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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, April 22, 190? 2f ! The Sumpter Miner PUBUSMBD IVCRV WBDNiSDAY IV JAMES LOOIE T. O. OWVNNC. EDITOR international oxpoaitionn, besides belnR n Reed thing in a general way." TO CLOSE AT 7 O'CLOCK fcnterea at the postofllce In Sumpter, Oregon, tor transmlstlon through the mails i second class natter. SUBSCRIPTION RAT1S Ona Year... Sl Month .Sa.oo ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. Aluxamlur IJurliiK, of London, 1 the North Polo iiiiiKimto, Ih keep ing people kix'hmImk iih to IiIh hiovu ineiitH. It lookH now iih if lie wero trying to Miring to a head the much tuikod of merger between the Nortli Polo and E. and 10. Hut (IiIh Ih only npoctiliitlon. Mr. Muring Ih oxtrom ly iivorHii to making IiIh iiuhIiiohh pnl lie, and no intliuation Iihh boon given from him iih to IiIh intention In this r'cHpocL. Cracker Creek people are naturally much intereHled in what Ih going on at the North Pole. Agreement in Effect May 4 and Until October 1. HOTEL DIRECTORY ...Tho... METROPOLITAN MRS. SMITH CENTER NORTH STRICT! SUMPTER - OREGON A (Ileal many eiiriteru ciipitaliHtH lire expected here t IiIh Hiiminer to invent In mining properties Tho lending milling llruiH are in enrrexpon deuce with eimtern men of money who are contemplating a vlrtlt to the iIIh trlct with a view to Inventing. They ' have lieeii ndvlHcd, however, to wait till later lu the hoiihou when the niacin will lie better and the propcrtlcri not ho dltllcult of accoHH. The cuntem mini who 1 1 oh Iron to invent In iiiIiich may not lie an expert in mining mat tern hut a ciimial glance around the district which han ho many nilnen and excellent pniHpectH lu proceHH of de velopment will hIiow him that ho him u wife nhowlng for lilg returns. Tho morchuutH of tho city havo mutually agreed to clone tholr places of IiuhIiiohh at aovon o'clock. Fol lowing Ih tho agreement and tho flrmn entering into it: Sumpter, Ore., April 120, 1003. TIiIh Ih to certify that wo, tho tin demlgued, morchuutH of the City of Bumptor, horehy ugreo and plodgo ournelvoH, that wo will clono our ro Hpectivo ntoroH at ho von o'clock every oven lug during tho wook, with tho exception of Saturday evening, and that wo will koop our stores cloned all day Hundayn. TIiIh agrooment to go into effect May 4, and remain In force until October 1, lOO.'l. Edlln & Htarliuck, II. Falk & Co., Nelll Mercantile Co., V. K. Huwloy, K. P. McDovItt, V. R. Wulbrtin, E. P. Horgiium, J. Schwartz, Sumpter Lumber Co., F. E. O'Hourko, Hob non Mercantile Co., Nettle R. Chlpp, Mrn. MacMuklu and Major, M. M. Flyim, Tailor, Cluirles (lee, Auntiu Meat Co., J. J. Jackson, Oregon Trad ing Co., by II. C. Rowers, dale Ron well, C. P. Holly, C. ,1. Johtiri, Huh die llurdwaroCo., II. O. liaker & Co., Sumpter Racket Store, Lurni t Dulrd, Cane Furniture Co., J. P. Holland. ...THE CAPITAL HOTEL... EUROPEAN PLAN rates: ci to i.bo per day free bus to & from trains no chinamen employed A. J. DENNY, Prop. Hotel Griffin H. B. QRIFMN. Ro Ratt: $1 and 1.25 Par Day All Modarn Improvamants Hssdquartsrs? for Miners and Working ma)n SUMPTER OREGON SEE THE LATEST STYLES IN HATS AT TNE THE MEW MILLINERY eJND DRESSMAKING PARLORS NIXT DOOR TO HURT NAt'l , ORANITI T. Drm Cutting School In Connection. THE EARL'S RICH ORE. Tho progroHHlvo uharacter of Sump tor'H uitlzonrililp Ih n matter wor thy of comment. Sumpter doen not claim to Imi anything more than u mining center, hut itn population in nude up of good, Hiibntautlal, ener getic, law abiding people from nil 'over the country, who hIiow ihelr bringing up and what they have been lined to by the luterent they take in municipal linproveiiieiitn and the gen eral welfare of the community. The olty council backed by public neuti-i ment in planning neverul additioun for the betterment of conditlonn. . Mapn for a new newernyntem are being made, a new cily hall Is contemplated , Jind many streets are to be Improved mill others opened up during thejcom- J mlng season. Private corporations; dealing lu public utilltlcH are not. behind. The Electric Light and j Water companies are preparing in the one Instance to build a new power plant and In the other to greatly oxteud Itn water mniiiH lu the out lying portloim of the city. Thin Ih what may properly be denominated the Sumpter nplrlt. Free Milling Proposition Car rying: High Values. FAVORS COMMERCIAL CLUB. Morrln Sullivan, of Oroonhoru City, owner of tho Earl property, wan in the city yenterday exhibiting hoiiio very Hue specimens of ore takou re cently from the Earl ledge. He owiih seven full clalinn joining the Morn ing ami containing a continuation of the name vein nyntem, with practi cally the name quality of ore. The properly now han 100 feet of tunnel and a drift on tho ledge for a dintauce of fifteen feet, in it high grade quality of free milling oro. The vein in eighteen feet in width. Mr. Sullivan han a force of men at work and will continue development npcrutloiiH on an extensive nculo throughout the season. SAMPLES FROM QUARTZBURG. Hon. J. H. Robblot Kndorws the Movement ad Says It Should Succeed. Speaking of the proponed organza tlou of a chamber of commerce, lion. J. II. Kobblnn wiyn: "i am neariiiy in favor or anon a movement and 1 hope it will meet . with proper encouragement among I our hiinlucnn people. I helped or-1 ganle the 1ii (Sraude clmmUr, and I am in a ponltiou to know the great iimouut of good accomplished by It. A commercial or mining inen'n club here would furninh the Imsls for col lecting suitable mineral exhibltn from the Sumpter dint rict for the coming Rubbering Party Bring Back Some Rich Ore Specimens From District. Lou Walker and W. I). Saundern returned yenterday from a trip to tho Quurtzburg district, bringing with them mime rich npeelmenn from tho Standard, Dlxio Meadows and other proper! len. They nay they wero junt rubliering around mid no especial nlgnillcance In to Iw attached to tho trip. While away they wero at Quurtzburg, Prairie City, Canyon and John Day. Helow John Day they naw a forty foot vein of coal and brought back hoiiio nnmplen of it. It Ih a grade of lignite, but probably of small value for fuel. Tho gold cobalt from the Standard and the calaverlte from the Dixie Meadown are particularly line. Tho recent ntrlke at the latter unsay un high us 7o,000 u tou. BOLDEN EAGLE HOTEL W II. MATHER. PROI'R. A rint Clin, Modern Hot.l Ritii; 11.00 and lz.00 pit day Half Block from Dopot SUMPTER OREGON Delmonico Hotel - M. SPENOLER, PROPR. RATES, Si. 20 PER DAT AND UP FREE BATHS r-. .tool.. .o.olr. COR. COLUMBIA A AUBURN STS. ONE BLOCK EAST OF DEPOT SU.MITKH OrtEflO.S COLORADO ROOMING HOUSE GRANITE STREET MRS. E. C. M'KENZIE, Prop. NICELY FURNISIIEDROOMB 2.50 PEH WkKK AND UP DR. PEARCE A ANDERSON Physicians and Surgeons PROPRIITOMS f UMPTIR dSNlRAL HOSPITAL SUMPTIR.ORIOON . . i OFFICB. Main ill. Talaphona hospital. Main l. F. E. IIOBSON. Civil and Mining Engineer. U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor lor Oregon, En gineer lor ihe City of Sumpter. Uadirireand lad Patent Sereeyi. Hit Prlatlne, aad Oraatatlnf. QHAS. H. CHANCE ATTORNEY AT LAW City Mtoraiy U. t. Cemmliileaar Rooms 2 and 3, First Bank of Sumpter Building, SUMPTER, OREGON Basche Hardware Co. . . Sumpter . . GENERAL DEALERS IN Shelf and Heavy Hardware Iron and Steel Pipe Mining and Mill Machinery Agents for " HERCULES " Powder Fuse and Caps C. C. Basche MANAGER L. T. UROCK M. D. W. H. VOSB M. D Tel, House 71 Tel. Mouse 18) DRS BROCK & VOSE Physicians and Surgeons. ("Mi ansereJ nlghl or Jay tioniuliatlon r-ree. Tel. Oftic 101. Wllion Blo.k. Sumpter. Oregon, p A. E. STARK. Attorney-at-Law Center, cor. High St. Sumpttr, Oregon IUESSEN & CLARKE MINING & CIVIL ENGINEERS SPECIALTIES Kxptrl Eoamlnatlona. Reports on Mining Properties. Designing an j installing Alius an J rower rums. 1). S. Mineral anj UnJercrounJ Surveys. Management of Mining Properties. SUHI'TER, OREQON. PHILBR1CK Sr FENNER MINING 4 CIVIL CNCINCERS U. S. DEPUTY MINCRALSURVCYORS EXAMINATIONS AND REPORTS ON MINES ROOMS 2 4 4, BANK OF SUMPTER LDQ. SUMPTER, OREGON. GOOD THINGS TO 1 EAT II AT E. P. Bergman & Compa'y GROCERS Mill Street, New Building. 1 THE 1 a 1 SUMPTER MEAT MARKET w AUSTIN MEAT Co. Props. Butcher and Packer Fresh and Cured Meats and Sausage of all Kinds SUMPTER, OREGON