Wednesday, October 25, 1899.
THE SUMPTER MINER.
TELEGRAPH SERVICE.
CONNECTION.W1THUTHR OUT.ER
WORLD SECURED. .
Inland Telephone Company Will Put
Telegraph Instruments in the Sumpter
, Office in a Few Days. Its Long Dist
ance Wire to Connect With the Postal
Telegraph Lines.
While In Portland last week, W. C.
Calder closed a deal with the Inland Tel
ephone company, whereby Sumpter will
secure in a-few days telegraph, connections
with the outer world.
' The plan Is to put In telegraph Instru
ments here and -use the company's long
distance wires for transmission of dis
patches. The Inland Telephone company
sustains "cordial business relations with
the Postal Telegraph company, and the
business of the former originating in
Sumpter will be delivered to the latter.
The two companies have offices In Port
land, Spokane, several Intermediate
points and In all important towns on the
Pacific coast, so there will be no difficulty
In getting a wire Jq any desired point.
The Sumpter,Townsite syndicate guar
antees the Inland company to do a busi
ness amounting to 3oo a year. As the
syndicate's necessary telegraph tolls will
undoubtedly amount to far more than
this, the service Is In reality costing no
bonus.
The telegraph instruments have been
ordered shipped here, and the company
will be ready for business at an early'day.
In the meantime General Warren has
received an. official reply, from the West
ern Union company, accepting his prop
osition to construct a line from here to
Baker City and connect with that com
pany there, on condition that it wlllliot
parallel the line for tfiree years and then
buy It at-cosh. To'strlng this wire Would
cost about 75o which expenditure the
arrangement with the Inland company
obviates, and the deal with the Western
Union has been declared off.
Sensible Sheepmen Have No Trouble.
Taylor Hill, of Prlnevllle, who took
6,000 head of sheep to Pendleton for ship
ment to British Columbia.tells the Times
Mountaineerthat,,grasshas been unusual
ly fine this year, because sheep were sold
down so close last year," and ndds: "I
want to say that, although I heard about
trouble ahead from people who would
shoot sheep being driven through the
country, and was naturally on the lookout
for some trouble, none of It was met.
I could not ask for better treatment from
people anywhere, and nnu inclined to
think that If sheepmen in passing
tlirough that part of the country south of
Pendleton will strive to regard other
men's rights, they will avoid most of the
trpuble of which we hear so often. No
one offered to molest me at any time or
place, and, In fact, showed a disposition
to help, me rather than to hinder me."
Mr. Hill stated that prices were on the
iud uuiLii'nuw. niiu inni rvrii ;u a.z lur
lambs and $j for ewes,. buyers archavlngj
difficulty In securing any more than are;
called for In contracts made some time
ago.
Meeting of the Sumpter Club. J
Owing to the fact that none of the re-j
cently elected officers were present, the
meeting of the Sumpter club last Friday
evening was adjourned until Tuesday"
evening, without transacting any busl
ness. The matter of the proposed pur'
chase of the opera house block was not
considered and this Is ,4so," not especl-j
any Decause you see u m. irikMiNbK,,
but because circumstance's chanced to'
shape themselves that way. Notices
were Issued yesterday by President Vln
son announcing that the meeting which
was intended to be held last evening
would be postponed, by request of a num
ber of members, until next Saturday even
ing, when organization of the club will be
finally perfected. At that time the oppor
tunity to become charter members will be'
closed. A full attendance Is especially
desired.
' I
Smelter Gets Fifteen Acres of Land. ;
Last week THIS MlNliR .quoted H.
Meinhard, as stating that the smelter
which he propose's to put'fn here will re-j
celve only five acres of land as a bonus.
In "another column today Is published
among the court house records an agree-!
ment whereby A. W. Ellis promises tof
deed to H. Meinhard fifteen acres, sltuat-,
ed south of Mill addition to tills town, on.
condition that the smelter Is erected on
that ground in one year from October 2,
the date of the agreement. How this
discrepancy in the amount of the laud to
be given as a bonus occurred, will prob
ably be explained later. The smelter is
now calling for bids on 200 cords of pine
wood and 1 8,ooo bushels of charcoal, to
be made of green black pine, and deliv
ered at Sumpter, time not stated. Bids
should' be submitted to P. R.' Bishop, at
the Climax mine.
Sale of the Red Boy Mine.
"The famous Red Boy mine in the
Sumpter district has been sold for f 3,000,
000," is the message which is telephoned,
up from the Sumpter district. The mat
ter has been kept quiet, but we have it on
good authority, and there is little doubt
but the sale has gone through. The pur
chasers arc said to be the London parties
who have been negotiating for the prop
erty for some time. The price, f 3,000,
ceo Is a large one, but not In comparison
with the value of the property, the mine
being considered one of the greatest in
the section. The Red Boy is a free gold
proposition with ore bodies of immense
magnitude, although' , the average values
run about $1$ to the ton. Spokane Stock
Report.
Fine job printing only at THE MINER
office.
C. Y. BURR... .
DEALER IN
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plaster of Paris and hair. Cellar and flue build
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ialty. Prices moderate.
SUMPTER, ORE:
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ABSTRACTS
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Years of experience In Baker County Records.
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