Entcrcrt nt the Tostolllco nt I'nlon, Oregon, ni
Second-class Mnll Miittcr.
B. Chanoey, Editor and Proprietor
iiATF.v of (.uiicnnnos:
Olio copy, one cur. ...
n.t.. mmv' mIv mntitliM
ti no
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Out! copy, three months
CASH IN AllVAXOn.
Jfliv chnuco Milnrrttitlons nre not iIl till
end ol yjw, H-J.oo will lie elinnrwl.
IlHtPK of AilvvrtMtiff and Job l'rliitlii made
known on itpvllciillon.
CorrwtK)iii1eiiPo from nil parti of the country
tolicttod.
THURSDAY. OCT. 22, 180J.
A. Word to Our Patrons.
Ever Ann- tit" vi tb!ilimeM of TUB Bowt
him- Ihhii x'iy K-nlcnt with our Mioecrlbi'tx,
relyluRon them to pay hcn mot convenient
to thcmwlvcH, and we arc plciwwt to cny u nm
Jorltyof litem ltae re"Jlel very regularly
every i-ur. lly thin mcnim wo hnvo lwii en
abled to iirry on our buMueim without any
IMirtlrulat trouble, but thero nrc a number who
fldom. if uer, rcpoud to the numerous call
which have lieeii imwlc through thcue eolumtiN
for the iiccemtary "ntuff" litonoywlileh 1
my ciMitlal In conducting tho iimi"I"'i "
well an any other lctrltlmatt hunltiean-a fact
which muo aecm to forget.
TllE Scorr la not a charitable Institution and
only aslte of Its imtrniM what In uonwtly due It
tipon aubacrlptlon and wlvortlaiiiK account
and thlf wc innut have. To thoo who have rc-i
tpottdoil rennlurlywe arc ttreatly obliged; but
why bhonld other equally able to pay Ia(t
behind? You have received thti paper regularly
from year to year and we trust you hnvo been
plesued with Hk weekly visltH. Wo now call
upon you to remunerate uh for tlmo and money
oxixmilol In thua furnUhiiiK you with tho pil
lar und trunt you will rescind without further
notice 'and trouble on our part. If you arerev
celvliiB the paier and aro not catltillcd that It Is
worth fl.fr u year to you, plciuo inform us of
the fact and we will utop KcudliiB it. We havo
endeavored Jo publish n paper worthy of the
public patromiKC, and have furnished It to you
nt n verv low nrice. It now only rcmaliiH for
youtoMiow your appreciation of our ellbrts by
rcsK)mlliik' at ouee.
We will place thu limit for which thoo ac
count must be settled at November lt, and all
partlet who are owing uh on advertising, or one
jciir'a Riilxwlptlon, must nettle by that date,
if tho accountH are not paid they will be placed
In the handH of mi attorney for Immediate col
lection. Thanking our piitroiin for pat hnors, and
solicItinK a cnntluuaiice of the mine, wo remain
Youth Most ltopcctfully,
Tiik l'tjni.ibllKU.
H. L. Mokkukai) hits revived tho
Junction City Pilot under tho name
of tho Titncs. Wo wish tho new paper
success.
EvKitY ahot fiotn u big gun con
biiines ouo thousand dollars. At lliia
rate, war has becoiuo a very expensive
luxury.
Sayk Tlio Dalles Chronicle: Tho
same judge who sentenced Sandy Olds
to ono year in tho penitentiary for tho
doliberato murder of a human being
gave a man three years tho othor day
in the same place of punishment, for
stealing two salmon. Is it any won
der tho fannors' alliance want to run
tho government machine awhile?
Tiik mines of Tolocaset arc attract
ing considoinblo attention and in
consequence tho whole country is
being prospected. Sovor.il now dis
coveries havo been made and located
within tho past week. Tho whole
'country south of Tolocasot and along
cither sido of Powder river seems to bo
u quartz bearing tlistrict. It only re
quires investigation to prove that wo
havo some very tiuh mines right hero
at home. The initios of this district,
Cornucopia, Sanger, Eagle crook,
Sparta and Catherine orcok uu all
tributary to Union. Our business
men should lend assistance to these
districts, in the way of constructing
good roads, etc., and reach out for
their trade.
... Tiiiiiti: are a number of schemes
starting up all over tho United States
for taking visitors for a small weekly
subscription to tho World's Columbia
Exposition freo of further expense.
Persons proposing to bucomo members
of such asiouiatiou aro asked to con
tribute ono dollar a wool; or po, from
now until Wo look upon all
such schetnos with groat distrust, and
havo no more faith in thorn than in
tho numorous so-called beneficial so
cieties which proposed to take (ho
placo of regular Life Insurance com
panies and almost invariably proved
to ba insolvent when a few of their
policies fell duo and in .many ease
woro then discovoiod to havo boon
deliberately established with fraudu
lent intent. Some of those proposed
Chicago Excursion At&ooiations may
bo honest schemes guaranteed by men
of clmraotor and responsibility, but
when the time comes to furnish trans
portation and free onterttuuiuent, it
will bo found that ino&t of tho olllces
have been deserted, tho oillcers "gone
to tho springs," and tho money gone
with them. A dollar or two it week
placed in a savings bank will bo secure
and will bo protected by tho lawn of
the ttutu. In tho other fuse the
money will mot likely Imvo boon
placed iu the bunds of confident') uion
Ami might mm wall Imvo mn thrown
Into the Uy for miy god it will do the
iVtOf,
STILL ON TIIK INCKEASK.
In the spring of 1881 when tho
present proprietor of The Scout in
company with its former editor, A. K.
Jones, and E. II. Clingan, conceived
tho idea of starting a newspaper and
job ollico in Union, neither of us had
tho remotest idea that tho business
would grow to such proportions as
Tiik Scout today boasts. In fact the
papor was started more as a source of
amusement and paslimc for tho pro
prietors than anything else. A job
press and a small amount of material
was purchased and on Juno 21, 1881,
the first issue of the Somi-wookly
Scout, a small, four-colump folio pa
por, was printed ami sent out to near
ly overy household iu the county for
inspection. Hut few subscribers wore
added to bur lift outside of the imme
diate vicinity and the outlook was not
very encouraging, but tho business
mon of the town patronized the paper
very wqll in the way of advertising
and job work and the publication was
continued in this form for ono year nt
considerable loss.
During all this time, however, wo
were working under very favorable
circumstances. Our contemporary,
the Mountain Sentinel, was constantly
changing hands and gradually going
down. Realizing this fact, Mr. Jones
and myself assumed full control of
Tin: Scout and immediately enlarged
it to the present size, printing two
pages at home on an army press.
Our efforts were soon rewarded and
subscribers began to poor in far be
yond our expectations wo had re
duced tho subscription price to $1,130
a year while other papers wero charg
ing from $2.r0 to $1.00 and Tin:
Scout was soon placed on a paying
basis, and by tho end of tho first year
tho business had grown until it was
necessary to havo better presses and
moro room for homo matter. A largo
hand cylinder press, capable of print
ing four pages of our papor at a time,
was purchased in Chicago, when wo
began the publication of The Scout
in the present form. At this time we
thought wo had made ample prepara
tions for all time to come in the way
of press facilities, but for the past two
or throe years wo have been greatly in
need of a faster press on which to
print Tin: Scout. Tho tmlhorintion
list has been gradually increasing from
tho first day of tho existence of tho
paper, and wo aro again compelled to
increase our press facilities. Today
The Scout is printed from ono of tho
latest improved country cylinder press
es, tho largest and finest to bo found
in Eastern Oregon.
The Scout has always been in the
lead and is recognized as tho be.t
papor published in Union county. It
is truly entitled to this distinction and
wo propose that it shall always remain
so. We lead; others vainly attempt
to follow.
The Scout is not only supplied with
tho finest newspaper press and materi
al in tho county, but is equipped with
a first-class job office where we aro
prepared to do all kinds of printing,
from a visiting card to a full sheet
poster.
Our plant has cost a great amount
of money, but wo havo confidence in
tho future prosperity and growth of
Union. Tin: Scour in tho futuro, as
iu tho past, will always bo found ahead
of tho growth of tho town. We hnvo
built up a legitimate business heie on
a solid foundation, and wo think wo
aro deserving of tho support of tho
business mon of tho town. If tho cir
culation of a paper counts for any
thing iu the way of an advertising
medium, wo certainly aro.
mi: i'ahmi;i: r.vvs tiik it.kuuit.
Wo will bond abroad 2f0,000,000
bushels of wheat. For it wo will ro
eoive nay $250,000,000. This will bo
investtHl in clothing, iu oarpotd, in
linens, in furniture, in ohinaware, iu
tinware, iu hardwaro, oto oto.
When those cargoes rwioh Now
York they aro seined by Fodornl
ollioors. Thoy aro weighed and
moavurcd and valuud, and tho owners
are compelled to pay iu dulios f0 por
cent of tho value of tho cargoes. This
will bo a tax of $125,000,000.
Iu othor woids, tho farmers must
sond abroad three bushels of wheat in
order to got iu return tho exchange
value of two.
Last year tho exports of cotton
amounted to f,800,000 bales. Ono
third of tho return cargoes wero con
fiscated under tho plea of protection.
Of last year's cottou crop two-thirds
wero exported, one-third was consumed
at homo.
It required all tho cotton sold
to Amorican tuilU to pay the duties on
tho return curioe taken in exchange
for the 6,000,000 Imltu kohl ubtoud.
Here wo hvo mm object leon illua
Imtlnf the injiutlou mid the opprc-
sion of our whole system, so-called.
The farmer, he pays tho freight ; ho
pays the tax ; he pays the pensions.
To do this lie has to cultivate three
acres in order to have for his own use
the product of two.
It is the most stupendous system of
iniquity and oppression to which any
freo people ever submitted, and yet tho
farmer who works three days for two
days' wages is expected to walk up to
the noils in Pennsylvania, in Ohio
I and in tho Great 2Corthwost and vote
j for McKinley and protection.
Down with the war tarifl'l Courior
Journal. NOT 11V I'KOTKCriOJf.
There is no economic fact that is
made to do moro constant and persist
ent duty than tho reduction in the
price of steel rails during tho operation
of tho protective system. It is sono
riously proclaimed thnt thoy were at
ono time as high as ff 150 a ton. Then
the duties wero made so high as to
virtually exclude the foreign article,
and tho home industry grew and pos
sessed tho homo field, competition
arose, and undor it the price of tho
rails has gone down -to $30 a ton.
That seems conclusive and a happy
illustration of tho operation of tho pro
tective theory, to the superficial par
tisan. Hut tho fabric is shown in its
true light when it is nbsorved that
while steel rails havo fallen greatly iu
price in this country thoy have fallen
more in freo trade England. Thoy
aro now $5 a ton cheaper than iu the
United States. Tho price of tho rails
in this country has been forced down
by the reduction abroad, and not by
the competition of homo manufactures
fostered by tho tarifi. The cost of
production has Icon cheapened by
the perfection of processes, and espo
cially now inventions. These have
been substantially all made in Eng
land, und in no wise the effect of tho
tarifi' of this country. Without the
present tarifi", or a comparatively low
ono, the consumers of rails would get
them cheaper, tho manufacturers
would have ample profit, and the work
men sufl'er no loss in wages. It is,
then, either gross ignorance or an at
tempt to deceive when protection ad
vocates cite the steol rails industry as
the cheapening effects of a high tariff.
St. Paul Globe.
In a paper on "Agricultural De
pression and Waste of Time," in tho
October Forum, President David Starr
Jordan, of tho Loland Stanford Junior
University, maintains that agricultural
depression in this country is due
chielly to tho idle habits of most of
our farmers. He cites as an illustra
tion of this theory his experience one
day when tho train in which ho was
traveling stopped at a little town in
Indiana, called Cloverdalo: "A com
mercial traveler, dealing in groceries
and tobacco, got off; a crato of live
chickens was put on, and tho cars
started again. Tho stopping of tho
train was no rare sight in that village,
for it happons two or three times every
day. Tho people had no wolcomo for
tho commercial traveler, no tears wero
shed over tho doparturo of tho chick
ens; yet on tho station stops 1 counted
forty men and boys who wore thero
when the train camo in farm boys,
who might have been doing something
somewhere, overy interest of econom
ics and losthotics aliko calling them
away from tho village, and off to tho
farms. Two men attended to all the
businoss of tho station. Tho solitary
passenger went his own way. Tho
rost woro thoro because thoy had not
tho moral strength to go anywhere
olso. Thoy stood thero on tho station
stops, embodied ghosts, dead to all life
and hope, with only force enough to
stand ami gape." Preaidont Jordan
regards this state of nil airs as typical
of that which very generally prevails
iu thoio farming district where "de
pression" exists. Ho finds only ouo
remedy fur it, and that is industry.
The farmers aro at tho foro, and
thoy aio determined to do omething
for their own salvation. Their meas
ures ate orudo and will havo to bo
greatly modified to mako some of
them practicable, but iu tho end
thoy will accomplish much. They
will find iu thodumoeratio party much
of tho relief thoy demand, and this
thoy will toon discover. But thoy aro
engaged in a righteous movement, and
wo wish them all tho success thoy
deserve.
Tivko it Before Breakfait.
The sreat appctltcr. toule ami liver rexulutor
lu uo for more thau .'O year lu KiiKlaml. i'otl
thOiH.-clllc for liver rouiplalut- Had Ute iu
tho mouth nu arUlUK lu tho morulas, dull liu
lu lh )ird aud Utrk of tho e, tlrrU Iwllug,
tiUiluot, Uuuor-)tuptom ol liver coin
pUlut, Kmody-ur. Ilvatar' Kuillih IHuiO'
jlou Toulf. HIW w cotutltlou, kharptiu tb
ppvtllo auJ lout up llta rutlta )ritw, dot
tat gtuulu froa jour druci Ul fw II, ui Uk
cf4luf to dlrtli.
Badly in Debt.
According to reports recently pub
lished in the papers at Baker City, that
county and city is very badly in debt.
The Blade claims the net indebtedness
of the city to have l)cen $87,845.0(5 on
the 11th of last May. The seini-annual
report of the clerk shows the total liabil
ities of the county to be SNW.Oo'J.T:);
resources $77,897.5.'!. The Democrat in'
comnicnting on the situation, editori
ally, says:
"A perusal of the statement made by
the clerk ought to be sufficient to call
for immediate action on the part of the
tax-payers of Baker county to remedy
the condition of affairs. The people
have been blind to what was goinp; on.
No wonder taxes an? high and the farm
er is rmnd down to the water's edge.
No w mder capital doe not seek invest
ment in Baker county when it takes all
the profits of such investment to pay
taxes.
"It behooves the tax-payers to ponder
a little over the condition that confronts
them and ask themselves if this thing
shall continue until the whole county is
swamped out of sight."
Mrs. Allen a. Thurninsn Dead.
A Columbus, O., dispatch of Oct. 17,
says Mrs. Allen G. Thnrniau died late
this afternoon. Her condition changed
for the worse last night. During most
of the week she has been in an uncon
cious state. She was a victim of la
grippe during the winter and never re
covered from the attack. Her advanced
age prevented her from regaining her
strength. Judgo Thurman is much en
feebled and it is feared by his friends
he will not long survive his wife.
Mrs. Thurman was born in Chillicothe
in 1811. Her maiden name was Mary
Dun. While she was it child her father
moved to Lexington, Ky. There she
married Mr Tompkins. He died in a
few years. She was married to Judge
Thurman in November, 184-1, and has
been his constant coippanion and help
mate during his long professional and
public career.
Salmaccda Hot Dad.
A Cincinnati dispatch of Oct. 10, says
Dr. Francis Bivers and Signor Carlos
del Bio, late of the military staff of
President Balmaceda of Chili, arrived
here yesterday, enrouto for New York.
They said that Balmaceda is not dead,
all reports of his suicide to the con
trary notwithstanding, and that they
expect to meet him either in New
York or in Europe.
Happy Hooslers.
Win. Tliiinions, pos-timihtor nt Iilnvilk', 1 ml,
writcb: "Electric liitter.s has done more for
me than nil other medicines combined, fur that
bail feoliujr iirislns from Kidney mid Uver trou
ble." John l,chlie, f.irmur mid atockmnu, of
mime place, hays: "Find Klectric Hitters to be
the best Kidney and Liver medicine, made mo
feel like a new man." J. W. Gardner, hard
ware merchant, came town, fciiyn: "Klectric
Hitter ih Just the thin;; for a niiiu who ifi nil
rundown nnd don't care whether he lives or
dies, he found new treu(jlli, good appetite and
felt Jutt like he had a new leai-e on life.' Only
50o. a bottle, at Itrown' driiK ttore, Tnton,
Oregon.
A Crmi'l lli: wi i b" .mil b tho Vniou
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THANKSGIVING NIGHT.
Knrthu purtii .'a - " '"u later, lly
order ol the cuinnit'
For Suffering Women.
DR. MILES'
Restorative
NERVINE,
ernes:
Slceplesence?,
Nervous Prostra
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voua headache,
fits, etc.
After four years
treatment by tin)
beet doctors In
tho land, but without any relief, havp usd your
Nervino for one week and have not had nn attack
Bince.-Illiuif lliuri s. lleathvUle.ra our:er
vine ha cured me completely for nrvous troubles.
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HETAILEKS OF
M Hardware, Cutlery, Farmers' Steel Goods,
Pumps, Saws, Wedges, Sledges, etc,
I w
A FuirEaulDoed WHOP is
ggjWe make a Specialty of this Line.
Call and pee ns.
SUMMERS & LAYKK. on- door south of J.icvx's store, Union, Or.
! " DEALER IN
m. sii'l I f 1 -"rT?T
Latest Styles.
Just Received, Direot from the E.ist, a Large Invoice of LADIES' and
MISSES' CALFSKIN SHOES, the Rest 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.
GEO. ZB
-Dealer in-
sT.A.Tioisrsirr,
Tobacco, Clears il 111 Kinds of
Candies, Nuts, Novels, Fishing Tackle, etc.
BARBER SHOP In Connection.
l-30-tf. First door north Centennial hotel, Union, Or.
ATTENTION:-
I have just received an
FURN TURE
Comprising everything of the latest style and pattern in that line, also
Carpets, Window Shades, Mats, Rugs, Mirrors, Picture Frames, Reed and Rattan Goods,
Upholstered.Rochers, Easy Chairs, etc, of all descriptions,
jgjSF$QW is the timo to get your Furniture, whilo you can be suited, in
style, design and price. Constantly on hand, a tull stock of
SASH XDOOS.
8. C. ffiHLLER, - Umon9 Oregon.
BR
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Carries a full lice of all kinds of
Harvesting Machinery and
Agricultural Implements,
Traction Engines and Vibrator Threshers.
will sell as cheap as any dealer in tho valley. 3-S2G-tf
The Centennial Hotel,
A. J.
! Recognized by all us tho
Leading Hotel of Eastern Oregon!
FI.VK WUOl! SAMPI.U KOO.MS For tl.o Acc,0,,atlo of Commercial Traveler
CHANGES REASONABLE.
SOHirahtiFEEDmill.
(OPPOSITE CENTENNIAL HOTEL.)
Wm. E. Bowker, - Proprietor.
firerythlnK Firt Clan. Term Very Heaioiuble.
Bus to aud Rom the Depot Making Connection with all Pass.
sender Trains.
Lap,
run in Connection with our Store.
All Kinds
- A - IIEID,
It
immense shipment of
Fru
Union, Oregon. y
DBRODp - Proprietor.