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OUR SCHOOLS.
The Finest and Best in the
County.
LARGE, MAGNIFICENT BUILDING.
An Excellent and Able Corps of Instruct
ors Engaged for the Present
Term.
If there is one tiling more than another
of which our citizens feel proud, it Is the
imbliu school of Union. That the people
of this district favor a good public school,
and the very bct of buildings and appli
ances for the co'mfort and convenience of
patrons, Is evinced by the large amount of
money expended for this purpose during
the past slimmer.
The building in use for the past few
years was a two-story brick structure,
43x5."), with four recitat'on rooms. For the
past two seasons it was necessary to rent
outside buildings in order to accommo
date the increased number of pupils. The
advisability of securing more room was
dUcussod at several meeting last spring,
when it was Anally decided to build a good
and substantial addition to the old build
ing and to bond the district in a sum suill
cient to complete the work. The bonds
were successfully disposed of and the con
tract let to Dion Keefe, of Walla Walla, lor
the construction of the building, 43x01, and
for the addition of another story over the
whole, and for cementing the outside of
the entire building, the contract price be
ing $11,205. The plans and speculations
of the building were drawn by J. T. Jones,
a competent enginearof Walla Walla, and
the construction of the building was super
intended by A. I. Jones, his brother. The
material and workmanship throughout are
lirst-class. The first two stories aro of
brick, with 14 foot ceilings, while the third
story Is of Mansard design built of wood,
with 12 oot ceiling, the exterior being
covered with steel shingles. The roof of
the building is covered with tin, there
being but little wood exposed, making the
building almost lire proof.
At present only seven recitation rooms
are complete ready for use, and while as
yet only live teachers have been employed,
it is thought one or two more will be re
quired before the end of the present term
of school. Besides the recitation rooms
there is a private room for the principal.
All the rooms are provided with the latest
improved furniture. The third floor of the
building remains uncompleted at present,
but if necessary three or four more large
recitation rooms can soon be added. So it
will be seen that ample preparations have
been made for several years to come, as the
building is capable of accommodating
abont'500 pupils.
The school is divided into nine grades.
The course of study includes, besides the
regular common school studies, Physiol
ogy, Book-keeping, English Literature,
General History, Composition, Physical
Geography, Civil Government and Physics.
The pupil on completing the course will be
presented with a suitable Diploma of grad
uation, signed by the Principal, Board of
Directors and.County School Superintendent.
The teachers employed for the present
term arc Prof. C. B. Leathennan, princi
pal, Mrs. It. E. Wilklow. Miss Cora M
Compton. Miss Eya Leathennan and Miss
Kose E. White. They are all able Instruct
ors nnd come highly recommended.. The
school is now progressing nicely and wo
have yet.to hear the lirst complaint.
CHURCHES AND SKCHUT ORGANIZATIONS.
In this line ITnion'is also well supplied,
and good, moral society prevails. For tho
beneiit of some of our eastern readers who
mav think this country hardly "civilized,"'
we will say that it is far ahead of many of
the older states in this rpect. Good
school houses and church buildings will bo
found in every section of Union county,
whore good schools are maintained at least
six months each year.
Union has three substantial church cd-
ilices tho Methodi t. Presbyterian and
Episcopal, where services arc held every
Sabbath, besides numerous meetings
through the week.
Tho Masonic fraternity have a lincly
equipped hall and a large number of mem
bers. Regular .meeting nights, the second
and fourth Saturdays of each month.
There is also a chapter degree of this order
which meets on the tirst and third Tues
days of each month.
The Odd Fellows own a lino brick hall
in this city, and the lodge is in a nourishing
condition. They hold meetings on Friday
evening of each week. Tho encampment
meeta the first and third Tuesdays of each
month.
The Knights of Pythias, although not
long established, have a membership equal
to any of the other organizations. They
hold meetings on Thursday evenings of
each week In the Odd Fellow s hall.
Preston Post, No. 18, G. A. It., has several
members andjholds regularmeotings on the
third Saturday of each month,
roct description of tho extent, climato j
and productions of the grc.it North
west, about ns much so in fact as it
person who had lived all his life- in tho
back woods of North Carolina. This
gentleman's main object, we presume,
is to prevent persons living in his
vicinity from removing to this section,
as his comparisons between the states
west of the Mississippi and Illinois arc
not very favorable to tho former, lie
giyes particular attention to the Da
kotas, Montana, Idaho, Oregon nnd
Washington nnd intimates that iv jour
ney through these states will convince
u resident of his state that they arc
better off where they arc. Now while
this may be true we don't want tho
people of Illinois, or any other state,
to take this gentleman's "write up" as
a correct description of Oregon, ns any
one can seo, by perusing his article,
that ho was in tho state but a very
short time and only mentioned that
part of tho state in and about Portland,
and all ho found there to complain of
was tho rain and the evergreen vegeta
tion both of which, we believe, would
be a welcome sight to tho residents of
his state, especially when they were
experiencing a drouth, Vfc do not
want the good people of Illinois, or
any other state, tw bo deceived in re
gard to the climate or productions of
this great and growing section of
"Uncle Sam's" domain, but we want
them to understand that Oregon is so
MINING NOTES.
Items from the Covnuci
phi District.
LIST OF DEVELOPMENT WORK.
A Report on the Mines or this Promising
District Large Shipments of Bul
lion the Past Soason.
The Oregon Gold Mining Company
have put in a chlorinating plant and are
working it to its fullest capacity. The
concentrates are being successfully
treated, saving 93 per cent. There are
400 tons of concentrates in the mill nnd
it is the intention of the management
to increase the enpacity of the plant in
the spring.
The Davis mill, which hns been doing
good work, is closed down for the pres
ent on account of a laud slide. This
mill is a Huntington plant of lo-ton
capacity.
The Hope mill, a 5 stamp plant with
two concentrators, has also closed down
for the present.
Fred Steen hns a Huntington plant 011
his property which he will put up in the
spring.
Mr. Steen has constructed over three
miles of road from his property to Cor
nucopia, at an expense of $2,000. For
several seasons past he has been work-
Cornucopia indeed hns a bright fu-
turc. !
The Seven Devilis district, in Idaho, 1
is manifesting no little activity in min
ing mutters. A large amount of devel- 1
optueut work is lwing done in all of the
mines near the Old Peacock. Mr.
Adams, aided by three men, has opened (
up a good ore lend in the Badger mine.
A shaft ol twenty feet has been sunk on
the Confidence. The Black Garnet is
down thirty feet and shows good ore.
The Victoria shows a thirty inch vein
f rich gold and silver nnd peacock ore.
On the Tamarack the ore body is found
to be twenty to thirty feet wide. Mr.
Towslev, now at work on the Bodie
mine, has found a very rich body of gold
bearing rock, free milling. The Stan
dard has been tunneled fifty feet and
shows up well. On the Copper Key
mine, owned by Boston capitalists, a
shaft has been sunk fifty feet and shows
rich bodies of copper ore. The work
will be pushed till a- .depth of 100 feet is
reached. The air is being forced into
this mine by water power. The section
will unquestionably have a decided
boom this coming year.
The mining industry in Knsteru Ore
gon is becoming more nnd more a regu
lar everyday legitimate business. The
spasmodic booms and reports of fabulous
assays are of no special use to a country,
and one over-boomed property that lies
idle and produces no mineral is more of
a detriment to a country than if i had
never been disturbed with a miner's
pick. But when an approximate idea of
the ore body has been ascertained and a
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R. H. BROWN, Proprietor.
Drugs, JVIedincines,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
Putty, Wall paper,
AND A FULL LINE OF
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PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING, UNION, OREGON.
extensive that it affords a great variety I ing his oreMjy; the arastra process, but
of climate, but none of tho nature to now that he has a mill, increased out-1
which the gentlemen refers, that is, P"lh o
tho blizzard-breeding mountains," as
"Go West, Young Man."
If there is anything that will make
the average resident of Oregon or
Washington tired, it is the published
description of this section which an
Eastern editor palms off on his readers
after making a Hying trip through tho
states. Through tho kindness of one
of our subscribers, says tho Elgin He
corder, wo wore permitted this week
to read one of these- effusions from tho
pen of tho editor of tho Vandalia Union,
published in Fayetto county, 111., who
spent tho whole of six days and nights,
when ho wasn't bleeping, in examin
ing tho country from Illinois (0 I'ugot
Hound. H is very apparent, to any
one who is acquainted with tho extent
of tho country traversed, (hut ho was
well qualified to give IiU readers a enr-
siich things aro wholly unknown here,
being confined to tho prairie states,
among which is his own. Wo want
them to understand that such a thing
as failure of crops is unknown here,
and that tho toil and climatic condi
tions aro such that tho products of tho
soil aro as varied as any stato in tho
Union and that thousands of acres of
lino agricultural land are lying idle,
only awaiting tho advent of tho indus
trious homo-seeker to becomo beauti
ful and productive farms capable of
supporting a dense population. We
say to tho young men and young
women of Illinois, or any other of the
older settled states, who are in search
of homes or employment, that Ore
gon's diversified products offer greater
inducements than any other section of
tho United States. Here you can
secure land that will produce from 20
to 50 bushels of wheat to the acre
from 40 to 100 bushels of oats or bar
ley and from two to four tons of hay,
or you can secure a quarter section of
timber laud, the timber of which will
make you moro money than you will
likely over own in Illinois, and you
will have the land left. If this docs
not suit you, you can securo as rich
mineral land as there is anywhere.
And remembor that you can find cli
mato to suit tho most fastidious, un
less you seek tho land of drouth, cy
clones and blizzards, and if the won
of lloraco CJrecly and your humble
servant is not sufficient evidence 0
theso facts come and see for yourself,
but don't como with the expectation 0:
examining tho whole country west 0
the Mississippi in ix luy, Oregon
alone is nearly twice us largo the
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state in wiueii ine yanciaua union i
i publUlinl,
John Carey has run 111 one hundred
feet on his Last Chance property and
from a six inch vein has developed a six
foot vein. This property ,is well devel
oped and with this last one hundred
feet, one of the best looking properties
in the camp has been opened up. Mr.
Carey will ship a large amount of ore to
Tacoma for reduction next season.
Mr. Beers has further developed the
Parsons mine by nil additional 150 feet,
and a large and well defined ledge is
exposed.
The Union, the property of Amstead
& Co., has been worked all summer and
operations will be continued all winter.
The company has worked a large
amount of ore at the Hope mill and a
carload was shipped to Tacoma. The
most satisfactory results were obtained.
They will put in a milling plant next
seasen.
Carey and Pierce have developed a
fine property in the Red Maiden, and a
fine three foot vein is in sight. They
expect to go down on the property in
the spring. This mine is situatad just
below the celebrated Simmons group
A larire amount of assessment work
has been done during the past season,
aiid most encouraging results followed.
There will be at least three mills in
operation in this district by the first of
July.
A carbonate discovery has been made
near the nope mill, ine ore carries
considerable free gold.
More bullion has been shipped out of
Cornucopia during the past season than
,any year in the history of the camp.
It is the Intention of tho Oregon Gold
Mining Company to repair their train
wuy with the opening of spring.
A lurue number of new discoveries
have been uiude this year.
A great deal of ore will Iw shipped to
Tucoma next year, us I lie remilts from
nil previous shipment ore entirely
satisfactory.
process provided'whieh saves the min
eral, and the small and objectionnble
stock holder has been frozen out, then
it is that mining does a country some
good. A good many of the mines in
Cnstern Oregon have passed through
the development stage and are now be
ing profitably worked. Oregon mines
mve not stood half a show with other
mineral regions on the Pacific slope, but
they are , coming to the front and will
some day furnish n good part of the
country's wealth.
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