Knnon.
THURSDAY, JANUAltY 8, 1801.
ATTKMI'TINO IT AOAIN
From tho mnnnur in which llio
Baker City papers have been "tallying"
the people of t!iu touthern end of the
county during the past few weeks and
endeavoring to delude- them with nn
imaginary brunch railroad to tap that
section; wagon loads by way of Pow
der river and Sanger; daily stage lines
and other visionary projects, tho fol
lowing letter received a few days ay.o
from a prominent citizen of that tac
tion was not unexpected.
Dec, 31, ISW).
Diun HootiT:
1 write in haste. Baker Oily
"ghouls" arc canvassing our end of the
county, as railroad magnates, etc,
talking annexation to Baker county
and circulating petitions. Warn the
people. Ho fur a I am concerned I
am eatisficrf with Union county. If
Baker City builds her "wind" road to
the Si'vou Devils there is time enough
after completion to say what wc want.
Yourd always
Our friend vcrv aptly designates the I
moving parties m the above montio- od I
transaction as ghouls, yet with all their
ghoulish qiuii.Kations they certainly
havo ono merit peisiiteney. Fur the
past four or live years, just before tho
convening of each legislature, they
havo tried tho same guino and in every
instance tho people of this city havo
taken tho trouble to sco that remon
strances woro circulated and each linio
tho fact has boon demonstrated that
four-lifths of tho residents and tax
payers of that section of tho county
arc slronously opposed to any move of
the kind. That the same sentiment,
only more intensified, now exists, wo
am fully assured. As tho citizens of
that section ot tho county arc an .in
telligent and wide awake peoplo they
are competent to take care of their own
interests and no doubt will do so. Wc
do not think they will allow tho sharp
ers of Baker City to pull any wool
over their oyes and annex their rich
farms and prosperous mines to bolster
up the fortunes of a tax-riddon and al
most bankrupt county. To prevent
this, however, it may require some
little exertion on thoir part and they
Bhould ntoneoeirculatoa remonstrance
and forward it to our representatives
in tho legislature who will attend to ,
lllo matter. Wo do not believe that j
cither of our representatives would j
be direhct in his duty regarding it, for j
if ho did ho would bo eternally damned j
so far as tho people of Union county,
with .i very fow exceptions, aro con
i
corned. Tin: Scout is the people's
paper and is as much a part of Cornu
copia, Eaglo and Pino valloys, and
every other section of tho county, as it
is of the city of Union, It boliovos in
tho majority ruling. If it thought
that the peoplo of tho southern por
tion of this county desired to bo an
noxed to Baker county it would have
nothing to say against it, But wo
know this is not tho case and wo dis
like the unscrupulous methods adopted
by parties in Baker who would by mis-rcure.-entulions
and intrigue compass
that end. They have no idea that a
railroad will be built out from Baker
City, but if they can make tho peoplo
believe so it will answer thoir purpo.-o
just as well as a real road. Wo know,
and wo boliovo tho peoplo of tho south
ern portion of tho county know, that
if they aro' over blessed with a railroad
and better transportation facilities it
will bo by tho building of somo I runs
continal lino which must, of necessity,
pass through that section. Tho Hunt
road seems to be in status quo, but tho
Seattlo it Salt Luko is vigorous,
enough and wo predict that iii&ido of
two years, ono or tho other of theso
roads will pans through the southern
portion of this county. It will then
be timo enough, as our correspondent
says, for tho people of that section to
decido what thoy want, and it is to bo
hoped they will not decido before, or
allow tho Bakor City "ghouls" to do
eide for them.
Tjik Baker City llovcillo sayB :
A petition will bo presented to the
next legislature of this Statu asking
that body to set Baker county outside
of tho Sixth judicial district, for the
reason that there is no criminal prose
cution and seemingly no chance for a
change. Civil cans will be stl tied by
arbitration. This move in the
right dituciin, as under the present
Blutu of affair ilu ru is no protection
to the residents of the county, and the
taxes aro piling up with wonderful ra
pidity. Every taxpayci should sign
this petition.
And still thoy have tho iiuuraiieo to
ask tho people of the southern portion
of this county to annex thinnelvi to
llakorauul punioipalo in that sort of
tlung.1-.
Amos K .Tonus.
rciiMSH Tim j.aw.s.
An effort will bo nindo at tho com
ing session of the legislature to havo a
law enacted providing for the publica
tion in the newspapers of all the new
laws so that the people at large may
know what they arc required to obey.
Wc bplieve it is a good move and one
that will bo favored by the people in
general. Following is an outline of a
bill providing for further publication
of county expenses:
A bill for an act, entitled an act, to
authorize tho publication in county
newspapers of the proceedings of
county courts and fix compensa
tion therefor.
lie it enacted by the Lcpislalivc as
nembly of the Slate of Oregon.
Section 1. Tho county court and
commisieionors shall cause to bo made
out and published in ono newspaper,
if there be ono in tho county, and, if
not, by posting on the court house
door, a schedule of tho expenditures
of tho county, which shall state the
names of all claimants, tho article or
service for which payment is claimed
in each bill, the a-nount allowed if
ordeicd paid, or whether the claim has
been continued or rejected
Sec. 2. Tho couutv court and com-
mis unions shall at tho January session
of each year select one newspaper pub
lished within tho county, having the
largest circulation within tho county
where published, in which tho pro
ceedings of said court and commission
ers, as entered of record, shall bo pub
lished at tho expense of tho county;
provided that in counties having live
thousand population two nownpapcrs
having largest ehculation shall be se
lected, and tho county clerk shall fur
nish such papers selected each a copy
of tho proceedings and a list of claims.
Sec. ;t. Compensation for publica
tion of such list of claims and proceed
ings bhall bo as follows: For each
square of ten lines of brevier typo
(newspaper measure) or its equivalent,
cents.
Sec. 1. Circulation shall bo deter
mined as follows: in case of contest
tho applicants shall each deposit with
the county court on or before a day
named by tho board of supervisors, a
cei tilled statement subscribed and
sworn to before tome competent officer,
giving the names of tho several post
offices and the nuniler and names of
tho bona fide yearly subscribers receiv
ing their papers through each of said
offices living within the county, such
statements to bo scaled envelopes and
opened by tho county Court, and the
applicant thus showing tho greatest
number of bona fi'le yearly subscribers
living within tho county shall bo the
county ollicial paper. In case charges
publishor, tho court shall sock other
evidence of circulation and tho ag
grieved publishor, shall havo tho right
of appeal, to the circuit court for re
dress of grievance. Said appeal shall
bo taken in ordinary action, and in
case of appeal, neither publisher to tho
contest shall reciovo pay for publishing
such proceedings until tho easo is dis
posed of in tho circuit court.
Tin: Baker City Democrat says:
TIih timo has coino when tho busi
ness community of this city must bo
active in reaching out for all tho trado
possible, instead of losing annually
thousands of dollars by a lack of onor
gy and enterprise. Other points aro
straining every nerve to encroach on
Baker City's territory and tho sooner
tho business community realizes this
tho better they will bo off. Tho fact is
evident that Baker City's volume of
trade is decreasing and how to remedy
this is for tho business community to
determine, and that, too, at onco.
Wo have been asleep and wo must
wako up, or' lind ourselves cut oil' at
all points.
Baker City seems to bo in a pretty
bad way, and it is no wonder that they
want to annox tho southorn portion of
this county, and get tho people of
Cornucopia and Eaglo and Bine val
leys to help them out of tho toils.
Skxatoh Sr.vxroun made a specoh
in tho senate recently in favor of loan
ing government money on farm mort
gages at 2 per cent per annum, in
which ho certainly mado somo strong
points in favor of tho measuro, which
hns bcon roforred to tho Financo com
mittee. This committco should act
upon this bill and the senate should
vote upon it. It is not fair to kill it
by pigeon-holing, just because it hap
pens to be an innovation on present
llnaneial methods. Everything has to
havo a Ix-ginuiug, and this would be a
mighlly slow old world if something
now wasn't started occasionally.
Tin: ytar 1891 opens with grcator
confidence in business operations every
where it is reasonable to believe that
ihe stringency in the money market
is about to ct'MSt, and that prosperous
tiuiue are in stoic for the whole country.
1
Itoras of Interest From Our Regular Cor
respondent. Cove, Jan. 7. 1S00.
Miss Addie Bloom was quite sick
this week. Her ailment has dovolo p
cd into the measles.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry, Mr. E. A.
and Fred Holmes, Mr. J. 0. Smith and
others from Island City attended tho
funeral of Eugene Foster.
No change in the business of Foster,
Bridges tfc Co. will bo mado at present.
They will sell strictly for cash until
their affairs arc decided upon.
Advertised letters remaining un
claimed in the Covo poslollicc. Miss
Grace Meacham, Miss Mary Suess,
Mrs L. J. Sholton, C. E. Si.erman, E.
J. Wilds, Mrs. Nannio Turner.
Somo wiseacro at our elbow says
winter has come at'Mast and that we
may now expect snow without stint.
Tho dudes aie getting their lancy
sleighs out and overhauling them and
preparing for moonlight fun.
Mr. II. II. French is particularly un
fortunate witli his cows this season,
in one day recently, ho lost five of his
best inilclnrs, dying after eating the
deadly wild parsnips, in grazing over
tho meadows, they probably accident
ly nip a few stalks of this powerful
plant which seems sure death to the
cow kind.
Measles is prevalent in Cove. New
cases aro appearing on every side, but
usually of not a very severe typo. Ten
members of .Mr. L. B. Ilaggerty's family
aro down and they havo established a
private hospital of their own. Where
the disease came from no one seems to
know, but it appears to havo coino to
stay awhile.
Died, at Cove, Saturday 4 :!10 p. in.
of typhoid fovcr, Eugcno Trusslo Fos
ter agd .'111 years and 5 months. The
deceased was born in Lako Mills, Wis
consin Aug. -I th, 1857. His mother
died at tho same place in 1SG0. In
tho spring of 1881, Eugcno came to
Oregon, and excepting a short time
spent in Walla Walla has sinco been
a resident of Cove. His life has been
an active one in business circles. lie
first was engaged as clerk for the old
firm of I'ayno and Jaycox and since
has been in business for himself both
with his father and Mr. Jaycox of
Union. At the timo of his death he
owned an interest in the mercantile
firm Foster, Bridges it Co. also in tin
Covo (louring mill. A short timo be
fore the attack of tho dread disease, hi
wont to Eugene to bo at the bedside ol
his brother-in-law, Mr. Union Wilson
who was suffering with typhoid fever.
Eugono proved himself a faithful nurse
and in a fow weeks rolurucd to Grande
Hondo with Mr. Wilson, but was in
poor health himself and when the fever
overtook him, was unablo to success
fully combat its lierco burnings. After
a bravo strugglo lasting over two weoks,
with kind and loving friends to admin
ister to his every want, peacefully and
almost motionlcssly was ended his
earthly mission, though it seemed only
fairly begun. Tho funeral took place
Monday afternoon and was conducted
by tho Masonic ordor of which tho de
ceased was a member. Prominent
members attended from Island City
and Union. An'atleeting sermon was
preached by Kov. A. LoKoy of La
Grande to a largo congregation and
expressions of deep sympathy for tho
sorrowing widow and relatives and re
grets that so useful a member of so
ciety bhould bo called from a life of in
tegrity and well doing.
It does not appear probable that a
free coinage bill will bo passed at tho
present session of congress. It is ad
mitted by all well-informed persons
that a majority of both tho House and
tho senate aro in favor of tho bill, but
tho trouble lies in tho fact that those
who control the legislation that gets
before congress aro opposed to it. It
is only theoretically that a majority
controls in congress. Practically it' is
less than a dozen men that control its
ovory action, by deciding what legisla
tion shall bo considered.
NOTICH TO SUTTI.H.
All persons Indebted to the umlorstgupd,
by nolo, hooK account or otherwise, aro
expected to scttlo their accounts without
further notice. 1 am compelled to adopt
tltts couroo on account ot my losses by tho
recent tiro In Cornucopia.
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THE COVE.
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Memento Mori.
"In the midst of life wc are in death."
WILLIAM It ALKY.
"lie is not dead but slcepcth."
Chanrcltor Omimandcr and Jlrethren:
For tho first time in the existence of
our lodge wo arc called upon to mourn
tho loss of ono of our Brothers.
William Haley has left us; having
been called from the active duties of
humanity inculcated by our order, to
tho perfect bliss of the stipremo grand
lodge on high. Our Supreme Grand
Chancellor doeth all things well; and
whilst wc are stricken in sorrow, wo
must remember that our Brothers loss
is his everlasting gain. And since our
brother has gono before it is but seem
ly that wc should placo u memento on
our records and show to his bereaved
widow and family, nor forgetting his
aged mother, our appreciation of him
in life and our regret at his death ;
Therefore
Bi: it hksolvki) by Blue Mountain
Lodge, No. 28, Knights of Pythias, of
Union, Oicgon :
That whilst our Brothor may havo
had tho faults of which all of human
ity aro inheritors, yet he was a man
with a large heart, a truo and kind
husband, a loving father, a dutiful son,
and a tiied and true friend.
That in the death of Brother Haley
our lodge has lost a faithful member,
and society a good and enterprising
member; and wo deeply sympathize
with the widow and family of our
Brother and to comfort them wo can
("only point th?m to the Great Huler of
all, who will dry the widow's tears and
comfort the sorrowing hearts.
That in remembrance of our Broth
er the members wear tho usual badge
of mourning and that our Castle hall
and furniture bo draped for the usual
timo.
That these resolutions bo spread on
a memorial page of our record and a
copy of the samo bo engrossed and sent
under the seal of the lodge, to tho fam
ily of our deceased Brother, and a copy
furnished tho city papers for publica
tion. Bcspectfully submitted in F. C.-and
B.
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