Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1899)
8 THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, September 13, 1899. TALK OF THE TOWN. Tlie itinerant street fakir lias discovered Sumpter. Attorney AlcCulloch Is visiting Ills fain lly in Portland this week. J. C. AlcShelby Is In town today from the Cooper group of mines. Silas Jones, representing a Portland candy factory, Is In town today. Trains are crowded dally with new ar rivals, notwithstanding lodging is at a premium. I:. K. Alellls, the Maker City mining broker and operator, made a flying visit to Similiter Wednesday. Mrs. Thomas AlcEwen returned Wed nesday evening from a visit with friends ' at Union and l.a Grande. J.I:. Hiri.li, one of the well informed prospectors of I lie Similiter district, made 'I III: AllNlik ollice a call this morning. ' John l:. I.elaud has been out to the Cooper group of mines this week and , reports that forty dollar rock has been ' struck. ' A ridi strike in the Ibex was made a greater part of the time, lias been in town and vicinity tills week for the purpose of making a general tour and visit to all the mines and camps and becoming familiar therewith. The colonel Is directly inter ested with Geiirral Warren and associ ates in the land company, etc., etc. R. I.. Graves, an assayer and chemist of considerable experience In Arizona. j Utali and Montana, lately arrived In ! Sumpter from the British Columbia mines, where he has been engaged In his pro fession for the past year, to accept a posi tion In one of the mines at Granite. He was most favorably Impressed with this mining camp before he saw any of the mines. II. H. I'rltz Is a new arrival from Re public, Washington. He has opened up a real estate and mining broker's office next door to Till: AllNI-U office rrit. has spent some time durin summer In the Snake river and Seven Uevils country, but says he finds nothing to compare with the ricli mineral deposits of j of Sumpter and surrounding country. ' Paul I:. Polndexter has been Induced , by the business men and brokers of GROCERIES j Crockery, Glassware, Tobacco, Cigars, Oranges, Lemons, Candy and Nuts Everything Carried in a First Class Grocery Store, At The 3Sumpter Grocery Company ELLIS BLOCK, SUMPTER, OREGON. Week or ten days since. It Is reported Sumpter to act as correspondent for the tills mine has been sold to an English syndicate. Messrs. Woods iV Maker have opened their new saloon, to be known as the Uaniiiet, on AMU street, witli a full stock ol high grade cigars. Idaho Statesman, which paper will give this town a square deal. This work will . b- very largely a labor of love on Mr. Polndexter's part. Captain C. II. Thompson has again ' shown his faith In Sumpter bv the spot ! HEADQUARTERS j Jt j FOR COMMERCIAL AND MINING MEN. AMke Wiiglit, of Helena, an old time t!,!1' purchase of the residence and lot on i the southeast corner of Center and North streets, the conveyor being Miss Edna ' Miller, daughter of Airs. Tedrowe, con sideration, 52000. I Tom Heady, of the Bunker Hill, has purchased a one-fourth Interest in the Blue Bird claim, situated four miles from Granite. Grant Thornburg, proprietor of the Hotel Grand, at Granite, retains a Baker City buy, alter a ten days tour of inspection In Sumpter, I tit on the noun train lor Baker, impression favorable, sure to return. Air. II. I j. Colton, of Portland, repre senting tin old and reliable Massachu setts Alutt1.1l Life Ins. Co., of New York, was in Sumpter In the Interest of his company miring the week. Van Duun... C. S. VAN DUYN, PROPRIETOR.... BAGGAGE TRANSFERRED ONE BLOCK FROM THE S. V. RY. DEPOT. RATES REASONABLE. PASSENGERS WAY-BILLED TO ALL INTERIOR POINTS.. GEISER BLOCK, SUMPTER, OREGON. P. A. Pulley and W. L. Lt.dwlck, two I "-M Intenat. The property will be eastern business men, are here to engage in the boot and shoe trade, of which the manufacture of miners and prospectors footwear will be a specialty. V. A. Schilling, the popular city ticket agent at Portland for the O.R. & N. Co., was In Sumpter Tuesday evening, on his way to the vicinity of the Golconda mine, where he has some mining Interests. Wesley W. Warren, ore buyer for the Northport smelter, came In Tuesday from Cracker Creek and Cable Cove district. Mr. Warren will make his headquarter-')';"; 'U in Sumpter district during the winter. Airs. Josephine Porwood, of The Dalles, who has been visiting her sister, Airs. C. S. Van Duyn, lor some weeks past, left Sunday lor home, but expects to return to Sumpter soon to remain permanently. S. P. Shutt, formerly editor of the Sumpter News, was In town this week winding up his business altairs here and Indulging in a tew vain regrets for having disposed of Ids property interests too soon. developed at once. Wm. Turner, sr., interested in the Last Loaf mine, a valuable property, was a Baker City visitor this week. He accom panied his son Will to that city, who was on hh way to Portland, where he will attend school this winter. A. II. Harrison and E. E. Barcliard, two mining men and capitalists, are here looking over the country. They recently sild the B. C. mine in the Boundary dis trict, British Columbia, where they have u NION .BARGAIN STORE The Rlace For Bargains j jt k4 Ladies and Genu Furnishings and Novelties j j ,4 Opposite Sloan & McEwen's Stable SUMPTER, OREGON mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmK LM.Craneig Contractor And Builder... PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED A. HILLIER&CO. I ...The Druggists... TOILET ARTICLES, STATIONERY, OPTICAL SCHOOL BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. GOODS Aliss Edna .Miller, daughter of Airs. I edrowe, lias returned to her home alter a two weeks visit In Baker City. Aliss .Miller will lease for Portland In a few days to attend college there during the winter. L.N. Crane, building contractor, fell off the root while doing some repairs on Till: .MlNI;R oliicc and.claimed ti have, broken j a doen' or so ribs, but took the nueeresl medicine for such an accident ever heard I of in medical science. , II. J, Jory, an assayer and mining man, ' recently from Republic, Washington, has ' decided to. locate here. Air. Jorv made n i uiorougn inspection 01 tne mineral re sources of this section about a year ago tor Spokane capitalists. -'He has opened up an assay olfkc at the lower end of n"i,es;,r"r , . v v , Mines examined, reports and Col. J. I. Gravson, ot New lorki . , , City, well' known In mining circles, and maps tUmiShed. who Is now sufficiently interested in the UPHOfSTERER AND MATTRESS MAKER. FIRST-CLASS WORK , GUARANTEED. - - - L ! Leave orders at THIS SUMPTER MlNl-K Ollice. j H. XJORY, MINING ENGINEER. Northwestern Assay Office Samples by mall receive careful Attention. Jhe "FAIR'lII DEPARTMENT BARGAIN STORE Ladies and Gents Furnishing GooJs and Notions. Consult your interests and visit our 5C, too, 15c Bargain Counters. "esis anu L. B. Levi Prop. Healy Building Sumpter, Ore. Sumpter disttM to keep him here a BOX 1: Sumpter, Or. D. HEALY Sumpter hoe tore . REPAIRING DONE AT SHORT NOTICE Agency for Green-Wheeler Shoes f