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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1889)
THE OREGON SCOUT AMOS K. JONES EDITOR City and County Official Paper Thursday, June (i, 1889 KDlTOKIAr, NOTES. Phesidknt llAitnisoN having provid ed for his brothers, cousins and aunts has now cot to his eon's wife's rela tives, having lately appointed that la dy's unclo to a $5000 sinecure. The Astorian says : It takes a book of one thousand pages to hold the laws passed by the last legislature. It will tako a much smaller vohnno to hold those which will bo enforced - or will stand the test of tlio supremo court of tho state. The suspension of the Pioneer wool en mills of San Francisco is duo en tircly to tho lngu prices tlio company was forced to pay for foreign wools Tho manager says tho mills have not paid expenses for five years. High tariff is ruining the country. It takes but a short experience in local newspaper work to ascertain who compose tho generous portion of com munities. Tho men who tako the greatest number of newspapers and read them are tho most prosperous and intelligent, and aro suro to givo tho publisher hearty encouragement. It ik HA id that John .Sherman has declared himself in favor of frco trade with Canada. It has been ono of our fondest hopes that this honorablo gen tleman would, at sorno point in his senatorial career, try to do a littlo good for the wholo people, and not givo his entire attention to the "gold bugs" and their interests, and it now looks like ho would. Tiiickk hns just boon collected from tlio United States government on tho Indian war claims of Oregon, $U8, 132 98, This payment is practically in full for ull claims forwarded. There aro small claimH yot remaining but theso will also bo forwarded when tho proper vouchers aro received. To il lustrate tho wonderful amount of offi cial business that had to be transacted in rolation to this matter, it may bo stated that, during tho year 1888 9(1 pounds of official papers and documents bearing on those war claims woro for warded from the state department to Washington. Unclo Sam has at last paid off tho long list of faithful ser vants who aided in tho civilization and early development of this great Northwest. The latest communication from our Cornucopia correspondent, to bo found on our local page, brings cheering news indeed. On tho lower luvel of tho Rod Jacket mine, oro of fabulous richness has been found, audthecamp is wild over tho event, feeling suro that tho day of their expectations has dawned and that an era of prosperity for the camp is at hand. Wo huvo nover doubted that this would como in time. With tho impetus that this now striko will give, wo may expect other mines to como forward with an equal showing for they are tlioro,only awaiting tho advent of capital to de velop them. With the showing that tho Red Jacket can now make, capital will not bo found wanting. Further news from tho Pino Creek mines will bo awaited with great interest. THE T11IIT1I AT LAST. Wo reprint elsewhere a fervid anath ema against tho 0. it T., hurled nguhiBt it by tho Portland Oregoniau. Tho amusing feature of this Phillipio is tho notico it now takes of tho fact that tho exactions of tho Wall Street gumblors "havo borno heavily on tho people," havo "extorted from tho country tho last possible dollar for the most meagro possible service," etc. No one would havo over known or suspected this from any utterance of tho Oregonian hitherto. As long as Portland was being taken euro of, Avhilo tho wholo tipper country was being shorn, it wan dumb; it opened not its mouth. Not a word has that great public journal had to say for all theso years in dofonso of tho people who were be ing "tricked" and plundered, until now, when tho shoo begins to pinch its own corns. Then, and not till then, hud this newspaper a complaint to utter, a protest to make, a plea to put forth for tho oppressed people of this region, . What it ay8 now may bo true enough; but it dured not, or would not, toll tho truth until Portland itself begati to be squeezed. K. 0, 111 iih hi i nun 1 1 mim i n 11 1 1 i i "i i r i i in i i THE RAIT.IIOAD OUTLOOK. G. W. Hunt, president of the O. & W. T. road, is expected here some time next week, at which finie it is thought that the proposition to extend the road through tho Grande Rondo valley, to this city will be settled. The full amount of the subsidy asked has not been raised yet, but from latest ac counts it is believed that Tacoma will materially assist in raising it. If Walla Walla county accepts Mr. Hunt's prop osition to bond the county for $2f0,000, it will insure the building of tho road. Latest advices from there state that the proposal is met with great favor by tho people, and that thero is not the slightest doubt that three-fourths of the voters of the county will tigh tho paper requesting tho legislature to givo the county commissioners power and authority to issue tho bonds. Every thing looks very favorable for us, and tho arrival of Mr. Hunt is eagerly looked for. His surveyors arc on this side of the Blue mountains, and aro probably at Elgin now. They may be oxpected through to Union in a very short time. The recent encounter between rail road magnates at Portland, wherein Henry Villard, of the Northern Pacific, capo out on lop, and secured a con trolling interest in tlio 0. It. it Is. Co., it is claimed will effectually stop all building of branches from tho 0. It. & N. company's lines, but, on the con trarv, will stimulate the building of feeders for tho Northern Pacific. Wo believe that such is tho correct situa tion, and that the prospects for (secur ing the Hunt road in tho near future aro very bright. UNION COUNTV. Union county is described by tho Oregon Immigration Board as follows: Is bounded on the north in part by Washington Territory and in part by Wallowa county, which also bounds it in part on tho east, the other part of its eastern boundary being Snake river, tho eastern boundary of Oregon, on tho South by Baker county and on tho wost by Umatilla county. Union county contains l,9fS,100 acres, of which 1,-107,500 acres are sur veyed lands. The unsurveyed portion is mostly mountainous, valuable for tim ber, for pasturage and in many places rich in minerals. Tho largest body of agricultural land is tho Grande Hondo valley, which contains 1500,000 acies of as rich, level agricultural land as thero is in tho west. This is all prnirio land and of tho best. Tho Grando Hondo iver flows through the valley from tho southwest to tho northeast. Nu merous small streams start from ever flowing springs in tho hills which sur- ouud tho valloy, and How into the Grando Hondo. Pino water in abun dance ovorywhoro; Union county has mines of gold, silver, copper and galena, which annu ally produce thousands, and givo promise of an increased production for many years to como. Tlio Pine, Ea gle, Powder Jliver, Clover Creole, Star- key Prairie and Indian valleys aro all ocated in Union county. Each eon- tain a considerable body of agricultur al land, havo tho sumo general charac ter us tho Grando Rondo valley. Tho tills and mountains bordering tho vul oys aro covered with a lino body of timber und grass. Timber at no point being many miles distant, from tho Agricultural lands. Many small val leys are to bo found among tho moun tains and foothills, in which tho soil is very fertile. These valleys aro espe cially adapted for small stock and dairy ranchers. There is yot somo government laud to be found in theso localities. Pure water can bo found everywhere. Rainfall is sufficient to mature crops; such a thing as a fail ure has never been known. On tho other hand thero are no long rainy seasons as in somo portions of the west. Tho soil is generally alluvial and sandy loam, from l to 20 twenty feet in depth. Sub-soil usually gravel. Tho roil is rich and produces wheat, oats, barley, rye, hops, flax and hemp; hay timothy and clover and tho na tive wild grasses; vegetables pota toes, eabbago, beets, turnips, cucum bers, peas, beans and others of the like; berries currants, gooseberry, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry and wild huckleberry, nil do well ; fruits apples, pears, plums, cherries. Poach es do fairly in some localities. Largo quantities of hay iuo shipped to tho counties further west. Prom 20 to (10 bushels of wheat, 40 ,tj)0 bushels of oats, mul -10 to 00 bushels of barley are raised per new. Tho Block interests occupy "tho ut tontion of a considerable number nud will continue to do no. ( Tho mild winter, extensive rungM, productive grain and hay lands, nb sunco of contagious disouM'ti, pure iTrri"! i i 'n rrin i n i i i in i n n 1 1 1 i i i wafer everywhere, make this now as it always will be a choice location for stock. As lino horses as can bo found on tho Pacific coast are raised here also cattle, sheep and hogs. Patten ing cattle lor shipment is a growing business. Dairy interests aro assuming impor tance. The advantages for this line of business are unexcelled. i The land in Grando Hondo valley j was principally state land, and has a I been sold. Although these lands have been sold, the proportion under culti vation will not exceed one-half. Con Eidorablo is owned m tracts of .120 to 1,000 acres, and nearly every business man in the towns owns a 320 acre tract. Many tracts owned by people living in town arc improved and can bo purchased at very reasonable rates. Those living on farms aro as a rule sat isficd. Little land is offered tor sale by this last class, except in eases where they havo more land than can bo conveniently handled. Prices in improved valloy lands will range from $10 to .$25 per acre average iflo to $18.50 per acre. Unimproved lands from G to tflo per acre. These piices aro for lands in Grando Rondo valley, deeded and with perfect title. Land in foot hills and small valleys is sellin for .$ (3 to $12 for improved and $3 to $7 per acre for unimproved. Tho raihoad of tho 0. 11. & N. Co. passes through Union county, and the entire length of tho Grande Hondo valley, in easy reach of tho gi cater portion of the agricultural part of tho county, and connecting it with the general market at Portland. What In ii Cnrlnml? You often want to know what constitutes n carload. Well paste this In your hat and you'll have the answer handy. Nominally a carload is '..'0,000 pounds. It is also 70 barrels of salt, 00 of Hour, 0 cords of soft wood, 18 to 20 head of cattle. fiO to (iO head of hogs, 1)0 to 100 head of sheen, 0,000 solid feet of hoards, 17,000 feet sidinjJ, l!,000 feet of llooring, -12,000 shingles, one-half less of hard lumber, tenth less of joist, mintliiiK and other large timbers, :110 bushels of wheat, 400 of barley. -100 of corn. (iSO of oats. 3i0 of Max seed, ."GO of apples, 410 of Irish potatoes, and lltSO of bran. A I'roposutl Clock Fuctury. The watch and clock makers and mend ers of Oregon, Washington nud Idaho nro planning for a convention, to take place within tho next thirty days, with tho in tention of forming an extensive stock com pany or association for tho purpose of es tablishing a watch and clock factory at some prominent point in the Northwest. K. O. Important I.nntl Ueoisliiii. l'Vom Copp's land office bulletin pub- lished at Washington, 1). t, we learn that In tho case of .lohn McCabe, decided ::o, 18S!), Secretary Noble held that May final proof in homestead entries may bo made boforc any court of record in the judicial district in which tlio land is situated even if outside tho county. In pursuing its course of describing and illustrating the Pacific Northwest, the West Shore Magazine for May reaches over into Uritish Columbia and devotes a considera ble portion of tlio issue to that, in many re spects, remarkable city of Vancouver, tho western terminus of tho longest lino of rail way in tho world, the Canadian Pacific. Corvallis and lienton county, Oregon, winch ate closely Identitlcd with a new transcontinental route, are also illustrated and described in this number. An interest ing article on "Nomenclature of the Pacific Coast," the concluding part of 'A Story of the Klamath," and much other fiction, poetry, and a variety of timely matter per taining to the wholo northwest complete an issue of more than usual interest. Single copies i!f cents ; $'2 50 a year. Published by L. Samuel, Portland, Orogon. ;uai:iui:i. HOT JI1 SM IT J I. -At the t'nion Thy hotel, hv ltev. lloothe, Mondav, .luuc.'l, ISSO, Mr. .1. K. Hough and Mary U. Smith, both of l.a (Jrande. ('KAXI)AI.l. LONO-.At the I'nlon City hotel, bv ltev. L, J. ltoothe, Wednesday. June ,r),' lssil, Mr. W. I,, Crandall and Miss KMe I.ong, both of l.a Orande. PUBLIC Y SALE AT Baker City, Or. Wednesday, June 12. !. bond of Shorthorn cnt-tlo--0 bulls and iSX fe males, ConsUtlngof the following families : BIS LIN AS, YOUNJ 31 AH YS, VHNUSISS, & ADA MDBS. Pur quality anil individual merit ihwo rattle hw no superior; they have butm e leoUd eArwfultv from the vrv bct herds of ' Kentucky Mini MWouri, I TKRMN OP HALK-l"nh down or p. ! prtn wt note at tun iter cent., iiiyt4e In I U man tlm. I l'Uloifue will U furnMi.sl on day of Nide, tr. d t'Kti be li.td iiftrr J urn- 1 ut Maker Cilv. thvjjotl. ( ;il!lo.il tin- lpil Mock J vauls. I JoKonh Combs. of Fir.st-Class " Combines the juice of the Blue Figs of California, so kxativc and nutritious, with the medicinal virtues of plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, forming the ONLY PER FECT REMEDY to set gently yet promptly on the KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS AND tO Glsanse t&e System Effectually, SO THAT PURE BLOOD, n-FRESHINC. SLEEP, HEALTH end STRENGTH Naturally follow. Every one is using it and all are delighted with it. Ask your druggist for bYUUP OF TIGS. Manu factured only by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO., Sam Tkancisco, Cal. IiOVISVILLK, Kv. New Vosk, N. Y. LUMBER for SALE at the Ilij-li Valley Saw Mill. All kinds of lumber constantly on hand or furnished on short notice. Prices cheap as the cheapest. Patronage - Solicited. 30tf WM. WILKINSON A: RON. Public Sale! At Cowles ,t MuDnnicl's Corral, Cove, Or., Saturday, June 28, l will .sell at Public Auction about forty head of Mares and Geldings nbo oucgoort stallion. All ifoortsizo and well bred. TEILMS: Six months time, without interest, with ipprovcd security. GEO. W. THOMAS. ICE GBEAM PARLOR! Just opened at the Bon Ton IJeslauriinfc. Icecream and temperance drinks berved at all liouri). l'rivato rooms ior nuue. l-2.Vtf MItS. WALItATII, Prop. TOE WOKL!DJ BEST rinq m nnii.il for Stvln. Fit and Wpar. Positively tlio best suoe In America lur tbo money. Co not tic ilccclvod. Sco stiiu)i on bottom of tuoli shoo. Take no other. Mvi-ry puir warrnnied, Styllsb Und oquivl to tiny ultoo In thj murkut. lor t.alc W Jos. Wright, Union, Or. Owlnc to chanao in my business I am i wivhiiiL' to balance all accounts on mr books, and would respectfully request nil owing me to call and settle, IS. K. CI.OUGI1. Spauta, Oregon, May 13, 1SAJ. o-St. W A N T E D ! Tenuis to haul Lnm- ucr. .Logging1 on- tractsto Let. Men to hew tics. liuitiiro of Authonv I'rcok Mill ami Khunc Co., at North Powilor, Or. We Still Live at the HON CITY HOTEL (Opposite the Court House.) Hie Host of AceoiumoJutious to Patrons. Meals, 25c; Beds, 25c. Livery and Feed Stable In CantMOtinn with tho Hotel. PATKO.NAG E SOLIOITISD. !.!. 1IOOTHK. IWrtMor. 5-B tf Shingles For Sale! An unlimited amount of Ni. I liint;lii 1 oiuuntly un hand and I. r -id,' cheap. Order from pan of I lie oountiv m liritrd S. H. lU'UK'it (ills , 3 li tt t , , I l . ( ) i m,i i III I I 1 E. J. COITEK, "itaiy rilblic. Farm Loans a Specialty. m WE HAVE SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND IN VESTMENT OF FUNDS. WE LOAN ON GUARANTEED SECURITY. Collections Pushed "With Energy. We act as General Agent, Trustee or Attorney for Individuals or Corporations, and as Assignee or lteceiver. Hold property in trust and care for the same. Assume the general enre of Ileal Estate, 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 Trial. COUPEE & BTJBLBIG-H, Ofrice : Davis' Building, Union, Oregon. -DEALER IN- Latest Styles. Just Received, Direct from the MISSES' CALFSKIN SHOES, tho -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, - : -EH3- Low Kates, lio Commission, IO DELAYS! gtSfTiiot-e who consult their own interests will call on me before borrowing. OFFICE OVER SOMMER & BLUM'S STORE. (OPPOSITE CENTENNIAL HOTEL.) JB 8, ELLIOTT, - Proprietor- Everything Firat Class. Terms Very Reasonable. Buss to and Fiom the Depot Making Connection with all Trains Wilson & Manufacturers A Doors ai liiiMs Keeps Constantly on hand a Large Supply of Bedding, Desks, Office Furniture, etc. All kinds of Fnrnituro Made, and Upholstering done to order. WILSON &MIM.E11, Main St., Union, Or MRS. RINEHART'S Mil IMJ .Jtisl opened in the hn'ek building adjoining Jayeox it Foster's .store, Main Street. 1'nion, a full anil complete m-snrtinent of mm 11 Fii 1 Whih are Now Opun For rnspeetion by the LjhUch. PRICKS ON GOODS SURPRISINGLY LOW. In ml.lii,,n to th. al.ovp, complete line of LailuV ClenU' amrchiltlrrns' Ml. ,tU' 111 k, in.l Will be cfld at ggg A Klaii ol' tho Public Vntrouiigo Solicited. I, I I I II 1 1 II I I I II I 1 1 1 1 1 II il I 111 in lli hiiib iiiiijj jr. p. BritLEiGir, Attorney at Law. 51 All Kinds. East, a Large Invoice of LADIES' and Best Ever brought to this Market. Assortment of- - LA GRANDE, OGN I f 9 Miller, of and Dealers in- room Sets, ' ft 1 inl Llllii Pari .A A wV wl-, ,0 . a -i -A V-v