Scout
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VOL. VI .
UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1889.
NO. 12.
The Oregon scout,
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CK1TES,
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ties. Ollice, two doors south of post-office,
Union, Oregon.
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ion, Oregon.
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A conmleto abstract of the land of Union
fcountv in our ollice,
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Attorney at Law,
Cornucopia, Oregon.
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ded to More the U.S. Uitices.
SSrTMlniiiK claims bought and sold on
fcommission. Mines examined ami repor
ted upon.
lty-Ieat-laitet
f Main Street, Union, Oregon,
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(BEEF, POKK- VEAL., MUTTUiN,
SAUSAGE, HAMS, LAKD. Etc.
wmi o
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ber 1U, 1
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.he state Apply to the county kiiperniten-
Four courses: ehwsieal, seiontillc. liter-
I TV all I simri r.llliu i uui " 111 iin ii
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l-oursc Fr atulogue or other informa-o"Uh-
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roremnn.
LS0 I
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i nil
jr3Guns, Ammunit
AT TUT"-
constantly on hand a com
plete) stock oi fresh
Candies,
Stationery,
Sheet Music,
Wive Goods,
Brackete,
AXI) USKFITL
Household Utensils.
A share ot the public pntrounge so
licited. 8-15-tf.
F, Smith
Specialist m
Veterinary Surgery. !
Uidgling horses suceesfully treated. j
Ileilers and s vs spayed by the latest Im
proved niolhod-i. I will uive inntiuction
in my v-tem of treatment, and guarantee j
satisfaction in every instance, onio I'liares
It'ill tlnlh T m, i. null flf livi.ifnil f '
Union, Oregon. Will promptly attend to
..... Ulj lllluc. J. tlltl .Ft luiuiiviitlt lnilllU Hi i
all ealK, by mail or otherwise.
h-lj-tf.
Sheep for Sale,
Three Thousand
head
i f stock sheep,
i'oniitimr of .-"bout thre hundred lamb.-.,
and the ro'iininder ve iriinRs up to 3-year-ohK
Sold (ill easv ti rm- provided K'lt-
edse eeuntv i cive'i.
KU'inire nt this
cnasoi
ollice.
LUMBER for SALE
at the High Valley
Saw Mill.
All kinds of lumber constantly on hand
or furnished on short notice. Prices cheap
aft tho cheapest.
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our solicitors have strict orders not to take
payment for either advertisements or sub
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For larger boys and young men. This insti
tution, only two years old. i'. already one of
the largest, most popular anil best patron
ized of the coast. The hliihe-t authorities
of the state recommend it on account of its
liealthv location, scientific advantages And
strict discipline. For catologues with pros
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ollice, Union. S-8 mi
Shingles For Sale!
An unlimited amount" of J.V.-1 shindies
constantIi'on hand and tor sole cheap.
Orders Train all part Oj thp wintry o
United, m.' ' ?
1 .f4-' B. H. IH KJlorJONS, .
3-11 tf-: CoeyoreROirt
otioe
T
III5WAKI) t any perion or per
nous who will secure the capture
and ci.nvIoUon of the prtv or nartim who
kindled the Wren on my ranch, the llrst oe
ciirriiiK AiiC. 1. und the kcioihI Aug. Ulst.
For deiteripiion of track or uuy other inf'ir
inuiion I uau K'VOt enquire nt my hbue.
B.ofl.jii 1 MrrrriKM..
KleKitnt Now IHiling 'Hr
will run daily. comnien log Aug ii.
the Orig'" Railway .t N.i 1 '.niuii Co .
gonMhort Luic and I':. I ' I' i l. !!
tween Uurttand ami M ' n r-
over
Cre-Oc-'!'!,,.
mi iaiiin nuil nervlee arc i 1 - 'Veil.
WW
, l?ield Glasses, IWg Tackle, etn,wrGa
ion
CORNUCOPIA.
The Mining Outlook -in the Pine
Creek District.
THE PROCtSS OF DEVELOPMENT.
Review of tin1 Work Pone on the Various
Mining Properties
Editor Orki.on' Scour:
Now that the Autumn loavos are
i falling in the mountains, nnd the sen
I son for preparation for winter is upon
j us, a retrospective view of the devul
i opments of tho mining regions in this
j portion of Oregon naturally comes in
order.
i Wo have to recount romo failures as
j well as successes, and of course all
have a cause for each fortunate or tin
' fortunate event. Wo have had the us
ual difficulties in Cornucopia to over
come, and in many instances our pre
dictions about the marked improve
ment in the outlook anticipated, have
failed to satisfy our sanguine expecta
tions. There has not been tho sales
that were expected, but the mines still
. ...
ist Willi
in increasing reputation
1,11(1 nwirn fncfirnhln nntorinf.v. Iiiv
two years or more large and extensive
properties have been on the market,
but in the hands of poor men who
have been unable to secure- tho assis
tance of capital siiiUcicnt to construct
machinery and throw bullion instead
of ore into tho public purse for coin
age and circulation. Winter, however,
comes upon us with more to encour
age than to depress. Several mining
men have examined and reported the
mines to have leal, substantial and
permanent merit. Those reports must
have time to materialize. Alining
companies- must ho organized, and
again must the mines bo examined
and tested, and friends of the monicd
man, whether they know gold-bearing
quartz from soap-stone or not, must
personally climb the hills and add
their testimony to tho scientist's en
dorsement. Then it requires time to
aggregate the coin or purchase money.
Mill men must be constthsto see
with what facility and at how little
expense the ote can bo reduced, and
although the ore is rich by assay,
whether after Inking into considera
tion the surroundings it will pay in
terest on the investment, interest on
the investment in the costof tho mine,
interest on the wear and breakage
in machinery, and interest on the
salary of company ollicers. Theso
friends, if they are friends, have forced
on them a great responsibility which
they seek conscientiously to perform,
they cannot jump at conclusions, and
they must carefully consult with tho
expert, and put him under tho power
ful omduorv of a strict oross-exami-
nation. Tho formation of surround
ing locations and general character of
adjoining districts need to bo carefully
ascertained and compared. Is tho oro
robillious, free, or easily reduced? and
what tiro tho facilities for wood, water,
and shipment of oro or bullion to mar
kot? Xo man or company of mon will
disburse liity, a hundred, or ton hun
dred thousand dollars without having
satisfied thomgulvus that all those
conditions have been allirmatively and
favorably answorod. It requires time
to satisfy the capitalist that tho miner
has anything to sell. Then, "this is
mine" is not as formerly any title.
Records of courts and mining districts
must bo searched, and when a man or
company from a distant state pay out
money in coin, they nist bo sati(iod
that they are getting in exchange a
valid title to something which will re
produce an equal or larger sum. Then
it must S) borne in 'mind that there
is much truth and jSrco in tho 'oid !
adage, that "a burnt child Mearsthg
firo," and one fetich ..instance) reaches
over hundreds of miles of territory in
its inlluenco. Ilonu, men who specu
late in mining property aro now more
than ordinarily careful ifnd biispicioiu.
It is yours eimiu a .mining district
has sprung into notice, and been with
out a backset carried into a successful
and pnyiiigropulnlion oreiiroer. 'fharo
fore I say this season has iucn a suis-
cessful one ami very ncournging
one, for ncuct spring will take UHwhura
this fall leaves us, and IStjO will see
'oriiurnrna a jkjjuiIous and prosperous
ldlaUlflt.
I use n !
IJcferring in particular to some of
the mines described and mentioned in
my itrfct letters, I will mention the
Simmons group, the Steen group, the
Last Chance and Allen A Cox. Home
of these properties have hud oxiemivc
and practical work done during the
present season, and all without excep
tion show well. The ledges all contin
ue firm, with well defined walls, and
of equal richness to the condition of
last spring, b'ted Steen still continues
his work on the group as he has at all
times, save when he was prospecting
for placers on adjoining ground. Ixnt
Simmons is indifferent about nrlling.
Mr. lUtrdette has greatly improved the
appearance of the Union. The Dufi'y
Bros, have kept pretty steadily at
work. Tho lied Hoy and other prop-
j crties of Mr. Osborne have not b-vn
'left untouched. The whole of the
basin mines are looking better than
ever. In fact the whole district shows
a marked change. The Allen it (.'ox,
one of the oldest claims, has received
some attention. Bolles & Honor and
XV. l. Usher have made a radical
change in tho npicnraneo of tho
Comet, Way Up and (orgc. In fact
as far as the means of the several
owners of claims would permit, they
have done practical work. None have
got discouraged- but aro ready to con
tinue anothor year, being fully satis
fied that every dollar expended only
increases the property in value. Lu-dike-
and Holcomb have run in a tun
nel on tho North Star a distance of
oft feet, which, in a mortar process,
showed free gold in good quantities.
Thoy intend to proeecute tho work of
development this winter, .fames Mills
has good property for which ho has
had a liberal offer. Parties in Hparta
have examined it . with favorable re-:
ports.
As the 0. 0. M. Company, they
have been bard at work for tho
last two months in making develop
ments and adding to the working ca
pacity of the mill. They are expen
ding ovor .'fllO.OOO in a tramway, erect
ing a new boarding house, and T hear
works for reducing the sulphurets will
go in this .fall. Tho mill has been
running night and day for three
months, hence the growler, who signs
himself 'Toll I'arot" in the Republi
can wrote from the standpoint of an
excavation on a hill of potatoes instead
of a half a million of shaft, tunnel and
costly mill plant. There aro tome
things which wo in Cornucopia feel
now and then like finding fault with,
but tho last three months' general
work of the O. (1. M. Co. are iiot of
them, and certainly men from tho val
ley have nothing to complain of.
1JAUDTN.
LOWER COVE.
Niiwh Notes Unnii'tteil hy Our
li)iiilnt ".Midgut."
(,'! TON.
Sept. 7, 1889.
Watormolons aro ripe as some of
tho boys will testify,
.lack Hill has just returned from a
trip to his homo in H turkey prnirio.
Three emigrant teams passed through
I,,ower Covo last Thureday, bound for
the Wallowa.
I'oftrl Cornell has tho malarial fever.
Sho lias been very ill for some week,
but at present is convalescent.
Mr. A. J.'iiNash, of Cricket flat, Avaa
in thq Lowuj Covo this week, eearch
ing for stray horses.
Miss Lois Stewart will itart to Cor
vallis this week, w libra eho expects to
romain in school dpring tho coming
winter.
The formers in tljis community are
nearly all done threshing. They re
port a inugh batter crop than was an
ticipated. It is surprising gee tho irhmbar of
fish in thu,river during tho dry
in ' 'IMliitf fldtlWI nil f iulM tliA ullilll
fhoy dome ouL into tho, sluillqw
waters and display thenisylfroHveiy
temptingly until some one comes near
enough to apunr tliBin, and they very
L.. n.w. udd.w dW.mo... (n bJjvhomoat once to engago quarters,
soon no more.
Why dyn'tonia of
our oxporta obtuiu a seinV
MfflfiKT.
Call and Insittct tho new dnur toro r
"Union I'lmrinsuy,'' next door to hcorr
nre. , i
. .- - -
The lamBt Htoek of tru.H in Coi.-n
county
oau be found at the li.d-.n rii..r-
1
many.
CHICAGO.
Description of the City by an
Old Grande Konder.
ITS UNLIMITED RESOURCES.
Grand Demonstration of the Labor Organi
zations of the Citv.
CuiOAoo, Sept. 2,LSS!).
UlUTot! OmjooN Scoirr:
Dear Sir and Friend : Old Father
Time has strode on in his bold, fear-
' less march "through (Jeorgia" as well
j ns sonic other localities, notwithstand
, ing the faot that he must have fre-
qliently heard it boldly asserted that
tuat old wneli Procrastination was a
thief and was liable to steal him, and
reeled oil considerable coil since I last
informed you that 1 was still on earth.
But speaking of old Time pretty
smooth leather, that old coon guess
he's creeping along in his usual way
when he cees "Crasty" "a cumin foah"
to steal him. Ho don't belong to a
very reputable family any way, There
is Winter and Spring, you know, they
belong to Time's family, and you, of
course remember how Winter lingers
in Spring's "lapso" every opportunity,
right in Father Time's presence, too,
and creates a. great sonsation. L know
a fellow here in Chicago, 1'rof. Wilson
by name, who is authority for the
statement that Time is the legitimate
sire of Santa Clans, and his dam was n
Sunbeam, and it really makes a piece
of mythology of that identical charac
ter that the world has been inclined to
worship for untold ages, and bring, as
it is, an able nmngement of myth and
beauty, it will bo sure to convulso tho
theatrical world when presented be
fore the footlights. It also gives him
a pedigree as cleat ly reasonable to us
as others of similar origin. But at
different times dining our career in
Chicago wo have been, and aro at pres
ent employed on Dunton's Spirit of tho
Turf, a papor celebrated for its accu
rate and honest tracing of horso pedi
grees, hence wo are, by avocation, de
barred from judging human pedigrees,
which are of a more liberal character.
I prosumo your readers aro all awaro
of tho fact that tho baby elephant,
Chicago, has been maturing very rap
idly of late, as tho timidity of this
afotesaid baby does not prevent it
from showing its new clothes. Since
the suburban annexation of last eprin
it probablv boasts ol a million anil a
quarter, and its giant ambition seems
to know no bounds. Chicago is soon
to bo tho greatest city on the conti
nent. Location, capitalistic contrail
zation, international advantages in re
ceiving and distributing, aro some of
its powerful features which no other
city on earth can claim with such as
surance, and, its municipal govern
ment, as a rule, imported hy thocnthu
Kiasni and energy ol its citizens as a
body is marvelous beyond com pari
son. "In union there is strength" is a
motto clearly illustrated in tho careor
of Chicago.
An immense canvas now floats on
the breeze from tho Commercial ISTa-
tlonal Rank on Dearborn street, mark
ing tho committeu's headquarters for
the groat quadri'Centennial of tho cele
bration of the discovery of America,
which it is almost conceded by tho
best of authority, will behold in Chi
cago in 1802, and there is not much
grass growing in tho strecls in that lo
cality. If congress locates tho cele
bration of that nvent in Chicago, it
will probably oclipso any like event
ever witnessed in America, and tho
cost of round trip ticket will bo in
ryh of all whoso reaching capacity
is $uul tp. tho cost of a ticket. If
penile as f)ir away its friends whoso
ccelese rqmembranco prompts mo to
write should desire to emulate Chica
go ii taking timo hy the forolock thoy
miglff constiluto mo their agent and
B I'ltre are .i .iu ... u. wumujr u.
1 WieSM'CK jwui, noiuii wiiun nutui mm
Boiler itvonuo that might ho secured
yet, but-i vq would suggest tno pur-
chase ol a small larm inrty or uuy
miles ouljii tho country.
ThoYilnmtSr teason has como and
jfone with no warm weathor up to the
,... .. ,,..,, j, i0nt,
' 1 ' . "
TttWMnftbh warm. I have nothing to
Store
say against Chicago Mimmors they
are in fact the mildest I ever saw.
With its numerous parks, fronting to
the ever cool and refreshing breezes
of lake Michigan, there are few better
summer re.-orts; but ordinarily, her
winters are too rich for my blood.
Willi multitudes of wealth and an al
most inspirational activity manifested
by its citizens, the wonderful growth
of the great city in tho region of tho
lakes will continue, and ages hence,
future generations will contemplate its
magnitude with an air of wonder. At
tho present time what little there is of
the heated term hero is ono in full
bloom, and although business is gen
erally considered slack, its deficiency
could not be detected with the na
ked eye.
It has long years ago been conceded
that "in union there is strength" and
it is practically a well known fact that
in disunion there is 'cosmas, chaos,
chaos cosmas," and confusion, and by
virtue of adherence lo tho former mot
to we may, in a measure, account for
many things that have been, aro and
will continue to be done in Chicago,
this is a city of organizations, and a
pitty though it bo, they aro of all na
tionalities, cliques and clan-na-Calcs,
and are not all organized and pledged
to the same glorious and universally
bonilieient end. But of all tho various
organizations of labor they have all
gotone common object, and when sen
sibly controlled and officered, free from
the inlluenco of hot-headed ignorance,
the work is truly grand. This was
their day a day to show their colors
to the world, and enjoy a day of gen
eral hilarity. In consequoneo of this
fact about Jiftcon thousand men bttck
eled on their armor ami went forth to
do honor to their cause. Thousands
of people crowded along Ilia lino of
march and watched this knights as
they filed by in orderly procession - to
tho music of many bands, and thous
ands more witnessed the parade from
more commanding views. The Ameri
can colors waved over all ; no other
colors, except tho brilliant ones of tho
assembly emblems, weru known. Tho
procession formed at Desplaines and
Jackson street, and crosssd to tho south
side by tho Jackson street bridge, in
four divisions, each load hy a band.
Many carriages added length to
tho parade,1but most of the hoys wcro
on foot, and in spite of tho intonso heat
thoy keep a steady paco and wore a
real holiday air, their sovcral uniforms,
mostly simple in character, but ex
tremely ellectivo, lending much to tho
general appearance of tho ranks. A
noticeable thing in tho faces of tho
men was the brightness and animation
and pritlo that wore ;unmistakablol
The clear eyes of the paratlers looked
out blithely and hopefully, ami met.
tho gaze of the spectators with an in
dependent regard which did not fall to
leave its duo einpression. Few mot
toes were carried, and thoy woro with
out special significance.
At tho Union dopot a long train of
coaches was in waiting and theso wore
quickly filled after tho procession broke
up, and soon tho knights woro whirling
out of tho city toward Willow Springs,
where a long programmo of interesting
games, with feasting and dancing and
oratory, filled out tho day.
Fully 10,000 woro in tho Trades As
sembly demonstration. It was a wond
erful display, and it loft a profound im
pression on ovory beholder. Tho long,
long lines woro pleasing to tho oyo an
thoy horo steadily along tho middlo of
tho streets hotweon donso masses of
sweltering onlookors, and now and
again there was a cheer from tho side
walk and an answering ono from tho
ranks as some particularly striking
thing in tho parado was recognized hy
tho spectators.
Tho printers composing Chicago
Typographical union No. lflSvilh'iwo
hands, held tho place of honor in tho
array of organized workmen. Thoy
wcro all dressed in long linen dusters
reaching to tho ankles, and woro dove-
colored slouch hats. Thoy carried
light canes with a jauntincss which
was not lost on the admiring crowds.
Their bright banners gavo tho needed
dash of color to complete the ofl'ectivo-
uosh of the spectacle
Tho switchmen followed, and thoy,
too, woro' uniform hats and gloves and
carried banco. A float representing a
switching engine was drawn hy a stur
Gmttmltil on fait pane.
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