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V VOL. VI.
The Oregon Scout. ;
An hidepp'idpnt weekly mrna!. iucl cv- '
ciy rinir'.isiy morning hv
JONES & CHAXCEY,
Publishers; nnd 1'roprietom. i
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li. Ciiasckv, '
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Kates of advertising nindo known on ap
.plication. JSTCorrpspontlenco from all parts of tho
country ?olielteil.
A dress all communication- to the Oueoon
Scout, Union Oregon.
PUKSHYTUltlAX CIIUKCII. Services
even- Sabbath at 11 a.m. amis p. in;
Sabbatfi school at 10 a. in; prayer nivetinc
Wednesday, at 8 p, in. The Ladies' Mis
sionary Socletv meets on tho fourth Friday
of every month at i :.'i0 p. m. All cordially
.invited. 11. II. PAKKKK. Pastor
ritOKl'SSIOXAL.
It. Kakin,
J. A. Kakin,
Notary Public.
J EAKLN, & BROTHER,
Attorneys at Law,
Union, Oregon.
JSfl'rompt Attention Paid to Collect. ons.
JOHN R. CRITES,
Attorney at Law.
Collecting and probate practice special
ties. Ollice, two doors south of post-otliee,
Union, Oregon.
J. W. SUEI.TO.V. J. M. C.MlKOIJi.
gHELTON & CARROLL.
Attorneys at L iw.
Oflice: Two doors south of post-, co, Un
ion, Oregon.
Special attention given all business en
trusted to us.
rj H. CRAWFORD,
Attorney at Law,
Union, Oregon.
Office, one door south of Centennial ho
tel. 15. F. Wiijson.
Notary Public.
A. J. TIackiitt,
Notary Public.
yyiLSON it 1IACKETT,
Attorneys at Law.
Collections and all other business entrus
ted to us will receive prompt attention.
A complete abstract of the land of Union
county in our ollice,
Managers of the UNION REAL ESTATE
assocFation.
OFFICE: UNION, OR.
J N. CROMWELL, M. D. ,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office, ono door outh of J. IK Eaton's
store, Union, Oregon.
Q II. DAY, M. D.,
IIOMEPATIIIC
Physician ad Surgeon.
ALL CALLS l'KOMl'TIA" ATTUXDKD TO.
Oflico adjoining Jones Itro's store. Can
bo found nights at residence in South
west Union.
L. SAYLOR, M. I).,Ph..
Physician & Surgeon,
Union, Oregon.
Graduato Rush Medical Coilego, Chicago.
Ollice at Union Pharmacy. Calls prompt
ly answered.
DANKOIiTH, M. 1).,
Physician ami Surgeon
North Powder, Oregon,
ii i s k a s i: s of wo i i: x a hi'ki-i a l t v.
Calls attended to at all hours.
yy-M. KOENIO.
Architect and Builder,
COVE, OK BOON,
Drafts, Plans and Designs for Dwellings,
mid Rridges- furnished on application.
,City-lat-irM
J 7 .
Main Street, Union, Oregon,
BENSON BROS. PROPRIETORS.
Keep constantly on hand
REEK, PORK- VEAL, MUTTON.
SAUSAGE, HAMS. LARD. Etc.
Fine One of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
UXTOK
Written fir tut Strf.-
HAST THOU GONE?
Ye, it U true that thou hv: (,'one
That thou hat passed t.Wa;-,
That lalo'ie mm: jnuri v o
While tiore on enrh I -tuy.
- Oh. Who Hill be nyjpmfort now,
A than hnt"hcrflo Inn?
And who will sooth my aching brow
Of nil the busy throng?
In twilight's hoar with weary stop
A. 1 to home draw near,
"hi who will meet me at the door
MMhvrtrdsoflov)audihrpar'.
And oft thy Hps caressed,
And often in fond embrace
Thy lovely form have pressed.
But now no moTe those comely- hands
TJHrir ciwilliug Hf e tosses ;
That kindly voice of love and cheer
No more those lips express.
For in the cold and silent tomb
Thy lovely form doth lie ;
Untrammellod now thy spirit roam
In realms beyond tho aky.
Yet, when alone, my mind is fraught
With peace and joy and cheer.
Although unseen oh happy thought,
I feel that thou art near.
And I would wish that I might live
Tho remnant of my days
In roaching for tho truths that give
Tho boon of wisdom's ways.
That when my lamp has burned low
And I must pass death's night,
My spirit too shall onward go
With thoo in realms of light.
Uxiox, 0KiON, -II. C. 14.
3Ialtiur Cavt).
The following was written by G. C.
Dunetin, it curiosity hunter who recent
ly visited Oregon. In time no doubt
the fame of this wonderful cave will
spread and cause it to be an object of
much interest:
Malheur cave is located on ti sago
brush plain about ono mile from the
head of the south fork of tho Malheur
river. Thore is a small basin at its
mouth. Tho cave is twenty feet high
and six feet wide at its entrance, and
has an incline downward for the first
200 feet, and then turns to the north
cast and runs very nearly straight
to the water, a distance of one-half
mile from its mouth. Tt will average
fifty feet wide and twenty feet high and
is very uniform in its structure; the
walls running up about six feet on
cither side, and then commences to
arch over, and cortainly form tho iinest
arch in tho wholo family of caves that
wore ever discovered. It is grand al
most beyond description, and rivals tho
Mammoth envo in its smoothness of
character and uniformity. The first
2fi0 yards the bottom is as smooth as
a lloor, then are found piles of rubbish
or debris that have accumulated by
falling from tho ceiling abovo, 100
yards or so nparj, tho last one being
something over J00 yards from water.
Theiois no difficulty munching tho
water, it runs back on either side in a
trough from the main pool tho dis
tance of 100 feet, settling down on
cither side, leaving the floor crowning.
Tho water is remarkably clear ; ono
can sco the sand in the bottom at the
depth of four foot, and it appears to
have no outlet, as it is perfectly still
and cpuiet ; it is good drinking water.
This wonderful curiosity has to bo
seon to bo fully appreciated. It is
truly of basalt formation and is quar
entary, tho walls aro honeycombed in
many places; the wall on tho south
side sets on a horizontal basement of
oruptivo rocks.
This magnificent cave has evidently
been used in timo by tho Indians as a
fortification ; Iho entrance has been
walled up with stone, and there aro,
abo, two walls or breastworks on tho
inside, running from each corner of
tho entrance diagonally near tho edi
tor some fifty foet long; thin was for a
second dofenso in cae they were driven
baok from tho mouth, Around and
abovo tho month of tho cave there aro
considornblo fino chipping whero tho
aborigines Imvo sharpened their stono
implements which were mado out of
obsidian, or volcanic gifts. I think
that the water is in the end of tho
cave, but cannot ell without further
exploring. I was iuforinod by two jr
ties that fish have been caught in the
Qit that wore of blue color and eye
lets. Kor Sh1o
A few thoroughbred Cotowold bucks.
Kor prices am! terms fall on or ad
h. K. Holmes, ('.., Oregon.
OREGON, THURSDAY, NO
THE O. & W. T. RAILROAD.
IntoreitttuR Aw mil the Origin anil
I'rwSjW of :)ii Vo'.fUhir llond.
The October number of the North
west Magazine contains an interest
ing history of the origin, progress and
purposes of the O, ft Yv. T. Kailway
Company "tho Hunt line" with
views and descriptive sketches of Pen
dleton, Athena, Walla Walla, Dayton,
Walluln. Helix, Fulton Station, and a
biographical sketch of Mr. Hunt.
, After first sketching, tho situation as
to grain raising and its transportation
prior to 1S87, the article on "the Hunt
lineo" mentions tho organization of
the Pendleton Company and their
contract vi.tit Mr. Iluut, who, "by tho
tiiffb'he had tiiiMheri thirty mild of
giwlo discovered that tho company
had no money and was not likely to
lUieO any." He therefore bought the
stock and became tho owner, and soon
aftor obtained money on his bonds
from C. 13. Wright and others. While
building this road Mr. Hunt made a
careful study of the condition of af
fairs in tho entire region south of
Snako river, and mado up his mind
that a much moro extensive system of
now .roads, competing with the lines
of the O. R. it X., and connecting with
tho Northern Pacific, could bo made
to pay. His plan was to reach all
the important towns, not paralleling,
tho existing roads any more than nec
essary, but running through tho rich
agricultural belts, on tho ridges and
over tho upland, thus making his
roads pre-eminently farmers' roads.
Selecting his starting point at Hunt's
.1 unction, a mile east of Wallula, ho
pushed across to Pendleton and Athe
ua; then by a winding course to Wal
la Walla, through tho rich Eureka
Flat region; and is now fast construct
ing another extension to Dixie, Waits
burg and Dayton, a distance of thirty
three miles from Walla Walla.
"Mr. Hunt is by no means at the
end of his projects for railway build
ing, lie means to construct a line
southward and eastward from Walla
Walla along tho foothills to Milton,
Weston, and across these mountains
to tho Grande Hondo valley. This
will bo about sovonty-livo milso in
length. Other lines projected are
from Dayton, to Whotstono Hollow,
twelve miles; from tho head of Eureka
valley to Riparia; and from Fuiton to
Foster," in this county. The present
mileage of tho Hunt linos is 103 miles;
when tho now branches now decided
on are built it will comprise over 330
miles of track. His roads are except
ionally well built, and have already
increased tho prico of the farmers'
products and greatly choaponed im
ports. Mr. Hunt is his own managor and
controller of his vory oxtonsivo busi
ness oporaMon, owning and operating
his own mills, grading outfits, otc. ; he
also owns grain farms, a half interest
in tho l'endloton Roller Mills, and stock
in the new Tacomu mill, Ho is his
own businosn man and saves the profits
of contractors and middle men.
Mr. Hunt was born in Mayville,
Chautauqua county, X.Y.; May 1,
1S-12. His only education was in a
district school and ono torm in an
academy. At tho ago of sixteen ho
loft for Piko's peak; and for many
years passed through rough oxporionco
in froigting, prospecting and mining;
and his operation at ono time or
another extended much of Colorado,
Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon,
Washington and Idaho. For tho past
few years, however, ho hag boon en
gaged in extensive railroad-building
contracts, for tho Short Lino, North
om Pacific, Heattlo, Lake Shore & East
ern, Oregon Pacific, and others, and
now for himself and his individual
backers. It is probable that Mr. Hunt
has constructed more linos of road
with his own individual exerations
than any other man living. Ho so
leots his own routes, appoint his ow u
engineers, owns his own (ams. wagons,
mid tools, saws his owii timber, buys
his own engines, ears and rails, and
after first paying vory largo suniH out
of his own pookot he offers his bonds
to Eastern investor.
Mr. Hunt is a thorough Wastem
businesk man, accsesihlo to everybody,
and with as friendly a word for grader
or brukemau a- for a banker or a mill
ionaire, He iH always "on tho go," ap
parently tiu-li-M, id linn and decided
Silverware, Guns
rEMBKR
in all his business impositions, fully j
detormied to carry nut hi own plans
in his own way and at his own terms';
but is always fair ami just, and scrup
ulously exact in the performance of all
his contracts.
Mr. Hunt; was married in 1806 to
Mis Ijeonont dnyldlil, at TWile- City.
The family lived for a while in the
Payette Valley in Idaho, and after at
Corvalli?, Or.; but now reside in a fino
mansion at Walla Walla. Mr. and
Mrs. Hunt have live children, four
lioys and one daughter; tho three
older boys now being in Eastern cities
attending educational institutions.
Such is a very brief sketch of a real
ly wonderful enterprise, and of its
ergifu: and seceasfql head.
dlMMlE CREEK.
Mr. George Ashby succeeded in kill
ing a dq'er the dther day.
Mr. Charles Cusic left for tho Wil
lamette on tho L7th of October.
Dave. Joe and Daniel Bradford star
ted for Wallowa valley, recently.
Mr. Samuel Miller, of Union, was
on Jiminie creek some time ago.
John and Ed Conlin, of Antelope
valley, were visiting here recently.
Tlih hay balers have been baling
hay aViMr. V. W. c. .Nelsons ranch.
Mr. J. G. Nawlesaud C. E. Allen, 61
Clover creek, visited Union ladt week,
Miss Libbio Ashby, of Pylo canyon,
visited her sister, Mrs. S. F. Cusic, re
cently. It is reported that tho mill on Hog
valley mountain burned down on the
morning of the 3rd inst.
It is said licit some men aro so
cruel as to beat an egg, maul rails,
thresh wheat or even lick a postage
stamp.
Mrs. J. Bradford, Mr. and Mrs. W.
II. Bradford, A. T. Hewitt and Newton
Bradford were in Pylo canyon a fow
days ago.
Mr. Nelson Schoonover expects to
quit work on the Hog valley toad bo
fore long. Ho has mado a good deal
of improvement on tho road, which
hasvbeen needed for somo lime.
On October 27th the summit of the
Jimmio crook hills wore Wliito with
snow. At tho present writing the
temperature ranges from 32 to 10 de
grees abovo zero with n cool wind from
tho northwest and plenty of clouds.
A stray copy of tho La Grande Ga
zette came under my spectacles somo
timo ago, and in reading over tho lot
tor list I noticod the name of F. Unt.
I think that tho person lives in Pyle
canyon. Maybe it is from your best
girl, Fred.
BBPORTEB.
Hnmitiitliiii of Cimtilenoe.
At a meeting of Blue Mountain
Lodge, No. 28, K. of P., held in this
city on the 30th of October, 1889, tho
following resolutions were unanimous
ly adopted on receipt of tho intelli
gence of the death of Mrs. A. C. How
land which recently occurred at Pen
dleton, Oregon :
Whkhkak,. the Supremo Chancellor
of the Universe has been pleased to
remove from our midst and exalt to a
higher and nobler sphere of action tho
wife of our bolovjd brother, N.' How
land, and
WiiEitHAH, there has been lost to us
a true friend, to our bmthor a fsithful
companion and to little ones a loving
mother, therefore be it
Jtetoli'fd, by Blue Mountain Iotlge,
No. 28, K. of I'., that we regard her
death as a greut loss to her loving
husband, to her darling children and
to tho community at large, in which
she was a bright and noble oxumple of
purity and nobility.
Hexolvcd, that tho bereaved husband
and children have the sympathy of tho
members of this lodge.
lletolved, that a copy of theso Reso
lutions, under seal of the lodge, be
sent to our brother, and a copy fur
uibhed to each of the papers of this
city for publication.
J. C. Suwnius,)
M. F. D.vvirf,
A J. Hac-khtt, )
Committee
Kru-nImlU and SfuiiituM.
For fancy work r ornwuu'ii:. il,Hlmr
splints, dto., an assorted box 'iii ly mml
for CO com h, jMt;il notf, A . I. . T
IIHIIILKMAX. -M Iogan A . ' -.m
l)ieK. Cal.
and Amunition Just
7, 1881).
EUGENE CITY.
A Uentlahli- Letter I'rimi tin- t'liUerslty
hy I'ulon Coimlj Student.
Kvokse, Or.. Xov.'J, K-9.
Srx students from Union county aro
attending the University here.
Th University opened on tho lGth , over from Pilot Rock purchasing cal
of September, with a larger attendance I ves. Ho wants several hundred and
than is usual.
Rugono is a lively town, improving
very fast, and property rapidly incrcai
ing in value.
Cameron, the horse dealer, of Port
land, is in Eugene this week purchas-
ing horses, but has not secured many
as yet.
From present indications there will
bo a largo vote polled by tho Union ,
Labor Party, in this part of the conn -
try, at our next election.
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Mr. Hurt Oliver, of Summerville, ar-
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rived hero last Saturday and entered
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the University, Monday.
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'Aro there more worlds than one?
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This is tho question which will be tic-
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bated in the Lauren u Society bndny
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evening.
We learn through a private source
that Union county's able dopnty clerk,
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Tttrnor Oliver, has been on a visit to
Forest Grove. Querry: Wonder why?
Halloween was duly observed in Eu
gene. Tho gales and fences wore bro-
ken up and quite a number of gates
wero carried to distant parts of town
by mischeviotts spirits, and Mayor
Hovcy's gate was spirited up tho city
flag pole.
A great many of tho hop growors
havo consigned their hops to Now
York and London dealers, hoping to
realize moro for their crops than deal
ers aro willing to pay here. They aro
worth from six to soven cents por
pound barely enough to pay expen
ses. Wo aro pleased to noto that Milton
F. Davis, formorly a student of tho
University of Oregon, will graduato at
the military academy at West Point
next June, lie now stands high in
his classes, and a promising future
awaits him.
Ciicuit courtis in session in tho city
this week, Among tho lawyers in at
tendance wo notice G. O. llolinan, for
merly of Uuker City. Court will not
adjourn before tho middle of next
week. All tho criminals indicted havo
plead guilty.
Samuel 1'. Putnam, tho liberal ora
tor, delivered a lecture hero on tho
20tli ult, to a small but appreciative
audience His arguments wore forci
ble and convincing, and produced
quite an impression upon tho minds of
tlioso who hoard him for tho first
time, and were thus Jonabled to find
out what "liberalism" really means.
We were startled this afternoon by
tho ringing of tho firo boll, and upon
rushing into tho street wo soon dis
covered tho cause of tho alarm. Smoko
was seen rising in the eastern part of
tho town, and proceeding to tho scono
of conflagration wo found tho firo to
bo in a hotiso on High street. Tho
wet weather of tho past month, to
gether with the prompt action of the
firemen, saved the house from total
destruction.
The rain has been descending into
the valley of Willamette during tho
last wool:, making mud sticky mud
and in loiiio places, we aro informed,
it adheres to tho wheels of wagons to
such a degroo as to make them solid.
Imagine a Grande Render with his
wagon in such a condition, or plodding
around through the mud with several
pounds sticking to bin shoes,
SILENCE HOGOOD.
THE COVE.
Duiiroriatloiitf of Wild Aiiliualx-oUnll.
road .'Matltti'N Novluty Topics.
Covi:, Or., N'ov. (1,1889.
Your school tax can now bo paid at
tho Covo drug store.
Mr. James Payno mid daughter, Miss
Pearl, returned from tho east Monday.
Airs. If. J. Goer is Komowliat better.
A child of Mr. J. L. Gibson is eoriosly
111 with typhoid fever.
Mr. E. E. Willard, of Lower Covo,
has about completed a commodious
residence. L. B, Stearns suprunton
dod tho work.
Mr. John Conklin, is erecting a dwol-
ling just above town for tho use of him
self and mother. John says it is to boi
a nobby cottage.
Received at A. N.
NO. 20.
itgji.wjL',mmti!
A shooting match for turkeys to be
held in Cove Saturday of this week.
Vivian ICenne.ly will supply the fowls
which aro young and toothsome.
Mr. Mark Sturtevant, formally a
, student of the leighton Academy, is
will pay fair prices.
Dame Rumor has it that a popular
young Jehu and a hansomo young lady,
both of the Cove, will shortly ombark
on tho good ship of matrimony and
sail away on the sea of bliss. Hun-
I reds of friends will wish them a pleas-
ant voyage.
Thomas it Delang have been com
pelled to move their cattle from the
: Mmmn 011 cc'" " "epreaauons
I of wild animals. A few days since a
j boar distroyed two head of cattle, but
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they were unable to capture them who
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i so dearlv loved fresh beet steak,
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l Mr. A. J. Ilackett and Mr. John
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Kennedy, prominent and well known
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i citizens of Union, were in Covo last
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' Saturday. Thev were tho guests of Mr.
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i II. II. hronch who entertained them at
dhl Wo f t to in,,lUion Umt
Ml, a w illlllt tho raiir0!U. mnglmle
...
and h. h. McComas accompanied the
party.
Mr. Hunt said, Saturday, that it was
very possible that a branch road
would bo built to Cove, tapping tho
main lino in tho valley and that it
would not bo a very expensive piece of
work and that ho was of tho opinion it
would bo constructed in a compara
tively short time.
I'roiu Otir JIxcliaiiKUii.
Tho two Dakotas were admitted ns
states by Presidential ptoclamation,
Saturday. What's tho matter with
Washington?
Baker City is to have a street rail
way. A franchise has been granted
by tho city council and the lino will bo
in operation by tho first of next Juno.
Frightful Hoods have beon experi
enced in China and Japan this year.
Nearly 50,000 lives have been lost by
Hoods in China during the year, and
now Japan reports 2fi00 lives lost and
00,000 pcoplo deprived of tho means
of subsiBtenco by tho floods.
Somo timo ago a couple of eggs
wero found in a field in Yamhill coun
ty, by tome children, and were givou
to Mrs. J. E. Brooks who placed them
in a cabinet with other curiosities. A
short time ago sho was surprised upon
looking over the cabinet to find a
young turtle, which had hatched and
was crawling around in tho cabinet.
Telephone-Register.
Aftor tho 17th of this month tho O.
R. it N. will bo known as tho Western
Division of tho Union Pacific. A
change will bo mado in the timo card,
and it is also stated that a fast train
scheduled at forty miles an hour will
bo run botweon Omaha and Portland.
In a few weeks tho postngo stamps
aro to bo changed in color and size.
Tho colors will bo as follows Ono
cont ultramarine blue; 1-cent choco
lato;' S-cent, light brown ; (S-cont, Ver
million; 10-cont, melon green; lfi-cent,
stool bluo; 30-cent, black; 90-cont, or
ango. Tho old two cont stamp will bo
cut down about one-fourth Hinallor, and
bo of metallic red or carmino color.
Wo hope, says tho Cowlitz Bulletin,
our reader will oxctiso us for coming
out late last week for wo could not
hoi) it. Our patent inside had
been brought from tho depot early in
tho week, and had been left in oar
front end among tho groceries. Farm
er Jlttsenbury came in and bought
horso feed, pork', etc,, and on leaving,
loaded in our patent insides mistak
ing it for a roll of bacon, and failed to
return it until Friday. Wo hopo such
a thing will not occur again.
Ono of our exchanges has suggested
that the assessors of Oregon hold a
meeting, and that some uniform plan
of assessment bo adopted for the state.
This is timely, says Tho Dalles Times
Mountaineer, as thore is no question
which is entitled to more just criticism
than tho uniform plan of assessing
property in different counties. If
property wuh assessed at n certain
proportion of its real valuation, com
plaint could not bo mado that somo
counties paid a larger pro rata of etato
taxes than others. Tho statute is not
cxnlicit enough in this matter, ami
each assessor adopts his own plan,
Gardner & Co's.