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THURSDAY, NOV. 19, 1891.
Gov. llUHSKix will bo tho iirst dem
ocrat who hits ever succeeded himself
in the old Bay state. Surely times are
changing and so is the political com
plexion of Massachusetts.
Tiik republicans havo always
claimed Ohio as a sure state, yet,
to judge from tho rejoicing over tho
election of McKinloy, ono would sup
poso that it had always been democratic.
Tiik Republican, of Union, Oregon,
gays : "Wo pride ourselves on publish
ing ono of tho best papers in Oregon."
This reminds us of the fellow wife said
"mo and God," when wo compare tho
Republican with tho leading dailies of
tho state. Ileppnor Record.
A ton of oro was rccontly stolen out
of a car in transit to a Tuoblo, Colo.,
Hmcltcr. As tho oro assayed $18,000
per ton it was no small haul, but the
trouble now is for tho thioves to disposo
of thoir stolon proporty, as all tho smelt
ers havo been notified and tho oro
described.
The Now York legislature is demo
cratic. Tho Benato stands 10 democrats
to 1G republicans, which will givo Liou
tonant Governor Shoohan, ox-ofllcio
president of that body, tho casting
vote. Tho domocrats elected G5 mem
bers of tho assembly and tho ropubli
cans 03. Flowor's plurality is 45,157
Glory enough for ono election !
Tiik last legislature passed a law re
quiring that in nil cases whero any will
ie admitted to probate in tho slato of
Oregon, in addition to having tho same
recorded in tho county where it was
admitted to nrobato. tho executor or
administrator is to havo such will
recorded in every county in tho stato
in which tho testator loft any real
"r,tiproperty.
. With tho now light on national poli
tics afforded by tho Into eloction re
turns it is im possible for tho democratic
members of tho congress elected lust
year to beo what thoy must do to carry
out tho will of tho pooplo and to assume
democnttu success in tho presidential
election. Tho country demands of
them tho utmost possible economy in
appropriations, and, with this, action
for tho roform of tho taritr-and of tho
currency. Tho issue of tariil' reform
takos precedunco of all others, and
thero can bo no doubt that tho elec
tion noxt year will depend ehiolly on
tho vigor of tho attack mado in tho
democratiu house on tho MolCiuluy
bill.
lv tiik keen, shrewd and common
tensa American purohused a suit of
clothes, tho price of which was $10,
and an oftycor of tho government should
stop him as ho was leaving the store
and demand from hint f 0, ho would
knock tho ofliccr down and call a
patrol wagon and bundle him off to
the station. But so long us tho gov
ernment official is a thousand miles
away and collects his 96 by proxy, tho
keen, shrewd, coumon-sonso Amer
ican pays $16 for tho clothes and walks
out satisfied that ho worked a pretty
close bargain. In some things tho
keen, shrewd, commonsonso American
ie tho biggest and most successful fool
on tho faoo of this green earth. Chi
cago Globe.
Tiik absence of tho American flag
In foreign ports has long been a mattor
of comment. Any discussion of tho
causo of and the remedies for this hu
miliating state of things, must attract
-wide attention. Chus. II. Crump, tho
president of tho great rhiludolphiu
company that is building so many of
our warships, treats tho matter in tho
Novombor Forum, nud, after an histor
ical review of tho subject, comes to tho
conclusion that tho dill'orcnt attitudes
of tho British Government nnd our
own toward ship builders is largely ro
soiibiblo for tho state of our merchant
murine. This country, ho thinks, will
never Imvo u lloct of merchant vpmoW
bo long us (hv United Htuti-s novorn
uuit puuuos its ltittsoiit policy. Two
ilwsrit! of u HUiritl troutiutmt of klilp
buiMw, N taluks, would pUru us far
h pivtnm pf KhkUnJ tm Clio .
AS USUAL.
No sooner had the announcement
appeared, iu our issuo of last week
that Tiik Scout would issue an illus
tratcd New Year's edition, and that
wo had received encouragement from
the business men of the town, than
tho thought struck the proprietors of
tho Republican that they must try
and defeat it. and issue a liko edition
themselves.
Legitimate opposition is right and
proper in most all things, but in thi
instuncc it is not, and will work to the
detriment of the town. Tho business
men of the town will not support both
papers to tho extent of a cut of their
places of business, hence noither paper
will bo able to givo a correct reflex of
the town.
If tho proprietors of the Republican
had conceived the idea, and made
their announcement first, they would
have met with no opposition from The
Scout, as well we know that it would
bo useless for two papers in a town
liko this to attempt such an enterprise
at the same time.
Thk Scout has the promise of tho
support of a majority of the business
men of the town, also a cut of severn
of tho most important business housos
and residences. Based upon this wo
mado our announcement, intending
tho latter part of this weok to place
tho business in proper shape for pros
editing the work, and to interview and
solicit aid from every business man in
tho city.
As stated last week, wo have mado
preparations and will continuo tho
work, and we hope to bo ablo to pre
sent to our readers a cut of every
important business house in the city,
and will show no partiality to anyone
in the way of public notice or charges
for doing tho work.
THE NEW YOItK I.KG1SLATUKK.
Tho olucial count in JNcw lone is
reported to givo tho domocrats two ma
jority in tho lower and ono in tho upper
branch of the legislature. It is prob
ably meant that tho senate is a tie,
and the democratic lieutenant gover
nor will havo the casting vote, as tho
body consists of thirty-two members,
and thero is no way of dividing to givo
ono majority. Tho control of tho leg
islature is not of very groat conse
quence to either party. Tho faot that
nearly 50,000 majority in the popular
vote is necessary to givo baro control
in tho legislative body is evidence that
there is somothini: unfair. The appor
tionment is tho trouble. Tho present
one was made on tho state census of
1875. The population has grown sinco
then nearly 1,300,000, chiefly in tho
democratic districts. Tho law requires
a reapportionment every ton years, but
the republicans havo defeated it for
livo successive years on account of
tho udvautugo for them in tho old
one. hast winter tho democrats in
tho assembly passed a bill conceded
to bo just, but tho republican senate
dofjated it. Sovontcon republican as
sembly districts, as shown by the I'or
tor census, havo a population of 530,-lOS,
whilo seventeen democratic disricts
possebs a population of 1,161,528. Tho
senate presents a similar disparity. It
is this that enables the republicans
usually to hold tho legislature whon
thore is a largo popular majority
against thorn, and why thoy defeat all
attempts at reapportionment. Tho ro
publicunb will contest two or three
Beats in the sonato, us it is of vital im
portance to have control of ono branch.
If tho democrats can secure an equita
ble apportionment thoy will, no doubt,
bo ablo to gain the other United States
onator two years henco. St. Tuul
Globe.
FROM SPARTA.
SrABTA, XoTomber 16, 1891.
Tho chilling broezo of winter is upon
us.
Thermometer registered two degrees
above zero last night.
Tho now building boiug erected by
Lewis Younger is uearing completion.
11. T. Langrell, of the saw mill, has
gono into his winror quarters on his
ranch in Pino valley.
Mr. K. E. dough has turned the
water out of tho ditch for tho winter.
Placer mining will bo suspended for
this season,
Mr. 0, D. Reed loaves on tomorrow's
fctugo for his homo iu Polo, 111. Wo
are all sorry to seo Ohas. leave, as ho
is always jolly.
Mr. F. C. Smith, superintendent of
the Detroit Mining Co., intends to
leave tho last of tho week nnd stop
ojtorations at tho mine for tho winter.
Mrs. ('ul Mukiiihon has ohaigt of
the hoarding lioiuo at J. B. Alder
nun's now, and anyone wuiuliitf a
(good ftquuro liitta) will gut ono by
soj))iiig tht'itt,
W'tt urn sorry lo luo to chroiilolo
the sad death of Mr. Harry Barrows,
of Eaglo valley, of blood poisoning,
caused by the sting of bees. He was
taken to Eaglo valley for burial.
Know Mokk.
WOLF CREEK NEWS.
E. A. Carncs was at tho county seat
last week. '
J. M. Barr was with La Grande
friends last week.
John Simmonis was with Baker City
friends over Sunday.
Jas. Gilkinson, Sr., has gone to Un
ion to servo as n juror.
Tho Misses May and Dora O'Bryant
visited friends at Haines last week.
Jesse O'Bryant has returned from
Medical Springs nomcwhat improved
Mr. James Wilson, of North Powder
vicinity, called on friends here last
week.
H. M. Gilkinson was one of the sue
ceesful applicants at the recent county
teachers' examination.
G. H. Brown, of Pino valley, stopped
over with his sister, Mrs. Thos. O'Bry
ant, on his way to Union.
Miss Maria Wicks has returned
from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Will
Carnes of North Powder.
From present talk quite a number
of the kids of this vicinity will tako
their best girls to the dance at North
Powder on Thanksgiving night.
More Anon.
Seven Devils Railroad.
At last, it seems, hope of railroad
communication with tho famous Seven
Devils coppor mines is about to bo re
alized. The Helena, Mon., Indepen
dent of issue of November 5th says :
The American Mining Company
(limited) of Montana has just closed a
contract with Thomas W. Bales, of
Payette, Idaho, to build a standard
guage road from a point on tho Oregon
Short Lino to tho Blue Jacket mine in
the Savon Devils district in Washing
ton county, Idaho. Under the terms
of tho contract construction work is to
commence on or before May 1st, 1892.
Fifty miles uro to. be completed on or
before January, 1893, and the remain
der is to bo built before January, 1894.
The raining company agrees in consid
eration of tho construction of tho road
to ship all ores, matte or copper from
any mines in which it holds an inter
est. These properties arc tho Bluo
Jacket, Bluo Jacket No. 2, Legal Ten
dor, Copper Crescent, Norma, Calmut,
Coppor Queen, White Monument, Pea
cock and Helena. Tho company also
agrees to begin the work of taking out
oro for shipment as soon as tho first
fifty miles of the road aro completed.
The contract between Bates and the
company is mado for a period of five
years. Bates on his part agrees to fur
nish all transportation facilities for
hauling oro at the rate of $5 per ton
from the Blue Jacket mine to the
junction on tho Oregon Short Line.
Tho .American Mining company is a
Montana organization controlled by
Helena men. Albert Kleinshmidt is
thu president of the company.
Does Not Apply to Cities.
Thero is no doubt that tho election
law passed by the last Oregon legisla
ture, known as the Australian ballot
law, does not apply to city elections.
In view of the pending election in
ABtoria tho city attorney, by request of
the council, submitted an opinion
which contained letters from Joseph
Simon, W.'H. Adams, ox-city attorney
of Portland, and Ed. Bingham, tho
author of tho bill. All are agreed that
the law does not apply to municipal
oloctions. Mr. Bingham says : "When
we drafted tho bill its application to
cities was fully discussed and it was
decided not to try in the general act to
regulate city elections, but to leave
that to bo accomplished by amend
ments to each city charter. Thero are
u great mauy small townB incorporated
us cities in Oregon and if wo had at
tempted to go 89 far in our Australian
business wo might havo defeated the
whole thing altogether." Mr. Bing
ham intimates that tho framers of tho
bill desired it to apply to Portland but
the bosses, Lotan and Simon, would
not have it, and un attempt to havo
tho Portland city charter amended so
us to make it apply was dofeated. It
appears plain therefore that it dopeuds
altogether upon tho charter of a city
whether tho law applies or not.
Chronicle.
Take It Uefore Breakfast.
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Now Is the Time to Subscribe.
. .
The Bcoit has made arrangements
whereby it is enabled to furnish its sub
scribers a Hrst-clas-i farmers' journal,
the Rural Northwest, a semi-monthly
paicr published at Portland, free of
charge, in the following way:
Every new subscriber who pays $1.50
for one year's subscripton to Tin: Scout
between now and Jan. Jst. will receive
the Hural Northwest one year free of
charge. The subscription price of the
IJural Northwest is $1.00 and it is un ex
cellent journal for the farmer, fruit
grower and stockman.
In order to give nil our patrons an
equal show to secure this excellent
journal free wc will also send it to all
parties who are now in arreaec that
come in and pay up and pay for another
year's subscription to The Scout in ad
vance between now and January 1st.
This is an extraordinary ofTor and we
trust our patrons will take advantage of
it. Don't think for a moment that the
Rural Northwest is a small and cheap
concern, filled mostly with advertise
ments. On the contrary it is a 10-page
paper filled with original and excellent
reading of interest to the fanner, fruit
grower and stockman.
Call and see a sample copy.
Eupepsy.
This is what you ought to have, In faction
must have It, to fully enjoy life. Thousands
nrc searching for It dally, nud mourning becaiibo
they tlud It not. Thousands upon thousands of
dollars nrc spent annunlly by our people in the
hope thut they may attain this boon. And yet
It may bo had by all. We guarantee that Elec
tric Hitters, If used necordlug to directions and
the use persisted lu, will bring you Good Diges
tion and oust thu demon Dyspepsia and install
Instead Kupepsy. We recommend Electrio
Hitters for Dyspepsia and all diseases of Liver,
Stomach nnd Klduoys. Sold at SOc. and J 1.00 per
bottle by R. H. lirowu, druggist, Union, Oregon.
A Wonder Worker.
Mr. Frank Hulimnu, a young man of Burling
ton, Ohio, states that he had been under tho
care of two prominent physicians, nnd used
their treatment until he was not. able to get
around. They pronounced his case to be Con
sumption and incurable. He was persuaded to
try Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds and at that time was not able
to walk across the street without resting. Ho
found, before he had used half a dollar bottle,
that he was much better; he continued to use It
nnd today enjoys good health. If you have any
Throat, Lung or Chest Trouble try it. Wc guar
antee satisfaction. Trial bottles free at Brown's
drug store, Union, Oregon.
NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT.
To Whom it May Conckkn:
Notice is hereby given that on the SOth day of
October, 1891. T. J. Chandler, an insolvent
debtor rcsldtding near Elgiu, Union county,
Oregon, did convey by deed of assignment to
W. W. White, under nnd by virtue of tho pro
visions of the statutes of Oregon providing for
the assignment for tho benefit of nil the credit
ors of the assignor, all his property, lioth real
nnd personal, In trust for tho benefit of the
creditors of the said T. J. Chandler. And all
persons holding claims against the said T. J.
Chandler, or to whom he is Indebted, nre hereby
not I (led to present their claims under oath, as
bv law nrovldcil. within three mouths nf this
date to the uuderslgned nt Enterprise, Oregon.
w. w. v iiiTK, Assignee.
Kntkiu-risk, Oregon, Nov. IS, 1891.
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A fraud Hull will U given b the I'nlon
11(h)!; A. Uidder Company on
THANKSGIVING NIGHT.
Supper will bo served by the Ladles Guild of
the Episcopal church. This makes it certain
that n
FINE SUPPER Will
be served.
THE MUSIC will bo furnished bv 1'rof.
James' orchestra, consisting of four pieces.
A fireman's parade will tike place lu the af
ternoon.
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Latest Styles.
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MISSES' CALFSKIN SHOES, the Best Ever brought to this Market.
Also a Fine Assortment of ,
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Variety s Fancy Goods,
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Tobacco, Cigars and All Kinds of Fruit
Candies, Nuts, Novels, Fishing Tackle, etc.
School Books
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ATTENTION:-
I have just received an immense shipment of
FURNITURE
Comprising everything of the latest style and pattern in that line, also
Carpets, Window Shades, Mats, '. Rugs, Mirrors, Picture Frames, Reed and Rattan Goods,
UpholsterediRockers, Easy Chairs, etc, of all descriptions,
Now is tho timo to get your
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-Carries a full line
Harvesting Machinery and
Agricultural Implements,
Traction Engines and Vibrator Threshers.
'I Will sell as cheap as any dealer in the valley.
The Centennial Hotel,
Union, OregonJ
A. J. GOODBROD, - Proprietor.
1 Recognized
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KveryllilnK Kirt tlai. Term Very Uraioiiable.
Mius to aud Fiom (he Depot Making Connexion with all Pass-
sender Trains.
& Layne
All Kinds
SHOES,
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and for sale cheap.
door north Centennial hotel, Union, Or.
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hand, a tull stock of
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