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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1889)
The D1 GOUT. UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1880. NO. 44. VOL. V. The Oregon Scout, An Independent weekly Journal, Iucd ev ery Thursday mornlin: bv JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers and Proprietors. A. K. Jones, I Editor, f 1 1$. Ciianckv, I Foreman. ItATKS OF SIMISCKIPTION: One copy, one year Six months 1,xJ ii .i Three montos " Invariably Cash In Advance. If bu ehance subset Options tire uot paid till tnd of star, two dollar iH be charged. Rnt of advertlbln? made known on ap plication. 2TCorrepondencc from all parts of the country solicited. Adres nil communications to the Oregon ScoCt, Union Oregon. rUOKESSIOKAl.. 11. Eakin, J. A. Eakis, Notary Public. J EAKIN, & BROTHER., Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. Brrrompt Attention Paid to Collcct.ous. JOHN U. CKITES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special ties Ouicc, two doors south of post-oUice, Union, Oregon. I. N. CROMWELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Office, one door outh of J. U. Eaton's etore, Union, Oregon. C." II. DAY, M. -P., 1IOMEPATIIIC Physician and Surgeon. A IX CAIJ.H I'ROMPTLY attended to. Office adjoining Jones Bro's store. Can be found nights at residence in South west Union. J. W.Siielton. J.M.Carkou.. gHELTON A CAIiKOLL,, Attorneys at Law. Office : Two doors south of post-olliec, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention given all business en trusted to us. (Ji II. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Office, one door south of Centennial ho tel. g I WILSON, Conveyancer and Abstracter. Abstracts to Ileal and Mining property furnished on short notice, at reasonable "sales of Ileal and Mining property nego tiated. Collection business promptly ut- tCOffieVnext door south of Post-office. Un ion, Oregon. A. L. SAY LOR, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, North Powder, Oregon. HaB permanently located and will attend all professional calls day or night. Office: Drug store building: residence, one door west of Kodgers' hotel. J. W. KIMBUKLL, County Surveyor, And Deputy U. S. Mineral Surveyor, North Powder, Oregon. J AM EH C. DOW, Attorney at Law, Cornucopia, Oregon. Land Business Promptly Atten ded to Before the U.S. Offices. ISTMIning claims bought and Bold on commission. Mines examined and repor ted upon. J W. STRANGE, DENTIST, La Grande, Oregon. Will viBil Union regularly on tho first Monday of each month. ALL WORK WARRANTED FIRST CLASS Cornucopia Saloon, Wm. Wiujon, I'jtor. The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars always in stock. FIRST CLASS BILLIARD TABLE. Drop in and be wxiiable SHALL WE MURMUR. 'Written for Till". M" i t. If we mis a draught of wormwood, TIioukIi the flip with peuil- be strtuijt. Shall we murmur in the drinking That 'tis bitter to the tongue? On the roses thnt we gather. If the thorn be sdinrn and Mronff, Shall we weep o'er bleeding lingers Smarting from eacli stinging prong? If the lily's Jeweled chalice Chance a fragrant beo to hold, And we press them on our lKotn Raptured with the white and gold, If we press them closely, closely, Mindless of the treacherous thing, Shall we murmur at the anguih, Shrink and tremble at the sting? Thus it is wo gather roe-, Though wo know the thorns are there, Know the treacherous boo U lurking In the lily cup so fair. Then with bruised and bleeding fingers, ' And with bosoms torn with iaiu, Do we moan in hopeless anguish When our ,-ighs and tear are vain. Portland, Oregon. S. V. W. II. NORTH POWDER- iis of the Week an (5atluTit ly our Kcgulnr Corn-sponilf lit. April 21, 1SS'.). Earnest Starbird left for 4lilgard on Sunday. A new porch graces the front of Craig it Thomlinson's building. Kellogg it Punch moved their slock to the mills last week. Perch, a very palatable fish, are abundant in the river now. The corner stone of the stone build ing was laid on Tuesday. Mrs. .Marion Carroll, of Union, visit ed friends here during tho week. Mr. Kugcne Brand will be employed at Hilgard during the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Jap Stevens contribu ted largely to tho success of the con cert Spencer it Co. are shipping large quantities of lumber at the present time. A young sportsman captured eighty trout in one day's iishing last week. Verily tho incessant wagging of a long tongue createth many enemies. lion. L. B. Rinchart, of Union, spent a few days here during last week. The Easter concert by tho ehildron on Saturday night was a success for an impromptu entertainment. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Punch left for their new home at the mills on Wed nesday. Friends regret their depart ure. The proceeds of the concert will be applied to purchasing a Sunday School library for tho Baptist Sunday School. Lillian, tho youngest daughter of Mr. A. Lunn, accidentally fell into tho mill race one day last week and would have lost her life but for the oppor tune arrival of aid near at hand. Miss Annie Richardson has accepted the position of pedagogue in tho dis trict school in Mr. Pilcher's neighbor hood on tho North Powder river and commenced her labors on Monday last. Mr. Burns, tho wary, faithful watch man at the Telooatot tunnel, reports four regular and several extra trains daily passing since the new schedule went into effect on tho Oregon Short Line. An east bound freight train ran into a band of cattle, the property of Cieo. Bobier, killing and crippling a num ber, a few evenings since. Tho rail way company promptly pay all dam ages, yet it is a query in tho minds of many" whether a fonco enclosing tho road would not be less expensive in tho outcome. The large and spacious store build ing and ware house of Kellogg & Punch nro now vacant and ofl'eted for rent. Any enterprising man or firm seeking a business location would do well to investigate. Our town affords ample room for more business enter prites and would bo gladly welcomed by tho community. Complaint is nmdo that tho county road leading to Union has been length ened tome two miles or moro by tho closing of the road loading down tho river. This is not tho condition of airairs that peoplo anticipated when signing road petitions lately in circu lation. It should bo remedied at onco. Miss Buzzell, a Chinese Missionary, delivered an interesting lecture on Foreign Missions at tho M. E. church on Sunday. She kindly aided tho concert on Saturday evening by ap pearing in Japaneso costume and re citing in Chinese hor first logons in that language greatly to tho amtuo ment of the audienco present. Ajax. I. am! Contest Ilitelileil. Tho late-it ruling in land c of the U Grnndti district U that of Jaine Goodman vs. Lucy Ihuche. The Uiid olMce decide in favor of Mr. Daache. Tho land in idea tion is situated on lwer Powder river in Baker county, and we believe whs Uken up under a do?t entry. CORNUCOPIA. A Proposed Wagon Road to the Wallowa Valley. IN NEED OF HUNT'S RAILROAD. Interesting Description of Several Valuable Mining Properties. I Hdttob Orkgon- Scout : Twenty-five miles from Cornucopia, by trail, in a northerly direction, wo I come to the Wallowa lake and the beautiful country around it. At pros- ! ent tho only wagon road is by the way i of Union and La Grande, while a per- son may ride it fiom Cornucopia in I less than one day. This region is said ' to bo a perfect paradise for the cattle man. Tho lako is described as the ; most attractive body of water in Ens-1 tern .Oregon. An Irishman in speak-1 ing of it calls it tho "A voca of Oregon." On the south side its clear placid wa- tors kiss the shadows of the pines, while on tho north side the grassy turf grows to the water's edge. Tho stories told me by deciples of Isaac Walton, have made mo resolve to see it for myself. But it is not of tho speckled beauties that 1 would sing, neither in pastoral rhyme dilate upon ilocks and herds, but in a plain matter-of-fact style allude to the metalio ring which some of its rugged hills send forth. It contains a greater variety of ore than any region of this country has thus far shown. Lead and galena ores predominate with a variety of copper. In appearance and characteristics it re sembles the rich ore of Wood river, in Idaho. But little gold is reported. The mineral belt extends all tho way from Cornucopia to Wallowa, making a vast scope of unprospected country, with Cornucopia as the center of the mineral deposit. . Another deposit there of marble, will, as soon as trans portation becomes more direct and cheaper, be of great commercial value. 1 am not informed how far tho gold region extends in tho direction of Wallowa, or where the base metal, or smelting ore begins. I have seen in mineral belts one spot or section where free gold was the exclusive metal, and on soperato hills, not a half mile dis tant, base metal alone provailed, pro ducing silver and copper. For exam ple, 1 refer to the Sawtooth and S hoop mountain districts in Alt..ras and Custer counties, Idaho. ltOAI) TO WALLOWA. A road from Wallowa to Cornuco pia is anxiously conversed and impe riously demanded. Tho two sections aro producing bullion of both stand ardsboth gold and tho "Dollar of our Daddies,,' requiring a different piocess to reduce tho oro to metal for coinage. These are parts ef each process which are adapted to both metals, and re quired for final reduction. Cornucopia at present being farthest advanced and producing the most precious metal, and nearest to railroad transportation, will bo with Wallowa mutually benefitted, and will claim tho location of tho smelting works, or at least the proximity of tho two towns will mako them of mutual importance to each othor. But tho road must bo built. Lot the county cast off that dose of opiate which has been so long paralyzing her vitals. Baker City is moro prosperous becauso sho is more energetic. "Strike while tho iron is hot." With tho Hunt railroad thero will bo no excuse for continuing in a course of suicidal inactivity a como toso existence. Baker has raised a fund to pay tho expenses of spreading abroad information about hor possi bilities and attractions. Sho gives be sides that a hearty and generous sup port to hor local journals. Portions of Union aro subscribers to a rival town's intorofct, and I find tho Democrat in places whoro Tiik Scout or tho Jtepuh Ucaa ought to bo found. I wish thorn all tho success that their enterprising spirit will justify, but can't see tho policy in leaving no much room "opon to thorn for settlemunt and occupa tion." Wo at least ought to filo a "iquattor's claim or pre-emption" to this portion of our own county. Whoro aro your county commissioners? What aro tlioy doing about roads about making the county traversable in ovory direction whoro trade and travel do- nund. What will bo the cot of such a road 1 cannot estimate, any easier than you can estimate its value in de veloping the rosoutces of the country through which it may pass. Asa rule, an estimate of tho value of a public improvement as a civilixer or sociulixer in opening a fertile tract of country to settlement, cannot bo nmdo. It's liko the great corporation of time runs to tho end of the world, all the time gath ering new fruits of the energy and foresight of its projectors. I have forgotten that I was to "write up" the mines of Cornucopia, and have strayed off over the range after tho white metal; but I will come back noaror home, and sieak of what is ac tually in sight from my cabin window, ami here goes for tho Al.tiHN' . COX (tttOI'I'. Near the town, in a westerly direc tion, lying below the "Red .Inckot," is tho "Allen and Cox," one of the first locations made in tho district. A tun nel taps the ledge about fifty feet be low tho surface, whore it is three and a half or four feot wide. A t this point the average of ore was $15 or $20 in gold with traces of silver. On the south end of the claim an open cut was run of about fifteen feet below sur face. This cut is throe hundred feot south of the tunnel. Wherever the ledge has been cut, rich prospects have been found, showing from $15 up into the thousands. This is the property of Cox, Fifer, Hughes, Hnr dey it Co. iNeraly west of tho "Allen it Cox' lies tho "Forest Queen" and "Lono Star" and "Queen Extension" belong ing to tho same parties. The ledges are about five feet in width. Tho "Queen" has a shaft of 50 feet and an open cut of 250 feet north of shaft, that cuts through the ledge 110 feet from surface. This is probably the most promising ledge in camp, aver aging $50 per ton. Three hundred feet west of "Forest Queen" lies the "Lone Star," a ledge fourteen or fifteen feet in width, aver aging from $8 to $12 ,i good averago for so largo a ledge. Shaft down twen ty feet. A short tunnel can tap this ledge 500 feet from tho surface. The ledges tiro well located for a consolida tion in tho hands of a good company. Baudix. Au Oiiinliu Sensation. For eighteen centuries tho Jewish peoplo have shouldered the responsi bility of tho crucifixion of Joans Christ, and though theologians from time to time havo attempted to palliate tho act, it has remained for tho rabbi in chargo of tho church in Omaha to trumpet that tho event supposed to havo taken place on Calvary was all a myth. Last Saturday when addressing his congregation al the regular Sab bath day services. Habbi Alexander broached his theory and undertook to prove that Simon Peter and not tho Savior who mot the ignominious death recorded in holy writ. To say that tho congregation wore astonished but faintly expresses their feelings. They aroso and advanced on the rabbi with such energy that he barely saved him self by a hurried exit through tho back door. Then tho flock foil to arguing the point among thomselvos. A gen eral light ensued and tho church furni ture was circulating freely through tho air when an officer entered and placed all ho could get hold of under arrest and charged them with disturbing tho peace. A Si. unit l.t'KUl Opinion. K. llaiiibrldKo Munday Hsc., County Atty Clay Co., Tox., says: "Have used Klcotrle Hitters with most happy results. My broth er also was very low with Malarial Fever and Jaundice, hut wan cured hy timely iuo of this medicine. Am satinlli'd Kleetrlc Hitters saved his life." Mr. I). I. WHcoxhoii, llorso Cuvo, Ky., adds a liko testimony, ayln: Ho positive ly huliovcs he would have died, had it not been for Klcctric Hitter. This great remedy will ward off, ai well ds euro all Malarial DUoanoH, and tor all Kidney, Liver and Stomach Disorders, stands un(.(iuilod. Price r0o. and$l, at Brown's drug store, Union, Or. A .Very I'nrulMii Aiiiil There will Ite bllU and ntntumuntM of ac count ttBBruuatiiiK several hundred dollar vent out from thin ofllco noxt week, and partlo who receive their written out In red Ink will understand that wo must have money or blood. Idaho fate I'reti. After reading the above we aro sorry that wo did not write thoeo stntcinont wo sunt out, recently, In red Ink. It would, probably, have hud a butter ellocL ocks and Jewelry, ju SL'MMBRVILLE. Unprecedented Opportunities for Home Seekers. A VAST INCREASE IN FARMING. The Hunt Railroad A Newspaper Wanted Social Notes. Still it rains. Lot it come. Kailroad is all the talk. Items scarce as hens' teeth. llorso racing all the go. Look a little out boys, someone with a bad eye is looking on. iMiss Mattio Herring leaves to-day by stage for her homo in tho Wallowa valley. Our old friend ("boat in speaking of young Harrison's arrest, says: "It is a poor man who cannot raise one bad boy. But yet he is a son of his father, you know." The last news from hunt has re vived the railroad question and there is but little doubt that Summervillo will not be found wanting when tho general footing up is made. Mr. Win. Oilliam left last Friday for Seattle with a car load of fine horses bought in this vicinity. Mr. Gilliam is a good judge of horse flesh and paid good prices for all he bought. The eitv council havo had the town jail moved to Shaw's addition, selling the ground on which it was formerly located to (ieorgo Ott who will put up a fine business house on it during the summer. Since S. L. McKinzio's return from Taeoina he puts on airs walking tho streets with a stiff neck, making us all think of our old friend Judge Piper. Hut Simon says it is not from tho same cause. Humor has it that Dave Thomson, of Portland, is now in the vicinity of tho Looking Class river making a se lection of timber land. Portland says tho Hunt road will not bo built, but old Dave knows what ho is doing. Thero will bo a greator acreage sown to grain in this locality by one third this season than over before, as the remainder of tho Sand Itidgoand a great many foot-hill ranches aro being broken, and tho prospects wero nover better for good crops. How do the present government appointments in this locality compare with those made under Cleveland's administration? I think many a good old honest republican, who helps to make this country what it is, will pull down his hat in shame ami do a irood deal of honest thinking in tho next lour years. Hut como to think, noth ing better could be expected under tho present counselors low men in high places. Su'innerville needs a printing offico, as this n one of tho best localities in Eastern Oregon for a country news paper. We havo quite a good lot of business men in our hurt: who would patronize a homo paper, besides a good subscription list oi wormy tann ers could bo had for the asking. A great deal of jolt work that is bought elscwhero would find a ready market. Some good man who does not expect to drink up moro than ho can mako would do well to como and prospect. Of course no ono would expect to bo conie a millionaire hero in tho news paper business, but tho way is open for soino ono to como here and do well, provided ho attends to business as lie should. Who will bo the lucky one to ninl.-n a start in this direction? It will be no harm and but little cost for some ono who knows what ho is doing to como and prospect. Continued from last week on immi- frnition : We havo thousands of acres of foot-hill and timber lands that aro oiien for settlement and cultivation. Wo have the finest and best water power in tho stato and the best of grazing land can bo had for $1.25 per acre, wo raise moro grain unci veget ables to the square inch than any vul ley in Oregon. Our prospects for good markets aro growing better every year. Our surplus of grain, stock and wool is immense. Our peoplo aro a liberal hearted class. Our women aro beauti ful. L'ood natured. but as usual havo tho biHt word. Thoy would mako ... .... m w snlcudm voters. I no oitiitiren aro an well developed, hearty, and aro grow inir into lino manhood and woman hood. Wo say to men and women of tho Eastern and Middle states who cniiidinnliLto comimr West, ston and woo us, and remember when you get to La Grande that you havo only com menced to look upon tho beauties of our vast and undeveloped country, .liixf. Hton a few davs and take a rido to Union, Cove, Sttminervillo and laBt but uot loast to Elgin ami liuliau val ley, and then lot us hear what your vortliot is in regard to our country, Moro tyion, Cut-mouth John. Job printing duno at this ofllco on short notice, Prices reasonable. THE COVE. Our Ilrctilar Cnrresnnnilf lit' Ituitgct of Intrrrtltit N. April 24, lSS'J. Jas. Payne is in Pendleton and Wal la Walla, on a business trip, this week. Mr. Claud Bowman and family havo moved into the dwelling near Poster's store. Mi?s Pearl Payne is visiting Misa Clara Parker, of North Powder, this week. Miss Ada Hasfctt, who has been at tending Ascension school, has returned to her home in La ti ramie. W. W. Randall commenced a term of three months public school in tho Chandler district, lart Monday. Mr. Frank Newell started for White water, Wis., Tuesday. The good wish es of a host of friends follow him to his new home. Tho cheese factory han been rccciv ng 5,000 pounds of milk daily, this week, and the figure is steadily in creasing. Born. To the wife of Wm. Koenig, nril 21. a daughter. All implicated arc doing well and William is advising all his bachelor friends to waste no time in getting married. Mr. H. J. Geer, the pioneer nursery man, after carefully examining his extensive orchards, says that no dam ago whatever has resulted from the re cent frosts and that bib prospects for an unusually largo yield of fruit never was better. The attendance at Ascension church, Easter, was large and much interested in tho expressive sermon preached bj- Kcv. Wm. Powell. Tho singing was of high oider, and tho decorations, consisting of wild blossoms and hot house plants, wero beautiful. A small card party was given at Aa- consion hall, Monday evening, in hon or of Prof. Wm. Smith's birthday. Tho geutleman wears his years with becoming grace. By tho tttno middle age is reached, wc predict he will mako as fine an appearing alderman as can bo found in Eastern Oregon. All friends interested in tho Covo cemetery are requested to meet at the school house, Saturday, April 27, at 2 o'clock p. m., to devise the best means to improve said grounds and the road leading thereto. There should bo a full attendance of citizens and all should lend their aid and influence to tho end that improvements to mako tl)0 cemetery sightly and a credit to tho community be commenced at onco. leather MlmplR. "Peter the Poet" thus writes to tho Klamath Sfar from Kono: A pious man of Washington territory is among the writers to the postmaster for in formation concerning this Eldorado, and to this question, "In whatshapo is religion in your community?" B. A. Emmitt, acting as deputy correspon dent, replied: "Transfigured. Relig ion hasn't tho good old Washington territory shape it had. Bring all your religion with you, for people hero will pay a cent a pound moro for fish caught on Sunday than for thoso caught on a week day, and nobody reads anything but Sunday newspa pers. Bring along your whole system of faith and worship, together with all your pious practices and a largo two quart contribution box, for we are wealthy, wicked and sintering lor a sudden change in the shape of our re ligion." Emmitt is one of the wicked readers of the Sunday Ortgonian, and is probably luring the territorial saint down hero to scalp him. OragoB, Speaking of Oregou someouo has said: "Here, no drawbacks are to bo found; the seasons are genial and temperate; thero is no danger of freez ing to death in winter or being blown to atoms in the summer; there is no day too cold for work with ordinary clothing and no night to warm to sleep comfortably under substantial covering; thero is nover a drouth nor a deluge ; the fruit, tho vegetables and the cereals all grow, flourish and como to maturity: grasses, flowers and plants maintain their verdure and cast their fragrance continually during the entire year: tho work of nature m supplying mankind with tho good things on tho earth never ceases here. Don't Mxperluient. You cannot afford to waste time In ex perimenting when your lungs aro in danger. Consumption always seciim, at tlrst, only a cold. Do uot permit any dealer to impose upon you with some cheap Imitation of Dr. King's New Dlseovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, but 1ms sure you get tho genuine. Because he can make more pro fit he may tell you be has some t hint' just as good, or Just tho same. Don't bo deceived, but Insist upon getting Dr. King's New Discovery, which Is guaranteed to give re lief In all Throat, Lung and Chest afleo tlons. Trial booties free ut Brown's dug store. Largo bottles fl. Tub Scout Is just tho paper to Bend east to your friends. Try it. ment of Watches, CI st received by A. N. Gardner & Co? Have you exa ' mined the fine assort