THE OUT VOL. V. UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1881). NO. 41. THE 0REG0NSG0UT. An Independent weekly Journal, isniod ev- t ry Thursday moraine bv JONES & CIIAXCEY, Publishers iiuil Proprietor.. A. K. Jokks, 1 Editor, ( ( 15. CllAHCKY, Foreman. ItATKS OF SUnSCKIl'TIOXl li 'One copy, one year $1.50 .... 1.00 hix monitis. " ' Three montos luvarlnhly Cnsli In Advance. If by cImncc xuhtn Ipliouf arc not ;mi'J till rnd of year, two dollars mil be chnrtjed. Rates of advertising made known on ap plication. 3'i-Corr(".pomlence from all parts of tbe country solicited. Adrcss all communications to tbe Ouwiox Scout, Union Oregon. ' , ... . n ruo pi:s.sionai., It. Eakix, J. A. Eakik, Notary Public. J EAKIN,JbUOTII2K, Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. HSTProinpt Attention Paid to Collect.ons. fUHN It.'CBLTES, Attorney at Law. rnllrrMn" nd nrobate practice t-neoial I ties. Olllce, two doors south of post-oillce, J Union, Oregon. jj N. CBOMWELL, M. D., IPJhysician and Surgeon. Offlre. nnn door outh of J. 15. Eatoil'f. I store, Union, Oregon. iQi II. DAY, M. T)., JlU.UJil'A'lUlV Physician ami Surgeon. ALL PALLS I'llOMl'TI.Y ATTKXIMU) TO. nn:nn .wit.i;tiw- Tminu Ttrrt slnrp. Can be found niirhU at residence in fcoutli- west Union. J. W. Suni.Tox. J. M. Caiuioll. gHELTON .t f'AllllOLU Attorneys at Law. office : Two doors south of pott-ofllcc, Un ion, uregon. SDecial attention driven all business en trusted to us. rjn. .cbawfqbd, Attorney at Law, innw,.nnn door houili of Centennial ho- IK ,g F. WJLSOX, .Conveyancer and. Abstracter. to i.i l?nnl nnil Mininir moni-rtv J(?.3 bl - V" ....... . (Tl 1 .umisbedon short noUce, at reasonable oaj?s oi riua. aim iiiiui puipim hib iatcd. Collection business prompt:' at , tended to. ' Oluco next lcor south o l'ost-omce. un on, -Oregon. A. L. SAYLOB, M. J)., Physician and 'JV-urseon, North Powder. Oregon. ill ltyi na-manently located and will attend Villi proftvicional call; day or niht. Office: Drug store building residence, ne :(toor went ot imagers' nc-wi. J W. K2MHKEU., County Surveyor, nd Deputy U. S. Mineral Hurveyor, North Powder, Oregon. W. STKANGE, DENTIST, La Grande, Oregon. Will visit Union regularly on tint fat Monday of each month. ALL WORK WARRANTED FIRST CLASS ornucopia saloon, f Wm. Wilson, Pkoi-. he Finest of Wines, Liquors! and Cigars always in stock. IllST CLASS J1ILL1ARD TABLE. Drop In and be sociable Shannon Marshall, -THK- Ipctit'iil Horse Trainer, j .Y in niways oe lounu at jwoiiie .ui-1 I'm livery stable. ' f I' 'ake your viriom boros to him and he li ii i... .1 i 'i,w.,. .......... .li 'i break tin in. Chtt-ge reaonablu Jl?r3 Have you oxa' A QUESTION. "WHttii for TimJ-rwt.l Can Miobeart ir.iin h-yo ti-rmuth sorrow, Or the nil1 tni:i 'trei tl.nnigh niiefV Is thero wen I trat faiin m ior: w 'Phut I'nn ifive nr wo -- r lie:': Itanib hojirt acbes. 'liuiu' a;iRlli-h From tun heart oj t!i' c who mourn; Dry the tear In eyes th it latitrtth For the loved nes Innu them toru? If throush sorrows c 'tnc onr blessings, And through Kricf our joy uboiiml. It were wise to court currcMihgft 1 'ronl all woes that can be found, And to court, .oek and cherish Fvefv aeheme that tortured henrts; That, our Mciug tuny !1 flourish With our joy in nil their part. We should court death" speetrcd sickle, I'rion walls and Railing chain. Famine, earthquake, sword and shackle, Lightning, cyclone, floid and rain; Work niid labor, hero fashion. That, thus ble-siiiir might abound; 1'ray for irriif-p!a rue, ;s fruition, . Of iruejov-, hv m rt.il loun I. Will. 11. Miaxu-K, 0.u vi.oosa, Iowa. NORTH POWDER. TltnrCraeker Crtk Hoait .Suclul Xotes The litlrr Rttten. April 1, 1889. Sheriff Hamilton, of Union, was in town during the week. Ghas. Schiodhauer will malco appli cation for a now license. "K" company was photographed by our local artist on Saturday. Mr. Lombard, real rotate ajjont of I La Grande, came up on Friday. I Wm. Chames returned from Indi- j ana la.st week, to remain until fall. I Mr. Ellis moved Mike Kiddle and ' family to Grande Rondo valley on j Tuesday. j The district school opened on Mon I day with a fair attendance of young idea. The murderer of J. R. Hardin's j brother in Idaho has been arrested I and is in jail at Boise City awaiting trial. Messrs. Clark & Co., of La Grande, concluded not to invest in business here, consequently item of last week is erroneous. Amateur boxing matches with gloves is the craze for the present. Old men as well as young enjoy the pastime. Mr. H. H. Spencer, of the mill firm, has returned from an extended busi ness trip to the Eastern states, Idaho and Montana. Mr. Polts, a veteran blacksmith from Huntington, has taken a position in the blacksmith shop of Sam'l. Dye. Mr. Clark, a La Grande photograph ic artist, has his tent spread ou Main street and. is doing a fair business in his line. AVm. ft haw and sons have erected a building near their residence on Clo ver crook in which will be placed a shingle machine to be operated by steam power. They expect to manu facture first-class shingles in quantities to suit the demand. Mi: II. A. Travillian returned from Walla Walla,. la.st week, after having a successful operation for the removal of a cataract performed upon one of his eyes by Dr. Blalock, a well-known, skillful occulist and surgeon of that city. Mr. Chas. Baler and Wm. Kinsito, of La Grande, returned yesterday from Crueller creek. They traveled the North Powder road to the summit where they were compelled to leave their wagons and proceed on horse back the balance oi the route on ac count of the unsettled coudition A the road. They found plenty of simw which will not disappear for at leatt two weeks. "Great was the fall my countrymen !' when a small mind with elevated ideas consents to nerve his onstitueicv in the important capacity of a plain, com mon school director (without jerqui. ites) in preference to a tit government Dice or even a local "Nasby V posi tion where pin money is in sight. People's tastes are peculiar and verily the ways of thcuvorage genus homo is past finding out but "chetJ;" crushed to earth may rie again. Mr. 0. D. Thomlinson, the uew postmaster, has occtuvd the necesaary bonds as required, and has forwarded the same to the department for ap proval, aften whkh commission will follow. Mr. Thondiiipon contemplates opening out in connection therewith a druir awl variety business, lie will have- the lower story of the armory hall remodeled and fitted up for the purpose and bo nady to commence j business on receipt of his commission. A practical joker on yesterday, or j "All Fools Day," after perpetrating a number of pranks, such as sending partir to the depot for imaginary ex- ! press matter, for telegrams of iiupor- j tanc, etc., at last received a bogus dis-, patch himself, purporting to come from n prominent buiuc mail of I In- ( ion, requesting his immediate presence. 1 Forgetting the day of the month and the fun uppermost in bis mind, lie boarded the west-bound express nod whirled off ou a fool' errand at a -t of two or three dollars to himself. " I never rajus, but it pours," sometime, dou't it If For full particulars enquire of Mr. 1). Beverage. Ajax mined the fine assort CORNUCOPIA. Description of Several Valuable Mining Properties. A GOOD STAGE LINE TO UNION. Eloquent Tribute to the Searchers After Gold Cornucopia Note?. Cobkivoi'ia, April 2,1S39. EniTou Fcout : 0n noticeable fact about, the ledges of this district is that they are not What is c.dled iy miners "spotted." You do not find a ledge niarvoloiisly rich in one place anil within a stone..' j throw therefrom find a barren spot. J Great care has been taken to arrive at j a general assay, and out of one hun j dred and forty ledges tested some by ' battery and some by ollice assay was , found to bo $tf.."0 to the ton. ! ) staled in my first communication, ! that no location fell below oue dollar. ! In this I was a little in error, as three 1 large, cins produced but sixty cents, while the balance ot the one hundred and forty went from ten dollars up to 'thousands. In the cabinets, of which there are thieo or more in Cornucopia, a piece of ore not showing free gold, is the exception. Col. Gilmoie, or rather Mrs. Col. G. has a collection of specimens which would inspire a kleptomaniac's mind with an increased passion for appropriating to his own use. The next collection, though not so large as the former, contains equally rich ores, the property of W. II. Brown, and there is hardlv a cabin in town that has not gold bearing rock mixed ui on the shelves and copboard with tin dishes snd earthen-ware. You do not feel the necessity of straining your eyes through a magnifying glass to sec the precious metal, either, in those col lections. The assays above noted were made by two different gentlemen, each by himself, so there could have been no .collusion or "salting." I promised to name the different locations, but fear J was laying out too much ground, as a celebrated but excentric Nov York jurist remarked to a very verbose at torney, 1 made my Johnny-cako too broad for my platter. The deposits ot" metal also seem to have run in groups, which by general consent and custom, bear the names of the principal mines in each group, lience we find first and nearest town iu a northeast direction the CONTACT G!0t;i This group lies between the cast and woet forks of Bine creek, on Bed moun tain. This mountain is very steep on the southern slope, and the ledges are held by contact walls of slate and granite, a most favorable location. There are in this group twenty-five or thirty locations, with seven leading or proved mines named as follows: "The Contact," "Harvest (Jucon," "Oregoni an," "Gold Wing," "Treasure Vault," "Grey Jacket" and "Garnet Queee." The '"Contact" vein is live feet in width and can be traced on the sur face for a distance (if forty-five hun dred feet. At the southeast base runs one branch of Pine creek, in which there in sullicient water for all milling purposes, with ample dumpage. A tunnel can tap the ledgo at 2,000 feet below the surface. The other ledge have a sullicient amount of develop ment work to show their similarity and equal value to the "Contact." The ore from all these ledges is of high grade both in free gold and sulphurots. v. stuin r.uori', on kimmons moi'.ntain. This group consists of tho "Norway," "Aurora" and "Home Stake." At the foot of the "Norway" is an arastra which has for some time given satis factory letuxns to iU owners. On each of these lodges is a tunnel 125 feet in length. The ledges are from four to seven foot in width. The walls t ru of granite, and serpentine. Average as says have been from ten to twenty dollars. Enough gold is taken ouUind yielded by the arastra to pay the ex penses of prospecting this group of veins. There are several other claims in this district, all of more or less merit. THK StMMONfi C'.HOUI', l'UOI'KK. There are five locations in thii group on which has been made largo developments. Theso ledges bear the names of "Pino Creek," "Check Mate," "Empire," "Keystone" ami "Buckeye." There is a shaft ou tho "Buckeye" two hundred feet in depth, and one on the "J'ine Creek" of three hundred feet, all the way in ore yielding from twelve dollars up into the thousands. The fortunate owners of tliw property are Litcheuthaler, .Simmons t Williamson. These ledges can bo traced on the sur face for the whole distance and are strong and well defined. Ou the same mountain, south, is another group, iu which aoiiear the "Blue Bell," "Monte Christo." "Mountain View." "Mav i Flower" ami "state," of which the lat- i tor was mentioned in my last letter, i oz. in goin ami a.tifiwi i. in suver. All these locations havo shafts from Concentrates in gold, 15 oz ; iu i-ilver, lift v to one hundred feet. I have sotn 51.25-100 oz. This ledge the "''rofcn ore from thuto veins literally spangled Point," on tho surface, is fifty feet wide, with gold. The metal is both fruo and i and ib bituated six miles east of Corn Niilphurels. J ueopJa. Basmn. mont of Watches, CI' THK MONITOR. The alwc mine is situated about three- hundred feet northeast of the "Bed Jacket." Tho lodg.' is from two to three feet in width. The ore on the surface assays from IS to ."0 oxs. in gold. The ledtie stands nearly per pendicular, with walls of porphyry and slate. It lies midway between .the "Bed Jacket" and "Iist Chance." The "Last Chance" has lately changed hands, and at an early day will have a Huntington crusher in full blast. The "Monitor" is the property of Mr. K. L. Cochran. This is a regular mountain of quarts. COMPANION AND KM MKT MINK!. The "Companion" on the west and "Bobert. Knitnet" on the cast of the "Hed Jacket" are generally believed to be extentious of the latter. The ore is Minilar in character, with like walls and are well defined and strong. A good quantity of work has been done on the "Companion," and for some j time the mill was supplied from its 1 shaft. ; You will notice that in my dcrip ! tions there is a very marked similarity, i almost amounting to a redundancy of ! expression. I can't help it. It is all 1 true, and if any reader has doubts, he ' can dispel them by taking Dick Grif- iin s stage line at Union, and coming to Cornucopia. The routo, by the way. is over the best mountain road which it has been my fortune to strike for many a year, and ever since I caught the miners' distemper 1 have been on the "go." The time from Union, when the roads are good, is about ten hours. The finest and pur est water bubbles from innumerable springs, trickles down the mountain sides, or rushes like thb falls of Lodore down the canvons. Ever and anon on the eastern portion of the journey, the i monotony of travel is relieved by glimpses of farm housvs man's crea ted architecture thrown in indiscrimi nately with nature's handiworks I w.is always a lover of natureS carpen try the .rougher the better. It ele vates and purifies the mind removes it from the contact and contempla tion of evil. When in a crowded city, struggling in the marts of trade, and racking his brain to accumulate gold bv shrewd devices, or overreaching his j neighbor, or taking advantage of his 1 necessities, man loses his manhood i and almost unconsciously becomes a ' faithful follower in the groat army of shylocks. Not so with the miner who 1 searches in nature's vault for virgin gold. Every effort, every failure, every I success, but carries his mind to the i great power which left tho covered i treasures in his pathway. An infidel i scoffer or irreligionist has a lonesome tuno around the prospoctors camp fire. He is forced lo commune with himself, tho most of company. f'OItNt'COIMA NOTKS. During the last few days the snow has rapidly disappared, and run in a liquid from tho valleys below, and the sunny side of Simmons nn.untaiu is nearly bare. Col. Gilmoro left on a flying visit to Okanagon district where he has several claims of a very promising character. Several parties are getting their gum boots and sluice boxes ready for spring work. Capt. Lyler with, several Portland men will arrive by tho middle of the next month to develop tome valuable properties. Judge Litcheuthaler will wion put in an appeainco when tho Simni'ms group will show signs of lifo and labor. His company have valuable olaims. It is estimated that there is livo thousand feet of tunnels and shafts in Cornucopia district or Granite district, mostly tho work of poor prospectors. Tiout aro beginning to bitoinl'ine and liagle creeks, and tho disciples of Isaac Walton an busy with the rod and hue, Clint Dully seems to be tho king fisher is trying to dethrone him, all ! tho same as the Dutch and Tamathccsc, Jesse Alberson has his late supply of goods now on the shelves, they came by the way of Union, and not a pound wai shipped to the "tnbitary by way of Baker. Messrs Becker and Newcomb aro preparing a largo and most complete map of this district and Okanagon. Wo trust it will bo lithographed. Correspondence has been opened with a syndicate of St. Louis mining capitalists which havo already extend ed its operations over tho tonitoties, they aro men of means and energy and should they embark in Oregon's boat wo can look for marked results. St. Louis lias been the last faw years a avorablo city for placing mining prop erly. The Union stage still continues to como iu on lime, they icach (Jornueo pia iu one day. Judge Basitult has returned to Han ger fully restored to health under the hkillful treatment of Dr. Wood of ('ornucopia. Several Cornucopians will be in Un ion during court week, both as witness es and jurors. Col. Gilmoro has just showed mo assays trom uast I'me or Okanogan 1.25-IOO showing by battery sampl ocks and Jewelry, ju CONSTANTINOPLE Interesting Letter Concerning the Famous City. TURRISH MANNERSAND CUSTOMS .n OreROnkin's Impression of -the Balmy Mes of Greece. CONSTANTlNOPl.H, l-'cb. '2S, lS'J. EOtTOH OrKOON Pt'Ot'T: Our vessel has been dodging around among the islands and rock dills of the Archipelago for a day and a half. It ii a very dangerous journey from Athens to Constantinople. The sea is very much broken up by dill's and islands and to steer dear oi bars and shallows a ship has tn be careful. Feb ruary in this climate is of a verydill'ei ent temperature from our Oregon Feb ruarys. It is very pleasant and com fortable. The Greeks(tlie better class) are thrifty, industrious, ambitious. They aro impulsive and warm-blooded ; ever alert for something of an ex citing nature to turn up, and always bold and daring in the warmest and most stirring scenes. They are nearly all busy at various trades and vocations. Mosa of tbe rural ones are engaged in currant-culture or in the cultivation of fruits of the many southern varieties. Greek country life is delightful. One could ask no more than to be a farmer in this country. The sun is not too warm to be pleasant, and the evenings are cool breezy, delightful and mvigo ratintr. The many profuse and beau I t if ill flowers and shrubs, the plants and fruit brush that blossom in the hedges, near the houses by tho foot path give an aromatic freightage to tho air that is wild and indescribable in its freshness and miritv. The skies aro never, or scarcely ever clouded. One deep and animated blue from day to day. The hum of the laborers in the field, and the children that cluster at tho houses mingle with tho mellow hush of the evening, and make an on- trancing' melodv for hnn who is not used to this country and its many lit tle delicacies. The green islands dot ted here and there in the Archipelago are covered nearly the year 'round in a coat of verdant herbage. We passed through tho passage that connects the sea of Marmosa with the Black sea the Dardanelles, about sunset. It was an imposing picture. The sun iut sinking down behind the I far oft' cliffs of the Balkans; tho nar- row waterway for the trade and tralhc of the Uast to oass through : the hills on one side that slope away far as the twilight shade would allow us to see on the other a greener sticu'h of up land studded with streaks of sunlight and clothed in a coat of fruitage; that elfsamc, t-oft and mellow stillness that inevitably comes with a Grecian twi light, which reminds one of what Ed gar Poo has said iu the "Ba veil :" "Suddenly the air grew denser, Perfumed by some unseen center Swung by seraphim whoso foolfalls Tinkled on the tufted floor." Long briars, tho names of which wo did not learn, aro numerous here. The sea of Marmora gradually widens out from the upper end of tho narrow sti'ait. We steam fastly by the city Uodiosto on tho northern coast. It is on a sloping hill and a good view of tho entire city is had from the sea, two or three miles distant. Far off to tho right in Turkey in Asia, towers that grand old cak of which ancient and legendary history tolls us so much Mount Olympus. We can just seo her standing in relief against tho hori zon as it i-i about dark when wo pass tho point of view from the sea. Morning dawns and finds our vessel softly swaying up and down at anchor oil Constantinople. Tins is a grand oitv. It is magnificent in its regular! ty. It is ou the strait of Bosphorus, and one can just see the sinoko and some steeples from tho opposite sido of tho strait. The Turks differ from tho Grcoks but very little, that is tho bet tor class of Turks. Of courso they aro nol so fair nor active as tho Greek, and are more sluggish iu manners. Horse-, aio m-oii hero more frequent ly than iu Greece. Tho Turk is fond of his horse, and his mug of good, gen uine Much coffee. Tho Turkish shop keepers and merchants sit fiat on tho floor of their office and sip coffeo like their dark lined neighbor not ninny thousand miles away sips his "Young Hyson Tea" and trolln his sleopy gib borage. A loose cap, or turban of light texture, is the heud dress, and very loose, sack-liko garments for tho body. Delicately made sandals shield the feet from tho warm pavements and sands of Turkey and Turkish cities. This city has astraugo history. Jt was formerly called Byzantium, but this was changed lo Constantinople in honor of Constantino, (ho first Roman governor who accepted tho faith hatched up during the most prosper ous M-riod of Buna, known as Chris tianity. It is said as (his emperor was marching at the head of his legions one day, at noon, a flaming crors, bright Mild luminous', appeared to him in the sky, bearing tho motto, "In hoo siguo sniei,,." (lu this sign wo conquer.) st received by A.N. The fiction accomplished its purpose. After many strange and solemn ex periences in the routine of govern ment. Constantino X 1 1 1 ascended the throne of the Eastern Empire, in M IS, the last tottering fragments of what had been the Imperial. In 1151 Mohammed II succeeded to the Ottoman throne and at once began to ttnderinino the crumbling ramparts of tho Eastern capital Constantinople. He made treaties of peace with Con stantino, and at the same time sent forces to erect a fort within sight of the capital. Vain were tho. solemn piotosts of Constantino. In April, 115U, a large Turkish force was con voyed across the Bosphorus and the cities aud villages aroung Constantino ple were totally destroyed. The inva ders wore two hundred and fifty thousand strong, the invaded about one hundred thousand. Most all the people in the besieged city woro schol ars, priests, mechanics, scions of an attenuated nobility, and women. Tho walls of the Eastern capital now quaked beneath the blows of batteries of the Prophet. The millions of Bel isarius had dwindled to the masque rade of a handful of quarrelling pup pets. Tho Greeks in Constantinople still, amid the battlo cry of the Infidel, found time to fight among themselves over tho ioft of her onco j01"101115 name. At last 'ho fall came. Tho temples of (Jrecce were no longer her own, but had degenerated into hands that tho proud Grecian, scorned as being un holy. Constantino fought liko a tiger to tho last. Ho threw away his purplo that ho might be able to find asoldier's death. He fell at last in tho blood and dust of his own streets. As his spirit went forth with a wail, tho poor ghost of Imperial power disappeared in the smoke. The last pulse of tho Old civilization of mankind broke with a. feeble tluttor from tho dying heart of the East, and the great drama of tho Bonmn Empire was at an cud. As the sun arose, tho golden cresent of tho Arabian Prophet was scon lifted abovo tho gilded domes of St. Sophia. Caw. Boss. J I MM IE CREEK. lti'Oint News ItoiiiH iutlii'iiMl by mi Ocrn nIoii.iI Comix poiulcnt. Farmers aro busy at the plow and harrow. Some gardens havo been made on the creek. A new school house is being built in district No. 5,'l, ou Jimmio creek. It is to bo completed about tho 15th of April. Mr David Bradford has returned from Walla Walla and reports things nourishing in that section. There is some talk of a mill in tho Hog valley mountains. Wo could ap preciate a good mill, very much. Tho fanners havo put out poison for hquirrels, on the insido and outside of their fences. Mr. W. II. Bradford, son of J. Brad ford, has arrived from tho cast with his family. He expects to mako Ore gon his home. Mrs. Geo. Saunders and Mrs. W. C. Cusick havo been on (ho sick list. Mr. Frank Huff, who was sick last winter, has improved greatly, and is now on a visit to Nebraska. "More rain more rest, moro niggers in tho West" is an old saying, hut it isn't raining much hero just now. Nms. A Safe liivHtmm(. Is one which Is gttarantcorljlo bring you Mitlsfactory results, or in casoof failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our advertised druggists n bottlo of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case, when used for uny af fection of Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as Consumption, In amotion of ung.i, Bron chitis, Asthma, Whooping. Cough, Croup, etc. It is pleasant and agrccablo to tnite, perfectly safe, and can always bo depended upon. Trial bottles free at It. II. Brown's drug store, Union, Oregon, Jluckluii's Arnica Salve. Tun Best Halvu In the world for Cuts, Bruises, Bores, Ulcers, Suit Ithciuii, Fever Soros, Tottor, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posl alvely cures Piles, or no pay required, It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or monoy refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale at Brown's drug sNwe. A number of extra copies of this lsstio of Tun Hcout havo been run off. They cun bo had at this office, wrapped ready for mail ing, for 5 cents each. Tho present is a good thuo to oxamino stovepipes and tighten all Joints which may Ituvo been shaken looto by tliu wind. Hoofs will soon bo drv enough to take -lire from defccllvo Hum' and a llttlo precaution now may save valuable- property. The Colorado legislature has received a letter reading! "Adjourn or die; tho Ktuto is sick of you." Tho Oregon legislature remained In session until It fulrly stunk. It wa dead a month before it adjourned. Astoria I'louter. And the uronia of It Is hunglug around pretty loud yet Gardner & CoPaSS