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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1891)
;r iimwiii w I pi ii i I'liinm i tmni 2' THURSDAY,; OCT. 21), 1891. UNION PACIFIC TIME TABLE. No. 1 Fast Mail, West 7:(Vp. m. No. 7 Pacific Express. West 7:5.) n. iu. No. '-' Fast Mail, East . llA'm. in. No. S I'acilic Express. East. 11:00 p. in. LOCAL AND PERGONAL. A Paragraphic Record ol Recent Happen ings In and Around the City. School lxxiks ut the drug store, -in For line job printing: will at Tun Scout office. Brick is being hauled thin week for the new city hall. County .Surveyor .1. L. Curtis, was in the city Tuesday. Contractor Keefe was over from "Walla Walla again this week. .Mrs. "W. T. Wright has been quite sick for several days past. J. II. Kinehart, of Suininervillo was a visitor to Union this week. if Remember the entertainment at Wright's hall tomorrow night. The hook and ladder company was out for practice Monday evening. It will pay you to call on Brown for anything in the school look line. Uni Miss Ida Chancy, of Tub Scorr typo graphical force, has been quite sick this week. J. W. Minnick has arrived in town with his steam saw and is making the wood fly. The electric light system has been very poor of late, during the foro part of the night. For school books and supplies call on Geo. Rami, one door north of the Cen tennial hotel. Remember that Hall Bros., as usual, have a full and complete stock of school supplies for sale. J. M. Carroll, secretary ol the State Board of Equalization, came up from Portland Monday. Geo. Ames returned from Kentucky, Tuesday, where he has leen with a car load of horses. I'or sale cheap, for cash or on time, a good horse, harness and phaeton. In quire of 15. C. Brainard. lO-'Ji'-tf Fred Boskowitz of La Grande, was in the city Monday acting as collecting aeent for a publishing house. W. D. Beidleman, the harness dealer, requests us to announce that all parties indebted to him must call and settle at once. John Eriekson, of Pine valley, was in the city the fore part of the week, hav ing brought in a load of wheat to ex change for flour. Be sure and call1 at Dr. North's dental parlor, Union, Oregon, where you can get a full set of teeth for six dollars. Call and see for yourself. 10-1-tf A gold brick worth $3,200, the result of a nine days and twenty hours' run at the newly discovered White Swan mine. i attracting much attention at Baker City. Do you want to secure a life si.e por trait of yourself or any of your family? If so it will pay you to will at Levy's store where you can get them free of charge. A dwelling house belonging to Jos. Chapman, in the upper ond of Pine val ley was totally consumed by lire on Monday evening, together with most of the contents. The city received one thousand feet of 2j inch hose Tuesday for use of tho iiro department. The hoo cart is expected to arrive any day. The hose is of a very Hue quality. A drunken row occurred at the old Sentinel building used as a lodging house, Monday night between two workmen employed on tho water works. One of the men was very badly bruised np. Miss Maud Summers received infor mation this week that her grand-mother, Mrs. J. W. Knowles, of Green view, 111., was very sick and not expected to live. Miss Maud will probably take her de parture for thpre in a day or two. To the ladies of North Powder. Mrs. Rhinehart, tho millener, will bo at the North Powder hotel on Saturday, Oct. 31st, with a lino lino of millenery. Parties desiring anything in this line will do well to call on her whilo there. There is no particular objection to the rejected suitor blowing a hole through the place where his brains should le, nut when he includes the girl in tho performance ho Incomes a nuisance. Casus have been too frequent of late. For sale or trade, one span of btick hkin colored horsos, f and 7 years old, weight 1000 to 1100 iKMinds also 150 hushols of rye. Will sell for cash or trade for cattle calves or yearling. "Enquire of Tombloson Bros., Tolocasot. An enterprising merchant of Ohio Kgrtwui to furnish ballots for the entire )tato at the coming election, free of charge, with tho privilege of announcing that lie soils clothing cheaper than any body. It in not likely he will got the Job. The ten inch inulii has all Ihicii laid from town to the point where tho wutur U to Ut taken out of the creek, ami the iulliitmt urib '"t in Imt. It wan found biwury to lower the pi)"' In u pUu wii7u it wu not "H In 'l'")1 onh. C. Vincent, our popular boot and shoe dealer, received a largo consignment of goods for the fall and winter trade, last Saturday. Call and see them. Marshal Phy while out hunting Sun day killed a large white swan which measured over eight feet from tip to tip of winjrs. He presents! the bird to Mr. Goodbrod who will have it mounted. Parties from a distance in need of school supplies of any kind will do well to send their orders to R. H. Brown, the druggist, Union, Oregon, where they will be filled and shipped at once. 2m J. H.Thayson, of Pine valley, one of our old subscribers, has our thanks for a substantial remittance this week. Mr. Thayson thinks ho cannot get along without Tin: Scorr. The residence of M. D. Cochran, near Alicel, was totally consumed with all its contents by fire last Sunday morning, caused by the explosion of a lamp. The family barely escaped. A. N. Gardener, the watchmaker, is constructing a water motor with which to run his lathes and other machinery in his shop. Al is a genius and will no doubt make a success of his undertaking. The prisoners confined in the county jail have created quite a disturbance for several nights past. Owing to the crowded condition of the jail it is almost impossible to arrrange them to prevent their disturbance. There came near being a lire in the Centennial hotel dining room Thursday noon of last week. The coal oil stove used to heat coffee began leaking and ignited. The flames were soon extin guished by the Iwardcrs. A very disgraceful row is reported to have occurred in the Cove last Saturday evening, among a few of the young bloods of that neighborhood. During the meele live or six shots were fired, but fortunately no one was hurt. Geo. W. Denny came down from Pine valley Friday. He has just completed this year's assessment work on his mine at Cornucopia and will remain in Union for a month or two. We acknowledge a pleasant and substantial call from Mr. Denney. The fact that a train load of beans, consisting of twelve cars, left Saticoy, Cab, on the Kith consigned to Porter Bros., Chicago, by the farmer's alliance of Ventura county, causes the Portland Dispatch to warn the people of Chicago of a great cyclone which is liable to oc cur there in a short time. The Seven Devils postmaster has not been staying in camp, and tho deputy whom he left in charge a few days since took a leave of absence, leaving the postofiice locked and silent. It is re ported that after forbearance ceased to be a virtue the people of the camp broke open the office and helped themselves. A farmer near Columbia, Ga., has two turkey hens and one gobbler. The hens made nests alxjut 75 yards apart in a melon patch and went to setting. The gobbler got lonesome and concluded that the proper thing"' to do was to set also. He got an equal distance between the two turkey hens, squatted over a guinea water-melon and set six weeks before he was discovered. A Baker county farmer has become disgusted at the manner in which busi ness is carried on in Baker City and af ter the recent school election at which a if5,000 tax was voted to sustain the pub lic school, he called at the bank where he bad $10,000 on deposit and took it away and it is said will bury it, in order to escape taxation. It is said this same man has a largo number of children to school, and made most of his money on Baker City real estate. An exchange tells of a new gamo re cently invented by a well-known news paper man. Take a sheet of ordinary writing paper, fold it carefully and in close a bank note or money-order suffi ciently largo to pay all arrears and one year's subscription in advance. What adds immensely to tho pleasure of tho game is to send along the name of a new subscriber or two, accompanied by the cash. Keep an eye uion the editor, and if a smile adorns his face and he sticks tho wrong end of his pen in the ink Ixittlo out of jniro disconcerted happi ness, the new game has been a bloom ing success. Now is the time to play tho joke. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. The Depot 'Bus Overturned An Aged Lady Probably Fatally Injured. On Monday evening whilo Mr. Bowker was preparing to depart for tho west bound train, ho had occasion to drive over in North Union for a passenger. It was quitodark and whilo making a turn in the street in front of the Stevens resi dence, drove on tho edgo of an embank ment caused by dirt Iwing taken out to make a fill in some other part of tho street, when tho 'bus was suddenly over turned, throwing himself ami one pass ongor, an aged lady by tho namo of Mrs. Wood, out. Mr. Bowker was not piuch hurt but lost control of the linos and tho team started to runaway, whon the 'bus again Ixicamo righted. Tho twain ran but a Miort distance whon thoy tstoppod doing but little damage otiUtldo of a broken neck-yoke und double-tree. .Mm. Wood was picked up and medical UhhUUnci! fcumuionixl whim It wuh found that ho wu quite hevuraly hurt. It U UioiiKlit owe f ltr rll ro broken or (Imt klio Injurul liibiniulk wliloli uiy yui prove ful. MINING NEWS, Xotos From the Districts of Eastern Oregon. MINING PROPERTY TRANSFERRED Shipment of ore for .Seduction Tho Sjvcn Devils Smelter Catherine Creole Minos. The recent placer gold find on Trout creek about 12 miles north of Harney City, Harney county, has occasioned no little excitement among the old-time miners throughout Eastern Oregon many of whom in years passed spent several seasons in a search for the long lost Blue Bucket diggings. Yesterday Jack Vincent and Joe Kingsbury outfitted with a team and grub stake left for the scene of gold. Others arc talking of going, also. Democrat. Yesterday the necessary papers were executed transferring Mr. Samuel Foft's one-third interest in the Silver Crown, situated in the Hock creek district, to G. J. Scott, of this city, consideration, $4,000. The Silver Crown is one of the promi sing mining properties in Baker county and the owners propose to. develop the mine and work it for all there is in it. Five men and a wagon load of sup plies left the city yesterday for the Sil ver Crown and work will at once be commenced and prosecuted all winter. The tunnel which is now in 150 feet will be run "00 feet further. Ore sacks numbering upwards of 250 were also sent out and sacking will at onco commence. It is the intention of the owners to ship five carloads of ore to TucoiuA for reduction and also some to Salt Lake and Denver, for the pur pose of ascertaining at which place the best results will be realized. It is esti mated that the oro will go' at leats $100 per ton. Democrat. The first shipment of ore over the 8. Y. R. H. will arrive iu this city today. The ore is the first lot of ten tons from tho Gray Eagle mine of J. C. Young at Cable Cove and U to go to Salt Ijiko City for reduction. Mr. Young obtained ii rate of $10 per ton from Raker City to Salt Lake, the lowest rate ever allowed any shipper we believe. Democrat. A smelter in the Seven Devils, uh stated last week is assured, although under a slightly different management. It will be a custom smelter where ore from every mine in the camp can bo smelted, and not, as was at first sup posed, for tho purpose of reducing the ore from one particular group of mines. The immediate erection of the smelter and operated in this manner will be a great Ikioii to the struggling prospectors. By smelting a few ton of ore each year they can continue developing their claims and thereby derive the benefit from such development instead of being "fro zen out" and compelled to dispose of their property at a mere pittance of its real value. There is every indication that the smelter will be erected either this fall or next spring and will be one of the largest and most complete plants in this section of the west. Salubria Citizen. The first important sale of mining property over made in this district was consummated last Thursday. The deal consisted of tho sale by Dennison & Betchel to Messrs Moorehouse and Mar ctim of a three-fourths interest in tho White Swan, Mountain Lion, White Bear and Juno mining claims, the con sideration being $((200. These claims are located on the north .side of Tunnel mountain, alxnit three miles from Jo seph, and are said to prospect unusually well. , Mr. Moorehouse and Mr. Denniston authorize the statement that they will at onco begin the work of further de veloping these claims, and that machin ery suited to milling the oro and of am ple capacity will be put in between this time and next spring. Mr. Denniston intends leaving for San Francisco in a few days for the purpose of selecting the machinery. Wallowa Chieftain. John Welling was in the city again Tuesday from his mine on Catherine creek about 15 miles east of here. Mr. Welling kept his promise and brought in a fine specimen of gold and silver bearing rock from his mine. Traces of fino gold can lx) plainly seen all through the rock. It also carries small traces of silver. Mr. Welling has an assay from tho jKorost quality of the oro from his mino oro which ho considered not worth having which assays $117.21 iu gold and in silver $1.05 to the ton. Mr. Welling is an old prospector and miner and has grout confidence iu his find.' George Clark was in the city Saturday evening and Sunday morning from the Tim Glassford mine in Paddy's Paradise, Union county. In conversation wo learned that this projxirty v.'iih looking up well and that work would prolmbly Imi continued all winter. The ore In the 'Hid Oluiuford U (me gold und U Inilng worked wild tin uruntru with go-xl ro mil. Mr. Ulwrk nduruod to lite mine y't4!filrty,JHitda. Severn' Covoitcs wer m Union Saturday. Good apples t4iken on -ubxription at this office. Jasper G. Stevens, the Cove druggist, was in I'nion Friday. Head the advertisement of the Fire- i mans' bull in this issite. Public school will open in this city Monday, November 2nd. Hon. Binger Herman was in the city Sunday on his way to Baker City. See the fine display of school looks and supplies in Hall BroV windows. J. C. Summers went up to Antelope Tuesday on a prospecting tour of a few days. Mrs. Fannie Burd, of lx Grande, was visiting in Union the latter part of last week. Every family is in need of a good cook book. You ran get it free of charge at Levy's. School books, slates, tablets, pencils, penholders, copy books, etc., at the drug store. il-24-2in Fine Webster's dictionaries given away at Levy's store. Call and see how it is done. R. II. Brown, the druggist, has just received a large stock of school supplies for the fall trade. !)-24-2m J. M. Ilursh, the carpenter, will soon commence the erection of a dwelling on his lot in South Union. Those who wish to settle their account at this ollice in wood will please do so at their earliest convenience. The East Oregonian of the 20th, con tained an excellent article on Irrigation from the pen of B. W. Huffman. C. E. Bobbins and family moved from the saw mill to town Monday, where they will reside during tho winter. Benson Bros, of the city meat market, received a consignment of fresh oysters last week. They met with ready sale. The attention of our readers is culled to tho ad of J. L. Ileidenrcich, tho real estate dealer of La Grande, which ap pears iu this issue. T. II. Crawford and family returned from Portland, Friday, where Mr, Craw ford has been in attendance at the grand lodge K. of P. Mrs. Adams, the temperance lecturer, called at the county jail last Tuesday afternoon and gave the prisoners con fined therein, a short lecture. Mrs. A. M. Pclham has lcen quite sick for several weeks past, being unable to attend her professional calls. She is now improving and will soon be nlxnit again. R. H. Brown is selling school books at Portland prices and is giving away a set of handsome picture cards with each book sold. Call early ami get choicest cards. ' 10-l-2m B. W. Grandy, G. M. Hichey and F. T. Ahlxilt, accompanied by an agent for tho sale of lire apparatus, were over from La Grande Thursday looking at the Union hook and ladder truck recently purchased, with a view of purchasing a similar one for the city of La Grande. Sunol beat the world's record on tho Stockton track on the 20th, making a mile in 2,08'-f, beating Maud S' time half a second. She went tho first quar ter in .'SI1.,', the half in 1:04 flat, the three quarters in l:!57 and camo home strong and proud in 2:0K1., There were six timers and every watch was the same The crowd went wild. The three men arrested at Kamela last week supposed to he the Enterprise bank robbers, were turned loose Thurs day morning, Cashier Holmes, of the bank, having pronounced them not to be the men wanted. The men refused to give their names, and did not appear apprehensive of the results from the time of their arrest. Neither were they disposed to complain of their detention, and are now pursuing the even tenor of their respective ways. A report reached Union, Monday that Mrs. S. M. Gihnore, of Cornucopia, had committed suicide, but investigation has proven the report to bo untrue. It seems however, there was some foundation for tho report, as on Sunday evening, tho lady who is slightly de mented, was seen going iu the direction of tho mountains carrying a pistol and a short timo afterwards three rejorts from a pistol was heard. A search was made for the woman hut she was not found till the next day down iu the valley in an entirely different direction from which she was seen going. Fntertalnment. The following proKrummu will lo romlurt'l ut Wright's linll, Krlduy eveiilwt Oct. 30th, taglii lilnu ut 7:80 o'clock: Mimic, A Ulce. Kcoitutioii, MIkh Mubel Kiiton. Vooul Duett, MIo I.trntliormim unit UlllllUin. Kccltiitton .Ml mi I tai Wrltclit. I.u1hm Quiirtutlo. Half-hour In I'orolKii louutrltw, (filinrnolut in ivutumv.) Voeal I)uit, Mm IJojrU mid Mid. Coojxr. Solo uwtl TuWuhu. I'onii HuglxNt. 11mm UoU), Mlwt FrwieU Wright. Sorlitur Qnvuim, (Itwiitatton hihI IhIiIuhii) (Hintoi fliumottiw; Qutwu 1'tilivr, MU rktriiSjirliiHor; (pawn Vmhtl, HMU) PuMdn; (pitwil ol Hhohu, WlimU Tuttl; (jUMHiAtluIlM, i:iu linlUl; (Jhcdii Muucliuli, MmCIiuiimi). illatorUim, MmiKM llnrry Uoo)hjt mid Wnljijf Ctursli MU.m MhkkIv Uubhlii miiiI !!iu lintf. PUnu Purl!, UU Kviimidy niuJ OpIUu. TM"u, Tim r'lfU'VHiulili'jwfi. 'JVMitilli 0!IiiIkIH, AilwUilou Wrtiil,fli!lii.Ml u'U( (V, jrurf IQrml POTATO STARCH. "Viv Tl i t1. 4 I.., l.1 ...... l .... I'otato Crop. A FACTORY NOT VERY EXPENSIVE There Is Moner In Raisins Potatoes For This Purpose A Matter Worth Consideration. The large surplus of potatoes raised throughout the country this season and the low price at which they are selling has caused discouragement to those who have cultivated them. In many sections they are hardly worth digging, the price being as low as 25 cents per hundred lounds. Largo fields of line potatoes are going to waste for want of a market at any price. This state of affairs" has caused our farmers to study and devise some means by which the largo surplus could be converted to some use. In California they have hit upon a plan, and find a ready market for the large surplus at a price which will pay well for their cultivation. The San Francisco Chronicle, iu speaking of this matter, says : "In accordance with the suggestions made freely by the press during the re cent glut in the potato market, that the surplus tubers be util.ied fur ths manu facture of starch, several such enterprises have already been established. There are three potato starch factories already in successful operation, and all located iu Los Angeles county. One is at Buena Park, one at Westminster and the other in the city of Ijos Angeles. According to the Express of that city they are all successful and are turning out large quantities of starch. For this purjoe a poor quality of potato is as good as the fine grades, and this is one of the most important facts. The glut of the sum mer season was almost altogether due to the oversnpply of necond grade potatoes, which woto sold for almost nothing, and of which tons were thrown away. Were the market relieved of these the prices for the bettor quality would be nil the higher and there would be slight danger of such an experience as that of the punt season. The process of starch making is very simple, ami requires only inexpensive machinery. A ton of potatoes will make 800 poundH of starch, worth :flS. Prob ably not more than .flO a ton could bo paid for the potatoes, but with an as sured market at such rates there is a very satisfactory profit in tho industry." An industy of this kind could be es tablished here and our farmers would have a ready market for their potatoes each year at $10.00 per ton, while the better grade would command a higher price. In this way our farmers and gardeners would realize a handsome profit per aero on every acre in cultiva tion. A number of our citizens have been figuring on the cost of cultivation and it has been clearly demostrated that owing to the great productiveness of our soil, more money can be realized per acre on potatoes at if 10.00 a ton than any other product, to say nothing about tho higher price to be obtained for potatoes for domestic purposes. Of course it is probably loo late to think of establishing an industry of this kind here this fall, but it is a matter which should receive the attention of our citizens before another season. There is plenty of capital here, and with the assistance of outside capital and parties who are acquainted with tho business, we have no doubt a potato starch factory could bo secured and Cakes Without Esa's. Observing housekeepers quickly learn that Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is far superior to other brands in the fact that they never fail to make the finest pastry, and if they wish to be economical they can dispense entirely with eggs and can use a less quantity of butter for shortening purposes. The advantage is not alone in tho saving effected but in avoiding the trouble and frequently the great difficulty of securing eggs that are fresh. This is often a serious' 'j trouble. Cakes of various kinds from the infor$aJ!.,"$j Cakes to the stately Bride Cake can be madq.,,vwth1 PrHicca. . Cream Baking Powder, which insures light! sWectiand hand- 4IK-I" Iiro M (iM.lt 1 It some cakes; or when used for cnablo their production in tender and delicious. Dr. Price's is tho only white of eggs. Nono so pure ! Nont'sowholosomo-J ( 'J, . i ,. -ell. i j Or, Price's Cream Baking. Powder ia- re- " ported by all authorities .us free fvani Ammoin'i T,' i Alum, or any other adulterant, In fa&!hfrV. purity of thia ideal jwwcwr aaii iinw gUs-; tloncu, mm I .i a in.' imeslinent, bs-idi fur 'iishioga market for the large yearly surplus of potatoes. will 1h' .-en from the above para graph, the poorest quality of potatoes-is i good as any for that purK?e. There an- hundreds of acres of land in this vicinity lying idle that could bo culti vated for jvotatoes, and pay a handsome profit to tho producer. Ix"t us have a ptarch factory, and that too before another season rolls around. Family Reunion. From Mr. Geo. Corpe, who was in tho city Sunday, we learn that a family re union was held at his fathers house, l.orcn7.n Corpe, in the Cove, on Satur day last, it being the forty-fourth anni versary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Corpe. All the family now living consisting of three sons and two daughters were pre sent. All the grand-children except three were also present. Many wore the well wishes extended toward the aged couple. After dinner Mr. Corpe puton his wed ding coat an old fashioned swallow-tail. It looked very oild, but is made of the finest broadcloth and is as bright as new. Mr. Corpe said : "When I wink out, I want this ripped open on the back and put on me." Mr. Corpe has a clock in his house that his father purchased of the father of John Brown, of Harper's Ferry notor iety, which is quite a relic. It wis pur chased in Ohio in IS!!!! and is a fair time keeper, although they do not use it now. The day was pleasantly spent and highly enjoyed by all present. Tin: Scout wishes the aged couple many more sm i occasions. SUU They Coma. Two more prisoners have been con fined in the county jail since onr last re port. On Saturday John Sullivan was brought over from Iji Grande, having been committed by Justice lviiowles t-. await the action of the grand jury on a charge of larceny, and on Sunday Ed. Roc was brought over, having been sen tenced by Justice Knowles to fifteen days in the county jail for larceny. Will Soon start Up. Advices wore received huro yesterday, says the Democrat, that vithin the next ten days the great Anaconda mine at Butte, Montana, will be in full opera tion and that the company were going to build their own road from Butto to the smelter and that the railroad would be extended to Boise City and with the end in view ol reaching the coast ultimately. Over 2,000 men will be put at work on the road at once. ( Bo-3 and Girls Aid Society of Oregon. Boys may be had (and sometimes girls) forordinary service at wages, or up on indenture, to work , attend school and be brought up somewhat as your own ; and children mav be had for legal adop tion. Address, E. T. DOOLEY, Stipt. Oregon Boys' and Girls' Aid So cio! v, Portland, Oregon. Seed Oats. Improved American oats have been grown by the subscribers for two seasons. They nro first class in every respect. A sample can be seen at Hall Bros., in Union. All desiring seed should apply immediately to CUSICIC RHOS. P. O. Union, Oregon. niAKKIKO. HlTXTI.KY-I.OWIi. At the Union City hotel, Octoltor lbOl. Mr. Albert Hiintluy uml MIsm K. I.owc, ltcv. I.. J. lloothuotllL'liitlni,'. i-tvi ti'ii i nn h 7 Griddlo CaJ't tho shorteat;);, it' 'it J ViTI I biy "'ii tin II illii'O llMI rm. . I .Ulllll.- (HH : IU m i 4 tMV ' Ul; ,IA ' Baking PowueiMliuticontainH thbti . t ).. iitrl.llll t il