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THUKSDAY, JANUAKY 2'J, J8D1
KDITOItTAT, TiOTliH.
Tin: legislature, in joint session, on
the 21st hist., re-cleclcd Hon. John II
Mitchell United State senator, to sue
cecd hiimcll.
David 13. Him., of New York, will
succeed Hon. William F. Evarte, whoic
term expires, in March next, 118 United
States senator.
C.it. Mii.miu and U. S. Surveyor
Cuthberl paused through Sparta last
week. Thoy have been purveying
Snake river from Huntington to the
Seven Devils. Thoy Hccm to think
favorably of navigating that river.
Tin-: matter of opening thu Colum
bia river in attracting considerable in
tcroet in Eastern Oicgon just now, and
numerous petitions tup being icnl in
to the legi&lnturo asking that body to
make appropriations to assist in the
work. The peoplo have lost patience
with the drag of government work.
Tun mayor has lecomniended, and
it is to bo hoped Hint the council will
take immediate stops to rearrange our
streetlights. It is an injustice to bus
iness men on (lie east sido of Main
strcot to havo the lights all on the west
side, and besides it would add much to
the looks of the- town if they were more
evenly distributad.
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A jiim, has been, introduced in
legislature for a branch ingano asylum
in Eastern Oregon, and should (ho bill
become a law, the point of location will
bo of interest to this eeclion. Of course
all the towns will want if, but only one
can got it, and in this connection we
will say right hero, and truly, that Un
ion is tho proper place. No other town
in Eastern Oregon can boast of the
advantages that Union has for such an
institution.
XATVV.li ll.S DONK 1IHK l'AKT.
Tin: Gazette does tho peoplo of Un
ion and Union county a rank injustice
when it insinuates that thoy wero not
working in good faith in their ollbrts
to eccuro tho Hunt road. Notwith
standing thu fact thata subsidy of !G0,
000 was raised, and tho right of way
through this valley secured, that narrow
minded journal insists in calling it a
schenio to enhance tho interests of Un
ion in tho recent county seat contest
3t was no fault of our peoplo that tho
road was not built, but owing to tho fact
that Mr. Hunt was unablo to success
fully uogotiato tho bonds of his com
pany as soon as ho oxpected-a cond
lion of aflairs of which tho Gazette is
it ii ... i .
uuii mvare, inougn, on account of its
extremo littleness, is loth to admit.
Tun Eastern Oregon members of
both houses of tho legislature aro ovl
Kiuiuv inionuuig lo lako a prominent
part in tho legislation of tho present
session. During former sessions most
of tho members have 6oemed reluctant
to push themselvos forward, but they
now llnd that tho rapid dovolopmont
of this section of tho stalo demands
Boino consideration at tho hands of tho
stato lawmakers. One of tho principal
measures which thoy aro advocating is
tho appropriation of considerable mon
ey by tho state to assist tho govern
ment in opening up tho Columbia riv
er. Many of tho members seem lo
think that if tho stato can afl'ord to
make an appropriation for representa
tion at tho Chicago fair, it could cor
tainly givo a subject of such vast im
portance, and of such vital interest, to
a large portio'. of tho stato some con
sideration. Indeed, many advocate
appropriating money for the latter, in
stead of spending it in doubtful specu
lation at tho World's fair.
That nature has dono her share to-
ftiuTnn. wards making Union a manufacturing
center is evidenced on every hand. Our
possibilities aro boundless. Catherine
creek, along either bank of which aro
located numerous valuable millsitcs,
Hows unmolested through the very
honrt of our city without revolving a
single wheel, save that of the Union
Milling Company.
It is high time that wo wore aroused
from this dormant state, and wore do
ing somothiiig to advance the interests
of our charming little city. If you find
a live and progressive town you.find a
catiso for it the nlossback, element is
in the minority. Any town that as
pires to be woll-populatcd and prosper
ous must secure manufacturing indus
tries; must develop its latent resour
ces; must oiler inducements to new
comers to settle within its limits, and
last, but by no means least, must lite
cvory honest endeavor to secure the
trade and patronage that is properly
tributary to it.
This stato of affairs can only bo
brought about by the hearty co-operation
of our citizens. Petty jealousies
and prejudices ehotild be discarded for
ever, and supplanted by a general feel
ing of friendship and goodfellowship.
Every move that is proposed, if it will
directly or indirectly promote our in
terests as a community, should meet
with hearty approval not a dissenting
voice should bo heard. Every holder of
realty should consider himself in duty
bound to lend a helping hand, in a fi
nancial way, to tho extent that ho is
inieroaion. aim iiio;c wno lire not. "rop
orty owners And caiitioi asslfjt illlali
cially, should not lo.o an opportunity
to speak an encouraging word.
Union has a well-organized board of
trade, composed in tho main of our
most energetic citizens, and it is with
in tho power of this body to do mucl
for tho good of our town. Tho mem
bcrs thereof should attend overy meet
ing and let thoir views bo known upon
all topics that are up for consideration
by tho board.
aii opportunity lor us to securo a
woolen mill is now prescsnted, as is
noted elsewhere in this issue, and Tin
Scour is sanguine that tho scheme will
materialize if given oven moderate at
tention byourboardof trade. Onoofotir
citizens voluntarily proposes to sub
scribe stock to tho amount of 25,000,
towards securing tho enterprise, and
others qually able, with little pushing,
will do their part. Such an institu
tion, employing oighty hands and pay
ing wages to tho amount of .ftfOOO per
month, is worth striving for.
A town will not mako itself; it must
have push and energy nl tho helm,
and now that nature has dono her
part, let us do tho rest. Tim Scorr
says, then, lot us all join forces and
place Union whore nature lnis decreed
she of right, ought to be the foremost
city of tho Inland Umpire.
COKI'OltATIO.NS VS. OIUNA.UliK.
It is to bo regrottod that tho Sovon
Dovils JtuUrouu Co. aro unable to make
imblio their plan of operations. Some
peoplo aro already beginning totsuspoet
that (hero in a "nigger in tho woodpile."
Baker City Made. Yes, ami thoy
aro about right. Tho peoplo of tho
HOUthoaBU'rn purl ol Union county aro
beginning to realize tho ubovo foot.
Tho "nigger" is in tho slnvpo of a
clicmo on the part of ccrtu'm Baker
Cityitcs to gull tho people of 'tho south
eastern portion of this coun ty into the
belief that they will build a. Tailvoad to
iho Seven Devils country, ami liavo
been making all kinds of iiromiscs of
-wngou roads, railrouds, etc., to the peo
plo in that section, when the, truth ol
tho matter is they have no ulon. of do
ing anything of tho kind, uul iu soon
as Iho logUlaturo adjourns they will
hear nothing tnoro abot'.tit; buUhould
Uioho ghouls succeed in their undor
handed hchoine, tho atoroaaid "nigger"
will loom up in tho tdiapc uf a largo
(iizud "cM'hnnli" nd if the peoplo of
that section vrant a wagon road or n
railroad thoy can build it thuniMilvos,
po far ftfl tho people ol Hakor City ro
concern.
Uditok OitKflo.v Scout:
ICvor since tho reorganization of tho
Union Pacific system under tho new
regime a general cutting in tho wages
of tho employes has-been tho result,
togothor with tho discontinuance of
unimportant ofl'iee, or a general "boil
ing down," as it were, of tho forco em
ployed, in order, it is claimed, to place
the road on a paying basis. Now just
what would constitute a iviying basis
wjth a greedy oorjiorntiou is a query
unanswerable by an outsider, as all. the
facts go to show thut as a body thoir
rapacious greed is novor satisfied.
Another very important point in
thoir economic sa7ings is tho niggardly
and unjust scheme of replacing honest
hard-working, failltful section employ
es with a gang of rice-eating Mongol
ians. Many of tltftso men have largo
families depondonl on them and to be
thus summarily dismissed to make
room for tho oheup labor of tho Asiatic
in tho dead of winter, is ono way the
Union l'aoilio system proposes to re
pair tho leak in tho finances of tho
company. Now, if thoy will still keep
up tho reform and replace tho section
loromuu with a China boss and ono
cheap Chinaman under him, more still
could be saved to tho company. Thou,
again. Chinamen might possibly bo
utilized its conductors, trainmen, engi
neers, firomou ami possibly station
ugenta.
An tho road now has a reputation of
being very unsafe on account of old
and rotttm bridges and a lack of sutli
ciout sound ties and ballast, u reduc
tion of the Bootion forco and substitu
tion of clump men will in no wise dis-
poration who would save a few dollars
at the expenso of honest and deserving
men, who, by the right and title of
American citizens, arc justly entitled
to live in a white man's country Ly
earning back a portion, at least, of the
hard-earned coin annually paid to tho
company, when obliged to travel or to
pay transportation over tho road.
This cut "being the unkindest cut
of all" will not causo any additional
friendly feeling towards tho directors
of tho concern or inspire any more con
fidence in the minds of tho general
public than they now have, and that is
simply that railroad companies in gen
eral aro heartless, oppressive, grasping
organizations, conceived in sin and
born in iniquity, fostered at tho cx
penso of tho commonwealth, expiring
by tho machinations of "bulls and
bears," to again bo resurrected and to
pursue the same old routine of well,
aiding and assisting their Chinese
friends.
"The road don't pay.'' Wo individ
ually do not understand the logic, pro
vided all their business relations arc
conducted on tho samo basis as in our
case. Several years ago, in moving to
this country, we shipped all our house
hold goods by rail, also two small hor
ses, weighing about 760 pounds each,
and a buggy, all in ono car, the agent
giving the rating on all at 03 cents per
hundred. Well, on calling for goods,
wo wero surprised at finding our hor
ses billed at 2000 wounds each and
charged for accordingly. Our only
consolation was they had charged tho
full rates j.ilowed by the interstate
commerce law and did not propose "to
i lose any money on the crood ." .As
tho transportation charges wero about
.$15 in c.Ncoss of tho amount justly en
titled, wo wero duly convinced that the
policy was not to lose money on the
goods.
Again, business men at Weiser City,
Idaho, informs tho writer that the
charges on less than carload lots of
goods were less when shipped to Port
land and reshipped back again (about
ono thousand miles) than coming di
rect interstate commerce you know.
A gentleman ordered a buggy from St.
Paul, Minn., to bo delivered at. Arling
ton, on which charges were $I.'1,50, but
instead of delivering on going past it
was carried to Portland, hold thoro for
about ono month, and then returned at
an additional expense of $S; and yet
the road don't pay and they aro not
happy.
No reasonable individual would un
dertake to assume that railroads aro a
detriment in general to any section of
tho country, as tho growth and pros
perity of any portion of our land de
pends upon. safe, auro and reasonable
transportation by rail or water; and
nobly have-tho citizens of Union and
tho Grand Bonde valley responded to
tho call for funds to aid tho Hunt sys
tem, seeing tho necessity of competing
lines-and tha advantages derived from
speedy transportation and direct con
nection with seaport cities.
It is the niggardly closo-fisted policy
thoy practice towards thoir own friends
that aid and assist in giving them "sol
id comfort," (when building these lines
in tho way of finances) afterwards tak
ing undue advantage whon opportun
ity presents itself, of systematically
robbing thoir henofactors.
Tho well known result o! oppression
is retaliation or independence, and a
significant featuro that predominates
in every and all parts of tho world;
henco in tho face of facts presented
does not lawlessness and riots of evory
kind mattiro and burst forth in un
abated fury by the ignition of a single
Bpark? Tho mystery deepens when
railroad corporations, well knowing
theso facts, will porsist in turning tho
whito man from his door and tako into
their arms tho heathen Chinese, there
by creating nn ill feeling among tho
laboring olasscs,as woll as thoir frionds.
If this policy will causo tho road to
pay wo aro laboring under a delusion.
Nay, verily, lot retrenchment and re
form commeneo in other parts of tho
system and rcstoro theso poor, honest
workmen to their places on tho line,
should you desiro tho friendship and
co-oporution of tho community proper.
Uoing personally awaro of tho condi
tion of two or moro of theso dit.chargod
men and that destitution staros them
in tho fnco, with families to support,
that it is Iho midst of winter, and work
hard to obtain, impels us to ollbr out
voice in their behalf. Whether a hard
hearted corporation will heed tho cry
of those in distress remains to be seen.
onsuKvuu.
LETTE EROM WHATCOM.
A Former Resident of Union Writss some f
Items " Interest.
Whatcom, Wash. .January 13, 1891.
Editor Oregon Scout:
When I left Union I promised to
write a short letter from time to time
to your paper. I have bccrl so very
busy, since I came here, that I had al
most forgotten it, but upon receiving
your excellent paper and your contem
porary last evening, and reading the
notice contained in tho E. O. K. that I
had "been very low with fever," 1
thought that I had better fulfill my
promise or said paper would have me
dead and buried in n short time a fact
that I have no desire should happen,
at least until I have collected tho var
ious sums duo me from many citizens
of your county, and I will hereby noti
fy all those that my accounts aro in
the hands of the bank for collection.
1 havo been hcie about two months
and have gotten pretty well acquaint
ed with the place and its surroundings,
to givo a description of which would
require a volume.
I opened my office on tho first of De
cember and havo had all the business
that I could do over since. I havo
never bean sick but one day, and that
was caused by my working in a newly
plastered house that I was putting up,
and when perspiring freely, took oil'
my coat and sat down, taking cold. I
was fortunate in stopping at that time
with some very kind and excellent
peoplo who administered a simple rem
edy and 1 was out next day, and have
not been unwell since. All of my fam
ily are well. Wo havo not oven had a
For Bargains in
COtd
since coining here. Wo havo
much teller health than while at Un
ion. In fact there is but little sickness
horc but ono luneral since 1 came
here, iiA a city of over 8000 people. 1
bel&eve t his is the healthiest place or
mo that 1 over lived in, save tho state
of Ponnsvi'vulillil where I was born.
I will reeoni. 'nend this place to some of
tho old cwm' of Union for their
health.
Business h TCi T livel' and buil
dings arc going u 1 uver' direction.
Uuildings of all kim ls from tho cottage
costing ijUOO, to the Sreilt bt(,no und
brick business block, c, "t"g FSO,000,
to $1000,000. Our nw ' 00,11 1 llonso
will cost in the noighborfiv )0(1 of
000, built of stone and irow. ll is
finest court house that 1 i,lllV0 ovor
seen excepting the ono at 'ranton,
Pa. which beats them all.
They aro erecting a $100,000 o. ,,cril
house at Eairhaven and a $-10,000 o. 110
at Whatcom. They are- building tWL 1
i in
Tim f
Bucklen'a Arnica Salve.
Tinl it miiriduimi irmin ulirrvirl Mini n
m rv. i I , . Tin: mr Slvk In the world for Cuts.
Ufo policy is u handy article to bo m n,uM,Sony, Ulcers. Suit Itl.mim, Fovor
puaevMuuii ui in uiKing onauoos on mis Horua, Tetter, Ulnq)Iol llaud. ChUUnlus,
Ainerioo-Muugohau railroad. Nay.tho uors ' bkin Krujuions, nml peal
BHlety oi me lives of thi traveling pub- r"v,J f inrou. u pMCUt wh). ,t cure, .jy.p.i. aml initio,,,
Ho mustbonlaoedin ieonardv to satiato wnmw" PB l'oriivi atipaauun. ,ua the, .Impend Mn orupmmi vrhl.h rviull
. . f I o -- or money rvnuiufu. rnce emus pur , tuerdrom. and why i
uiv n.j.uuiwi.0 iiu.n ui uvuiucm tun dox. l'or salo at Urown.'a drui: store. I nu ulL
largo brick and stone sehoolhoucs
this city, costing close to $50,000. Tho
city ot rsew wnatoom, called by tome
Sehome, and Old Whatcom have con
solidated undor tho name of Nw
Whatcom, and wo have tho port of eii'
try established horo. Tho government.'
will soon erect all tho necessary build-
ings.
Wo will, just as soon as tho officers
can gi t around, have a free mail deliv
ery. Our electric street car lino will
soon bo finished.
1 am glad to see Union improving,
and that tho railroad is being complet
ed from tho depot. 1 have road over
tho mayor's mossago carefully and 1
find in it a good many first-class rec
ommendations that ate excellent, es
pecially the ones in relation to supply
ing tho city with propor lire apparatus
and the suppression of tho cow ordi
nance. Ono that I do not like so well
is to improve tho 'streets at public ex
pense It ought to bo dono at tho ex
penso of tho abutting owner. That is
the way they do it in overy other town
that I am acquainted with. I do not
boliovo that tho plan of doing it at pub
lic expense will bo satisfactory to the
peoplo in tho ond. However, that is
tho business of tho voters and taxpay
ers of your beautiful littlo city.
1 road, with sorrow, tho sad news of
tho death of Eugene Foster and Win.
Ilaloy. Two good citizens gono to
their long homo, ojrly in lifo, thoir
death boing a loss to many.
Yours, in hnsto,
J. U. G KITES.
usurui. ixs-i r.-uATiu.v.
Tilbury Vox, M. D., the emiueut medical vrl
tcr, la lUs work "Skiu Diseases," thus accouutj
for tho pimples so rommou ou the fuconud neck
Eating too rich or too ereasy food, or too heart)
eating while tho excretory oreaus are blusslsa
causes in most iooile iudicestiou or a dyspepsia.'
condition, which causes tho blood to more tlug
Blshly, which In turu enfeebles the iKtres. Thi
result is, that the oxudlnj secretions hloek In thi
pores, which inflame, each distinct intlamma
tlou bolus a pimple. Dr. Fox theroiore tloci
not prescrlbo ' blood purifiers" so called, but i
"dyspepsia cure" to be taken, to use his owi
words " N7! lt dytftptial symptom havt iltsap
pttircd." The uld idea was, that foe eruption!
wero caused by a -humor In tho blood,'' fOJ
which they treated the Wood, slviug tho miners
poUih. Hence tbt russon why the older sarsa
parillas oontalu puush. Joy's Vegetable Bursa
parlllft follows the modern IdeAS ol Dr. Fox, und
atms with cenUe vegetable altenitlrei at th
stomaah aud digestive orjacs. Tho reason Is ap
Hats, Caps, Gloves, and
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
jewelry, Picture Frames,
Albums and Variety Goods,
SCHOOL BOOKS,
Mil Tablets, Novels ai
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In addition to bargains in the above
mentioned lines, all kinds of
Goods.
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