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Oreg THE Scout VOL, V. UMON. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 30, I8S. m. 49. The Oregon Scout. An inilPi)',i.lp!it weekly Ji'iirnnl, 1-up(1 cv- JONES & CHAXCEY, I'tililMuM-s and Proprietors. A. K. Josns, (. Kdltor. ) 15. ( II ASCII V, Foreman. KATKS OF MJIiSCIMl'TIONi One copy, one vear " " Six mouths " ' Three uiniitu.o . 1..".0 1.00 Invnrlutily Cash In Ailvntiru. ii chniicc fiiifi iption are not jinid till end of year, tim dollars will he churned. Kate of adviTtUlni? mnilo known on ap plication. JSTCorrpspondence from all parts of the country .solicited. Adrct all communications to the Oiicoox Scout, Union Oregon. I'noi'issio.VAi,. It. Kakin, J. A. Kakin, Notary Public. J E AKIN , Ss BBOTl IEH , Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. USTFroinpt Attention Paid to Collect.ons. JOHN It. OMTES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special tics. Ollice, two doors south of post-olllce, Union, Oregon. J N. CllOMWELL, M. D., Physician ami Surgeon. Ollice, one door outli of J. 15. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. p H. DAY, M. D., IIOMEI'ATJIIC Physician Surgeon. ALIi CALLS lT.OMl'TLY ATTK.NIU'.D TO. Ollice adjoining Jones I5ro's store. Can be found nights at residence in South west Union. J. W. Siir.i.To.v. J. M. Cakuoll. gHELTON & CAKKOLL. Attorneys at Law. Oilice : Two doors south of post-ollice, Un ion, Oregon. Special intention given all business en trusted to us. rj 11. CUAWFOUD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Ollice, one door south of Centennial ho tel. Y '- DANl'OUTII, M. P., Physician and Surgeon North Powder, Oregon. i i s k a s i: s or w o m r. X a si'iicial t v. Calls attunded to at all hours. A. L. SAYLOK, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, North Powder, Oregon. Has permanently located and will attend all professional calls day or night. Oilice: Drug store building: residence, one door west of Itodgers' hotel. J. AW KIM11IJKLL, County Surveyor, And Deputy U. S. Mineral Surveyor, North Powder, Oregon. g F. WILSON, Conveyancer and Abstracter. Abstracts to Ileal and Mining property furnished on short notice, at reasonable rates. , Sales of Heal ami Mining property nego tiated. Collection business promptly at tended to. Ollice next door touth of Pogt-olllco. Un ion, Oregon. J" A MRS C DOW, Attorney at Law, Cornueopia. Oregon. Land Business Promptly Atten-ded-to Before the U. S. Offices. iOrMtniiig clulms lKmght ami sold on couiiuixMoii. Miuei examined and repor ted upon. J W. STHANGK, DENTIST, Lit Grande, Oregon. Will vicit Union regularly on tho find Monday of each month. ALL WOK K OVA KK ANTED Fill. ST CLASS EJC5rGiins, Ammunit Written for Tin: S-oit. LINES TO A FRIEND. You hnv" asked me tn write you a poem Something witty and bright; Hut metliinks you would change the re iuet, dear friend, Could you look in my heart to-night, And sen in its deep recedes. The gloom that eni-hrouds my life; Though the lip are wreathed with laughter, Yet each moment with sorrow Is rife. You have asked me to write you a poem, And 1 have answered yes, with a smile, Though my heart is breaking with anguish, And shadowed with sorrow the while. I And yet the lines must be written, While the heart is longing for rest That rest which comes unbidden, And to some an unwelcome guest. Dear friend. I have written the poem, Hut, alas! it is mcugrc, indeed, And I'm sure you'll not censure the writer, If, between the lines, you can read, And find in each space that which tells thee Of a life tilled with trouble and sorrow. Where bright day-dreams have vanished in darkness, Shutting out all glad hopes of the morrow. Mus. Xiu.lik Bloom. Wi:st Oakland, California. NORTH POWDER. Nous of tlui "Week an Xoteil by Our lingular Cimhih pondeiit. May 27, 1889. "Listen to the gypsies' warning." Huh! "A dog is known by the company he keeps." Strawberries in market, but they come high. A section Chinaman of 1'orcman Burk's is ill. Tho sagebrush land west of town is being fenced and brought into cultiva tion. Mr. Travillion's eye-sight has been restored by the recent operation of an oculist. Tho Anthony Flunio and Lumber Company now give employment to thirty men. Mr. Win. S'arbird has returned from Montana and is now employed at Hil gard. The Haines saloon men sell beer by the gallon now. License is expensive in smaller quantities. The gypsy outfit succeeded in gull ing a considerable portion of this com munity into pavinK hard coin for "slush." A. Burden lost a valuable horso late ly by accidently breaking his neck in a gambiol. A number of veterans from this lo cality will attend the decoration cere monies at Union on the .'!0th inst. A strawberry festival is on the tapis for next Saturday evening. Proceeds for tho M. E. church organ. Mr. Wesley Parker left for Burnt river on tho 22nd inst. where he goes to superintend the shearing of his sheep. A picnic celebration is contemplated by tho citizens of upper North Powder river and Anthony creek. Mr. John Hardin and crew arc in tho vicinity of Huntington at work on a contract of shearing ten thousand sheep. Mrs. (Jeorgo Bobier and daughter, Maud, left on Thursday last for Chen ey on an extended visit to relatives. Eggs and butter are shipped from Ogden, Utah, to supply the local de mands of tho hotel in this enterprising town. Tho now residence near tho Baptist church is tho property of Itov. Wulsh, and not of tho church as reported. A largo invoico of lumber is under contract by Spencer, Ramsey fc Hall, for ufo in constructing a union depot at Ogden, Utah. Stoddard's mill is again running on time, with an average cut of 15,000 foot per da'. Mr. S, Williams is tho agent in town. Tho new harbor, saddler and shoe maker, consolidated, who proposed to oioalo a broozo here, suddenly skipped town on a brake beam a few evenings since, owing a board bill. AJAX. Iliielilen'x A nil en Halve. Tin: Ui'ht SAi,vn in the world for Cuts, I5nil?o, Sorun, Ulcers, Halt Rheum, Fever Sores, Totter, Chapped Ilunds, Chilblains, Corn, ami all tskln Eruption, and pos itively cures Pile, or no pay required. It Is uuarunted to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. I'riuu 2.' cents per box. For wile ut Brown's drug More. ion, Field Glasses, F CORNUCOPIA. Olie TllOUSaild TollS Of CoilCeil- trates Ready tor Shipment. THE SANGER MILL AND MINES. Assay of Slate Ore I'nsatisfactory Postal ServiceNotes of Interest. Cornitcoi'IA, May 21, ISS'J. EniTOit Scorr : This has been a tough week for news. As the camp is at present in that unhappy state of expectancy, there is nothing particular at present to communicate to the outside world. Now is about the time of the year when parties intending to break for the mountains have usually began to make preparations to go into camp. This year, however, the season has been un precedcntly early, and prospectors who have been spending tho winter in the towns and cities, cannot appreciate tho fact that spring has been on us now for weeks. Even summer has come in the mountains. Itipe strawberries are brought here, from the valley below, in abundance at twenty-live cents a quart, and vegetables, onions and rad ishes have been on tho table of tho Al pine hotel for two or three weeks. But one living in six months of rain as at Portland, or as many months of snow, as in Idaho and Montana, can hardly realize the fact that for a good mouth, beast and bird, plain ami mountain, fruit and flower, have had on their summer clothes. Hence as a natural sequence to ir regularity in damo nature's movements no one is ready. Wo can now make tho announcement that pleasant weather, running water and good roads are hero. The stages from Union and Baker get hero regularly on time Un ion at seven, anil Baker at ten and a half in the afternoon. Tho Union routs is one of the plcasantcst drives in Eastern Oregon. It is a succession of hill and dale, woodland and prairie, the former occupying but a small por tion of tho distance. For miles on miles you only got an occasional glimpse of tho sun, just enough to assure the traveler that ho is not on the Willamette. HOW l'AK IS IT? It may be a matter of interest or convenience for persons contemplating a trip to the "Horn of Plenty" to know how far it is, measured by miles and hours. You leave Union at six in tho morning and reach Cornucopia in the evening at seven. You stop at three stations and get a fresh team at each. Griffin's stage line is well fit ted for the trip. It has good drivers and good teams. Thodistance is twon-ty-eight miles to Sanger, and from Sanger to Cornucopia is thirty-two. fikk! Just as I write tho word "thirty-two" the always startling, and, away out in the mountains, blood-curdling cry of fire reaches my ears. I, of course, fol low up tho alarm and find u firo break ing out of the roof of Col. Gilmor's house. I am pleased to record that it was speedily extinguished, and, save a hole in the ceiling and a deluge of wat er, no harm was done. Cornucopia has been very fortunate in fires, of which there has been several, all hav ing been discovered at tho finst in stance, and all quickly extinguished. MAJJ,H. I do not like the new order of tho mail arrivals. Both mails now como through from tho railroad on the samu day, and in ono day's drive, one from Union and ono from Baker. Tho days aro Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, returning Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays. Cannot the two contractors get their heads together and return to tho former schedule? It would then givo us a daily mail from tho settlements. AHHKHHMKKTH. Tho assessment work is now being done on (several of tho largo properties. The Stein group has a largo force at work; Ogborno is pegging away at tho Bed Boy; Burdette has not been down from tho mountain for eight or ton day, and Sullivan ?s steadily at work on the East Eagle claims. Lumber in loads comes up tho hill every day and the Bed Jacket has let contracts for a ! a new supply of wood at .$2 25 per j cord. Tho thiimiont of concentrated ishing Tackle, etc., at I will soon commence whvthrr to I'niun or to lJukcr 1 um not at prostnt in formed. Tho amount on hund is close i on to one thousand tons. What it is mum i unit gueT'a hhyu utuni iw ' valued at all the way from ono to three ' .....1. 1 .. I .1 ii r hundred dollars per ton. fAN()KR. I We hear very littlo from Sanger al though on tho same stage lino s Un ion. They have a dance at Medicnl Springs now and then, the doings of which aro transmitted to TllK Scoi t, and through that medium we get a batch of news that does not smack much of business or material progress, but whan it comes to news of stamps or bullion, the type aro not mode to speak very often or loud. Some min ers came to our camp a few days ago from Sanger and they said that con siderable building was going on there and that tho mill was turning out a goodly quantity of bullion. Mr. Oliv er seems to slick close at homo and I handles that property with great enso and success. The mill is said to bo ono of tho best producers in tho coun ty which is owing to his judgment and the backing of a good mine. Just as 1 mail this letter a report from a Nevada usaycr is laid on my table, of an assay of Slate oro. Hugh Darrah, ICsq., Dear Sir: Tho sample of ore sent me for assay yields, per Ion, as follows : Silver $ 1,177 20 Gold 9,188 00 Total $U,3Bf 21) This shows what somo of our ledges will and do produce. This certificate was signed by W. T. O'Harra, assayer of tho Paradise Mining Company. BAUD IN. TEEPY SPRINGS. Tim Stock Interests of WrelIown--Snn-hIIiId lti'inai'I:s Coiiueruliifc tho Hunt itnilroiiil. May 2f, 1889. Editoii Our.nojf Scout: For tho benefit of the numerous readers of Tun Scout, allow mo to give you a few items from the world of bunch grass and plenty. Wo are now having frequent show ers, and crops aro looking very line. Our stock men aro jubilant. At last tho reaction in stock growing has come, and a change is being rapidly made from cuvufo ponios to tho finest kind of imported slock. Tho exhibit of fine stallions at Enterpriso a few days since was truly a grand exhibit. Somo 110 or -10 thoroughbreds wcro there. I will venture to say that no other county in the Stalo can now surpass our fine block. This change in stock growing has brought about many good results. Business seems brisk and building goes on in tho different towns in tho valley. A now town has sprung up in tho Lowor valley. Tho M. .t M. Co. have put in a largo stock of goods at that place. If tho county of Wallowa would rai?c thirty-five or forty thousand dol lars to apply on tho Hunt subsidy and insure tho building of tho road through Grande Bendo valley, it would bo a I great boncfit to tho county of Wal Iowa. But none are so blind as tlioso who will not see. "Oh," says ono, "wo will havo a brunch road anyway, Tho O. It. fc H. Co. havo already begun ono called tho 'Wallowa branch.'" Yes, and it will bo called so for an ago beforo tho people of W'allpwa will over know anything more about it than they now know. If Hunt's road comes to Graudo Hondo, doubtless 131 gin will 1)0 a point and that would do all for Wallowa that is really necessary. Freights vtould bo reduced and tho distanco so shortened, that with tho assurance wo now have of the canyon wagon road being mude good, tiafliu could bo curried on successfully. Should Hunt's road be a failure, it will bo tho same old thing with us, 3 lbs co Hue and 0 lb sugar for a dollar. Why? "Oh such awful freight bills. Wo must keep oursolves whole" says I tho merchant. Yea, we don't blame ! you, but opon your eyes for your own ' good anil tho welfare of your custom-, ers. Give Mr. Hunt a littlo uid and it will return to you teuold. Molt all" ii, Cain. Buu- . Greatly Reduced Pri SUM.MKRYILLE. ; Rejoicing OVer the lT0S)eCt Of the Hunt Railroad. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TOWN. The City's Prospect for Revenue Inter esting Local Happenings. I?. E. Stevenson and John White, of lilgin, were in town during the week. 11. K. Stevenson has sold his ranche to Mr. McKlroy. Consideration $3000. George and Harry Patten took a Hy ing trip to tho Warm Springs last week. A photograph of the young man who was drowned at Elgin can bo seen at Clark's gallery in I .a ttiande. Frank Cleavingcr is tho hostler for the stage company at this place. Keep straight Frank. Mr. Manning sold his ranche to J. L. McKinnis during the week. Consid eration $3100. John Kirehofler is having tho nicest front of any in town put on his new building. John has a splendid taste for nice things. Mrs. A. Menehen, who has been on an extended visit, returned homo last week. Lumber teams can bo scon passing through our streets any hour in tho day. Immigrants seem to bo moving in every direction. Every night strang er camp in our town. Mr. (!. Wealty says that he cannot supply tho demand for harness. Peo ple must bo at work hereabouts. Shaw and Dennis whiled away a few pleasant hours ono evening not long since. 13. 1J. Morolock has just received a fiuo lot of mowers, rakes and Dutton knifo grinders. Farmers would do woll to givo him a call. A letter from S. M. (Juinn, of River side, California, indicates that ho will return to Oregon. So it is with all that loavo here they soon return. Tho communication from 13. S. Mo Comas was read with ploasuio by his many old friends. Mc. is ono of tho boys and was tho ablest writer Union county ever had. The old burnt district is about all re built with respectable business houses. Tho old mossbucks predicted on tho morning of tho J 7th of last August, that it would take five years to build it up again. But they, as usual, wcro fooled. (leorgo Kuckman is preparing to build tho largest barn in tho valley. Ho has two six, and ono two horso, teams hauling lumber for tho struc ture. George says lumber and nails aro cheaper than hay a very sensiblo conclusion for a farmer. John Allen left yestoiday morning for tho John Day country, where ho goes to gather up tho remnant of a largo band of horses that J. II. Uinc hart hud routed out in that section somo years ago. Jim says ho has no moio hoieos to rent, so please dont call on thut business. Died, Sunday morning, .Mrs. Abner Jojul( uj((,(1 yottWj tlbout four mjiCH north of town. She loaves a husband and a largo family of children to mourn her loss. Died, at Elgin, May 20 at l p. m., of iullamutiuu of the bowels, a son of ChurloH Wiborg, of Portland. Ho was sick but a short time and no doubt would havo recovered if ho had had tho assistance of a good doctor. (leorgo Taylor, Elgin's harness and saddle maker, with Arnold MoWilli.nns was up ami spent tho day. Tho lighting fratornity of Hummer villo and vicinity havo contributed about $25 to tho town fund in tho past week, mid thiH is only a drop in tho bucket unless the conduct of somo aro not changed for tho bettor. Simon MuKouzio, Win. Busfccll, Theo. Williams ami J. W. Logan's wivos havo all loft thorn, and they con- gregato on the cornors and vory much resemble that number of tho lost sheep of Israel. Never mind, boys it will come your turn. When the Walla Walla Journal and Vut nmau caiuo to hand last Satur l.i and the people road the proposed x.nti.K 1 1x1 ween Hunt and forty-three ees at A. N. Gardner of Wullti Walla's beat citizens in regard to railroad matter!", it created quite n stir. The stars and stripes were waf- tc'1 10 lhl' brt'l'zu aml everybody bur rahed for Hunt. All feel that tho acme of their wishes will toon be reached, and the yoke of the 0. It. fc N. Co. will soon be lifted from tho necks of the people. Twenty-five years is about long enough to wear one yoke of oppression. Let us have a change. Wo feel that the end is ncaring for that corporation to domineer over tho people. A groat commotion in Summorville last week when tho (Jazctte came to hand and the people began to read "X's" attempt at poetry. Some took tho colic. Jack says it gave him a pain in his hip. Theodore took a doso of stnrch, McDowell fainted and Shaw j and Dennis took a night horse. Somo thought that Pat Dux had broke out and given vent to his talent. Somo said it was tho production of a brain as largo as Mount Hood; but como to find out the poor thing had been copy ing Bob lugersoll, both in this ami his obituary on Mrs. Gardner tho week be fore. Tho silly thing says ho is done. Wo think it about time to quit copy ing lugersoll and sending it to a paper as original matter; but you could not expect any better of him as lugersoll is his God. All such as him aro ever ready to deny their creator, and this thing lias been known to deny that ho had a father or mother, and 1 think from his looks that he is correct. At times ho has symptoms of being repub lican, but did not have senso enough to vote for Williamson and Hamilton at the last election. At times ho claims ho is a Scotchman. That can't bo aa tho whole Scotch fraternity shun him as they would oltl Satan. In a few days there will bo a reward otlercd for him, when wo will givo a general de scription of the animal. Ci'T-MouTii John. HIGH VALLEY. Homo's Itugiilnr niulRVt of Iutcri'stlnc Local Nunfl, May 27, 18S9. Wo woro treated to a heavy rain and hail storm Sunday evening. Everybody is gratified over tho lato decision of tho supremo court, sustain ing tho findings of tho lower court in the road litigation of Georgo Ames and others. It will open up a public highway that will fill a long felt want. On Sunday morning wo sallied forth without tho Lord's blessing to warn out road hands. In a strango placo wo spied a strango tabernacle. Wo ventured up, but no ono was at homo. Upon inquiry wo learned that a newly married couple had taken up a home stead. Their crop was unfenccd and all hands had gone, with four tcamH, to tho timber after foncing material. Such industry in young people will certainly mako its mark. Tho Agassi. Bocioty of Fairfield is doing a great deal towards promoting a knowledge of tho practical scienco in that place. On Saturday evening eight young ladies thereof engaged in a wood sawing contest. Two of tho girls broke tho saws thoy woro using. Three of them toro lovely now dresses, "Oh tho awfulest," and ono knocked tho skin ofi' her knucklo on tho saw buck and fainted when tho blood ran. Thrco sticks were sawed ofi beforo tho humano society interfered. High valley wants a cheeso factory or creamery. There aro plenty of milch cows to support ono in good shapo if somo enterprising man would step in and build it. Who will bo tho next happy couple to launch forth on tho blissful sea of matrimony? Homo. Kluctnci Hitter. Tills remedy l becoming so well known and so popular an to need no special men tion. All who have uhccI Klcctrlo Hitters siiifj tho siuno hour of praise. A purer mcdlelnu does not exist and It is guaran teed to do nil that Is claimed. 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