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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.
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