The
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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.
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Six months 1,xJ
ii .i Three montos "
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If bu ehance subset Options tire uot paid till
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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
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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