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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1891)
Enteral at the imtngrr at Vaion, Orrynt, m ttrimil-clnmt iil'til mnltrr. B. CHANOEY, EDITOn AND PROPRIETOR. IIATHN OF HOWKJJtllTIO.V. One copy, one year $ WJ Onu copy, mx nioiitlii 1 ' One copy, throe months " lnniriiibly (huh in Admnee. If by chuncr Mitiirr!tiu) arc not )ntil till cud ofymr, ttvn ilollnrt will he elmrgeil. Kntos of advertising tnailo known on ap plication. 4F(Jorro8jHiidi'iicc from nil parts of the country solicited. THURSDAY. JUNK 23, 18i)l. voi.u.hi: Kinur. Willi this itf.-uiu Tin: Sootrr entera upon n now volume. Kor huvoii yearn it has lived and proHjiurud in tho beau tiful little city in which it in published. The present editor mid proprietor was ono of the founders of Tim Scout and with euch niiecceding year has been gratified to know that tho patronage wus grcator than the previoiiH, and that today it onjoya a much larger list of subscribe than it had at the close of volume nix. This fact alone gives us asNurmico that the dibits of the management in the past, and at pres sont, have been and aro being apprecia ted by Ihopeoploof Union county. Tim Scour in tho future will be kept up to its usual standard of excellence, and will always bo found up with or ahead of tho demands of the town in which it is published. What more could our citizens ask of us? Tim Scout lias stood by tho people of Union county, and especially of Union, always advo cating what it thought best for the people in general. It has endeavored to give the news of tho county to its many readers, and with tho assistance of our many correspondents, who have so kindly aided us by their weekly contributions from tho numerous sec tions, wo think wo have succeeded. A county newspaper without tho aid of a good corps of correspondents cannot give a correct rollection of the county in -vlncli it is published. In this particular Tin: Scout has been fortunate and we hope our numerous correspondents will continue to furnish us with tho news of their respective localities. It is to the interest of Un people throughout the county that their locality be reprc-ented. In what bettor way could this bo done than by a good correspondent tluough a widely circulated paper? The people should take an iuteresi. in the matter and aid some ono in gathering the news and sending it in for publication. Do not think that by doing this you aro only aiding us. Of course we are glad to roeoivo tho news items from all sec tions of the county, and they will al ways find place in Tim Scout to the exclusion of other matter, because they aro of moro importanco to tho people in general. Wo want a good corres pondent in every section, to whom all the necessary stationery will bo fur nished; and whon you get out do not bo afraid to let us know it and wo will send you a new supply. Wo would like to see every section of tho county represented by a corres pondent, and are confident that the people of each tectiou would highly appreeiato seeing the news of thoir locality in print each week. If it woro possible, we would bo only loo glad to do this work ourself, but anyone with common sense knows that it is impos sible for any ono man to hear of all tho happenings throughout the county, and it either devolves upon some one to Mind them in for publication or olto they aio passed by unnoticed, as in many oases they aro. Of uourso sonio people are better adapted for correspondents than oth ers, but there is hardly anyone, who can write a legible hand, but what is capable of writing up the local hap penings of their community in tome manner. If they aro not in proper shape, wo will tlx them up to tho host of our ability. If you do not wish your namo to appear under your con tributions it will bo loft oil', or a iiom ho plumo can bo supplied, but always sign your right name to all correspon dence, that wo may know who you aro. This is nucossary, as no roliablo news paper will publish an artiolo without knowing tho author's name. Again thanking our many oorro IKmdouU who have so kindly agisted us in making Tint Scout what it i tho boat local jwipor in Knutorn Oregon and hoping for a uontinunuoe of tho libernl iNttroutigu wo have rucoived, we enter ujxm a now year and nwiire you that Tim Scout will never grow lea or lose it iutertttt in the welfare mid 1 future proiporily of the community at ' large. M'ICINLKY lltl(-i:s AT IIOMK. Mr. McKinley, apparently, has not much of an opinion of the intelligence of the 2,000 gentlemen who yelled for him at the Columbus convention, and does not hejitato to tell them ?o. "You have not heard one word about MoICinloy prices since the election," he said to them, and they received this astonishing statement with every ap pearance of as?ont. If they really bad not heard of the Mc Kinley prices since tho election they had the distinction of being the only people in the United States in that condition of infantile innocence. Tho author of the Act to boom trust certificates certainly would not have ventured to repeat his convention speech to his brother, Consul McKin ley of this city. Consul McKinley knows too well what sort of effects protective taxes aro intended to pro duce. Here is his interesting account of tho gehosis of tho high-tarifi' idea in the statesman's mind : As for his acquisition of his tariff views, I do not know that I can oiler any better explanation than that of inheritance. An old friend of our youth, whom I met, in Honolulu, asked me how I accounted for Lilly's tariff ideas. I answered hnn thus: When my brother wie horn my father was seiliui; niu-iron for $12 a ton that cost him $17 to manufacture, and Hilly .McKinley Jr. was about as skinny, puny and unpromising a baby physi cally as any one would care to see. A dozen years after his birth we had a good protection and pig-iron went up to $1(0 a ton, without, any increase in cost of production. Jhlly Mckinley Jr. commenced to grow fat, and he swelled up correspondingly to the in crease in the price of United States piii-iron. His tarilf propensities are certainly inherited. This was certainly pleasant for tin McKinloys, although the Consul for gets to toll how tho people that had to buy pig-iron felt about it. If Mr. Me Kinloy Senior could make iron for $17 per ton and sell it for $!I0 a clear profit of over 82 per cent it is no wonder that William grew fat, and that he resolved some day to intrench .Mclunlev prices in a oill ol his own. Consul McKinley says that in increas ing the price to consumers from $12 to $;il) per ton there was no increase in the cost of production. Ono might almost have thought that the family prospersty would have justified a slight raiso in tho wages of tho workmen say about onongh to cut down the profits of the establishment, to 30 per cent; but probably anything so in consistent with tho g.meral rule in protected industries would have been considered heretical. Since Statesman McKinley, instead of merely profiting by the tariff, has taken to reconstruct ing it there has been twenty reductions of wages to one increase. IOxaniiner. HMwreajtimtVi murrnm Tim new tariff law increasos the duty on cotton ties foim !13 percent ad valorem to 1.1! cents a pound, a change in the form of duty, intended doubtless to conceal the amount of the increase, which is, at tho average price of ties in lOngland, $:tl.0(i, from $1I.!2 to$2!).12 an increase of $17.20 a ton. This increase is about a cent and a (punier on each tie. Throo-lifths of our entiro importation came from the Whoolock forgo near Tunstall. If tho stoppage (jf this forgo is any pleasure to the protectionists they are welcome to enjov it. If tho imposition of the duty has done anything more valuable to our country than to unnecessarily increase the profit of somebody in Pittsburg, wo aro all glad so far as that goes. Hut the cotton growers of tho country will not fail to notice that tho McKinloy law has levied a duty of $20.12 per ton, nearly 5)0 per cent ad valorem, on the ties they have to buy in order to turn their trade to some body who had a pull with Major Me Kinley's committee. National Demo i'u t- oairr Job olllco U now )irtiHt i t turn tail all kinds of printing on -! rt m d' i ami at vury low pries. A Washington dispatch of tho 10th says : Prior to tho president's departure this morning he issued a call for a cabinet mooting for Friday, Juno 2(ith. Secretary Kiwter will return in time to attend this meeting, as ho announced previous to leaving that it was impera tive that he should be hero at that time. It is understood that financial matters will engage the attention of tho cabinet, and among other proposi tions to continue the coinage of silver bullion, the final diKition of the question to extend the Ij Hr-cout ImuuU, and a cliaugo in the uMetaud liability statements i.-Mifd by the treas ury department daily and monthly. Quite a number of change of a minor character are also contemplated in the treasury department at the beginning of the new fiKcal je.ir. 'flu' tu'iMiiv i.itciii' iits n( late hae lint In,. ! .k . i d h..inu lm tin party in Kwer. Au empty treasury at the beginning of another groat jhv luhal i'.niiMipi would not cpv.dv wi 11 fur tbi' i p , .nut the eoui. rnivv will )l"d"U'tl' .ill' t..UMIi.r lll.ttti'ltt M ,e l uiaUt a lu U r liwun; Aftkk the citizens of Union had subscribed sufficient stock and called a meeting for the purpose of organizing an Agricultural Society, the people of La Grande concluded they wanted one also, and immediately f-et out to tee if they could in some manner prevent tho people hero from drawing the $1300 appropriated by the Slate. The meeting was called for Saturday, June l.'lth. On Friday, June 12th, the wind bag came out with the following in his paper: John McDonald was re-elected Pres. and A. T. Neil was elected Sec. of tho First Ea tern Oregon District Agricul tural Society at Maker City on Wed nesday. The election of directors of this Agricultural Society will be held at Union tomorrow and the location of tho fair will be established. The present outlook is that Union will se cure the prize. The wind bag is very changeable, however, as everybody knows, and on Saturday the next day was here with all his pomp and gusto, inflated to the fullest capacity for tho occasion. In ono night's time ho had changed his mind and had concluded that La Grande was tho proper place for hold ing the fair. He wasted a great amount of wind during the day, and at the meeting, without effect, lie has no doubt by this time learned that it takes something more thad wind to or ganize and carry on a county fair. A county fair is something in which all the farmers, stock raisers and fruit growers are interested and it must bo remembered that a great number of this class live east of Union, in Pino and ICaglo valleys, Lower Powder, liig creek and North Powder, who will desire to attend and place their pro ducts on exhibition. For this reason alone, if for no other, the fair should be held as near the middle of the county as possible. Union is the place. We have already a very good ground with stables, grand stand and other buildings which can bo fixed up at a small cost, and we understand with (he privilege of free use the first year. Wo think the poople should unite in this matter and work in har mony. Because Union was fortunate enough to have the fair held here is no reason why the people of La Grande and Island City should feel hard to wards this place or vice versa. The fair of the Union County Agricultural Socio! v was held near La Grande for a number of years and people from all parts of the countv attended. Let there bo no hard feelings in regard to the matter, but all ccmuo along and bring your fine stock, grain, vegetables, big pumpkins, etc., and wo will have a good time and profit thereby. SHERIFF'S SALE, rim wind pan lias not inuy re covered yet. He is still sore becauso Union succeeded in securing the fair near this place. Hear him: One year ago last spring we under' took tho task of securing enough sub soriptiriu oi siock to mereiv noid a fair, and for this purpose proposed an organization with $23,000 capital stock, said stock not to be assessed but ten per cont. The proposition wont by default for want of patronage, for with a very few creditable exceptions tho citizens who owned the largest real estate interests adjacent to Union wero not down on the list for ono dollar. There is nothing very surprising about this. The fact is tho people are a little slow in taking hold of a matter in which such wind bags aro interested and are trying to push through. Thoro has been no groat amount of trouble in raising tho necessary stock since other parties have taken hold and solicited subscriptions. Wk are in receipt of tho initial num ber of the John Day Sentinel, a now paper recently started at the town of John Day, Grant county, Oregon, by Hoyd it Nelson. Tho paper is a seven column folio size, all printed at home, and is full of original and well-selected matter. It presents a neat typograph ical appearance, and gives every evi dence of future prosperity. We wish it success and gladly placo it on our xohango list. NOTIOI! TO I'ONTUAOTOKS. Notice is hereby given that tho Countv Court of Union County will receive sealed bills, up to noon, on Wednesday, Julys, Jstll, for the omntnietion of a bridjje across Haule crook, at the minor end of Hindu val ley, at what is known as the Holeomb eresMiiK Con true lor will bid on the bridge and utailtuiouts voparatoly. as follows : ll. For tun coed solid tom abutt iiirnu. one at wu-li side of the crook, to bo pottled to Kolid foundation, the stone laid in KimhI lime inorur and pointed with eoineut. and built above the highest water mark Snd. For two atone abiiitiaents as above and a stone pier in the middle of the crook, wade in the saiuo manner. 3rd. For a Pratt Inis iron and wood oaiublimUoii bri'lso, no foot long, all fraiu iltf limber to bo of nolid, traight n'hied red ttr. till. Fur a bruin) of spams of IS foot Ottoh of same kind of timber, plans for -nine to be fcubiulttod by the bidders. I .ci o ifieationi and stralu-slieeU uo o.inp.iiiv oui h i'ld. I ho airt u'i rvo tlm rlgUt to rejeet nay II I. IS I .i'il- .i is .t . u .t ' s i' ty Oourt. 11 ItNF.U OUl ILUark. NOTICE IS IIEItEHY GIVEN THAT by virtue of an execution and order of sale issued out of the Honorable Circuit Court of the State of Orecon for Union county, bearing date the 15th day of June, 1891, and to me directed and delivered upon a judgment and order of sale of heretofore attached property, entered on the 10th day of Fcbruarv, 1601, wherein Mary Bigger is plaiutiirnnd E. It. Hill is defendant, for the sum of Three Hundred and Ninety and 02-100 Dollars, with interest thereon at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from the 10th dav of February, 1801, and tho further sum of Fifty Dollars attorney's fee, and Sixty one and 74-100 Dollars for costs and dis bursements, which judgment was enrolled and docketed In the clerk's office of said court on the 21st dav of February. 1891. and ordering the hale of the following described heretofore attached real estate, situated in Union county, State of Oregon, to-wit: Commencing at a point on the southeast quarter of Sec. 13. in Tp. 1 South, of range S!) east of the Willamette meridian, 50 feet west ami 215 feet south of the northwest corner of land transferred by C. L. Hlakes lee and Caroline Hlakcsleeto M. E. Warren, by deed dated March 17, 1880. and extend ing tlicncc west 200 feet, thence north 215 feet to the land owned by Mrs. Kenson; thence east 200 feet; thence north 215 feet to the place of beginning, containing one acre more or less of land; said parcel being a portion of the southeast quarter of section 13, township 4 south, of range 39 east of the Willamette meridian in Union county. Oregon ; also all of block number 0 of Han nah's addition to the town of West Union, Union county, Oregon, according to the plat of sain addition now on lile and record in the recorder's otlice of said county and state, and said property so ordered to be sold not being deemed sufficient to satisfy said judgment, Costs and accruing costs, I have by virtue of such execution and tho law in such cases made and provided, and by order of plaintiff's attorney, on the 16th day of June, 1891, levied upon and seized all the right, title and interest of the said defendant, E. Ii. Hill, of, in and to the fol lowing described property, to-wit: Com mencing at a point on the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 13, town ship 1 south, of rango39 oast of the Willam ette meridian, sixty feet west and 215 feet south of the northwest corner of the land transferred bv C. L. Blakcslce and Caroline lilakesloe to M. S. Warren, by deed dated March 17. l&SO, and extending thence west 200 feet, thence south 215 feet to the land owned by Mrs. llenson; thence east 200 feet, thence north 215 feet to the place of beginning, containing one acre more or less of land; f.-iid parcel being a portion of the SE of SEJ4 of Sec. 13. Tp. 4 S. H 39 E. W. M., not having been able to find any per sonal property of said defendant In the county of Union. Now, therefore, under and by virtue of said execution and order of sale, and the levy, as aforesaid, I will sell at public auction at the court house door at Union, Union county, Oregon, on Saturday the 18lh day of July, 1891, at 1 o'clock p. m. of said day, all tho right, title ami interest of, in and to block number !), of Hannah's addition to the town of West Union, Union countv, Oregon, that the de fendant, E. It. Hill, had on the 4th day of August, 1890, or lias since acquired; also all the right, title and interest that the said E. 15. Hill had in and to the above de scribed portion of tho of SE6 of Sec. 13, Tp. 4 S, It. 39 E. W. M. on the 10th day of June. 1891, or has since acquired in or to the above described real estate to satisfy said judgment, attorney's fees, costs, dis bursements and interest as aforesaid and accruing co-its. Terms of !-ale: Cash to mo in hand in U. S. gold coin. Dated June 10, 1801. J. T. HOKLES, Sherifr. liy W. U. Usiikk, Deputy. (MS-St SIIKKIFF'S SALE. -VfOTICE IS nEKKIJY GIVEN THAT JLi by virtue of an execution issued out of the Honorable Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for Union county, bearing date thefithday of June, laOl, tome directed and delivered, upon a judgment entered therein on the 27th day of May, 1891, wherein Barbara (Jroth is" plaintiff and Ja cob Groth is defendant, for the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, and the further sum of Forty and 21-100 Dollar.-- for costs and dis bursements, which judgment was enrolled and docketed in the clerk's oflice of said court on the 29th day of May, lt91, com manding me that out of the personal prop erty of the defendant herein, Jacob Groth, or if sulllciout can not be found, then out of the real property belonging to said defend ant in my county, on or after the 29th day of May, 1891, 1 pav and satisfy the sum of Two Hundred Doflars, and the further sum of Forty and 20-100 Dollars costs and dis bursements of and upon this writ. 15y virtue of said writ and command I have levied upon the following described real estate (no personal property being found) situated in Union countv, Oregon, to-wit: Tho NH of the NW'K anil the SEJ of SWK and the SW of NEi of Sec. 33, Tp. 1 North, of Kange 40 E. W. M. situated in Union county, Oregon, and by virtue of said execution and levy, I will sell at pub he outcry at the court house door in Un ion, Union county, Oregon, on tho 17th day of July, 1891, at 2 o'clock p. in. of said day. all the right, title and interest in said above described real estate, that the said defend ant had on or after tl-o 29th day of Mav. IS91, or sulllcicnt thereof to satisfy said judgment, costs, disbursements and accru ing costs. Perms of sale: Cash to me in hand in U. S. gold coin. Dated at Union this tho 16th day ot June, 191. J. T. HObl.ES. Sheriff, llv W. K. Usiikii, Deputy. 0-18 SIIKKIFF'S SALE. VfOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT 1A by virtue of an execution and order of sale issued out of tho Honorable Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Union County bearing date the 5th day of June. 1S91, and to me directed and delivered, up on a judgment and order of sale of here tofore attached property, entered on the 27th day of May. 1891, wherein Jasper G, Stevens is plalutltl and A. C. Cook and Wm. Wilkmson are defendants for the sum of Two Hundred and Thirteen and 33-100 Dol lars, with interest thereon at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from the 27th day of May, 18ti. and tho further sum of Forty Dollars attorney's foo and Thirtv-thron nnd U3-100 Dollars for costs anil disburse ments, whioh judgment was enrolled and docketed in the clerk's olllco of said court on the 29th day of May, 1891, and ordering the sale of the following described hereto fore attached real estate, to wit: All the right, title and interest of the defendant, A. C. Cook, in and to tho undivided one-half of ,NW'i of NEU Sec. 20, and SU of NEK and N W ot SE'.4 of Sec. 20. Tp. 4 S, R. 40 E. W M.. in Union countv. Oregon. Now. therefore. under and bv virtue of said execution and order of sale as aforesaid, I will sell at public auction at the court house door at Union, t iiion countv. state ot Oregon, on Wed nosdiiy tho 15th day of Julv, 1801, at 1 o'clock p- iii. of said day, all the right, title, interest and chum that the said defendant, A. C. Cook, had on the 15th day of Mv, 101, or has since acquired in or to the above described real estate to satisfy said Judgment, fwns, costs, disbursements and iuterot as aforesaid and accruing costs. Terms of sale : Cash to mo m hand in gold com of the United Status, DaUHlJuiiet). mil. J. T. BOM.ES, Sheritl of Union county, Oregon. By W. R. UstiKii, Deputy, pL'RNlSUBI) ROOMS FOR RENT. 1. Mr M. J. Chanuey.Cornert'ecoinl and B St. Union. Oregon, 7-17'U, p llllllC An Address cMmc, Oration anfeih:. GRA r Ceremonies commence at 7 p. irSLYi, aft'-r which there will boa The proceeds to be applh il the I. O. O. V. hall. Good Music has boon Socet o Occasion, Tickets IiicludiiSu2.50. Committkk ox Invitation' :s Tfcco. Chandler, Baker City; John Shaw, Herman lotbchild,rth J C. II. Finn, A. T. Neill, La Grande; Tom Childers, Jas. Wql, Sin,,; Wm. Shaw, C. U. Bid well, Island City; D. P. McDanio! 1'. jj, Cove; II. W. Lee, Sanger; J. A. Dcnney, Tine Valley; 1). J.js, lt y. Kkception : E. X. North, A:Beni.Vy, G. F. Hall. Floor Managkrs: W. S. LoS. cW.rd Bloch. Everybody Invited. jdTime Guaranteed. Viiiiimon ii iiiiiiiiiiiH . m mv 11KILK15L MWkn Shelf Hardware, Gully, h' Steel Goods, Pumps, Saws, edgeidges, etc, Agent for Gluten! I Stoves. A Full Equipped TIN SHOI run in Gwith our Store, We make alpcci of this Line. Call ud so SUMMERS A LAYNE. one dr southjx's store. Uninn, Or, i 0 0 Q IpI f TO CARRY A 'AY BTS, at JLTDOUJPT31 IDIFV" STORE. 1 am on tucked Clothing, Dry Good?, andlinds of Dress Goods, whici mm sold r 7 A FiTAT H to COST. 3-ian aariy ana ij-e BIG : BARM MS! 1 BJgThcse go0is n.c ofj latest styles and importations, bill must will be sold at a sacrifice. j GKEGO. IB-A-I !).(!. . i , iSi Tobacco, Cps and All f ii M Candies. tits, Novel , 1 lunj. BARBER SHOP In Coition. l-30-tf. FiiM do-.; h Co 1, I ' i n, Or CO -r.irrit's a full lir. OFFIERRY, i wn, Oregon, C "T .ill kiinls Harvesting Machinery and AgricultuMnplements, Traction Engines and VibraV hreshers. I will sell as chr.ip ax any dt al. r in tin vnl' :i-2G-tf House Pain J. A. BET - ; U All Kinds of Graining IJiy Done UNION, OKKUON.