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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
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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
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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.
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Klrby'a Travels Tlio Natives uo not Bo-
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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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