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"tUUIISDAV, AUGUST 13. 1801.
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
This department of The Scout is open to
any one who wishes to contribute an articlo
on timely topics of interest to the alliance.
Write plainly and on only one sldo of the
manuscript."
AlHaneo Directory.
SUMMKKVILLK ALLIANCE No. 47
Kcgular meetings llrst and third ednes
ncsdnys of eacli month.
3 W. K. JAnrr.it, Pres.
A. V.Ouvnn, Sec.
'. ()., Aliccl.
Mt'ALLlSTKK A IjLI ANCK No. MKok
ular mectiiiKH first and third .Saturdays in
each month at 1 o'clock p. in.
O. I). Hitkmas. 1'res.
K. M. (ji!Ki:i.Kit, Sec.
1 0. La Orniidc.
TKLOOASHT ALLIANCE No. 00 Kci;-
ar meeting first; and third Saturdays In
ntnr
finnli tit nil Hi ni. 7 o'clock n. m
V. C. IIi.Nc-Ki.r.y, Pres.
W. A. Catkk, Sec.
P. O., Telocaset.
PLKASANT HILL ALLIANCE No. .r7
Kegular mcetiiiKs every Saturday at i!
o'clock p. m. John ahs.ui, Pres.
Petku MrSiiAl.v, Sec.
0., Elgin.
UNION COUNTY ALLI ANCRJNo. 07
Jtegular meeting third Wednesday of each
month at 10 o'clock a. m.
C. I). IIiTFMAN, Pres., La Orande.
W. A. Cati-i, Sec. Telocaset.
1IIO CItEEK AMiIAMJlv M). i iicg l
ir meeting the llrst and thlrdlbuttirdays in
!ich month. E. it. Parker, Pres.
Emma I!. Paiikek, bee.
lai
cue I
1. O., Medical Springs.
IIKJII VALLEY ALLIANCE No. 0
Itcgular meeting first Saturday of each
month at 7::i0p. in.
li. Loohhon, Pres.
A. Wii.kin'soN, Sec.
NORTH POWDER ALLIANCE No. 4(1.
W. N. (Saiu.nkii, Pres.
.1. C.Tuavii.mon, Sec.
P. 0., North Powder.
CENTER VALLEY ALLIANCE No. ft'..
T. H. KosTr.K, Pres., Island City.
W. W. Randall, Sec, Cove.
K EAT I NO ALLIANCE No.
John Howman. Pres.
31 us. M. E. Pkiikins, Sec.
1'. 0 , Keating.
IOWA ALLIANCE No. Ml.
T. U. IhKin, Pres.
A. Shaw. Jr., Sec.
P. 0., Island City.
LADI) CANYON ALLIANCE No. 55.
J. 1). Poynoii. Pres.
J. II. SiiAMiuunn, Sec.
P. 0., La (Irando.
THE ALLIANCE.
An Ablo Article From the Pen of an En
thusiastic Momuor.
Union, Oregon, August 10, 1BD1.
Editor Orkoon Scoi't:
With your permission I will occupy
a small simce in tho columns of your
paper sot apart to the use of tho alii
nnco, this week, and let mo suggest at
tho outset that I think it very goner
ouh of vou to tendor tho free use of
your columns to the alliance, and I
am sure it is highly appreciated by
thorn, and I hope to seo tho members
tako advantagoof tho opportunity thus
offered to present their views on differ
ent subjects of interest to farmers.
Wo have numerous members through
out the county who aro fully eoinpo
tont to contribute articles of interest
and profit, and I hope to sou them
fully utilize tho gratuitous space in
the near future, or as soon as there is
a season of a little more leisure with
tho tillers of the soil.
But your liber ility seomu to have
excited tho ire of your contemporary
in tho hamlet across tho valley, who
never tires emptying his vials of wrath
upon your devoted head. It strikes
mo that a few items of local news each
week would interest his readers moro
than so much abuse of persons for no
othor apparent reason than that tho
alliance deems them better friends to
tho order than himself. Ono is led
to think him tho solf-constituted oraelo
of tho allianco, who is kopt very busy
guiding tho order in tho way it should
go which scemq to us just a little bit
officious, since we havojiotyot asked
him to chaperon us and I do think
that tho application of a small portion
of ordinaay modesty of everyday life
should prompt all outsiders to leave
tho matter of qualification of member
ship to tho allianco.
Tho journal above reforrcd to has
published a number of articles very
friendly to tho alliance, for all of
which wo aro very, very thankful, and
wo do hopo that friondly spirit will
still bo extonded to us in the future,
for wo farmers and laborers greatly
desire and aro sadly in need of all tho
friondly aid and kindly advice that wo
can flocuro from every individual
whoso interests do not antagonize our
own but do not meddlo with our
domcslio affairs, gontlomen, please.
Tho county alliance will meet in
Union again on tho l'Jtli hist, for the
discussion of questions of interest to
the order, and for tho transaction of
business, and I desire through this
medium to oiler in a fraternal spirit a
low ttuggctftioiM for the eoiikKloration
of member, and nolo brlelly uuui of
the idlonyiieinli of uoifalii member,
'ur)iu) It would bo more propor, or
llnwrlly, o ilo IliU orally in Hid meet
ing, but ns our time has been so fully
occupied heretofore with other mat-
tors, l slioum probably not nave nn
J opportunity to do so then, though I
were a speaker, and not being blessed
' with tho gift of gab that chance is
denied me. And now before proceed
ing farther I wish to state emphatic
ally that I do not assume to be one of
the wise men of the order, but on the
contrary I realize that I am ono of
the least of these ; but, as stated above,
not being a talker, and thus doomed
to sit quietly by, I have probably ob
served some of the pccularitics, and
possibly mistakes, of those taking a
more active part in tho proceedings.
First I will say I have noticed al
together too much of a disposition to
i hurry matters along, to jump to con
, elusions without sufficient deliberation,
i and too much impatience to get away
; and complaint at the length of tho
, , sess;on j knmv thlt fftrmors gcnor.
ally feel that they can illy afford to
lose the time they have been so long
and habitually accustomed to devot
ing all their time to their farm and
domestic affairs that it is going to be
very hard to fall into tho new habits
necessary to render them useful mem
bers of the farmers' alliance mid in
dustrial union.
Karbcit from me to counsel my
brother farmers to idleness or indo
lence; on the contrary I would strong
ly urge the great necessity of frugality
and strictly business habits. But
much too long has tho average farmer
bowed his head and bent his back to
his endless toil, heeding not the man
ner in which the government, in which
he should have owned a common in
terest, was being managed by our
self-styled honest law makers, who aro
so loud in their professions of lovo for
the farmer. Of tho truth of their
protestations, and the safety of the
interests of the agriculturist in their
hands, let the cries and groans of the
debt-ridden, mortgaged farmers, from
one end ol Hie land to the other,
answer.
Many of us have grown grizzly, and
wrinkled, and achey in this endless
labor, practicing economy that closely
borders on parsimony the while; de
nying ourselves and family many of
the necessaries of life in our extreme
desire to provide something for the
rainy day that is surely coming to
most of us, and to leave a home, hum
ble though it may bo, for the wife and
little ones should wo be called hastily
away. And how well, I would ask,
have we, as a body of farmers, by our
veryjbest efforts, succeeded? Lot every
individual farmer answer for himself,
while our friends (the enemy), who
toil not neithor do they spin, yet livo
off tho cream of the land and reap the
bulk of tho proceeds of our labor, still
professing great lovo for tho farmer and
so roady over to advise him, poor fool,
as to what ho should do to bo saved,
rob him by manipulating tho laws;
while tho fanner, the good-natured
whale, has suffered himself to be
amused by the tub thrown to him by
this nefarious class in tho form of
sectional prejudices and side issues of
minor importance, and giving this
noblor class every encouragement in
his power by bestowing upon them
and their allies all the honor and
emoluments of the offices and tho
fruits of his toil.
Tho alacrity with which the farmers
are joining the alliance, as the only
courso promising any relief from the
grievous burdens heaped upon him by
class lobulation, indicates that the
farmer has at least partially awakened
to a realization of his condition and
ino great necessity oi taking some
action to savo himself and country
from uttor ruin. Now tho great, over
shadowing question is, what is the best
course for him to pursue to recover at
least a portion of bin rights as a free
American citizen, aim i answer un
hesitatingly, educato, educate, educate
lumsou. ino only means at our
command, through which we can se
cure any pormanent roliof, is by tho
use of tho ballot; and only by tho pow
or of an intelligent ballot based on
competent knowledge. Wo must not
need to be told by our frionds (tho
onemy) how to vote if wo expect to
exert any beneficial iulluonco by our
ballot on tho body politic, but we
must educate ourselves up to the re
quired degree of intelligence to enable
us to eabt a wise ballot as the only
hope of salvation for the nation.
The next question that naturally
arises is, How are wo to do this with
the tremendous opposition that con
fronts us? And 1 answer again, with
out hesitation, that it must bo accom
plished, if at all, very largely itihide
the alliance, behind closed door, away
from all influences that aro antagonis
tic to our interned.; and all opposing
Julliuiuuii nuut bo excluded from this
our uutih precinct. Do nut admit
uuy ImjirgjRir pornoim, now. tliui will
hu unworthy imimlw or w)ioo liiior.
we should invite
csts arc not in common
they will only bo an
disadvantage. But
and encourage all worthy tillers of the 1
soil to come in and work with us, and ;
use them kindly and considerately
when inside, and invite and encourage j
them to express their views on all j
subjects under discussion and to tako J
an active part in all procedings, and :
not set him down on a point of order
if lie should chance to be just outside '
a strict parhamenary line. What sort
of difference does it make, anyhow,
whether we comply strictly with par
liamentary rules or not? Who of us
is competent to decide? While it is
proper to conform sufficiently to the
ordinary rules guverning deliberative
bodies to avoid confusion and enable
us to transact business, we require no
straight jacket yet. Parliament is a
monarchal contingent where the
queen is the government. Here the
people are the government, that is,
with the former principally left out.
But the average farmer is doing a
mighty sight of thinking these days,
and while he is not much given to
oratory and if called upon to address
an audience Ins tongue is liable to
cleave to the roof of his mouth and
his knees to tremble from his perch
on the top rail, or a seat on the ground
in the shade of tho fence, after lightly
brushing the seat ol his overalls and
shifting his chew of tobacco, lie will
express more common sense businesn
idea , in about twenty minutes than
one of these raltlo brains will tell you
in the courso of his natural life; and
I hope to see the farmer encouraged
to come forward in the alliance and
tako a very active and prominent part
in all proceedings as the only hopes of
successful results.
And J refer to him of the bronzed
cheek and callous hand ; and if his
plain garb shows contact with machine
oil and Mother Earth, that shall be no
objection. Sometimes J have been a j
little amused, and sometimes I have
experienced a slightly different sensii'
tion, 10 observe a moiner arise m ins
place with a great air of self-esteem,
with a side kink in his neck something
like a sand-hill crane preparing to
pounce on a polly wog, seeming to
say: Listen now, you fellows, I am
going to speak; his voice slightly ele
vated, so that the benighted brethren
will not lose a sentence, and with
uccuicuiy transatlantic dialect, an
Antarctic intellect and a far off evpres
sion of the eye as though viewing tho
hidden mysteries of distant ages
whether past or future deponent, sav
eth not at this writing which reminds
mo somewhat of tho longing gaze of a
glass-eyed cayuso through a wire fence
at tho green bunch-grass on the di
taut hills, discoursing wisely on points
of order, tho previous question, and
parliamentary law, of which lie is gen
erauy supposed to Know atiout as
much as a pig does of the Sunday law
Oh fie, lie!
Another brother calls hastily for the
order of business, and, like Rachel of
old, refusing to bo comforted becauso
ho has it not, when all the ovidenco
wo have on the subject is to tho effect
that if tho brother over had any inter
est in a healthy, well-developed, order
ly business ho suffered it to porish for
want oi nourisnnient ueioro it whb
half grown.
And tho sago of I'ylo canyon reads
from the Scriptures, everything after
its kind; and views all subjects from
a strictly business (and non-partisan)
standpoint; and takes a common senso
view af all matters under discussion,
which is eminently correct. But do
we obtuse hayseeds catch on to the I.
D., that's tho question.
Now if I havo said anything that
will prompt investigation of subjects
of interest to farmers, I have accom
plished all I set out to do. And now,
Mr. Editor, with an apology for tres
passing so largely on your valuablo
Bpace, I subscribe myself
Ci.oniioi'n:R.
siu:iciris s.vi.i:-
TICK IS HHKI'llY OIVKN THAT
liv virtun of nil I'vccntliiti Issmwl mil
of the Honorable Circuit Court of the State
of Oregon for Union county, bearing datu
ino .tan nay ouuno, ixu, to ino uirooteil
and delivered, upon a judgment entered
therein on tho Oih day of February, 151)1,
which judgment was enrolled and docketed
in the Clerk's otMee of Mild Court in naid
County on the 21st day of February. A. D.
1SIH, wherein C. C. Colllnherry and Hert
Colllnberry aro nlalntili's and T. It. Irwin is
defendant, for the miiu nf Thirty nine and
1.1-1 IX) Dollars, witli interest thereon at the
rate of S per cent per milium from the Oth
lav of l ebrnary, ISiil, and cost 1 have
levied upon the following described real
estate minuted in Cniou County, Oregon,
to-wlt : lots a and I and SV. of NV"'.
See. 1, Ti. 8 Somh. it Mi:. V. M and
'of SB i Sec. ;. Tp. 7 South, 1! 4H V.
W.M. and bv virtue of knld exeviitii.n
and levy, I will hell at public auction at the
court house door in Union, I'tilon I'ounty,
State of Oregon, on Saturday the JSml duv
of AiiL-iut. 1MU. at '.' o'clock i. hi ol mid
dy, till tin right, title ind intrnt oi m
una n. me Hiiove itrrt iIIhhI preiulM) tlittt
the Mild dwfiirtduut, T. it. Irwin, had inert
ia oil the KUt dv of February. ItUl. or Una
kini'c uwpilrml, Ut mtufy tik JudtfuifiU,
liitori.it And jiiwruiiiK t
Tiirmtuf ! i iuh to mi' in ImimI In
v. a. mi ii.ui
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Haye on the way and now
ricultural
The Company ill hereafter
WThis department will be under
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Latest Styles.
Just Received, Direct from the East, a Largo Invoice of LADIES' and
MISSES' CALFSKIN SHOES, the Best Ever brought to this Market.
Also a Fine Assortment of
GENT'S -:- FURNISHING -:- GOODS.
My Prices will suit the times. Drop in and see me.
C. VINCENT, Main Street, Union, Or.
Are You Goinff to
Of Payette, Ada
Has the Largest General Nursery Stock in the Mountain Country 125 Acres.
Trees from Payetto Nursery will reach Grande Hondo valley in six
hours from the time they are taken from the ground.
fountain Crown Trees are Hardy, Vigorous
and Healthy.
Do not order until yon havo visited
our prices. Wholesale) and retail.
N.
I have now on the road from the east two
ear loads of
FTJ RN ITURB,
Which will arrive About March i5th, and in
connect ion with what I uoav have on
hand will comprise the
LARGEST AND FINEST STOCK
of Furniture over Brought to Eastern Oregon.
Do not fail to
the rush.
The Centennial Hotel,
Union, Oregon
A. J. COODBROD, - Proprietor.
1 Recognized
Leading Hotel of
PINK I.A1UIK SAMI'l.K HOO.M8 For th
CHANGES REASONABLE.
warn urn
(OPPOSITE CENTENNIAL HOTEL.)
Wm. E. Bowker,
'tvarythliiK Pirkt Utu. Torim Virv JImionaUo.
Hustonml lr! qui tlio Dopot Making Connoctioi) with all Pass-
songor Trains.
I, UIILUUUI.
arriving, several ar oa
Implements.
carry a full and completo stock of
tho management of Mr. Kilpatrick.
THE M. & M. Co.
All Kinds
j-jj
Plant an Orcharfl?
County, Idaho.
our nursery, seen our agent or got
(i-20-yl
B
call and select before
S. C. MILLER.
by all as tho
Eastern Oregon!
AtcoinoiUtloii of Coiiiuiervinl Traveler
id :vm
- Proprietor.
!
"The Hunt Line"
In Connection with tho
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILR'D
Forms tho
Quickest and Best Route
Between Eastern Oregon and Washington
and Pugct Sound points, as well as
th Popular and Direct
Lino to all
POINTS BA.ST and SOUTHEAST
BULIMIA . . SLEEPING CARS,
SUPERB DINING CARS, and
FREE SECOND CLASS SLEEPERS
Through t Chicago via UiIh l.luo.
Passenger Trains of this Company are rim
ing regularly between"
DAYTON, WAITSBURG, WALLA
WALLA, WASH., and PEN
DLETON. OR..
Making close connection at Hunt's .func
tion with Northern Pacilic trains for Taco-
ina, fceattie, wciona. ii. t ., i'.ileusbitrg,
North laknna. l'aco, opragui', Cheney,
Davenport, Spok'ine Palls, IJuttc. Helena.
St. Paul. Minneapolis.
AND ALL POINTS EAST.
Passcmrer Train, uiakiin; above connec
tions leaves Pendlcfon daily, at 7:10 p. in.
Through
Tickets Sold to all Points
at the Lowest Rates.
Kast
W. F. WAMSLEY,
Gen'l Fr't and Pa'L'r Att.
Walla Walla. Wash.
W. HUNT,
President and (ien I MmuiKer.
II. L. DEACON, Tieke
it. Union, Or
Tlie Cove Dri Store
JASPER G. STEVENS. Pn.pr.
ri:Ai.i:u in
Patent Medicines,
Perfumery j Piiinls ami Oils.
rro-ciipl ions Ciirofull y I'ri'i.ari'il,
ALSO I.IMtXi: I
SPORTING GOODS,
CouMstin,' ol
Iiilles, Shotguns, Pistols
and Cartridges.
Imported and Domestic Cigars,
School Books, lite.
PATENTS
Obtained, and all Patent lini . u .ittcudcd
In Promptly and for Moderate i-Vi-
Ouroflico is opposite the !'. - Patent
Olliee, and we can obtain i'aii iii- in less
time than tlios-o remote from ix.iiiKtoii.
.send MODKI.oi- DUAAViNi, AV nuviso
a lo paiituutul.il! rive nf eh ami wo
inako NO CI I A l.'.K I'N'Uv-v , i-'.N'T IS
SKU'KKD
Wo refer, iieiv, t.i Uie Pom . .-ier, the
Supi. of Money tinier Uiv., an i t otlieials
on lie U.S. Patent Olllce. Fit -ircular,
adviee, terms and rofforenei 'n . tuul cli
ents in your own State or Coum Tito to
C. A. SXOW vy To.,
He Patent oeire W'lsinii " hi I). 0.
"jLnsx'ja
I lininsoii & I'tu-sfl are a-jent for
llio I'Plohrntcd (Cyclone Wind Mill, and
as the prices on iliom have lu'on great
ly reduced they are now williiu tho
reach of all. Sample mill tn ho seen
al their planer in North liiion. Call
and e.Viimiiic it.
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