THE Oregon scout. VOL. VI. UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1889. NO. 21. I V The Oregon Scout, An independent weekly Journal. lucil ev ery Thursday liiornlns dv JOXES & CIIAXCEY. PublUhers anil Proprietors. A. K. .lONUS, ( I 15. Ciiancuv, Kditor. f 1 1-oreman. r. ! liATIIS OF SUriSCnil'TIOK: Ono copv, one year ... it-'"0 " " Six month 1.00 " " Three inonto- J Invnrlnlily Ca!i In Advance. by chance nuburtiptlons are not paid till end of year, two dollars will be chanjed. Katc of advertising made known on ap plication. 3J-Correspondenco from all parts of the country solieltctl. Adress all communications to the Okbgon Scout, Union Oregon. OnHSnYTKltlAX CIIUltCH. Services X every Sabbath at 11 a.m. amis p. m; Sabbath school at 10 a. m; prayer meeting "Wednesday, at S p, m.. Tliu Radios' Mis sionary Society meets on the fourth l ml sn ot every month at 12:30 p. in. All cordially invited: K. H. PAKKKll. Pastor IMIOI'KSSIONA It. Eakin, J. A. Kakix. Notary Public. J EAKIX, fc BUOTllEH, Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. flSTl'rompt Attention Paid to Collcct.ons. JOHN It. OltLTES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special ties. OHiee, two doors soutli of po.st-ollice, Union, Oregon. J. W. Siici.to.n-. J. M. Caimioi.l. g HELTON & CAltltOLL. Attorneys at Law. Office : Two doors couth of post-oliice, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention given all business en trusted to us. rjt II. CUAWFOHD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Office, one door south of Centennial ho tel. 1$. P. Wn.so.w Notary Public. A. J. IIackutt, Notary Public. -yILSON & 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 office, Managers of the UNION HEAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION. OPPICE: UNION, Oil. J N. CROMWELL, M. D. , Physician and Surgeon. Office, one door outh of J. 15. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. Q 11. DAY, M. D., HOMEPATIIIC Physician and Surgeon. ALL CALLS I'llOMl'TI.Y ATTENDED TO. Office adjoining Jones l?ro's store. Can be found nights at residence in South west Union. L. SAYLOlt, M. I)., Ph. G. Physician & Surgeon, Union, Oregon. Graduato Hush Medical College, Chicago. Office at Union Pharmacy. Calls prompt Jy answered. L. DANFOUT1I, M. I)., Physician and Surgeon North Powder, Oregon, i) i s e a s i: s or wo m n j a h r e c- i a l t v. Calls attonded to at all hours. WM. KOENIU. Architect and Builder, COVE, OREGON. Drafts, Plans and DoxUns for Dwellings, and Ilridges furnished on application. City - Meat - Market. Main Street. Union. Oregon, "BENSON HItiS. PHOl'llIETOUS. Kep constantly on baud BEEF, PORK- VEAL, MUTTON, SAUSAGE; HAMS. LAUD. Etc Fine Line of Watch Written for Tun Scoi tJ twilight thoughts. At close of day, in uulight gray, My mind was busy thinking; A planet bright was in my sight As It went westward sinking. Then 1 wondered and 1 pondered, Till mv mind became serene; When, like a dot, a little sot Wa near the planet seen. And a daylight passed into night, And time rolled on apace, More little dots and shining spots Shone out before my face. Where e'er I turned, before me burned Unnumbered gems of light: And eacli to me appeared to be A world both fair and bright. I thought, who knows but joys and woes, As here, are there as well? Or whether strife, or peaceful life, Upon those orbs does dwell!" Why not each ono a noonday sun, To other worlds like this? Whereon dotli dwell, in glade and dell, lleings in earthly bliss. Why should we call this little ball, Upon which now we are, The only sphere of Joy or fear Of all tho worlds so fair? Not as a drop within a cup, lint a drop within the sea, Compared with all this earthly ball, An atom seems to be. The powers that hold, and lives unfold, And give to worlds their birth, Did they combine, and all incline To people only earth? As mind expands and understands, And walks in wisdom's way, The thoughts that seem now as a dream May yet be clear as day. II. C. E. Union, Or., Nov. 7, 1889. HIGH VALLEY. "Homo's" Regular Budget of Interesting Local News. Nov. II. 1SS0, Mr. H. C. llobinette is happy over the advent of a son. Mr. John Welling is enlarging his house. The lato rains mako wood hauling to town quite bad on teams, but still they go. Tho dancing season is upon us, and Thursday night we all try our hand. No one takes everything at tho shoot ing match. Everybody gets a piece of moat. Mr. E. S. Tinkham has a remarkable dog that cannot bark. He has lost his yelper. The supervisor has about finished work on the High valley division of the Cove and Big creek road. Plowing, sowing, butchering, wood hauling and dancing is the order of the day. Some ono tell us who was swinging that big girl on tho garden gate. We saw their tracks, not here, but else where. Tho seven months term of our pub lic school has just closed. Wo give a list of those who excelled in each class. Several others had good papers, of whom wo hope to speak of at some futuro time: Pupils neither absent nor tardy, Bertha Wilkinson and Rob ert Hathaway. Arithmetic class A, Kobcrt Hathaway, 95 ; class B, Clara Clinc, 95. Language Jessie Minnick, 81 ; Bernico Logedon, 8-1. Geography Mary Logsdon, 89; Bernico Logs don, 89. History Robert Hathaway, 77. Spelling Mary Logsdon, 100. HOMO. Mccarty's Pension Claim. Col. Stono received tho following poem by mail from New York Thurs day morning, and while it is very hu morous, yet it represents the plan by which tho government is robbed daily, under tho administration of Corporal Tanner, by tho thieving pension-claim agent. Tho country is full of McCar ty's, us the tax-payers are well awaro : 'Are yez tho plnsiou-cloim agent, Whose name is down thero on the dure? Well, me name, sor, is Torrance M'Curty, An' I'll put me hat doon on the fluro While I tell yez me business. Tim Mur-phy- Ile's a neighbor of moine, sor, is Tim, lias jist got his pinsion, an1 I, sor, Did the boolk of tho swearln' for him. These pinslons are very convnnicnt, An' they're ulsy to git, too, yez nee. So I thought that I'd take wan meself, now, An' have Tim do the swearln' for me. So many are thrying for pinsions That I thought I'd thry It a whack. For somehow in Jceppln' the bounties, Hedad, sor. I hurtedmo back." tiubtcribo for Tub 0:eoo.v Scout. - - o - es, Clocks, Jewelry, SPARTA. The "Little L'ittslmvj?" a lleirular Bonanza. GENERAL ACTIVITY IN MINING. Mining News, and Notes of Interest, by Our Regular Correspondent. Sparta is having quite a building boom and moro new buildings have been erected than for several years. Mr. Langrcll, tho saw mill man, ap preciating the permanency of our camp, has moved his saw mill from Cracker creek and is located two miles north of Sparta in one of the finest lumber woods in tho state and will be ready to fill orders in ten days. The Little Pittsburg is dropping her stamps on very rich ore and in a few days a big clean-up will be mado which, from present indications, will be the richest one hundred ton run made in Eastern Oregon in 1SS9. There are many tons of the same class ore in sight, and, as we predicted some timo ago, tho Little Pittsburg is anoth er snccessful mining enterprise for Union county. The owners of the Oro Dell have made arrangements with tho Little Pittsburg Co. to tread several tons of their ore and the same is now ready at tho mill, and if this mill run will show the ores as valuable as tho assay and pan tests made by some of tho best metallurgists in the country havo reported them, another mill will at once be built, and as it is tho intention of tho owners to establish a custom department wo are all anxious for tho success of tho Oro Dell. Another largo mining deal, embrac ing some of tho best mines in the vi cinity of the Dolly Varden, and amounting to many thousands of dol lars, iB now on the books and will bo reported in my next. The lato cold weather has closed tho placer mining season which lias been very successful tho past summer, and it is believed from the best information obtainable lhat tho Chinese companies working on Thorno gulch have cleaned up at least $15,000 in dust. The McGeo group of mines, owned by Frank McGee, on East Eagle are under bond to a strong California company and two cash payments havo already been made on the property and ten thousand dollars more will be paid next August, if tho mines con tinue to improve, and tho final pay ment will be mado a year later. Tho mines in tho vicinity of Ft. McGeo are pronounced by experts tho most prom ising freo gold properties in Oregon. The Mint, owned by Jud Cook and John Younger, adjoining tho McGeo property, is developing into a veritable bonanza and tho fortunato owners do clino to entertain a ton thousand dol lar proposition. Sovoral 'important sales havo al ready occurred and other properties arc in the hands of tho experts for final examination. Davis and McGeo sold their entire interest in and to tho Gold Itfdgo, Legal Tender and Hidden Treasure to Jay Guy Lewis of tho Del Monto company, and rumor says that gentleman has already placed an un divided half interest to New York par tics who arc now on tho ground. A car load of oro is being sacked from tho Gold Itidgo and will either bo treated at tho Littlo Pittsburg or shipped to Denver, Colorado. A. G. Waldron sold tho Gold Hill mine, which is tho north extension of tho Gold Bidge, to John Itapelje and T. A. Hetherington, lato of tho Union Pa cific Jl. 11., and extensive explorations will commenco under the new man agement at onco. Ed Hardy, tho ir repressible rustler of Baker City, has in bond oxtensivo mining interests and it is announced that ho has just sold an interest in tho Hazel Whito to tho well known mining engineer, W. B. Fisher of Deneer. Major Wilkin son has sold the Blue Gulch initio to Charles I teed, of Polo, Illinois, and Captain Clough and Keed aro now tho lucky owners of tho eolobrated Gray Eagle mine, which adjoins tho Winter mine, now being succcstfully worked by Dr. Morotto and brother. O. S. B. Silverware, Guns TKH PARX. Shoatinj Match For Turkeys Utarary Society Organise!--Farm SoUt. Items searee. Health is good and everybody hap py. . The school is progressing nicoly ami everyone pleased. There has been rain enough and the farmers are buy plowing. 1 hear that Mrs. Ike Van lifts had an attack of the asthma, but is bettor now. j Messrs. Jo South and Wallace Banks aro hauling lumber to Sparta and Ea gle valley. Mr. Matt Shaw has boon making improvements on his farm by fencing in more of his land. Mr. Uutledgo's hand is getting well very fast. He thinks he will not loso the use of his fingers entirely. Mr. Jared Shaw has built'a nice and commodious house on his homestead on Shaw creek and has come' to stay. A shooting match for turkeys next Saturday at John Wilson's on Big creek. Tho Park will be ropromtod. Mr. Archie Boyle and Mrs. Mary Cougar, of the Cove, were in tho Park a few days, but returned this morning. Mr. Samuel Vanorder and his two sons, A. and John, have gone down on tho Grande Hondo to trap for beaver. We havo had ono sermon preached in the Park one sermon only by Mr. Johnson, and he left no appoint ments. Tho weather has been very nice this fall, with enough rain to make the grass grow nice, and stock do well on the hills. Mr. II. M. South, the station keeper, feels happy in cleaning tho stago horses since Mr. Elliott is paymaster. He thinks his pay sure now. The cyclone lias left and gone back to Moscow, Idaho. He camo to see his relations in tho Park. He was a great talker and therefore got the name of cyclone by the hoys. Ezra Van and wife havo moved down to their home on I'owder river. He has been at work at tho saw mill nearly all summer. Ulza Van has gone to Moscow to bo away all winter. Mr. Haller, of Lyon's hill, has moved his family to tho Park to send his children to school. He slays on tho placo to attend to tho slock and keep the coyotes from eating up his pigs and other slock. The literary and debuting society opened for the winter last Saturday night. Next Saturday night thoro will bo a spelling match and tho ques tion, "BeBolvcd, That thero is moro in harmony than harmony in nature" will bo debated. Anyone wishing to take part, lot them come on ; they will bo welcome. So take choice and conio on and help us. No dilforonco which side is taken it will help mako it inter esting, anyway. Praise God from whom all cyclones blow, Praise Him when rivers overlow, Praise Him who whirls tho rhurchos down And sinks tho boats, their crews to drown. MOIKE. Floase Digest This. Tho power of tho local pros is un limited. It attracts woalth from abroad, and makes known tho resources and capabilities of tho city or town. Ev ery advertisement in a local paper is an advertisement of tho town it it) tho voice of tho merchant to his customer and to those who dwell at a distance. It acts in many different ways to bono fit tho town and increase its biuincss prosperity. For thofcoand various oth er reasons, it is tho part of patriotism and honesty for men interested in the growth and prosperity of a town or city to patronize thoto who patronizo them, and to help support and build ifp homo institutions rather than thoae abroad. In other worda, advertino in your home paper and nhow to distant communities that you can upprooinlo tho efforts made to develop your town or city. BucUlcn'a Arntoa tlalva. Tun Iliwr Sai.vk In tho world foi Hull, HruiHOS, Soft, Ulcer, 8lt llbeuiu, l-Vver Soros, Totter, Chapiwd Hand,, ( 'hilliUhw, Corns, and all Skin Kriution, mid i. alvely cures Pile", or no pay re iilred. It In uunninteed to (five perfect u.'in-iion or uonoy rfuiidad. Price .:") -- t . per box. Komnlent Jlrown' drug -tore !and Amunition Just1 THE COVE. Necktie Parly for the lione- i (It of (he School. : A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. An Old Pioneer Tho Fruit Business Improvements. Cove, On., November l.'l, IS..). Mrs. Jennie West, of Hast Portland, accompanied by her two sons, is visit ing her aunt, Mrs. Jas. Hendershott. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Foster, promi nent and popular citizens of Union, visited their many Cove friends and relatives this week. The new machinery for tho Cove flouring mill is expected daily. Tho ditch is completed and grinding should soon be commenced. Mr. J. E. Hough has bought tho land opposito tho public school build ing, of E. P. McDaniel, and is enlarg ing the dwelling thereon. Mr. H. will embark in tho fruit business and being a gentleman of energy is suro to real ize handsome profits in tho venture. A. .1. Foster it Son have sold the Doney nursery to H. II. French who intends building a lino dwelling on tho property next season. Messrs. Doney and May havo rented tho nurs ery portion of tho premises for a term of years and will conduct tho fruit treo business as heretofore. Mr. Thomas Arthur, who has been employed for iomo timo past in the Excelsior Tanning Company's works, leaves this morning for Portland, whero ho will work at his regular business as a plumber. Tommy says that men in his business are not such highway rob bers as thoy aro credited with being. Gen. J. II. Stevens, of Clover Creek, with his niece, Miss Nellie Stovons, was down this week. Tho General is probably tho best preserved man of his ago in tho county of Union, being in his Sfith year and with nono of his senses seriously impaired. His mem ory is particularly correct and it is very interesting to hear him talk of tho many incidents of his eventful life. The ladies' guild will give a necktie party at tho hall Friday evening of this week. Tickets for tho danco and supper have been placed at tho low figure of one dollar per couple. Tho proceeds will bo applied to completing the feneo around Ascension school. A pleasant, sociable timo will bo had and all should attend and purchaso a ticket, thus aiding in tho worthy calico of beautifying our town. Mr. Geo. Barnes, whilo working in tho camps abovo La. Grando, sulfered a dislocation of tho hip by a load of ties falling on him. Not realizing tho extent of his injuries, he did not call medical assistance until ton days after tho mishap. On this account tho op eration of replacing tho hip was severe and painful. Dr. Hardinge, assisted by Dr. Croinwoll, performed tho surgi cal work successfully and tho pationt is now resting easily. A Supremo Court Decision. Tho following supremo court decis ion of tho state of Indiana proves inter esting at tin's timo as it is a parallel caso to that now before tho supremo court of Oregon, wheroin Gov. Pennoy cr asks to ho sustained in his appoint ments on tho railroad commission. Tho constitution of Indiana and Ore gon aro identically tho samo and whilo in Oregon Governor Pennoyer is called a "crank" because of tho stand taken by him, in Indiana tho supreme judges decide that it is law. Tho decision is as follows under tho dato of tho 7th : Tho Indiana supremo court to-day handed down a decision in tho cases brought for tho purpose of having an interpiolatlou of tho provisions of tho constitution relating to tho filling of minor state offices. Tho caso decided, and those which the decision affects, are those in which tho officials appoin ted by Governor Hovoy sought poss ession of offices filled by tho democratic logislaluro, rogaidless of Hovey's ap pointments. A majority of tho court holds tho election by tho legislature was illegal ; also, that tho governor has no inherent right to appoint, because the offices should ho filled by election ly the people, hut as tho offices oxist kKitlly thoy aro now vacant and must be filled by tho governor' appoint inont. Received at A. N, ATHENA LETTER. Notes from over the Mountains Effect of the Hunt Road on the price of Wheat. Athksa, Or , Nov. 10, ISM). Enirou Srorr; Not seeing any items from this sec tion of tho country in your paper I thought a few might bo interesting to your many readers. Tho weather is tine for fanning at the present date. The lato rains have put the soil in good condition for plow ing. Quito a number of teams are busy hauling wood from the mountains and piling it up hero for salo this winter. Wheat buyers on tho Hunt road last week were paying .17 cents per bushel for good wheat. Those on tho O. It. & N. were paying "i2 and .' cents. Tho Justice court has been so crowd ed with litigants that it was necessary to hold court last Sunday. Sam. Mansfield, one of Athena's sa loon men, has two pet bears and a badger in ono cage in his rear yard. It is one of tho most laughable scenes of the day when they get to fighting, 'fho badger comes off victorious every time. Mr. Jack German has quit tho jew elry business and accepted tho agency for selling ICirk's patent leaf store shelves in Grant, Baker, Union and Wallowa counties and will canvass Un ion this winter, commencing somo timo in December. Tho Athena Press gave an account of six births in tho burg this week. There were two moro out in tho sub urbs, but for lack of space the paper could not give an account of them. Too bad. Kissing 'kby Mail. A young postmaster in Garfield county was hard at work, says tho In dependent, when a gentle tap was heard on tho door and in stepped a gentle maiden of 10 with a money or der which sho desired cashed. Sho handed it with a bashful smile to tho official who, after closely examining it handed her tho money it called for. At the same time ho asked is sho had read what was written on tho margin of tho order. "No I havo not," sho replied "for I can not mako it out. Will you plcaso read it for mo?" Tho young postmaster read as fol lows: "1 send you three dollars and a dozen kisses." Glancing at tho bashful girl ho said : "Now, I havo paid you tho money and I suppose you want tho kisses?" "Yes," sho said, "if ho has sent mo any kisses I want them too." It is hardly necessary to say that tho balanco of tho order was promptly paid and in a scientific manner at that, and eminently satisfactory to tho coun try maiden, for sho went out of tho office smacking her lips as if thero was a tasto upon them she never encoun tered before. After sho arrived at homo sho re marked to her mother: "Oh, mother, but this poHtoflico system of ours is a great thing, dovoloping moro and moro ovcry year, and each now featuro add ed seems to bo tho best. Jimmio sent mo a dozen kisses along with tho mon oy ordor, and tho postmaster gavo mo twenty. It beats tho special delivery system all hollow. Qod Bless the Kickers. God bless tho kickers, tho dear old kickers God bless them every one. For thoy'll kick when you'io sober and in for work and thoy'll kick when you aro in for fun I Thoy'll buck on improvements in real estate; thoy'll buck nt booming tho town and at ev erything that'll work for good, somo kickers will frown and frown 1 If this thing or that thing is thought to bo good somo other thoy'll Bay will bo better and if ono could writo thorn up as a "mass" they'd knock ofT that superlluoua letter I When theso eelf samo kickers arrivo at tho gates tho pearly gates of heaven they'll kick if ofiored a nico small crown and pick out a number 'lovenl On earth, in heaven, at homo, on tho street, thero aro men who aro bound to kick until wo declare thoro'H no pcaco anywhere 'tis ouough to mako a man sick. So out on thoso kiokors, those cronic old kickersthat blight that iH thrust cm a town and whon thoy kick with their mulish ways, for heaven's sako frown them down, Ex. Gardner & Co's,