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The Orego Scout. N VOL. VI. UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, ls!)0. NO 35. The Oregon scout, An independent weekly Journal, Iwied ev ery Thursday luorulni; by JOXES & CJIAXCEY, Publishers and Proprietors. A. K. Jonks, I Editor, f ( U. Chaxcuv, 1 Foreman. It AT IIS OF SUllSUltIlT10Ns One copy, one year 1.M) " Six months 1.00 " " Three niuntos 75 Invariably Cash In Ailvnucp. If by chance subset iptions arc not paid till end oj year, two dollars will be chanjid. Hates of advertising made known on ap plication. S?"Correpoiulence from all parts of the country boheltcd. Adrcs all communication to the OnnGos Scout, Union Oreiron. PltESHYTURIAX CHURCH. Services every Sabbath at 11 a.m. and 8 p. m; Sabbath school at 10 a. m; prayer meeting Wednesday, at 8 p, in. The Ladies' Mis sionary Society meets on the fourth Friday of every month at '2:30 p. in. All cordially invited. K. II. i'AKKEK. Pastor I'KOl-'KSSIONAI., W M. KOEXIU. Architect and Builder, COVE, OREGON Drafts, Plans and Designs for Dwellings, auu JSriuges lurnisncu on application. J N. CROMWELL, M. D. , Physician and Surgeon. Office, one door outh of J. 15. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. rj II. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Oflice, one door south of Centennial ho tel. JOHN it. CR1TES, Attorney at Law. Collectlnc and probate practice special tios. Office, two doors south of post-olllce, Union, uregon. J. W. Sur.ivroN. J. M. C.utiioM. g HELTON & CAIIHOLL. Attorneys at Law. Oilice : Two doors soutli of posKitMcc, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention given all business en trusted to us. ' It. Eakin, J. A. Eakin, Notary Public, J EAKIN, & BROTHER, Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. (JSTPrompt Attention Paid to Collect.ons. L. DANEOItTII, M. D., Physician and Surgeon North l'owder, Oregon. J) I 8 l: A S I! 8 OF WOMEN A SPECIALTY. Calls attended to at all hours. Q II. DAY, M. D., IIOMEPATIIIC Physician ami Surgeon. ALL CALLS I'KOMl'TI.Y ATTENBED TO, Oflice adjoining Jones Pro's store. Can ho found nights at residence in South west Union. 13. I Wilson. Notary Public. A. J. Hackktt, Notary Public. -yILSON .fc 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 oountv in our olllce, Managers of the UNION HEAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION. OFFICE: UNION, OK. Shingles For Sale! An unlimited amount of No. 1 shingles constantly on hund and for sale cheap. Orders from all parts of tho country so- li(,Ut'11' s. u. iiunuouniis, 3-14 tf Cove, Oregon. City -Meat -Met. Main Street, Union. Oregon, nvNKON BROS. PROPRIETORS. v Keep constantly on hnnd BEEF, PORK- VEAL, MUTTON, j SAUSAGE, HAMS, LARD. Etc. Fine Line of Watcfres, Clocks, Jewelry,1 Written for Tin: Scon.! THE FOREST FIRE. A tiny spark blown from the engine's door; A soft south wind, and tlelds of whitened gravs ; First one weo Hare, then spreading more and more. It tilled the canyons with lt limb and roar, And leapt in fury to the highest pass. The llaines climbed high and licked the limbs and leaves O'er grown with moss, and dry with weeks of sun. The squirrel's nest bnrncd, where, with ills garnered sheaves. His term of rest, tho toiler had begun. The wild deer lied disheartened from the woods; The hunter and hunted now are friends; The fire crept into gloomy solitudes where sombre shadows and the sunlight blends. The heated rocks where clustering grass had grown, Stood stark and bare like some grim spirit form; The hills were sultry where fresh winds had blown And e'en the mountains breath was strange ly warm ! Night came, and on a far on" peak I stood and gazed; Iflack clouds lent darkness to the scene below. Each tlame was visible I saw them grow And whirl and writhe in bluish drifts of haze, And lean and shift, as different winds would blow. It seemed a battle field the statclv trees Were stripped of armor by barbaric flames; The battle smoke in volumes swelled the breeze, And wicked victory, fiery legions claim. The daylight came the smoke was cleared away The forest ridges were one stretch of soli tude; It's ranks were broken work of one ill day Left skeletons where once had basked a wood. 15. W. Huffman. COVE CULLINQS. Cove, Feb. 19, 1890, Messrs. Jesso Tmblcr of Summcrvillc and E. W. Imbler one of the commis sioncrs of Wallowa Co. have purchased tho Frederick Mitchell estate near town for $9500. It probably is as fine n hay ranch and stock farm as can be found in Eastern Oregon and tho Imbler Bros, are to be congratulated on sc curing so desirable a piece of property It is probable that after Mr. E. W. Em bier has settled up his affairs in Wal lowa county ho will make his home in the Cove. Mr. and Mrs. Foster spent several days with Cove relatives this week This jolly pair arc always welcome and it is regretted when they have to turn their faces homeward. St. Valentines day was very well observed in the Covo and many were tho tender (and comic) missives sent and received. It is said that two of the nicest and sweetest valentines mailed were addressed to a pair of happy bachelors whom cupid declared hard cases and ceased firing his gilded shafts at a good many summers ago. A watch was kept for tho braco of restless convicts who left Union sud denly Monday, but they evidently chose some other direction. However pcrsucr from Union was sighted and though several hours behind and with no better means of travel than ' shanks mure" ho seemed hopeful and doubtlessly is yet making tho gravel fly. Mr. J. T. Jewell has been reappointed road supervisor of this district. Ho is the right man in the right place and if ho can be induced to accept tho oflice a few terms longer wo will havo roads to bo proud of. Plowing has commonced on tho sand ridge and as quick as tho weather becomes a little more settled the Covo farmers will begin to tickle the soil. It promises to bo a very favorablo sea son for putting in tho crops. Samuel Whito lias purchased a tract of land at Gray's harbor the future city of the north Pacific coast. Ho thinks tho investment will yield handsome returns in the next year or two. Everyone und his girl is going to attend Mrs. Eaton's ball Friday even ing. Tho popularity of tho James' band alono is enough to attract a crowd. The Mifcses Stearns will givo a birth day party to their numerous friends this evening. Tho young ladies havo reached their twelfth birthday. Call and Settle, All parties indebted to me are requested to call and settle their accounts without further delay. C. Vincent. ON THE ROAD. Account oC the Early Days of Denver. THE OLD HEROIC PIONEERS. Shoveling tho Snow to Find an Old Friend's Grave Bear River City. Kxtks Nkiuiaska Editou Ohkc.on- Scout : We meet a brother here and a num ber of our old school mates. Each of them own a farm and seem to be hap py, prosperous and contented. Each has a family, nice homo and several of the young ladies desiro to be recorded as real farmer's daughters. They arc able to make their own clothes with neatness and dispatch, can cook a dinner good enough for anyone, can harness and drive a team and milk the cows, aro eligible to matrimony, and the writer would add, they aro us pretty as a duchess, as neat as a peach, and as full of business as a seven day clock. We visit hero three days and take a reluctant departure. Wo board the flyer for Denver and arrive there 7 :30 in the morning. Wo scout around to the chamber of commerce and board of trade building for information. The association was organized in 1S8-1 built this building and have since been very activo workers for the best inter ests of Denver. Hero we learn what Denver was of old. The first settle ment was made on November 1, 185S. West Denver was laid out three days later, and on tho Gth less than 200 citizens held a meeting and elected a delegate to congress, and on the Sth mounted him on the back of a broncho and started him for Washington to get tho Pike's peak gold mines sot apart from Kansas as a separate terri tory. Tho struggle for existence com menced in 18G1. Tho mines wero reported played out, tho war divided tho people, fire laid waste half the city to bo followed by a great flood sweep ing out much that remained, then came tho Indian war of 18(U cutting off supplies from tho cast. Murdered emigrants, burned ranches and smould ering ruins covered the route for GOO miles between Denver and tho Mis souri river. Everybody was under arms for defense of the city. Then to crush out the last spnrk of vitality in the citizens came the announcement that tho Union Pacific railroad was building up Polo creek. This was a crushing blow, leaving Denver 100 miles Bouth, and as they could not havo the road como to that place de cided to go to tho road. They went to work and raised $-100,000, voted county bonds for $500,000 more, and soon dirt began to fly on tho railroad grade to Cheyenne. That was tho turning point and wo now have a glance at Denver of to-day. It has a population of 125,000. From a beggar on a broncho in 1858 it now sends its senators by six different palace car lines. It has j smelting works, manufactories of all kinds, puplic buildings, cathedrals, churches, schools as good as in some citieB of twice its age, fino opera house, street car system complete, a city of brick and stono almost exclusively, very costly and substantial streets, broad side walks paved with flag stones numerous shade trees and pure moun tain water. Our time is up and wo board the Denver and Rio Grando for Salt Lake City. After a ride of 2"0 miles we are told tho road through tho Wasatch mountains is snow blockaded, Here at Fruita the mountains can be seen in tho dis tance. They arc very high but not so rough and rugged as tho Rockies. Tho sides look sloping and regular. The Spanish fork canyon is gorged by a snow slido and orders came for our train to return to Denver and go by way of tho Union Pacific to Salt Lake. Wo are soon on tho return and out of tho snow back to dry, dirty Denver, and awuy to Cheyenne over tho Rluck hills and on to Green river. For years previous to tho building of tho rail road Rill Hickinan, Rrigham Young's destroying angel, ran u ferry acrosh the river just below this stution, und as the river was seldom fordable, except lute in tho fall, he reaped a rich harvest of gold from the overland pilgrims. Tho price for crossing teams wus from $5 Silverware, Guns to $20 according ;n ho thought tho owners were nblo to p.iy. Tlm-o times seem only yesterday. Note the many changes. Now wo Imvo tho iron horse the palace ear, tho substantial iron bridge and wo aro whirled across tho ; continent nt the rate of forty miles nn ! hour. Do travelers on tho.o llvine trains while resting at their ease, over think of tho early pioneers who toiled across this country with ox teams, on foot and alono, requiring from five to seven months to travel the same dis tance now made in throe or four days? Those pioneers hud out tho routo wo are now traveling to-day and made it safe for us. They stitl'ored every kind of hardship, many even to death. Tho few that remain are fast passing over i tho range, yet tho fruits of thoir ad j venterous intrepidity will ever remain, i At Green river trains aro made up for the Oregon Short Line for Montana, Idaho, Oregon. Washington and tho Puget sound country. Wo take tho train hero for Salt Lake, and visit on the way. Our train starts at 8:20 p. m. Wo stop at llilliard, Wyoming, DO miles east of Ogdon. Hero is where we passed three years of the happiest part of our life, forming the acquain tance and love of her who has gone to a better world. Tho utter ruin and desolation of the once busy and pros perous place is in harmony with lifes sad realities. j There was a V shaped flume built from hero to Uiutali mountains 155 miles distant, southward, from which immense quantities of lumber, ties, telegraph poles, wood, etc., was floated down from the pineries, giving steady employment to 500 teams and 12 to 15 j hundred men. Large quantities of charcoal was burned hero and shipped to tho smelters in Salt Lake valley. Rut how changed is everything now. Tho town is literally deserted and the question naturally arises why this desolation or suspended action? The law against cutting government timber and the high rates charged on char coal by tho new management may havo something to do with it. Mr. Lapello's is tho only remaining family of 15 years ago. They kindly gave us tho checkered history of the place and its future prospects. Tho snow was two feet deep on a level. Wo have a brother-in-law buried here, Win. Davis. After diligent search with a shovel his lonely grave was found beneath tho cold icy covering of this rigid clime. He had grown to manhood, was stricken down with a fever, hurried in a strange land amongst strangers. I low sad aro tho memories connected with everything hero. One mile from llilliard wo pass tho site of tho onco famous and then infamous Rear River City. Tho town was laid out in Oct., 1808 in advance of the railroad where tho terminal point would probably bo. During tho following wink'r tho routo of tho road was lined with graders, contractors and teamsters who all earned and hud a largo amount of nonoy. At this point the roughs and gamblers who hud been driven from point to point, westward by tho vigi lantes, made a stand, congrognfing in largo numbers. They swore that they would bo driven no further, I hat hero they would stay and light it out (o the bitter end. The town contained about 1,000 law abiding citizens and when the roughs felt that tioublo was com ing thoy withdrew to tho hills and organized for a raid on the town. Meanwhile some of tho roughs ro mained in town and among them woro three noted garroters who had added to their long list of crimes that of several murders. Tho citizens iiroso, seized and hung them. This battened the conflict and on the l'.HIi of Novem ber, 1808 tho roughs attackod tho town in force, burned the jail taking from thence a number of their kind who wero confined there, and shouting down a man by tho nunio of Stokes, who was sent to them by the citizens us a mediator. They next burned the plant of tho Fionticr Index. The mob, some 1100 strong, armed deiqior.idiH'H, marched over to the north side up j .Main street and ma le an nttuok on j tho bunk and store belonging to Cooper, now of tho firm of Cooper A McNeill, of San Francisco. Thoro they wero j met with u volley from Winched en in i tho hands of brave determined men ! who had congregated there. The fight . left !12 of tho desperadoes dead on the j street, Tho number of wounded was j over 100. Tho bodies of many were I found in tho gulches und among tho rocks wheto thoy afterwards died. 1 Tho town declined as soon us the road j was built past it and now there is nothing left to mark tho place except i u few old chimneys, broken bottles. ! tcuttertd oyster cans und th inguvtcd , graveyard. J. W. .Minnm k. ; :and Amunition Just1 A MODERN EDEN. Marvelous Ilicluioss of One of Our Valleys. ITS HOMES AND INHABITANTS. Fruits, Vegetables and Grasses nerd3 of Cattle, Sheep nud Horses. The following excellent description of Eagle valley, in Union county, wo take from a recent number of the ; Democrat. It was wiitton by a well J known correspondent. "Surrounded on tho south by tho j Connor creek range of mountains, on j tho oust the Snake liver chain, with tho Sawtooth range in Idaho towering j high above their fellows, with Fugle j crock mountains forming an almost j insurmountable barrier on the north : and west are tho rocky curtains that ' partially surround Fugle valley, tho subject of this communication. With an altitude of only 1500 feet above tho Ma tho climate is almost, tropical, and the snowcapped moutains towering thousands of foot above, like lofty sentinels, furnish a fresh and balmy breeze by day and cool and brac- ing air by night, which fans to sleep the tiied husbandman. Only a few of your many readers have any idea of the extent and productiveness of F.aglo valley, and after careful research the following facts regarding productions is a little below, rather than above tho real figures. Itoforo going into the statistics of information your corres pondent takes this opportunity of ex pressing thanks to the citizens of tho valley for tho many courtesies during our sojourn, especially tho family of Mr. John Frasor where we made our headquarters during our visit. Every body knows the big hearted John and the many ehuiitable acts of Mrs. F. has endeared her to nil tho neighbors. Fred, aged I I, is at homo in the saddle and on the range, and Duncan, aged i), takes as much interest in feeding tho flocks as the sire. And Mary Jane, tho queen of all tho valley, only ! years of age, is not only tho favorite at home and on tho ranch, but in the neigh borhood, for indeed sho is a child of extraordinary ability. Our bachelor friend Mr. Hen Longloy, of the firm of Eraser it Longloy, makes his homo with the Frusers, which oilers another induemont for our sojourning hoio. There aro fifty ranches of 1(10 acres each in tho valley proper, making 8000 acres of tho most productive land in Oregon or any other state ; 2500 acres aro now in alfalfa, which yields (i tons to tho acre, making last year's crop foot up in round numbers 15,000 tons, which at $0 a ton, the ruling price, wo havo $!)0,000. Divide this equally among the fifty ranchers and each would havo $1S0(), but as not more than fifteen farmers aro tho principal pro ducers, your readers can readily sco why these fow aro annually accumula ting so much wealth. Thoro aro 2000 acres in grain, orchards, vegetables and grasses, leaving about U500 acres unplowed, which in a few years will bo under a high state of prodection, as thoro is an abundance of water in Euglo creek to irrigate all lands sus ceptible of cultivation, Wheat, oats, ryo and bailey grow to great perfec tion, command good prices, and tho yield par ncro is sevoral times greater than in Ohio or the .Middle states. Navy beans and other varieties, equal to tho best grown in tho Now England states, aro an important crop, com mand tho highest prices in our Wes tern markets, and tho past season over fifty tons were harvested, much atten tion will bo given to their production in the future. Reims yield to the farmer from $75 to .$100 an aero, and on a fow occasions nearly double that amount has been produced. PotutooB, onions, beets, turnips und all other food rarities of vegetables aro produced to perfection, and tho bizo, yield and flavor would mem fabulous to our neighbors oast of tho Mississippi liver. Gold and silver in paying quanitios is found in the mountains surrounding the valley, and tho mining oumps all'ord a cash market for all tho food vegeta bles produced, Potatoes grown hero mo equal to tho Utah potato and tho yield por aero Received at A. N. amounting to from COO to 1000 bushels, lind a ready market at not less than 75 cents a bushel. See tho money to bo made on vegetables alone, and wc can at once understand why lands in the valley so rapidly advance in price. Grapes are equal to the best grown in California, and the apples, peaches, cherries, plums and berries are of a superior quality and tho acreage in fruit trees is annually increasing. Poultry of all kinds do well, aro hardy, healthy and prolific, command good prices, and we find many a good housewife in the valley that realizo from the hennery money enough to more than supply tho family with table groceries. Much attention tho past two years hns been given to hog raising and ono man, formerly from Missouri, informs mo that he can produce a good quality of pork hero cheaper than there, and as yet no hog cholera is experienced. Alfalfa raising and stock fee.ding is the main industry, and but few if any j places in America can show an equal j number of stock as is boing fed on ten ranches here. 1 have been eaerful not j to over estimate tho number and find j :t0,000 sheep, 12,000 cattle and 2500 horses are now being fed, and unless j the winter should prove the severest known a few thousand tons of hay j will be left over. Stock of all kinds ! look well, but tho blue ribbon flock of ! 3000 sheep aro owned bv Frasor it j Longloy, and tho banner herd of 2500 lambs, owned as above, is without doubt the best, in Eastern Oregon. These gentlemen have somo 250 head of horses and cattle, and in their herds aro seen soino of tho finest thorough bred Shorthorns in tho country. Tho fact is now boing demonstrated by these enterprising gentlemen that alfalfa properly fed is the best fat pro ducer of all known for.igo plants, and they are now feeding thirty head for Fcburury delivery that will rival tho stall fed of Western New York. Tho first crop of alfalfa properly cured, plenty of salt and water and warm quarters, makes a healthy tallow, tender, juicy and well flavored beef, anil in tho future wo expect to seo soveral thousand head fed by February and March delivery. This letter would bo incomploto with out mention of the thoroughbred Shorthorn hord of Frank Leo, and that in his stables tho best bred stallion in Eastern Oregon is found. Mr. Leo's herd was awarded many premiums at the first Eastern Oregon fair association at Raker City and bleeders should examine his herds before buying else where. Eaglo valley has no poor people and it does one's soul good to seo tho signs of general prosperity on every hand as wo wend our way from homo to homo and sco tho happy smiling faces. Among tho most enterprising farmers wo visited wo mention Eraser and Longloy, Capt. Craig, G. W. Moody, Newt, and K. Young, Lester Holcomb, Cal. Kirby, Unclo Rill Usher, Joseph Reck, Frank Lee, Tom Pierce, John Fuel, Jim Holcomb, Rill Wiso, H. Reed, Capt. Givona, Nush and Son, tho Swishors, Chandlers, Tartars, Ronnohofl', Lukifor, Hartley, and Squire Gibson, tho village blacksmith, who also looks aftor tho agricultural interests of county clerk Neill, who lately bought tho lower Tartar ranch. J. G. L. EAQLE VALLEY. Health of this community is good at present. Tho snow is all gono and tho ranchers aro turning out largo herds of cattle, horses, and sheep on the ranges. Thoro will bo soino littlo hay loft ovor. Tho ranchers aro preparing for early gardening Tho bcof cattlo that havo been fed hero Hub winter for tho March delivory aro very fat and largo, about as good us tho writer has ovor seen fed on corh i r in Missouri. Alfalfa will pay better than all other grasses. Rauchoris9twU hereafter turn inuoh of their attontidn to stall-feeding cuttlo.uiid frhecp. Mr. Wash. Moody nil' Mss Polly Kotchum, both of tbU jvalIoy we;ro married in RakerOity a, fewdays .atfo, A wedding supper and danco wHIUjo given at his residence on llio 11 thrust. Joy ho with them, V Thero will, doubtless, ho plenty of fruit in tho valley this year. Several man front Rakor valloy areN hero turning out thoir stock on tho range. 'Gardner & Co's. n