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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1890)
I'll I II III IglUUHBSIIHHf FROM COVE. A Hunter Returns Without His Bear Skins. CHANGE IN MERCANTILE CIRCLES A Weather Prophet New Farm Machin erySaw Mill Sold Notes. August 20, 1S90. Miss Gcorgio Powell starts this after noon for Pomlloton, on a visit to school mates and other friends. Advertised letters remaining in Cove postoilicc: Edward Fordice, C. M. Green, Isaac Jewell and Levi Morris. Mr. James Russell apd family will take charge of the Ascension school property on the departure of Mr. Pow ell. Mr. John Phy has purchased of Frank Bros, a Woods self binder with the latest improvements. Mr. Phy has 150 acres of grain on Catherine creek. A number of Coveites, reckless as to their spiritual welfare, attended the foot raco in Union last Sunday. They reported it a hotly contested exhibition. A very affecting memorial sermon on the death of Edith Conklin was preached Sunday by Kov. Win. Pow ell at the Episcopal church. A large congregation was present. Frank Bloom has disposed of his interest in the Indian creek saw mill to Lew Bloom. The mill is a portable steam mill with planer attached and is now located near Elgin. Rev. Mr. Powell goes to Island City this evening to perform the marriage ceremony for Dr. Brooks and Miss Kate Thomas. A number of invited guests from Covo will attend. Mr. T. G. Wilson has purchased a 10-foot Hodgo header and has com menced work in Lower Cove. The machine is a first-class one and its owner has some 200 acres to cut, al ready engaged. The Rev. Mr. Powell and family, af tor a stay of six years in Cove, will re move this week to East Portland. They will reside in Albina and Mr. Towell will act as assistant rector in Trinity church, Portland. Parties from the Big Minam report salmon running in largo numbers. They brought over several fine speci mens. They also say huckleberries are on the bushes in gallons and al most as large as cherries. According to Dr. It. 1 lick's weather prognostications, which probably have come nearer being fulfilled than the prediction of any other storm prophet, wo will have rain somo time or all the timo during next Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Earl Thrall, a sufferer from chronic epilepsy, had a severe attack last Sun day and was so shattered in mind Mon , day morning that it was thought best to take him to Union for medical ex amination, lie had been working in the hay field prior to last week and seemed in a fair stato of health. A change has taken placo in Cove mercantile circles during the week. E. T. Foster, A. J. Foster, 0. P. Jaycox and Guy Bridges have associated them selves together and will carry on tho general merchandise and flouring mill business under tho firm name of Fos ter, Bridges &. Co. The stock of goods formerly belonging to Mr. Jaycox is now being invoiced. Mr. Foster will start east in a short timo to purchaso a largo stock of goods, and they say tho new firm is bound to push trado and carry on an extensive business. Jas. Bloom and family havo returned from Eagle and Pino valleys. Thoy j say fruits, such as peaches and mel ons will bo plentiful soon. Jim alleges that ho saw plenty of bear on tho trip, but by somo means news of his trip had been heralded in advance of his arrival and every bear had been caught and tied ; that he could not find it in liia heart to shoot a confined beast and .so roturned without tho bear robes ho had expected to bring. Ho says thoy had no troublo in getting what fiBh thoy wanted. Ho found some boys diligently fishing and bolioving indus- try should bo rewarded, bought their trout. Ho also purchased somo honey bees and will transplant them in Cove. EAGLE VALLEY. Matters of Interest Reported by Our Reg ular Correspondent. New Ukidok, Or., Aug. 10, 1890. J. II. Buttci field is sick with fever. Apples, pcachos, plums and pears are ripo, D. B. Fisk of Bukor City was in this velley recently. Fine Line of Watch George Moody the Broncho rider has started for Chicago. Mrs. Chas. Howell lias been sick but is able to bo about now. Miss Lil'.ie Cundiffof Nebraska ar rived here the first of August. Tho daughter of J. F. Cleaver has been sick for about two months. Tho Chandler Bros, have put a now dry goods frame in their store. The Eagle valley boys have begun to practice with tho ball and bat. Waldo Perry was on the sick list some time ago but is now convales cent. Sunday school is still in running order with a very good attendence and wo hope it may continue. The second crop of alfalfa is being put in tho stack by some of the farm ers and they report a better yield than tho first crop. As work has begun on the bridge at Swisher crossing, of Powder river, Judge Saunders is in looking after tho inter ests of tho county. Miss Sallic Whittaker was still visiting friends here when wo lust heard. She is one of the number that camo in from Baker city to our picnic. J. H. Scott has opened up his saloon at "The Corners" and is prepared to handle tho genuine article. There is a good opening hero for a store. As the quarterly meeting of the Methodists is to be held in Pine at the Odd Fellows' hall, Rev. Wakefield, tho elder stayed one night hero as ho went over there. Mr. Win, Govcr, tho supervisor, has had men at work on the road between Eagle and Pine for some time but how far they havo gotten on tho grade I did not learn. The Eaglo valley fruits arc worth speaking about. Mr. G. W. Moody has got a plum tree in his orchard that has got a limb on it 30 inches in length which has 100 plums on it.- Who can do any better than that for plums? Sickness has visited our little valley again but it is hoped that it will not be so general as last fall. Albei t Saunders who has been under tho caro of Dr. O'Connor for some timo was better when lust heard from and his little brother Walter was complaining. Huckleberry parties were quite nu merous somo time since but as the busy season has again begun nearly all havo come to the valley. So many were out in the mountains at once that to look at all their camps seemed like a village starting up. 1 suppose tho average number of gallons of berries per family was ten, of course wo could not got it exact. SPARTA. News of the Week aa Noted by Our Reg ular Correspondent. Mr. Garand and wife visited Baker City this week. Sparta was visited by a refreshing shower last Thursday. Mr. Castle, of Baker City, is visiting friends at the saw mill. J. B. Alderman is limping around, caused by erysipelas in tho anklo. W. J. Beezley and wife aro up from Snake river visiting relatives and friends. Dr. J. G. Lewis and wife have both been on the sick list but aro feeling quite well again. Mrs. L. S. lrvin, of tho Detroit Com pany, purchasers of tho Marrotto mino is erecting a line dwelling house in town, having purchased a lot of J. B. Alderman. She also intends putting up several buildings at tho mine, ono milo from town. Sparta is coming to tho front. Mr. George Henderson has just roturned from tho East whero ho has been on business connected with UveDolMonto mino. Whilo there ho purchased a mill with a capacity of crushing fifty tons of oro per day, to bo immediately erected at tho mino. THE QUESTION SETTLED. This cut Is a faithful picture of the we'.lknoirn establishment of Thomas rrice A Sou, at 624 Sacra mento street, 8. F, As the leading ch mists of the west, they vrero naked to Kttlo the question as to what sarsaparlllas were la fact purely Tesetable. We present their re port. " Wo have made careful chemical analyses of preral well known brands of samapa'llla, and avo found tliem all with the ilarle exception of bt'' to contain lodldo of Potassium. As result tfo aro enabled to prouounee Joy's to It the only purely veijetablo snrnaparllla nowou the market, Which has come under our observation." Modern medlcluo has proven that all ordinary lace eruptions aro not caused by diseased blood, but by Indigestion and sluggish circulation, which call for vegetable alteratives, instead of mineral blood purifiers like Iodide of Totasstnm. Joy's Yegctablo garsapsrllla being tho latest, Is the first to discard tho old notions and proceed wnder the modern theory Its cures attest the soundness of the theory. It is the talk of the hour. es, Clocks, Jewelry, PUTNAM'S TRIP. He is Assisted by a "Special Providence." INFATUATED WITH OUR SCENERY TalkB About Some of tho Inhabitants of Union and North Fowder. The following letter, from the pen of Samuel P. Putnam, the celebrated freethought otator, is'taken from Jtho last issue of his journal, Freethought, published at San Francisco. It will bo read with interest by many of our readers : We all went to the picnic. It was a slow climb over thehills, winding through the canyon. It did not seem as if we ascended much, but in a little while we rode a thousand feet above the valley. It was a beautiful place, like a chamber in the midst of tho vast forest, with a green waving car pet, speckled with llowcrs, and the wild strawberry as swcot as honey. The horses wero'unharncssed, and like Nebuchadnczar went to grass and en joyed a luxurious dinner, while wo al so spread the good things on the shin ing ground, and satisfied a healthful appetite. Overhead tho trees boomed with long delightful harmonicsas if an ocean surged against tho mountain. Wo consisted of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Thompson,j Leslie and Otto, the children ; but wo wero children all for tho time being, exhilarated to "divine youth" by nature's primeval beauty. When the chicken and tho ice-cream had grown "small by degracs and beau tifully less" and appetite became a memory, wo wandered through tho glorious arches to where the big rocks loomed over the splendid valleys. From point to point magnificent views unfold. Tho granito hills of almost solid rock, in snow-whito splendor, with tremendous peaks, tower to tho left. At tho right, the Blue mountains in soft lustre appear. Tho crowning panorama is the Grando Rondo valloy, resplendent in the sun, with harvest fields, groves, the glinting river along the winding shrubbery, tho beautiful villages. Union, amidst a mass of trees, La Grando in the faint distance, and on the remote edge of the valley Summerville, towards which Hunt's road is pointing straight from Union. Around and beyond the valley sweep the azure bights. If ono had cars keen enough ho might catch the music of a hundred machineries gathering tho abundant products. Tourisls aro charmed with this valley as they come into it from tho mountains. It has a delightful appearance, gemmed with homes, a picturo of prosperity. Antelope valley, and," .beyond that, North Powder and Baker City, might be seen. It was a paradise of which Oregon might well bo proud, tho wealth of man mingling with nature's beauty and grandeur. At sunset wo got back to tho ranch in Antelope valley, whero Thompsou is cultivating about five hundred acres. The roses bloom around the house where a few years ago tho sago brush held sway. I enjoyed tho picnic, tho hills, tho trees, the grand sceneries and the freethought companionship. At eight o'clock, I am reudy for my onward journey. I camo pretty near missing it, however. Tho "overland flyer," tho evening train, does not stop at Telo caset tho station near Thompson's Union being nino miles away. How to get to Baker was a perplexing ques tion, a distance of about thirty miles. To sco tho train rush by and then get "left" was tantalizing in tho extreme However a "special providence" camo to my rescue, namely, a special freight train, together with tho fact that the "ilyer" was two hours behind timo. Tho freight train took mo in somowhat after tho fashion that tho whale took Jonah, and deposited mo at North Powder, whore I then mounted tho "flyer." It was a happy trasnforma tion scene. Really, if anybody over had a "miracle" performed in thoir favor, was I not that lucky individual? To have a freight train slide in beforo tho express and transport me to that samo express, is something that never happened to any of tho ancient pil grims. They novcr got to Jerusalem or Mecca in that way. They never had anything better than a miraculous donkoy. How much bettor is a special freight train. That is the kind of a providenco in which I delight. I must now go buck a little in my story and tell of North Powder and Union. I was at North Powdor for lectures Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon and evening, July 20 and 27. I presume if I hud gono to this place Silverware, Guns a couple of years ago, 1 shouldn't have had a corporal's guard for hearers. But the lire has been burning on and the powder has been ignited, and now it ilames. J. Newman is tho worker here, formerly of the Methodistchurch and converted very much after tho fashion of mvM-lf. It was a pretty solid conversion for the time bcinjr, but the skeleton of tho church very soon came into conflict with tho spirit of religion, and his religion became too broad for the ecclesiastical creeds, and the creeds wont to smash. Like my self ho drifted into tho Unitarian camp, where everything is so delightful, and only the rose-colored views are pi-canted to the religious imagination. By the distribution of Unitarian tracts ho has greatly enlightened the people, and destroyed the gloom of orthodoxy. He has given several lectures winch havo produced a marked oiled, lie is still ready to progress and accept the truth at any cost. Tho value of his work was attested by the good and attentive audiences at his lectures. 1 found an educated people. Side by side with Newman labors N. S. Blank, for eighteen years a Meth odist class leader, but his Mothodist enthusiasm did not depart with his class-leadership. It blazes in tho field of Freehought. It was by his earnest cil'orts that tho mootings at North Powder were a success. Jack Plummer keeps the colors Hy ing. He is not a sunshine soldier, but is ready for wars if need be. However tho Christians here did not seem dis posed to tako our scalp, but quietly listened and did some thinking, l guess. There is quite a bunch of Mormons here, and, like Jacob they know how to make a thing or two in tho way of business. Biblo and business are what the Mormons are expert in. If there is a chance to make money they generally seo it. Tho Mormons aro religious materialists, and believo in a solid god ami a solid earth. Tho country around North Powder is excellent. Thero are lino farms, and a glance over tho wide plains shows that everybody is busy. Tho harvests arc good. North Powder is not a very large village, and will probably never bo a city, but it will not lack prosper ity and comfortable homes. J boliuvo it always will bo favorable to Vivo thought, now that this has found an opportunity to be presented, and tho peoplo have shown a generous apprcoi- j ation. Mr. and Mrs White, of the hotel whero the traveler is pleasantly ontor tained ; Mr. and Mrs. iJobior, Mr Boveridgo and others aro among our Liberal allies. James Gilkison is on the list of FuKHTiioiKiirr. There aro enough to keep tho camp-fires a-going and we will pitch our tent hero from time to time. On Monday, July 2S, I go from North Powder to Union hansomo as ever, with victory on its brow, for it has justcomo out of a big fight with La Grando on tho county-seat quostion, and the court house, where 1 givo tho lecture, still abides in this picturesque town, and I guess it will stay hero for several decades. As J havo jiover lectured at La Grande, but have lectur ed at Union and found many warm friends hore, I can but rejoice at tho rcsultof war which puts Union ahead. Hunt's railroad is pointing straight for this placo and it is certain to bo an important point. Coining from tho station t was mot by Thompson and Jones with a team that went considerably faster than tho mail coach, and so 1 took my station in it. I was driven to tho homo of A. K. Jones, and enjoyed tho liberal hos pitality of himself and wife. After supper, in tho cool shade of evening, I meet friends until the lecture hour. Judgo Brainard has moved into now quarters, and they aro ho neat looking that I was tempted to stay over a whole day and enjoy tho screno atmos phero and discuss poetry and philos ophy by the hour with iny gonial friend. At tho last election ho wus about unanimously chosen treasurer of tho county, both parties considering him tho host man. Hois worthy of tho honor and always keeps his accounts straight. Thero is no vicarious credit. Tho McConias Bros., whom I met in Chicago under the genial adminis tration of Stevens, I mot hore on their old camping ground. E. S. McComas is editor of tho Freewater Herald. Ho makes a lively journal, and is not afraid to give a few hits at thg"HUcop tibility to gullibility" in tho American people. I met Bert W. lluflman, who has been up in Idaho and Montana, and whoso facilo pon 1ms beon giving de- ICO.VTINI'KI) ON HKC'ON'I) I'AdK.J and Amunition Just1 lew Fm m Summers dkai:::s in- j P ?""!' Hill! 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