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jTl IE Oregon Scout VOL. VI. "The Oregon scout, An independent weekly Journal. Nued ev ery Thursday morning by JONES & CIIAXCEY, Publishers and Proprietor. A. K. .Ionks, i Editor. ) I 15. CltANCKY, t Foreman. kati:s OK SimSCP.Il'TION: One copy, one year " ' Six month.!... 1.00 " ' Three monto. T." InvnrlnMy Cnsli in Ailvnnrp. If by chance sulsri iptimis arc not jmid till end oj year, two dollars will be chanjed. Kates of advcrtiidng made known on ap plication. fl27"CorrcspomU'iicc from all parts of the country solicited. Actress all communications to theOuEGOX Scout. Union Oregon. -DliliSBYTKlUAN C1IUHC1I. Services A every Sabbath at 11 a.m. and s p. in; Sabbath school at 10 a. m; prayer meeting Wednesdav. at 8 l. m. The Ladies' Mis ;' prayer meeting sionary Society meets on the fourth Friday of every month at 2 :J!0 p. m. All cordially invited. It. II. l'AUICKK. Pastor rnoi'i:s:sioxAi,. -yyM. Koisxiu. Architect and Builder, COVE, OREGON. Drafts, Plans and Designs for Dwellings, and Bridges furnished on application. I. N. CROMWELL, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Office, ono door outh of J. H. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. II. CHAWFOllD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Oflice, one door south of Centennial ho tel. JOHN It. CRITES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special tios. Ollice, two doors south of post-otlice, Union, Oregon. J. "W. SlIEI.TON. J. M. Cakuoll. Q HELTON ,fc CARROLL. Attorneys at Law. Oflice : Two doors south of post-cilice, 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. JSPrompt Attention Paid to Collect. ons. A. L. DA NFOltTII, M. D., Physician and Surgeon North Powder, Oregon. D18CASKB or W OMKX A Bl'BfllALT Y. Calls attended to at all hours. Q II. DAY, M. D., IIOMEPATIIIO Physician aid Surgeon. ALL CALLS 1'KOMPTI.Y ATTLNPr.I) TO. Oflice adjoining Jones Hro's store. Can he found nights at residence in South west Union. H. F. Wilso.v. Notarv Public, A, J. Hacki:tt, Notary Public. W ILSON & HACKETT, Attorneys at Law. Collections and all other business entrus ted to us will receive prompt attention. A complete abstract of tho land of Union county in our ollice, Managers of tho UNION REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION. OFFICE: UNION, OH. Shingles For Sale! An unlimited amount of No. 1 shingles constantly on hum! and for sale cheap. Orders from all parts of tho country so licited. S. H. HUKHOrC.IIS, 3-1 1 tf Cove, Oregon. City - Meat-- larlcet. Main Street. Union, Oregon, BENSON liKOS. rilOI'KJETORS. 4) Keep constantly on hand BEEF. POHK- VEAL, MUTTON, 1 SAUSAGE, HAMS, LAUD. ETC. Fine Line of Watch Written for Tun ScotT. PIONEER EMIGRANTS. With friends they hook theprolVered hand To kindred bade farwell; And hoped upon Mme distant land In happv homes to dwell. ! And ninny wishes for success Ild h lends on them bestow; i And hoped thev'd meet with no distress Mid scenes they must pas" through. They left the scenes where loiijr had been The ties of youthful days; Where first their infant eves had seen, And learned their childhood ways. Hut now a dreary march have they, Across a trackless plain; Yet on and on they wend their way And mile on mile they gain. They travel 'neath a blazing sun Where grass Is crisp and dry, And while thev travel on and on No cloud doth veil the sky. Around they gaze across the plain Some oasis to spy; j Tho nMintl is lurched want of rain, vii uniuMvm nun ait; ur. j The jaded teams with weary tread Move solemnly and slow; With weary steps and drooping head, j Can further hardly go. i The sun has sunk low in the west, j While darkness spreads around; They now inu"t strive to seek some rest I'pon the heated ground. Some seek their rest, whil'st others stand As sentinels to bear i Tlll, ....,. ... ...... ,..,., ,, i ... . . . - ; . - - -Mint may be lurking near. 'Pis dark! Hut 'way across the plain A glimmering light is been ; Full soon by breeze it spreads amain, With bright terrific sheen. Alarm is spread. With dread amaze All spring upon their feet. Above their heads u smoky haze On comes the blazing sheet. In haste they start a fire near by, And send it back to greet The coming llame. And now both die In one vast blinding sheet. As morning breaks upon the scene, They ready are to move; Far in the distance now is seen A semblance of a grove. With hope renewed they onward go EAeros.s the blackened plain; At length 'tis but a mile or so Till woodland they will gain. They soon arrive beside a stream Meandering through a glade. i They feel relieved, and all now seem Itefieshed beneath the shade. The sun ere long sinks down behind The mountains of the west; And all much tired are now inclined To have a night of rest. They sleep. And as they sleep, they dream Of homes they've left behind. Their by-gone joys and pleasures seem Oneo more before tho mind. Hut midst their dreams a demon yell Awakes them in alarm; They sieze their arms and strive to quell Tho foes that 'round them swarm. Now hand to hand in battle's fray They strive, yet strive in vam; And ere the dawning of the day The little band U slain. They struggled hard, and valiant fell Where earth with blood was damp; No one was left tho tale to tell, nf all within that camp. Hut years have come, and years havegone, And emigrating trains Have found where bloody deeds were done Hy bones strewn on the plains. NOTES FROM WALLA WALLA COUNTY. Toucitirr, Walla Walla County, Feb. 21 Editor Oimxion Scorn It snowed hero on tho 16th of this mouth S inches deep. Horses and cat tle are dying on tho rnngo now. If this weather lasts two weeks there will ho 50 per cent, loss on the range, Edward Byrnes and J. E. Byrnes are tho heaviest losers m this vicinity. Tho hay is all bought up by Bheep men in this neighborhood. Sheep huvu done verv well so far. Tho loss is light. There is long faces on the stock men that haven't any feed. William McAlistcr sold $2000 worth of hay this winter. Rom. To tho wife of Woodson Cummins, Feb. 17th, a daughter. Mother and child aro reported to be doing well. Eupepsy. This Is what you ought to have, In fact, you must huvu it, to fully enjoy life. Thousands aro searching for itdnily, and mourning becuusethey find it not. Thous ands upon thousands of dollars are spent an mi oily by our people in tho hope that thoy may attain this boon, And yet It may bo had by all. Wo guarantee that Hli ctric Hitters, if med according to direc tioiiM and the use persisted In, will br ng you Good Digestion and oust the demon Dypupia and install instead Kupepny. We recommend Klectric Hitters for Dys- pepia and all diseases of the Liver, Stoui- ui - li and Kidneys. Hold at 60c. and $1 per bottle by K. II. Hrown, the druggist. -es, Clocks, Jewelry, UNION. OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH WASHINGTON. An Interesting Letter from Our Regular Correspondent at the Capital. 1 Washington, (p. C.) Feb. tsrv. ! Eihtoii Okkoo.n Scorn i The investigation of tho workings of tho Civil Service Commission thus far only afl'eets the conduct of Mr. Lyman, while ho was tho only com missioner in ollice and while ho was in oflice with Mr. Oberly. Tho story was told by him to tho committee on Wednesday, and viewed in any light, his halting, reluctant admissions place him in contennu with the truo friends of civil service who so loin: trusted him. Ho adtnitsin his testimony that one Campbell, a clerk, and his brother - in-law furnished lists of questions to persons outside tho commission, for which money was paid, and that "ho was merely ronriiimnded for this breach of discipline". Ho admits that after the limit as to ago had been raised from eighteen to twenty years, anil ho was sole commissioner, ho had his daughter under nineteen years of ago, examined on the ground that she had applied for a position befo're the law went into effect, although the law refers entirely to qualification necessary to examination and appointment. He acknowledged that instances have occurod in which candidates sent sub stitutes to thoir examination, who passed it for them. The carelessness of a system that never oven compares hand-writing in the application with that in the examination papers can bo imagined. Thus far tho other commissioners are not smirched by the investigation, and tho result will probably promote the cause of civil servico reform by renewed vigilance in guarding the avenues to appointment The icsigiia - tion of Lyman should be immediately I ons clerk. The directors were instruc requested. He offers no defence and ted to hold a threo months term dur can offer none, lie retained Campbell I iug tho suinmor. Hereafter tho rate in office after his confession of dis honest', where another commissioner would probably have exhausted every possible means of bringing him to justice, let alone discharging him. A great cry was raised by Lyman and his friends against the Washington Post's attacks on his administration, and now ho simply goes on tho witness stand and confesses tho truth of tho j charges. j Despite the fact that many Senate committees considered hitherto as of , vastly mote importance than that on woman suffrage, aro without rooms to moot in, mo zeaious enorts oi -miss j Anthony and Mrs Stanton have re sulted in tho assignment of an apart ment for tho exclusive use of their commitiec. Jiism tno ousemciu ami not a very imposing room, but tho only sign on tho door is "Woman Suffrage," and that means that it is not to bo shared by threo or four committees, as most of the rooms are. In tho walls aro to be placed ciayons and oil portraits of tho leaders of the movement, and there is a library of work on female suffrage to bosupplicd. Miss Anthony is especially proud of tho victory, as sho calls it, and tho threo scoroand ten years she celebrated thc other day aro half of them lost in her enthusiasm. With a breezy disregard of tho authorities quite surprising, Hcnninio Theibault, Silcott's companion in his flight from Washington after having broken Congressional hearts, came to town this week, and vanished during tho same day. It is currontlly rumord that a detective follwed her into oblivion in tho hopes of finding tho whereabouts of Silcott. Humor equally authoritativo locates Silcott in Victoria, wltero ho was last Keen purchasing a ticket for China. Ex- Scrgcant-at-arms Lcedom on discover ing tho presonco of tho Theibault woman in the city, attempted to have her arrested, but could find no charge to put against her. Lcedom still says that he is hopeful of catching Silcott, He devotes most of his time to bewail. ing his misplaced confidence in the wit uiciK. nu iui ua imwii inu confidence of others as ho once had, Lcedom is bankrupt. I lis carelessness j in allowing his own and tho public j money to remain under tho control of i a man ho knew to bo a gambler, and a losint? ono at that, condomns his , judgment. I doubt whether U'edom I could bo elected to tho position ol : - i ! i:. . constable in a begging district. Silverware, Guns The Thoibault is said to have stated while hero that Silcott had been ruined by borrowing Congressmen and unlucky racing ventures. What factor she was in the general smash, the frail creature does not add. It may well be behoved that a lnrge amount of the money went into the hands of local bookmakers, of which IhhhIoiii, from his notorious fieiiuency of that elans of places, should have been well aware at tho time. Tho effect of tho Silcott affair upon the pool rooms has leen most disiistious. A bill is now nend- ing before Congress suppressing them ! in tho District, of Columbia, and their , misiness ior some reason lias strangely' ' Jocreapctl. This class of gambling is :' I't'iuMve to the owner of the game ! (lmt hiH l'otnge of advantage must 1 bo enormous to enable him to keep l,un- 1Iis customers are day after : 1 "'0 1110 " ". ill(l " tno -' tho expenses eat up all concerned. Tho Western Union Tologninh Company absorb all alike, and thus gambling, like virtue, is "it own re-1 ward". j Tho unlucky Congressmen whoso ' I salaries disappeared with Silcott, aro not void of hope. 1 hev look with interest to tho test cases brought before tho Court of Claims to compel the government to reimburse for all losses and which will be heard March 1. Upon tho result of these suits rests thoir only hope of obtaining their money, for tho introduction of a bill to reimburse, after a failure in court, would bo suicidal to tho projectors. .1. 11. C. COVE CULLINGS. Covi:, March r, 1S0O. At the annual school meeting in tho Cove district, Monday, M. 15. Uces was ! re-elected director anil .laspor G. Stov- of tuition to outside scholars will bo 2 per month in tho higher department and !fl fiO per month in tho primary department. Mrs. S. A. Iiridgos, of Fort Atkin son, Wisconsin, is in Cove visiting her son, Guy Bridges, and othor relatives. The pleasures of Mrs. 15's trip were con siderably marred by being caught in a blockade. Messrs. A. G. Conklin and W. II. Wright, horso dealers, have returned from Iowa where thev shinned a ear- loa(1 o horfc(W mmo Um0 Th(jy ; rt thc k t t u In Shanghai school district, at tho annual mooting, II. A. Mitchell and If. j. Dmiirhnrtv worn nlnctnd ilini'.lfir. I niwl SI ir.,.i ii l.'iit. il.ii'l.- Scaled bids for the renting of tho E, L. Cochran farm east of town will bo received by .1. W. Hholton until 12 in. to-day. Sovoral residents of tho Covo aro bidders. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Campbell have re turned homo after passing most of tho winter in California; at least that was their conviction until they reached j Grando a few days ago. A fov geoso aro coining in, a sure indication that tho coldest woathor has passed. A majority of Covo instructors will attend tho teachers institute this week in Union, and aro anticipating a pleas ant timo. It is said that Union has organized a sporting club and the Covo boys aro much pleased at llioir action. As a starter of tho fun tho Covo shootors hereby challenge Union to a rifle match galloy range (sixty foat) 22 calibre ri fles, open sights, no sot triggers, ring targot with boll, six men on a side, tho losers to by the wiunors 1000 rounds of ammunition, Geo, Stewart and Goo. Follows havo routed tho Thomas placo and havo moved thereon. Thoy will turn thoir attention principally to butter-making. Tho Covo Dairy Co. expect to open , " V" " ... r.. :., ..'.,i...t i:.... f,... price of milk yet, Edwaid Fuller and Lynn Winslow havo gone to Seiittla to took thoir for tunes. Covo wears too much of a bubducd air for thoin. Fororuunors of tho myriads of ground ; squirrel aro out of tho snow. Hun 1,rcil ? boU!0.8 of utryolmino are tued firitiiuilli. nil. I in i f..ti vim ra lfitiimr Mm fris, ,iu,0 m1 wiH ,)(J txmOMl ox. . . ft i j terminated. land Amunition Just! :, 185)0. x.wnrirBMjmgiiiLi'.i' OUtt TRAVELER. VlvM Description of Socio Grand anil Enchanting Scenery. co.s-Tinri:i nso.M last whkk. Salt Lake is 12(5 miles long and lo wide and is not known to have an outlet. Tho water is now four feet higher than it was twenty years ago. Fences enclosing land by tho lake in 1S70 are just now peeping above tho Hood which is making a sine and steady rise. Salt Lake City has a population of .'i.'i.OOD. It is one of the most beautiful i.i .I.., . , i ... ... i nun pieasautiy located oi cities. It is ' . , , . . .... .-mi. urn .it uii: mm, in ;i spur oi lliu 1 Wasatch mountains Tho streets aro feet wide ineludinir sidewalks 'JO feet wide, bordered with shade trees. , On the sides of all the streets runs a I clear, cold stream of water from the j mountain canyons, giving the city an I air of coolness, comfort and repose. ' I thus four railroads, six banks, seven - teen hotels, three daily .mil f.vn wooklv newsnanors. The wholesale iobbinir lino in tho oitv has several houses that - would do credit, to any city in tho un- ion, especially the Z. C. M. !., as it is called for short Zions' Co-operative Meicantile Institution. This is owned and conducted by the most wealthy I men belonging to tho Mormon church. It has branches in every Mormon city, town and village in Utah. This con- 1 i;umium,,g I'oaco u neeus, it cannot corn manufactures or deals in almost ' 1)0 "Vtsrlnatiue. Monnonis.n has ac ovorvthing imaginable, and what j eo,nl)llshu(I much b-v ""try and thev haven't got von need not look for 1'oraovoronco m reclaiming Utah'.s in Utah. The (....minis ns.mllv tlm w,l8to ,um,H 11,1,1 'non plains. It has first object of interest the traveler looks for on arriving here. It is lift feet high, but is not yet completed. The foundation is 1 80x98 feet. The building is of white granite from tho Little Cottonwood canyon, and was commenced on Feb. I I, lSG.r, and will, when 'completed cost not less than .1510,000,000. The Taborimolo building was completed October (5, 1.S07. It is 2o0 feet long by InO wide and SO feet high. The roof is a bimplo lattice work of timbers resting on -1(5 pillars of red sandstone. Over a million feet l of lumber is used in its construction. Its total seating capacity ts l!5,'l.r)2. It has tho largest roof in tho world, built entirely of wood, which can bo cleaned in seven minutes. The organ is tho finest in the world and has threo thous and pipes. Beyond tho limits of the city tho uniform character of .Mormon families is of exceedingly plain ways of living, and some aro ovon poor. What the better families havo gained has been by tho hardest apd most per sistent labor. Wo were told by a Mormon Bishop to-day that when tho city was first settled there was not found over $ 1,000 in cash for tho wholo community, and for a long series of years thorenftor money was little used, and tho people lived and paid for thoir wants by barters. For instance, a far mer wishes to purchuso a pair of shoes for his wifo, ho consults tho shoemaker who avers his willingnoss to furnish the same for ono load of wood. lie has no wood but sells a calf for an order on tho merchant payable in goods, and tho ordor for a load of wood, and straightway tho matron is shod, Seven watermelons purchuso the prico of n ticket to tho theatre. Tho tuition of a child at school, 7f cabbages per quarter. Tho dressmaker received for her services four squashes per day. Ilesottled his church duos in sorghum molasses. Two loads of pumpkins paid his annual subscrip tion to tho newspaper. Ho bought a Treaties on Celostial Marriages for a load of gravel, and a bottle of soothing syrup for tho baby with a bushel of string beans. In this way, beforo tho advent of tho railroad, fully uino-teuths of the business was conducted in this way. Thoy now havo tho actual circu lation of money. In tho church sorvicefluo ono knows until tho speaker arises who is to preach from tho pulpit, or what may bo the subject. Tho subjects of ser mons, addresses, and oxortations aro as wide as there aro books in tho great Tabernacle. Ono will hoar sermons or advice on tho culture of sorghum, infant baptism, the best manure for cabbage, tho porsorvoranco of tho saints, tho wickedness of skimming ,jik iJeforo jtH H.,iCi cleaning water ditchos, bed bug poison, teething in children, the martyrs and persecutions of the church, olive oil as a euro for . . . . , . tho moasels, worms in dried apples Received at A. N. ; 4") - iaijii im. i....--.....u-..., ,.. ..,T. irtrt and peaches, bustles and chignons, twenty-five-yard dresses, plural mar riages, the character of .Melchisedec, etc. Portions of this may be extravi gance of humor, yet it is true that ev ery possible thing, secular or spiritual, is discussed from the pulpit, which the president thinks necessary for the instruction of the Hock. The Mor mons aro fond of tho theatre and dan cing, and as justifying those amuse ments, the saints say dancing is a di version for which all men and women have a natural fondness. Dancing parties, therefore, aro quite frequent, and the most religious man is tho best entitled to tho largest amount of fun ' 1 1......... .....I- ... .!!..; . i I I. , "u" "B eui gets mm. I. ti.: . . i..n ,s foroughly and implicitly have lhu ll,nssoa of tho 'Mor1011 1'coplo been lccl by ,huir ,cn,,urrt Umt ,U) onu must ,m 8rl'nsl to find that they aro linn ! bul,UV0IS 11,1,1 obedient servants to all ' "l0 l'oc',r"ls aml orders of tho church. , Tl,oy bdiovo j"1 na hoy aro tol,L ! Whntevor, therefore, there is in this ! lifc' cl"lr, l"shuss, industry and onll'rl'iso that is good and praiswor- .1 ... !..:. x- .i i i . thy to Brigam Young, their dead Ica- ! dor, belongs tho credit, and whatever is lacking in good, belongs tho fearful responsibility. If in all its doctrines, ' services, sermons, prayers, praiso and ; church work, it fails to give tho soul that seoks after rest, tho refreshing, opened a country which is now teem ing with riches inexhaustible. Wo give to tho Mormons every praiso for thoir frugality, temperanco and hard labor. No other class of people would have settled hero. By patience they have reclaimed a desert, peopled a waste, grown in thrift, and their lives bear witness to their forbearance, complete trust and faith. Tho system of polygamy is now tho only great question which affects tho future of Utah. More than all things olso it is tho power of tho rulers of tho i Mormon church. Secret oly and stub bornly thoy adhere to all their plural doctrines, and tho women aro tho most earnest and staunch believers and sup porters of tho dominant faith. A truo religion wins admiration from ovon its enemies, but Mornionisin seems novor to havo niado a friend of an enemy, and only returns oven deeper resent ment. A religion which does not do as Christ said : Pray for thorn which persecute you less and curse not, but treasures its resentments, can it bo any religion at all? Tho leading mem bers of tho Mormon church wo met during our stay wcro gentlemen, and treated us vory courteously and ap parently offered us every facility for I obtainff formation, and they will treat, an strangers in tno same way. Wo fool under special obligations to many of them for thoir kindnosn and courtesy, and wo aro greatly niistakon if thoy do not respect any ono for n frco, manly and frank expression of opinion concerning thorn and thoir institutions, moro than they would a fawning sycophant or gushing twad dler. Noithcr their institutions or thoir practices aro thrust into tho faces of travolors. If knowledge con cerning them or their customs is do sired it must bo sought after. Tho improvement of Salt Lake City has uot boon very rapid, owing to tho Mormons boing persecuted by Undo Sam. Tho onco famous Ann Eliza tho nineteenth wifo of Brigam Young, tho Mormon prophet, is now tho wifo of a Chicago railroad man and is living a happy life. Promptly at six in tho morning all tho snow bound passengers aro to bo at tho depot. Ah wo arrivo tho word is shouted, "All aboard for Ogdon and Oregon I" At Ogdon, wo loam to our dismay that tho narrow gaguo to Poca tollo on tho O. S. L. is hopelessly blockaded, but tho gentlemanly mana gers of tho Denver it Hio Grand camo to our relief and ordered a special train run east over tho U. P. to Green Hivor, 170 miles, to tho terminus of tho Short Lino. Wo soon hear tho familiar, "All aboard," which moana farowoll to Utah. Wo now double- tho road back to Green Hivcr, reviewing all tho grand handiwork of nature wo passed two dayH ago. Wo havo two heavy cn i'inoa on to gain tho summit at Echo Cvntimicd w fait page. Gardner & Cos. NO.