THE OREGON SCOUT.
AMOS K. JOXKS
121) I TO It,
City and County Official Paper.
Thursday, Juno 13, 1881).
TIIK JOHNSTOWN DIHASTKIC.
Tho disaster thut befell Johnstown
and the other cities and villages in the
valley of thoConcmnugh in Pennsylva
nia was greater than nny known to
tho history of this country. The
streams were in full flood from long
continued rains when the bursting of
a reservoir three and one-half miles
long, over u milo wido and in many
places ono hundred feet deep, sent a
. flood fifty feet deep down tho narrow
valley. Cities and villages were entirely
swept away, and tho two forces of fire
and flood, so often opposed, joined to
make during tho succeeding nights
and days a sccno of indescribablo
horror and desolation, hater reports
mako tho number of lives lost more
than ten thousand, while the loss of
property is estimated at $25,000,000.
To add to tho sickening horrors of tho
sccno tho robbery of the dead seems to
have been only too common and quite
a number of persons who were engaged
in that ghoulish occupation were sum
marily dealt with. But against tho
dark background of the awful calamity
many acts of heroism stand out in
bright rcliof. First among tho heroes
must bo placed tho unknown man who
rode on horse-back down tho valley to
warn pcoplo to take to the hills until
lie was swept off by the flood. Many
other acts were done that mako us
thinkbottorof tho race. Already rolicf
committees are at work all over the
country and contributions of monoy
and other noccssarics are pouring in.
No town or community is too small to
contribute) its mito towards alleviating
tho Bufferings of thoso unfortunate
people. Union should do its part.
Tho mind cannot conceive the hor
rors of that awful day. Tho calamity
has been likened to that which befell
the ancient city of Pompeii, and in
truth tho comparison is justifiable.
Tiik San Francisco Examiner's cor
respondent in Sonttlo winds up a
lengthy description of tho horrors and
destruction that recently befell that
city, with the following:
Thousands of pcoplo aro left desti
tute and will sleep, if sleep they win
to-night, under tho canopy of heaven.
They have done their best to save a
few of their goods. Heaven was mer
ciful that the tiro was allowed to occur
in daylight. Tho llames and smoke
ascended to a clear sunny sky. The
weather was warm, but not too warm.
This viow of tho case has probably
not occurred to tho average Seattle
man, and upon mature reflection he
will doubtlesH conclude that ho has
nothing to kick about. A man who
could not appreciate tho mercy shown
him, and bo truly thankful therefor,
when tho weather was especially ad
justed for his comfort during tho show,
not too warm, but just about right for
sleeping on tho ground, ought to bo
roasted for a fow million years, in a
fire a great deal hotter, just to take
somo of tho mulishness out of him.
SUMMERVILLE.
The weather is very lino.
Harry Patten and M. McDonald
have gono to tho mountains for a
hunt.
II. C. Kinehnrt left, Monday, for
Portland, on a business trip,
J. P. Stnrgill, of Wallowa valley, is
hauling his wool clip to La (inindo.
T. A. Hinohart lias bought S. K.
Johnson's town property. Considera
tion ifSOO.
Our attorney, A. Meachcn, is enjoy
ing a lucrative practice.
K. E, Johiibou has bought tho Elba
York farm. Consideration $1100,
(Jeorgo Allen, of Paradise, was in
town during the week. (Jeorgo at one
time was one of tho boys,
Elba York, ono of Union county's
best teachers, with his family, has
moved to lMt Prairio in Wallowa
county whero ho will make his future
home.
Jtcv. Willerl mU1 out his goods list
Saturday at very good figures. A
good many went present and bidding
was lively.
Tho Sunday School under the con
trol of Messrs. Thompson and Collins
and Miss Thornton, had a nice time
at tho M. E, church last Sunday.
The houso was fitted up in stylo and
showed good taste in those who had
tho management of it. The house
was crowded to overflowing and many
could not gain admittance. Tho exer
cises wcro good and all went away well
pleased, feeling that tho coming man
and woman wore made happy ono
limo more,
During tho week past a fine young
man put in an appearanco at La
Grande, hired a horse, cart and har
ness from McClurc, came to Stinitnor-
Thc Hunt surveying outfit are now
in the vicinity of Elgin and will no
doubt reach this place in a fow days
when they will have but little trouble
running to Union and to tho Short
Line at Huntington. Hurrah for
Hunt and Einehnrl.
villc, traded the cart to Meachcn for a
double cart, hired a horse and double
harness at McKenzie's stable, paying
he would be back at noon next day
from Elgin where he claimed ho was
going. But alas I ho struck for tall
timber. Four miles north of town he
broke down and traded the cart for a
saddle and with this outfit crossed the
mountains. Twenty-four hours later
Constable Patten and Rom McKonzic
started in pursuit and what the result
of the chase will bo we can not, at this
writing, tell, but one thing is certain :
Tin's country is full of such characters.
At a meeting of the citizens of Siun
mcrvillo and vicinity, Thos. Wade,
Mr. Oliver and W. E. JJinohart were
elected directors, to take charge of the
Summervillc cemetery. Jacob Collins
was elected treasurer and Mr. McDow
cl secretary. A ilne plat of the
grounds was received from tho hands
of tho surveying committee and per
sons, in tho future, who wish to bury
in those grounds will call 14)011 E. B.
Morelock, at Summervillc, who will
hold a plat of tho yard and also the
key to tho gate and tho tools belong
ing thereto. Tho grounds will toon be
fenced and it is hoped that people will
not, as usual, bo ready to eensuro those
who push this noblo work to comple
tion in order to more fully protect
loved ones gone.
The O. R. tfc N. surveying outfit
have at last mado their great mark
across the valley. They, to give Elgin
taffy, run through tho town and prom
ise a depot, thence to Henry Rinehnrt's
place, thenco in a straight line for La
llrandc, giving Summcrvillo the black
eyo for the part taken in the Hunt en
terprise. Confining themselves to no
highway or lino which they might
have followed, but instead, split farms
up in every conceivable shapo as
though they had come to destroy in
stead of building up the country.
Somo men who own farms worth
thousands of dollars say that if the
road should be built on this survey it
would break them up. Hut, fanners,
never fear. This road will never bo
built. This thing is all bosh work.
They can not scare the pcoplo much
longer. When that time is up the;;
are done.
Poor X, ho look another f-poll of his
contract colic last week and tried, as
usual, to champion tho cause of some
who amount to about as much as he
does. Ho talks about responsibility.
Look at tho tax list and you will see
how responsible he is. Ho seems to
have a great enmity for Tin: Scour
and Union. Mis guilty coneeienco
makes him feel as though ho deserves
the censure of that wholo community.
Ilo dwells on "breeding." It is not cer
tain that ho ever was bred or had any
brooding Ho undertakes to class him
self as a representative man. Tho on
ly element that ho could very well rop
resont would bo tho two-faced and
dangerous class. Ho says something
about paying 20 per cent. Wo fool
that it is better to pay that than noth
ing. Ho attempts to cast a slur about
tho lth of July funds. 1 can say that
most of tho money was paid out to
bilks like himself for doing i.othing.
Call and see the figures. Wo have
them. Ho says that John sold out
during election for 20. Well, if ho
did he kept the money and will nover
let go, Report has it that L. IS. Kino
hart bought a man in Salem last win
ter for $5 and finding that he was nut
worth ono cent, ho mado him give back
the money before he had spent it for
whiskey. Then his grub began to run
short and ho mado an application to
Cieorge Ott to fight tho temperance
cause, but lleorgo looled him. Then
ho let up on his imaginary lobbying
and wont home, inquiring for a man
in La Grande, and hired himself out
for ono bit a week to throw cold water
on the Hunt enterprise and the town
in which ho exists, as his artiules in
thoGar.etto in the past will show. As
to tho character of either of us, 1 will
just say we both have a largo field lo
work upon and tho dovil would be con
sidered an angel hosido either of us.
And to long as your ignoronco
Takes in no slack,
J will apply the lath
To your dirty back.
CUT-MOUTH JOHN.
In tdwnh where 11 nowepapor is pub.
liehed every biisimxis man tthouhl ad
vertise in it, even if nothing hut a curd
stating his name and the hiwiucw ho
in engaged in.
We Ann indebted to F. S. Ivanhoe, i
editor of the Wallowa Signal, for a
copy of a forty pago pamphlet descrip
tive of Wallowa county, issued as a
supplement to the Signal. ' It contains
an exhaustive review of tho many re-
, sources of that magnificent county,
! and is creditable to the publisher. It
will, no doubt, have the effect of at-
j trading the attention of many home
i seekers lo that country.
Combines the juice of tiie Blue Tip of
.California, so lasativa and nutritious,
with the medicinal virtues of plants
known to bs most beneficial to tlie
human system, forming the ON LY PER
FECT REMEDY to act gently yet
promptly on the
KIDNEYS. LIVER AND BOWELS
Gleanssfts System Effectually,
SO THAT
PURE BLOOD,
K2FRESHING SLEEP,
HEALTH and STRENGTH
Naturnllj' follow. Every one h using it
and r.ll are delighted wilh it. Ask your
druggist for iiYKUP OF FIGS. Manu
factured only by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.,
S.K FnANCIGCO, Cal,
Loi'isvinr, Ky, Nbw Yo.-:;:, IJ. Y.
TOSS WORLD'S BEST
M Bntton $2.50 Stoe
Una no oqnal for Stylo. Vll and Wear. Positively
tUo lieot ohoo i:i America toy ttio monoy. 1)0 riot bt
tlocolvod. 8o Htnni on bottom or ouan ehoo. Take
no other. Utovry pair wnrranti'il. Styll."li ami
Cijuul to uiiy !5 nUaa In tlio tnnrknt. l'or Dale 1)7
Jos. "Wright, Union, Or.
Public Sale!
At Cowlos & MeDaniel's Corral, Cove, Or.,
Saturday, June 21),
1 will soil tit Ptibllo Auction about forty
head of Marcs and Oeldings alsoonegood
stallion.
All good size :;nd well hrert.
TKKMS:
.Six month time, without interest, with
unproved necurity.
(1KO. 'NY. THOMAS.
We Still Live at the
01 CITY HOTEL
(Opposite tho Court House.)
Till Host of Accommodations to Patrons.
Meals, 35c; Beds, 25c.
Livury nd Food titnblo in Commotion
with the Hutu).
PAT NONA G E SOLI CITE I).
L. J. JJO0TIIK, - J'roprlutor.
Ml tf
LUMBER for SALE
at tho High Yalh'y
Saw Mill.
All Kinds of lumber conxtantly on hand
or furnished on short notice. Prices cheap
ur tho cheapest.
Patronage - Solicited.
r.-SOtf WM. WILKINSON ,V SON.
ff
Bl I ' 1 I II
1 ,11
.Ill-t opened at the
Hon Ton itcstaurant.
Ice creain and temperance drinl cred at
nil hours, Private roonm lor ladies.
l-'iVtf MltS. WALUATH. Prop.
Shingles For Sale I
An unlimited Miiioiuit of No. 1 shingle
t-oiuttuiUv on hand mid for rale clit-i.
Orders from nil iru of the eouittry o
llelUHt. H. B. UPKttOUOHS,
Ml tf Dove, Oregon.
Farm For Sale.
1 KAArHKS N"KAK NORTH POWUKH. I
I lU I "ion County. OrcK'UI- all under,
fiuc. p'o I I', ftor luu-e. ."I'd ot!l,;r I
wi'I'. Ii o i . ii I "ilthinldiiu'-. I' nil. ea-
1 I p Ii ! ii It i: :i. mI' i lli I
8fm
CE GSM PARLOR
. film! fifiifi1 Smm.1
JASPER O. STEVEJfS, l'ropr.
uxwm in
fturo Drugs,
patent Medicines,
ij erl'umery,
J aint.s and Oils.
Prescriptions carefully prepared
ALSO DKAI.KR IX
SPORTING GOODS,
Consisting of
Rifles, Slot (rims, Pis
tols aiidCartiups.
Imported and Domestic Ci
gars, etc.
GIVE AIE A CALL.
oa Ton Restaurant!
Now open to the public on Main Street,
Union, Oregon.
Board and Lodging.
j SHItVKI)
Cllb AllHoiirs
v
No Chinese cooks employed, and every
thing neat and clean.
The Public Patronage Solicited.
Mits M. WoutATH, Propr.
12-8-tf
Union and Cornucopia
ran
Quickest and Cheapest
Ivoute to the Pine Creek
Mines.
ItATI'S :
i'aui:. riiinoiiT.
Union to Turk - - $1 50 !. o
" Suniror - - 00 V,v.
" " Cornucopia - - (i 00 o
Geo. P. HALL, Agent, Union, Or.
Stan !i ii Cm
Leaves Union daily at 2 p. in, arrives at
Cove at ;!::;( p. in.
Lcavu.s Cove at 8 a. m., arrives at Union
at l):'!0 a. in.
Connections made with Elliott's eoachei
running to the depot, carrying passengers,
for east and west bound trains.
KATKS Jor I'ASSKNOIMJS, LUfifiAOK
ami Fi:::i(iiiT, ki:amnaiu.i:.
HOMNSOX ,t LA VNK. Proprietors.
SHINGLES!
Having leased the slunglo mill belonging
to L. II, Hiiichart, wo aro prepared to fur-ni!-h
u superior quality and make of shingle-,
at the following rates, per M :
Delivered at Union, So.00
" Mill, 2.75
Vo do our own work and guarantee sat
isfaction. A share of the public patronage
solicited.
l-J5-tf VAXDOKKY UltOS.
P ll
Mammoth Bronze Turkey
I2ggs, price for setting
of 10, !?2.r(
O O 0 O O O O 0 O o
White Leghorn chicken eggs, for setting
of llfteen,
Call on or addre-s:
MA It Y A. MITCH 1CLL,
,VJ-inI Tolocaset.
City - Meat - laitei
Main Street, Union, Oregon,
NENSON J1KOS. - l'KOl'JUHTOKS.
Keep oonstantly on hnud
HKKF, rOlUC- VEAL, AlUTTON,
SAUSAGH, HAMS, LAUD. Kto.
UN' ION
Tonsorial Parlors
L. J. llimi'K. l'llUI'KlKTOB,
Shaving-, Hair-cutting and Sham
pooing, in the Latest style
of the Art,
Su,i t .. .I.mik .-o'lth of Ceiiti'in i a 1 h'ltfl,
lilYT WY a ALL.
ff,
5 CI
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VSv W w 11 f I vs fA n
E. J. COl PER,
Notaiv Public.
il 1
I la
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.
AVe act as ficneral Agent, Trustee or Attorney for Individuals or Corporations, and
as Assignee or Itccciver. Hold property in trust and care for tho same. Assume the
general care of Ileal Kstote, collect rents, pay taxes, etc. Abstracting. Perfecting Ti
tles, Conveyancing, JJrawing all kinds of Legal Papers.
Satisfaction Gisarasiteed-
Insurancc Written in the best Companies.
Favor us With a Trial.
Oi i jck: Davis' Building, Union, Oregon.
DEALER IN-
355. ?55S?x JSPZS.
Latest Styles.
Just Received, Direct from the
M ISSES' CALFSKIN SHOES, the
-Also a Vino
GENT'
My Prices will.sait the times. Drop in and see me.
C. VINCENT, Main Street, Union, Or.
M, -LOMBARD, - :
Low Kates5 Mo Cotrnmission,
"Tjiose who consult their own interests will call on me before borrowing.
OFFICE OVER SOMMER it BLUM'S STORE.
(OPPOSITE CENTENNIAL HOTEL.)
JB S. ELLIOTT, " Proprietor.
Everything First Class. Terms Very Reasonable.
Buss to and Fiom the Depot Making Connection with all Trains
Wilson
3Iannfaetnrers
asli, Boors aad
mills,
Keeps CoiiHtantly ,pn hafnl a Large Supply of
Bedding, Desks, Office Furniture, etc.
All kiniN of Furniture Maile, and Upholstering ilone to order.
WILSON A SIlLLKil, Main St., Union, Or
f?S. RIWEHART'S
Mff f n ?m m fm
f 'f 1 1 l i r 11 W
.liinf tipent il in the Liiik Liiibliiif; iulj'initn: Jayeox it Foster's ntore, Main
Street. Union, a lull ami l uini'b tt' assortment of
ILII1EI II FICI 111,
Which are Now Open For Inspection by Ute Ladies,
PRICES ON GOODS SURPRISINGLY LOW.
In itililition to the :1mvi, a emu let. line i f Laili. ' QenW and ChiUlrcns'
Sliix.' are in xtiii'k, .intl will If .-M :ii --i.
Sh-iro of th I'nhlle I'p.trounjre Solicited.
H. F. BURLEIGH,
Attorney at Law.
m
smm
LIIlllll
All Kinds.
East, a Large Invoice of LADIES' and
Rest Ever brought to this Market,
Assortment of-
FURNISHING -:- GOODS.
Liftii
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- LA GRANDE, OGN
& Miller,
of anil Dealers in-
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