Editor.
THUIISDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1890.
jniiToitiAr. notes.
There were f-ovcral million of pco
plo who reached tho conclusion on or
beforo the election that "The turifl'is a,
tax."
Thk Oregon State Board of Com
merce has issued an address to the peo
ple of tho state concerning an Oregon
exhibit at the World's Columbian Ex
position, which wo give to our readers
in supplement form this week. Bead
it.
Just beforo tho election Blainn said :
"As Pennsylvania votes next Tuesday
the country will vote two years from
now." Wo think that the election two
years fiom now will prove that Jimmy
is no slouch wlion.it comes to proph
esying. Hi'NimKHHj of manufacturers have
already reaped enormous profits by
reasons of tho McKinloy bill. Jf one
of them anywhere in America has ad
vanced wages wo would like to know
liia name. And yet we arc told that
tarifi's aro laid to protect labor and
make wages high.
It is now reported that Jay Gould
lias got tho controlling interest in both
tho Union Pacific and Santo. Fo and
has mndo satisfactory (to himself)
traffic arrangements with tho Hock
Island. Jay now owns tho earth, has
it fenced and probably when next
hoard from ho will bo running a choeso
factory in tho moon.
Tho democrats have tho largest
majority in the next congress over
had by any party in this country.
Tho republicans hud 100 majority in
the forty-third congress, under Grant.
Tho democrats controlled tho forty
fourth and forty-eighth by 77 and 74
respectively. This timo thoy will have
n marjority of at least Jf)!.
Tit Kit!-: seems to bo a disposition on
tho part of some of tho attomoys and
judicial ollieers of Baker county to
shield ex-county clerk Mix and his
accomplices in tho big steal recently
unearthed thm This is shameful,
if true. Is it possible that tho resi
dents of Baker county can only look
to their newspapers for protection from
such outrages?
An cfl'ort will bo made in tho next
legislature to mako it iv law to pub
lish tho laws of tho State in tho news
papers. Wo beliavo that every farmer
in tho Stato would bo glad to boo this
done. As it now is tho laws aro hard
ly accessible to all our citizons, while
if published onco in tho newspapers in
each county they could bo obtained by
all at a very small cost. It is to bo
hoped that a law to this effect will bo
passed by our next legislature.
Tim Htatcmont wo mado last week
regarding the assessment of tho Ains-worth-Brazco
proporty in this city
would lead peoplo to think that it was
assessed at about fifteen hundred or
two thousand dollars. Wo woro mis
informed. Tho property is assessed at
four thousand dollars. That, howovor,
is not more than one half what it
ought to bo assessed at. Wo mako
this correction for tho reason that wo
do not wish to do anyone an injustico
and will not do so intentionally.
Tin-: Albany Democrat sizes it up in
a nutshell as follows: "A tax, proper
ly speaking, is a burden with a benefit.
You pay so much water, polico or
school tax and reccivo its equivalent
in aqueducts, watchmen and educa
tion, But when you pay ono dollar
for a thing and another dollar as a
duty on it, what do you got for that
extra dollar? Strictly speaking, there
fore, protectionist orators aro right in
saying that tho tariff is not a tax. it
is a burden without a benefit, just as
if it had been lost or stolon.
Amos K. Jo.nkb.
Tin: Fossil Journal says: "Tho
Oregoniau systematically robs tho
country papers of their news, and runs
tho items as if thoy woro original, un
der tho head of 'Oregoniania,' without
giving credit to tho papor that fur
nished tho news." This is really too
bad, if truo. Wo know nothing about
it, howovor, as wo do not got a eight of
that paper onco in thrco months, not
needing it in our business. Tho Jour
nal and nil other country papers could
obviate tho difficulty complained of by
not gratuitously sending tho Portland
paper their weekly collection of news
Tin: Scout adjusted matters very sat
isfactorily in this way, feovqral years
HgO.
-run city i;i.uction
Our municipal c'ii-c:ion for tho pur
pose of Folrcting officers for the coming
year will take placo next Monday, and
it is high time for tho people generally
and those who expeot to mako Union
their permanent homo in particular,
to cast ofT their usual apathy and give
tho matter the attontion it deserves.
It should bo tho caro of cvory citizen to
see that honost, sensible men aro te-
lectcd, for upon their actions depend
largely tho future prosperity of tho
town. Men should bo chosen who can
placo the welfare of the city abovo any
little petty schemes for personal gain,
and look to the interests of the whole
people. The ollicers to be elected aro:
a mayor, councilman from tho first
ward, councilman from tho second
ward, a recorder, marshal, treasurer
and street commissioner. The cotin
cihnen will bo elected for a term of
three yoi.ru, the others for a term of
one year. Tho charter should bo
amended in this respect and the term
of the councilinen reduced to ono year,
the same as the others. Ono year is a
sufficient length of time to find out
whether a man will develop into a
schoming r.ii-cal, a pliable dummy or a
fair-minded official who will conscien
tioasly perform his duty. If tho latter
it would bo no trouble to reinstate him
at the annual elections, and if the for
mer tho peoplo would have an oppor
tunity of getting rid of him. And that
is tho only way such barnacles can be
shaken off. Thoy never resign, as thoy
regard "public office as a private snap"
to bo made tho most of.
With the exception of the above men
tioned provision we have an excellent
charter, and tho ordinances already
enacted aro good ones and cover all
necestary giound for the just, legal and
proper management of tho city govern
ment. Tho statement made, by the
sheet across tho way, that tho recent
unploasantesB was caused by a lack of
proper ordinances is falso and is but a
sorry shield for those whom it would
serve. Tho trouble was caused by the
utter disregard of the council for exist
ing ordinances. Those who have talc
on tho trouble to think anything about
tho matter know this to bo true, but
whether they will intorost themselves
enough to try to remedy it, remains to
be seen. Wo can inform them upon
reliable information obtained that a
strenuous effort will bo made by tho
little clique, who havo been trying to
run things for tho past few months, to
electa tickot to suit themselves, and in
harmony with their peculiar lino of ac
tion. If thoy succeed tho council will
bo ono of tho most romarkaklo bodies
over clothed with authoiity and will
mako tho present council ashamed of
itself if that is possible.
It romains for tho citizons of Union
to decide in this matter next .Monday.
Wo hope that a good selection of olli
cers will bo mado. So far as Tin: Scout
is concerned it cares not who thoy are,
if they aro oapablo and honest. There
aro scores of men in the city who would
make good officials if thoy could be in
duced to fcorve. Lot a ticket bo made
up from these in opposition to tho ono
mentioned above. Lot every man on
it bo a taxpayer and free from tho sus
picion of having any sellit-h ends to ac
complish. Let tho peoplo como out
and elect this ticket and thoy will be
accomplishing something that will well
repay thorn for tho timo and trouble
incurred.
Koit some time past the Indians of
Dakota and that section of tho Union
havo been working thomsolves up into
a frenzy of religious excitement over
tho advent of an Indian Messiah, or
copper-colored Jesus. Thoy claim that
when tho proper timo arrives tho dead
warriors will all como to life, and then
the extermination of tho white peoplo
will begin, A stupendous uprising is
expected at any moment, which, not
withstanding tho precautions of the
military, must result in tho death of
many settlers. The Indians aro con
stantly engaged in all kinds of fantas
tic dances, preparatory for tho coming
of tho Lord. Short Bull, tho so-called
prophet of tho Messiah, delivered a ser
mon at tho Rosobud agency, to tho In
dians. In this sermon Bull said the
things ho predicted would havo to come
to pass in duo season'; but siuuo tho
whites aro beginning to intorfuro the
timo will bo shorter. Tho Indians
must not bo afraid of anything. "Now"
said ho, "thoro will bo a tree sprout up
and all member of tribe niiut gather
there. But bofore this time wo intuit
dance tho hulunco of this moon, at the
end of which timo the oaith will shiver
very hard. Whonovor this occurs 1
will start tho wind to blow." It is
needless to say that when Short Bull
Marts the wind to blow it will result
it. lifting him tuul hi deluded follow-1
ons out of exiktenco and their Jeus .
will not be able to auvo them.
Ki:i;i. JIcICINMiY AND T.ODGE.
Never wore thrco trembling rascals
more severely arraigned, and sentenced
by any judgo with finer scorn and
more righteous contempt, than the
above named worthies by tho National
Democrat. Let them stand up and
listen :
"Thomas Brackctt Heed, you have
been drunk with power, you have
usurped authority that did not belong
to you, you have led your party in tho
house to steal scats and trample on the
rights of the minority, you have bra
zenly boasted of overturning tho legis
lative precedents of a century, you have
inipiounly thanked God that tho house
of repioscntatives was no longer a de
liberative body, you havo used tho
power of tho nation to oppress tho
weak and enrich tho strong, you have
done tho things you should not and
left undone the things that you should
have done and there is no political
health in you. i our district may
elect you as often as it pleaseg, but the
nation has repudiated you; it has had
too .much of you already, and it will
have no more of you."
"William McKinloy, Jr., you framed
the moft unreasonable and oppressive
tariff bill in the history of this coun
try. You sold tho people of the United
States to a small number of trusts and
other aggregations of capital for a cam
paign fund to bo used in keeping your
party in power. You have failed.
The people have overwhelmingly de
clared against you and tho interested
parties at whobo behest yon framed
your bill. You professed possibly
sincerely to be aiming at the good of
the Eastern workmen and tho West
ern farmers. Both have found you
out and declared against you. If the
democrats had lost this election and
won no other your own party would
have been compelled to repeal your
infamous law beforo it was two years
old. Tho people will not be robbed
that you and your party may have
large campaign funds to spend. You
havo appoaled to the people and the
peoplo have denounced you as their
enemy.
Henry Cabot Lodge, you aro the
author of the liveliest issuo in tho late
campaign. Tho tariff bill was already
a law. Your bill to enable the repub
lican National committee to pack tho
houte of representatives was a pend
ing measure, and the judgement of the
people was asked upon it. You have
sacrificed your political conscience and
your real opinions to win oflico from
the republican party, and what is the
result? You havo led your party to
defeat in your own State. You appealed
to the people, and they have responded
with a hot and indignant protest
against tho blow you aimed at tho
rights of local self government, the au
tonomy of tho States, and the integrity
of the Houses of representatives. Look
at tho 1(50 democratic majority in tho
next houso and ask yourself if your
treason to your own convictions, your
botvayal of tho trust committed to you
really paid. Are you sure that you
havo oven .'10 pieces of silver to jinglo
in tho pockets of your London made
trousers?
Iteed, McKinloy and Lodge, you
thrco assumed to bo tho leaders of
your party in tho present Congress.
You havo led your party to overwhelm
ing defeat. Whatever your constitu
ents may do your countrymen have
dismissed you. Now go."
lMtOOKKSS IK l'KINTlNG.
Tho first record wo havo of printing
of any description is by the Chinese
who aro credited with having taken
impressions from carved blocks of wood
as early as tho sixth century. Very
little, if any, improvement has beon
mado by this unprogressivo race ovor
their manner of printing in those days.
Tho idea of printing from movahlo
types was conceived about the year
1120 two porsons, Lauronco Coster, of
Holland, and Johann Gutenburg, of
Belgium, each claiming tho honor of
making this wondorful discovery from
which such grand results have sprung.
Tho latter succeeded in placing boforo
tho world an edition of tho biblo about
115 years later, in l-15f), nearly fivo
years having beon consumed in tho
work. This is the first authentic re
p rt of any permanent record boing
mado by tho use of movable types.
Tho art reached England in tho year
1 17d and America in IMG. Tho first
printing prosses woro very rudo affairs,
and thoy woro as slow as they woro
rudo. Tho inventive genius of Amer
ica however, after tho introduction of
tho art into this country, was not
slow in taking hold of the opportuni
ties olforod for tho improvement of
those machines, and tho result is that
the proves of today aro about as near
peifoetion as it is po-isiblo to attain.
Thirty thousand papers, printed on
both sides simultantou.ly, folded, and
counted out in packages of twonty-fivc,
Frank Bro's. Implement c6..
LA GRANDE and ISLAND CITY.
HAVANA PRESS DRILLS vJ3 RUSHFORD and FISH
GANG, SULKY ami HACKS, CARRIAGES
WALKING PLOWS, rjtfci and BUGGIES
STODDARD HARROWS, 8S4i ' $V&S&?$)0L "ELI" SULKY PLOWS,
kHu .-;; ' -
Hi 1HJ Sub Plow 2ft Bets Euro Every In.
All late improved farm implements and machinery, barb wire and
feed mills. Every implement warranted, and
prices to suit the times.
CALL OX US Oil OUR AGENTS BEFORE PURCHASING.
.! Ita It lo. 1 In I Mil
-" .-vSlilYERSELL!Z
PARIS, 1S59
Tho Highest Possiblo Premium,
THE ONLY GRAHB PRIZE
FOR SEWING MACHINES,
WAS AWARDED TO
WHEELER & WIISON MFG. CO
-AND THE-
GR0SS 0F THEN
LEQION OF HONOR,
WAS CONFERRED UPON
NATHANIEL WHEELER,
The President of the Company.
ia an hoiir'tj work for tlic latest perfect
ing press. As groat if not greater ad
vancement was mado in the manufac
ture of different styles and faces of
type, and other necessaries in a print
ing office, until today if ono of our
cleanly printed, neatly arranged me
tropolitan dailies could bo laid beforo
tho persons in whoso minds the art of
printing originated, it would make
them bulge out their optics in wonder
ment and surprise.
Commercial, or what is commonly
known as job printing, had its origin
in this country about forty years ago,
and has gained steadily in popular fa
vor until at this time tho enterprising
business man could get along as well,
if not better, without his meuls as with
out his business cards, letter and bill
heads, etc. Tho wonderful advance
ment that has been made in this par
ticular branch of tho art of printing
has been so great that oven tho- job
printer of ten years ago would bo, in a
nioderr. job office of today, like unto a
stranger in a strange land. Natural
talent and aptitude aro essential quali
ties in a job printer, lie must posses
not only experienco in "making ready"
his rollers and press in order to insure
a clean, neat impression, but must al
so use his natural good judgement in
tho selection of tho proper typo and in
properly displaying tho same, that his
"job" may contain thoso oloments of
symmetry that make it pleasing lo tl.o
oye. It is truo that the country is
overrun with men, posing themselves
upon tho peoplo as job printers, termed
''rats" in priu tors' language, who will
always get nioro or loss work to do,
but tho busiuesH niiui who has had i
much work done in this lino, soon
finds them out and ultimately drifts
to the oilieo that can do him a job of
printing.
In conclusion wo would sny that the
Scout job office has been leased to Mr.
K. M. Slocum. a man that undere-taml
the business; that the same has been
replenished by tho addition of nil tho
latest faces ami designs in t'e and
border, and that it hereafter will be pie-
pared to turn out, in a oloau, neat uml
artistic manner, all kinds of job print
ing, at the lowest living lates. Sin. I
in your work.
BICYCl.KS VOU ALK.-One 6d inch,
full nlekil, ami one 4eS inch nun.UrJ .
hnisli. Kmniiro ut tuU otnee. i-l.-n, '
Facmc hi km
Machine
Stands at the Head.
Most Perfect Machine
in the Market for
Family Use.
Elegant in w orkmau
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o-
ook at them before
Purchasing.
i68 Market St.,
San Fan cisco, Cal.
jro-Tici: to J)k;stoi:s.
As 1 ex''Ct lo sp -ml tlio cotniiiK winter
in the ea-r, 1 tisk all those indebted to un
to call and "OttL- within thirty days from
thi date (Nov. l.'Jtli.) othi-nvi-'e their ac
count will be )la ol i.i the bunds of an
attoi-iu-v fa- miniejia e o tllet-iion.
ii i::-ti i) : c, u. day.
AXDO.NTYOl, lfOi:..Tl V.
Notice is liorrby Kiven lo tliosn knowing
tlienielv s ii.d. l.tod to me toi-ume forward
without delay and otile the anie, an 1 need
the money due me, an i mint iiuve it. Let
till be a MilhciL-iit inv'ut.oii.
ll-(l-t;i I). HBIPLKMaN.
SO . 1CJJ.
I will otTor for sale at tho Co'lin ranch
for the next twenty davs, 0 milch cows,
horxert of nil desoription, one wagon, one
liai-k, one cart and general farming utensils.
I will takea pay good merchmittihlo wheat,
oats, bnrl.y, or good potatoes at one cent
per pound, or inuko u liberal di.ieount for
!: h.
Union, Oregon, Out. ISO, 1SO0,
NOTJ015.
To Ai.i. Whom It May Cokckio? :
My notes are in ihe hands ui O. V. Hell
for collection, and llinsu knowing th ni-t-ulvcri
indebted to mo aro roqueted to im
mediately i-n 11 ami fecttlo, my inUniotiun-,
are to eutorou col.ection at once, tiivo in
tention and save expense.
10-;i0 if E. J. COUPEIt.
cast vauu optics on this.
All tluelcnowiiu iheiusi'lvcsiiid'lited to
me e. trior by note or book ucvoiiut aro hen
by notilie 1 to settle thu miiiio on or before
(he lit day ol Ueeeniuur. or the aiue will
be collected und costs added. I ntiiot have
the niiin.-y. W.M. WIl.t-ON.
10 M4 Union, Or.
ADMIN JSTU.YTOU'.S NOT! CIS.
7UOTICE IS HKUKlfY (ilVKXTO ALL
L pcrxnih conceited that the undoi--Mailed
has been regularly upimintud a 1
iuiiiitrutor ot tho estate of Charles Mc
Lean, deecaM-d. All pci'tiiin liuv:nKcl,i.in
UKalimt Mtid estate arc Juo' fl d t pr.-eut
the canto, duly verirlid, t th ttnderiiriitd
udmiiiNirator within six in ut;is iroai tli
data of this notice, at Ins residence in North
Powder, Union ooiuity, Orauun.
Paled tins 20th day of November, 1S00.
VM. BONTON.
11-AMv5 Administrator.
"Y"0D WA STEP. -Parties desirinf to
V pay their Indebted ue to ibis pnper,
hi wood, cau now do o. 7-lT-tf.
IM'KNISIIKP HOOM8 V HI JtKNT.
.1 Mis M. J. "Ininoi-y, Cornerfe. end and
It 5t. I niou. Onyuii. T-K-tf,
COVE, ORE JON.
MVs 1U:u.i: II. Kocih k, ok Virginia,
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Monday, Nov. IT, 1S0O. j
n-ao-sm
OL
IPC f i I
ON SALE
PRINCIPAL POINTS
EAST, WEST,
NORTH and SOUTH
UNION, OREGON,
A. i:. KLtlS, TIcliet Agent.
TIME TABLE.
Trains depart from Union daily as follows:
WEST BOUND.
Fast Mail, No 1 5:00 P.M.
Express, Ko 7 4:35 A.M.
EAST nou.Ni).
East Mail. No 2 7 :-10 P. M.
Express, No 8 11 :45 A. M.
Main Lino, Nos. 1 and '2, ''The Overland
Flyer,'' carry through Pullman Sleepers,
Colonist Sleepers, Eren Chair Oars and
Coaches, between Portland and Penver,
Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, St. Paul or
Chicago.
Main Line, Nos. 3 and 4. "The Limited
East Mail," carry Pullman Pining and
Sleeping Cars between Portland and Chi
cago. OCEAN" DIVISION.
The Union Pacifi" will dispatch Steatuert
between San Francisco and Port
land, as follows.
KllOM l-OltlLANO. FllOM HAN K1.AICI6C0.
At 10 ). in. I At 10 n. in.
Mate. Nov 2!) Orepni Nov 'JtS
Oregon Pec 2 Columbia Pec 1
Columbia, " 5 Rate " 4
tate ' S Oregon. ..." 7
Ori'Kon "11 Columbia .. ' 10
Columbia " 14 Statu .... " 13
State . . . "I7 Oregon " 10
Oregon... " 20 Columbia.... " 19
Columbia " L'li State. . " 22
State " 2(S Oregon "25
Orogon "20 Columbia " 28
The company reserves thcright tochangt
steamers or sailing days.
HATES OF PASSAGE:
Cabin, - - $10.00 Steerage - - $8,00
Hound Trip Tickets, Unlimited - f30.00
Children, under 12 years - - Half Fare
,, ,,5 years - - - Fre
Including Meals and Berths.
C. S. MELLEN, I T. W. LEE.
fion'l Trallic Manager. Gen'I. Ticket Agt,
A. E. ELLIS, Agent. Union.
0.&W.T.R.R.
"The Hunt Line."
In Connection with tho
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILR'D
Forms the
Quickest and Best Route
Petween Eastern Ore.son and Washington
and Puget Sound points, as we 1 at
the Popular and Direct
Linn to all
POINTS HAST and SOUTHEAST
PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS,
SUl'EKB DINING CAItS, and
FREE SECOND CLASS SLEEPERS
Through to Chlc-tigo via this Line.
Passongcr Trains of this Company are run
ning regularly between
DAYTON, WAIT8HUKG, WALLA
WALLA, WASH., mid PEN
DLETON, OR.,
Making close connection at Hunt's Junn.
tion with Northern Pacific train for Tnco-
ma, Soattle, Victoria 11. t'., Ellcnsbiirg,
North Yakima. Pac., t-lpr.-igue, Cheney,
Pavenport. Spoknif Fulls, Utittc, Helena.
St. Paul, Minneapolis,
AND ALL POINTS EAST.
Ptnmeujger Train, stinking above connec
tions leaved Pondlefon daily, at 7:10 p. in.
Through Tickets Sold to all Points East
at the Lowest Rates.
Oen'l Fr't ..mi Kr Agt.
Pretldciu and Oru'i M mug r.
H. L. PhUOJN, TL..i .Ucu, I nion, Or.