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Oreg . Scout. I HP VOL. VI. The Oregon Scout. An independent weekly Journal, Nsued ev ery Thursday niornlm; bv JONES & CJIAXCEY. Publishers and Proprietor. A. K. Jo.m:s, I 1. ClIANCKY, Editor. 1 I Foreman. KATKS OF SUltSCKll'TION: One copy, one year $l.M " " Six months 1.00 " ' Three montos 75 Invariably Cnli In Advance. If by chance tubsa iptinns nre not paid till tia of year, two dollars will be chanjal. Hates of advertising made known on ap plication. E37Correspondcncc from all parts of the country solicited. Adrcss all communications to the Okegon Scout. Union Oregon. RKSIIYTEUIAX CHUHCII.-Scrviecs every Sabbath nt 11 a.m. and 6 p. in; Sabbath school at 10 a. m ; prayer meeting Wednesday, at 8 p, in. The Ladies' Mis sionary Society meets on tliclourtli iri(iay of every month at 2:.'i0 p. in. All cordially invited. It. II. l'AKKEK. Pastor l'KOFKSSIONAL.. TM. KOENIU. Architect and Builder, COVE, OKEGON. Drafts, Plans and Designs for Dwellings, aud Bridges furnished on application. J N. CROMWELL, M. D. , Physician and Surgeon. Office, ono door outh of J, B. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon, f II. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Oflicc, one door south of Centennial ho tel. JOHN II. CRITES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special tios. Office, two doors south of post-office, Union, Oregon. W. Shelton. J. M. Cakkom,. s HELTON & CARROLL. Attorneys at Law. Ofliec : Two doors south of posK.lilcc, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention given all business en trusted to us. It. Eakin, J. A. Eaki.v, Notary Public. J EAKIN, & BROTHER, Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. ft35Prompt Attention Paid to Collect. ons. A. L. DANFOKTII, M. D., Physician and Surgeon North l'owder, Oregon. IlIBKASKS OK WOMEN A SPECIALTY. Calls attended tout all hours. Q II. DAY, M. D., HOMEPATHIC Physician and Surgeon. ALL CALLS PKOMPTLY ATTENDED TO. OfHce adjoining Jones Rro's store. Can be found nights at residence in South west Union. B. P. Wilson. a. J. Hackktt, Notary Public. Notary Public. yyiLSON fc HACKETT, Attorneys at Law. Collections and all other business entrus ted tous will receive prompt attention. A complete abstract of the land of Union county in our office, 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 sale cheap. Orders i'rom all parts of thu country so. licited. S. B. M'ltltorOHS, 3-11 tf Cove, Oregon. City - Meat - Market. 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. Jlis Account of Interesting Ob. j cots. THE KANSAS CITY OF TO-DAY. Some Immense Establishments Tbe Pro hibition Law in Iowa. Kansas City. Jan. 24, 1S00. Editor Okero.v Scout: Ono often bolicvcs that the good old times wore best, but those old days are going. Tlie small towns are enlarging and our big cities arc choking and gorging with people, elbowing each I other into the gutters, and fighting j ri ght iU1(1 loft for ft ,iving u ;s ft i . qucsuuu iui scientists wuutuer our country is not better on" when the peo ple are evenly distributed over the land, rather than crowded into the cities. But, after all, wo modern peo ple must follow the tendency of the times. Some day people will look to these days and talk of the good old times to their youngsters. All things have their state of ilux and increase of action, and it probably is not safe for man to set up protests against the natural evolution of things as they take place in this world of ours. These weie some oi our quiet meditations as wo rode over this proud city of two hundred thousand inhabitants. This city has as good a system of cable cars as any in America, and for five cents you can ride over seven miles on ono road by transfers. The entiro city is interlaced with them, ono elevated road and cable routo beneath the same on the entiro system. Trains pass every three minutes. Kansas City is situated on a hilly bluff on the bank of the Missouri river, and tho streets in some places are on an inclino of somo -15 degrees. The cable cars seem to stand on end as they go head long down the track. It makes one's hair raise to make tho first trip. The Metropolitan Cable Co. have electric lines and own the machinery that run both lines. The power used is two Cnrlcss engines of U50 horse power each. These cables cost from $14, 000 to $1(5,000, are made of steel wire and last from four to live months. Their earnings for 1SS9 was over one million dollars. That alone will tell of the volume of the street travel in Kansas City. A grand sight is from tho top of the bluff looking at the legion of lights burning, of all colors, and moving, flickering signal lights of the sixteen different railroads hedging in around the Union depot. Ono who sees it will never forget it. There arc twenty thousand negroes in tho city and one Fees them everywhere There is two negro school houses, the Sum nor and Lincoln, where the shady urchins can learn ,(A B C's." Our in- i speotioiia of ono day around the stock yards convinced mo they arc second to nono but those of Chicago. They cover several acres of ground and one yard can accomodate 20,000 head of cattlo and that many hogs. Besides thoro are two other smaller yards. I saw 11,000 head in tho pens ono day on my visit there a grand sight in- j deed. Hogs by tho thousand, Ar mour's packing house, working 21, 000 men, killing hogs at tho rato of ten por minute. What I saw there and in tho various other firms we have visited will bo given in some future lotter. Tho telephone company of tho city has 12,000 boxes in use. Tho New York Lifo Insuranco company's building is twelve stories high. I rodo in an elevator to tho pinnacle, and saw the top of Kansas City, a black, stnokey, dirty prospect indeed. Tho smoko, on our first view, thirty miles distant, could bo plainly seen hovering over the city liko a mantle of hades wo read about. Quito an excitement provuils around tho stock yards on ac count of the Alton railroad cutting cattlo rates to Chicago. Tho average shipmonts nro 12,000 per day, and tho reduced rate was swelling this number greatly, and speculations wore running high. Tho rato war is now only be gun on cattlo and it is to be hoped it will not stop until the desorving Nebraska- farmers can get reduced rates on corn to relievo thoin of tho hard time they are having, with millions of hurholti of corn and only 15 cents per es, Clocks, Jewelry, i UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY !U, IsflO. bushel offend. A portion of the city that now contains ne.ir "iO.OOO popu lation was a corn field ten years ago. All the way down the Missouri river there are hundreds of teams and men engaged putting up ice. There seemed to be no limit to the wholesale demand for this product. The sycamore, white elm, hackbury and buckeye trees on the river bottoms were a feast for the eye. Wo are asked so many times "where in the west do you reside," and i we ask "where in the east do you 1 board?" One man, a New Yorker, says ho isj"gomg east" when he goes to Maine. In Dakota a man who makes a journey to Chicago says he is "going east." At Cincinnati people go to tho "far west" when they take a trip to .atelytho Kansas City Kansas City. I Times said of a representative who had just returned to that city from an ex tended tour in tho west: "Where is the cast and where is tho west in this country, anyway?" Tho prohibition law of Iowa is a complete failure. Everywhere in our travels through tho state can be seen men who have liquor all tho time and plenty to give away. I saw whole jugs full of it in stables and barns, bottled up and stored away in every conceiva ble place, and as bad as tho drinking habit may seem in the inland towns it is nothing compared to the river towns outside of Iowa, such as Kansas City, Hannibal and St. Joe. The shocking sights that meet the eye in the low parts of these liquor towns are horrible and distressing. Only ono railroad represented in Kansas City would sell us a through ticket with a three days' layover at Extcr, Nebraska, where wo wished to visit a brother. The B. it M. most graciously granted our humble request and we leave the city rejoicing over all our good fortune. Having found Mrs. Logsdon and her family, the mother of Mr. Bernard Logsdon, of I Iigh val ley. They are happy and contented, tho girls especially. Four of them aro at home and they don't want to mar ry. AVith Mr. Joseph II. Logsdon for guide we "took in" tho town for two days and nights. With many rogrets we bid them adieu and start for our brother's homo in Nebraska. J. W. MINNICK. COVE CULLINGS. Cove, Feb. 11!, 1890. Items this week aro a variety and tlinsn wliirdi minniLr nro lint, nf llin mnst. ! i i - startling moment. Mr. C. C. Olson has commenced building a commodious dwcllingon his premises. Mr. J. L. Gibson, assisted by Mr. Ed Robinson, is doing the car penter work. Mr. K.B. Burroughs sawed 20,000 shingles last Tuesday. Ho, uses both steam and water power. Mr. J. E. Hough will try gardening on an extensive and scientific scale. His soil is of tho very best and ho no doubt will raise a largo quantity of tho choicest garden "sass." Prof. E. B. Conklin will hereafter accompany the choir of tho Sunday school class at tho Morrison church on a cornet. A prominent and popular instructor of Covo says that walking from Union bore is better than could bo expected, and that u pedestrian is well treated along the routo. lie does not believe in allowing a stago lino to becomo a monoply. Several of our young men bid thoir friends an affectionate farewell and star ted on a brief vacation Sunday. Fail ing health made it necessary that they should seek a different climate for a time. Mrs.M. Jf. Eaton will give an anni versary ball and supper on tho evening of the 2Jst inst. Sho will make every effort to insure her guests a splendid time. Mr. Swain has recommenced work on John Wugncrs house, and will hurry it through to completion. FrankKolly has secured tho agency for Stanley's African Explorations. Jt is u book of absorbing interest. Millinery Goods at Cost. Mcsdaires Iiidwell A llonson the enter prising Milliners of this city will now Bill nil fall mid winter goods at actual coU. As ihelri.'oodure nil of the no wct styles. thoe wUhing bargains will do well to call at once. 2 Silverware, Guns AN IOWA LETTER. Written by a Fur in or Jiesi dent of Tnion. VISITING THE OLD HOMESTEAD. A Somnambulist's Freak Chleajo's Lingo Personal Mention. lhvi-i! lrvi-rmv .!.,... I'M. f 1 MO Editou Scoot: Doubtless you have placed mo on your coriospomlcnts' black list before this, but with tho old maxim in view lh,u it is nover too (U(, , (lo gQO(1( , wU1 tlt onc0 ,,ro(.ec,i to let vou know 1 am still on earth. 1 am no more an obscure denizen of that truly wonderful city, Chicago, but have, to use some of its own elegant "lingo," once moio got a "slant on mo" toward the western slopo or a slope on me toward tho ucstcru slant, or to bo more accurately acurate or explicitly explicit, in Bill Nye's birds-oye-view style of introducing his birds-eyo-view sketch of himself to tho public, I will say this is W. II. McComas looking west. I arrived hero two davs atro and am writing those lines beneath tho roof of the palatial three-story brick where I spent the last few days of my stay in my childhood's hunting grounds near ly eighteen years ago. I am a guest of my brother-in-law, Henry Walker, who has lived on the farm that now sup plies his every want for about two score years, whoso kind heart and gen erous hand was ever ready to adminis ter to his fellow-man, whose noble life is( worthy of emulation, and whoso namesake I am proud to acknowledge I have tho honor of being. Hut while voices that once added to the cheerful ness of these surroundings aro hushed in death, and faces we would almost involuntarily look to see aro scattered and gone, there is still a stoically un changed surrounding of an almost monotonous sameness tho farm with its varied and familiar landmarks its substantial improvements but little worse for their wear, to revive tho same old home-like cheerfulness and almost enablo one to forget the vast number of years the same old clock mat solemnly lick tacks on llio mantle now, and has for nearly forty years, has faithfully counted since my de parture But a visiouaiy reality seems to loom up boforo mo of lifo be yond a range of snowy mountains where the sturdy pioneer wrestl36 with the playful Grande Rondo zephyr as it persistently insists on playing a tunc through his whiskers, and thus I am again reminded that I havo been in tho talons of time, and the old biid has been on the wing. I loft Chicago in charge of a lady ' friend, Miss Ilinkloy, whoso many friends in Union connlv will be snrrv ! to learn, is, at present, a helpless inval id from tho effects of a four months siege of inflammatory rheumatism. Sho is an acquaintance from my child hood and has been for ten years in thu railway ticket department of tho J. M. W. Jones Printing Co. of Chicago. Since placing her safely in tho hands of friends I havo spout ono day in vis iting my uncle, whoso eldest child is now older thun its mother was when 1 saw hor last, and chatting with others whom I chanced to moot. Tho moro people I coino in contact with tho moro enormous tho duty J owe to tho friends of other days seems to be, and I will either havo to make an uncere monious "sneak" or spend tho sunimor here. Bo tho latter howsoever truo, tho former I will never do. The nearost town, of any conso queucc, to this ioiiit is Jowa City which is situated twelve miles north of hero on tho Iowa river. Jt is a beauti ful country seat and liko many anoth er town, and many men as well, it lives in proud remembrance of what it used to bo. Although a warrior bereft of tho implements of war, it is still pos sessed of that suavity of iiiiuinor char acteristic of its station, and whilo its population, eight thousand, eighteen years ago, has scarcely doubled, thoro is much about its varied resources to attract capital, aud much about its stately majesty to bo admired. It was at ono timo tho capital of tho Hawk Eyo state, but the old sUtf hoiifo has and Amunition Just for more than a quarter of thereby adding much to tho general prosperity of the city. Iowa, as a state, is slow to develop political changes, and as she has now firmly perched on the democratic ban ner it is safe to calculate that sho will remain there some forty or fifty years, or will at least be the last to "coino oif the perch." The Hag of prohibition now floats over the domain of Iowa, and while it receives many a hiss and :.,. i ! i. i :..r i ii. .. I J" "'" 1 "vuu imwiiiiuu null. j there aro thirty-nine places in Iowa ! (,i,-v whm whUkey can bo procured, 1 1 a,n -vot Wfa'Hfcimt of the fact that, ! thar0 nro thoM5 wll r0 ever ready to misrepresent and malign tho results of I u".v "ttempted reform, and my own ' judgment would lead me to ptonounoo j il ,10t tho embodiment of reform as concerns tho liquor question, but tho trunk of a tree from which strong branches must grow and good fruit must, as a natural consequence, bo the result. As f write a big double-listed coiuriu of mine, named Theodore Kirkpatriok, who has lived with Henry Walker sinco ho was a boy of seven years, conies strolling in, in his good-natured, careless way, which suggests to me an ioiit oi .somnambulism m lus life j of tg ! frightful naturo which 1 will hero relate Several years ago while sleeping in tho third story of this house ono night, he dreamed ho had a personal encoun ter with John L. Sullivan, and realiz ing that ho had somewhat over matched himself and that John was about to "do" him ho began .eeking a moans of escape. He raised tho win dow at the south end of his room and leaped out, awakening to a sudden realization of what ho had dono just as ho made tho almost fatal leap. It was several hours after that boforo ho realized who and where ho was, and several months before ho could walk out. Ho has ono game leg as a forci ble reminder of that escapo from a visionary foo into the jaws of stern reality. I havo not yet visited tho old home stead of my parents where I first learned to lisp the words so dear to all, hut will probably do so boforo taking my leave. From hero I expect to go ty Esbron, Kansas, and after a short ; visit to a brother, John II. .McComas, ; I shall return to tho homo of my adoption. I think my disposition to ramblo has been sulliciently appeased by what little I havo seen and experi enced and I can bo content in tho knowledge that Oregon is hard to beat. W. II. MoCOMAS. JIBIMIE CREEK. Tho prospects of having a school j hero this summer are not very flattor j ing. Tho district contained 10 pupils I last summer, but now it contains only I 8. Thov seem to bo toinir out faster than they aro coining in. Mrs. E. E. Newman of Ladd canyon, has boon quite sick for about a month or more. Tho following named persona that wcto on tho sick list about two weeks ago, havo recovered Mrs. W. H. Stafford of Hog valley; Mr. S. F. Cu sick of Jimmio crock; Mr. G. E. Allen, Thos. Shaw and J. H. Stevens of Clovor creek, Tho snow drifts wore deopor horo this winter than thoy havo been for four years, and in consequence tho prospects for a good crop next summor aro better than last. Tho wind has mado tho hills bare in somo places which is a good thing for stock. ' On tho '1th inst, wo had tho biggest chinook that has been hero for 11 vo years. About two thirds tho ground here is baro and tho other third will bo if it rains much longer. Grass is good on tho hills for this timo of the year. Mr. 8. F. Cusick lost a valuable horso tho othor day. Death was caused by distemper. Nl'.WTO.V BltADl'Oltl). Bucklon'a Arnica Salve. Tim IIkht Sai.vk In the world for Cuts, llrubies, Bores, Ulcers, Halt Ithcuin, fever Bores, Tetter, Chapped Ilaiiih, Chilblains, Corns, and ull Bkln Kruptlous, mid posl alvcly cures 1'llcs, or no pay required, It Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded, l'rlco 2f cents per box. For sale at Ilrown's drug store. Received at A. N. SO. HUnMUJIU lll,IUUtl7n.TUIBUH SCHOOL MATTERS. , A Timely Art iole by an Old Teacher. SOME VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS. Old and New Methods Tho Assistance of Farants Kequired. Editou Okkook Scoot: Havo you room in your columns for a few thoughts concerning the mutual relations existing between our public schools and tho communities in which they aro located? Tho teachers of our state arc striving to bring the common wealth to a higher plane in education al matters and, thanks to the ellicient leaders wo havo had, no small progress has boon made. But we need other help beside th.it of our statu and coun ty supointendents, wo need the. co-operation of tho fathers and mothers of pupils and particularly those who servo in tho capacity of directors. Upon those last dopond in no small degree the general advance of education. Wo aro too much accustomed to think tho schools of our country districts, because the attendanco is small and the course of study limited, aro insignificant when compared to the educational institution of tho town. But it is not necessarily so. That it is so in any degree is a fault, not a misfortuno alone. It is a. misfortuno to tho pupil who desires and needs the best educational advan tages to bo obtained, but it is the fault of thoso who havo charge of the school work. Tho city school has advantages in tho first placo bocauso of its superior teachers. But is it necessary that tho country school should employ tho scurf and rcsiduo because tho city school has an ellicient corps of teach ers? Nearly all teachers who aro wor thy of tho name, look forward to a po sition in a city school for two reasons, which, if thoy could bo obtained in district schools would servo to draw tho higher grado of teachors to them as well. First, becauso the city school is a graded institution with a specific line of study in each department, it entails loss of difficulty upon tho in structor. In truth tho greatest dis advantage under which tho district scoool labors is its lack of systematic study. But this may bo, and is being overcome. At our annual institute last fall, a committee was appointed to form a plan of systematic grading for our country schools. This system, uphold by a good corps of teachers will romovo tho great disadvantage of having a mass of pupils without ro sped to respective standing in class work. Another thing which we, as teachors, may follow which will provo of valuo to tho school aud a source of assistance to tho succeeding teacher, is tho making a record of classes and members thereof at tho close of tho term. This (will enable the samo classification, substantially, in suo ccedingtorms and will bo a material benefit to tho pupils. And this thought of district gradation brings mo to tho second point tho efficiency of tho teacher. A poor teach er will bo unablo to fulfill tho condi tions necessary to retain this classi fication when mado. It moans advan ced methods, it moans moro systematic toil, moro scientific, artistic labor. Tho toachor as well as tho school must grow, energetically. It is bocauso of the intermittent lino of careless or se cond quality teacher, so rapidly chan ging, which distracts from tho apparent value of tho training under thu ellicient teacher, that adds a third reason for . tho slow progress of country schools as compared to their city cousins. Evou tho common practice of chan ging teachers overy term or so is a great evil, but whon one adds to this tho detrimental inlluunco of tho care less or unqualified successor of a thor ough toachor tho evil is aggravated. And much of this lies directly chargo nblo to tho district aud its officers. Most good teachors aro not inclined to ap ply for a school a second time, beliov ing that tho term already taught is their rocommendatiou for future em ployment and that it is not thoir placo to add to this reputation. But, as tho board do not trouble themselves Continued vn hit puye. Gardner & Co's.