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Thr ( ) 113 v ..VOL. VI. UNION. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2), 1S89. NO. 10. EGON X.J' The Oregon scout. An Independent weekly journal, Issued ev erv Tiiursiiav mornim; uv TOOTS & niAXCEY ' JUM!ifc .V UilAjN-ii,., Publishers and Proprietors. . A. K. JONKS, I Editor. $ 15. CllANCKY, Foreman. BATHS OP SUItSClUI'TIOK! One copy, one year . . " Six months. . . " Three uiuutos . .$1.50 . . 1.00 Invnrlnlily Cash in Advance. If by chance, ubialption, are mt mid till id of year, two dollars will be chanjed. Rates of advertising made known on np plication. JSJ-Correspondencc Irom all parts of the country solicited. Adress all communications to the OnnGo.v I Scout, Union Oregon. VBOI'ESSIONAl.. R. Eakin, J. A. Kakis, Notary Public. J EAKIN, & BROTHER, Attorneys at Law,- Union, Oregon. KETl'roinpt Attention Paid to Collect. ons. JOHN R. CRITES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special ties. OlHcc, two doors south of post-oilicc, Union, Oregon. J N. CROMWELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Onice, one door outh of J. 15. Eaton's Btorc, Union, Oregon. Q II. DAY, M. D., II. DAY, M. D., IIOMEPATHIO Physician ami Surgeon. Ik ALL CALLS l'llOMl'TIA ATTEND El) TO. m Office adjoining Jones Bro's store. Can be found nights at residence in aouin west Union. J. W. SllCLTON. -T. M. CAItltOLL S1 t HELTON & CARROLL, Attorneys at Law. OlHce : Two doors south of post-oilice, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention given all business en- trusted to us. T H . CRAWl'ORD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Otlice, one door south of Centennial ho tel. L. DANFOltTII, M. D., Physician ami Surgeon North Powder, Oregon, i) i si: a sr. s of wo mux a him: pi alt v. Calls attended to at all hours. R. F. Wilson. Notary Public. V. J. IlACKKTT, Notary Public. W1 "ILSON .t IIACKETT, Attorneys at Law. Collections and all other business entrus ted to us will receive prompt attention. A complete abstract of the hind of Union county in our olllce, Managers of the UNION REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION. OFFICE: UNION, OR. JAMES C. DOW, ' Attorney at Lav, Cornucopia, Oregon. Land Business Promptly Atten ded to Before the U.S. Offices. DSETMlnlng claims bought and hold on commission. Mines examined and repor ted upon. Ciil-Mut-'-Met J Main Street, Union, Oregon, BENSON BROS. - PROPRIETORS. Keep constantly on hand BEEF, PORK- VEAL, MUTTON, L.JlSAUSAGE, HAMS,. LARD. Etc. urep, Eugene, Oregon. INexLfsslon begins on Monday, Fcptotu- rco Kcholnrshlns from every county In the state. Apply to the county Miiierin ten- lent, tree, tuition after January 1, 181)0. Four courses: classical, scientific, liter- try and a ihort English course in which here Is no Latin. French, Greek or Gerinun. fie English Is pre-eiiiliiuntly a biiMiio.8 urse Fur catalogues or other Informs- n. address J. W. JOIIXON, LiS-Jm President. Guns, Amimmit'ion, Field Glasses, F'ishing Tackle, etc., at ' CORNUCCr.A. t ftitintlnti inning 2tu4, mid ISrinf Mont ion. - n . . . v.h..uwm ii miun i uuuug m mc front, and n short time wilt enable me i ..,., ,,. ,, i: , ,! to report, more stamps nud important , ueveiopemenls. How much of a lull the cold weather yid anow will bring is now uncertain, hut if the sales con templated nre made, vigorous work will bo carried on all winter. Then is the time wo will want that "telephone." nmei too strongly. J ho town of Union must bear in mind that as a supply market as a place whoro the farmers and small business men in the farming country to do their trading it was and still docs stand second to its more energetic neighbor, Baker City. While another fact is equally true and capa blo of substantiation that in all the es sentials of location, accessibility and capacity, it stands equally well, and as related to tho interior of our own county its advantages arc superior. Hut there is something hard to de scribe or analyze, holding it back. It must bo the lack of a practical, inatc business energy that forbids the Union county man from letting his own light shine, for he is not of a selfish or illiberal disposition. He is a good fol lower but a poor leader. The word "moss-buck" might bo utilized, but it, too, needs a definition. He does not take advantage of little happenings. For instance, a Union merchant takes a little outing into tho country to a fanning region or a mining camp, he comes quietly, pays for what he buys, uui uus uu inuru man h iiiii ins siom aeh commands him to. A luxury ho seldom dreams of. Ho neither hunts i , ... ( . or lishes, shows no hko for pleasure in field sports, an indulgence in what half the world calls innocent recrea- tion. Men and families living remote from a city or a railroad, have their likes and dislikes, and ono thing is they like to be noticed. When Eaglo val ley made its first attempt to celebrate a Harvest Home picnic, they looked upon it as one of tho important points in their rural history, and I will ven turo tho assertion that A. T. Neill with his twenty dollar contribution to tho school house construction committee, coupled with his presence on tho ground, visits to tho farmers' homes, sympathy with thoir enterprises, thoir successes and failures, made more fiiends for Union than his purchase of a if-1,000 farm. Tho former was a gen erous though trivial contribution from his heart, while tho latter was in the ordinary course of trado and business. For tho former he oxpocted no remit iteration ; from the latter he hopes to receive the reward which his invest went in a prolific soil will give. Union has shown a vast amount of enterprise and ability in its contribu tion to a competing railroad, but that was because some one led tho way A good lesson may be learned from Spokano Falls. They took advantage of little things. Mr. Cannon said "We wanted a nowsjmper and we star ted one. If it would not pay wo made it pay." Rakor has given up many hundreds of dollars this year in paying for tho expenses of mining exports, yea even for thoir luxuries. Some of her loading citizens have ridden over tho hills, slept 'neath tho moon and stars, in tho chilly nights, to show their visitors tho metalio woalth of lin ker's surroundings. We havo had a visit of one mining capitalist by way of Union, but ho came alone, found his own way, and drew his own conclu sions. This is a friendly leoluro, but is it not a just one? You should come out here and notice the comments, as I havo to do day after day. It is true you nifty say tho Cornucopians do not appreciate outsido favor they do val ue) tho work of a journalist at it de servos. Is that not the onse tho world over? I venture the assertion that no class of men do more acts of d inn tor es ted, gratuiviu and unxellish labor than publishing of a daily or weekly newspaper. They never tire, although at times nre worn out in well doing, but fctill their motto is ever "upward and onward." Perhaps tin- gxd time is coming in the "sweet by and by." That will not jwy our cxpuiM. m the struggling present. Meii and-comniu-nitias oft time cultivate a sleeping in activity. Winn h community gets the dUoftse firmly t-e.itc , c n it - it il-, I "Hamlin" 8tao up Hi j only ihu heroic treatment will purge the system, mid produce n cure. The Scout can trulv snv it has done its I duty. Chu the people of Union or oven . . . ;f Cortn"col),a ns ,n,uch- ,Butthl 1 no of thought must bo out short, and " . ; ' . i cook the fragrant bacon. KOTUS. Fovonil parties are on tho Ininaha doing assessment work. Our district takes in tho mines on that creok. Messrs. Nowcomb and Rocker are doing assessment work on the Mult nomah which the- report as very promising. Leslie 1 lolconib is at work on his fine pro?poct near the Red .lacket. Ho says blasts are heard fiom ovorv direction, showing that much work is bcing done on outside locations. J. B. Magce, an old Nevada miner and mining expert, has been in Cor nucopia for several days, looking over the mines. Ho was well pleased with tho appearance of tho district. It is reported that tho National Bank of Helena, Montana, has sent a representative to examine the outlook of Cornucopia mines. His iiamo I believe is .Tamos. tourists Several teams loaded with camo in last Saturday night and 1 under a cloud. Few knew where he camped across tho creek. It is said : had gone. On tho frontier ho com thcy were from Union. j menced life over again, and now ro- Teams are daily and almost hourly i ports come from Idaho that ho has a arriving with timbers for the Red Jack- j fiu chance of being chosen as United ot tramway, which will complete tho ! States Senator, if tho democrats have cost of supplying tho mill with ore for a majority in tho newly organized tho winter. States Legislature. There will be a grand ball on tho Tho llUost duvelopmcnt in tho Cali- 11th of September, and soon after Mr. lonUiU1 bimron-llill-lorry drama croa Sutzor, tho dork at the mill, will take tc1 11 l'rofoimtl impression in Washing- his leave. During his stay with us, of three months, he has won a host of friends who wish him good fortune wherever ho goes. Our genial postmaster has been afllictod with tho inflammatory rheu matism foriho last week. Ho being a good democrat and good officer tho disease may take a Waniunakcr turn. Tho weather, although cooler than during tho month of July, is still fair and ploasunt. In tho valley a large number of cat tlo are alllicted with a new disease somewhat, in symptoms, resembling the pink eye. It has not, as yet, proved fatal in any case. It first ap pears in a gradual and rapidly in- creasing blindnesK then in a drying up of the milk. Tho remedy or euro has not been struck. Messrs. Illoch and Harris, and oth ers, visited Cornucopia this morning and aro now on tho hills looking at minus. They appear enthusiastic and sanguine of our future. Wo thank thorn for thoir words of cheor. In the reference last week to tho Minain mines tho assay was .$2700 in stead of $27. That is a country which will rival tho chloride regions of Mexi- j l,osuro- 11 was tins scandal that nght co in richness, and only awaits tho ' y or w1"011'. occasioned Lieut. Ar- construction of roads to establish tho fact, provided always thrt tho pros pectors toll the truth. BAUDIN. Don't Mvporlmon. You cannot afford to waste time in ex perimenting when your lungs arc In danger. Consumption always seems, at first, only a cold. Do not permit any dealer to Impose upon you with some cheap imitation of Dr. King's Now Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, but bo sure you get tho genuine. Recuino ho cun make more pro fit ho may tell you ho has somotliiug just as good, or just tho snino. Don't be deceived, but insist upon KottiiiK Dr. King's Now Discovery, which is guaranteed to give re lief in all Throat, Lung and Chest aflee- tion. Trial booties freo at llrown's drug Mure. Law uottlo$l. A Postal I.nw. The following order has been issued by thi poitmaster general and will interest all: 'Any jKUtal card or envclopo, or any out- p'aldu cover, or anything which reflects in- JurluiiKly upon the conduct, or Is plainly calculated or intended to injure the feelings or reputation of the pcron to whom It is directed o; which threatens him Is uiiinalla-bit-. It i allowable for a person to send a requwt to call and to tile, but anything further Is liable to raiult In a heavy tine." Population. Statu Superintendent .McElroy estimates that the ratio of noliool children to tho total population in Oregon Is one to live. Ills re putt shown tint total number of tcliool children in the state to he 03, 00S, which on the live to one basis, would make the pojni I'idoii of Oruitoii lOijIlX) aiiiuoreaio of 'J1U. .;; over and 2W,TJS over 1S60. WASHINGTON. An Intorostliic l.tter From Our Kcsu Inr Corri"iiotiiltiu. August 1(S, 1881). EniToit Okkoon Scout: The hot weather oppresses tho av erago oflice seeker, and as he mops his hot face ho tolls you that ho 1ms about concluded to go home, and adds in a confidential whisper, that he is only waiting for a remittance. He no long er stops at the Ebbitt House though ho daily haunts its nearly deserted i orridors like an uneasy ghost. The fact is that tho movements of the presi dent excites little interest here as enough of him has been seen to justify one in deciding that ho will do nothing surprising. And outside the close pro- j fcssion ()f politico, this is a pleasant state of affairs. Only tho self elected statesmen mourn anil will not be com forted. You can never tell when a iKililician is permanently done for. Take for ex ample Hon. James W. Reed, formerly of North Carolina. A number of years ago Mr. Reed represented the fifth dis trict of that, stato in tho House. Ho was an able, companionable, easy go ing man and ho became involved in j financial difficulties, resigned his seat . in coneross and left North Carolina ton. Tho shock to public feeling is to be attributed moro to tho indignity offered to tho Supreme Court, and through that lady to the entire coun try, than to tho killing of tho misgui ded Terry. Lieut. Dick Arnold was yesterday mado superintendent of streets and alley cleaning for tho district, on ap pointment that recalls a polico depart ment scandal in tho first part of Presi pent Cleveland's administration. A ridiculous coxcomb named Walker, a real estate dealor, had just been ap pointed Major and superintendent of polico. Walker attended a fashionabl o church and after his appointment al ways attended services in his uniform, in object to behold and ho blinded by, f and ho gonoaally departed hastily in j tho middle of services as if tho public safety was at issue. In fact Walker succeeded in making such n howling ass of himself that his official career rather abruptly terminated and short ly after his discovery of an alleged plot to "shadow" members of congress who wore inclined to bo indiscreet and to thereby obtain their inllucuco in favor of certain ponding uneasiness favoring tho district polico under pain of ox- nold's discharge Murderer's Row at tho district jail is uncomfortably filled during tho dog days and tho capacity of tho space is seriously threatened by tho inct easing number of homicides. There has boon nt least a dozen murders among tho colored population since tho middle of May. Theso negro toughs fill them selves with gin costing seventy cents a gallon and then repair to thoir swel tering, fotid dons up unvcntilated al leys and fall to fighting, a thing by no means surpribing when ono con siders tho possibilities of gin and hot weather combined. Active hostilities aro generally introduced by a game of "crap" an interesting social game played upon the ground with largo dies, being a negro hodge-podgo com plication of tho common game of po ker die. No city in tho United States contains so many idlo negro moil as does Washington. How they nil live iH a mystery. Thousand came horo at the close of tho war and have remained, without visiblo means of support, over since, and havo bought up numorous progeny to learn the same trado, living without work. ' Baltimore and Philadelphia have come nobly to the assiBtanco of Wash ington, in its three cornered fight with Now York and Chicago for tho locn- tion of tho three Americas Expositon. ! Tho Baltimore adherents base thoir endorsomont of tho propriety of hold ing tho exposition in Washington Greatly Reduced Pri'ces at A. N. Gardner upon the national character enterprise and the fact that no municipality in the country is equal to the burden of expense attached such an enterprise. It should be under Government sup ervision and control and nowhere would such control bo as unhamparod by other authority as in Washington. J. H. C. j To Itullilrrs ami Tlui Who C'ontt'iiiplalo I Kllllllllik-. One of the most useful publications for builders and persons contemplating building is tho beautifully illustrated Architect and Rudder edition of the Scientific American, published month ly by Munn & Co., tho celebrated Patent Solicitors, at 3(51 Broadway, j -cnv y0lk It has become the custom for most of the builders in tho United States and Canada to keep on file this publi cation, not only for their own benefit, but for tho use of their customers, and they find their business promoted by so doing. A great variety of dwelling houses, costing from a few hundred to several thousand dollars, aro illustrated in each monthly number, besides a double page printed in colors, repre senting ono or moro handsome resi dences already built. After the de sign for tho elevation or style of the houe has boon selected, builders aro enabled to give a closo estimate of tho cost of construction, as tho working plans accompany the elevation. Most persons contemplating tho building of u hougo or stable for their own uso derive both pleasure and considerable saving, sometimes, by carefully con sidering at. their leisure, and by their fireside, various designs and plans which may eomo before them. T enable n person to eomo to a wise con elusion in such an important matter as building a homo for his family, ho will he wise if ho brings the suhjeo before his entire household, and studies carefully over in tho domestic circle tho style of house and tho interior ar rangements. It not only affords great pleasure, to tho entire family to considered in the matter, hut good suggestions will eomo from it, and mis takes will bo less likely to occur in tho selection. By all moans consult tho wifo and grown-up daughters, if so foi tunalo as to havo tliom, and to this end everybody who contemplates building should provido himself with a comideto file of tho Architect ant Builder edition of tho Scientific Amor icun, some forty numbers, and then ho will havo at hand not only tho bos material to select lus design from, but ho will also find tho publication useful and profitable to refor to while tho building is being constructed. If a person docs not find tho design for u hoiiBe, or other structure ho con templates building, that suits hie fancy, or tho estimate of tho cost too great, in a single number of tho publication, ho will bo very suro to find in soino ono of tho other numbers something that will suit both his fancy and jnirso. Hundreds of dwellings havo been erected on tho plans that have appeared in this publication, ami any person who contemplate building, or who wishes to alter, improve, ex tend, or add to existing buildings, whothor wings, porches, ,bay windows, or attic rooms, will bo pretty suro to find what ho wants in the Scientific American Architect and Builder. which is published on tho first of each month, at tho oflice of tho Scientific American, 11(11 Broadway. Stibscrip tion prico, $2,60 a year, 12 nuinbors, Single copies 25 cents. Back volumes of 0 numbers, in lloxiblo covers, in imitation of Turkoy Morocco, $2.50, Suboriptions received and volumes sold by all newsdealers. A KiiiiikI r.ctfnl Opinion. E. ISaiuhrldgo Monday Esq., County Atty Clay Co., 'fox., says : "Iiavo used Electric IJl tors with moat happy rosultH. My broth er also was very low with Malarial Fever andJa dioa, but was cured by timely use of till edlcliic. Am satisfied Elcctrlu Hitters waved Ids life." Mr. D. 1. Wilcoxson, Jlorso Cavo, Ky adds a like tontlmony, saving; Ho positive ly bolloves ho would havo died, hud it not hwn for Electrlo Hitters. This jfreut remedy will ward off, as well ds cure all Malarial Dlsoasos, and for all Kidney, Lyor and Stomach Disorders, "tands uiusmialcd. Price M)c. nud $1, ut llrown's drug store, Union, Or. I'rMpriittlolltf fltlil ffimllv r.nlliPM fllli.it In i,ort or(ir ni ,j,0 union Pharmacy. JIMMIE CREEK. Jfpyr of the V InJnu .I l,y n ltiina wny TvninTrneht-r Wanted. J. G. Lawler, of Clover creek, visited Union recently. The Huff Bros, have traded for some horses of Mr. Eaton. Grain about all cut here and will soon bo ready to thresh. Wm. and Warren Frazicr have been at work on Jininiie creek. Tho Shaw Ilros. havo purchased a new steam threshing outfit and ex pect to commence work soon. Mr. J. H. Siccus, accompanied by friends, visited tho North Powder lake lecenty and captured about nOO fish. .Too Younce has traded his ranch in Clover Creek valley to A. E. Eaton, of Union, for horses. He expects to go to Pine valley to winter. Brother J. G. Lnwlor still superin tends Sunday school every Sunday on Clover creek. Ho is making a success of his school and has a good atten dance. A teacher is wanted on Jimmie creek to teach school two or three months, beginning as soon as possible. For particulars address or enquire of J. Bradford, E. Samis, or Wm. Ashby. There tiro about 17 pupils in tho dis trict. A team ran away on tho ranch of J. U. Stevens a fow days ago. Sovoral persons were in the wagon, and Mr. Stevens received an injury on tho arm, but it is not very serious. Ho is ablo to bo around now and his arm is im proving greatly.. . Some of our Jimmio and Clover creokcrs havo got it into their heads that Long valley is tho place for them, and thoy talk of going thero next fall. Those who havo been there say thero is plenty of wood, water and grass, and plenty of snow in the wintor, and what more do they want? KID HOPPER. In tho Archives. Tho Corvallis Times says: 'Tho old court house building is torn down and tho archives aro giving birth to many curiosities. It is wonderful tho value that is being placed on sonio worthless hut ancient trinkets as thoy aro torn from the walls of tho old seat of justice. Everything of courso of real value has been moved into tho now building, but thero aro hundreds of things that aro curiosities to the average Corvallisites of to-day. Files of old newspapers that have been thrown into tho street, and in theso many items of intorest appear. Tho Salem Statesman printed away back in tho beginning of tho sixties has many curious paragraphs. Marriage notices wero read by tho grown-up children of tho contracting parties and tho columns aro filled with war news. In the issuo of Juno 23, 18(52, tho offi cial vote of tho stato is given for that year, at which timo it scorns thoy took a voto on whoro to establish tho scat of stato government. It resulted in tho selection of Salem with !$112 votes- Portland 1780 votes, Eugono City 1572. votes and Corvallis 911 votes. IturUil Cities. City of Mexico, (via Galveston), Aug. 1. Recently returned oxplorers from the State of Chiapas confirm and add to tho romarkablo reports con cerning important arcluelogical dis coveries thoro. A fino, broad, paved road, built by prchistorio inhabitants, has boon traced from Tcnula down into Gautcniala and thence in a curvo up again into Mexico, terminating at Palenquo. All along this road aro still to bo seen tho remains of ruined cities, and a careful estimate of tho population of theso places is about HO,- 000,000. On that part of tho road near Palenquo tho ruins are of great magnitudo; houses of four, and oven five, stories high havo been found in the dopth of tho forest. Tho work of exploration was ono of oxtremo diffi culty, owing to tho density of tho for est and the unwillingness of the Indi ans to cuter tho ancient edifices, they averring that tho buildings wero in- mbitcd by spirits. Tho Pendleton Academy, for both sexes, including preparatory academic and busi ness course, will open in the old court house, In Pendleton, Oregon, Sept. 2, 180. For further information cnqulroof F. M. Boyd, Pendleton, Oregon. 8-8-ml. & Co's Jewelry Store. I