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i L' JJI leX'-JUJtt,' AM Tl . M I JLMM OUR FARMERS. A Sensible Article They Will do Well to Head. THE PARK. Keccnt Happanlnsa.as Noted by oar Regu lar Correspondent. VALUE OF FARMERS' ALLIANCE- Only by Thorongn Organiiatlon They Hopo to Succeed. Can Editor Oregon Scout: contiuukd from last wkkk. The suspicion has gradually unfol ded itself to the fanner's mind that his share of the wealth his labor has helped to create is not placed where it docs himself and fAtnily the most good. When he comes to inquire into the cause of this discrimination to his dis advantage, he finds that they are mul tiform. To some extent ho is himself to blame for lagging in the rear of oth cr professions in human achievement but to a creator extent lie believes ho is the victim of grasping combination of organized capital, lie therefore reasons : I must lift myself up to my opportunities. Others will not do it for me. As other branches of business are promoted by concert of action by those who follow them, and especially by those in which capital is the most conspicuous figure, I must counteract the disadvantages which come to me from such combinations by comb-in ing with my own guild. This process of reasoning leads him to the only re course that seems capable of relief' that of organization. He says to his neighbors : We must act, and act to gether. Individually, wo arc like drop in the ocean ; collectively, wo may bo like the ocean itself irresistablo Hence the Farmers' Allianco and Farmers' Institute. The tendency of the institute is to increase professional pride among farmers. Those who have read the proceedings of bar meetings medical societies, editorial conven tions, etc., etc., have not failed to ob serve the pride in which tho members of these organizations speak of the professions of their choice. The farm er has seldom advertised his profession in any other way than by expressing the hope that his son might find some more congenial business, and his daughter a home in town. This all comes from isolation of farmers from farmers, and from a lack of asso ciation. It is the fault of this age that men think they must live by their wits instead of honest industry. A spirit of wild speculation is every where the rage. Tho controling idea of the masses is to buy something for a dollar today and tomorrow catch a gudgeon and sell it to him for two dollars. The spirit of speculation de stroys honesty and fidelity between man and man, and the farmers are not entirely clear of tho desire to get some thing , for nothing. The practice of buying fancy 6tock, and paying for it V . .. . . . another and greater price, in order to deceive some future purchaser, de serves the severest reprehension. The Farmers' Alliance should teach its members to becomo better farmers. Today our canned fruits, tomatoes, and sweet eorn, bottled pickels, dried beef, etc, and many of our sugar-cured hams are, brought from an eastern market. We go from our rich soil to States where it is necessary to use from $100 to 150 worth of fertilizer to the acre of ground, to buy tho luxuries which grow hero on natural soil. The institute must teach wisdom that will doom such nonsense. Tho allianco should stick to its text and remain what it purports to be, an organization to promote the industrial interests of the producer. Tradition teaches that the order of Free Masons, away back in the misty morning of tho world's history, was a society of operativo ma sons. Their teachings and principles in later ages have broken beyond their original boundaries and developed into tho existing order of speculative ma cons. The alliance today is composed of operative farmers, and its work is to uplift and protect tho class of which it is constituted. If tho allianco over degenerates into a speculative agricul tural organization, its work is done. Farmers should not allow people from other professions to join their societies but run them themselves, or they will meet with tho .'ato of tho Grangor. Farmers are too apt to leavo tho con trol of ii flair to people of tho tovviif. I attended once a go called farmers' meeting at Uozonian, Montana. Tho uudioiico was composed principally of merchant, doctors, broken down poli ticians, third rate lawyers and tlio population of tho town, who run tho meeting to suit theim-elves, made law, elected a lawyer presidont of tho or .ganizatidii anil a merchant tccrelary, and what few farmer were there nt and looked on and took no part in tin perormaiicu whatever. I thought it was a devil of a Farmei'it Institute. C. F. HINCKLEY. Tho ground is wet but hardly enough for good plowing. Uncle Dan Vanorder and Jo. Van have got their ryn put in. Mr. J. Wisdom got back lust woek, with his father, from Weston. Mr. A. Levy and Clias. Miller, of Uniou, were in the Park, recently. Tho diphtheria has disappeared and tho health of the Park jwoplo is very good. Tho sale of tho Lee estate passed off quietly. Everything brought reason able prices. . T. Martin has got a new chop per and is chopping barlev for the Sanger mines. It. M. South has gathered GO or 70 bushels of nice amdes. They arc all of tho winter varieties. W. South got a very nice little deer a couple of weeks ago. Deer arc very scarce and hard to find. The mill company have finished their summer cutting of logs. The logs were'very slippery! and hard to handle. THE COVE. Bear Hunters licturii from the Olympic Rsuige. HIGH VALLEY SHOOTING MATCH Stockholder's Meeting Souvenirs or Shoemsker Papa Stjvcn:. ALICEL NOTES. Matters of Interest Reported by our ular Correspondents. Sammy Vanorder recently bought a ranch of Mr. Hen Wright, of liig creek, We don't know whether; Sam my got the girl or not. The trip of C. Van and W. M. South was of short duration. Van could not stand the noise and they had to re turn nome. They started to look at the Coquillo river and take in the fair at Portland. Mrs. Eva. Trucsdalo was in tho Park recently and staid about a week with her aunt, who is very lonesome since uarnc passed away. Vi It is sad to part with those wo love but such things have to bo. We should not indulge our sorrow too much for it disturbs tho peace of the departed. I here is no school in the Park and it is being asked, who is going to teach? Some good looking teacher should make application and see how"quick they will be taken in for three months, Who will undertake to "bend tho twig" the way it should go around the backs of tho Park kids? 1 would like to brag about our school building, but can't. It is a log house. Preaching on Big creek, Sunday, by the regular expounder of thojMcth- ouist doctrine. The Jiov. will have to get in and drill if ho saves all the llock that was gathered to the fold last win ter. According to Row Do Witt Tal- ..V 1 1. .. 1 1 1 . . imiyu uiu ciiiirciies no not maKo as many converts as they lose on account of tho death of members which is cer tainly a sorry outlook for tho conver sion of the world. 1. . 1. .1 . . tuu uy uie papers mat mo sky pi lots aro passing resolutions against opening tho World's Fair on Sundays. How much lovo they have for human ity, when they would forbid a little recreation on Sunday to the poor work ing men and their families, who havo to work all tho week days to mako a iving. Tho working man has a. much lovo for his family , us the sleek and well fed preacher, and I think moro feeling for humanity. When it comes to the Stato making laws to grind the iborer and feed the sky pilots it is time for thinking people to do some thing. We havo had too much reli gious legislation in the past. Only mint oi me vast numuer ot poor wo men who have been hung, dragged behind cart tails, burnt at the stake and put to tho water test, bccaiiEo tho preachers took for their text "Thou halt not suffer a witch to live," and their fiendish teachings wcro enacted - 1 I IIT. , into laws, vvo nover want a re- curence of such woeful times. Moikk. Now 5, 1S90. Mr. Geo. Thomas is preparing to take a car load of horses east. Apples arc telling freely a 2cts. per pound. They will be higher befoio spring. Mr. H. J. Gcer has been suflering with an attack of erysipelas but is fast recovering under Dr. Decring's charge. Mr. Lewis Child and family will re turn this week to Colfax where he has charge of a stable of celebrated race horses. The public school in Shanghi dis trict No. !, was opened last Monday with Miss Estella Eckersly as teacher. The attendance is fair. Mr. Clias. Olsen and Andrew Andcr son arc now acting as the Covo millers and aregrinding day and night. Both are experts at the business. Mr. Adam Crossman was in La Grande this week. In the contest in regard to his claim on certain valuable property in La Grande ho has como out first best. 1 he number of pupils enrolled at tho public school is over one hundred and could bo increased to 125 was there more room in the departments The local shoemaker is oil on a vaca tion and his friends havo grasped the opportunity to tako his efi'ectsinto safe keeping. Financial disaster overtakes high and low alike.- Airs. J.ti. btcvens returned irom a visit to Eugene, Friday. During her absence she adopted a fine baby boy and is evidently very proud of the youngster. It is expected an Episcopal minister will soon tako up his residence in tho Cove and occupy the pulpit in the As cension church ; also holding services in the difl'ercnt towns in tho valley. Cove was well represented at Royco & Lansing's show in Union Wednesday night. Those who expected an entire ntinnirn if nuAirthiitimi. 1 n 4inn linnna tltllJU Ul fJlUgltWIIIUVj iia bill jwuia, come away sadly disappointed. Messrs Whito and Adams returned from their Olympic bear hunting and trapping expedition last week. Signs ire up on tho street announcing a sup ply of bear robes, furs and jerked meat for sale. Miss Bell II. Babcock of Lynchburg, Virginia has been engaged to tako charge of the Ascension school for girls. It is expected tho fall session will begin Now 12th. Duo notico will bo given in tho papers. Secretary M. W. Mitchell has given notico that the share holders of Cove Dairy Company will hold a meeting on Nov. loth at one o'clock, lor the pur pose of electing ono director and trans acting such other business as will como beforo tho meeting. The uign valley sports win noiu a r'flVJ shooting match near the school house next Saturday. A fat beef will bo shot for and will bo put up for $20. Shooting will bo at tho usual distance 10 and CO yards. Everbody invited to attend and tako part. Aucr.t,, Nov. 3, 1S!0. Aliccl is to the front. Oh, what beautiful weather. T. T. Glenn and Ellis Rinchart were visitors at Aliccl ono day last week. McDowell Bro's threshing and board ing outfit is called tho "orphants' home," P. E. Wade started yesterday to vis it the home of his childhood in old Virginia. G. W. Ruckman is feeding a fino bunch of steers this fall for the Port land market. J. L. Roe sold a part of his fine farm this week to Clyde Pennington. Price $-10 per acre. Miss Ida Clampitt is very sick at her father's residenco at Aliccl, with intennitent fever. it wo just nan a market tor our grain, how pleasant it would bo to haul it to the market now. Mr. Gilliam, after visiting with his son, Thomas II., for nearly two months started today for his homo in Fairfield, Iowa. McDowell Bros, finished threshing on their ranch near Alieel a few days ago. The happy occasion wound up with a ball at night. Frank and Walter Thorp, who havo been sojourning on the Ridge for so long, will soon tako their departure for their home in Wallowa county. Tho "orphants' homo" is broken up at last on the Ridge and tho occupants have scattered to the four winds of tho earth. Somo go to tho Wallowa, sonic to uaiuorniu, somo go cast and some go west. Good bye, boys. Hope wo shall meet again next year. Mr. Mitchell, of Union, was in tho city looking for a location for a black smith shop. Wo think that Aliccl is the best place in the county for a good smith. It has more country tributary to it than any town in tho valley. Now wo aro about to get a blacksmith shop, let us make a pull for a store. A long pun ami a pun an together is what makes the wheel move, and when once we get it started it will niovo right along and moro business will come in. Minkuva Ann. - f . mm i IS 7 - ....niiAi.iin.s i .v General Merchandise, COVE, OREGON. A Complete Stock Always on Hand. Wi not be undersold hv nuv limiso in county, for cash. Produce in Exchango for Goods 29" Highest Prico Paid for Country iiiih 1 1 ii i i i i i 1 1 iwjMCMgraniMBr.1 the U! imp io A Urge Invoice of FALL ami WINT1SR GOODS JUST RECEIVED, Tlie if est Latest ani Best Original Designs! Unique Styles! Latest Novelties! Neatest Costumes! Everything in tho -Millinery T.lno Constantly on Hand. ANo a Choico Assortment of Ladies' Swisses' and Childrens' Shoes. Prices Cheaper than any othor house in tho eotintv. Call ami lm Cnnvlnnn.i TO-Eggs, liutter and Woo.l taken in trade Mrs. L. B. Rinehart, Main Street, Union, Or. Are You Goins to Plant an Orcliarfl? t ii muni nil Of Payette, Ada County. Idaho. lias tho Largest General Tursory Stock in tho Mountain Country 125 Acros. Trees from Payetto Nursery will reach Grande Hondo valloy in six hours from the timo they uro taken from tho ground. Mountain Grown Trees are E-fiaf and Healthy. Do not order until you have visited our nriecs. Wholesale and retail. our nursery, seen our 'igorous agent or got 0-20-yl LETTER FROM IOWA. Klrby'a Travels Tlio Natives uo not Bo- lleve his Truthful Statemontu. THE I M61&1 D The Bicycle Railway. Somo engineering papers havo al ready declared that tho recently-in vented Hynton hicyclo railway is des tined to revolutionize the present sys tem ol passenger transportation On tho trial trip a party of newspaper men wero whirled from Gravcsond to Brigh ton, Coney Island, at tho rate of a milo in thirty seconds, which is "getting there" at a lively rate, to say tho least. Somo years ago a Posey county man Tho car used was a douhlo-deckcr, on wont out West, lie became president each deck being six doublo and ono i He Wanted tho Largest Piece. of a bank, president of a water works ompany, and owned the electric light plant. Ono fine day tho bank closed its doors, tho supply of water was ex hausted, and that night there wasn't bit of electric light in town. An outraged community withnropacallcd on tho Posey county man, and after standing him on a box, asked him if ho had anything to say. "Not much. Tho bank's busted. There isn't a drop of wator within two milo?, and the electric light plant has shocked ittolf to death. In order to bo square with you, I would suggest that you "tit mo up into little bits of pieces and divido me among tho oitizons." Wlinn ho hud finUhed a little old man hoppod up and shouted : "Gents, in tho genoral distribution single compartment each compart ment being by itself and entered from tho side of the car. Each car is less in width than half of a standing gaugo track, so that two can pass each other when they aro run on opposite rails. Tho wheels of tho car aro directly un der tno center, a douoio llange grasp ing tho rail. The car is prevented from toppling over by double wheels attached to tho top of tho car and run ning ono on each side of a continuous beam held up by framework on eithor sido of tho track. Tho engine is a bicycle. Tho car is run on tho princi ple of a hoop in motion, which, tho faster it goes the less liable it is to wabble or fall ovor. Hoynton Bays ho can carry 1,000 passengers at tho rate of 20 miles an hour continously, or Cincinnati, lowa, Oct, 0, 1800. Editor Ohkgon Scout: Perhaps a few lines from hero will not be uninteresting to tho readers of Thk Scout Crops arc very poor hero this year. Corn, a good ono half of tho avcrago yield; wheat, ono third; hay, ono half; oat crop very poor ; potatoes sizo of walnuts worth $1.25 per Lushcl and very scarce. Stock aro selling reason able. Land is very cheap. I havo worn out a horso and cart trying to sell a farm of 350 acres. A salo will bo effected on the 25th and then I will bo ready to start for home. The questions asked mo about Ore gon are mnumuraulo. 1 told them about Jim Ilolcomb lassoing a big sturgeon in Snako river that weighed 700 pounds, and killing it. Thoy laughed heartily but did not boliovo tho story, so I will havo to call on Mr. Ilolcomb for the papers, Many of tho people hero aro want ing to go west. Their farms aro pretty much all under mortgage. Times aro pretty hard. I was in Centervillo last Saturday and heard Gonoral Prontico and Con gressman hck speaK. roimes aro running pretty high. I find ono man hero that I used to know who ib 108 years of ago. Ho is likely to livo several years yet, His namo is John Cornohaon. Ho has lived on ono farm for fifty-two years. W. W. KIJUJY. 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