Oregon
GOUT.
VOL. VI.
UNION. OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1889.
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The Oregon -Scout.
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JONES & CHAXCEY,
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A. K. .Tonus,
Kdltor. I
( 15. ClIAKCKY,
1 Foreman.
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It. Eakin,
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J EAKIN, Ss BROTHER,
Attorneys at Law,
Union, Oregon.
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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