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-if? ,Smi in VOL. V. UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1881). NO. 52. K9 1fo V The Oregon scout. An Independent wrfrkly Jouriinl, tsnert ev ery Thursday morning bv JONES & CIIAJfCEY, I'ubmiiers and Proprietors. A. K. .Tonus, l Editor. J , 1 1). Phasckv, Foreman. KATKS OK SUIiSUKU'TIONi One cony, one voar " Six months . . " ' Tlircu montos ...,$i.ro .... 1.00 75 Inrnrlnbly Cnili In Aitvnnoc. If by chance subta iption are not paul till end of year, two (hilars will be charged, i Kates of advertising made known on ap plication. JSTCorrespondence from all parts of the . country solicited. ' Adro.s all communications to the Okeook Scout, Union Oregon. 1'ItOKlisSIOXAl. K. Eakin, J. A. Hakis, Notary ruhlic. J EAKIN, Ss BROTHER, Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. . JSTProuipt Attention Paid to Colloct.ons. JOHN It. ClllTES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special ties. Oltlce, two doors eolith of post-olllce, -Union, Oregon. J N. CROMWELL, AI- - , Physician suui Surgeon. I Ollicc. one door outh of .1. 15. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. r II. DAY, M. 1)., IIOMEPATII1C Physician aci Surgeon. AM. CALLS IMlOMrTI.r ATTENDED TO. Office adjoining Jones Bro'.s store. Can be found nights at residence in SoTUh west Union. J. W. SlIKI.TON. J. M. C.MUtOLL. g HELTON & CAK110LL. Attorneys at Law. Oflicc : Two doors .south of post-ofliee, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention given all business en trusted to us. rj II. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Ollicc, one door south of Ccntonnial ho tel. L. DAXKOIITH, M. 1)., Physician and Surg n North Powder, Oregon. j i s i: a s K s o r w o m i: x a bved.u t y. Calls attended to at all hours. A. L. SAYLOR, M. D Physician and Surgeon, North Powder, Oregon. Has pcrmancntlv located and will attend nil professional calls day or night. Otllcc: Drug store building: residence, one door west of Kodgcra' hotel. J W. KIMI5ltEI.lv, County Surveyor, And Deputy U. S. Mineral Surveyor, North Powder, Oregon. Jg F. WILSON, Conveyancer and Abstracter. Abstracts to Heal and Mining property furnished on short notice, at reasonable rates. , . Sales of Ileal and Mining prorty nego tiated. Collection business promptly at tended to. .... , Olllce next door south of Pont-ofllco. Un ion, Oregon. JAMES C DOW, Attorney at Law, Cornucopia. Oregon. Land Business Promptly Atten ded to Before the U.b.Uttices. KlfMlnlng claims bought and sold on commission. Mines examined and repor ted upoi.. J W. STRANGE, DENTIST, Lu Gnmde, Orogon. Will isit Union regularly on tliO first Monday of utich month. j ALL WORK WARRANTED FIRST CLASS jpSsrCriins, Amimmti:ion, Field Glasses, V the cov: All lptarctta Ltter Prom Or 1150- Jtir.c 19, 1889. Mr. Frank Mitchell is making im provements on his dwcllii.g house by j painting and refinishing inride. Eev. J. M. Haskell administered the rites of baptism to Mrs. lluey Lynch and Mm, Wm. Kelley last Sunday. A largo congregation ut tended the cere monies. Adam Crossmau will dipose of his business in La Grande nnd niovo to Cove with his family after the Fourth. Mr. C. is a livo man, full of that push and enterprise which build up a town. The picket fence enclosing the As cension grounds will toon be comple ted by Messrs. Stearns Ar Gibson. The fence will greatly enhance the appear ance of the street and town. Mr. Dave Lnyne has returned from Idaho, and will visit Cove acquaintan ces for a few weeks. Ho says only two classes are making momv in Ida ho, viz : owners of rich mines and sa loon keepers. J. O. Smith was in town last week selling hay-stackers. The gentleman, though appearing somewhat absent minded, was moeting with success, having disposed of several machines in this icinity. The kid (juvenile) brass band" have received an olfer of ij!25 and expenses, from La Grande, to play in that town on the Fourth. They are making ev ery ell'ort to induce thiir patents to let them accept the offer. ' Iietters remain uncalled for in the Cove post office. Miss Nettie Buch anan, .John Cameron, Miss Daisv Cor nell (3), Chas. H. Foster, W. M. James, Wes Murdock (2), J. W. Miller, Geo. McFerren. Jahpku G. Stkvkxs, P. M. Mr. Guy Bridges, si young man of Fort Atkinson, Wis., is making Cove relatives tin extended visit. Mr. B. has already shown himself a useful man in society, for lie is popular with the fair sex and is a line performer on the cornet. .While coming oil' the mountain with a load of lumber from the Indian creek mill. J. W. Chandler's team ran away, scattering promiscuously the lumber, wagon and driver. Fortu nately Warren escaped uninjured, but the wagon had to bo gathered in a closely woven sack. The horses re ceived no serious damage Runaways are all tlio go. One night last week Dr. Hiirdirge's stepper, rec ord 2 :lf, broke while trying his speed with a running team, capsizing the sulky and spilling the contents in not a very gentle manner. The cart and horse were seen to alight a few hun dred yards down the road and was oaptuied with slight injury. The Excelsior Tanning Company, (incorporated) will commence opera- Hons in Cove next Monday, Miperin- tondentAdam Grossman now biing in 1 town and making arrangements to I that end. Substantial additions will I bo made to the present buildings, the I water power will be increased and im- proved machinery placed. The com j puny represents ample capital and will j conduct tho business for all it is worth. The superintendent says the output of j leather and findings will bo a large as I the product of any tannery in the j state. Manufacturers are what we need and from all indications this will bo a permanent and prosperous insti- tution, under the management of tho right parties. The Union-Cove nine was van quished last Friday by the club of ex perts from Portland, Pendleton and La Grande. Indeed, tin;" had very slight hopes of winning after sizing up tlio members of the so-called La Grande nine. The home dub on tho whole played a spiritless game, while their antagonists played with a vim throughout. Slocum was struck with a bat, early in the game, but phickilv continued playing, though unable to do himself near justice. Smith played ball, his batting in particular being very line. Foter on first base did line work until in a burst of seed from lirst to second he became so hea ted as to fear sunstroke, and modestly retired. Shaw, of North Powder, took his place. Goss on third base diil not disappoint his admirers, accepting nearly every chance oflured. Jovy and Duicon played in their usual form, making some good catches and throws. The home team accomplished omo ran' feats during the game, in particular when touching out at every base a batter making tho round on a blocked ball. The giants can scarcely congratulate themselves on brilliant playing. They allowed their opponents fifteen scores, tho ma jority of which were unearned. Tho "corn field railors" havw not yet given it up, but intend tackling the victors again before long. nmeklm'n Amtoti ShIv. Thk itnrr tiwvn in the world for Cut, llruisus, Sores, Ulcers, Halt Rheum, l' vi r Sores; Tttiur, Chsyped Iisnd. 'i,i!t,!uln-, Cams, snd all Skin Erupt' l i o-l-Ivcljr enres li'.-., .r - j - " -i 1 It if guuraii c i to give pcru-ct viti-furtioq, or mom : u ided I'r :i rvnt- per m,- , i !!r.. - .1' u t..r. CORNUCOPIA. A Reported Sale of the mons Property. Sim- OUR CAMP A SILVER FRODUCEF1. A One Hundred-stamp Mill The North Star Mine -New Developments. CoRNtToru, June 17, 1SS0. Editor Oregon Stout: "Never say die but keep n stiff up per lip," is a proverb which requires a huge amount of Spartan courage to practice and follow, and of that virtue a newspnper man possesses a larger portion than anv other class of citizens. My lirst letter to Tun Scorr on the lfith of March was the first of a so"ies that have continued without intermis sion since. In that letter the beauties of this portion of Oregon were painted as they appeared to me, and in suc cessive letters the practical merits of this mineral region have been fully portrayed. In my second communi cation several mines were specified and a prophecy was ventured that Cornu copia was de.-tined to bo the most im portant camp in Oregon. I still ad hero to the statements made in those letters, although tho ell'ort to breathe the breath of life into dry bones is somewhat laborious and sometimes discouraging. To say that I have received no re ward for my services would hardly bo correct, but I doubt if the renders of The Scorr or the citizens of Cornu copia would say there had yet been much of a boom. Still wo nro looking for a great change which I shall in duo time have the pleasure of announc ing, and from present indications shall have that pleasure oro tlio 1th conies and goes. RKl'OKTRI) SAI.K. It was reported yesterday on the streets that tho Simmons' group had been sold. As to the truth of the re port I have naught to say. It is ti property second to none in tho cnnip, and has been sufficiently developed to show its great value. UNION MINK. A large body of oro has been latoly uncovered in this mine under the work of Mr. Burdette. Tho body of free gold is increasing as also is tho propor tion of silver. NORTH STAR MINK. The North Star mino was located on tho 10th of June, 1885, and was among the first claims located in the district. Mr. Ludiker, the locator, was at that time proprietor of a flouring mill sit uated in the center of Fine Valley. This claim is situated about ouo-half mile from Cornucopia, nearly adjoin ing and southeast of tho Bed Jacket. This mine is now owned by Ludiker it Ilolcomb. Adjoining and near by are tho Alia and Robert Emmett and a mile southeast is the celebrated Allen & Cox. The ledge is three feet wido at tho mouth of a tunnel which is in twenty feet. The breast u about fif teen feet below tho surface. The ledge hero begins to assume nearly a perpen dicular position, with walls of terpen tine at the breast of tho tunnel. The oro is highly mineralized and is easily worked. It. in fact, is nearly like its immediato neighbor, tho Bed Jacket. Spocimens from each laid side by side cannot be distinguished, the ono from tho other. The mino is on tho same slopo with tho Bod Jacket nnd has about the same pitch, and is admirably located for easy development. The highest assay made in Portland was a little over ijvJOO per ton the sample taken at the point of discovery. Tak ing the assays from various samples tlio owners claim it will average (i0 per ton. Tho rock also carries silver and siKicimoiis shown nearly resemble tho Gould & Curry oro of Virginia City. The proprietors will do onten sive development work this summer. A St. Ljuis compuuy lias become iu toiosted in this property and s.oino member of it will bo hero by August 1st. Mr. Ludiker has just returned from that city and has given the names of the parties composing the company some of whom are known to your corresondoiit, whom 1 dosiro to congratulate on their proapect of be ing the owners of a good propoi ty in n district that bids fair to bu the coming camp this summer. HIJ.VlSIt INCRKAHINO. It appears as though it is only a question of depth to settle this district down to u great silver producor. Sil ver lodges run deeper uud as a genoral rule an moro regular than gold; hence the change from tho yellow to tho white metal is encouraging in the ex treme. TKU.111HM. I wish that I could send you n pound of the above-named ore, with any as suiancc that it would reach Union on-tin- and us it came from the ground. It is liable (o ennoble so if you want a gold uud silver paper weight you must i conn- and get it in person. There has at last Is en an arrival from Loiusvill. , Ky., in the jterson of Mr. Hhultz f tin- o U. M. Company ishing; Tackle, etc., at I of that city. What the gentleman thinks of his possessions here don't know, but I heard it whispered that a hundred stamp mill would take the place of the twenty stumps now in op eration. That would be an exhibition of business courage which neither that company or any other one In Or egon has ever shown. Oh I for the mantle of Senator Sharon to fall upon some of the brave explorers of the "in ner earth." Kentucky may boast of her stump orators, but as hard rock speakers Nevada takes the cake. Captain Tyler arrived from Portland last week and, after a few days' rest, struck out for tho hills, Where ho and friends have large interests. Mr. tai consier, the mining expert from Spo kane Falls, will follow in a few days, to examine some property for some Portland capitalists. -Whether it will be the Simmons or Stein group lean not say. Captain Tyler h.s lost no faith in Cornucopia and says there will be other mills hero soon. ON14 tlUNMHtKO STAMPS. Your readers from the "cow coun ties" have, I am sure, a very slim com prehension of the inclining of one hun dred stamps. It means a large and powerful engine lifting nnd dropping one hundred eight hundred pound weights of iron, and reducing to a I powder two hundred tons of oro every I day; it means daily and constant la bor for one hundred men at !?3 oO to !?! 00 per day; it means the sale of , several of our largo mines; it means a j huge town in this portion of Union county; it. means the addition of two I or three millions of dollars to the tx j ablo properly of Union county; it i means stage lines, hotels, stores, school j houses and churches; it means life I and energy; it means an active market 1 for all that Union county can raise. If this is worth laboring for then strip oil' your coats and wade in, at least wake up. Other countries have done all this and more. There is more ore hero than in Alaska, and one hundred times richer. At Juneau one company runs 1580 stamps. Now let old Ken tucky take courage and start up. an even hundred. Tho glorious Fourth will be celebrat ed very generally in this part of tho county. Baudin will "sieze the Amer ican eagle by the spurs and raiso him so high that his feet hanging down ward will scorn to touch tho star.4." Ho will narrate in Pino valley. 'ni:w oiivnuoi'MnxTS. Tho Bunker Hill, owned by JU. B. Brown and James Mackay, was located last May, and within a few days a por tion of the ledge has been uncovered. It shows flakes of free gold, like layers of mica. So it goes; every day corns prospector drops in with cheering uows, and brings jiosilive evidenco of new additions to tho mineral wealth in sight. This ledge is about three fourths of a milo from the Simmons' group, and one-fourth of a milo north of tho Slate. The ledge is about two feet wide and is well defined, and ono which, until lately, has not been very highly regarded, ft will now be fully prospected. Tho Dunbar is on tho Bobcrt Em mett ledge, about one-fourth of a milo north. Tho ore leoks well and assays well. Work is now being done and its owners aro confident of having a good property. BAUDIN. JIM M IE CREEK. r.ornl llasl)iiiii; Farm Now ami Noton I'di'Honiil Muni ion. June l,r), 188D. Tho sheep shearers that went from hero have returned. (uite a crowd from hero visited North Powder on tho Ifith. S. F. Ousick is slowly from his roccnt sick spoil. recovering The other day tho thermometer was 1)2 degrees above zeio in this vicinity. Frank Miller, of Grande Hondo val ley passed through hero a day or to ago. Preparations are being made for a grand celebration at North Powder on tho Fourth. J. L. Cartor, county school superin tendent, visited the schools here and on Clover creek recently. It has clouded up and looks like rain. Tho farmers of this vicinity would realize a great benefit should na send us a good old maker, G cargo T. Sanders, of Wallowa, was visiting friends on Jimmie creek last Saturday. Ho says that grass in that section is doing well, and also that the Wallowa Canyon road is being put in first-class condition. A petition has been in circulation for a road that crosses Clover crook east of the Chas. Miller ranch and ex tending in a northerly direction inter secting the Hog valley rood near Mr. Bradford's place. Thu road, if built, will shorten the distance from Wolf and Clover creeks to Union about eight miles. An estray animal branded 71 on the left shoulder and V on the right shoul der is running at Ure in Winida val ley near W. If. StnUbnl's ranch. As tho animal is breachy the Tettlern of that community are desirous that the owner will take the same away, imme diately and avoid a duniagu suit. COYOTE. Greatly Reduced Pri NORTH POWDER. The Trade Center of a Mapni ficent Country. SOCIAL AND BUSINE8S ELEMENTS Its Mineral Springs Stone Quarries and Adjacent Mines. Tho following description of the thriving town of North Powder, and vicinity, is taken from tho Pacific Ex press : North IVwd.-r is situated On Iho banks of a stream of the same name, about thiity miles from tho city of Un ion uud in Union county, and about the same distance from Baker City. Situated about, the center of Powder river valley, east and west, the sur loundiii), scmery is one of grandeur. To the west, southwest ami northwest, at a distance of about ten to fifteen miles is seem the Blue Mountain range, with its shaggy and craggy peaks- and at this season of tho year covered with snow, presenting to the eye- an almo; t insurmnuutabro barrier to. ingress or egress; yet over those are passes through which travel is main tained throughout the entire year. To the east and northeast is seen the IJagle creek range, presenting nearly the same appearance as tlio Blue Mountains of which, in fact, they are a spur. Tn the south you havo the j Powder river valley, dotted with its j buttcs, and U'yond Baker City, until j again, ns far as the eye can reach, you I catch a dim vision of tho circling llluo Mountains. Thi mountain scenery ' Kt trtsmil . mrlirtttti't nn.l uli'ii iitnn-iiw. w" H-' nun .i,v. inclining on the Pacific Crust, is of such fre quency to some that they become monotonous and insipid, while to others tiny have an inspiring, soul-uplifting tendency. Tho valley around North Powder, oven up to' the foot hilltj, is all susceptible of cultivation, in some places ncediug irrigation but in others growing excellent crops with out it. Wheat yields about .'15 bushels to tho acre, oats GO, barley (10, rye 20, timothy from 1 to 3 tons per aero, and alfalfa grows well. Stock raising is carried on to a considerable extent in horses, cattle and sheep. There are a number of herds of blooded cattle in tho immediato vicinity of North Pow der, which are iljng well. North Powder is tho center of trade for quite a large section of country, reaching out into a radius, on either side, of ton to twelvo miles, thereby giving it ascopo of at least 400 square miles from which it draws its business. Tho following is tho business of tho town : Physicians 2 lawyers 1 (tanwAl Merchandise rit'ires 'I Drug Stores. . l Kurnituro it t'ndertuUing Establishments I Jlent Maiketi 1 Tonsorlal Purlor.s I Blacksmith Whops , 2 Hotels .. 1 Saloons li Livery Feed Stable 1 Pinning Mills , , i Grist Mills 1 Warehouses 1 There is oko a nourishing sooioty of J. 0. O. F., two churches, tho Baptist and Methodist Episcopal, and the Bap tists are building both a, lino church and a pan onage. A tax has been lovicd to raise .$1,000 with which to build a now school house, the present ono being too small to accommodate the, present number of children in the district, which nuni bora one hundred pupils. Impiovc monts are being made in the town and some of them of quite a substantial character. Mr. Gorham, of the firm of Gorhum & Rothchild, is erecting a fine two story building, which is being built of stone quarried within tho vicinity of tho town. As a shipping point North Powdor takes a from rank witli other shipping points along the lino of tho O. R. fc N. Go's. road. Spencer, Ramsoy & Hall shipped from hero last year 1000 car loutls of lumber to. Eastern uoiiils. Other parties shipped about .'500 cur loads, and besides about 700 car loads of grain, wood, etc., making in all 2000 car loads of freight shipped from this point, a showing which many larger pluccs would be proud of, and which would be hei aided abroad with a flour ish of piintei's ink. The Anthony creek mill and flume company have a ilumo through which they deliver their lumber to tlio rail load track for shipment. They also ship a .Wgo amount of lumber, but it could not be ascertained how much. A KhinuJo factory is manufacturing a large quantity of shingles and ship ping tin- Kiuie to Eastern points uud there is not the Fust doubt but that if the full iiuhilx r of car hsuk) of freight shipjH'd bom North Powder could hue bien ,im i-rtuincd that not less than 2''Hi wool 1 cover tho numbor. '1 l.i ir an ill o three new saw mills in com i. ol,i;iivii of erection, which, wh n in i ni bUot, will give North Powder the cidit of being tho first ship) in j oint on the lino of thu O. R. & S in kI h; i i. of Portland. cos at A. N. Gardner There is quarrii d near here a fine building stone, which is of so soft a nature that when thst quarried it can be cut with a saw, or knife, but when it becomes exposed to the air it hard ens as hard as granite; it withstands bent and lire does not efl'ect it. This stone, when its quality becomes known, will be a source of revenue to the owners of the ledge and fill a long felt want for building stone. A i oud is being built into the Cracker Creek mines, which, when completed, will bo the best and shortest route to those mines. Good quartz ledges have been found in the mines adjacent to North Powder, which give an assay equal to many others which arc being blowcd by printer's ink into marvels of production. Fine farming lands aro well watered by the North Powder, Wolf, Clover, Anthony and Muddy creeks, nil of which arc adjacent to the village of North Powder for business and trade. There aro also near tho town some hot. mineral springs which aro said to have curative qualities for many of tho ills to which tho flesh is heir. Thcro is a project on foot to bring into the place a system of water works from one of the clear mountain streams; yet water is obtained in tho town at a depth of from 10 to 18 feet and of ex cellent quality and plentifulncss. The O. R. it N- Go's, lands, which lie near here, are again upon the mar ket for sale. These aro fine lands and are being inquired for by immigrants who arc coining into this section quite rapidly. The following trades could find a good place in North Powder, as thcro are none within twenty-live miles, and do a good business: Millinery and dressmaking, harness and saddlery, tin shop and bcots and shoos. This would also bo a lino location for a creamery, as tho farmers aro anxious to engage in that business. HIGH VALLEY. Homo's Hcular iSuil;ot ( Interesting I.ocnl Xim ii. The dry weather is having its cficct even in our favored locality. Tho old proverb, was right: "Tho devil tempts most men but idlers tempt tho devil." Mr. Draper's flock of rams havo calou up the angle stakes on a portion of tho famous now road. Tho kids are out engaging their best girls for a grand time at Union on tho Fourth. Wo nro all going. Those who havo grain to sell mny do, well to look out for there may bo a hen on unless it rains soon. William Wilkinson & Son havo over one hundred thousand feet of choice lumber in their yard which tlioy will sell cheap for cash. Some lost and won on tho foot rico, others lost on the ball game, while others got bruised ami banged, and Homo plead for tho cause. Wo saw tho Martin box was suited and that he had gone in dc-pur- nest suit of a mate to help build the and lay tho twigs across. Make hasto for martins never get and hutch in winter. The old negro aunties of tho south say that burnt shoe soles and feathers are good to euro a cold in tho head, and parched shoes ami hog hoofs is a good mixture for coughs. Somoofour whoopingcough victims try it. Thcto is nothing like nigger medicine. A carriage maker of Armstrong; county, Pa., has just shipped to Per sia a carriage packed in boxes to facil itate irausportatiou across tho desert on camels' backs. Tho total freight bill will bo about $100. Minniok it Davis paid fjiGO freight on a 1200 pound water wagon from Portland to Union, (livo us opposition with tho Hunt rail road. Tho lato session laws mako it in cumbent upon all road supervisors to kill and, weed out all Canada thistles on tho roads in their districts, and to notify all parties that havo them grow ing on their farms. A fuiluro to do so subjects tho supervisor to a fine of not less than Jf'50 nor moro than $100 for each neglect. This thistle is tho na tional emblem of Scotland. in tho Republican of Juno 0, wo saw a labored articlo of nearly a col umn devoted to some placer claims found, thu result of a prospecting trip in tho Big Minum country. Thoso aro the Yukon mines spoken of by us soino timo ago. The excitement was at fever heat last week when several of our neighbors wont out to prospect for themselves and bring buck a color at any rate. Up to ditto six of tho party have returned among whom aro Smith, DoBordc, Buughor, and Mr. Rcado, a mining export. They prospected tho deepest holes that havo been sunk, in every available place, and sampled now ones but failed to oven find a col or, nor did they sco any porson .that did find one. Thoy returned disgusted with tho layout. - HOMO, Knlflu Cooper Hlion, S. II. Aylw, proprietor. Manufacturer of but tar barrels uud kegs. A good supply always on hand. Shop south of school homo, Union, Oregon. & Go's Jewelry Store-