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THE OREGON SCOUT. AMOS K. JOKES EDITOR, City and County Official Paper. Thursday, May :0, 1880. IIMTOIIIAI, NOTES. Thk Wallowa Chieftain has entered its sixth year. It docs not improve with ago, but, on the contrary, gets worse and now publishes not to exceed four columns of home and county news, each week. Thcro is certainly an open Held in Joseph for a good newspaper. It is rcmarkablo that many of the necessaries of life arc considerably higher than last year. Extra C sugar is two and a half cents higher than it was three months ago, while salt is thirty per cent, higher than last year, and Costa liica coffee has jumped from seventeen to twenty-three cents since January. But tho campaign is over and such items arc past their use fulness. Wi: arc in receipt of a pamphlet entitled "Tho New Kmpirc," issued by the Oregon Immigration Board at Portland. As a wholo it may bo tol erably correct. In the description of this county tho population of Union is placed at 500 when 1000 would have been nearer correct; and the popula tion of La Grande is placed at 800 when 1200 would have been about the right figures. Thk .Scientific American of May t lie 11th says : East of tho Cascade Mountains, Ore gon is a sterile plain, with no vegeta tion savo tho sage-brush, tho dwarf pine, and tho Juniper. The country is dreary and monotonous. Our eastern readers will just take tho reverse of this as a description of our country and thoy will arrive at the truth. If tho Scientific American is no more reliable in other matters than it is in this, it is a publication of little value. Thkuu are two classes of citizens which aro of littlo benefit to any com munity, -and both act as an incu bus upon enterprise of all kinds. One of these classes are men who have ac cumulated a competence, tako no in terest whatever in the growth and prosperity of tho place, and being well satisfied with their present incomo desire no further opportunities. Still another class exhibits fear lest tho ad vertisement of advantages shall invite competition and somewhat diminish their lucrative tirade. Times-Mountaineer. Tin: -ollicials of tho passenger de partment of tho Union Pueific railroad company have issued a circular to ticket agents, in which it is casually stated that La Grande is one of tho important distributing points on tho line. This tickles tho La Grande Gazette immensely, and it devotes at least a column of space fn giving promineneo to the statement. A drowning man will grasp at a straw, and that shaky burg of La Grande is in the same condition. Tho statement made in the circular is correct, at this time, and would be correct if La Grande did not contain a half dozen houses. It is at present the distribu ting point for the entiro county of Wallowa, and a portion of the Grando Rondo valley. But how long will it remain so? Wo venture to say that in eighteen months all this will bo changed and that La Grande will then bo the most insignificant point on tho entile line. Tin: Athena Press consumes neavjy a column in berating the editor of tho 1 East Oregouian because, in comment ing on tho recent Ueynold-Hraden de bate in Walla Walla, he charges B ra don with being a bigot whose ha rangues "ought not to be encouraged by tho attendance of a single sensible porfon." Tho East Oiegouianis rigid. Thcro is no man who is not a bigot himself but who will (indorse overy thing it has said concerning tho man. Tho subject of theology is tho most important that can engago the atten tion of thinking men, and tho public discussion of tho merits or demerits of its popular phases as presented to us, should bo encouraged, and this, as nil other subjects of importance, al lowed to develop itself in the crucible of reason and investigation. When carried on between sensible men a dis cussion of this kind is interesting, but when such a man as this "Hev." Bra deu takes u hand it degenerates into buffoonery and in disgusting. Our people had a dose of him last year and it seems Walla Walla lias been similar ly alllictod. Tho East Oregonin it's advice in this instance, U good, moku FACTS THAN tiiijv wantku. The junketing committee who arc in the Northwest "invcsligntin? onr relations with Canada" are li.c ly, if their experience in Portland i- rep, ..1 ed, to learn more than they want to. What went they out for to sec? ' . Vi ri ly, ajpicnic; but they did nut on-ane hearing somovery important trull,- in Portland. Governor I'cnnoyor font thi cannon ball plowing along through their frills and flowerets: I will, however, in doference to your request, state to you that it is my candid opinion, no matter what jle character of statistics requested by you may be, that tho interest of the wholo people of this country will be best observed by tho removal of all burdensome trade restrictions upon lumber as well as upon all other arti cles of commerce required by the ne cessities of the people. I tun myself engaged in the lumber bueiucss at this city. The company I represent con fciders itself suflieiently able to manage its business and prosecute a livliliood j without the intervening support of the government by taritl restrictions upon foreign lumber. To confess that it was not so able would be to conftw its infeiiority to British manufacturing establishments, which confession would not only be pusillanimous but would also be most untrue. As you arc aware, Senator, 1 am in favor of the removal of all rcstiictions f far as I possible upon tho trade of onr people. ! To that end I would greatly reduo i the national revenue procured from imports, which method of taxation bears with such severity upon the in dustries of the country and the neces sities of life required by the laboring classes, ami would supply the deficien cy occasioned by f.ueli reduction by the imposition of an incomo tax by which the wealth of tho country would be compelled to help bear tho burden of taxation for the support of the gov ernment. Of course the governor is a "crank" and a "demagogue," and a "free-trader," but the idol of protection which tho majoiity of the conunittoo carry about with them as their life-guard was treated to hot shot fiom the very best of Portland business nion. Stavcr fc Walker told the committee that Beciprocal trade relations with Can ada would increase our trade with that country. Were tho Canadian duly removed or lowered, they said, thoy would probablv establish a branch house in Victoria, and do a business of $60,000 to $75,000 a year. Gen. Wm. Ivapus, Into republican elector, now that the election is over and tho necessity for lying gone with it, "attributed tho loss of trade to tho low rates and high tarifl'. If. the Ca nadian Pacific was connected with the American railroad system, aflbiding us continuous rail service with British Columbia, and if the duty was abol ished, lie thought the American furni ture manufacturers would easily un dersell their British brethren." Clias. II. Dodd, a hard ware dealer, told of tho gradual falling off in Port land's hardware trado with British Columbia since 1870, "caused by the increase of duty, so thai now tho only things we can soil the Hritinhors are safes, mowers, axes and common goods. I To said tho Portland merchants could beat either tho high tarilV or the cheap railroad rates, but not both combined." T. l Owborn, of the firm of W. C. Noon it Co., bag and tent manufactur ers, blamed tho low rates and high tai-ill' for tho loss of trado. The Cana dian Pacific, ho said, "had a ditl'eren tial rate of from ten to thirty cents a a hundred, and can land bugs on Cue coast for $1.05 a hundred, while tho American roadsehaigefl.SJOforthc same service. He thought that by the lemoviil of tho high Canadian du ty and the connection of t lie Canadian Pacific with A merieun railroad tVi-tonisi Portland would bo ablo to recover'her trade. Ho thought the coust would derive at least a temporary bonorit f,om 11 leoipioeity treaty." President Donald McLeay, of. the Board of Trade, testified that the com bination of cheap railroad rates on the Canadian Pacific and the duty had al ready destroyed the grocery trade with lhilinh Columbia. "What advantage does Oiogou gain from the protective tariff ystomT" asked Senator Hoar. "Not much. Hut then Oregon is only a small part of tho United States." B. Jacobs, of tho Oregon City Wool en Mills, made Senators Hoar and Al lison open their eyes when he said his linn sells some of tlnir products in Boston and Iowa. He snid tho exist ing state of affairs in British Columbia had barred them out of that country and destroyed a trade of about $15,000 a year. Ho did not blnuie the rail road so much as the high duty for this slate of tillairs. Sim Itocd, a inillionairo, and John M into, a good man but (..,!, were tho only wit nosoos who iboii'Mit the duty a good tiling. Tin truth will crop out between the campaigns, at leuM. E. O. SlNUA LEGISLATION'. The following extracts from the ! American tientinel are published by rc-qin-ti.fa lady of this city who is a S vuitli-d:iy Advcntiit, and actively oipo.- d to th0 so-called "National Re form Association" which its trying to get a ripd Sunday law jassed by con gress. The articles will r.rvo to show the spirit that lurks behind this move ment, and exhibit, in a faint degree, ' the superstition, intolerance and bigot i ry that yet hovers like a pall over por ! lions of tho eastern states : lhk vnnman btalexman of March I 27 says that in a speech at Chicago lately, Mrs. Lucy Parsons declared "that the locialists want a revolu tion, peaceful or bloody, they caro not which." This is just what tho national Re formers want; for when the ministerial association of Den Moines, Iowa, in 1880 "resolved that the national reform association is an attempt to accom plish by revolution the Christianizing of the nation, and therefore meets our disapproval." District Secretary M. A. Gault replied m the Christian Slatcx man in those words : "Whether tho constitution will be sot right on tho question of the moral su premacy of God's l.i w in government, without bloodv revolution, will depend entirely upon the strength and resis tance of the forces of antichrist.1' And in a meeting held at College Springs, Iowa, Sunday, February 10, 1S8S), Mr. Gault stated four ways by which influence may bo brought to bear to make this a Christian nation : First, agitation ; second, petition ; third, by the ballot; fourth, by tho sword. And in explaining and justifying the UHO of the sword ho said : "Don't think we arc advocating war; but if wo are not faithful m the use of these other means, as it was with the antislavery question, after they had agitated, pe titioned and used the ballot, thoy drew tho sword; so shall we, as a last resort, be compelled to tiso tho sword and the bullet." If there i.s any diii'orcucc between tho intentions and methods of tho so cialists and those of tho national re formers, as officially expressed by M. A. Gault, wo are utterly unable to dis cern it. There is this, however, in fa vor of the socialists, that where they propose bloody revolution schemes, out of sheer, open wickedness, tho na tional reformers proposo revolution un der a form of godliness, making it so much more calculated to play into the hands of Satan. Wi: have already printed tho associ ated press dispatch concerning tho persecution of Air. D. Gonklin, a Roventh-day Advontist, in Georgia, for working on Sunday, but we republish it for tho sake of tho comments made upon it by tho Allegan (Mich.) Journal, from which tho following is clipped. Sunday-law zealots would like to make it appear that all Seventh-day people who aae or havo been persecuted for working on Sunday wore cranks and disputatious busybodies who deserved persecution on general principles. The following makes such an attempt impossible in Ibis case: "P. Gonklin, who was for scvoral years a resident of Otsego, where ho was greatly respected, recently moved to IWilton county, (icorgia, and has boon brought into serious trouble by his religious opinions, which are those of tho Seventh-day Advontist. Elder M. (.!. llullinan, of that sect has writ ton n letter to tho general conference, in Hattle Creek, in which ho says: 'Mr. Conklin has been reported to the grand jury, and a bill found against him for working on Sunday, and all he diil was to cut a few sticks of wood to build a firejust what I have seen many others doing since I came to the Mate. 1 he penalty for violating any portion of tho law in this state is very severe. They have what is known in this state as a "chain gang," where those who violate tho law are taken, and ball and chain fastened to ono leg, and they aro made to work on the public roads and railroads, and those who are put there aro nianv of them treated worse than brutes; nianv have boon whipped to death, and doubtless if he should be taken for working on Sunday he would be compelled to work on tho Snhlmth or be whipped. What is your advice? Should wo bo beaten hi tho circuit court would you take tho case to tho supremo court? and if so can you help us? We are all poor hero.' This is the cose of a man well known in this vicinity, and of whom his for mer neighbors speak in tho highest tortiif. It scarcely suenis credible that iu tho United States a man should bo in danger of being sent to the chain gang because, after conscientiously keeping tho seventh day of tho wcok, ho sees fit to chop wood on the first day, but it is nevertheless true, and there is a great ileal of this samo re ligious ititoloraucd in our very midst. With thin, and other similar experi ences iu view, is it strange that tho Next-nth l.i. AdwntisU are bitterly op pos it,, tin. nuir Sundny-llueit bill, win !i u n'.J tender them amenable to tho law iu oth r pirts of the Union if they did any w.ik on Sundays? Combines the juice of the Blue Figs of California, so laxative and nutritious, with the medicinal virtues of plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, forming the ONLY PER FECT REMEDY to act gently yet promptly on the KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS AND TO Cleanse ttio System Effectually, SO THAT PURE BLOOD, REFRESHING SLEEP, HEALTH and STRENCTH Naturally follow. Everv one is usinr it and all are delighted with it. Ask your druggist for SYKUP OF FIGS. Manu factured only by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO., San Francisco, Cal. LoeisviLLE, Kv. New Yoxk, N. Y. LUMBER for SALE at the High Valley Saw Mill. All kinds of lumber constantly on hand or furnMied on short notice. Prices cheap as mo cheapest. Patronage - Solicited. 5-sotr WM. WILKINSON & HON. Public Sale! At Cowlcs & McDaniel's Corral, Cove, Or. Saturday, June 28, I will sell at Public Auction about forty head of Marcs and Geldings also one good stallion. All good size aud well bred. TERMS: Six months time, without interest, with approved security. GKO. W. THOMAS. Just opened at the lion Ton licstaurant. Ice eream and temperance drinks senrcd at nil Hours. J'rlvate rooms lor ladies. 4-L'j-tf MRS. WALltATH, Trop. THE WORLD'S BEST Kid Button $2.50 Shoe lias no equal lor Stylo, Fit and Wear. Positively deceived, foe stamp on bottom of each shoe. Take no other. Every pair warranted. Styliati and Squill lo any & ulioe In the murki't. h or salo by Jos. Wright, Union, Or. thn hnnt nhnn In America for tho monor. uo noi dl NOTICl." Owing to change in my business I am wishing to lmliinet! all accounts on mr books, and would respectfully request all owing me to call and settle, h. k. ci.oroir. Simiita i Oregon, May 13, KSn'I. ,VJH. AY A jNt T E D ! Teams to haul Lum ber. Logging Con tracts to Let. Men to hew ties. Inquire of Anthony Crcok Mill and Flume Co., at North .Powder. Or. Wo Still Live at the UNION CITY HOTEL (Opposite tho Court House.) Tho llest of Accommodations to Patrons. Meals, 25c; Beds, 25c. Livery and Feed Stable iu Connection with the Hotel. PATRONAGE SOLICITED, b. .!. HO0TI115, . - Proprietor. MMf Shingles For Sale! An unlimited ninoiint of No. I shingles (on.itiintly on hand and for sale cheap. Orders ti om nil parts of tho country t.o Moiled. 8. It. IJUltROlMJHS, ! I tt Cove, Oregon. ICE CREAM PARLOR E. J. COLTER, Notary Public. Union Farm Loans a Specialty. WE HAVE SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND IN VESTMENT OF FUNDS. WE LOAN ON GUARANTEED SECURITY. Collections Pushed "With Energy. Wc act as ficneral ArchI-, Trustee or Attorney for Individuals or Corporations, and as Assignee or Receiver. Hold property in trust and care for tho samo. Assume tho general care of Real Kstate, collect rents, pay taxes, etc. Abstracting, Perfecting Ti tles, Conveyancing, Drawing all kinds of Legal Papers. Satisfaction Guaranteed- Insurance Written in the best Companies. Favor us With a Trials Oitick: Davis' Building, Union, Oregon. -DEALER. IN- BOOTS JJSTJD Latest Styles. Just Received, Direct from the East, a Large Invoice of LADIES' and MISSES CALFSKIN SHOES, the Best Ever brought to this Market. -Also a Fine GENT'S -:- FURNISHING -:- GOODS. My Prices will suit the times. Drop in and see me. C. VINCENT, Main Street, Union, Or. MONEY!! B. M. LOMBARD, -:- Low Rates- IMo Money iir"Thosc who consult their own interests will call on me before borrowing. OFFICE OVER SOMMER & BLUM'S STORE. urn mi (OPPOSITE CENTENNIAL HOTEL.) J 3a Everything Kirst Class. Buss to and Piom the Depot Making Connection with all Trains rUIRNlir Wilson & Manufacturers of M 1 T 1 K UllOli, UUUIiJ uuu Mings Keeps Constantly on in Bedding, Desks, Office Furniture, etc. All kinds of Furniture .Made, WILSON &MILMSH, Just opened in the btick buildinc MRS- RINEMART'S &KrQFT$r rGr vVtrt -sW -A vOjtO .v. a . m n n u . r-v n wotm Street. Union, a full and complete ai-surtinont of MILUD H FBI IDS. Whieh are Now Open For PRICES ON GOODS SURPRISINGLY LOW. In addition to the ubove. n coinnlete lino of LaJiu' dent' and ChildreiiB' Shoes aro in stock, and will le sold at cott. A Share of the Public IL F. BURLEIGH, At omcy :u Law. All Kinds. Assortment of- LA GRANDE, OGN Commission. opnetor. Terms Very Reasonable. Miller, and Dealers m T 1 room Sots, hand a barge Sup-ily of- - and I'jiliolsterin done to order. Main St.. Union. Or adioiniiiL' Javcox it Fh-utV stmv, Main I inspection ly Hie Ladies. ' Patronage Solicited. 3 nr aid Bed mm