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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1891)
, , , .. . Kntcrcd at thr )iotitHrr at I 'num. Oregon, a fcpniul-clam mail hintirr. B. CHANCEY, EDITORAND PflOPRIETOR. ' . iutk ok sniwcBti-TioN. Ono copy, one year Ono coyy, six nioiiMis . .. Oiic copy, three month Inmriiibly (huh iu Advance. HJ JO. l uu ' bt rtimirr mlmrriplinn are not jiaiil till tm) nfintr. tn iliilhir will lie eluiryiil. J'MtPH of advertising mailt known on up lilictttlon. 0-Cirri'Sp'iuli'iii from all part of the country solicited. TIKMISIMY. APRIL 2, 1891. ICII'X'UltIAI NOTK3. Tm: placing of an indebtedness of 60inf fifteen or twenty thousand dol lars upon tho taxpayers of this city is a matter of considera! importance. Will the council submit the mul'i-r in a vote of the people, or will they prosecute the work regardb-w of what tho people niiiv think? A very few weeks will tell. Ir you throw a bootjack out of the window in the dead hours of night and sonic dog m'Ip up a howl, you may safely consider that (hut canine has been hit. If a number of (hem howl you may conclude (hat a number of thorn have been hit, or think they havo, which amounts (o (ho samo thing. A coltltliMi'ONDUNT writing to the La Gr.inde Gnz'lte last week from this city, gives his opinion pretty freely on our local nlliiii.s. Wo are really sorry that hn did so. While he no doubt fo'Os aggrieved, and "twitted on facts" in a lather unpleasant manner, v think it did no good, and that the peo ple of Union are yet capable of right ing (lie wrongs that exist among them without outeido help or interference. Wiik.v a man or a half dozen men, unable to answer the arguments of tin opponent, got mad, ravo around, want to light, and boycott, their opponent, it. is clearly evident that tho pins have been knocked completely front under them. Personal abuse is not argu ment. Wo are perfectly willing to let our enemies make use of falsehood and scurrility, while we atlhero to (ruth, reason and decency. Tho people will decide. An irate individual asked us this week: "Aro you tho editor, and did you write that article?" llogot the de sired information, and for tho benefit of others like him, wo will say that "our" name appears at tho head of those columns, and wo write every ar ticle that appears on this page that is not credited. While wo do not feel like boasting of our literary ability, wo intend to do our best to keep (ho paper up to tho standard it has always main tained. Many friends assure us wo are doing very well. H. S. McCo.mas, in tho last issue of the Chronicle, in speaking of s. i. h, Davis of tho Ilopubliean, among other things says : "Wo, in a fatherly way, took the young man and laid him gently across our editorial knee, so to speak, and in as mild a manner as possible tried to larrup the few scattering brains that the faculty of (ho college at Eugene suspicioned were rambling around, run ning wild, as it were, sonio whore in his anatomy, up into tho end on which ho wears his hat." This dislocation of his brains prob ably accounts for tho silly nonsouso sot forth by tho young man for tho past few weeks, and wo are glad if Mac. has succeeded in jolting (hum (if ho has any) to where they belong. Ux-PitHHtDKNT Oi.kvki.and has writ ten a letter to tho Indiana tariff reform league expressing regret at his inabili ty to bo present at their annual moot ing, in which he nys in part : "Tho theories and practices which tariff re form antagonize are responsible for many, if not all, of tho evils which af fect our people. If there is a scarcity of tho circulating medium, is not tho experiment worth trying, as a remedy, of leaving tha money in tho hands of tho poople, and for thoir use, which is noodleaely taken from thorn under tho pretext of necwwiry taxation. If tho farmer's lot is hard, u ono in hi discouraging struggle for bettor re ward of hi lull and pi icon fur his proiVeU to be improved by a policy which hampers trade in its bait mar kets and invito) tho oomputitkm of dangerous rivals? Whether other means of relief may appear iHKWssary to relievo the proeont hardship, I be lieve the principle of (uHll'iuforin prom iso th unfit important, and in their hulUfnolion, and (hat ooiiUiukmI Mini oainost advouttoy of thU pi ample iiskUlliial lujlu- hiilitiiuiiii id th bui duns of our roiiiiinini'ii 1 Mi MCIl'AT. SIATTKHS. i Our article Inst week in regard to municipal afiairs curved tin1 purpose ... . . , , , V, ; for which it was intended, and the I howl that was i-ct up by some five or , ., , J six individuals, shows exactly who was ,' in ramie of our imUlinir trim, and lurn- I ishnd considerable inniiMPmi iit. for the i - - o j populace. Wo are (pule sure, Wo are quite sure, nw that it opoiud the eyes of many to the true situation of affair.. And it is time their eyes were opened. The policy of the city council and its squirt gun, known as the Republican, that "Silenco is beat," still holds good so far as the public press is concerned, but they rat tle their jaws on the street corners to beat the deuce, and t lie amount they don't let tho people know in this way is amazing. Still they let out a little of the truth occasionally. The poople "catch on" and everything is moving along just about right. In an interview, invited by .Mayor I v right, tins week, lie denies any con nection vhatever with the proposed flour mill, further than acting as an agent in securing the water right for tho company. In regard to the city printing ho acknowledged that the council had not acted right, but gave as an excuse that he thought they woro governed by the article recently published in these columns by "Citi zen" in which was asked of tho council a few questions in regard to city mat ters, and that he was not to blame for thoir actions. As to the proposed ex penditure on Catherine creek, Mr. Wright said nothing had been done further than he was instructed to write to civil engineers for estimates of tho cost of the work, and thought it was the intention of the council to bond (he city for an amount sufficient to Carry out their plans. We :;re thankful for what little in formation was given us by Mayor Wright, and are also pleased to know that he disclaims any responsibility in the outrage perpetrated on this paper, and the people of Union, in tho city printing business. The excuse given is a very flimsy ono indeed for men who arc sworn to perform duties for tho best interests of the public. If they did not desire Tun .Scout to com pete for the printing why did they in vile our bid? It would havo looked far hotter had tho council never adver tised for bids in tho first plaeo and giv en the work to tho Kop'ublieau sit its own price. That Mr. Wright, is not connected with (bo proposed Hour mill mutters not, and does not alter the condition of affairs in regard to its relation lo tho public. Tun Scout has no objections lo anybody erectng a flouring mill in this city if they seo fit. On tho con trary wo would bo pleased to sco them do so, but it does object to money be ing appropriated out of the city treas ury for tho purpose of improving and making more valuable the water pow er for any private corporation, in or der that thoy may more successfully and profitably carry on thoir business. Another thing that appears staango is that on ono or two occasions our cit izens havo taken means to ascertain tho pi ice of (his identical mill site for the purpose of procuring it, if possible, for a proposed woolen mill. Every time it with reported that tho property could not be bought, if at all, for less than 10,000 or if 15,000. Now when there is a prospect of its being moro valuable than it over was by reason of the reservoir, it is bought for 5,000, for the purpose of creeling a flour mill thereon. It is no fault of ours that ono "citizen" or many cannot reconcile (hose things with unselfishness or tho spirit of progress. Tho frantic effort ol tho Republican to havo tho reservoir matter pushed, and the relationship between it and tho parties owning tho water-right, must bo associated together in tho public mind. A roservoirat tho head of Cath erine creek, by which a larger amount of water could bo let down during tho dry season, would bo a good thing for tho parties who own the mill sites, but how much would it benefit anybody else? Would the owners of thoso mill sited soli them for any loss to proposed manufactories, or would thoy ask more? Would any citizen of Union bo permitted to take ono inch of water out of tho oreok without payment to the owners therefor? There is only ono condition on which wo would bo in favor of tho oily expending any amount of money in a rodttrvoir at the bend of Catherine creek, and that would he after it had been figured by competent snrvoyore that the cost would bo within reason for the own era of tho mill sited to enter into a written agrtwinont with the city not to withhold the sale or letu of the water, lo the exclusion of prapoiwl tnooiuing uiaiiufai'tories r tho detriment of the ill), ttltvlt a rt'iuoiliihlt' pi Iff hu lutMl i. lb iid I In n iiMiir i .tl'Mihiii i) iiin ta.ii litr u the i iitrii tuui of water works are concerned, for there is ample water always in the stream , ., . ,T for that purpose. However, the now charter gives the council the right to expend any amount of money up to $20,000, in the building of this rcser - voir; but, inasmuch as the charter was passed without many of our citizens . , . . ... . .. I"""'""-! en miouiu nave enougli regard lor pub- lie sentiment to put tho matter to vote ol the people, and act according as the result may be. That would set- tie tho matter so far as Tun Scour is fntifV.rnnl nml it . uvuiM rn l.i t ut'uu ,,,,, ,, , . .. ... , ,", .' I lift Vrtinii rtt i in imiinfitt ultrtill til. ""J"'"' ways rule. A OIIKAT DKAWHAOK. That the failure of the completion of the Grande Rondo extension of the O. & W. T. railroad to this valley is a great drawback to Union county and especially the farmers of the Sandridgo and lower end of the valley, is becom ing more evident every day. Wo have conversed with a number of the prom inent farmers of that section lately, and it is Uie opinion of all that they are in need of railroad competition. The exotbitant. prices charged by the Elgin branch of the Union Pacific for hauling grain and flour to Lti Grande has caused a number to entirely with draw their freight business with the company, and they have been hauling with teams. They say they can do this cheaper than the railroad company will transfer their freight. As an ex ample of tho charges being made by this branch road, ono farmer says he paid three cents per bushel to have his grain hauled from Alicel to La Grande a distance of about twelve miles. It is no wonder the farmers are be ginning to kick. The Elgin extension has been of no benefit to them ; on tho contrary it has been a damage, and we are not surprised at the cry for the Hunt road. They can now, more plainly than ever, seo tho benefits that would have been derived had Hunt ful filled his contract. One of the prominent farmers, and a subscriber to the Hunt subsidy, in formed us a few days ago that ho would willingly extend his subscription if Mr. li nut would vet come hero and com plete the road, and that ho thought majority of the subscribers in his sec tion would gladly do the same. That ti large amount of tho subsidy pledged for the building of this road could yet bo renewed, provided Mr. Hunt would build the line within a reasonable time, is clearly evident. It is true a great many have become disgusted at the manner in which affairs have been con ducted in regard to tho Grande Rondo extension, yot thoy can seo tho bonefits to bo derived by a competing lino of railroad, and would again subseribo to a subsidy. We only speak of this mat tor in order to show tho sentiment of the people, yet under tho provisions of tho sale of tho Hunt system to C. R. Wright there is nothing to prevent Mr. Hunt extending any of his proposed lines, as ho will havo control of the sys tem until January, 1892. Ho is under obligations (o build 12 miles of new road, extonding from tho terminus of tho road on Eureka Flat to Riparia and tho Pomeroy section. That tho Grande Rondo extension would bo of vast importance to tho O. it W. T. system thoro is no doubt, and it is only tho matter of a short time when it will bo comploted. If, as a great many think, tho O. & W. T. sys tem is to go into tho hands of tho .Nor thern Pacific, through tho purchaser, Mr. Wright, who is a heavy stockhold er, thoy will no doubt completo tho road to this valley. It would bo a great feeder to the Northoru Pacific and would receive two-thirds of all the freight and trallio of this section. It is an old story and has ofton boon re peated, but nevertheless truo, that wheat has always been worth from 2 to 5 cents more on the bushel at the depots on tho lino of tho O. it W. T. railroad and Northern Pacific than on tho Union Pacific. This fact alone has been a groat drawback to tho farmers of this section. We need railroad com petition, and until it is secured we will havo to pay for boing without it. AcooitniNO to the latest statistics our foreign immigration last year was -191, -(MX Of this amount 02,000 came from Italy; 20,000 from Poland; Austria, Hungary and Ilohemia aggregated 7f, 000; from Germany came 90,000; and from Scandinavian countries, over 50, 000; Russia swelled to nearly -10,000 the Urgesl immigration over known from that umpire into tho United StaU's. From Knglnnd, Walos, Soot hind and Ireland, the number was be low ihu figures of yert, and the ICnglisli wore iu mo of tint Irish. In thiMo iucruMsiuK figured of iion-ltllg liah-Muliiug imnugrunta thoughtful Aim ilv rti eititi n, n.itui' and nutuul uml. will Ilnd iiKii'h uu wbiib l pii dot State Horticultural Society. i , , ' , , . ; 1 he quarterly meeting of this socio- ly win )e ,)e(1 lt Salc Qn Tues1 i April 11, 1891, in the senate chamber. j fokknoon session. , The Lessons of 1S90 R. 1). Allen, i Silverton. The Strawberry and its Culture E. Ilofrer, Salem. Pruning and Trailing the Peach M. Sehevdockcr. Fulton. a! Notes from Ncwberg C. E. IIos- : klIls ewberg. i aitkknoo.v pkssion. ! What I Know About. Drainage J. t . liCllty, OllOlliaWa. 1 What Shall the Harvest Be, from an i . . ' , horticultural standpoint, Rev. A. Rog ; Crs, Korest Grove. Other papers arc promised, but not having titles, wo are obliged to make an apparently short programme. It is hoped that a good attendance may he had at this meeting, as busi ness of considerable importance is to come up before tho societv for discus sion. Ono important matter will be the adaption of a scheme for the cx liibits and premiums thereon: the standing committee, a most important matter neglected by your fecretary, will be announced at this mcetinir. Trusting that all members, not able to attend, having questions to be brought before the society for discus sion will send them in to the secretary at an early date, I remain, Very respectfully, E. H. LAKE, Sec. Letter List. List of letters remaining uncalled for at the postotliee tit Union, Oregon, for the month ending March .11, 1801 : AylcsS 15 Crint Clnis Carrow 15 fi Fitzgerald It G Gray Miss Sallic Armstrong F C Coges .1 II Delano A M GovcrWL (2) Haslet Jos Merrill Frank .tones l nomas Mitchell J Mitchell J M Price Joseph Plowman It 1' l'izor Wesley Starkey Jessie Tottstle S Taylor Mrs C 1! Persons calling for any of the above let ters, will please say "advertised." Mits. K. A. Ai.ii:it, P. M. 'vonn or cAirrrrv. 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