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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1891)
(return 2cmti T1IUKSDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1881. NOTICK. Oa account of tho change made in the innunxoinant of this paper, all accounts due up to Jan in. 191. must bo .-ettletl without delay. Tho." knowing' themselves Indebt ml to the paper are requested .to cotue in and pay up without further urging. AT SOME. A Paragraphic Record ol Recent napia lncs in and Around the city. James Morton, of Elgin, called on us la.t Tuesday. J. S. Vaudorvantor, of the Park, called on us Tuesday. Mrs. Mary Mitchell, of Antelope, Is visit ing in this city. II. .1. Geor, of the Cove, was a Visitor to Union last Saturday. All kind of joh printing done at this office Gall and get our prices. r. ,1. Townley, of SangorJvas in this city the fore part of tho week. J. S. Vanilorfv made The Scout btfloe n substantial visit Tuesday. Attorney.!. M. Carrell paid n UyitiR viit to Baker City last Saturday. Hieglc Cofiinan, of Medical Springs, made us a pleannt call yesterday. John Graham Jr, of Klgin, made our of fice a pleasant call Iat Tuesday. J. L. I.inebaror, of tho Hot Lake, made our olllce a pleasant call this week. Judge TJIakolce has placed n neat and at tractive sign in front of his oflice. Frank Graham, of Klgin. sent in this week and subscribed for The Scout. It is said tho Chinese population of Oregon is diminishing at the rate ot about 500 a year. Are you owing on subscription to this paper? If so, please call at once and settle. Attorney A. J. Lawrence, of llakcr City, arrived in town last Thursday to attend court. The plat of Imblor, a now town on tho Sandridge, has been filed in the recorder's ollice. Mrs. Mary Biggcrs, of La Grande, is vis iting in this city, tho guest of Mrs. L. B. itinehart. Rev. S. M. Driver made our office a pleas ant call, Tuesday. Ho will read ThkScout hereafter. ' ' Dan F. Moore, of Cornucopia, was in this city last Friday, shaking hands with his many friends. W. N. Gardner, of North Powder, was visiting friends and relatives in this city a few days ago. Don't forget to drop in at Tnr. Scout olllce and pay your subscription, while in town attending court. During the pat six months ovor 150 tim ber claims have been taken up in Washing ton by voting ladies. Last Sunday was Chinese Now Year, and was observed in an appropriate manner by the celestials of this city. A new supply of Dickens' works and Mammoth Cyclopedias just received at this oflice. Call and seo them. The Pendleton Hardware and Implement Company have made an a'-slKiiinent. Assets $12,703.13; liabilities $25, 137.20. Your girl is expecting you to remember her with a nice valentine. Call at the Cove drug store and make a selection. A. .1. Harry committed suicide at Yoncalln, Oregon, on Sunday ovoning of last week, by shooting himself through the head. County court did not convene Monday owing to the absccno at the jiuluc, and v'hercvill be no term till March 2nd. 1'ho first storm of any consofjuencc wc have .V"11 this winter was last Jionuay, when the enow was drifted quite bad. G. T. Peri"', one of the prosperous farm ers of Kaidc valley, is in the city attending court. Wo acknowledge a pleasant call. Hon. Henry Rinehart and R. E. Bryan, of La Grande, are conducting a real estate, loan and insurance business in that city. James Bloom, tho jovial manufacturer of soda water, was up from tho Cove Tuesday. "Wo acknowledge a pleasant and substantial yisit. You need not work more than four days out of the week and can go lishiiig the other two days, if you trade at O. P. .Jaycox's cash store. Fred Warnoll, of this city, called on us yesterday and subscribed for Tin: Scout, to be sent to his mothei, Mrs S. B. Warncll, of the Cove. A suit of clothing that formorly cost $10 is now 412.80; and a pair of French kid shoes that were $1 are now $a.20nt O. P. Jaycox's cash storo. The west-bound train whioh wnsduehoro ato.jo Monday ovoning did notarrivo until Tuesday evening, on account of a snow bloc kade at Cheyenne. Wid Wright, of the Cove, who; has beon visiting lu tho oastern states, returned homo last Monday. Ho looks as though the trip had agreed with him. Pictures enlarged ti any sixe and lliilshed in any stylo at Joncw, Bros.' gallery. New process, Choaper than over. SutUfaet'on guaranteed in every instaiico. Mrs.fi M. Irwin fell on th sidewalk at Hull-in !a-i Saturday, and wax quire- enous ly mjuicd about tin- head and un.k. Khe wai uiii'UMofioiu when picked up Kiinps.m U'v, the mine owue oa-iy ill at cani-r. being affli ! crvsiiK-las. Dr. Cromwell, of th - is s-, i i A.' I. - in- scnl l-r and Ullt lO MM) b '11 , M, red a mday. U-inx sii.iw lu or ! Id. 1'4U" f S . 1 1 h liwdM f.icc tin" biili .solve paper " Ni w tl.l : , iin.m'l, Te at bt-. ilni B'bllllls. lHll. rtt .1,11 Mff i ... Ki 1 .... i. M I mi fi Ivrll rhc depot at tho new town ot lmbler, on the ."andridgo. is Hearing completion, and town lot will soon be placed on the mark et. Tue Union city charter Mil has pawd both hou-es of the legislature and will be come a law as soon signed by UiORovern or. The well in front f the Centennial hotel, which ha not been in me for some time patr, is M ir cleaned out and fixed for use ajraltt. Read the advertisement of stock for sale, in this U-ue. If you are In need of these cattle It will no doubt pay you to call on Mr. Cooper. Charles Mi dure, of La Grande, who kas been seriously ill for some time past, has sufficiently recovered as to be able to appear en the streets again. News was received here last Thursday of the death of George Sanfofd. a former resi dent of this city, llofclldead whlleatwork near Coulee City, Washington. Twenty suits have bean instituted against the Southern Pacific railroad on account of the Lake Lublin disaster. The aggregate of the claims amount to $280,000. It is reported lhat an additional train each way will be put on the Union Pacific soon. It is much needed :n tho company is now unable to accomodate the traveling public. County School Superintendent Strange will hold u public examination of teachers at La Grande, commencing at noon Wed nesday, Feb. 25, 1801. See notice elsewhere. Preparations are being made for the ad dition of some more street lights and re arranging the stiei-t lighting system to a better advantage. A much needed improve ment. Thf. Scoct would like to have a live cor respondent in every precinct in the count) to write up the happenings of the week. All the necessary stationary will bo fur nished. Why has traile increased 50 per cent, at O. P. Jaycox's cash store since February 1st? The p'-ople say the 20 per cent, system is correct and they can't afford to trade elsewhere. Marriage licenses were issued since our last issue to tho following parties: Geo. B. Saunders and Lillie M CundiiT, of New Bridge; Jos. Bowlsby and Nancy A. Horrell, of Hilgard. L Kiddie, of Union, brought two ear- loads of line hogs to tho city today. They will be fed in the stockyards and leave to morrow morning for Taeoina. Tlnies- Muuiituiiteer. Baker City has a soap factory. Wo would advise the 'hunk of grease'' who edits the Democrat, to keep a sha'p eye on the pro prietors of this new institution. Such ma terial is always in demand at a soap factory. Invitations are out for a grand ball to bo given by Rathbouo Ludgo No. '12, K of P. at Huntington onThursd.i, February 10th, the 27th anuiversarv of the foundation of the order. A grand time is anticipated. Tickets $1.50. Joe Squires has entered into a partnership with Joe Jones, of La Grande, and will con duct a hack business in that city and carry passengers to Island 'City, Hot Lake and other points. Joe is a jovial good fellow and we wish him success. Mis Winnie Blukvslee has just received a handsome new Smith-Premier typo writer, aud is prepared to do all work in that lino. She may be found at tho office of her father, 0. L. Uluki Mee, who has tltted up the rooms formerly occupied by Dr. Day. C. Vincent, our Ix.olaiiil shoe dealer, is constantly receiving new additions to his line. He makes a specialty of this class of goods and is tboretoiv hotter prepared to meet the wants of tho people than any oth er firm. Iioalsohasa tine line of gent's furnishing goods. If you are in need of anything m this line it will pay you to can on him. Mr. and Mrs, Charlos Genevieve, of Pen (lleton, left that city about a month ago for Wbliula, intending to return in about three day, but up to this date nothing has been heard as to their whereabouts. They were supposed fo Jiavo bad money and it is thought they may have been murdered. If anyono knows as to their whereabouts they should make it known to the public in order that the mystery may be cleared up. The time for a man to cat is when he is hungry. The time for a man (that Is if he is a businessman) to advertise, is when ho lias goods to sell and wants to exchange them for money. What's the use of buying goods to sell, and then keeping still about it? it costs money every day and every hour to carry a stock of goods. Lot the pub liu know about it. The place to lot them know is through The Scout, The Scienllfk- American, advertised in another column under the head of "Pat ents," certainly needs no one to "sing its praises," but, notwithstanding this fact, wo feel it an absolute duty to the general pub lic, ut least that portion of it that has nevor seen or heard of the paper, to tell thorn that such a ''one is published" at the low price of ! a ycur, and that its true value cunnot bo overestimated. It stands at tho head of all publications ot the kind. A flic of the papor may he seen at this ollice and subscrip tions received. , The Reveillo notes lhat Mis Finlaynon orioiwly object to having tho corporate limit of Itakor extended so as to include the Piif iiie addition. We knew It would come to that in th course of time; we look d lor a kii k to i m from the people of Iliiif - I..1 N'-rth P der b .t when tbsy got in hi - Pui'i- .w( thev met gerins objections. So i 'iim.- n..- ii will be when It come to exten l n; t n- n.nh line or Biktrcouuty so iot-ke in all of I1nfn Ciiouty layln - umli of tn summit fi ra THiias.( i n um.-l . u old 11. b-n , liv -''01, .tf It: I ti n o 1 ip t . 1 . v h ' 'I i ui a yroi ago by Italian,- pt tit! a .i i OUR COOKTT OFflCERS. A Visit to Tnolr Flaoeg of Business Com petent Men at tte Helms. A Sou t reporter visited the court house last week, and while there was shown through the different nlllees of our county, and the manner in which they are kept be stir oonnty ofllcials, The clerk's oltice. which i now in the north wing of the buildingy up stairs, has lately been tittert up in Hrst-cla style, with all modern improvements in tho way of desks, alt-lit steel roller book shelves and other furniture, making it one of the most convenient and well arranged olllces in the state, and we doubt if there is a count v in j the state that can boast of so well and s-s. tematieaily a iron Red system of keeping their moids as that now employed by Tur ner Oliver, our presout county clerk. Ev erything pertaining to cwunty business is so arrangihl and simplified tha anyone with common scr.se can understand how the rec ords are kept, and it is an easy mutter to lind any paper or document deired. In view nf the above facts it is clearly evident that Turner Oliver U tho right man in the right place. The recorder's ollice. which Is presided over by John Klliott, is located in the room j formerly occupied by the clerk, aud has; also been thoroughly overhauled and fitted up in good shape by Mr. Rlliott and h.s clli cient deputy, O. F. Hell. Everything is in apple-pie ordi r and they are always ready and willins; to show you anything in regard to the records desired. The vault his late ly been supplied with Barnard's patent steel roller book shelves, etc., where all the books and recordsire kept safe in case of a lire. Wo next dropped in on Judge Brainard, our county treasurer, and found him coin fortablv situated in his olllce, enjoying a cigar, and devouring the contents of the morning paper. The judge is a great hand to read, and keeps posted on tho issues of the day, but never neglects to keep a correct record of the money taken in aud paid out by him for county pm poses, and can tell you in a minute just how the books stand. J. D. Guild, our assessor, has a neat orlice in the south part of the building, and wc found Ins deputy, H. L. Deacon, busy at work on a lare plat book of real estate in llio county, which he has nearly completed. Everything pertaining to the ollice is kept in good shape. Mr. Guild lias made a good assessor, which is evidenced by tho fact that he is now serving his second term in that capacity. We next visited the sheriffs olllce anil found Mr. Holies and his deputies, W. It. Usher and A. H, Glidewcll, busy at work. T ley have been making strenuous efforts to collect the delinquent tax list .and are mi -eeed'tig admirably under the circumstan ces and will make a good showing. Mr. Holies has had hard luck since taking the oilu-e in keeping prisoners eonlined in the jail, but no blame can be attached to him as he has done everything in his power to hold them. The fault is with tho building not being sntllcicntly secure. The dillicul ty, however, will soon be obviated as tho court is now negotiating with dillercnt firms with a view to lining the corridor with a chilled steel plating. There is now con fined in the jail four prisoners pending trial at this term of court, but Mr. Usher in forms us that it is not likely that any of them will be convicted as none of the pros ecuting witnesses can be found, Tho names of the parties in custody and tho charges against them aro as follows: Pierre Hatha way, larceny; Frank Mitchell, larceny of whiskv at Tclocaset; W. II. Day, assault; W. O. Bay, assault aud battery, serving a sentence of ten days. Notwithstanding the fact that some of the Baker Cityites have circulated the report in the southern part of this county that tho court bouse was about to fall down and that Judge Sanders had already moved out, we find that ho has fitted up a neat ofilce tip stairs, in the south wing of the building, having furnished it with furniture, brussels carpet, etc., and seems contented and hap py in his new office. THE LEGISLATURE. Doings of the Solous as Reported by J. P. Wager in the East Orogonlan. The fato of the assessment bill, which was under discussion in committee of the wholo huuso two or thrco days, hangs in the bal ance. The chief bono of contention is the much discussed question of deductions for indebtedness. A large number of members consider this tho most important feature of the bill, and will not care if tho hill is de feated unless it is a part of it; others aro willing to accept all other provisions of the bill, but will vote against It as a whole if this feature is retained, us it is. The com mittee, on Friday, by a vote of 27 to 20, the others being absent, adopted the no deduc tion clause except the deductions for real estate mortgages. The "no deduction'' featuro had at tho most 28 supporters, four or five being ab sent. If three of those voto for It, or if any converts are made, It may pass, otherwise not, as its opponents are outspoken In de claring that they will vote against the wholo bill if this feature is retained. Gatnbee mudu a clinching argument in iavor of no deduction by quoting tho fig ures since 1875, by which he showed that the proportion of deduction for indebted n ., us compared with "money, notes and accounts," had steadily and rapidly grown until instead of being one-half, it was now double the last item; that is, Instead of "credits'-returned to tho assessors being twice tha indebtedness, it was now only one halt', .bowing a fraudleut loss of taxable ! roneriy in the state of rn;arly n hundred iMnliou dollars. Hut.er of i'"lk also made vary convincing nod i Ii ir Ii- . 1. d s. iteiueutN of i lie manner . ", i,' ii.Muk e,-,d-i and eioaped una i, , i:, ...ii i ti.- tel i '1"" feature. Jlil , , , .ml iUd of Miittuurnah t , in i ii i on i us "in the other side. , i . r i to nii'ioriant bill, ii u i 4-d wilt l'i .tl ',' I) very heuencial. It . unit d.-bts. uti i ill1- ,., . ,i , I i ? the coitn'y to , i l . i p i v "iily perliups l , -I lllt-rrl linw, With . ,1 . i . ' . I 'iil-reU tln-v I I 'I ll ' .. it I-e iiortieul'iiral and . u i,m,.Ki.i. wr up fur reading I II I CI . t in the senate Friday evening. They gave Veatch an opportunity for the display of his wit, sarcasm -and. it must be said, a rood deal of sense, too in their advocacy. '1 he horticultural bill went over without a vote, hut the bill to abolish the railroad commission was defeated by a vote of 14 to l.". Two things In this vote are noticeable : first, all the democrats voted to abolish the commission; and for once Tongue and Simon voted together. The democrats evidently agreed with Veatch and Weather ford, that the commission was of no practi cal vaiuc. ami inoreiore lire state was Miuandcring? 10.000 a year for nothing; if it had power so it could accomplish any good it would bo different. Hut unless three sen ators change their opinions mid voles, the railroad commission will be retained for two more years at leat. The "Australian ballot bill" is a law - or will be when tho novernor si,;tis ,t not withstanding thcapparent danger of its po sition during the past week. The senate receded Friday from its amendments, having Incorporated them in a separate bill, which the house will pus, thourrh it refused to do so until the senate had re ceded from its position. No one wanted to take the responsibility of defeating the oiiginal ballot, law, without amendments, and so the senate concluded to "nive in." The John Day-Long Creek wagon load bill, 'scaled down from ?.(00 to ?2500, has passed the house, and will pass the senate. Mr. Dustin thinks this will be Milllcicnt to finish the road. Matlock's bill to provide for a state law library at Pendleton failed to pass. Butler's bill to make incurable insanity a ground fordivoice passed the house. A numberof otherbillsof an unimportant nature, and several others failed to pass, the house. The senate committee on commerce has reported favorably Haley's portage railway bill, and it will pass the senate. The first wagon road bill to pass was Bhckman's bill for JfoOOO for a road from Monument to John Day City. Willis' bill niakliu.' more stringent regula tions regardiriK the observance of Sunday, was defeated in the senate, only a very few votes being cast for it. Myers' bill to punish railroad corpora tions for negligence also failed to pass. Nerval's bill providing that cities may ap propriate water of adjacent streams, etc., for municipal purposes, passed. Council Proceedings. At the rcpular meeting of the council last Saturday evening the following business was transacted: Minutes of the and approved. previous meeting read On motion the street, committee was empowered and instructed to regulate tho street lights, aud add such additional lights as thev thought proper. The following bills were read and re ferred to the finance committeo: A. Johnson, marshal salary $3.1 00 A. Johnson, fees for attendance 10 00 K. C. Brainard, treasurer's fees ;tj 25 A. Levy, mdso U 60 N. F. Ficklin.strcetcom 10 02 On motion a vote of thanks was tendered to the state senators and representatives of Union county for their good work in secur ing the passage of the Union charter bill. On motion Wm, James was given until Wednesday, February 11th, to file his new born!. Tho First Stop. Perhaps you arc run down, can't eat, can't sleep, can't think, can't do anything to your satisfaction, and you wonder what ails you. You should heed the warning, you are taking the first step into nervous prostration. You need a nerve tonic and jn Electric Hitlers you will llud (hp exact rotnedy for restoring your nervous system to its normal, healthy condition. Surpris ing results follow the use of this great nerve toniennd alterative. Your appetite returns, good digestion Is restored, and thollvoraud kidneys resume healthy action. Try a bot tle. 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Wholesalo and retail. C-20-yl mm mi d m m (OPPOSITE CENTENNIAL HOTEL.) Wm- E. Bowker, - Proprietor. Everything First Class, Terms Very Koahonablo. 'Bus to and Fiom the Depot Making Connection with all Pass- sender Trains. I-I O T O GRAPHS ! tun ii ii i iiiiii u huh mm ii i in mm ii in i ii mm Miiiniiiiiiiiiitmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiui The Jones Bros., Oregon, are now prepared to do finer work than ever boforo. j NEW 80ENKKY and ACCESSORIES. All work t'titintntuod to tfWe nutibfuotlon or no olutrgo. m r- m rcliublo manufacture. AND l-17tf Photographers, Union,