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fit? iRYifiivi GOUT S VOL. VI. UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1890. NO. 31. The Oregon Scout. An Independent weekly journal, issued ev ery Thursday morula;; by JOXES & CJIANCEY. Publishers and Proprietor-. , K. Josks, I Editor. )' ( B. Chancky, Foreman, ItATIlS OF SUltSCIlirTIOKl One copy, one year . . $l.t,0 " Six months . 1.00 " ' Three moiitOH 75 lnvarlulity Cash in Advance. by chance subset iptions arc not paid till cml oj year, two dollars will be charged, Kates of advertising made known on ap plication. GTCorrespondencc from all parts of the country solicited. Adrer-s all communication to thcOnuGO.N Scout, Union Oregon. PKESIIYTKKIAX OHUKCII. Services every Sabbath at 11 a. in. and S p. in; Sabbath school at 10 a. iu; prayer meeting Wednesday, at 8 p, in. The Ladies' Mis sionary Society meets on the fourth Friday of every month at i!::i0 p. m. All cordially invited. 11. H. l'AUKHK. Pastor l'KOFKSSIONAL,. yM. KOHNIU. Architect and Builder, COVE, OREGON. Drafts, Plans and Designs for Dwellings, and llridges furnished on application. J N. CROMWELL, M. D. , Physician and Surgeon. Office, one door outh of J. 1J. Eaton' etoru, Union, Oregon, r II. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Ofllee, one door south of Centennial ho tel. JOHN 11. CIUTES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special tio. Otlice, two doors south of post-otticu union, Oregon. J. "V. Sheltok. J. M. Caiuioll gHKLTON Si CARKOLL. Attorneys at Law. Oillce : Two doors south of post-v-dice, Un ion, vjregon. special attention given all mibinib en trusted to us. R. Eakik, J. A. Kakin, Notary Public. EAKIN, & BROTHER., Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. EQTrompt Attention Paid to Collect. ons. A. L. DA NKORTH, M. D Physician ind Surgeon North Powder, Oregon. I) I B I! A H 1l fi OF W O M K S A SPECIALTY falls attended to at all hours. Q II. DAY, W. D HOMEPATHIC Physician and Surgeon. ALL CALLS PnOMl'TLY ATTENDED TO. Oflice adjoining Jones Hro's store. Can lie iouiui mguis ai resiuenco in soutn west Union. 11. F. Wilsox. A. J. If ACKHTT, Notary Public. Notary Public. -yyiLSON & IIACKETT, 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 ASSOCIATION. OFFICE: .. . . UNION, OR. Shingles For Sale! An unlimited amount of No. 1 shingles constantly on hand and for Hale cheap. Orders from all part of tho country ko lie.ited. S. 15. IlURItOUnilS, 3-11 tf Cove, Oregon. City - Meat-Market. Main Street, Union, Oregon, BENSON BROS. PBOP1UETORS. t Keep constantly on hand BEEF, PORK- VEAL, MUTTON, SAUSAGE, HAMS, LAKD. Etc. Fine Line of Watch ' Written for The Scout.) tjeu.i:tg fortunes. We were sitting om- night In llio parlor, M illio. Viola and I: Tim Arc sparkled bright on the hearthstone, Thenars sparkled bright in the skf. We were '.ilkiii-.' and joking and singing. An 1 onj tinr a young tieople do When the girls b?rm s-jhcmiiig (as girl w;!.) And declde.l to have something new. t?o they brought out a tabic and sofa We all gathered 'round It in fun They shuHW the cards in a basket, Tlien telling my fortune began. "I should have a fair wife,'' (how their mind run,) "And money and joy by the mint;-' Of a thousand sweet letters and presents, iney aruuuy gave mo a mm. "The farm of your future." they whispered, 'Shall bloom with the roesof lovo. And thcsoiiijs that your children will warble, Shall swell to the angels above.'' "To-morrow." they said, "will a message lie brought frm a far distant friend; You'll be happy" (vainvision)they told me "Your riches shall be without end." Tho fire died away on tlie hearthstone, Clonus roiled across ttie olue sKy They folded the cards and departed I wondered and hoped wilji a sinh. Daws have rolled on and the message Has never emne home to my heart The girlish "to-morrow" has faded. And shattered its visions apart. My farm is a waste on the moorland. My rocs the thistles and thorns And the innocent chatter of childhood. I Seems laughing me proudly to scorn. The wife of my future seems flitting, i A hideous form in my dreams, And the moek wealth "I fain would ' have ehurished, With impish temptation oft' gleams. nd Mollic, fair girl, and Viola i Arc reaping their futures of gold, i While plodding my desolate pathway. I My rich fortune yet is untold. Tims it goes! We may read iu the fancy How some of us grow to be great Hut pray do away with your lnagii The bet way, dear gir), is to wait. ISr.KT. W. Iit'lTMAN. Written for Tub Scout. I THE SSOW STORM. The wintery wind goes whistling by Don't cease a "minit;" It is of little use to try To walk "agin it." You backward go, to forward "git." You'd best do so, Then for a change your heel you hit 'Gainst bank of snow. Perhaps you fall, but what of that You '11 look quite deft And if perchance you lose your hat our hair is left! Oil, your head is bald. 1 didn't know That was the case. Your whiskers may be full of snow Around your face. Now if iierchanec you roach your homo, liold back your iro, And when you get your whiskers conib'd Stay by the (ire. For tho old storm king rides the blast, On mischief bout. And grunts and growls as he goon past Nor is content, Until he banks up every gate, Inside and out, And in tho morn you'll have to wait And turn about And seek for moans the snow t6 lift; Where is tho shovel? You'll find it whoro another drift Has tilled your hovel. Now don't get mad, it's always best To keep quite civil. Yet you the snow may wish tin jest) All to the Dovil. II. C. It, O0VV. CULLING3. Covr.. Jan. 15,lSfO. A plentiful Hipply of wood is being hauled into town at tho rato of $! jior cord. A number of Uoveites went to Union Tuesday as witnesses in the water ditch suit. Mrs. Anna Weaver of linker Oity is visiting hor mother Mrs. A. 11. Robin son this week. Mits Hover, of Rochester, New York, who has been staying at Mr. Froncho's has gone to La Grande. The flouring mill commenced run ning this morning and will suck twenty barrels of flour for a start. Charles Cochran who hits been work ing for some timo in Cornucopia and amassed considerable wealth, has re turned to spend it with his Cove chums. La Grippe is still sporting around town : No one is no one at all unless thoy have it for it visits the rich and the poor, the high born and the low born alike. Tho public school closes iu nine weeks. Those who have not paid their school tax had better attend to tho sumo without delay before it becomes delinquent. Mr. Joseph ICelley, formerly one of the Covo boys, accompanied by his family, are pasting a brief vacation in town. Joe is henil lawyer and man- agor in one of the large saw mills on tho Payette. Hay is in good demand, yet tho sup ply keei juice with the need, prioeti ranging from $15 to $20 iu tho sUick, j and it may oven reach a higher figure, if the snow remains any considerable length of time. No Iom of stock has yet occurred. es, Clocks, Jewelry CORVALLiS. Description oi'tlio State I'icultiiral College. IT3 METHOD OF EDUCATION. Inuruttug Notts by a Young Trom Union County. Lady CoJtVM.Lt?, Or . .Ian. fl. 1MH), EutTon Oricoon Scout: Approaching the city of Corvullis on the O. P. U. U. from Albany, Linn county, one's eyes are first greeted by tho eight of a few scattering houses in the foreground of tho picture, and ris ing up in tho background is the beau tiful new court house, built at a cost of about .?f0,000, and farther on the line public school building. The visitor is bewildered as to which is really tho college, for on coming further up the road ho sees on his right and at the distance of a quarter of a mile a line brick frtructuro, three stories high, sur mounting a slight elevation which seems formed to have a college built upon it. When the train stops at tho depot, the visitor is told that the last imposing structure is the college. Ho goes back to the street, from which the walk enters the college grounds, and is soon inside of the beautiful enclosure, and sees, unobstructed before him, tho stately edifice which is the hope of the city and state. I le passes up a straight walk about nine feet wide, and, if it bo iu tho summer, leaves, gardens of vege- j tables and (lowers on either side, until arriving before tho building, he sees in front of him a mound having upon it tho initial letters "O. A. C". and on either hand a small grove of trees Passing around to tho south side or being a lady, to the north he is ush ered into the college by Mr. Irwin, the janitor, and soon enters the chapel, tho room of President Arnold, or any where ho wishes to go. The building contains nine class rooms and has twelve professors Ar nold, Letcher, Grimm, Hull, Hechtold, Washburn, Lafe, Co veil, Higlow, Irish and Miss Snell, with Prof. Hristow in charge of the preparatory department. The college is now running with about 10 students, representing nearly every county in tho state. Farther west from tho college buil ding is situated tho student's hall, which is now accomodating about six ty students. It is under the charge of tho steward, Mr. Clark, and furnish es board for the comparatively small sum of two dollars per week. On tho farm is a largo hexagonal barn provided with all the convenien ces of modern ingenuity and furnish ing room for several cows, besides two span of horses. Thoy have a small herd of Jorsey cattle on tho farm which is a credit to tho management of that department. Tho farm is being im proved as rapidly as possible with mod ern implements and the work will soon bo one- of brains rather than tho hands, Turning now to tho young ladies' department which is under the man agement of Miss Snell, Prof, of House hold Economy and Hygone, Tho young ladioe are instructed in physi ology and hygeno, social etiquette, sowing and cooking, which is not only tutight theoretically but practically. When they don their aprons and pro ceed to investigate the mysteries of tho kitchen, wo feel satisfied that tho time has arrived and we begin to real ize that: "Wu may live without pootry, niusio and art: Wo may llvo without conscience, and livo without heart; Wo may livo without friends; we may llvo without books: Hut civilized men cannot livo without cooks." Hut it is well at this point to turn aside from tho agricultural and cook ing departments to tho course of edu cation and to the scholars of the school. There are soveral courses of study in tho college: First, tho agricultural, requiring three years and giving the students the title of "II. H, A;" fcecond the scientific course requiring four yours and giving the student the title of "ii. S;" third the mechanical course requiring four years and giving the Utlo of "II. M. E ;" fourth tho litoiary course requiring four years and giving tho title of "1!. L;" and fifth tho Iioiiho- Silverware, Guns hold science course requiring three years and giving the student the title of "H. H. S." There is offered at this college tho chance of acquiring a broad education. The students are j developed both physically and men j tally, in the field, tho shop, tho drill, the lecture room and tho labratory. All male students arc required to wear uniform and to attend military drill HO minutes each day, 1 The horticultural work is carried on J by men who thoroughly understand t their business, and along with the bota ny of each plant is taught the best means of growing it and of keeping it in the best of health. Experiments are being carried on which I am con fident will tenninato in the eradica tion of fruit pests from tho orchards of Oregon if the farmers and other fruit raisers tako tho interest in them which i they should. In the agricultural course the chom istry of agriculture is taught, and be- sides showing that drainage and other sciences belong to fanning, and bene fit the crop, it is shown how they bene fit the crop. In short, the practical part of tho work is destined to make the future citizens of Oregon able to work with his brain and make the best use of all his natural advantages. It will make the farmer tho most inde pendent man in the whole round of trades and professions. Oregon, and in fact our whole nation, has a gieat future, but it must come through prac tical education. The coming man will be the ono who has the brain and heart, and hand:, educated so they will work in harmony and find the true dignity which belongs to labor of all kinds. Tho old fossilized notion that labor is degrading is fast giving way before tho onward march of practical educa tion. Knowledge, that Archimedean lever which moves tho world, is spread ing among the laboring men and wo men, and soon some of her most suc cessful votaries will be found among the farmers of our country. Tho little band of ln() now gathered at tho agri cultural college of Oregon is but tho nucleus around which will gather the musses that are to be tho future rulers of the state. In the near future thero will bo a separate dormitory erected for ladies. J Tho students, both Indies and gentle men, who eonio each year will find tho collego better prepared to receive them than it was tho year preceeding, and increasing age must ever increase edit cational advantages. There are now two nourishing liter ary societies, ono, the "Hesperian" for the ladies and another, the "Dialectic" for tho gentlemen. Thev are both do ing a good work, going hand hi hand with tho work iu tho school. It re quires no stretch of the imagination concerning tho resources of tho college to say that in a few years thero will be a gathering of students at tho collego of which any state would bo proud. expect to see students go out from hero and make their names recognized iu tho stale if not in tho nation. I havo no doubt the timo will come when all of us who ars hero to-day will bo proud to say, "I am a student in tho O. A. C," for truly "We aro living, we aro dwelling, Iu a grand and awful time; In an ago on ages tcili utr. To bo living N sublime. ,r LOIS STEWART. Eupepoy. This is what you ought to have, iu fact, you must havo It, to fully enjoy life. Thousauds aro searching for it dally, and mourning because thoy lii:d it not. Thous ands upon thousands of dollars are spent aiiiiuolly by our people iu the hope that thoy may attain this boon, And yet it inuy be had by all. Wo guarantee that lllectric Hitters, if used according to direc tions and tho use pendsted in, will bring you flood Digoation and ouat tho demon Dyspepsia and install iimtcad Kupepsy. Wo recommend lilectrio Hitters for Dys- popsia and all diseases of tho Liver, Stom ach and Kidneys. Sold at 60c. and $1 per bottle by It. II. I'rown, the druggist, Notlco to Hunters. Kile horns wanted. Fancy prices paid for choice horns. Directions: tiavo kln from shoulder forward; slip along top of neck to horns; pull nkinovcr head, case stylo ;levo horns on skull; bring jaw-bonus; remove (lush. Top cash prices paid for Hides and sheep pelts. Furs a specialty. Oillce and store rooms at Frank ltro'r, warchoiuo, La Grande, Oregon. I can be found at my oillce the second and last Saturdays of each month.-F. L. IIOYJ51L lm. and Amunition Just ON THE ROAD. Iowa as Soon hy Our Cor respondent. ITS FARMS AND FARMERS. Visiting the Old Homestead Time's Chan ges Notes by the Wayside. Maiuon Couxtv, Iowa, Dec. .11, 1SS0. EniTou Scour: Wo left Columbus, Neb., on the overland llyer for UesMoincs, Iowa, thenco thirty-eight miles south on the valley road, to Monroe in Jasper coun ty. After a ride of six miles in a top buggy wc arrived at our old home, after i an anseneo oi lourteen years. Proba j bly one of the sweetest of life's pleas ures is to recall the scenes of our i youth. To one who has wandered away from his childhood home, leav ing parents, kindred and early associ ates, a visit back to tho old homo is ono of the dearest enjoyments that falls to our lot, or at least should be. The very name of homo brings up a Hood of recollections pleasant to think about, because there dwells tho o wnoso memories are uear to us am: where the first twenty-two years of our life were spent which recall hallowed recollections of joys and sorrows that passing time docs not dim nor tho cares of life efface from our memory. This visit to our old home and every by-path, and the retreats whero my name had been carved on saplings while planning the future, were care fully sought out, and tho differences in time and circumstances furnish food for various reflections. Trees stood with but rough sears whero names had been carved. So had time changed other things. Tho dear old mother, now past 72 years, tho trou bio, sorrow, care, and death of loved ones, has left its furrowed marks on hor who cared for our infant helpless ness and shared all our little troubles and joys, over ready to forgive and forget our misdeeds and trangrcssior.s Who would ever in life be worthy but for mother, and never in this lifo do we havo but ono. After all, wo did not recognize our mother or brother. How strange I Little children had grown to maturity; strange faces everywhere on tho old playground ; old fences, trees, bridges, roads and hills aro still there, and at tho little graveyard on the hill we see the little cedar we planted thero seven teen years ago, grown to huge propor tions, and beneath its sweeping, Hut toring boughs wo found tho new made grave, the final and last resting placo of our kind, dear father. Here lies, side by side, a sister and a brother. We lovo to linger long by tho graves of those we so loved in life. Tho wav ing of leafy green branches in mid winter scorns to bid us welcomo, and we ask ourself will kind providence ever permit our return to pay another tribute to this sacred spot? Wo leave saddened in spirit and in mind. ISeyond this land of mist and shad owh. somewhere in the broad infinity of space, among tho spirits of tho true, the good and the beautiful, a bright, happy reunion awaits the earthly pil grims. Who will say it is not bettor for a soul to bo thus transported to that beautiful land, the summits of whoso sunlit hills we can often trace, at least iu happy dreams, than to pass beyond after a long contest with tho trials and temptations of earthly life? The lifo of man is a great book of many pages and volumes. Each lifo is a chapter in tho wondrous story. Men come and go, and the story is briefly told and soon forgotten, Tho snows of to-morrow quickly cover up tho furrows of to-day and over and anon men chat) go and come again. Many hearthstones nro being made bright and cheerful by a visit from the absent loved ones, but liko angel's vis its thoy are yet too few and far be tween. No other state will begin to comparo with Iowa in quality of soil and adapt ation to a high degreo of culture. It was ovidontly intended for an agricul tural paradise, but half a dozen rail roads made a gridiron plat of the state, parcelled it out to themselves, and for a quarter of a contury they havo done naught but carry oil tlio products oi Received at A. N. I the state to favored cities beyond. The fanner has watched with pride the long trains sweeping by, bearing immense loads, and took wondrous in terest in palace cars and dolled his hat to railroad magnates, scarcely realizing that these iron rails and wooden tics, oiT bearing such wealth, are fast im poverishing him. These railroads have brought golden gains to tho fa vored few, but they dwell beyond our great rivers which are bridged and dammed to prevent tho salvation of our manacled toilers behind tho plow. Little hope is left iu tho breast of the builders of Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Paul or Omaha who must still bow to the burdens of brick and mortar laid incessantly on shoulders sore, by taskmasters proud and opu lent. The farmers who build, and build all these cities?, scarcely over havo time or opportunity to look up to tho domes of the palaces they have budd ed, scarcely time to think of their un requited toil. Indeed, some shut their eyes to the fact that Iowa has no cities and stop their ears when it is even hinted, that the accretion of tho prod ucts of their acres is not fairly appor tioned. The farmers here and in Ne braska tell us that tho affairs of tho farmers havo been going from bad to worse for twenty years. Prices for their products have declined steadily. Farming, which in this country ought to pay well, has become one of the most precarious of occupations. At present agrioulturo pays less wages and less profit on tho money invested than any other vocation. Wo givo here tho tho highest prevailing prices for all the principal products : Wheat, per bushel, GO e.ts.; corn, Li and 15 cts. ; potatoes, 10 cts. ; fat hogs, $! per huudrcd; fat steers, if 'A.7H to .$1.00 per hundred; fat cows, $2.00 per hundred; yearlings, $5.00 to $0.00 per head; and it takes -10 bushels of corn to pay for 100 bushels of coal. In Nobraska anil Iowa wo sec moun tains of corn piled and cribbed in every direction and no dvmaud for it. And quite a sight aro the numerous wind mills all over the lovel country. At Omaha wo sco 72 telegraph and tele phone wires crossing over the huge iron railroad bridge. At Dos Moines we saw 10U on one row of poles. There we saw the first electric street cars. Dehorned cattle are all the go bore and it is a great improvement. The election hero is claimed by tho railroad to bo the result of the prohibi tion law, but the peoplo claim it was tho hard times and scarcity of money, and tho high rate of interest charged by tho monoy mongers, that elected the democratic governor. Anything that would give relief is all that was asked for. Tho world is as big for tho farmer as anybody else and tho farm er has as much brains as anybody else. When a situation is bad those most concerned aro the only ones who can remedy it. Nobody else will do it for thorn. J. W. MINNICk'. EAQLE VALLEY ITEMS. January 18, 1800. Sleigh riding is fine, and still tho snow falls. Sleigh hells can be heard far and uear. Health good with tho excoption of a few who are suffering from bad coUIb or something like tho influenza. Stockmen who have not gotten all of their Btock up, aro very busy trying to find them, while others aro kept employed feeding tho great number that havo been brought in. Stock havo been brought hero from Uakor county to be fed on the good alfalfa hay of our little valley. It is thought that tho greater portion of tho hay hero will bo consumed by spring, if not all of it, it now being $7 and $8 per ton, and no ono seems anxious to let t go oven at that price. Wo now have threo schools in our ittlo valley. Wo did havo ono literary I havo understood, but it has recently cloeed. I suppose tho bad weather was tho cause. It is not often that wo havo religious sorviccs, but it is hoped that tho timo is uot far distant when we will havo a good sermon every Sunday delivered by an exccllont speaker aud from the scriptures and nothing else, Success to Tub Scout and bcst wlHh- cs to tho editor. GUESS. Hubicribe for Tnis Obkooi Hcopt, Gardner & Co's.