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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1891)
m i' a. ! i Knterrd at the mttiffirr at I'uinn, Oregon, at tcamd-clat mail matter. B. Chancey, Editor and Proprietor. BATES OF HUIWCItllTlON. Ono coiy, rtnc year One copy, fix moniliH Ono copy, Unco months Inmriably Cafh hi Adrance. $1 AO 1 00 75 If bit ehanct n1iscriition arc nnt paid till entl of year, two iltiuars mil he enargea. llntus of advertising made known on np- plication. KSy'Corri'KpotKlt'iiw tlic country sollcltud. f-oin till parts of THURSDAY, MAJICH 20, 1891. l!lITOKIAr NOTKS. Laivkknck Bawiktt, the great ac tor, died suddenly of heart disease, at New York City on Saturday night last, Aktku a hard and bitter fight Chas. N. Folton has finally been elected U. S. senator from California, to succeed Senator Hearst, deceased. Thk editorial columns of thollepub- liean, presided over by "S. 1. 1J." Davis, for the past few weeks resemble no other species of journalism than that which might emanate from a lunatic asylum. Mil. ITakuihon What's this "recip rocity" of yours, Jim? I don't exactly catch on to it. Mr. Hlainc I'll give you an illustra tion. I worked for you in '88, now you turn in and work for me in '92. That's reciprocity. Mr. Harrison Humph 1 1 don't think much of that scheme. A COMM1TTKK of tho Kansas house of representatives has discovered what has been apparent to every party of wide open eyes that prohibition doesn't prohibit in Kansas, and it asks for an amendment of municipal laws. It is a discovery that prohibitionists have mado time and again in Maine, in Vermont, and elsewhere, and is tho same old cry more laws to make tho impossible thing work. Thoy aro as reasonable as that good Vermont pro hibitionist, Gov. Knapp, of Alaska, who bemoans tho fact that prohibition cannot bo enforced in Alaska because no grand jury will indict and no petit jury would convict were an indictment found, yet asks congress for more stringent legislation. Prohibition is a failure, and will be a failure for some time lo come. Times-Mountaineer. It is stated that Secretary Nohlo will soon tender his resignation. The rumor is not generally credited, how over. His friends insist that there is nothing in it. On tho other hand it is declared as stoutly by others that hiH resignation is in the hands of tho president. Noble having declared that ho would frustrate tho schemes of cer tain lobbyists, who secured tho pas sage through congress of an appropria tion of nearly ftt.OOO.OOO to pay the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians for their shadowy claim to tho land now oeoupiod by tho Choyenno and Arupa ho Indians in Indian Territory, by re fusing to approve tho relinquishment of such land, tho lobbyists, among whom are some ox-fnombors of con gress, threatened to take stops to have Noble romuved for "obstructing the execution of tho law." These lobbyists aro in high feathor, and declare that Noble's resignation is to bo attributed to their opposition. Thk United States treasury is bank rupt, so far as the reckless and extrav agant appropriations voted by tho re publican congress can mako it so, and it would bo actually so today if all tho appropriations had to bo paid at once. In tho dying hours of tho fifty-first congress tho republicans throw pru dence, conscience, fear of a hereafter and every other restraining influence overboard, and boldly voted for every possible thing that promised to assist in tho looting ol tho treasury, which their leaders had agreed upon for tho purposo of confronting the democratic congress with a deficiency. Old moul dy claims that had been refused n hun dred times woro tacked on the appro priation bills and railroaded through, extra salaries woro voted to employes who are already paid beyond thoir do borts, and money was scattered around in every direction as though tho treas ury was overflowing with a surplus, as it was two yours ago when turned over to tho republicans. Whore tho money is lo como from to pay all these wild appropriations is moro than any one can see at this timo; it isn't in tho treasury, nor can it possibly got thoro under the presont methods of taxation. Two years of democratic economy in tho house a purging of tho pension rolls of the frauds thereon may pull tho eon n try through without making it necessary to put now tuxua upon tho ulroady turiU'ritldon. jxioplu. Domo emtio Times. A CONDITION THAT CONFUONTS VH, In the privato relations of life and in family affairs there are many skeletons to be found and difficulties to encoun ter that it is best to deal Willi witli ns I little publicity as possible and to settle j quietly in the circles where they orig inate. The same same mnv bo said of municipalities and communities. Earh has its trials, tribulations and differen ces, petty quarrels and jealousies, which time usually adjusts and things move along with apparent smoothness to the outsi le world. Union lias had various experiences of this kind, and The Scout has in variably thought it best not to agitate the matter, trusting that everything would come outright in the end, but a condition now confronts the people of this city, fraught with more peril to our future progress and prosperity than any that has heretofore arisen, and un i :.. f..ti.. i: i i ,UB3 " 18 " Pmpu " "UI i"l'u zona, and all those who have the wel fare of our beautiful little city at heart, tho prosperity of the place will be re tarded for many years. The inclina tion uf Tin: Scout is to keep quiet now, as in the past, and trust lo the Lord to deliver us fiom tho enemies within our camp, but a realization of its duty to its patrons and tho community at large counsels differently and wo have con cluded that it will be for the ultimate good of all . for us to speak plainly. This course seems all tho moro imperitive and necessary in view of tho abuse, vi tupcations and slander wo have received at the hands of tho Republican, an ob scure publication in this city, which was bom in tho throes of iniquity and spile, nurtured on venom and all pois onous meats, -exists on thoofl'al of slan der and cupidity, and is kept alive to servo tho selfish purposes of a few who would thrive at tho expense of many. Tho council of Union, as it now ex ists, is probably tho most unique or ganization that over administered the affairs of a municipality. The mem bers of that body, although thoy doubt less claim to have been elected bv the votes of tho people, aro not as apprecia tive of the fact as they should bo, and evidently have taken as their motto, "Tho People bo Damned." As evidence of this it may bo cited that no sooner than they had donned thoiroflicial tog gery they commenced a sweeping re vision of tho charter, ordinances and most of tho existing statutes heretofore provided, and in doing so did not so much as notify tho people of their in tentions, so that suggestions or altera tions might bo made. It seems tho now charter was formulated with such secrecy that probably not ono in a doz on of our citizens know anything about it. It seoniH that tho council, without authority of law, appropriated $100 of tho people's money to send a man to Salem lo see that tho charter bill was passed, evidently fearing that opposi tion would be mado to it. It seems that, tho council, without authority of law, appropriated some sixty odd dol lars of tho pcoplo's monoy to have somo kind of a survey made at tho hoad of Catherine creek. Thoy solicited bids for tho city printing for tho fiscal year, and Tin: Scout, in good faith and with tho welfaro of tho city at heart, mado its bid to cover tho actual exponse of composition, but the contract was giv en tho ltcpcblican at n prico '5 por cent, higher than our bid. Wo ap peared before tho council and presen ted a potition asking thorn to reconsid er the bids, but it seoms thoy have ig nored our claim completely, as at tho last mooting of tho council tho recor der started to read our petition when a motion was promptly mado and carried that it bo "laid on tho tablo," and wo presume that is tho last wo will over hear of it. The taxpayers of tho city will bo compelled to pay this oxtra fifi per cent, for tho city printing, but that matters not to the council as thoir pro portion will be very light indeed, and thoir pet organ must bo supported. To bo sure, if tho emoluments to bo re ceived from our bid amounted to any thing we would compel tho council by law to givo us tho printing. Theso and many other things of like nature being done with such ease and lhieney, so to speak, caused a "oitizon" to anticipate the wishes of many other citizens, and ask a few questions re garding public matters of the council, but which woro treated with silonco, absolute and unbroken, save by one solitary yelp from tho poodle, of tho Republican, who, after publishing thoso who wish to know how things aro going, as "howling ours," "kicking jack asses," etc., justifies tho actions of tho council with tho convincing argument that "Silonco is Host." After tho passage of tho now charier by tho logihlaturo Tun Scout was nblo to got hold of a copy of it and inform tho people of its provisions. Quito a nu m bo r who formorlv resided hint over tho line find thunibelvea included in tho city limits, without their knowl edge or consent. Tho peoplo wake up to tiic fact that the now charter allows the council to incur an indebtedness of $20,000, and to expend the same, if they sco fit, in building a reservoir at the head of Catherine creek, and in "straightening" that water course. It also allows them to double the tax levy each year in order to pay for these im provements to the city. (?) Now, while these "far-seeing plans," as the Republican terms them, are "too deep for our comprehension," we feel certain of one thing, and that is the council proposes to expend a large amount of money at the head of Cath erine creek, and after it is spent who will be benefited? What will be the result? Wo think that taxation will be greatly increased and many residents thereby driven from tho town, a con summation which we believe is devout ly wished by some, who hope to pros per at the expense of those who go and tho few who remain. Tho benefit of tho work on Cather ine creek, which the people of this city will bo made to pay for, will accrue to a very few men. A conven lent way will thus be mado for floating the rail road company's ties down, and the own ers of tho flouring mill (outside the city limits) will be benefited. It may also bo stated that the mayor and the brothers of tho editor of the Republi can want to put up a flour mill, and in consequence of the proposed reservoir will be tho main parties to benefited. Thk Scout is in favor of any legiti mate enterprise that will tend to up build our town, and will always receivo our nearly co-operation, rnerc are now two other projected improvements for our town which would bo of far more benefit but which seems to have no support from theso parties, their solo and main object being for the erec tion of their Hour mill, which will give employment and benefit to but few. Such is a brief glimpse of the condi tion of things hero now. That tho bad effect of it is beginning to bo felt can not bo denied. As wo said before it pains us to speak of theso matters thus, but are compelled to "hew to the line; let the chips fall where thoy may." The question that our peoplo should solve at onco is: Shall these things continue? Shall a few men bo per mitted lo keep their clutches upon our throats and chokotholifooutot us, un resisted? These aro vital questions. Union has successfully withstood tho onslaught of outsido enemies and should not be permitted to die at the hands of traitors within her limits. THIS DIUKCT TAX HIM., The direct tax bill was passed in .the houso by a vote of 172 to 101. Hero is a measuro that proposes to take out cf the treasury more thau $10,000,000, and it was passed inside of three hours under ono of tho gag rules for which this house has become notorious. Very little opportunity was given for debate, and only ono of two amendments wore allowed to bo offered to tho bill. It will bo remembered that in the last congress tho house got into a long and stubborn deadlock over this measure, and a compromise was finally arranged whereby a voto was allowed at tho be ginning of tho second session. T,hat was in tho wintor of 1SSS, and Presi dent Cleveland very promptly vetoed the bill, and it has been slumbering over since. It probably would not havo beon drawn out at this timo but for tho active eiforts of tho claim agents. Somo of theso agents will re ceivo very largo fees indeed. In some instances thoy will get almost as much as tho states that were not in the southern confederacy during tho war. As is well known tho governmont of tho United States levied a direct tax of $20,000,000, in 1801, and it was col lected in tho various states and torri toiies. A fee of 15 per cent, was al lowed for tho collection of the money. Somo of tho states collected the mon ey, and in other instances it was paid to individuals. Tho total amount col lected and which is to bo refunded un der tho bill that was passed today, is $15,227,032. Something over $2,500, 000 was not collected, and this was in tho states then in the southern confed eracy. Tho bill proposes to roloase tho states that did not pay up, and to re fund what was paid. Tho following amounts woro paid by tho states named below: Kontuoky, $000,0 11.03; Alabama, $22,520.2-1 ; Ar kansas, $151,701.18 ; Florida, $ 137.33 ; Georgia, if U7.0S2.S9 ; Indiana, $000,-1-M.03; Louisiana, $3S 1,880.07; Missis sippi, $113,321.00; North CRrolina, $377,152.01 ; South Carolina, $222,390. 30; Missouri, $515,958.23; Tenneseoe, $392,00 US; Tuxas, $lS0,S.ll.fil; Vir ginia U2.10S.0S; West Virginia, JflSl, 3011.03. Col. Q.lm, of Alabama, proposal to luoludo the ooiton tax. He chimed that ono was just as fair as tho other. 1 but it was voted down by a largo ma jority. If that had been adopted the enormous sum of sixty-eight million dollars would have been required to meet the obligations. Of course, Col. Oates had not the remotest idea that this amendment would be adopted. He ofTered it to put the republicans on record. An amendment was added by tho house to the senate bill providing that the states shall through acts of the legislatures pass the necessary law to accept the money. This was done to prevent the claims from coming up in the future, with possible demands for interest. At first it was thought that this was intended to delay business, so that the next democratic house would havo to make the appropriations to pay over tho fifteen million dollars. Persons familiar with the bill state, how ever, that the measure provides abso lutely for the payment to the states of the money. In tho states which were in the confederacy, the money will be paid to the individuals from whom it was collected, but this will be done through the state officials. In tho oth er states it goes directly to their treas uries to bo disposed of as the legisla ture sees fit. The provisions of the bill in sub stance are as follows : That the secretary of the treasury shall credit each state and territory and the District of Columbia with a sum equal to all collections by set-ofT or otherwise made under the terms of the direct tax act of 1801. That all moneys duo the United States under the re quirements of that act arc remitted. A sufficient sum of money to reimburse the states and territories for the collec tion under the direct tax is appropria ted to bo paid when tho legislature shall have accepted the sums in full satisfaction of claims against tho Uni ted States on account of the levy. Mon ey appropriated to meet individual claims is to be held in trust by tho state authorities, six years being al lowed for tho reception of these claims. Payment is also to bo mado to the own ers of lands ir. Sc. Helena and St. Luke parishes, in South Carolina, that wero sold under tho operations of tho direct tax act. Portland World. Gknkhai. Joski'H E. Johnston died at his homo in Washington city on Saturday night last, lie was one of the leading generals on the confeder ate side during the late civil war, after which ho became successively presi dent of a railroad company in Arkan sas, an express company in Virginia and an insurance agent in Georgia. He was elected to congress from the Richmond district in 1S77, and next saw public lifo as commissioner of railroads during Cleavcland's adminis tration. ifeteito VeaKbf ttr.r.zi bt (vc r srfu'.ly traveled with vS coao" t.cs:'.!-.. f. r:-eh wealth or any rcve'.ed position in t::o requires tho full iossebn ar.J c,cr.-.l!3n el all the fac tililta klr.il na'.vtto h-s endowed us with. Theso conditions cannot exist unless the physical being Is In perfect working order, and this Is ae elblo uhen tho liver and spleen are torp':l, ihus obstruct ing the sections, csucln indigestion end dyspepsia, with all of their accom panying horrors. DR. HENLEY'S English Dandelion Tonic exerts a specific Inlluenco over the liver, excites It to healthy action, resolves Its chronic engorgements, and promotes tho secretions; cures Indigestion and consti pation, sharpens tho appetite, tones up the cntlro system, and makes life worth living. SUUKlFl-'S SA1.IC. VTOTiriJ 16 HKHKBY UIVKS THAT XI by virtue of nu execution ami order of sale, issued out of tho Honorable Circuit Court of the statu of Oregon, for Union county, bearing duto the 14th ilay of March, 1801, and to mo directed ami delivered upon a judgment ami order of sale of heretofore nttaencil real estate, entered on thoUthday of February, 18)1, wherein William Wilson is ilaintill'aml (i. I). Tlcklm is defendant, for the Mini of twcnty-ciglit and ;i:M00 dol lar, ami the further sum of thirty dollars with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent per annum from May 17th, 18.S0, and the further sum of twenty dollar.-- attorney fee, ana for twentv-scven and M 100 dollar tor coats and disbursements, which judg ment was enrolled and docketed In the dork's otllco of said court on the 2t day of February, 1MU, and ordering tho nalo of the following described heretofore attached roal estato situated in Union county, Oregon, to-wit: All tho right, title and" Interest of the defendant (i. 1). Fickliu in and to tho SWUoftho SWU of section It), and tho NV of tho XW H of section 30. township 1 south, rango 10 K. W. M.; and the SKyt oftlieSKv, of section 21, township 4 south, range 811, 14. W. M. Now. therefore, tindor and by virtue of said execution and order of nfe a aforesaid. 1 wilt sell at public mirtlou at the court Iioumc (Kxtr at Union, Union county. Oregon, on Wednesday, the 32nd of April, 1191, at 2 o'clock . in i snid day. all the right, tit If and interest that lite itaid defendant (i U. Fleklui had on the .'uddity of September. 1&). or s:n, e acquired, in or to the above described re.il property to aUy ld judgment, lee, ciwto, dinbuneiueuU mid interest afore said, aud accruing coU. Ten ok of Sale t'auli to'iue in hamliu gld coin of the Utii twl States. Dated n t iron ttiU tite ISth davof March 1SB1. J. T. ilOl.t.&S, Shciif of Union County. Dy W. It. Uhkk. Deputy. i- IM'KMSIIKn UOmm.x yon JtKNT. I ' .' . VI I . , ....... I ... I It St. I'nion lliotiuli. .111- -U . ' ' MUfl . I'tlli ,,.,i.lll 7 17-u, ) An n o UL n c e m ent v "t't-t ir" y . A V X ics niim pitv nDrpnni. IVL $L BWigi C0j -jlhnu u Have on the way and now Agricultural Tho Company HI hereafter carry a full and coinplotc stock of HfflSfyG -:- MACHINERY. JS-This department will he under the management of Mr. Kllpatrick. 2-19-tf. -DEALEK IN- -A.IST1D Latest Styles. 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