Oregon
vol. vr
UNION. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST i:, 1889.
m. 8.
' I
The Oregon Scout.
An independent W eekly Journal, issued ev
ery Thw-.-day liiornint; by
JOKES & ClIACEY,
ruhll.ihcrs ami Proprietors.
A.K. .Tonus,
Editor. -
i
15. CiiANcnv.
Foreman.
KATK.S OK SUHSCKIl'TION:
One cony
u
oif venr
SJt- mouth
Three moiito
.75
litvnrinlily Cnsli I" Advance.
If bu chance .into iptiowtnrc vol pnul tdl
end or ycur, uiiMiuii'i" - i
Kates of idverti-im; mane Kiiov.-irou i-
plicaticm.
ISTCorr sponilcnce from all parts of the
country s-o letted.
Adress all commuuicatiou-slo'ths Okuoo.v
Scout, Union Oregon.
TUESrYTKlUAN CIirilCK -Services ,
1 every Sabbath at 11 a. in. aiuUsp. m,
IMlOl'KSSION'Alj.
Tt. Kakix,
J. A. Kaki.n,
Notary Public.
E.
EAK1N, Ss PIlOTHElt,
Attorneys at Law,
Union, Oregon.
JQrt'romiit Attention Pail to Collcct.oiis
jOrX It. 01UTES,
Attorney at Law.
CAl-fotliiB ami proliate practice special
ties. Otlle?, two doors so.tth of post-ollicc,
Union, Oregon.
I.
N. CHOM.WELIj, M. D.
Physician aa Surgeon.
nuin,. min ilnnr oittli of .1. H. Katon's
store-, Union, Oregon.
C II. DAY, M. I).,
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II. DAY, M. I).,
HOMEPATHlC
PJhysician ad Surgeon.
AM- CALLS l'KUaUMS.Y ATTr.St)EI TO.
Cilice adjoiniiiK Jones Ilro's
i foiuul niglits at lesideiici
store. Can
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weot I'liioii
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-iJIHIrOX & CAIUtOLL.
.Attorneys at Law.
Olii-e : Two doors south of post-olllce, Un
ion, uregon.
.nccial attention given
trusted to us.
all business en-
II. CUAWFOJ.lI,
Attorney at Law,
Union, Oregon.
OBi -e, one door sontb of Centennial ho
tel.
A.
I,. DASKOKTII, M. I).,
Physician and Surgeon
North Powder, Oregon,
inns isus or w o m kn a s i- 1: r 1 a i. t v.
Calls attended to at all hours.
15. F. Wilson.
Kottr-y Public
J. ll.U'KKTT.
Notary Public,
W1
-ILSON .fc ilACICK'lT,
Attorneys at Law.
Collect ons and all other business ontrus
ti! tons will receive prompt attention.
A complete lib-tract of tlie land of Union
county iu our ollicc,
Managers of the UNION HEAL ESTATE
OKKKJK: UNION, Oil
"AMES C. DOW,
Attorney at JLaw,
Oornueopla, Oregon.
Land Business Promptly Atten
ded to More the U.S. Offices.
JOr-Mining claims bought and sold on
commission. Mines examined and repor
ted upon.
Main Street, Union, Oregon,
JJ15NS0N imOS. - I'ltOPlUETOIlS.
cep constantly on hand
BEEF, POUIv- VEAL, MUTTON,
SAUSAGE, HAMS, LAUD. Etc.
Shingles For Sale!
An uiilltnitixl amount of No. 1 iiliinglw
conxtantiv mi 1 1 :i 1 1 1 and for feiilo ulitmn.
orders irom all wrtn of tho u6iuitry 80-
U ' B. 15. Hl'ItltOlTOHrf.
'Mtti Cove, Orosn,
;
jgsgGuns, Amniunit
SPARTA.
5 Report of the Mines
)11 HaSt iiclglC.
Favorable
on
TWENTY-DOLLAK-A-DAY DIGGING.
Operations on the Del Monte A Mam'uoth
Mill-Motive Power.
New discoveries daily
"Work has boon corrfmonccU on tho
Free Thinker.
been strudk near tho Dollv Vardon.
by Hilly Ainsworth.
John JJ. Irwin is Tuishhrr work on
tl
io Golden Gate, and the consolidated
pay streak at the A foas level is .fo ,
inches in width. j
The "Pig Pittsburg is working double I
shifts, and tho ontputoff.ro is ton tons (
daily, and when sloping commences j
this ?utpuj will bo increased to forty j
tons every 21 heurs.
Tjic incline shaft on the Gray Eagle
is (town 1:10 foet and allows four ft et
of ore that is yielding $ir in free gold, '
and tho suit Autre ts are very rich. The '
a rostra, is rirnning' night and day on
this ore.
The contact to run ono h'uflred
foot more cm tho Little Pittsburg has
btcn let to Jack Duvis, and workris go
ing on night aiid lay under his su
iiorintondcnoy. Ground was brok? tho
2nd for tho new mill which is to be
Toady for work. October first, all (under
the management of W. 1. Arble.
Tho mines -at i?t. McGee, on East
Kngle, are justly attracting tho atten
tion of capital, and in 11 short time
Uncse mines will prove the richest in
'tfiwtnm .flrncnn. Tlni ore. wl'ieh is
!"ound to bo in barge (juantities.cml can
bo worked entirely by tunnel, uvcrages
ten dollars 11 ton in free gold a:td dou
ble that value in sulphurets. This
moans tho entire vein material, which
in three dithtront tunnels average 28
inches, and net selected samplm, which
are frequently sfound to run as high ils
fifteen thousand dollar.s ti ton in gold.
The Del -Monte Mining.- Milling
Co. hiwe their property devolopcxl by
over fourteen hundred feet of tunnels,
shafts, drifts, open cuts and cross cuts,
exposing tons 01 ore wun J.uw
tons'on the clumps ready lor the mm.
Negotiations are on, betweer. the Pel-
ton Water heel Co. and JJrusii hlec
trie .Light Co, to furnish tho power by
electric transmission, usitig tHo waters
of Eaglo creek, and as soon as it is de
termined which power is the best and
-cheapest, steam or electricity, fifty
stamps with concontratorawill bo at
oncc:putin. The construction of this
mammoth mill with roasters and con-
eentrators will give an iu-.potus to
mining in this section, and bring into
favorable notice the many advantages
of Sparta as a camp for sufoiaud profit
able investment. O. S. U.
WASHINGTON.
An Ii)t'r'tstiiK- I.ttter I'rom nr K'K
l:ii'..Corri'MiMiiiitiit. Aug. 2, J889.
Editor Okkoow Scoitt:
Ex-Secrctaiy Whitney luiuounces
that the story that ho is about to back
a new weekly paper in Washington,
having for its purpose his nomination
as tho next democratic candidato for
president, is without foundation. To
this ho adds tho donial of anywilling
ness to accept a nomination to "this
or any other olice." Of course, there
will ho ample time for Mr. Whiliwy to
change his mind.
So far as founding a Washington
weekly for the purpose of influencing
politics is concerned, Mr. Whitney is
too good a business man to make such
an unprofitable investment. The
Washington papers nro now, and have
been for f-evc'ral years, without weight
or inlluenco in national afi'airH. Tho
best of them, tho Star, is moroly a lo
cal now6gatheror. Add to this tho
fact that Mr. Hudson, who was named
as editor of 'tho now shoot, is a weak
sort of society reporter who brilliantly
managed to ruin tho Sunday Capital,
and Mr. Whitney's denial of tho newo-
papor ilohoino is, easily boliovod.
So far as his avowal that ho would
not accept oifico is concerned, Mr.
Whitney will excuse those who know
ion, Field Glasses, F!ishing Tackle, etc., at
1 him for having mutual reservations
on tho subject, Mr. Whitney's desire
tn tho proiilcncy hns been noticed
ZrJZ. W
is, beside -the lute Mr. Manning, tho
one rciiUv nble man in jVlr. Cleveland's
cabinet, lie madejthe fewest mistakes
and the most success. It is well
known that tho great wealth of Mrs.
Whitney's family wcntld bo edited in
the cause, even to the extent of a cou
ple of million dollars. Dearly as Mrs.
Blaine would love o bo the lady of
tho White House, Mrs. Whitney is
known bv her fritnids to have a still
tc.on.
In seeking for atVmgs to reform Mr.
John Wanamaktv has unluckily stirred
i tin an enemv tluit brooks no lnterler-
,, tn n .,,, Yo-.
terdny he cXJS8ed lho Usl bri(gu hi(J
01,cnjUg jjgdt wit, ti,e Western Union
Telegraph Company by ordering the
payment of the government telegraph
bills suspended pending the settlement
0f the discussion. Dr. Norwin Green,
president ofitho great telegraph nio-
nopoly, calnfly announces that ho will
tight the. Postmaster General in tho
courts. He states that in ordering tho
rate out, asUo all distances, from ono
cent to one mill per word, the Post
master General has exceeded 'flo au
thority gien him bylaw toiiix tho
rate tho government shall paj for tho
transmittal of messages.
Dr. Green alleges that this is uncon
stitutional, being the taking of private
propcrtpcind services without. just and
fair compensation. The defense is
thusonbroad and seeminglyquitable
grounds if as Dr. Grceu stains messa
ges could not bo sent at the rate pro
ix)sul without loss to thoi 'Oinpany.
The aV3iage lengtli of a government
message is about twenty '.words, 'and
of course it must h. ddlivared by a
messenger, and must take.proccdonce
of axil other business. The new rate
would-make the toll two .oonts. Mr.
Winumaker has probably forgotten
that it costs two cents to ktutl a mcs-
sago 'by his department,. and if special
delivery is required ten cents more.-
What, except pejvehanue a ileoting
notor'oty cttn Mr. Wjiniunaker bojio to
dci'ive from this war on the telegraph
conur.nies? It is .an e6sor tial princi
ple cf this government to,pay for what
it gets fair compcj.wvtion, whether it
,toa iaijorer or to a powerful mono-
j)ov n this CIWOj .s10V,i(l Mr. Wann
j 8UCIjeCji -tbaut SlflOOO nor an-
numwill bo saved. 1 1 .would cost the
government $100,000 at 'least, to do
fend tho suit. Form or Postmaster
Generals have never questioned the
justice of the rale at ton 6imes what
Mr. W'inamaker proposes ito niako it,
The conclave of Knights Templar
will bt; hardly handicapped (financially,
unlestMome new device is invented bv
tl0 .COininitloo for raining -uioncy. It
was expected that the hotel keepers,
liverymen, butchers, grocers and sa
loon keepers of Washington would
give in the aggregate about $20,000.
Citics whero tho conclaves lu',vo been
hold nave never given less than ir'Uii,-
000 to 10,000. Tint after a hard can
vass the committee has secuied onlv
$1,800 rom tho businessmen of tho
capital. Tho merchants and others to
be benefited go right ahead with their
preparations for making a bigihatil in
October,-but will givo nothing. Tho
reason of this is in tho fact that tho
conclave .is decided upon tuvd is be
yond danger of failuro, and tLoy do
not propoieO to givo up their money un
less they are compelled. J. Ji. C.
A (iirt For All.
Ill order tn give all a ebaucu twtcst It,
and thus beuauvinceil of its wondcrlul cu
rative powers. Dr. King's New DIhoovcry
for Consumption, Coughs and Cold, will
he, for a llinitv.l timo, given away. 5'IiIh
oiler is not onlj liberal, but shows uiiWm
ded,faith in the merits of this great reuuly.
All who sillier ft 0111 Coughs, Colds, Cn
sumptinn, Asthma, HrouchitN, or any Af
fection of Throat, Cliest, or Liiiiks ar es
pecially requested to call at IlrownV dru
store, and get a trial bottle, free. Larg!
bottles, l. 00.
Siiku DriiHli I'oneli Trvn,
The Pasco Headlight cays: Wo are in
formed by Mr. Al Kuliiig that the experi
ment of grafting pcaeb stock In sage lincdi
roots, tried last year .ty L. I). Pcttit, lias
proven a decided Mice. Although the
tree externally resemble the sago brush,
beautiful ami delicious peaches can now bo
Keen thereon, very much to the astonish
ment of the skeptical immigrant. 1 1 is con
fidently belleved'by parties Interested, that
two crops a year may be raised, and an at
tempt will bo made to have ripe peaches on
the trees this fall.
THE COVE.
Basincss fenteniriscs in the Gden
j Of OrailUC KOlUiC.
FOREST FIRES CN THE MIN AM.
I.o! the Poor Indian, Pills Himself With
Salmon ami Hear Meat.
August I I, 1SS5).
Tu Childs was in Spokane and wit
nessed the late great lire. It was a
soone of a lifetime.
Thos. Ilatton has finished painting
Win. Hoothc's residence. It is hardly
"recognizable since its now dress.
Fires nro raging on tho Minnm in
'many places. The sheets of lire and
'the roaring of the ilatnes are described
us terrific.
The Cove band will meet for prac
tice at Loighton Academy Saturday
evening of this week. Let all mem-
'bcrs attend.
Mr. George Thompson was taken
sick this week and is considered in- a
dangowus condition, his complaint
being pneumonia.
A hr.rvest dance was given at Thom
as Jolnson's last Friday ovo. Owing
to harvest being rather light this sea
son,' the attendance -was limited.
A largo band of fUmntilla Indians
artNnatnped at the fisheries on the Hig
Miuatn. They ctptured, in a short
time, forty large salmon anil two deer.
'Brake, the artist, was in town, Sat
urday, and took several views. He
does good work nnd his pictures are in
demand. Ford llloch is tho energetic
salesman of the firm.
S. Burroughs has set up ono of tho
celebrated Champion fruit, dryers at
(Jeer it Son's nursery. They are well
pleased with tho machine. They will
dry 10,000 pounds of peach plums.
Messrs. Itunhbloy it Bloom, the saw
laiill firm of .Indian creek, have dis
tal veil partnership, Mr. Ruinbley re-,
"tiring. Win. IMoom will continue the I
business and manufacture a large j
quantity of lumber, rough and dressed I
Alex Cochran, Ksq.. one of our
jirominent citizens, proposes to bond j
tho town of Cove and purchase a
sorghum niill -vnth the proceeds, .lust
what use tho mill will be put to isot
stated, unle.s3o grind up the residue.
Mr. David 'Crawford, and wife, of
linking valley, Ponn., are -isiting Mr.
and Mrs. M J). Pees, old nequaint
a ices. Theywere formerly residents
or this state, hut having accumulated
aiortuno are .traveling and taking liio
avorld easy.
A. J. Foster and son communoed
ta.aking iiuprovciiients on the Jlouring
mill th it) wed;. A new water wheel
will bo put an, tho fall of water in
creased to forty-eight foot uiul now
MiachiiKiry placed in the interior. C.
G.Olson is superintending the worlu
scvri: AumcuiruitAi. coi.ubui
IlxXoi'iitioii, r.nriuu incut, l'roKi--s ami
AilvnntiiK"" lli'lt-fly St Fortb.
TJiiK Scout is. .iu receiptor the cata
logue and enloudur of tho Htuto Agri
cultural College .'located at Corvallis,
aiidjis pleased to J.now that this insti
tution is in a highly prosperous condi
tion. Last week wo mentioned tho
visit hero of Prof, ilerehtold, who, iu
company with Pjcf. Letcher, is cuu
vassiiui this section of tho slate in tho
interests of tho college Hy request of
the latter who wrote us from Pino val
ley, we .publish the .following from the
East Orwgoniiui, written hy himself,
giving th'j history of ;(Jiis institution :
In 18I5S tho United Slates congress
passed a Uw donating to any stale of
tho union ft largo tract of land provi
ded it would cstahlihU a college iu
which should bo taught agricultural
and inechiufuHil science, and military
tactics, both theoretically and practi
cally; or hIiouUI require those branches
oS industrial education to bo so taught
us si department iu any established
literary or scientific institution of
learning. About JF70 tho State Ag
ricultural College was located at Cor
vallis, uud was made a department of
Corvallis college a literary institution
under tho control uud management of
tho Methodist Church South. In 1888
tho state received it bauk from the
Methodists, severed its connection with
Greatly Eeduced Pri
j (Jonfctllis (Jollogc, roloaiti'd it at Cor-
vnllis, and rvsunted entire and inde
pendent control of tho institution, un
der the name nnd title of "The State
Agricttlturnl College of tlm Suite of
Oregon."
Its board of Regents consists of the
governor, tho weretary of state, tho
superintendent of public instruction,
tho master of the SUto Grange, and
nine citizens of the slate, and they
have absolute control of tho manage- I
nient of the college. It now has no
connection whatever with any religious
denomination or other institution of
learning.
The lust legislature made sullteient
appropriations to furnish it l."0 acres
of land, in addition to the Hi) acres pre
viously donutcd it by the eiti.ens of
Ponton county, and to build thereon a
large wooden dotnhory building, a two
story octagonal barn, and a well ar
ranged brick mechanical hall.
The large commodious, well ventila
ted and well lighted brick building
which is now used for recitations was
presented by tho eiti.ens of Corvallis
and Ponton county as a condition of
its relocation at that place. The dom
itory building will enable tho college
to furnish students from a distance
with board and lodging for about $2
per week, whilo the mechanical hall
will contain tho forge nnd machine and
carpenter shops everything necessary
for skilled training in wood and iron
work.
The land and barn fully equip tho
agricultural department for thorough
and successful work in raising and
harvesting crops, and in the euro and
use of farm machinery and stock.
Several prominent stock breeders in
tho state have presented tho college
with animals from their herds, and it
is hoped that other citizens will follow
the example of their eoniinendablo lib
erality. I5y a recent act of congress $!.", 000
ig annually appropriated to each state
for tho purpose of experimentation in
agriculture and kindred sciences, and
lho State Agricultural College has been
inttustod with tho disbursement of this
fund. It is the purpose of the board
of Regents to establish three experi
ment stations in the state 0110 in
Eastern Oregon, ono in Southern Ore
gon and one at the college. Several
places in both sections have already
presented their claims for the location
of thee stations, and there is no iea-
eon why union should not piesont
horn. '
SAND RIDGE.
Ninrn, Notu unit (IohhIp Sc-tit in hy
Ormifiloiiul N1 -'N!Olllllllll.
August I I, 18S0.
Oh! how smoky.
Bvorybody busy harvesting.
Rev. Sylvanies preached on the
Ridge, Sunday.
Sabbath school still continues and
tho utendanco keep increasing every
Sabbath. Welcome all.
Last Saturday tho wind 'blow down
a great many hay stacks. Much fruit
alto was blown from tho trees.
Mosrs. liridwoll it Gorman have
built a now house for Lho Oliver Pros
I wonder which of the Ixjys will occu
py it-
Jumofc MoDowol luui purchased 11
new dinner boll and gono to house
keeping in tho little .shanty on tho
Ludd land.
0. E. ar.d J. C. Oliver havo returned
from tho aula hill whoro tlioy havo
been camped, for the past three weoks'
putting up hay.
S. P. Porter and Walton Porter havo
uritved on tho Ridgo from Missouri
They, like mast overy ono, think this
valley is u beautiful place.
I will keop'my wife's hair blacked if
it lakes tho lust horso dud has to pay
for it. Jim. What a nice timo wo
had in U10 mountains last week. Ho
gnu. Yus, I am going lo take him to
tho barl!r shop. Rosa. It was
enough to tiro anyono, walking two
and a half miles this warm weather.
G. W. It. Oh! what pleasant rides
wo do havo! M. It was too bad. C.
(J. There is only ono more chanco for
lt.. a. I urn will pleased with tho
hotiM). H. Distant, I look just too
sweet.- L, HIDE A. WAY.
Tun wire nulling has already com
menced for tliu next state election.
cos at A. N. Gardner
CORNUCOPIA.
Interesting Comment on
Harvest Picnic.
the
THE SANGER MILL AND MINES.
A Good Word for Sheep Mention of Peo
ple and Thinus.
Enrrou Scokt:
"For goodness sake, Maria,
Keep still and let me write;
I've got to get this lotter'oll'
Refine to-morrow night."
And it seems very dillicult to make
a commencement, for I've been oil' on
a spice not a gin bender, nut a coun
try spree, and it is not my head that
is swelled, but tho buttermilk and
peaches and plums and apples, and
genuine farmers' rations, have taken
eil'ect and I find it ditleult to fall into
lino and dress up properly, but 1 will
obey tho order, attention ! and hero it
goes.
I have taken in tho Harvest Homo
picnic, and although two of our broth
ers "faber" wore on the ground, I will
endeavor to look al tho exhibit in a
light that may peihaps not be monot
onous. Our friends in Kagle valley as
sembled in their best array, and in
spito of tho involuntary tribute which
the young man of tho Paker City
Blade paid, in repeated doses, to the
youth and beauty of Eaglo valley, I
shall venturo tho assertion that they
woro present in more generous and at
tractive quantities, and qualities, than
were tho other productions of that
almost tropical eliino. Tho exhibit of
thoso fruits, llowors and cereals was so
limited and meagre that I was re
njinded of Shakespeare's play of Othel
lo with Othello left out. However,
there is this extenuating phase to put
upon tho picnic; it was their first at
tempt, and the essential attraction
was of such every day observation
that it was entirely overlooked. I
don't think there was fifty pounds of
fruit, vegetables or cereals in sight,
and when the editor of tho Plade burst
forth in thrilling rhapsody at tho
"beautiful ladies and beautiful pota
toes," he must have boon hungry in
imagination, as ho afterwards pleas
antly admitted that ho was in fact.
Rut enough of word play. Paudin
afterwards trotted over tho. valley,
saw for himself,'' and quietly partook of
their genorous hospitality.
Among the various oxcrcises and'
peculiarities of tho day wero.preiniunib
oll'erod to tho best looking boy, anil
paid to the boy too, by order accopted
on Chandler's store. In most in
stances the boy had nothing to do
with his good looks, was not responsi
ble for his conduct and oumo onto thv
stand, as ho did into this world,
against his will. Tho little follows,
however, passed through tho ordoall
like Spartans, and tho lucky ono
marched up to Chandler's storo and'
presented his check. Tho young:
misses thou woro stood up for a premi
um, and what is a mystery is how"
woro tho judges to settle upon tho
deserving party. Then after the girls
and -other babies were estimated and
valued, tho second childhood was
marshalled into lino and another fivo
dollar premium was given to tho oldest
married couple on tho ground. Sov-enty-threo
and sovonty-six woro tho
measures of lougovity which took tho
prizo, and for what? Was it becauso
thoy woro constituted with a sufficient
quantity of animal life, vigor and en
durance, to withstand tho inroads of
timo and toil? Put alas, tho terminal
point had been reached, and just as
tho kind friends and neighbors had
voted to Mr. and Mrs, Pubcook a live
dollar pri.o, to bo paid at Chandler's
storo in Eaglo valley, a littlo Harvest
Home messenger came along and
said: "Como, Mr. Habcock, you havo
toiled and struggled with tho disap
pointments of this life for, seventy-six
years; that is long enough. Como on,
I am waiting for you and will show
you a mansion which you can get
ready to recoivo tho old lady iu when
I come for her," and old man Pabcock
uontly and painlessly breathed his
lust. Tho next mortuary report from
Eaglo will boar tho following an
nouncement: Died, iu Eagle valley,
(JuntimUil on lait pttuc.
& Co's Jewelry Storo.