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THE OREGON SCOUT.
AMOS K. JONES
KDITOIt,
City .and County Official Paper.
Thursday, January!), 1800,
KDITOKIAT SOTK8.
The political pot is beginning to
simmer a httlo and will, no doubt, get
to boiling before many weeks. We
think it is nafo to say,, however, that
politics will cut no figure in tbo elec
tion in Union county, and that the
contest will be
local issues.
conducted solely on
Tin: East Orcgonian puts the report
in circulation that a gas well or some
thing of the kind, has been discovered
near La Grande, and that the people
there are very much excited over it.
The E. 0. is about two years behind
time. Wo discovered the How about
two years ago and the thing has been
spluttering and spurting over binco re
minding us of the wind "toughing"
through a "key-hole," or the atmos
phere escaping from a bladder in the
hands of a small boy with a straw.
The gas is genuine, what there is of it,
hut about two thirds of it is concen
trated lie.
Tin: North American Keviow con
tains a lengthy discission between
Gladstone and Uluinoou the subject of
"Krce trade and Protection." Not hav
ing read the debate we are unable to
say whether Mr. Gladstone "approach
es the Hubjcet with a reverential calm"
or not, but if he does it is safo to hay
lie will get the car knocked oil" him
again. The old fellow will find that to
cope with an American sueccsfully ho
will have to put in his licks straight
from the shoulder, in a lively manner
and never think of drifting into u
"reverential calm" until tho mill is
over with.
Thk La Grande Journal reports that
Hunt has sold out to tho U. 1'., and
that the Grande Hondo branch will
not be built. The Gazotto of the same
town says, the road will bo built, but
will comu by way of .Starkey Prairie
and Jiti Grande. Tho two papers
should compare notes before trying to
deccivo tho people. While tliey are
fooling themselves and befuddling
their litttlo coterie of readers in La
Grande who want to believe something
of the kind, preparations for the build
ing of the road by way of Huniiuerville
and Elgin go right along, and befor0
six weeks Hunt will have his army of
men in hero at work.
It will bo noticed by our readers that
(in uiusii!il n'linber- ofnow subscrip-
lions lo 'Tin: Scout, liaVohoon received
during tho past two or three- weekp.
Sinco tho first issue of the paper it has
had such a steady and rapid growth as
to bo considered almost phenomenal.
Although wo havo made no special ef
fort to witlon its circulation, wo can
truthfully say, that thoro has novor
been a single week of its existence that
its subscription list was not larger than
it was tho weok before. This knowl
edge is very gratifying to us as it
proves conclusively that tho manner
in which the paper is conducted has
been satisfactory to the people.
Tin: operation of tho new jury sys
tem adopted by tho two Dakotus will
bo watched with considerable interest
throughout the country. It is the first
attempt to test in modified form the
Pruffiian system, -which permits a ma
jority of a jury to render a verdict in
criminal cares, tho punishment being
Healed from tho maximum in propor
tion to tho number voting for tho vcr
' diet. Hy tho laws of the Dakotas, if
nine of tho twelve men agreo in any
case, their decision will bo accepted as
a verdict. This is a departure in tho
lino of leasou and common sense,
which commends itself. If this meth
od is supplemented by making intelli
gence a qualification of jurors, it can
hardly fail to work sati.ifaetorily-
Tin: La Grande Gazette is fretting
itself almost sick becauso tho county
tax levy is "so high this year" and says :
"Tho levy is tho work of a democratic
judgo who 'has it in' for Li Grande."
All hough tho levy, no matter how
high it is, will not bear heavily on the
proprietors of tho Gazette, wo call their
attention to a communication of Judgo
Goodall's, in this issue of Tin: Scout,
concerning tho subject in question and
other county matters. Tlieir inference
that Goodall runs the county court
is certainly not Jlattering to tho hones
ty and intelligence of the two repub
lican coiniuishionors who oil with him.
Tho honesty and intelligence or tho
two commissioners, however, will not
be questioned hy tho jiooplo at largo,
no matter whal tho Gazotto may say,
CONTEMPT. lOKJCCOUflT.,,
Tho Jackson county Valley Record
of Inst week, for its leading editorial,
had a somewhat surprising phillippic
against tho "jurisprudence" of South
ern Oregon, in which tho statement
was made that the circuit judge had
ordered an investigation into tho fact
of the suspicious disappcaranoc of a
material witness for tho state in a cer
tain criminal case, and then the court
is recommended to "investigate itself
and everybody connected with the
management and manipulation of the
jurisdiction of Southern Oregon:" The
editor then goes on to give a picture
of outraged justice that makes Oregon
tremble for her liberties. He wants to
know why ono man can be convicted
of murder on circumstantial evidence
and hanged by the neck till he is dead,
dead, dead, and another man can es
cape when the evidence is just as "con
victing in its circumstantialness ;" why
attorneys can oiler bribes to grand
jurors; and why other things "just as
queer, irregular and delicate, and too
numerous to mention," are occurring.
The statement is made that, "tho prac
ticing condition of jurisprudence in
this section of the world is as corrupt
and criminal in its methods (in pro
portion to population, amount and
magnitude of crime and purse of crim
inals) as it is in tho cities where these
cases arc regularly handled, by the po
litical boss who makes ttho officials,
fixes the jurors, and attends to the
case for a large sum." Following this,
tho editor takes a shy at tho "political
methods in vogue in Jackson county"
and the shameless way in which its
representative officials arc allowed 0
sell out their constituency for a beg
garly sum.
When the paper was read in court,
Judgo Webster promptly ordered a ci
tation to issue to tho publishers of tho
Record, Jacobs it Kaiser, to appear
Monday. Dec. lfith, and show cause
why they should not bo punished for
contempt of court, and tho end is not
yet. Jt is to bo hoped that if the
Record can substantiate its charges, it
will not bo bulldosed into silence, but
continue to make it uncomfortable for
tho rodents. That is what a newspa
per is for, and in doing its duty it will
receive tho support of tho people.
A (JJCHAT l'Al'in;.
Tho New Year's edition of tho San
Francisco Examiner' was a superb
illustration of tho heights that may be
attained, in the journalistic field, by
the combination of genious, skill and
indominablo resolution. The edition
contained forty-four pages 'MS col
umns of closely printed, original, spicy
and interesting matter, profusely illus
tnH9(.l. Resides tho latest telegraphic
hews fiom every part of tho world, and
able editorials on current OVeiltri, it
portrayed tho past and future of tho
Pacific coast in a unique and original
manner. Several pages are devoted
to tho stirring events succeeding tho
first settlement of tho State, tho discov
ery of gold, and tho marvelous days of
'ID. Tho editorial pago of a San Fran
cisco paper, published in that year, is
reproduced in full, which is interesting
in tho extreme. Several pages repre
sent a nowspaper published in l'.'lM)
forty years hence, and is complete in
every department, containing news
from every part of tho world, a des
cription of several battles fought on
the earth and in tho air with various
new and startling methods of destruc
tion. Two pages .no devoted to the
answers given by the newspaper men
of tho coast to the question: "What
will be the most important invention
(hiring tho next forty years?" Taken
altogether it is a wonderful edition and
reflects much credit on tho managers
of tho paper. The Kxaminer is fast
getting to bo the paper among the peo
ple of Eastern Oregon, and has an ex
tensive circulation here, which is con
stantly growing. Heretofore tho peo
ple have depended for telegraphic news
on tho Portland Orcgonian, which can
no more bo compared to tho Exaniinor
than a pigmy can he compared to a
giant. We are pleased to see the
Examiner coming to the front, and
hope suou to chronicle tho fact (hat it
has started a branch ollico in this
State.
him mm iiim it mi inn rn m
Tin: Portland Welcome says: It
makes tho poor devil sick who owns
his little home and has the rest of his
means invested in the business that
supplies bread and butter for the ba
bies to read tho list of heavy taxpayers
of this county andsoo how they with
out our particularizing cheat in their
assessment returns, while Ins tax is al
most "dollar for dollar." Tho wage
earners and home owners pay the bulk
of the taxes in this county, while the
rich escapo comparatively unscathed.
Such nssoauuout is cold-blooded fraud.
COVE CULLIN'OS.
January 8, 1890.
Mrs. Joseph Lynch and daughter
Miss Gladys of McMinnville, are pas
sing the winter in tho Cove. The
guests of Mrs. Frank Mitchell, sistcr-in-law
of Mrs Lynch.
f,r. John Delaney had the good for
tune to bag a couple of elk on tho big
Minain the other day. They were
very largo and in splendid condition.
Mr. Delaney said, ho encountered a
band and could have killed eevctnl
more had not a shell stuck in his nee
dle gun.
Mr. James Harsin, has received the
contract for filling the Cove Dairy
Companies ice house, and is now haul
ing the ice fiom tho river. James
JJloom is cleaning out Hendcrshott's
pond, and should the weather continue
cold will therein freeze a supply for his
own uso.
Willis Fisher, will establish a cigar
stand in connection with his barber
shop in a few days.
Kev. Wm. It. Powoll returned from a
brief business visit in Portland last
Sunday.
Miss Georgia Powell, leturned this
week from linker City, where she has
been visiting her uncle, Attorney Win.
Smith and family.
During his spare moments Mr. Ed.
Robinson has been working at his
wood pile, in order that he would have
a generous supply of fuel ready for
cold weather. lie was congratulating
himself on the successful completion
of tho job when the very same night
some midnight traveler carried oil' his
wood pile bodily, leaving Ed. only four
sticks to dispel the wintry blast of old
llorealis. Ed. kindly moved his stove
out the next night and set a large steel
trap near by, but tho borrowers had
probably secured a stove in some other
place and kept out of the way.
Mr. fSuy Bridges of D. P. .laycox's
store has been quite sick for several
days.
Sleighing is better than it has been
for several years. Snow is about a foot
deep and scarcely a breath of wind has
yet occurred to disturb its evenness,
and blocks the lanes with huge drifts.
La Giippe, or a similar complaint, is
abroad over tho land of Cove. Severe
colds, eoro lungs, and a high fever seem
to be the symtoins. Although the com
plaint is general, no very dangerous
cases have yet been reported.
Mr. P, V. Chrisnian, is thought to
bo slowly improving, hopes are enter
tained that ho may survive.
The new globe stock for the (lour
ing mill has arrived. Should the
weather moderate the mill will be run
ning in a few days. It will be a gieat
convenience, as all the Hour consumed
in the community is brought from
Union, while there seems to bo a uni
versal famine for bran.
1'iof. Sam White, the celebrated
weather proguosticator is sick, and
now the citizens have to depend on
Ayer's Almanac, for climatic predic
tions. Mr. W's last forecast was to tho
ofi'ect that there would be a "ehiuook"
about tho middle inst.
Combines the juice of the Blue Figs of
California, so laxative r.nd nutritious
with the medicinal virtues of plants
known to be most beneficial to the
human system, forming the ONLY PER.
EECT REMEDY to act gently jet
promptly on the
KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS
AND TO
Cleanse t! System Effectually,
.0 THAT
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r.r.sHiNC cllxp,
KUALTH und STRENGTH
Ha'ur-'.iy fallow. Every one it Uiing it
and r.ll r delighted with it. Ask your
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factured only 1-v il.c
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(,,vi-.v:. ie. 1. N i tv Yow, N. V,
Prof. Loisette's
MEMORY
DISCOVERY ANDTRAININQ METHOD
In nlte i( 1nUrtJ Imtutiom which miM lh
lliw.rr. mlrarticlrulUoMu Origin!, lu pitjtol
th si t iuirirwitt ut Iir vimou wmiMI
roiuiK lUor. uullnlitol "! mitniipu to ijti"Iiun
oil tic fruit vt lultK.r,(U ot which dnmonttnU th
ntul mMl uiwrlonnr uil pomiUntj ol butovctiir.f).
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Umorr Uultui. Ill; rniwctuirn lt tT)i
mmuuiu (( mi1 In all iaru of Ilia f Hid no b ict
ull Mmllad ln rtjalciu l c.wundanc. ah.iwtmr
tht liu KHrm i rtl only tchllttxtno ffuJinf, twt
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IVriutanJ'lWtliiiunlaU aditr '
Vtvt. A. IAjISUTTK, ttU7 I'inU Avenue, N.Y
ELGIN!
The Great Trade Cen
ter of Grande
Eonde
AND WALLOWA VALLEYS,
And tho distributing point for Union
and Wallowa counties.
ELCBN!
The Junction of Two Groat Railroad
Systems, the Union Pacific Oregon
Railway and Navigation, nnd the Nor
thern Pacific Oregon and Washing
ton Territory or "Hunt .System."
ELCBN!
Of all the flourishing towns and cities
in Union county ELOIN is tho only
one that enjoys the distinguishing fea
ture of occupying a beautiful site in
the center of a valley, making it mon
arch, absolute, of the situation.
ELGii.
Js surrounded on the cast south and
west by the greatest wheat grow
ing country on the Pacific coast and
will be connected, direct, with ocean
transportation on Puget sound.
ELGIN
Is surrounded by foothills of the Blue
mountains that are covered from base
to summit with a dense growth of pine,
fir and tnmunic timber that can only
be equalled on Puget sound.
ELGIN
Has Water Power of sufficient capacity
to supply unlimited manufacturing,
and arrangements are now being made
for the erection of extensive grist and
saw mills and other manufacturing in
dustries. Is surrounded by low foothills that
have proven to bo the best fruit-growing
land in Eastern Oregon. Doing
entirely free from the sweeping winds
that prevail in other sections, tho snow
lies on tho ground all winter, a sure
guarantee of a good wheat and fruit
crop.
ELCUi
Can bo supplied at nominal cost
with pure, sparkling, colli water from
Phillipps creek, for domestic use, irri
gation and protection against fire.
ELCBN
Possesses every element and facility
required to make it the leading me
tropolis of two rich counties, and that
its growth will be phenomenal as soon
as the railroads are in rapid progress
of construction, is the opinion of all.
An Opportunity for
Persons of Limit
ed Means!
The Union Ileal Estate and Mining
Exchange is offering lots in their ad
ditions at nominal prices ranging from
$10to$f0. Terms, 25 per cent, cash
and $i per month payments. The
prico of lots will bo raised 10 per cent,
on the lfith of each month during tho
vcar.
It is tho belief of all who have investi
gated that tho value of lots in Elgin
will increase from two hundred to ono
thousand fold within tho present year.
The right time to got hold of a few
lots in the right place, on tho "ground
lloor" prices, is right now.
Communications hy letter or other
wise, will receive prompt nttcnlion,
and selections will ho made for parties
in this manner with special euro.
The Union Heal Es
tate and Mining
Exchange
Is a corporation capitalized at !f20,
000, with $ 12.G00 paid up capital. Hon.
1). W. Lichtenthaler, president ; Hon.
Ii. 11. Kinehart, vice-president; S. A.
Purtol, treasurer; K. S. McCoinns free
rotary. OFFICE : Two doors north of Cen
tennial hotel.
I'arties desiring to buy or soil real
cstato plern-o call on or addroHS
K. JS. MoCQMAri, Union, Or.
Seo'y. U. K. K. vt M.'lix.
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All kinds of Furniture Made, and Upholstering done to order.
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