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Oregon GOUT. VOL. VI. UNION. OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1889. NO. fttgaac uttxvj r.Tjt. m m wa 1 IUj t. The Oregon -Scout. An independent weekly Journal, Iwuotl ev ery Thur.Mlay mornine: bv JONES & CHAXCEY, 1'ublMicrs and Proprietor. A. K. .Tonus, Kdltor. I ( 15. ClIAKCKY, 1 Foreman. KATES OK SUllSCItll'TlON! One copy, one year $-'p " " Six months l.w " ' Three monto- 75 Invariably Cash In Ailvnncc. If bi chance suhsa iptimis tire not paid till end of year, two dollars will Itc chartjetl. Kates of advcrtMnij made known on ap plication. 2J-(orrPspondencc from nil parts of the country solicited. .A dress nil communications to thcOiir.oos Scout, Union Oregon l'KOKKSSIONAl.. It. Eakin, J. A. Uakix, Notary rublic. J EAKIN, Ss BROTHER, Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. .JSTPronipt Attention 1'aid to Collcct.ons. JOHN II. ORITES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special ties. Otllcc, two doors south of post-olllce, Union, Oregon. J N. CROMWELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Ofllcc, one door outh of J. 15. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. r II. DAY, M. 1)., IIOMT3PAT1IIC Physician aid Surgeon. AU CALLS I'UOMl'TLY ATTENDED TO. Oiliee adjoining Jones liro's store. Can l)e found nights at residence in South west Union. J. W. SllM.TOX. T. M. C.MiltOLL. gHELTON & CARROLL. Attorneys at Law. Ollice : Two doors south of post-ollice, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention given all business en trusted to us. rj H . CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Otlice, one door south of Centennial ho tel. L. UANKOItTII, M. 1)., Physician and Surgeon North Powder, Oregon, n i k r. a s 1: s ( w m i: n a m'kci a l t v. Calls attended to at all hours. A. L. SAYLOR, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, North Powder, Oregon. Has nermancntlv located and will nttond nil professional calls day or night. Olllcc: Drug store building; residence, one door west of Rodger' hotel. J Y. KIMUKKLL, County Surveyor, And Deputy U. S. Mineral Surveyor, North Powder, Oregon. U. V. Wilson. Notary Public. A. .T. IlACKr.rr. Notary Public. -yyiLSON & IIACKETT, Attorneys at Law. Collections and nil other buslnoss entrus ted tons will receive prompt attention. , A complete abstract ot the land of Union countv in our olllee, Managers of the UNION REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION. OFFICE: . UNION, OR. JAMES C. DOW, Attorney at Law, Cornucopia, Oregon. Land Business Promptly Atten ded to More the U.S. Offices. 0MlnliiB claims bought and sold on cominihslon. Mines examined and repor ted upon. J W. STRANGE, D EN TlST, La Grando, Orogon. Will visit Union regularly on tho first Monday of oach mouth. ALL WORK WARRANTED FIRST CLASS BgdjGnns, Ammunit THE COVE. I Xtvn of 1h tVeek im Jftrl by Oar Kagrttiar forrpotilent. Mrs. E. J. Jasper ami two eons re turned from a trip through Willam ette valley aud Southern Oregon, Monday. Jus. Hondcrshott started for the southern part of tho state, Sunday, in tho interests of tho Horticultural com mission. Miss llosotta Robinson lias been quite siek during tho week, .sulferitig from fever. Muster Frankie Jackson, tho cham pion young foot raeor, returned homo to Rocky Bar, Idalio, this week. Mr. J. E. Hough, accompanied by wife, three children, father and moth er, of Loo Summit, Mo., have arrived in Cove and concluded to settle here for the present at least. They are de si ruble citizenR and it is hoped they will conclude to locate permanently. Mr. Jo. Haggcrty has sold out his interest in the Cove nursery to J. C. Doney. Rev. Mr. Powell went to Portland last week on business and will return this week. The owners of tho Indian creek saw mill will make needed, improvements this summer. The wheel will be lowered, thus increasing the power and making it possible to run the machinery later in the season. C. G. Olson will superintend tho work. Mr. Fred Foster and family moved to Sanger, Thursday, where they will spend tho summer. Mr. Foster is en gaged working his mine in that vicini- William Meachon paid Cove a Hy ing visit, Monday. Ho is now firing a passenger train between Umatilla and Huntington. S. 13. Burroughs has returned from a visit to Sparta and vicinity. Ho was looking up a favorable location fqr a portable saw mill but did not find si place exactly suited. Mr. Clovo Hendershott, son of Ma jor llendersbott the drummer boy, is visiting friends in town. Horso racing on the streets is the Sunday pastime. The peace-loving part of tho community are indignant, and the lovers of fast horses will be compelled to seek a track out of town. The boys are harvesting tho crop of young wild geese. They are not very plentiful this season. Miss Lida Bonn, of Wisconsin, is in Cove and will probably conclude to make it her homo. 8he is at Mrs. Cainpuell's, that lady being a former acquaintance in Wisconsin. Married. At Enterprise, July 17th, by J. A. Hunter, J. P., John S. Shoe maker and Miss Lizzie Fay, all of Wallowa county. Tho happy couple are in Cove and are wished many joy our returns of the propitious event. Mr. Emil Martins, of Portland, is in town and will accept a position with tho Excelsior Tanning Company. Cove Lodge I. O. (). F. have elected their officers for tho next term as fol lows: Wm. ICoenig, N. G; P. P. Hurford, V. G ; I). May, secretary; John Martin, treasurer. POWDER RIVER PEBBLES. H. W. leo and family returned from a viit to Indian valley recently Miss Bellu Colwell came back with thorn and is now busy visiting friends on the river, and making dresses, sho will probably remain till about tho middle of August. Matt Dean ic now running tho butcher shop at Sangor. Mr. Doan, tho old gentleman, has moved to tho mountains, also . Mr. Fruit's folks. Thoy are hunting for shade. Justus Wright and family visited tho river yesterday. Houry Bowiimp is using his buggy pretty regularly now. Tho girls wouldn't "rather rido with thoir ma's" Some pretty Mine would stand a good show to get a n'ne m t of t-ilverware if they would it.ind in ju.-t liht. The I'owdi r riwr m n air :.ll going milling as a !ia ;:i i- iAi i. Mis Daisy J am won and Miss Eva ' JSlin-Ir arc Mopping on Rig crerk, go- ( illg to r(ln ol. ion, Field Ulasses, F CORNUCOPIA. Latest Mining Developments on Pine Creek. "SAWTOOTH" COMES OUT AHEAD. Mention of People and Things in and Around the Horn of Plenty. July 15), 1S8!). Editor Or Knox Scour: Among tho ledges in this district that havo lately been examined by outside parlies, aro the Queen of the j West, Red Cross and Center, which arc in width four feet six inches, four j feel nine inches and two feet. They are the property of James Mills and Iteub. Reed. They are situated on the same vein, about one mile north oast from the Red Jacket. This vein is located for a thousand foot north and south. The Queen of the West has had assays of $27.o0 in gold and in free gold, of $27.00. This is said to bo an average across tho vein, but 1 don't believe it. Such ledges are scarce in any country. These properties are nevertheless among the many valuable properties of tho district, but havo not boon as thoroughly worked as they ought to be. I am satisfied if thoy were moro fully developed tho owners would find themselves in possession of as good properties as any in the moun tains. Of this tho parties who exam ined them were well aware, but more work, moro development, more depth was and is wanted. Mr. Ed. Parker and Charles Duncan spent a few days in looking over the hills. Mr. Parker is from Baker, and the enthusiasm with which ho speaks of what ho saw, negatives tho report that thp "queen city" of Baker felt un kindly towards the "horn of plenty." Tho parties think of returning in a short time, when a more thorough in vestigation will bo had. 1 am sorry that tho people of Union will not take the telephone project in hand. Since 1 wrote tho first letter containing tho proposition for a tele phone, I havo in connection with ex perienced parties, counted tho cost, and find that tho lino can bo put in working order for twelve hundred dol lars. As to the moss-back objection that tho keeping open of the lino in j the winter would involve a great ex pense, 1 can only refer you to tho lines that have boon in operation in tho Wood river towns. . I had to call into use tho lino between Ketchum and Hailey almost daily for three winters, and cannot now call to mind a single interruption by storms or snow, and that is a snowy country. No, Mr. Scout, it is not snow that stands in I the way; it is that other substance' whoso counterpart is found on tho ! north side of pine trees along tho route. You ought to publish that "declaration of independence" by tho HuggennuggerH, and put it on hand bills at that. The man who would not spend $1,200 in a telephono be tween Cornucopia and Union becauso it will not pay intercut on tho invest ment ought to m ike his wife a present of a ton cent bandanna kerchief and d- n tho expense. nothh. Tho Alpine hotel will bo oponcd again. Wo already miss tho not e.v collod table of Mrs. Nicholson. CupL Tyler and tho Portland party took a few days ofi', in search of fish and game. Tho captain was found by a big and ancient grizzly. Tho grizzly run and. so did tho captain in the opposite direction. Ho visited tho Imnaha valley and is moro enthu siastic than tho party which I men tioned in a formor lottor. Pino valley is taking in tho lake, accompanied by sovoral from Cornu copia. On tho first of the month wo are promised a visit from tovoral fami lies from Baker. They havo been reading "Baudin" on piscatorial sports and Gihnoro on bear hunting, and want some of it. The Red Jacket company is building a new boarding hotieo at tho foot of the lower tuunel. They will work tho mine through the lower tunnel this winter, thus insuring a steady supply of ore during the rough season. Parti s are pioposing to buy and fit up tlir old Hope mill. Better build a ishing Tackle, etc., at new one for tho same money. Mr. lliucltiue opened a photograph gallery yesterday in Cornucopia, and is doing a rushing business. Tho scenery for field views cannot bo ex celled. Yon can seo tho old gentle man of a morning climbing the moun tains, camera in hand, and scaling tho blull's where a mountain sheep would almost fear to tread. The Harvest Homo gathering at Eagle valley promises to be a big turn out. It is in Union county. Can tho press of Union be represented? Our friends from Baker have announced their intention to "be thar." The celebration at Eagle valley promises to call together a goodly number of farmers and other persons interested in tho development of the agricultural interests of this portion of Union county. The "eagles" are mak ing every preparation to havo all visit ors taken in and comfortably cared for. Uncle Billy Usher parsed through Cornucopia, from Medical Springs, on his way home, feeling much hotter from his trip. Jules Nicholson went to Baker on Monday for supplies for his now board ing house at the Red Jacket. Bollos is hard at work smoothing the rough places on tho Slate. Tho mine is looking well. Work on tho Parson i'b progressing finely. Tho horse race spoken of last week, came oil' at Pine valley, tho track in Cornucopia - not being completed. Both horses were in good trim. Saw tooth was young again, and acted as though he was six instead of sixteen years old. lie passed under the polo six feet behind and came out twenty feet ahead, and old man Brown was happy. Tom and Jim Shea paid over tho one hundred good naturedly, and Mr. Brown accepted it in the same spirit. 1 should not bo surprised if tho old horse stretched himself again at Eagle valley on the 1st of August. We have had a load of apples from Snake river, also from Eagle valley; five cents per pound. Mr. Jerry Thomson of Union, in company with his brother-in-law. John Denney from Pine, paid us a visit last Monday and took in the mill and mines. Mr. T. was much pleased, as ho will no doubt tell you when ho arrives in Union. Cornucopia, Pine and Eagle. Hoi, hotter hottest. Positive, comparative, superlative. You had a mistake or two in my last letter. Capt. Tyler says ho can't un derstand how ho is to run a tunnel only Sf feet and strike tho ledgo 2o0 feet underground. Tho paper or I should havo said ho was in 85 feet and would strike tho ledgo 250 foot under ground. Dan Moore has tho contract for making race track in Cornucopia. Wo aro pleased at tho assuranco which Union has of tho construction of tho Hunt railroad. Wo shall look out next for tho cnr3 within about twenty miles of Cornucopia. You know tho torminus is liable to bo pushed on and on. Stages from Union and Bakor now got in earlier than usual. Union about six and Baker half past nine. BAUDIN. A bitccegKful nowspnpur must bo con ducted on purely buslnoss principles nothing loss than thlH will pay the printers, or for the ink and paper used. If ho is qo inclined he will bo called upon to light the battles of each Individual, and after bin death thoso favorod by him will dunce over his grave. Every private institution, not supported by public tax, is a bimineNs yon turo in one way or another, and U expected to pay Interest in some milliner. Tho newspaper must view matters In this light. If tho people donlro tho paper to follow a philanthropic courc, let them allow u streak of (Jed's Muushluo of human bene volence to strike into their own bosoms and do something to support tho daily or weekly journal, without expecting every thing out of it and refusing to do anything to keep it alive. The newspaper must bo an animated creature loving its friends and not its enemies, and the quiukur the community iiiiderntandi this the better for all concerned. Ex. T iv I no ISinilur I'or fjnle. I httvo for Mils one MoCorniiok Twluo Hinder, has been run only two mkisoiih. is In good repair. Will bo said, cheap for cnih. Kuqutro At thUolMee or of II. II. I'nmeh. Covo, Orugou. 'Greatly Reduced Pri SPARTA. A New Motive Power for the Del Monte Mines- SEVEN MAGNIFICENT LEDGES. Hie Sparta Ditch Palls of liable Creck Placcr Mining in General. Prospectors are arriving daily. The new hotel just opened by Jud Cook it Co. is crowded with guests. Big pay is found in tho Jay Guy Lewis placer mine on Powder river, and the force under Mr. Eefri will be increased. Tho largest nugget found this week weighs iU.-lO. The Sparta ditch, including side ditches, is over thirty miles long. Tho capacity was increased two hundred inches last winter and still tho supply is inadequate to supply the demand for placer mining. John 13. Irwin, tho "old time '19or," has moved his forces to the Golden Gale mine adjoining tho Dolly Vardcn. Tho incline shaft is down over ono hundred feet and a twenty-four inch pay streak is exposed tho entire dis tance that assays !?U) in gold, $15 in silver and !! ner cent of copper. Work on the, North Star extension of tho Winter mine, now owned and operated by Dr. Morratto of Baker City, is being dono under the super intendeney of of Joe Xessler, and tho quantity of very rich free gold speci mens exhibited leads us to bcliovo tho North Star equally us good as tho Moruttc mine. O. S. Buckland it Co. aro tho lucky owners'. dough's arastra is running night and day on Gray Eagle ore. This mine is a very promising property and tho daily output tho past week lias been eight tons to tho shift. Tho rich est ore is taken to tho arastra and tho balance piled waiting tho completion of the custom mill. Tho Gray Eaglo is owned by Al. Waldron and is worked under lcaso by Jud Cook. J. T. Jones it Co., of Walla Walla, "owners of tho Big Pittsburg and asso ciate mines, havo their main tunnel now completed 2o0 feet and survey mado to-day develops tho fact that twenty feet moro will take thorn to the ledgo. This group of mines was se emed for tho company by that well known mining engineer, Prof. Thomas C. Broppy, and from all appearances the mines will bo a dividend payer bo foro snow Hies. Tho Little Pittsburg Mining Co., composed of W. P. Arblo, of Sparta, McCoy, Cooper and others of Walla Walla, havo their property sufficiently developed to justify tho construction of ton stamps. Tho tunnel in tho Little Pittsburg is in 180 feet. Cut tho ledgo at 200 foot, and tho run on tho ledgo 280 feet, develops a pay streak tho ontiro distance, fourteen inches in width. Average value ?20 in free gold, besides tho sulphurots. Tho Alleghany has a tunnel 200 feet. Tho Bluo Cloud has a tunnel drove 80 foot on tho lodge. Tho Little Pittsburg company havo dono much work and desorvo tho wealth promised as owners of these valuable mines. Tho falls of Eaglo crook, ylnoU aro among tho greatest water powers in Eastern Oregon, aro to bo utilized. Through tho influence of Dr. Jay Guy Lewis, Supt. of tho Del Monto mines, a company has boon organized and at an early day Polton water wheels will ho nut in and power by electric transmission furnished for any Hiid all purposes. From tho falls to tho Del Monto mines tho distance is two and a half miles and as tho Eaglo Crock Mill it Power Co. aro composed of inemborH of tho Del Monto Mining Co., this will lio tho first mine to adopt this now mottvo. power. Within a radius of threo miles of Sparta thero aro eoven mines sufficiently developed to justify tho construction of milling and eoncoutrating plants, which tho present utilization of power will justi fy. Sparta is tho largest producer of placer gold in. Eastern Oregon, and although our gas works aro not so big as thoy havo in Baker county, twolvo months will develop tho fact that Sparta will tako tho cake as a bullion producer. O. 8. B. ces at A. N; Gardner LETTER FROM CENTRALIA. Ckntrama, July 14, 18S9. Editok Okkook Scout: The weather is pleasant here. Wo aro having a fine shower at present, which will do much good, although it is too late to help late crops, sonic of which will be short onaccountof early dry weather. The new brick bank is progressing nicely. The first story is nearly up. Tho now hotel in the railroad addition is to open August first. Work has been commenced on the seminary, and, according to contract, it is to bo completed by November. Many other good buildings arc in course of erec tion. The city of Gray's Harbor, the ter minus of tho Gray's Harbor railroad, has been platted and will bo placed on tho markets July 20th, and it is ex pected thero will bo considerable ex citement over sales of property thero during tho next fow months. I am in receipt of tho Republican of July 11th. The learned editor says: "This paper has nothing to retract con cerning Daily Rces, hut repeats that the only interest ho has in the exten sion of tho road is thc.possiblo increaso in value of his corner lot property." Astonishing, isn't it, that a man should bo endowed with such wisdom that he can read another's mind and know all tho interests he has in certain matters, when he is so far away? Thero are many things that might prompt a man to work, outside of financial matters. My homo was in Uuion county for eighteen years, and during tha time I made many acquaintances and friends. Hence, regardless of any property interest whalc-Yer. I would be glad to seo another railroad go lo Grando Rondo valloy. The people aro entitled to it. Tho resources demand it. But hold on now. I am liable to hurt tho feelings of Francis Middlcton. Ho says jaw-bono sympathy will not build tho road. Well, there lias been a great deal of jaw-bono used against tho enterprise, and it has had its effect, as tho editor of tho Republican- well knows. Mr. Middlcton says if ho succeeds in gotting possession of even a graveyard lot it will be held in his own name. Now that is right. By all means have it in your own namo, so that when you como to liiy down tho scissors and take up tho crovn that all good editors shall wear, yon can feel that you havo a right to rest undisturbed, as you aro going to sleep in a gravo that you own in your own namo. And now in conclusion I wish to say that I will not further impose upon Tiik Scout orts readers by answoring any moro such tirades against me as thoso that ap peared in tho Republican. If tho edi tor is gentleman enough to come out and say what ho is fighting mo for; how I havo merited his displeasure, or how 1 havo antagonized him in any way, then I would know how to an swer him, If it is tho championship ho wants to fight for, I will meet him. Yes, Mr. editor, I will lot you select the grounds, if you give mo choice of position in tho ring. Should it bo a hot day I will tako the northwest cor ner of tho ring. I will agrco not to hit below tho bolt, nor wear gloves that weigh over fourteen pounds each. Judging from tho way tho Republi cans havo been coming for two days, there must havo been somo extra cop ies printed July 11th, or all tho sub scribers aro sonding mo theirs. D. B. BEES. A Bound Legal Opinion. E. HainbrldgoMunday Esq., County Atty Clay Co., Tex., says: "Havo used Electric Hi tors with most happy results, My broth er also was very low with Malarial Fever andJa dice, but was cured by timely use of this cdielne. Am satisfied Electric IlltterH saved Ids life." Mr. I). I. Wllcoxsou, Horse Cave, Ky., adds a liko testimony, saying: Ho positive, ly believes ho would havo died, had it not been for Electric Hitters. Merit 1Vln. Wo desire to say to our citizens, that for years wo havo been selling Dr. King's New Blscovory for Consumption, Br. King's Now Life Pills, llucklcn's Arnica Sulvo and Electrlo Hitters, and havo never handled remedies that 8ell as well, or that havo giv en such universal atl action. We do not hesltdto to guarantee them every time, and wo stand ready to refund the purchase price, If satisfactory results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their popularity purely ou their merit. It. II. Ilrowu, druggist, Union, Oregon. & Co's Jewelry Store