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he Oregon SPOT TT UNION. OREGON, THURSDAY, KHBKUA1 1T V ino. MO. 33. gsasrawtfiirtu.J.iLajjfui The Oregon Scout. I An Independent weekly Jouninl, iuo(l ev ery Thursday morning by 1 JONES & CIIAXCEY. ; Publishers mid Proprietor. A. K. Jo.ni:h, i Kdltor. f 1 1?. Cuancuv, 1 Foreman. IIATKS OF SUItSCltll'TIOM One copy, one year h1.'9 " Six month LW? " ' Three niontos In variably Cnsh I" Advance. If by chance subta iptinns are not paid till end of year, two dollars will be chartjed. Itntcs of advertising made known on ap plication. JSTCorrespondence from all parts of the country solicited. Adress all communications to the Oregon Scout, Union Oregon. PHKSRYTKHIAN CHUHCII. Services every Sabbath at 11 u. in. and 8 p. m; Sabbath school at 10 a. m; prayer meeting Wednesday, at H p, in. Tiie Ladies' Mis sionary Society meets on the fourth lnday of every month at 2:110 p. in. All cordially invited. K. II. PAHKEH. Pastor l'UOFKSSIOXAI., -yM. KOKNIU. Architect and Builder, COVE, OREGON. Drafts, Plans and Designs for Dwellings, .ami Bridges furnished on application. J N. CROMWELL, M. D., Physician mwi Surgeon. Ofllcc. one door outh of J. 15. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. tji II. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Lav, Union, Oregon. Ofllcc, one door south of Centennial ho tel. JOHN 11. CltlTES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special tios. Ollice, two doors south of post-olllce, Union, Oregon. J. W. Siieltox. J. M. Cakuom,. gHELTON & CAUKOLL. Attorneys at Law. Oilice : Two doors south of posU.fiicc, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention given all business en trusted to us. It. Eakin, J. A. Eakin, Notary Public. J EAKIN , Ss BROTHER , Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. JSTProinpt Attention Paid to Collect.ons. L. DANFOUTII, M. I)., Physician and Surgeon North Powder, Oregon. J) I S K A S i: H Or WOMEN A Sl'CCIALT V. Calls attended to at all hours. ,Q II. DAY, M. D., IIOMEPATII1C Physician ami Surgeon. ALL CALLS 1'ltOMl'TLY ATTENDED TO. Oflice adjoining Jones Pro's store. Can bo found nights at residence in South west Union. U. V. Wilson. Notary Public. A. J. Hackktt, Notary Public. yiLSON A IIACKETT, Attorneys at Law. Collections and all other business entrus ted tons will receive prompt attention. A complete abstract of the land of Union county in our ollice, Managers of the UNION HEAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION OFFICE: UNION, OH. Shingles For Sale! An unlimited amount of No. 1 shingles constantly on hand and for sale cheap. Orders from all parU of the country so licited. s. u. Drnuoroiis, 3-14 tf Cove, Oregon. City- Mel- Met Main Street. Union, Oregon, BENSON BROS. PROPRIETORS. Keep constantly on hand BEEF, PORK- VEAL, MUTTON, SAUSAGE, HAMS, LARD. Etc. Fine Line of Watch our traveler. His Interesting: fixperien-i ees on i lie Roatl. j SOME REMARKABLE EVENTS. Farmtrs and Politics Manner and Cus toms of the Natives. MoMtor., Iowa, .lau. 20, s9X Editok Okkook Scoit: Wo loft our old homo the lSth on tho first sleighing snow of the season, which fell on the morning of the 14th, and on tho morning of tho 10th tho thermometer registered 20 below zero; twenty-four hours after it was 10 above, making a variation of SO degrees in that time. Is it any wonder people e migrate to the gonial clime of Ore gon? On our way to tho train we stopped to sec an old friend, Mr. George Schucek, whom wo had not met for eighteen years. His wife was absent at the bedside of her invalid mother, lie is a successful farmer of broad views and good management. Sale of stock at the proper time has kept him oven in purse at the present prevail ing low prices. Wo regret our stay was so short, but wo bade him and his little children adieu knowing they will be readers of Tin: Scout. Wo liavo talked with a number of farmers here who aio utterly unable to support their families and pa their taxes on a good forty acre farm, and they were farmers who were perfect masters of their business. Of course, the farms of such men are worked un der a high degree of discipline, but there is no noise about it. Men of good business minds do not make much noise in tho management of their business. Men of good, broad, practical minds do not make much noise any where. It is the little things of this world that are tho noisi est. Butter 12 cents .per pound ; eggs 12 cents per dozen ; hay '.' per ton; taxes 22 mills. Buying potatoes at 10 cents per bushel and shipping them to California. The corn crop of Iowa is estimated at 3:1(5,000.000 bushels. No other state ever raised such a crop. But where is the benefit of all this huge crop diverted to? Certainly not to tho toiling, ever-patient farmers who aro selling it oil' at 12 cents per bushel. At the Farmers' Alliance some evenings ago there was discussed the leasons why such prices existed in the face of universal prosperity. Tho principal reason, it was thought, is on account of our money being locked up in tho United States treasury. One enthusiastic cuss fays wo will all soon get a government pension, when our troubles will be ended. This same Mr. Hill we found to be n member of the G. A. R. Tho members of this class aro generally well clad, good feeders, fat and lazy. This Grand Army has n right wine; and a left wing, as other armies have, and a reserve corps, but in this caso tho reservo corps greatly outnumber tho soldiers proper. Tho light wing of tho Grand Army is composed of those who hold ollice under tho government of tho stato or nation, and behind them is a huge leserve of anxious expectants. The left wing of tho army is composed of those who in tho hour of their coun try Vneed areoxpectedto fearlessly draw their pensions, and behind theso is a greator army of those anxious to bo enrolled and expect to be as soon as Tanner's substitute can get around to it. Thus goes tho government sur plus. Who will say tho farmors' sur plus does not fall in thoro too? Harri son in his big message says of those who wero mustered out in sound health and have tinco tho closo of tho war, whilo fighting with tho samo in domitable and independent spirit tho contests of civil lifo, boon ovorcomo by diseaso or casuality. And then cornea Gen. M. M. Trumbull who is very anx ious that tho pension temptation shall not bring dishonor upon tho Groat Grand Army and ho gives tho treas ury rHidors n lushing whioh ought to make them winco. The hulies here aro slavos to tho bustle. An old hayseed espied a box of them setting out ami mistook thum for the late patent wire dishcloth and es, Clocks, Jewelry, bought oiu Half tho young men hero are bald headed from the otlbrts to fill all roquiroincnts of the dude fashion of sliding oil' tho hut when meeting their best gills. At O.-kaloosa wo were captuml by the salvation army. The captain was u Mrs. Dries, three years in tho service. Thoro aro forty-livo valiant -oldiors. By their creed they prohibit dancing, drinking and fine dress, and everybody is con signed to endless perdition who does not believe as they do. For church music they use violins tambourines, brass horns, bass and snaro drums, ith v'.t t'.i- .")'.' i ; u i r. in h h- est pitch, making a combination of outlandish and unoaiUily strains that would frighten oven the devil. At Ottumwa we had four hours layover waiting for the train to Red Oak, but failed of an interview with Doe. Hamilton's relatives there, as tho ollice was vacated by La Grippe or "Grip"' as it commonly culled hire. However, we saw a Jewish marriage. The woman was placed on the right, but throughout Christendom her placo in the ceromony is on the left. At Chariton we learned something the like of which we never heard before a birth and a wedding in the samo house at the same time. The doctor's daughter, Susan, became a happy bride and his other daughter, Mrs. Lockwood, who was visiting there, became the happy mother of a sweet little girl. These are events that can not well be postponed, and so the venerable doctor and the over practi cal preacher, with the natural courage of their natures, had thorn both occur at tho same time. Ottumwa is the place where we turn our face westward and homeward. Tho train is due in twenty minutes now for Reil Oak. Ked Oak. Jan. '.'a, 1S00. This place is on the main lino of tho C. B. it (. railroad, forty miles east of Omaha. Tho division and repair shops aro hero and employ a largo number of men. Tho appearance of Red Oak is inviting as one lolls into the depot and alights. Ho may tako cither street cars or 'bus. Tho city has three ward schools and a splendid high school. Churches are numerous, some ten or twelve. Tho opera house, called tho Little Gem, scats 700 people comfortably. The city has a lire de partment, three hotels, band company, gas and water works, building associa tion, three newspapers, three general banks, four private banks and two wholesale houses. In Rome wo must do as Remans do, so wo follow tho largest crowd to tho top of school hill and rido tho tobog gan sleds down a natural incline of three-fourths of a milo at about forty five degrees pilch and land about one milo from the starting point. They had horses to draw up the empty sleds. How delightful it was for the green Oregonian to hug tho pretty girls knees under his arms I At 11-10 p.m. we board tho Jlyer for Kansas City. A plain cuso of Mohamet and tho moun tain, to see the sights in tho modern Nincvah. At Hamburgh, a little town on tho oast bank of tho Missouri river, we had to lay over two hours for tho express from Omaha. A shabby looking couple came out of a box car that just came over from Nebraska and demanded to bo immediately mar ried as papa was after tho girl. Soon they were made as one, but rather a seedy looking job. Thoro is ono time in lifo when lovely woman should look her lovoliest and that is on her wed ding day. It is a timo of all times when sho crosses tho threshold of her maidenhood to go far out into tho paths of married lifo whero roses blush and bloom, but where, also, thorns abide. Let connubial heartwork and handwork accomplish what it will, let husbands be over so gentle, patient, trusting, kind and true, they cannot provent tho downiest pillow from be ing hardened with tho cures of life. Therefore it is meet that brides should look their prettiest on their wedding day so that she momory of tho occa sion inn y linger with thorn. J. W. MINNICK. Commendable. All claims not comUtent with tho high character of Syrup ol Figs aro purposely avoided by tho Col. Ilg Syrup Company. It aotft gently on the kidney, liver urn! bowels, cleansing tho .ysteiii cll'ectiially, but it Is not u curo-ull ttnd mukes no pre toiiiloin that (.very bottle will not uubttuii tiuto. i Silverware, Guns R. R. EXTENSIONS. An Easy Route Through the OPINIONS OF AN ENGINEER. Tho Natural Advantages of Ualon Make it a Large City. win Si'AUTv, Oregon, ll, 1, 1S00. Kntroii OitiHso.v Scorr: - During a residence of throe years in Eastern Oregon, much time and atten tion has been devoted in acquiring information regarding the geography and topography of tho country, and tho facts aro brought out that owing to tho geographical position of Union it j can bo made tho commercial emporium as well as the railroad center of Eastern Oregon. From Union, nt least three available and aece-siblo routes present themselves for railroad building, among which tho Idaho extension of the Hunt railroad seems the mo.-t important at this wilting, and is made tho subject matter of this article. Rapid develop ment of tho natural resources of a country means rapid and permanont building up of tiie towns accepted as commercial and manufacturing cen ters, backed by natural advantages, and best of all, push, energy and enter prise of the citizen. Union has all the essentials to make her the Osteon city, and if your citizens will stand by tho natural advantages your town possess es, she will bound into prominence and outgrow the expectations of your most enthusiastic admirers. Follow mo along the route I propose to tako you from Union to tho Seven Devils country ; figure closely the ad vantages oll'ercd the railroad and tho benefits that will aeci no to the people along tho route and you will say as I do tho extension of tho Hunt road from Union to Idaho is an assured ne cessity. From Union tho road will bo built up Catherine creek ten miles, then cross an easy dis ido II vo miles to Big creek, then down Mig creek fifteen I miles to Powder River valley; thonco ! to Snake river twenty-live miles, then down Snake threo miles to Lewis ciook, up which stream i found tho only ac cessible route to the rich gold, silver and copper fields of the Seven Devils country in I'daho. When this road is built, whioh surely will be, at least two other roads as feeders to Union will reach out thvir arms and gather in the products from mine and mill, agriculture and lumber, making your town tho manufactoiing as well hh trade and railroad center. Thousands of acres of tho most productive lands will then attract the attention of the settler; happy homes will bo mado, where to-day the bark of tho coyoto is the only music made. Hiiglo, Pine and other productive agricultural valleys will furnish many car loads for ship ment. Hundreds of car loads of horses, cattle and sheep will go to tho markets of tho world over this lino, and tho mines of Sparta, Cornucopia and othor points tributary will prove a nouroo of great revenuo to the roiul us goon us completed. But few of your readers have tho slightest conception of tho imnioiiBity of tho copper deposit in tho Sovon Devils country, and whi n I say with out fear of successful contradiction that forty car loads of high grade copper oro can be mined daily for tho next twenty years and not sink below water level, some idea can bo formed of tho extent of this mineral belt. Hematite and specular iron ores of superior quality are found in inexliuustible quantities in 1 1 io mountains of Idaho, which need the touch of capital and transporta tion to mako them productive of un told millions. Tho rotito given is ac cessible; tho advantages set foith seem sufficient, and by earful management tho road will be built and wo uun all rejoice at tho bonefitw boijtowod upon our fellow man. O. S. B. TEL00ABET TATTLUCO0. Feb. i, 18U0. Suction hands huvu boon in demand here for tome days t. John Gates isnblo to navigate again, aftor a serious attack of rheumutum. A pond of water two feel deep has been standing in main itlreet during and Amunition Just the recent reduction of tin1 many deep drifts near hero. John Hanson is our regular manip ulator of tho saw and chisel now. Those having carpenter work to do please call. We expect to be supplied with extra operator in a short time lo an do night duty. It will bo a groat conven ience to tho post-nuuder and to the many passengers w1k daily arrive at and leave our station. All tho cellars in this vicinity are chuck full of water. Two week ago it was a hnrd matter to get water with which to wash befoio breakfast, but now wo are receiving a tremendous supply. Thojo who listen to tho sermons of our neighboring ministers, occasion ally, have their knowlege of history shocked by the broad deviations said ministers often make. If a man is going to bo an instructor let him bo a truthful one. Tho treatment the prodigal urchins who recently loft bore, aro reported to have received at tho hands of La Grande's tinhorn populace, and va grant raihoaders, should be looked after by frionds of said boys. Such a brainless, shameless, detestable crowd is a line representation of a town that aspires to boa county scat. Noth ing better could be expected in such a low and leperous place. Tho hills "around about Jordan" or Telocasot, aio nearly bare, and tho roads that lead thereto are lough. Tho way of the transgressor is iv handy way in theso parts. (Sunday-school teacher.) Now clul eren, any of you toll mo how Flijah went out of the world. (Original schol ar.) "Like Bludso got outjail backed up to tho window and fell out." Through a private letter from Wil liam Ashby who now resides in Pino valley, we learn that he has killed two cougars, and somo fur bearing animals. Ho is settled permanently in that place, and is well pleased with tho lo cation. Siu Sinum:. CORNUCOPIA. A Bright Outlook for tho Pino Crook Minos -Tho 0. O. M. Co. The Democrat was tho recipient of a very pleasant call yosterday from Mr. Robert ICelley, of Cornucopia, who was on his way to Portland to bo ab sent a few weoks. In regard to tho outlook of tho mines of Cornucopia distiict, Mr. Kelly said : "Tho people of the Pino crook mines aro more hopeful that a number of mining sales will bo mado this sum mer than they havo over before been. "From a careful noting of tho camp I find 2(5 initio that, as far as work has been done on them, give almost positive evidences of becoming divi dend paying properties. And thoro aro a legion of othor mines that aro in that indofinilo condition that it would bo too risky lo predict their future, but doubtless a reasonable per cent, of them will also prove to bo paying mines. "This numbor of mines that havo every prospect of becoming dividend paying properties will lie considered as an ovor-cfltimato by tho majority of mining mon, but tho failing has been that exports in coming to examine tho mines havo romuinod but a few days, whilo it would tako with laborious ex ertion at least two weeks to cxamino tho district. "Tho O. G. M. Co. commenced on tho 2fith ult. to break tho road to tho Red Jacket, and which will bo oponcd to the mine on tho 1st or 2nd inst. Thoro was but little damage dono and in a fow days everything will bo put in running ordor again. Tho mill will most likely start up in two or threo weeks. "Tho now superintendent, Mr. Peolo, has hud a most trying and discourag ing time since ho came to the camp, but he appears determined to push things, and patieuco with a continued effort will overcome all difficulties and again wo will soon hear the humming sound of the stamps and the (thrill whistle of Htoam." Doinocrat. Millinery floods at Cost. M osd aires llldwell & lionson the enter prising inllllnurs of tbli city will now sell nil full and winter good at actual cost. As tholrgomlx are all of the nowent ntylet), those wUhingburgniiiH will do well to cull ut once. Received at A. N. ALBANY. The (Jueen City of the Wil lamette Valley. THE FIRST STREET RAILWAY. Electric Light Plant-Woolen Mlll Santla:n7Water Ditch. The ICniTim Okkoo.v Scout: I have been a careful reader of your invaluable paper for somo time and never having noticed anything from this thriving section of God's universe, I will endeavor to give your many readers a few facts concerning our prosperous and growing city. Albany is a splendidly situated town of between -1,000 and 5,000 inhabitants, contains, besides the usual dry goods, grocery, hardware stores, etc., ten church houses and colleges, a public school, employing eight teachers, iv sisters college, four llouring mills, two planing mills, a woolen mill, iron foundry, ico works, chair factory, wiro mattress factory, and as good an elec tric light system as thoro is in Oregon. Tho motive power to run all this is furnished by the Suntium canal which brings water from tho South Suntiam river to Albany, M miles, and has a running capacity of 200,000 inches per minuto. This canal furnishes tho city with water which is forced all over tho town from tho pumping station at tho end of First street. Albany built her first lino of street railway last year and now has in oper ation about one milo of road and wo are assured by tho company that it will be lengthened as tho needs re quire. Over .$700,000 worth of real estate transfers wero made in Albany for 1880 and over $100,000 was oxponded in buildings last year. Among tho sound institutions of Albany might bo mentioned tho Farmers and Merchants Insurance Co., Albany Building and Loan Asso ciation, Bank of Oregon, Linn County Bank, and also tho First National Bank. These, with the rest of our business men, report a good business. A threo Btory brick woolen mill wiib erected at a cost of over $75,000 and is now in full operation. The Sugar Pino Door it Lumber Co., of Grunt'a Pass, Or., havo completed arrange ments to establish a branch houso hero, work on which will bo com menced at once. Albany is tho meal station of this division of tho Southern Pacific R. 11., also of tho Oregon Pacific which is now operating about 1-15 miles of road ex tending from Yaquina Bay, tho west ern terminus, to Coo, its present east ern terminus, and will roach Boiso City as soon as it can bo built. This will bring Albany on two transconti nental lines. Wo have rail, and rail and steamer connection with San Francisco, also rail and river connect ion with Portland. Thus, you sco, giving us tho very best of transporta tion facilities. As toon as spring opens work will bo begun on tho Alba ny it Astoria railroad which will givo Albany two direct rail outlets to tho sounding sea. Tho Bunk of Oregon will begin tho erection of a threo story brick and iron building as booh as tho weather set tles. Tho building outlay for 1890 will reach moro than ono million dol lars. Albany's growth is pot spasmodic nor of tho boom character, but a good, solid growth which will stay. Thcro aro many othor features which wo might mention, but will stop at this for to-day. Anyono wishing informa tion cun obtain it by applying to either of our nowspapers, of which wo havo two daily and two weekly. Hoping you may hco enough good in this to want unother, I am, Yours for prosper! tyfc P. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Tiik IIK8T Baivk In the world for (Juts, UruUcs, Bores, Ulcers, Bait ltheum, Fever Bores, Tetter, Chapped Hutids, Chilblains, Corns, und all Skin Eruptions, and posl ulvely cures Men, or no pay required, It In guarnntcod to give perfect Batlsfactlou, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For salo at Brown's drug store. Gardner & Co's.