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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1890)
IN ivL, LUIIU Visiting the Palaces oi An- cicnt- Kings. THE WORK OFITHE OLD MASTERS On the Bluo Lucern Scenery of Switzer landStory of Wo, Tell. The following extracts are taken from a private letter written by a step sister of the editor, who is now travel ing in Europe: Mi.nciien, Bavaria, Sept. 11, 1S90, We lef t Prankfoi t, Tuesday on the 10:40 train, and as we relied on some one else for the right time we had to wait three hours in a place called Ila- nan, and when the train did come it aeemed an if everything was crooked, for wo changed cars four times before we got to where we wanted to go. They say a bad beginning makes a good end ing, so I guess wo will come out all right. Wo arrived in Stuttgart all right at 8 :30, and had a good hotel and beds and had a good night's sleep. (Have not struck any bedbugs yet.) We started out to sco the sight3 and ire Baw some fine ones. First rre went into an old palace erected in 1732 and owned by the King of Wurtcmburc. It is very fine. Some of the rooms are like fairy homes ; some aio in marble, black, white, yellow and gray, with pictures woven instead of painted, and as large as the side of the room. Some are very old, and it they did not tell you how they were mado you would be sure they were painted. We saw a picture of ono of the Napoleons vhich is as life-liko as can be. I had cheek enough to go up to it as near as possi ble and I must say it is very hard to tell it from oil painting, it is in such life-liko colors. Truly it is a grand piece of the weaver's art. There is a pair of oil paintings of the old king and his wife. The queen looks so natural that you feel like speaking to her. She is represented in purple velvet dress with low neck and short sleeves and a very long train. Every room is fur nished differently, but it seems to me that the ceilings have as much to do with the furnishing as anything else. I only wish I could give you an exact description of them. The most of them are made so that they are nearly round, and arc decorated with cherubs, flowers, birds, butterflies, bugs, bees and all kinds of animals. Some are in wood of different kinds and so put together you think suro they must be painted. In ono room is a common sized center table, which is mado of email pieces of stones no larger than a grape seed. It took ono man 20 years to make it, and when it was done ho was blind. There is probably a dozen different pictures on it. In the same room is a vase of grcon Btone about 8 feet high which is worth 30, 000 marks or $70,500 of our money. The noble house is grand from one end to the other. In every hall and in every room and comar you can see life sized marblo statuary representing the nude. In one of the dining rooms is a pair of statutes representing two Turks. I can't begin to tell you how magnificent they are. Wo were al lowed to look at all that was in the rooms and I was fairly bewildered and 8tcod just in a dream and entirely for got where I was until someone wanted to know if I was asleep. In ono of the rooms is a pair of half naked little life sized boys, asleep, that are grand works of art. One of them has a white veil over its face. It is a master piece of work. The veil is so natural I could not help putting my baud on' it. Tho marblo is as white as snow. I would like to visit Italy just to see tho marble sculpturing. After leaving Stutgart we went to Minchcn and 6taycd thcro a few days. Tho first place wo visited was ono of tho picture galleries, and there we saw aome very beautiful pictures. Some of them have been tho work of years, and to stand and look at them you al most forget you arc in tho land of tho living. Ono representing four angela carrying the corpse of an aged man to heaven, is perfectly grand. Tho whole makeup of tho fivo is wonderfully natu ral. Or.o of Solomon, where ho wants to kill tho living child, is superb, but the grandest of all is tho ono ropremnt ing tho ascension of Christ. We all otood and looked until wo were tired and then went out snti&flcd. There wero hundreds more that I can't think of now. The next day wo wont to ono of- the king's gardone. It covers about 40 ncres and is free to all. The best part of;it is all full of great marble statues, and some aro so old they are falling to places. Artificial wattrfalle made of marble, artificial lakes last alive wit fish and a greit band of tame euans We all walked until we wero tired out, but after a good sleep ito were ready to start out again the next morning. Wc went to two more picture, galleries. The first one was very old and most f tho pictures too. They were giveu by one of the former kinjjn, as a present to the city, and must have cost enor mously. They say all of the Bavarian kincs were half crazv, but I think if they were so unfortunate as to be sa, that they were very good to their pee- ilc. When ono looks at the vast amount of houses, churches, hospitals, monuments, free public ptrks and tho splendid roads they made, you can't help but think it is uo wonder that the Bavariaus aro te in love with tho memory of their kings. They givo no much employment to the working classes. From'Minchen we went to a place called Linden and stayed ovor night, and there saw a wall built by tho Ro mans about 500 years before tho tiir.o of Christ. Linden is a little old dilapida ted place and docun'C amount to much. It is situated on a beautiful lako about 10 miles long which id noid to get very rough in winter. From Linden r3 went to Rmn,ut horn, did not stop but vont to a eity in Switzerland Zurich nrcS thcro wo stayed a few days. It k r, very pretty city situated on tho lake called Zurich. Wc did not go around vory much. I have read abcut hand otibroidered dresses and I havj seen come, tc, but I saw some here that rere marvels of beauty, also some ivory r.ad wood carving that was Ycry fine. From Zurich '.to camo to this place Lucern. It is very pretty. W e aro right near the mountain called the Rcgcit. It is about seven tkeucand feet high and the tmow mountains aro only a 3hort distance away. It is fine weather and as warm as anyiody would wish. Yesterday vo went or: tho boat to the head of the lako and had tho story of Wm. Tell brought Very plz,in to our minds by seeing the rock upoa which he sprang when ha was on tho way to be executed because he said i! he killed his child instcadcf hitting; the apple he would kill the tyrant, Gcsler. There is a very nice little chapel built to his memory near the rock whera he jumped and got away from bis ene mies. Wc will leave here to-morrow, tho 21st of Sept, for the city of Genova, and will write to you again from there. L. The Timter Onltur Lax. A Washington press correspondent, under date of September 10th, ban this to say of the bill to repeal tha timber culture law: "The members of tho house who were interested in the pass ing of the repeal of the timber culturo law have lost faith in the passage of the bill at the present session of congress. When tho house passed the bill aome months ago, it was a plain repeal of tho timber culture law and allowed thoso who held their claims to comxaute and prove up at the end of four years. It refers to nothing else but this repeal, and is supported gcuerally by EsontbnrB from the western stalta, and cspocially by those in Dakota, Hantaan and Wash ington, a part of the country that would be most affected by repeal. Tho bill was amended in the senate t ouch ca extent that it was not even recognized when it came back to tho houso. It contained a provision settling all dir. putcd land caeeo up to within two years. It contained a provision raakinft the receiver'a receipt for laud ft perfect title, and any settler miking proof need not wait for his patent to stake his ti tle absolutely good. It contained arid land laws and laws rcT&tiag to thfc use of timber in mining ctatea and also a long provision relative to lands in Alas ka. The committee on public lando cannot possibly hope to report upon it at this session and it will over and tako its chances during tho short term." A Elr rind at Epaxtc. From John Clark, of tho Baker City and Cornucopia etuo line, tbo Re veille learns that the nowly discovered ledge just below Sparta, and of which Dr. Jay Guy Lewis is proprietor, is op ening up rich. Tho leije proper of gold bearing quartz is about eigkt feet wide, brittlo rock and shows largo quantities of free gold. In cons quenco of this discovery the Spartans are up in their usual energy and now wo may expect to hear of other bonan za finds in that district. The little Andora waa discovered by norce Chi namen, but by a little persuasion on tho part of the genial doctsr they re linquished and got out. Work will be pushed in developing the mine, and wo predict a prosperous future for the camp. There never ana been work done in the mbaea at Spirta but uaat they paid largely. Baker BeTVillv ALiCEL. News JTotos From Our .Reg ular Correspondent. LONGING FOR THE HUNT ROAD. Exorbitant Charges for the Transporta tion t! Wheat to La Grands. Amcel, Oct. 10, 1S00. Alicel hoc a railroad to sell. The dust is all gone for this year. One more new building going up in town. I guess Elgin will get a railroad by next spring. The Buzzards are on the move to wards Lout Prairie. Jesca Hindman, of Elgin, was in our city last Saturday. Snow made its first appearance on Id Ht. Emily a few days ago. Ilr. and Mrs. Wm. Webb of Elgin visited friends in Alicel last Sunday. The McDowell's broke their steam thresher down and have to lay idle a few dr.ys. School commenced in Fairview dis trict this week. Mr. Tucker of Wal lnwft ic teacher. Zaaftc Bingiman of Monroe county, Iowa, is visiting friends on the Sand- ritge thin vcek. Tha track laying gang aro moving very slowly. They laid three quarters cf a mile last week. Okas. Copple and his brother George nro asMuticc tho Elevator Co'a carpen- tsrn in building a platform at Alicel. I5ro. Stmuel Cochran, of the Sand- ridgo, and Jrs. Clara Jones, of Island City, started Sunday to visit friends in Iowa. Kj. Clampit and family of Enter prise Wallowa county have settled at Alicel, r.nd will go into the hotel busi ness. Died, at the residence of Wm. Jas per, ok the banundge, faept. s0th, Catherine Jasper, sister of Wm. Jas per and Mrs. George Gray. Tierc is talk of an injunction being placed on the Elgin branch of tho U. P. railroad to help them from throwing farmer's fields together, till they put in tho necessary cattle-guards. Chas. Copple has bought tho old John Rick place near Summcrville, Consideration $3000. Wo consider Charley got a bargain ae land is selling on the Ridge from 530 to $40 per acre. Harried, at tho residence of Samuel Cochran, Sept. 28th, Mr. Frank John son of the Sandridgc and Miss Cora Ghent of Lostine, Oregon. We wish the happy couplo unbounded success and happiness. The Alicel po6t office in now in full blast. We are receiving mail from Sunmervilks twico a week. When regular trains get to running on tho U. P. road ve will turn tho tables on Summcrville for she will have to como to Alicel for her mail. Tho farmers cf this end of tho val loy will havo to haul their grain to La Graudo by team, until the Hunt road in built for they can not uso tho U. P. road on nccount of high rates they aro noing to charge us threo cents per hundred or aeven cents per sack from Alicel to La Grande aud one and enc hr.lf cents to Island City. Mwehva Ann. Oct. 13, 1890. Kercral farms have changed hands lately. Mr. id Mrs. E. H, Ruckman wero in town Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Copple passed through tho city Sunday. Mrs. Cobb our popular poatmistreau was visiting friends in Elgin lately. Tho tracklayers aro almost down to tho Imbler place on the Sandridge. Workmen on the U. P. branch laid aluioat two miles of track last week. The r.verage wheat yield on tho Sandridgo is from 20 to 30 bushel per acre. C. C. Stanley returned recently from aa extended visit to friends in Morrow county. Dtvid Jenkinc of Morrow county, io visiting with Oris. Stanley of Alicel tkis week. Wm. Hull amd Thomas Gilham'a residences are ncaring completion and they are beauties. John A. Jpnec is building a residenco for Mrs. Outhouce on her laud near the foot of old Mt. Eagle. Ed. Elmer took a spin to tho Look ing Glass country, last week, with his brothor-in-law from Kansas in beurch of Iruio, Ed, says all the gamo leavo the mountains when he is alter them. J. L. Roe purchased soyer.il head of stock hogs this week from ltcury Rinchart. Prico 4 cts. per lb. P. E. Wado has bought tho Jacob Sturgill sheep ranch, at tho head of tho canyon, in Wallowa county. Frank Smith, McDonald Bros, and Mi'Jvenzic! lr. & Co. havo laid up their steam thresher for this year. John Tuttlo purchased tho James Nolle placo adjoining his, on the Sand ridge. Consideration $."WJ- per acre. Chas. E. Oliver rocontlv returned from Salem aud Poitlund wlieio he had been taking in the Statu and Me chanics fair. The carpenters finished tho grain platform this week, with the exception of tho drivo-way. Thoy left that for Mr. Copplo to finish. Jesse Imbler has bought of P. E. Wado 100 acres of land on tho west sido of the railroad. Consideration four thousand dollars. Mr. Stewart of the Sand ridge, hud a lively runaway at La Grmido tho other day. While waiting to unload grain at tho elevator, a train arrived and his horses look fright and gave him a merry ehuso for awhile. Lucki ly no damage was done. Mr. Goodnough of tho M. it M. Co. assures the farmers of this end of tho valley that tho freight charges from Alicel will bo the same as from La Grande. If that be so, Alicel has a bright future, for three-fourths of all tho grain raised in Grando Rondo val ley is tributary to tho live and growing town of Alicel. Mixkkva Ann. THE HUNT ROAD. An Alliance Probably to bo Mailo With tho Chicago Burlington and Qutncy A groat many rumors havo been in circulation during the past week re garding tho Hunt road and the move ments of Mr. Hunt. Wo aro inclined to believe tho following from tho Spokano Spokesman describes tho situation about as it exists : "Tho Chicago, Burlington it Quincy and the Hunt system of railroads have joined in another great transcontinen tal line. Within two years tho "Q" system will extend from Chicago to Portland, with a branch lino from tho Palouso into Spokano Falls. Tho "Q's" determination to build to tho coast was made when the Northern Pacific and Wisconsin Central wore consolidated as one lino from tho Paci fic to Chicago. It was about tho same time as tho closo traffic arrangement was mado between tho Chicago it Northwestern and Union Pacific. Tho "Q" and tho Chicago Rock Island it Pacific were badly frosted by these two combinations. Its rails wero already pointed far toward tho Pacific North west. It was not an impossible task to extend to tho coast, aud tho lino then mot its rivals on equal grounds. Tho first long stretch was from Cheyenne westward. Tho northern route was chosen and tho contracts for tho building of tho lino from Choyenno to Butto a distanco of over 300 miles havo been let. In Washington and Oregon is tho Hunt system of roads. Some timo ago Hunt attempted to float $10,000,000 of bonds for tho extension of his system. The Northern Pacific stoutly op posed tho scheme. All tho influence of the Northern and Union pacific woro exerted to prevent tho bondB being placed. Hunt was on tho point of succumbing to theso great corporate influences, and it was oven announced from Portland a few days ago that ho had ultimately failed. Now comes tho announcement that tho bonds havo been placed in London by tho aid of tho Chicago, Burlington & Quincey. It means that tho Hunt system has boon taken under tho pro tecting wing of tho "Q" and that power ful corporation, backed by unlimited millions, has taken hold of tho system before tho Great Northern could turn a hand toward bccuring the systom, to bo operated in connection with its Pacific coast extensions." We think that it also means that Mr. Hunt will bo enabled to give hid Mitiro attention to tho oxtonsion of his branch roads and that tho work on theso will bo prosecuted vigorous- Notice. As I hliall nccosturlly bo absent from the county for tomo weeks, I leave ull my busi ness in tho hands of O, F. Bell, at tho re corder's ofik'o In tliu court h-iusc. Mr. Bell In authorized to attend to all .matters of loans, ami ulno to collect mid receipt for money duo me, Union, Sept. 17, 1600, 0-18 tf. U. J. COUPUB. Cottswold.Backs For Sale. The umlcrl(,'ncl lias a number of thor outdibrod Cottswold bnckH fur Bale. Cull nd tea them at ray farm in Cove. HKH4 h. K. HOLMES. ii:ai.i:us in- General :-: COVE, OREGON. A Complete Stock Always on Hand. Wi not bo undersold by any house in the county, for cash. G-IYE TJS .A- "X'Z.X,. 35" Highest Price P.iid for Country Produeo in Exchange for Goods. Always i k Ml A Large Invoice of FALL aud WINTER GOODS JUST RECEIVED, Tie lowest Latest and Best Original Designs! Unique Styles! Latest Novelties! Neatest Costumes! Kverything in tho Millinery Lino Constantly on Hand. Also a Chico Assortment o( Ladies' folisses' and Childrens" Shoec. l'rices Cheaper than any oilier house in the county. Call and ho Convluccd. Mrs. L. B. 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