The Oregon scout., April 25, 1889, Image 4

eiat. j i .. I.-. ..-. i.niii.ni'miiin f.m 1.1111 JU LTgS .
THE OREGON SCOUT.
AMOS K. JONES
EDITOR,
City and County Official Paper.
Thursday, April 52, 1889.
T1I1C ItAIl.KOAI) ODTLOOK.
The building mi the 0. & W. T. rail
road into the Grande Kondc valley is
still the principal topic of interest,
but notwithstanding the utmost exer
tions have been made by many of the
wide-awake and far-seeing citizens of
the county, the subsidy asked by Mr
Hunt has not beeu raised. It docs
not seem possible to U9 that the peo
ple of Union county will let this grand
ormortunitv pass them by. It is in
their own hands, however, and a very
few weeks will decide the matter.
The subsidy was to have been raised
and our answer given on the first day
of this month, but as Mr. Hunt was
unavoidably detained in the east, the
matter has gone along till now. Last
Saturday he returned to Walla Walla
and Hon. L. I). Jlinchnrt was sent
from this city to interview him. From
Mr. Kinehart we learn that Mr. Hunt's
ultimatum is, substantially, as follows:
The whole amount of the subsidy will
bo required, according to the terms of
the contract, although no quibble will
be made over any trifling deficit in the
amount. The time for raising the
subsidy has been extended to suit the
convenience of the people, but if it
is beyond two or three weeks, the same
length of time must be added to the
date specified for the completion of
the road on his part. He further
stated, that inasmuch as the subscrip
tions to the subsidy in the Cove and
Indian valley were conditional on the
road running, in a certain way, it
would be necessary for a survey to be
made the entire distance, and this
would be done during the next two or
three weeks, aud at that time he will
be ready to hear what the icoplo have
to say, and if they desired him to do
so, ho would meet them at any or all
the points along the line.
This is precisely what we supposed
Mr. Hunt would say, and nothing
more or less than should be expected
of him. The subsidy asked is ex
tremely reasonable, it being simgly the
amount we would be benefited the
first year. If our people are not wil
ling to pay this for a lasting and in
calculable benefit we will not blame
Mr. Hunt for leaving us to our own
resources and turning his attention to
other sections where the peoplo are
more awake to their own interests. It
is true that the majority of our citi
zens arc alive to the situation and
huvo done all in their power to make a
success of this business, but their ef
forts have been hampered and may be
frustrated by the ignorance and parsi
inonbusncHH of the minority. If those
who arc holding back would come up
and do as well as their neighbors have
done tho subsidy would be raised in a
week, and tho work of building the
railroad commenced. A thankless
aud discouraging job is the work of
beating into tho heads of such as these
the knowledge that in helping enter
prises of this kind they are helping
themselves. It is to bo regretted that
tho necessity for such work exists, and
that these mossbacks cannot bo pre
vented from reaping tho harvest,
planted and nurtured by better men
than they. Home of our best rustlers
men who have subscribed liberally,
and given their time and attention to
tho work, neglecting their own busi
ness that it might' succeed have be
come disgusted at the stand taken by
their mossback neighbors, and quit.
They say they can stand it if the
mossbacks can, but we doubt it very
much. The idleness and inertia that
a mossback would fat ton on would bo
death to a live man whoso veins puis
nto with tho rich blood of health and
whose mind is in accord with tho pro
gressive spirit of the Union. Just how
this matter will terminate remains to
be seen. In the meantime wu would
advise our workers to continue their
efforts. A purpose so nearly accom
plished as this should not bo allowed
to fail, and wo do not believe it will if
a few of tho mossbacks aforesaid can
bo worked up. Let us keep on trying.
Tin: Lake County Kramincr says:
"If Senator Polph (tho boss corjiora
tion iservor in the V, S. Rcnute) could
make u visit to southeastern Oregon,
he would receive n reception that is
not down on tho calendar."
.
Itussell llarrbon, Fred (Irant, Kobert i
Lincoln, young Whafn his name Hayes
mid Walker lllaino an the original
charter uicmlereY Fx,
Wnv ;oi7t7t iittT H fiance WsTV yno
n nol statt a little Houta of ; pinttItl tho othor tllv UH higJ, Jf.
Lordsan addition to tho United tiou in tho Post-oillee DejiMtuifiit, ,
Stilton Semite in this country, with j was Assb-tant I'ottmabtr General t )
SM'KAK I.Ul'!)i:r. TftAN
avoi:xs.
Wo understand that the proposed
branch railroad from La Grande to Is
land City will.not be built on account of
tho strenuous opjwsition to it by the
people of La Grande, who sent a delegrt
tion to Portland last week, armed with
copies of The Scout, to prove to tho
O. K. fcN. Co. officials that a branch
to Island City would utterly ruin La
Grande, aud to prevent the building of
it, if possible. If reports are true their
efforts were successful. Wo have but
little interest in the matter, but it sur
prises us that they should produce
The Scoi;t as reliable authority when
their own papers have been saying all
the time that a branch to Island, Sum
mervillc, or tho Wallowa valley will
not hurt La Grande, but in fact, is just
the thing needed to make the town
prosper. Their action in defeating tho
branch to Island, proves the falsity
and hypocrisy of their words, and
demonstrates their faith in tho judge
ment of Tin: SroiT. This Halters us
just a little. When our words can
stop or advance the building of rail
roads, and other gigantic enterprises, it
proves that The Scolt 1hs become
tomewhat of a power in the land.
The only moral we care to point
from the action of the La Grande peo
ple in this matter, is for-the benefit of
some of the people in Island City,
Summcrvillc, Elgin, and Wallowa
county, who have had an iden that
when the La Grandcrs were advocat
ing the building of a branch line
through those sections, that they were
in earnest and ment business. Actions
speak lowder than words. If the La
Granders use such strenuous efforts
to prevent the building of the road to
Island : What would they not do to
prevent the extension of tho line to
Indian valley and Wallowa county?
Havo not our words concerning those
fellows proved true? Is it not about time
tho dullest comprehension should begin
to see the falseness and duplicity of
that scheming set at La Grande.
If the people of Island City want a
branch railroad to their place there is
one wav by which they can get it.
Let them give financial aid and as
sistance in securing the building of the
Hunt railroad through this valley, and
wc arc confident knowing Mr. Hunt
as a man who never forgets his friends
that they have only to ask for a
branch from tho main line, wherever it
may run, and tuey will get it.
As far as a branch road from La
Grande to Wallowa county, or any part
of the way, is concerned, thero is not
and never was any intention of build
ing it Tho sooner the people in the
sections interested find this out tho
better it will be for them.
iHTTKii ntuiTS or i:xpi:kii;nck.
Tho poor laboring men who advocat
ed a protective tariff that their wages
would bo kept up, and walked to the
polls and voted for Harrison and high
tariff, evidently take cool consolation
in the numerous reports coming from
tho factories and iron and coal fields of
the East, that wages has been reduced
and thousands of men thrown out of
employment. Many establishments
that voted their men for Harrison, and
claimed that if Cleveland was elected
they could not pay thoir present price
for labor, are making a big cut in wages
and doing just what they saidthey would
do in the event of the election of Cleve
land. Tho Democrats have tho best of
tho argument, and now that tho binoko
of battle has cleared away they too
that the "dollar a day" story was correct,
and that the principles advocated by
Grover Cleveland were for thoir best in
terests. In Pennsylvania liO.OOO peoplo
are to be locked out or forced to work
for less pay than living wages. And
in a state too, that rolled up nonrty
80,000 majority for protective tariff.
Oh, yo men of great faith in a protec-
livo tariff, oonsidor now to your sor
row what you havo done, and never
again bo guilty of cutting down your
wages by casting your vote for that
which will in the end drive you to the
poorhouse. Weigh tho matter well
and vote foi your elevation instead of
your degradation. Hut then, you did
it in the full possession of your facul
ties, and were it not for tho thQUNtuds
of helpless ones dependent upon you
for their support thero would bo but
. little sympathy. You havo a long
1 time in which to meditate, and it is
i sincoroly hoped that when the oeoa
j sion is again offered you that your bet
i ter judgment will prevail. H'orW.
I r ti HiillMii lln ........ - .... I
li"' .of the fnmoiu HUr Uoute
inuitis. ins reaiguiuioii waa uoniaiul-
.."TTT"
I 1 . 1 . .
til0 imWJo son.jCl umi,r
Jloston (llohr.
UI1U lit' IPIl I
ACTIONS
cloud
'
Till". OKA1X i:lkvatok systkji.
Our opinion of the grain elevator
system now being established by the
yj. it. o; to., wmcn was gncn a ie
weeks ago in these columns, seems to
meet the concurrence of the farmers
generally throughout the country.
The Hilton Emgk speaking of this
matter say.
"Having heard so much about the
elevators being built along the lines of
the 0. It. A N. Co., wo havo been con-
gulling the farmers in regard to the
matter and ftyd that the prevailing
rmtttsti nimtt tliAtr !a tlttaf film fn n.
. i t ... i
not afford to patronize elevators. A
representative farmer was interviewed j
this week and here are some of the
reasons urged against that system:
Portland and Sound ports are our
market for wheat; grain is always
shipped in sacks from this coast; ships
are not wholly engaged in the grain
carrying trade and are not fitted up
with compartments for loading grain
in bulk. They leave home with mis
cellaneous cargoes which could not bo
loaded to advantage if the hold was so
fitted up; they could not afford to
carry so much dunnage and the fit
ting up with new lumber on each voy
age would be a heavy expense to the
ship; the dancers of shifting cargoes i
and of the wheat heating in so long a
voyage would make insurance much
higher; there would be greater waste
age, and to handle wheat in bulk
would certainly cost more than it does
at present, and the money, instead of
being distributed among tho thous
ands of working men, would go into
the hands of an elevator monopoly
and they require very few men. As
our wheat has to pay for all this,
whether we will or no, wo must han
dle our wheat in the way that is most
convenient for us; wc cannot haul our
wheat to the railroad while threshing;
teams and men cannot be had to do
the work; the expense of building
granaries and paying taxes thereon
and the extra handling of wheat would
cost more than docs the bags; after
our harvest is over wo can haul our
wheat to market- with our own teams,
as wc havo nothing else for them to
do until the fall rains set in; there is
not half the opportunities for giving
false weights when handled in bags.
It is claimed for elevators that they
will raise tho grade of our wheat and
make it worth as much in tho market
as valley; but elevators will not
change the color, and that is the only
difference now. Our wheat will al
ways sell as Walla Walla and now we
have nothing but No. 1. We would
prefer to have bagging factories estab
lished thioughout the country and
thereby release us from the bondage
of tho San Francisco bag trust.
1'ho above are a few of the many
reasons why the farmers of this valley
con not, and will not, take kindly to
the elevator system. Many other leas
ons can be urged in favor of the pres
ent mode of handling the wheat."
These grain elevators are not estab
lished for tho benefit of the farmers as
they will find out, but whether the
farmers can or" cannot afford to pat
ronize olovators" they will have to do
so, or keop their grain at home.
Thoir only cscapo from monopolies of
this kind is to secure competing lines
of railroad.
fai.sk i'kktknchs.
The following from a Walla Walla
papor, it sooms tons, sizes up a cortain
cla&s in about the right way: "At
regular intervals the cry goes up, not
only from Walla Walla, but from ovory
nowspapor in tho territory, regarding
tho remissness and backwardness ot nil
certain class of people who fail to con-
nect or come to time when impotnnt
enterprises of groat moment to thoir
locality are projected. While some
cheerfully put down their names for
sums really beyond their means, as
some think, there uro others who aro
popularly supposed to bo wealthy
whose names never appear. They aro
tM I ittrcii1 ii t-ti It niul 1 1 i nlt..itt,in
" '"T ""IUU" ed. are hereby notified to present the same
of their names causes comment which , duly verified according to law. to the under-
uvi,.M ui,i.n ion,,ic:.,(ii,.,, I signed, administrator oi the late will and
would bo b no means pleasing to them tt5tament of said John Carr, within sis
did thov know it. Hut 'whoro igornnco months from the date hereof, at lil rei
, ... '..., . . . , ... donee near Island C'itv, Union county, Ore
is bliss it is folly to bo wise and these i Kon.
men aro loft in igornnco of thoir status j ,)a,wl tM -0th lla" j yiT
in the midst of tho peoplo who pay j 3-21 Administrator.
homage to tho woalth they aro supposed
to have. Wo my 'suppose' purposely'
for it is a fact nine times out of ten
that tho great wealth of tlioo men
oxiU entirely in tho iminagination.
The raiaon they do not subscribe to
...i.,.i .1 1.1...... ! . .: i..
i-.i,.v.ui iHiu.iv iiuiurv, la .uiipiv
Ihvmuc they cannot, and prefer to bo
b .ml stingy. They
mint hav a little money on hand
which ih.-y Wn nut At an interest
whu li .,11 tin v haw t he n. hut
i in-1
i tln- in en ,i
lot t I st!i .
Ui IIUUitl.
i hui Kulny
and a saii .cMptio.i U au tnterpriie u
not ( Im i'nusiiorel. 'I hey lir, too,
in fmo houses, keep very select but
expensive acquaintances, and when
they do spend a dollar the whole world
knows and exaggerate? h accordingly.
; u js overvlhmg to be thought rich, And
if that 5mprMsion can onjr creted,
hey CRre noMvhat clsc j, of thenii
, Thwe lieopJe BhwM ,K. nQt
j al)Hsed They cannot k t th-ir families
suffer, sb thev would, in order to eee
j thc5r n(Uncs -m prfnt th a
j proj(!Ct Umt iOQn forgollen.
j They arc gowl fcnoHgh men bnt or
thoir foolish i0m of boi thought
i TCeaitj)V
' ,
j new this wei?k
SHINGLES!
Having Irased the shingle mill belonging
to L. 11. Itinehart. we are prepared to fur
nish a superior quality and make of shin
gles at the following rates, per M :
j Delivered at Union, S.'J.OO
" " Mill, 2.75
AVedoourown work and guarantee sat
isfaction. A share of the public patronage
solicited.
1-25-tf YAXDOKFY P.lms.
ICE CREAM PARLOR!
Jll-t opened at thf
Don Ton Iiestaurant.
Ice cream and temperance drinks served at
all hours. Private rooms for ladies.
4-25-tf M ItS. W'ALItATII, Prop.
Summons,
In tlie Circuit court of the State of Oregon,
for Union county.
The Pourd of Commissioners for tho sale
of .School and Cniversity Lauds, and for
the investment of the funds arising there
from, of the State of Oregon, Plaiiitilfs,
vs.
S. A. Mahaffey. Martha E. Mahaffey and
John S. 15ay. Defendant;.
To John S. Hay. tiif. Above ,Sami;h Dn-
vkndant:
fX THli NAME OF Till: STATE OF
1. Oregon, you are hereby required to ap
pearand answer the compl'aiiit tiled against
you in the above entitled court aim suit,
on or before tho il'Jd day of September, A.
I).lS-!, the same being the first day of a
regular term of the above entitled court,
commencing next after the expiration of
six weeks from tlie date of the rir."t publi
cation of tin summon, aim if vou f.iii so
to answer, for want thereof the plaintiffs
will apply to the court for 'he relief deman
ded in said complaint, to-wit: For a de
cree foreclosing n certain mortgage given
by the defendant S. A. Mahaffey to the
State of Oregon, covering the HK'i of the
NY and the XK; of hW'K, Sec. 7, Tp.
5 S" It. 3D K. V. M.. in Union county. State
of Oregon, given to secure two certain
EromUory notes given by said S. A. Ma
affey to tlie said State "of Oregon for the
stun "of !3.3.'l each, and interest thereon
from April 2Jnd, A. D. IsTS at the rale of
tonlpcr cent, per annum., .and for a sale of
said premises, to satNfv the sums due on
said notes, and costs nnd disbursements of
this suit, said notes and mortitase beimr
now owned by the plaintiffs herein, and
to also ascertain and determine your in
terest and rights in said premises a judg
ment creditor of the defendant S. A. Ma
haffey. and that you may he forever barred
of all right, title and interest in or to said
premise and every part thereof, and for
general relief.
This summons is published by order of
the Hon. James A. Fee, jud;p of the above
entitled circuit court, made at chambers
and dated April Jth A. D. ls.
JOHN 15. ('KITES,
l-2.Vw" Attorney for Plaintiffs.
Summons.
In the circuit court of the state of Oregon.
for Union county.
Thomas It. Hart, Plaintiff, )
vs. V
Sarah E. Hart, Defendant.)
To Sarah K. Hart, the Abovi: Named
Di:i'knius.t:
IX THE NAME OF THE STATE OF
-L Oregon, you are hereby required to ap
pear and answer the complaint filed against
you in tlie above entitled suit and court, on
or before the first day of the next regular
term of the above entitled court, to wit:
On the 23rd dav of September A. 1). lsU.
and if you fail to answer, the plaintiff
will apply to the court for the relief de
manded in the complaint, which is lor a
dissolution of the marriaire contract now
existing between you and the plaintiff '
and for general relict. Ana you will t.iue
notice that this summons is publi-ln-.l 1
order of the Hon. James A- Fee, judjre of
said above circuit court, made and dated
at chambers on theltthdavof March A.
I). lftSSI. JOHN K ('KITES,
1-25-wT Attornev for Plaint ff
r.x h c r to ir s .v it i c u .
rpilK UNDKltSIC.NKl) HAVlNti HEEX
.1. appointed by the lion. I'ounty eoun of
num county, state of Oregon, executrix
1?
eMtitc arc hereby notified to preeuit
the same, with proper vouchers, to me, at
my residence near the Cove, in Union
county, Oregon, within six months from
the date hereof, or be forever barred.
Dated at Union. Oregon, April S, 1S8!).
S I X D It II. I.A S HO EM A K K It .
-t-tl-w.') Executrix.
A lM I.N I STUATO H'S NOTI CK.
A I.I. PERSONS HAVINti CLAIMS
2Y against the estate of John C'nrr, deceas-
Morim: oi' rouFKiTi'itic.
CoiunTrorn, I'.mos CoritTv, Obboox.
February 1. I
To W. T. liiinlett ami Mrs. Jus. Miderwon :
You aro borouv notillml that I haw e
pciuliKl one hundred dollar hi labor ami
iniurovpiimits uiMtit the i-'iKW 1.010, kiiuated
in (iranito MiuiiiK DMrirt, I'nion County.
Oroii, a wI by oertifl. atc Mini
Jno 2uth. ltWi. in tho ofliea of tlx- nv
runirr in tsmm I'oumv. mi iirarr iu duiii -mi
prt'inixits, luiilor tke provision of Section
Hvimi1 Mattitiof tho t'niuil Stat, v
the union lit n-tpiirad to hold the imii"
lur tho war ,-u.ll' 1 ''Wlubor 3M, Ikn,
uiul. Ii within m t t') .lay Mi'tor 1 1-piiiilii-niioii
oi tin- i,..ti . ., tall or rvfu-
l-i nil, Int. lite wu' .i'. .( . w I ! ..ifaUilt OX-Im-iiiI
hit i-. n -. 1 1 r i Lrpt ill nalit
rial in wilt heroioo I ho proitorly of tho -ill.
criht-r miller sjl.l s,( ti,,n 3?-ji.
. .1. I! Fl KY.
My J In 1 1 1 , Atfoi.- -: i:i
Cheap and Desirable
oooooooooooooooooo
B. F. WILSON,
Estate
,
0000000000000000000
LIST OIF1 IBZEGKA-IZLSTS.
j OQ A ACRES OF IMPROVED LAND, fourteen miles north of Union;
200 acres farming land; 200 acres in meadow and balance suitablo
for meadow or pasture ; good fences and cross-fences ; good buildings, orchard
and plenty oi water. A good home for desirable husbandry. Price 115.00 per
acre; one-fourth down and balance on three and five year's time.
T cy A A ACRES, twelve miles north of Union, in Cove ; GOO acres grain ar
JJ meadow hmd, balance pasture; well improved ; good fences, buil
incs, and plentvof water, a sood orchard, etc; plenty of good timber joining
same on the east. An excellent farm
320
240
ACRES, eleven miles north of Union, in Cove; 200 acres in cultiva
tion ; good fences, buildings, etc. A fine farm. Price $G,000.
ACRES, "ten miles from Union, in Cove; 1G0 acres under, cultivation;
well improved. Price $25.00 per acre.
Of) A ACRES, ten miles north of Union; all tillable land; unimproved.
0-J Vlico .fiy.oo per acre.
A A ACRES, two and one-half miles northwest from Union ; all grain and
'xUU meadow land; well improved. Price $25.00 per acre.
ACRES, one mile west of Union;
c-1 - nr
ooooooooooooooooooo
The foregoing aro some of the bargains I offer in real estate. These lands
are all situated in the celebrated
Grande Ronde Valley,
Union County, Oregon, noted for fertility of soil, hoalthfulncss of climate, con
venience of timber, and plenty of water, supplied by numerous streams flowing
from adjoining mountains and springs.
Union
Is the county seat of the county, situated in the southern portion of the val
ley, and two miles from the 0. R. it N. Company's depot. It is beautifully lo
cated on a clear, running stream of water, affording excellent manufacturing
facilities. A large agricultural section, and the mines of Sanger and Cornuco
pia districts, just now coining into notoriety, are tributary to Union.
Correspondence solicited. Address :
B. F. WILSON,
Union, Oregon.
raratMM lam
UNION, -
All lands of photographic work done in a su
perior manner, and warranted to
give satisfaction.
Jones Bro's-
Union and Cornucopia
Quickest and Cheapest
IJoute to the Pine Creek
Mines.
1IATKS :
FABi:. IKKIOIIT,
UnknVo Park - - 1 so c
' Sanwr - - ii 00 lje
" ' Cornucopia - - 0 00 1 e
Geo. l- HALL, Agent. Union, Or.
Line It C
Loaves I'liion daily at Up. in, arrives at
Cove at p. in.
Ix-avt-s Cove at s a. ni., arrives at t'nion
at !i.:tO a. in.
Connections inaile with Klliott's ooachw,
running to tho leMt, carrying aitoiigon
for oust and woat bound traino.
itATiis for iwssHxnr.us. i.unr.Aoi:
nihi I'ltKic.iiT, u i:. so;. v iti.i:.
KOIIINSON ,t LAYNK
Proprietors.
UOOTHla'S
lOp(:telic ooutt hoiiso I'niiiii)
Ilorsos Kojivrtort by (he Day,
AVeek or Month.
Yol'K rvrKONAOK SOLICITKI).
La
'H6
? PfFP
LITER T SU1I
Homes in the West!
Dealer,
OREGON.
in and
ld-
for diversified husbandry.
fine grain or meadow land. Price
OREGON.
Artists.
Bon Tod Restaurant!:
Now open to the public on Main Street, K
Union, Oregon. VS
Board and Lodging,
KKItVKn
I -at-
All Hours
No Chinese cooks employed, and every
thing neat and clean.
Tlie Public Patronage Solicited.
Mits Jr. Wolrath, Propr.
12-8-tf
City - Meat - Market.
M.... (J..,. IT.,!,...
BENSON BKOS. - PROPKIETOBS.T
Keep constantly on hand
BEEF, POHK- VEAL, MUTTON,
SAUSAGE, HAMS, LAH1). Etc.
UNION
Tonsorial Parlors
L. J. llrmcK, PiiomiKTOH,
Shaving, Hair-cutting and Skam
pooing, in the Latest style
of the Art,
Shop two doors south of Centennial hot
01 VK MK A CALU
MqqIc
25 CIS
1UDQ10
it