10a. 111. as follows: Oregon, .Men Mar -I State, Friday 8 Coluinhlu Tiicm " M Oregon Sat'y. ' Hi. State WihI'v " M Coluiiilihi Sun. " 21 State, Sun. .Mar. .'I Columhlu Tour " 7 Oregon. Mon. " II State, Friihiv " 15 Cnluiiilila Tucm " m Orejfoii Sat. " Z State Wcd'v. " 'J7 Oregon, Thur. " iColiimlnn Sun. .'It Tho company reserves the right to change steamers or sailing days. 11AT14S OF PA&SAUK: Cotilnr - - f 10.01) Sttonige - - fS.OO Itounil Trip Tiekow, Unlimited - f lO.(X) Children, under 12 yenrn Half Fare ,. ,, A yearn ... Free The iibove m(r miWmmV lUmnl. YV. II. HOI.COM H, I A. I..MAXWKLL, ?M Miumgur. I (i. P. iff. A, U. A UKN'KniCT, Auunt. Union. Farm For Sale. 160- ACKKS, NUAli NoltTU POWD1CK. I nion louniv Oretron. all undor feiu'it. aciod 1U ktorv houne. idmhI cellar. I " fit. bum ami otUbiiiiUini:-. trrius tuuy. I For i iriHvr Mirik-ulars call at ihU olttre. ! Dwelling; UoiiisO for Snlo. . iiw.:u. r gun 1 , ; ti ne uir.illv . ! -I 1 v I' nil t lor loeati'.l, 1 . 1' 1 ! t the Cov. I, iv-.ir and roll (i.'.. 1 i cllr, ! ill he i i w.nn:. I o . I 'I'l .'I'll. I '1. i jl'.'l' fell Trains arrive aiel ilcnart from lTnion Cheap and Desirable 000000000000000000 B. F. WILSON, 0000000000000000000 LIST OIF1 BA.G--A.IIsrS. 1320 ACHES OF IMPROVED 200 acres fanning lanil ; 200 for meadow or pasture ; good fences and cross-fences ; bc-ou buildings, orchard and plenty of water. A good homo for desirable husbandry. Price $15.00 per acre; one-fourth down and balance on three and live year's time. 1 OftO ACRES, twelve miles north of Union, in Covo; (500 acres grain and lUU nlefUiow land, balance pasture; well improved ; good fences, build ings, and plenty of water, a ood orchard, etc; plenty of good timber joiniug same on the east. An excellent farm for diversified husbandry. Of) A ACRES, eleven miles north of Union, in Cove; 200 acres in culliva tion; good fences, buildings, etc. A tino farm. Price ifG.000. Od.fi ACRES, ten miles from Union, in Cove ; 100 acres under cultivation; kJ Wcll improved. Price $25.00 per acre. OOrv ACRES, ten miles north OU prico $15.00 per acre. of A(f ACRES, two and onp-half miles tfcUU mea,iow land; well improved. OA ACRES, ono milo west of Union OU $-15.00 per acre. 0000000000000000000 The foregoing are some of tho bargains I offer in real estate. These -lands arc all situated in the celebrated Grande Rorcde Valley, Union County, Oregon, noted for fertility of soil, hcalthfulness of climate, con venience of timber, and plenty of water, supplied by numerous streams flowing from adjoining mountains and springs. Union Is tho county seat of the county, situated in the southern portion of the val ley, and two miles from the O. R. it N. Company's depot. It is beautifully lo cated on a clear, running stream of water, ad'ording excellent manufacturing facilities. A largo agricultural Miction, and the mines of Sanger and Cornuco pia districts, just now coming into notoriety, are tributary to Union. Correspondence solicited. Address: B. F. WILSON, Union, Oregon. Important to H $t Paper, kij i'.r.Tfi:-! Aoibing in This ago cf Cheap Literature or ia any ether age lias equalled lb fallowiaj To every person who (within 60 days from the date of this paper) will subscribe for THE OREGON SCOUT. Subscription price $150 a year, Anil pay in .ndvauee, the yearly MibM-ription price AND ."rl.-J.'i ADDITIONAL, we shall .-ciullfor ON'K YHA It a copy, weekly, of our paper and also for one yeur a eopv, weekly, of THE CELEBRATED ILLUSTRATED HUMOROUS PAPER TEXAS siiFTiiLsrca-si Tho subscription prico of SIFTING S is $4 a year. It is a lCpago paper, pro fnsoly illustrated by tho leading nrtists aud caricatnrisU of tho day. In tho matter of original humor, it is acknowledged to stand nt tho head of tho illustrated pres of tho country, niul ha3 been well named "Tho Witty Wonder of the World." It is published in New York aud has a National reputation. Tho merits of SIFTINGS aro 60 well known that wo do not deem it ueceshary to refer to them further. Doth now subscribers nud-thoso who renew their subscriptions will hare tha privilege, of this offer. KEMEMUEtt that TEXAS SIFTINGS is offered at this prico only to thosa who Bubscribo withm tho nest CO days. No such offer as this has ever been made. W offer tho two papers for less than tho price of TEXAS SIFTINGS. No ono but our subscribers can get SIFTIXGS for less than $4 a year. ' f ho regular prico of that paper is now, and will continue to be, $4 a year, but the publishers, being desirous of adding to their list of subscribers in this section, bavemd a special and extraordinary reduction to ns for a limited period. Tho amount for both papers should bo sent direct to us bv P. O. Order, Post! Note, or othonviso, ami wo shall order tho publishers to mail SIFTINGS from How lork to you for ono year. Call, or writo to this office, and you will get a sample copy of SIFTINGS. Address - Tin: Oiikoon- Scout, Union, Oregon. FURNITURE ! Wilson & - Mumif.ic-turi r- nf Sasii, floors ana I c I h Imilfinn III (Ml Km Cououmly on hnn.U Larc Supply of Bedding, Desks, Office Furniture, etc. All kld. of Furniture Uede, Hd rnliol.iriiur l.u, t. ,.r,i.,r Homes" in the West I Dealer LAND, fourteen miles nortli of Union; acres in meadow and balance suuauie Union; all tillable land; unimproved. northwest from Union ; Prico $25.00 per acre. nil grain and ; fine grain or meadow land. Trico Our Readers. 1 OJ tt) IHiistratlo: s, :i000 Column 7i ix 1M Miller, Di alers in Parlor anl Befl- PI i r-.i - xSS3ra join Sets v. V ' ' - Main fat., Union, Or.