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Orego i VUU VI. TTA 1 X' T UNION, OEEGON, THURSDAY, FEBUUAKY 27, 1890. NO. 3G. erRsrsTjasim lti vara Thf Scout M Oregon scout, An independent weekly journal, isued ev ery Thursday liiornlni; by JOXES & CJIAJfCEY, Publishers and Proprietors. A. K. .)om:s, i Editor, t J 15. CtlANCUY, ( Foreman. KATES OF SUIISCUU'TIOXi One copy, one year ' Six months " Three motitos . .. .:q 1.00 To lnvnrliibly Cash In Advance. If by chance subscriptions are not paid till end of year, two dollars will be charged. Kates of advertising made known on ap plication. JSTCorrcspondcnce from all parts of the country solicited. Adrcss all communications to the Oiiegon Scout. Union Oregon. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Services every Sabbath at 11 a. in. and p. m; Sabbath school at 10 a. in; prayer meeting Wednesday, at 8 p, ni. The Ladies' Mis sionary Society meets on the fourth Friday of every month at 2 ::;0 p. m. All cordially invited. R. H. PARKER. Pastor I'KOrKSSION'Al.. y-M. KOENIG. Architect and Builder, COVE, OREGON. Drafts, Plans and Designs for Dwellings, and Bridges furnished on application. J N. CROMWELL, M. D. , Physician and Surgeon. Office, one door outh of J. B. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. F II. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Ofllce, one door south of Centennial ho tel. JOHN R. CR1TES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special tios. Office, two doors south of post-otllce, Union, Oregon. J. W. Siielton. J. M. Camioll. V Q HELTON & CARROLL. Attorneys at Law. Oflice : Two doors south of post-uUice, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention given all business en trusted to us. R. Eakin, J. A. Eakin, Notary Public. J EAKIN, & BROTHER, Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. JgJ-Prompt Attention Paid to Collcct.ons. L. DANFORTH, M. D., Physician and Surgeon North Powder, Oregon. DISBASKS OK WOMEX A Sl'ECULTY. Calls attended to at all hours. C II. DAY, M. D., HOMEPATHIC Physician and Surgeon. ALL CALLS l'ltOMl'TLY ATTENDED TO. v Office adjoining Jones Bro's store. Can be found nights at residence m South west Union. B. F. Wilson. Notary Public. A. J. Hackktt. Notary Public. yiLSON & HACKETT, 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 oillce, 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. i Orders from all parts of the country so licited. S. B. BURROUGHS, 3-H tf Cove, Oregon. City -Meat -Met. Main Street. Union. Oregon, BENSON BROS. PROPRIETORS. Mftlvecp constantly on hand BEEI, PORK- VEAL, MUTTON, SAUSAGE, HAMS, LARD. Etc. Tine Line of Watchies, Clocks, Jewelry, Written for Tits Si oir. ELEKA. Thnnk God, it has come. Elena; Hie hour I have waited so long The day when no hatred shall keep in apart, The day when my patient and sorrowful heart Can burst o'er its banks into Kong! You have told mo at last, Elena, With tears in your deep meaning eyes, That all through lifes weather in storm or in sun, When high on the mountains the cloud legions run, You would love me till Time's footstep dies ! And I bowed down my head Elena. To catch every word as it fell For sweet was the music it breathed to my heart, Each chord in my listening soul gave a start. And trembled, "Thank God it is well." Long nights I have wept. Elena, Yes wept with a bitter despair; For the rudinnco that beamed in your pas sionate soul Seemed farther away from my spirit to roll , And I saw not a hope glinting there 1 Long days I have toiled Elena, Yes toiled with a zeal and a will, For oh' by a glance, I fancied your heart Would come to my beckon, then lo! with a start I fancied you hated me still! But now it is done Elena, The toil and the trial is done! Tis a bliss to be working for thy quiet rest And the moments that speed seem to me to be blessed With the ray of an fnt'mitc sun ! Come rest on my bosom, Elena, Let me smooth back the curl from thy face ; Rest peaceful; 1 promise no throb of my breast Shall wake thee, or trouble thy love guar ded rest, Nor rob thy sweet sleep of a grace! Letmehold that oft;hand, Elena, I will lead the in radiant lands; Where the low lull of wavelets shall swell at thy feet. And the pulse of our love In the rose bud shall boat. Fair angels shall tread the bright sands; One time I despaired, Elena, Yes, lost every hope I had won ! Oh, gloomy and drear was my lonely retreat, No sound reached my ears of thy soft fall ing feet, Dark clouds shielded from mo the sun. But a whisper ofjgladness, Elena, Stole down on the wings of the air; And; it echoed its sweetness upon inyfond ears,- My listening soul gushed brimming with tears, It taught mo to lisp my first prayer I And T lisp it for you, Elena, I prayed that you wouldn't forgot! And now while you sleep on my bosom in peace, T bid all the troubles in gone days to cease. And whisper I worship thee yet!" So the day I have waited Elena, Has come with its fullness of bliss ! Through bright years of labor I'll lead thee along, We will banish each sorrow and care with a song. And heal every wound with a kiss! Oh it will be pleasure, Elena, To work in the light of thy smile ! To feel thy soft breath wafting songs to my ears, To know that thy presence makes joy of all tears, And to live for thy peace all the while! Oh it will bo a pleasure, Elena, To touch just to press thy sweet lips ! And to dream that some angel with song laden wings Each night round the pillow somo melody sings, Then back to Its sunny home slips ! When our hair has grown silvered, Elena, And steps of our feet have grown slow We will look back in joy at this love ligh ted hour. And whisper nloud through tlio sunshine and shower. "Thank God, that our hearts willed It so." Amelia L. Montague. Pauls, France, Jan. 1890. The Pulpit and the Stage. Itov. F. M. Shrout, pastor United Broth ren Church, Blue Mound, Kan., says: "I feel it my duty to tell what wonders Dr. King's New Discovery has done for me. My lungs wore badly diseased, and my parislioners thought 1 could liyo only n few weeks. I took live bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery and am sound and well, gaining 2'I lbs in weight." Arthur Love, manager Lovo's Funny Folks Combination, writes: "After n thor ough trial and convincing evidence, I am conlldent Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, beats 'em all . and cures when everything clso fails. The greatest kind noss I can do my many thousand friends is to urgo them to try it." Free trial bottles at Brown's drug store. Regular size 60c. nndfl.OO. Millinery Goods at Cost. Meduiros BIdwell t Benson the e tor prUing milliners of this city will now sell all fall and winter goods at actual cost. As thelrgood are all of the newcht styles, those wishing burgains will do well to call at once. WASHINGTON. An Interesting Letter from Our Regular Correspondent at the Capital. AVasiiington, (D. C.) Feb. 11, 1SD0. Editor Oukgo.v Scorr: The immenso power given to the majority by the rules renders it prob able that this session of Congress will be very short, perhaps even reaehing adjournment by June. This object is to bo attained by pushing regular legislation through as fast as possible and when that is done to foree tin ad journment, despite the pressure of special legislation, on the ground that the essential work of Congress has received attention. The committee on appropriations has been hard at work and it is belived that the final reports will bo presented in May. Tho sub committee on the pension bill has practically finished the consideration of that measure, which cariies with it a proposed expenditure of about one hundred million dollars. The friends of every one of the six thousand bills that have been intro duced this session, hope for a favor able consideration, but it is likely that an unusually small proportion will bo passed. Tho party in power feels tho added responsibility granted by the new rules and knows that the people will be pleased to see small appropria tions. The Republican leaders rccog nizo that an early adjournmet, leaving tho regular business of legislation cleared, would give them a big argu ment in the next national campaign. They see also the dangor,of possessing nil branches of the government should special legislation and the host of private bills once get an opportunity to delay the House. Tho only possible scheme seems to bo to close up shop and shut off unnecessary legislation. A vote on the rules, under tho Springer motion, will be reached Friday night. After that the contested election cases will be disposed of as rapidly as convenient. The now rules will strikingly expedite tho necessarily partizan action taken in such casses. Filibustering will be impossible. Apart from the question of political expediency, adjournment should not tho place until some of tho ever increas ing claims against the government are settled. 1 lowovcr great the amount to como out of tho public treasury, the United States should pay its debts to private citizens. As it has been for years, the man with a private bill for reimbursement might as well have a suit in the English chancery court Many of this sort of bills have been pending for twenty-years. Everyone has known many of them to be just and yut tho claimants have been allowed to die of worry and hope defered. Money has unjustly been withhold from political motives. And it is likely that it will be withheld. It is easy enough to got sympathy and influence for a measuro that may bo of advantage in elections, hard enough to get justice done, where only ono man will bo benefited. Two significant instances of raco troublo as far north as the Capital have occuned in tho past week. Represent ative Grimes the other day walked into dinner at tho Riggs hotel, and discovered a negro ex-minister to San Domingo eating at tho same table. Mr. Grimes is from Georgia, and tho effect can bo imagined. He walked out to tho cashier's desk, paid his bill and moved his quarters to a nioro congenial atmosphere. Ho has been followed by several other prominent guests. Thero is a strong prejudice against his action among tho local friends of tho colored race. Mr. Grimes simply states that tho time has not yet come when ho will stop at mixed hotels. Tho second instance occurcd over tho appointment by the influence of Senator Hiscock of a bright young colored girl as a printer's assistant in tho bureau of printing and engraving. Tho relations between a printer and his assistants aro very closo. They work all day side by sido and tho same printer may have tho eamo assistant year after year. Tho appointment of a colored girl has never been thought of before, and tho printers so far huvo refused to work with this ono. She is now temporarily employed as a mes bcngcr, while the printers aro determ ining what final action to take and mentally swearing at Senator Hiscock. Silverware, Guns Those instances illustrate as well as anything can the growing compile tions in the intercourse between tho two races. Colored clerk in the de partments have long beon accepted, and have been appointed by both parties. Their political influences is often very strong, and being nearly all professional politicians in a small way manage to letain their positions in the public service, willy-nilly, hi tho city hotels the ban is still iuppm( lo bo unsurmountable, and the fact that to prominent and fashionable a hotel as the Riggs consented to allow a colored man in its dining room is rather sur prising. The bar moms, with a very few exceptions, have long since given up tho fight, and some first class places find no small revenue from the I etter oil' colored people. You can number on your fingers nearly all tho bars that refuse to sell liquor by tho drink to colored "people at regular prices. Ton years ago you could huvo numbered on your fingers all that would have sold to them. J. II. C. EAGLE VA1LEY. Fob. 20, 1830. Tho snow has been gone for threo weeks past. A great deal of stock has been turned out on the range. Messrs Frazier and Longley still feed their band of twelve hundred lambs. Thero will be somo hay left in tho valley A social hop was given at tho residence of Mr. J. W. Moody a few nights ago. Our schools will closo in a about threo weeks. Mr. Arthur r.irker is teaching at tho Swisher school house. Charley Wiso at the Crnig school house, and John Givons at tho upper school house. All of them aro good teachers and have given satisfaction. Thoy will intend tho teachers institute at Union next week. Mr. Ren Longloy has a band of tho fattest steers that I have s"on in Oregon. Although thoy havo boon fed on alfalfa- hay they put mo in mind of tho oorn-fod steers of Missouri. Our new bridge that Mr Kooing built this winter stood very woll till tr.ivol started over it. when it broke into and fell in tho creek, hi my judgment tho bridge was of no account. Thero was fifteen head of cows and yearlings on tho bridgo when it went down. I don't think tho bridgo would have held up a team and wagon heavily loaded. The bridge should havo been tested with weights before being received. Mr. Kooing had hotter rebuild tho bridgo if he ever wants another job in Eastern Oregon. If ho does not, this will bo out against him as a bad job. Ho said ho would insure tho bridgo to hold up 80 tons, but I don't think it would havo held up four tons loaded on a four horse wagon. Wo aro very much inconvenienced and hardly know what to do about cross ing. ELQIK ECHOES. Kob. 22, 1890. Considerable sickness at present. Mrs. Onna Uershere died on the 17th inst. She leavos a husband and threo small children, Hay is scarce and considerable straw has boon used. Sovoral of our boy aro attending court. It looks as though the tax payers will havo to pay dear for tho whiskey drank by tho minora in Elgin.. Elgin is full of strangers now. Tho boom is hero. A Chinaman from Summorvillo will soon start a wash house hero. Mr. I'ayuo has sold his store to a man from Walla Walla who will dual exclusively in tin and hardware. j Messrs W. H. Moore and it. E. Stovonson aro thinking of trying tho saw mill business in tho spring. Holgridgo it Co. havo filled tho first railroad contract over let in Indian valloy. Thoy sawed and delivered to tho 6. R. A N. Co. at Elgin -100 slakes si.o -1x1. Summers & Iiluiii, of I.a Grande, will soon bo seen in full bloom in Elgin. U)ok out Mr. "Plum," froat sometimes nips plums and even wine kinds of grass. Subscribe for Tin: Oitsuon Hcout. :and Amuniiion Just our. travslkr. ' A VtvM Description of Some Grand and 1 Enchanttcg Sscnory. I IIii.i.iamd, Wj onilng Ty Uditok Ohkuon Frorr: We sav farewell to this place and board an extra freight trian for Kvan- slon, fourteen miles west, the seat of Uintah county. Here, at this place, on tho 15th of J tine, 1870, is where 1 was married to her that is gone. Evauatou is just half way between I tho Missouri river and tho Pacific occati uo miles to ott nor. I ho rail road company luivo a large round lint 1 an ii vt miui'iM t i ii itwi tt j 1 .i virtk ! freight buildings and one of tho largest station hotels on tho system. Wo i leave hero on tho express. Our course is due west, passing Wasatch, a sign board a short distance bevond readme, i j "Wyoming Utah" indicating the di- I viding line between those- territories. Wo are now on the Wasatch monn- tains in the sacred land of Zion. Our engineer, ,with an eye to tho future, noted the position in a moment, and suddenly grasping tho situation pe culiar to tho land, sent forth a ringing shout of mingled agony and defiance. Hero tho tunnel is 770 feet in length, cut through hard clay and sand stone. When daylight appears ! again we are looking dovui the far- famed Echo canyon. Hero too wo could an ancient tale unfold, but why? Thoro is a divine command, "Let tho dead bury tho dead." The grade is steep, and down swiftly glides our train. Tho engine does not creep along as though mistrustful of its power, but with a snort and a roar plunges down tho defile which increas es to a gorge only to become in a short ditaneo a grand and awful chasm. Ono must bo on the alert to see most of tho beautiful views, our train never seems to run as fast as when wo desire a slower pace. Centuries havo come and gono since that mighty convulsion shook tho earth lo its center; when Echo and Weber canyons sprang into existence twin children, whoso birth was such as tho earth may never feel again. Rain, wind and time have combinud lo destroy the massive walls of Echo, but in vain. Thoy bid defi ance aliko to time and tho elements. Thoy stand boldly forth in all their grand, wild and wierd beauty, to , entrance tho traveler and fill his mind with wonder and awe. On goes tho engine, whirling us past castle, catbo dral, towering column and rugged bat tlements, passing canyons which cut tho walla from crest to base in awful chasms, overhanging walls, and "Pulpit rock," on tho top of which it is said llriguin Young preached his first sermon in Utah. Wo atop at F.cho. Tho town and canyon aro rightly named, for tho report of a gun or a pistol discharged in this canyon will bound from side to sido in con tinuous echoes until it finally dies. If Echo canyon is a wonderful placo in tho mind of tho traveler, wonders, if possible mote rugged and grand, will bo revealed to his ga.o hero high up on tho face of a bin II'. To tho left, as you pass through tho gorge, seo tho littlo holes or caves worn by tho winds, in which tho eagles build their nests. This bluff ia oalled "Eagle Nest Rock." Kvoryyoar tho proud monarch of tho air finds horo a safe habitation in which to raise his young. It is beyond tho reach of men, and accessible only to the birds which lly in tho air. Tho "Thousand-milo treo" stands on tho loft of tho track, spreading its arms, from ono of which hangs tho sign which marks tho distance from Oma ha. This living milestono of natures planting marked this place long before tho hardy Monnan passed down the wild gorge. Long beforo tho great trans-continental railroad was over thought of it stood a lonely sontinol, when all around was dosolation, and tho savage and tho wild beast claimed supremacy. How changed tho eceuo. The ceaseless buetlo of an active ago, the hum of labor, the roar and rush of tho locomotive has usurped tho old quiet, and tho lone trco is not only a guide to the gloomy past, but is an index to tho greatness of a great re generated country. Jutt below this tree tho ars cross a trestlo bridgo, to the loft, thence down a littlo below they cross another trestle to the right, and almoat opposite tho bridgo can be soon the " Devil's Slide," ono of tho Received at A. N. most singular formations to be st!en on thu entire route from ocean to ocean. It is composed of two parallel ledges of granite turned upon their edges, separated, and putting out in places fifty feet from tho mountain sitU'-1111,1 ol,ol,t 11 fout "!' 1 1 is a ! rollh 1,1,ICU for ""' e l ncigni oi about ftuu leet. Tho moun tains seem to have been dove-tailed to gether and then torn rudely asunder leaving tho rugged chasms to bar our progress, and they would but for en ginceiing skill and Mormon brawn. In January, 180!), they drove tunnels through from siilo to sido and bridged tho chasms high above the ilood, and wo pass safely through and conic to 1 wiiisuo snricKS, mo MM... ...1 il. 11. . eeno comes trom crag lo crag in thundering tones, as wo approach and pass through tho wild sconcry of tho ""evil's Gate." On rattles our train t'"B' l mountains, over 11 1,rK,'(, mr ',,ovc ,hu nothing whirl of waters. Massive frowning rocks rear their crests far up towards tho black and threatening clouds which hover over this witches' caul dron. With bated breath wo gazo on this wild scene in which awe, wonder and admiration aro blonded. We fi nally omergo to light and beauty, and catch a view of tho Great Salt Lako Pass, Utah. This station in 1 802 was the scene of tho notorious Morrisito massacre. On six miles to Ogtlon. Our ticket roads via. Salt Lako City, so wo board tho train and tho HO miles is soon run, and wo step off in tho city of tho mothers-in-law. Wo were hero just 10 years ago. This is oalled by tho Mormons tho "Land of Zion." TO UK OONTINUUl). SANGER SIFTINOS. Feb. 20, 1800. promising an early Weather fine, spring. Mr. I'M Turner has returned to camp and gono to work as teamster. Wo aro glad to see our old friend back. Ho will probably remain for sovoral months. Mr. Famsworth has teturned to Sanger, from Medical Springs, and is in good health. Ho was pretty badly crippled up with rhumatism. Sangor is a lovely placo to live. Thero aro about twelve families living in camp. Somo aro stoping hero for their health while others aro stoping hero becauso it only costs ten dollars a month rent to live in a littlo shanty. Mr. Thomas Allen has moved his family out of camp to his ranch near Lyon's hill. Thomas was a good miner and tho company will feel tho effects of tho loss of his labor. Mr. Saul Shopard was in camp on. tho 19th inst on his way to Cornucopia, whoro ho will tako chargo of somoi carpenter work. Mr. Isaac Rowman is not married", yet he thinks tho girls of Sangor aro too high'toned for him wo must sympathiso with Mr. Bowman and hopo ho will get thoro soon. Mr. Sam Guorgo,and his dog Fannie,, aro still holding tho camp down. Ho is tho boss amalgamator and pump man. Mr. Pat. Curnos is still tho black smith. Ho sharpens the tools liko they do in Colorado. Mr. Hurt Nun is getting to bo an expert on snow shoes. Mr. Nun is a very pleasant young man a masher with tho ladies, and full of business. Wo wish him euccess. A turkey supper was sorved on tho 19th inst, at Mrs. Fairwoathor's Mr. and Mrs. Johny Dorman, Mr. and Mrs. Rith, Mr. Judgo Russet and Mr. Isrcal Kith wore tho guests. Mill and mino riming in full blast with Dan, Hayca foromau. Wo aro glad to give him credit for what ho knows, but we think ho would do better down at I'endloton driving tho street spi inkier, runing a skating rink or riming tho saw mill in California but we find that Mr. Hayes is a prominent man at any thing. Biicklen'a Arnica Salve. Tint Bkht Sai.vi: in thu world for Cuts, BrulKcs, Ho res, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Bores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Hlcln Eruptions, and posi nlvely cures Piles, or no puy required, It Is K'larantcod to give perfect natlsfactlou, or money refunded. I'rlco 25 conts per box. For sale at Brown's drug store. Gardner & Cos,