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THE OREGON SCOUT.
AMOS K. JONES
EDITOR,
City and County Official Paper.
Thursday, Aug. 8, 1880.
KIllTOItlAt, NOTKS.
Font woolen mills, three of them in
Now England, shut down Inst week,
two of them permanently, and thus is
tho republican policy of taxing raw
materials vindicated.
l'OST.M A KTKIt-G KN'KIt A Ij WANAMAKKK
is anxious to obtain a suitable design
for his forthcoming two-cent postage
stamps. Why not have a plain sur
face bearing tho legend : "Go to Wnn
amaker's for Bargains?" This would
bo simple and useful to Wanamakcr.
World.
An account of tho destruction of
Spokane Falls by ire will bo seen else
where in this paper. The burning of
so many cities during tho past few
weeks looks ominious. Docs it not
seem to indicate that a band of organ
ized' Anarchists are in tho country
plying their devilish work?
Caknkuik'h men have gone to work
at a reduction of 28 per cent all
around. Last year this man was vig
orous m shouting, "If you elect Cleve
land your wages will bo reduced."
Now see what kind of protection ho
gives to American labor. Tho same
kind tho wolf gives to tho lamb.
Tin: La Grande Journal has been
sold to II. Patterson and M. I). Scott,
two young men from Dakota. We
wish them success and trust they will
stay with the colors and make a suc
cess of tho paper, A pupor that is
eternally changing hands will never
amount to anything.
1'iiojt parties iust over from La
Grande wo learn that tho O. It. A N.
Co. now ask a subsidy of $75,000 to
build tho brunch to Elgin. This is
probably a niovo on tho part of that
company to evade building a road that
thoy know would not pay running ex
penses after tho Hunt road is com
plctcd.
.1 in: Summerville Annoiator speak
ing of tho delegation Hint camo thero
from La Grando a few days ago, says :
"They hud some secret mission which
thoy preferred to hatch before they
would develop it to tho public. Tho
Greeks ought to bo feared even when
bringing gifts." Tho remark of Tho
Annotutor contains a whole volunio of
wisdom, particularly when applied to
the subject in question. Only tho
treacherous work in tecrot.
Wiikn tho La Granders proposed to
buy 2f)0 county seat votes in tho low
er end of tho valley, wo presumo thoy
did so with tho consont of tho 0. J. it
N. Co. Othcrwiso it would bo impos
sible for them to "delivor tho goods."
Tho 0. It. it N. Co. ought to bo aware
of tho fact that it hns monkeyed with
tho people of Union county a little
too much already, and that thoy havo
about made up their minds that it is
not tho master any longer.
E.i'i.oiti:iiH in the state of Chiapas
confirm tho reported remarkable dis
coveries of areha'ological matter.
Itoads built by prehistoric inhabitants
were found and ruins of cities with an
estimated total population of 110,000,
000 wero discovered. Tho houses aro
of a pyramidal form of architecture
and indicate a high degreo of sciontitlo
attainment. Carved male and female
figures dug up aro plainly of tho
Egyptian stylo. The locality was un
doubtedly densely populated.
A I'kiison entitled to pre-empt and
homestead a quarter of a Beclion of
government land can either home
stead or pre-empt fust, as ho chooses.
Tho objection to homesteading ilrst is
that ho cannot leave his homestead
afterward to pre-empt, as tho pre
emption law prohibit leaving "any
land of his own to settle as a pro
emptor." Tho best way is to pre-empt
Jirst, because you can homestead after
ward and still own your pio-omption,
us tho homestead law has no such
olauso in it.
Tin: constitutional roiivontion at
Olympia has inserted a clause prohibit
ing counties bonding themselves for
tho purposo of scouring railroads, oto.
Tho hand of tho O. It. 4t N. Co. is
plainly visible in this. That compa
ny novor expects to bo subsidized by
tho people, anywhere, and in order to
retard tho building of competing lines
tho policy is to handicap the various
counties and prevent them from
giving aid to other linus if possible.
Jt is very probable that this will causo
tho Hunt road to bo extended to this
city from Allium instead of Walla
Walla.
CIIINKBH TOt HI j2X.
A few weeks ago a number of China-
men wcro refused landing at New Or-
leans by the local ofliccrs. The case
was appealed to tho higher oMcials,
j and Attorney-General Miller at "Wash-
; ington, with tho sanction of President
, Harmon, has decided that the China-
J men are "tourists" and can land and
i pass through this countiy. In Kan
Francisco the matter has boen thor-
i oughly discuised and the administra
tion censured severely.
Tho Call, a republican paper, is in
clined to see in it the loss of California
to the republican party in ;1892. This
paper editorially says:
"It was with much difficulty that the
state of California was carrifid by tho
republican party at tho last presiden
tial election, and then it was only by
publishing extracts from Goneral Har
rison's remarks during the eanvaes
when ho had referred to the Chinese
exclusion question in terms of com
mendation. In every ono of his
speeches, we believe, when allusion
was made to the Chinese, he expressed
him&clf in favor of exclusion of that
class of emigrants from the United
.States. Wo aro unwilling to bolive
that Mr. Harrison will permit railroad
companies to interfere with the proper
enfoicement of the ChinoEo exclusion
act, but should be unfortunately
provo thcjicts of Attorney-General
Miller and Secretary Wiudom, the vote
of the state of California,and Ave be
licvo alto tho vote of tho PncihVstates,
will lo ost to tho'iropublican party at
the next presidential election, in the
event of General Harrison being
candidatofor re-election, and it i.i now
quito probable that the Pacific states
will be lost to tho republican party,
no matter who fchould bo nominated
for tho presidency in I8!)2. Wo ex
press this opinion becauFO it will not
require many votes to give the Pacific
states to the democratic party. Any
trifling with the Chinese question on
this coast will bo found to bo fatal in
its results to tho present administra
tion." Tho Chronicle, a republican journal,
makes this comment:
"There niustj'bo something in the
summer atmosphere of Washington
which promotes disregard of tho withes
of tho people. On tho ovo of tho last
presidential olection the leaders of both
political parties responded to tho senti
ment against the Cliincho immigration
by endeavoring to outdo each other in
the matter of effectually excluding tin's
class of immigrants. Hut tho noise of
tho conflict has hardly ceased, and the
law department is hard at work trying
to nulify tho legislation of congress.
it is quito ovidont that tho executive
departments will continuo evading tho
spirit of tho nnli-Chincsc acts until
congress succeeds in drawing up and
passing an act which will declare in
tho most unequivocal terms that no
Chineso can enter the country."
And tho Uullotin, another staunch
republican paper, speaks of the sain o
subject as follows :
"Tho law in some eases nppenru to
bo a plaything of tho dopartmouls. It
goes right along, doing its work until
some interests objects. Attorney-Gen
eral Millor dill not do a good day's
work foi tho administration when ho
unearthed Brewster's second, and cer
tainly discredited opinion in vesting
coolies with tho character of tourists.
If steps bo not taken lo decently intor
that queer docuniont, a political sur
prise is just as sure to oomo at the
noxt olection."
rho only democratic paper of San
Francisco makes its comment brief
and to the point:
"It looks as if wo should have to un
pen! to congress again. It is wenry-
somo work, and it seemed last fall as
if it had ended forever. Hut wo aro
back in the slough of desMiidcncy
from which Cleveland raised us by tho
Scott act, and only eongrois can pull
us out."
luBummiiiinimun
Till: NA1IANS Itll.Kt).
Tho soizuro of tho nailing whinuier
IMaok Diamond, of Victoria, for soul
poaching in the llohring sen threatens
to caiiKO serious complications with
Canada. At Victoria there i talk of
armed resistance. The jurisdiction of
tho United States over Ut bring so
has been disputed since JNS, when
tho invention of a now soul gun made
open-nea rouling profitable, ami on
bohulf of tho Victoria soaloro tho Brit
ish government sot up (ho claim that
llehring was not a closed sou. Since
tho middle of tho eighteenth viuurv
Kussia uluimcd exclusive control of
tho llohring taw, booauso of ite Alas
kan possesions, the owtuihip of the
Aleutian islands aud tho riht of dis
covery. Thtiee claims vtu- never ilis-
I L. Pt'7 II... II..!.. .1 ... .
jimuu, in l oil I I III- I'lllUII PWiU
puu.l.uoil Al.l;, with all U.e .
. t.. l 1 nl . I. forth..' sum of &7.0OO,-
Oi0. I,i this wy it succeeded to
i Husmu's riulits in the Bchrititr. After
England's claim of 1883 there was
j fotnc dispute ns to the application of
I tho Alaska n fishcrv laws to all the
j Hchring, and to remove nil doubt,
Congress on March 2, 18S7 passed a
.; ial law declaring that the fishery
, l.iw.s applied to the whole of the sea
; and islands. The Victoria sealers
publicly eaid they would not obey that
law, and a few days later President
Harriton issued a proclamation notify
ing all persons that ships caught in
tho Bchring sea, or with contraband
seal skins on board, would bo seized
and confiscated. Despite this procla
mation, twenty-two sealers fitted out
in Victoria, four in Pugol Sound and
sixteen in San Francisco. Tho Ulack
Diamond was tho iirct ono seized by
the Rush, which was sent to tho Ileh
ring to enforce tho law. All this will
probably amount to nothing more
than a tempest in a tea pot, and the
difficulty will, no doubt, bo peacefully
adjusted.
3IOUK OV IT.
Day by day the fallacies of tho or
gans of "protection war taxes" aro
exposed. What is funny about the
whole thing is tho manner in which
these organs contradict each other,
and the manner in which an organ
often contradicts itself in order to
maintain tho structure of war taxes on
tho sandy foundation on which it
rests. Tho Oregon Ulnde, a sheep or
gnn, says:
Hud tho democratic parly been suc
cessful last fall the Mills bill would
havo become a law, and mutton would
havo been plenty, and wool would now
bring five cents instead of 18.
Now let us tec. The republicans
have jcorcd and hooted at the state
ment insisted on bv democrats that
the duty on wool was added to tho
price of the homo article which peo
ple havo to buy. They havo tried to
ridicule tho position taken by demo
crats that the tariff is a tax paid by
tho American consumer whether he
used a homo article or an imported
article. Theso republican organs, tho
Blade among them, havo often made
the argument that placing a dutv on
an article reduced Hs price, ana
caused it to boRold cheaper than if tho
tariff had never been imposed. Hut
now tlio lilado comes forward and
states that if tho tariff had been re
moved, wool would havo been sold for
5 cents a pound instead of 18, which
it now brings. The duty is 10 cents a
pound, and the Dlado argues that re
moving it would make a difference of
13 cents per pound, and retaining tho
duty makes tho same difference.
Theso orgau-griudors are being drivon
into knotholes from which they will
never bo able to extricato themselves.
If tho price of wool is increased l.'l
cents per pound by a 10-cent tariff,
who pays this increaso or tax except
tho man who consumes tho wool? It
would bo laughable, wore it not so se
rious a matter, to see tho very awk
ward dilummas into which theso or
gans got themselves, by tho illogical
attitude they tako on the subject. Al
bany Democrat.
Tun Washington constitutional con
vention havo had quito a tusslo with
the oranks who want to put God in
tho preamble of the constitution. Tho
United States has worried along fair
ly well for over a hundred years with
out any reference of this kind in its
constitution, and tho Solons of tho
new Statu will hardly bo able to im
prove on the work of tho framers of
that immortal document. Tho safety
of our government lies in tho complete
separation of church and state, and
the tirbt stop, toward a change in this
respect, hhould never bo taken.
Sheep for Sale.
Three ThmiMiml head of stuck sheep,
ouiNflnr of nl'tui IhriH hmnlrcil luiuhs.
uml the rtMiiaiii'liM' cir-lini: in to Vvcur-
oUlx. Sol. I on i'iiv urius
lrovlil(l Kilt-
otliro MYiinU-
is itivi'ii. Kinitiint nl Mils
nllliv
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with the medicinal virtues of plants
known to be most beneficial to the
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Hal no eqpnl for Stylo, Fit una We.ir. Positively
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jjnro Drugs,
Jiitunfc Medicines,
erl'umery,
aints iuitl Oils.
Prescriptions carefully prepared
ALSO DKAI.KIt IN
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('oiisistiiiR of
M, Shot Guns, Pis
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Imported and Domestic Ci
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Union and Cornucopia
Quickest and Cheapest
IJoule lo tlie Pine Creek
Mines.
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Union to Park
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UNION
Tofiisorial Parlors
1UIK1) it HUSICIC, I'ropr's.
Shaving-, Hair-cutting and Sham
pooing, in the Latest style
of the Art,
Shop two iloors south of Centonnial hotel.
GIVH TS A CALL.
o 2,s-t r.
LUMBER for SALE
at the. High Valley
Saw Mill.
All kliui of lumber eoiiMantly (in liaiul
or (urnlslifd on khurt notiiu, l'rieiw cheap
A IllO (,lllMCt.
Patronage - Solicited.
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Wil. WILKINSON A SON.
DEALER 1N-
Latest Styles.
Just Received, Direct from the East, n Largo Invoice of LADIES' and
MISSES' CALFSKIN SHOES, the Uest Ever brought to this Market.
Also a Fine Assortment of
GENT'S -:- FURNISHING -:- GOODS.
My Prices will suit the times. Drop in "n(i sec me.
C. VINCENT, Main Street, Union, Or.
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(OPPOSITE CENTENNIAL HOTEL.)
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Everything First Class. Terms Very Itensonable.
Buss to and Fiom the Depot Making Connection with all Trains
UNION, -
All kinds of photogTaphic -ork done in a su
perior manner, and warranted to
give satisfaction.
Joraes Bros-
Wilson &
Manufacturers
Sasii, Doors an
MoulaiMs,
Keeps Const.intly onlianiln Largo Supply of
Bedding, Desks, Office Furniture, etc.
All kinds of Furniture Made, ami Upholstering done to order.
WILSON & M1LLKH, Main St., Union. Or
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GROCERIES
u . h .if y.ii r'inn r
tmwuv mm a 6
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COKNEll MAIN and C STI1EETS,
Bon Ton Restaurant
Now open to the public on Main Street,
Union, Oregon.
Board and Lodging.
SERVED
-at
All Hours
Hi
13.
No Chinese cooks employed, and evcrv
tlniiK neat andVlcan.
The Public Patronage Solicited.
ICE CREAM PARLOR!
Just opeuixl at the
Bon Ton Kotftauriuit.
IooeroHin and t'iiiHrncc driak wtrwd
all hfiira. i'llvatf ri:ni (ur lltdlC.
Meals
OR Pto
LiO Ul
All Kinds.
Proprietor.
OREGON.
P .t? jr.
Miller
of and Dealers in
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in Soiii
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UNION, OREGON.
me is M.
Leaves I'liion daily at - p. in, arrives at
Cove at :i:B0 p. in.
Loaves Cove at 8 a. 111., nrrivoa at Union
at 0:80 a. in.
Connections made with Elliott's coachn
running to tho depot, carrying pawfenccrs
for east and wont bound traniB.
ItATliS Tor lMKSHKOTiUS, l,UOn,l(!J:
nn.l 1'UltinUT, UCAHUXAItX.IC.
110IUNSON .t LAYNH. - . . Proprietors.
We Still Live at the
UNION CITY HOTEL
(Opposite th Court Ilonoe.)
Tliu Ilcot uf AceuiniuodHtioui to Patrons.
3 B E3E5C5f& esraflssBra
Meals, 35c; Beds, 25c. U
wtik ttc Hotel.
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