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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1890)
t EAGLE1VALLEY. Preparations For the Har vest Picnic Next Month. EXCELLENT CROP PROSPECTS. Sam'l Putnam to Visit the Valley Base ball Club to be Organized. All kinds of slock arc getting vcrv fat. Everything is looking fine in our valley now. Farmers are about through cutting the first crop of hay, Sonic of our people arc getting rich raising bees and honey. The boys of Eagle valley will organ ize a base ball club in a few days. The Methodist people will commence a campmceting just after the picnic. Mr. James Scott and family, of Baker City, will reside with us hereafter. Mr. Ben Longley is still buying sheep. Any one wanting to sell would do well to call on or address him at Newbridge. There will hardly be as much fruit this year as there was last, but it will be larger. Vegetables will be plentiful and very fine. Mrs. W. W. Kirby who started re cently to Iowa to visit a sick sister arrived safely and found her sister still alive but with no hopes of recovery. It is hoped that Mrs. Kirby will return to her Oregon home in safety. We are preparing to have the grand est picnic on the first day of August that has ever been given in Eastern Oregon. It will be seen by circulars which have been issued that our pro gramme is very lengthy and will fur nish amusement to everybody all day. A great many premiums will be given. "We will have plenty for everybody to eat and drink. All aro cordially in vited to attend on that day and par take of our hospitality. As a member of the committee on invitation I think this method of 'invitation is just as good as to write it and send to each individual in Union and Baker coun ties. Let all come, we assure them of a welcome. The editors of Union and Baker counties aro respectfully invited. The committee has chosen Mr. Craw ford of Union, and Mr. Anderson, of Baker, as the speakers on that day. lion. Sam'l P. Putnam, the great Ereethouglit orator, will arrive in the valley July .'iOth and remain till Au gust 2nd. lie will lecture each day during his stay. K. FROM ALBANY. An Extremely Interesting Letter From Our wide Awake News Gatherer. July 14, 1S90. Editok OiiHGo.v Scout: As it has been some time sinco we wrote you, it seems to be time to sond in a few lines again. Business in our city is very good at present and especially so for this time of year. Election time being past and people getting back into the old chan nel, wo suppose has something to do with it. Then again tho brightened prospect of good crops make ovorybody feel good, and like spending their mon ey. Wo have just seated a full set ex- cent survevor of Democratic county officers, and they have gone to work like old stage horses, knowing what to do and doing it earnestly. Albany has a very bad opidemia preying on her peoplo at present, ono that may prove fatal in more than ono case namely: the base ball craze. First tho small boys, then tho college nine. Now tho barbers challenge tho grocers and after tho gamo was played they wished they hadn't. Yesterday tho real estato dealers and lawyers cro.-sed clubs with an ovcr- wlielmintx victory for tho land sharks of 53 to 32. Tho printers havo chal- lenccd tho victorious grocers lor a out tie which will take place on the square tomorrow afternoon. We can not sur- miso whero this will end. It seems to bo lots of fun for those who win. Our manufacturing establishments are all running at their fullest capacity and all aro crowded with orders. Tho woolen mill is turning out somo of tho lift cloths in tho state, and aro away behind with orders. Tho flouring mill can't keep up with their orders, so popular is their flour. Tlioy amp to Portland and Sound points, oeames mirmlvinc various valley towns. Tho Bank of Oregon's lino threo .tr.rv l.uildmir is noarly ready for tho .nltistt-rors. It has a massivo stono ifront, and will bo ono of tho handSOm- tOSl fronts on Main street. A stock company has been incorpo Fine "Line" of Watch rated to build a four story brick hotel on the comers of Second and Broadal bin streets, to cost $ 10,000. Work will bo begun probably tin's fall. Wc arc glad to sec this move forward as it is in the right direction. The foundation of tho Baltimore i three storv block is nearly finished and ! udging from the looks of it tho block will be n splendid one. ! Wo are pleased to note that the La , Grande wire pullers could not voto da goes enough to get tho county seat from Union. We havo no sympathy for LaGrando or its backers, tho O. B. it N. Co. Tho Grande Bonders should hold a grand celebration when tho Hunt road is completed as it will be tho greatest Godsend that has ever hap pened to them. We of Albany know what it is to have rail road competition you bet. No work on the Oregon Pacific yet this year, but we can only wait the pleasure of tho owners as wo feel assur ed the road will bo built sometime in tho future. The survey on the Albany and Astoria road is now nearly comple ted and we are informed by one of the incorporators that work will bo begun in the near future. This will give Al bany tho best railroad connection of any town in the valley. Many immigrants are arriving every day from tho east and all speak highly of thocountrv. 'Most all of them have 'come to stay." More anon. WALLOWA LETTER. Matters of Interest Reported by Our Reg ular Correspendent. Ui-pkh "Wallowa, July 14, 1800. The general health of the people in this valley was never better. Notwithstanding wo aro being hard pressed to-day for money to meet cur rent expenses, we dream of freedom from duns and debts when the rye and barley aro gathered in. It should not be inferred that be cause of the smallness of our valley farming is done on a small scale. W. II. Winters has over -100 acres, in one block, sown to grain, grass and alfalfa. Old mowers and reapers are being repaired and oiled, and new ones are being bought. Bye and and timothy will bo ready lor tho sickle in a few days, and then the whiss and rattle of machinery will begin. Mrs. Grundy says A. W. Gowan will serve notice of contest on E. W. Barnes, soon. I am persuaded that Mrs. G. is at fault. Though there wero irregu larities at some of the voting places, and a few fraudulent votes were cast for each candidate, in the main the vote was fair and free. I beliovo A. W. Gowan to be a gentleman and that he will indignantly refuse to try to thwart the wishes of the majority of his fellow citizens. Should one brother sit in judgment in a judicial capacity over another's interests? This was done in Joseph, recently. A. owed B. if 15 on account. A. went to B. with .$20 and proffered to bet it with B. on a horso race. B. took tho money and asked A. if it was his. lie said it was. B., then put tho double-eagle in his pocket and offered A. $5, remarking, "That makes us even." A. refused it. At this junc ture G. appeared and claimed tho $20 as his. B. refused to honor C's claim. Thereupon C. went before his brother, a Justice in and for Joseph precinct, and procured a warrant for tho arrest of B. for stealing $20. Tho caso camo on for hearing. B. was fined $25 and costs. B. will tako an appeal. Again I ask: Should ono brother sit in judg ment in a judicial capacity over an other's interests? Caholnk C. Hits 'Em Eard. Sorry to infer that our old friends and old subscribers, G. W. Wood and Byron A. Harris, of Lowistown, Idaho aro dead. Wo hopo tho inferenco is incorrect, as Mr. Wood owes us $25 and Mr. Harris about half that amount on this paper, which they do not tako from tho oifico at Lewistown now. All exchanges will please copy, so if our old friends aro not dead wo muy get to hear from them. Mr. Harris used to bo a member of tho Masonic lodgo in this place and no doubt tho brethren will rcjoico to learn that tho inferenco of his death is incorrect. Mr. Wood was at ono time a granger. Pomeroy Independent. CHEAP MILLINERY 000DB. A Rare Chance for the Ladles of Union and Vicinity. We tako this method of Informing tho public that lu oruerto make a cnange in nnulnitoa our entire Btockof millinery uoods are being disposed of at cost. Tho goods will bo sold In wliolesalo or retail low. we mean Just exactly what We nay and those wishing anything In our lino should avail themselves of the opportunity to get tho Samoatactualco8t.)WKLL&nKS8oN 'es, Clocks, Jewelry, ELGIN. Description of the Thriv ing Little City. A RAILROAD AND TRADE CENTER Surrounded by a Fine Country Some j Needed Industries. I From the last number of the Pacific Farmer we clip tho following excellent article on our thriving little neighbor ing city, Elgin : There has been a great deal written and said about the rich and productive county of Union and some of its beautiful and flourishing towns and cities, and I do not believe thcro can be too much said in their praise. Un ion county is fast becoming ono of the most prosperous in tho State In any portion of it one can find a home to his satisfaction. There is no portion of the State that can claim more, and claim it truthfully, than can Union county. This county is rich with her many natural resources; she has thousands of acres of fine tillablo soil, vast and practicably inexhaustible forests, rich mineral deposits, a health ful climate, crystal springs and streams of running water sparkling in tho sun light as they course through tho rich and fortilo soil. Elgin tho thrifty little town of which I shall attempt to write, is situated at valley and at tho extrcmo southern edgo of the famous Indian valley. It is beautifully located on a hogback or ridge, in a shady grove of oak and ma jestic pine on the banks of tho spark ling Grando Bondo river. It is just 20 miles north of the city of La Grande, according to tho survey of tho Union Pacific It. B., which company are now building a branch line to this point. At the time I visited Elgin the grade was just being completed and tho cars are to bo running by tho end of the present month July. Tho Hunt sys tem, which is building from Union to Walla Walla, will also touch at Elgin, tho depots being located within half a mile of each other. The grade of tho latter road is completed to Summcr ville, nine miles south of Elgin, and work is being prosecuted in order to get through the mountains before snow flics. With two new railroads, productive and extensive valleys both north and south, and peopled by a thrifty, intelli gent, energetic people, I fail to see why Elgin should not make a most excel lent town; at present it has a popula tion of noarly -100, and new additions arc coming in every day. The first houso in Elgin was built in 1880, but tho town did not tako a start until last April. Town property as yet is remarkably reasonable ; in Hindman's addition, which lies di rectly north and adjoining tho very business part of town, lots can bo had at from $30 to $150 on easy terms, while the Union Beal Estato and Mining Exchango of Union havo plat ted and aro selling a beautiful -10 aero tract adjoining tho business part of town on tho south at these same re markably low figures. With theso prices and terms to suit yourself I fail to see why ovory man should not own a spot that ho could at least call home. Excellent farming lands threo to eight miles from Elgin, can bo had at from $10 to $20 per aero, while fair govern ment lands aro obtainable at a distance of fiom fivo to fifteen miles of town. As a proof that Indian valloy is a superior wheat growing region, it is only necessary for mo to stato that the wheat which received the first pre mium at tho Centennial Exposition in 1876 was raised within three miles of tho spot whero Elgin now stands. Tho country directly tributary to Elgin produced last year -100,000 bushels of wheat, and as soon us all of this coun try is put to cultivation double that amount will bo raised. Tho country which is and will bo for years to come tributary to tho town, enbracca a scopo of 200 tquaro miles. Looking Glass valley, 16 miles north which is 20 miles in length, is covered with a magnificent growth of yellow pine, fir and tamarack. Wallowa county with a population of 5000 peo plo will on completion of tho railroad to Elgin, draw all its supplies from this point. This country contains thousands of acres of excellent funning lands, much of which is Htill government, and also produces largo quantities of wool. Elgin should havo a woolen mill, flour ing mill, Bash and door factory, small bank, a shoemaker and a small news paper. All of theso institutions would Silverware, Guns bo paying investments. The Grande Hondo river would furnish sufficient water power to run any number of fac tories or mills. Considorabloattcntion is now being paid to the improvement of tho horse stock in this section ; the handsome young stallion Hotter Times owned by J. C. Chiij-tiaiifOU, sired by Dandy Jim, alias True Hriton, register number 1231), is making his second teuton in -this locality, lie is a dap ple bay, and at four years old weighed 1000 pounds, 1 cannot understand why people will struggle along on eas tern lands that will not produce over 12 bushels of wheat to the acre, when lands in this favoietl spot that will yield from 10 to (!0 bushels to tho aero can be procured so cheaply. THE COVE. Nows of tho Week as Noted by Our Reg ular Correspondent. Mi. J. W. Mugann late of Boise Uity is visiting her mother Mrs. Hub ington this week. Mr. Edward Hobinson has accepted a position in the establishment of J. Alberson, Cornucopia. Mr. W. A. Martin has returned from Kansas to tho land of red cheeked girls. Perhaps one of the said r. c. g's had something to do with his coming back. Seeking tho succulent huckleberry is tho popular pastime. They seem fairly plentiful in somo places. Tho largest party started for tho Park Sun day and will bo gone somo days. A contortionist, trapeze performer and legerdemain man gave a free show at tho hotel Tuesday night. Somo of his acts were very good. Edgar Jones J rendered material assistance on the I harmonica. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hico of Ohio, left for Tacoma Tuesday. Mrs. Hice ami II. H. French made a satisfactory division of tho French property, the upper portion of the farm being awarded to tho latter. The directors of Covo school district ' No. 1") havo not yet engaged teachers j for tho ensuing year. Applications from aspiring weildors of tho birch are in order. A. (J. Conklin Esq, has tho honor to bo chairman of tho board. Born, to tho wife of J. S. Shoemaker, July 21st an eight pound daughter. John is able to be around. Ho says ho had fondly hoped for a young voter but has since made tho discovery that boys now days generally turn out bad anyway. S. G. White disposed of his Gray's Harbor possessions consisting of an undivided ono half of iivo acres lying adjacent to tho town to J. M. Phy for , $7.r)0. If tho Harbor makes a second Seattle this will bo a valuable property before many years. Tho saw mill firm of Bloom and Zeiglor havo secured a steam engino for their Indian creek mill and now aro making use of this power in place of water. As soon as they have fin ished cutting tho logs on tho yard at the present site, they will move their mill to Indian valloy near Elgin. Tho ladies of tho Covo will givo an ice cream festivalj.it AVright's hall, Covo, Saturday evening Aug. 2nd. Doors open at 8. The proceeds will bo ap plied to purchasing an organ for tho Morrison church. A cordial invita tion is extended to all. Conio and got a supply of ico cream mado by experts and also help in a good cause. Tho busy season has arrived and everybody who is not constitutionally tired gets plenty of opportunities to make hay while tho sun shines, at good wages. Tho crop will average very well. Whero plenty of,water could bo had for irrigating tho grass it is unusually heavy. Hands in quest of it. job will find it profitable to come thin way. Our town is ono of tho most delight ful summer resorts on tho coast. Whilo tho neighboring towns aro swel tering in heat and in vain hunting an unhragerous retroat wo, under tho brow of Mt. Fanny lio in tho cool shades of Mill creek and find tho tomieruturo agreeable, just about comfortable. Tho mercury keeping from tho dizzy heights among tho eighties and nineties, that is generally. Special Excurilon to Salt Lake City. On Tuesday, .July 12), low ruten will ho hi effect for the round trip botween Union I'a cine jiolntH and Hult Lake City, giving all an opportunity of visiting thogreat motropollH of Utah and indulging In tho luxury of a nalt water Hwhu ut tho celebrated (Jar Ik-Id Ileach; making a daylight trip through tho bt'ttittlfurCaclio valley and enabling paasen gcrn to view tho magnificent net-ncry of Snuko river. Ticket, dotullcd tlmo of tndiiH and general information can bo ob tained upon application to any ticket agent Union I'acllloHystom, A. K. VAAAH, T. W, LUIS, Agent Union. Oen'l 1'aw. Agt. and Amunition Just Jew Firm! lew Goods! New Prices! Summers & Lavne, -dkal::kk in- Stoves, i in Hardware SOhK AtlKNTS Ft) It TIIH V'VAA, KNOWN Milium mi mM! mum i iiiim it mtt limn Min r 1 111 111. VMI KJM.M I MJKJf With Patent Gauze-wire Doors. OUH TIN SHOP Is in Charge of a Klrst-chisB Workman, and all Work Warranted. Call and Examine our Goods and Prices. SUMMERS & LAYNE. 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