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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, June 8, 19U4 Thp Slimnfpr MinF-T,IuK ,n Shoshone conny, Idaho, IMOOUIIipiCI III ICI -hi8 dog Htarted a bpart wbch , OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF SUMPTER HUULISMBD BVBRV WBDNBSIMV BY J. W. CONNELLA to a cave. T. G. CiWYNNI:. EDITOR Entered at the postonlce In Sumpter. Oregon, for transmission through the malls as second class matter. SUHSCHIMTION RATBS ne Year 2,00 alu Montlis 1,35 ALWAYS IN ADVANCH. Tito Humptor postollleo Iiiih boon advanced in class, because of its growth of business,. TI10 idua in to liold it there. Ah Iho rtjriii If. of the discovery that it number of sweepera havo con tractod consumption by inhaling germs. Htrootcloaiiiiig CommiHsionor Woodhury, of Now Vork, Iiiih begun a medical oxaininatioii of ovory omployo in IiIh dupartmont. when ran in- Dingley crawled into the hole and killed the bear. An in speotion of the cavo rovealed that it was over tho mouth of an old mine nhnft, and in the shaft was tho skel etou of a man, who bad evidently killed by a falling rock. Dingley and bin partner relocated the mine and last weok Hold it to R. II. Klngsborry, of Spokane, for 314,000" Dingley received ay bin share half of tho sum." - 1 been 1 an opal dies, its beauty goes with it, and no operation can bring back to thorn their superb beauty. Opals have a great tendency to much en hance their beauty when immersed in oil or water, aud this fact is often made capital of by jewelers, who keep these gems immersed, and only re move when offered for sale. Steel and iron men throughout the world will be interested to loam that James tlayloy, vice president of the United Statcu Steel coporatlon, atfer a long series of experiments, lutH practically perfected a new pro cosh for making uteol, which he ho JiovoH will greatly reduce tho cost of manufacture. For years Mr. (jayloy Iiiih been working upon tho process, and he has now informed his friends that bin expoirmeuts conducted at the Isabella furnaces in the Pittsburg district, have indicated that the uew JtuturiiH (Iiiih far Indicate that the j ,m,t,od will prove a huccohh. It Ih number efllictod will be about 'J. 000, about one third of the total force. I'laiiH are being made to send the nick men to the Adirondackn when the oases are not too far advanced. The (Jul led SI it I oh Ih the greatest mineral country in (he woild. IIh production of minoralH aud metals run over a billion dollars per your, but, Hlninge (o relate, itu vast aur face Iiiih yet to yield platinum, tin or nickel in cnmuioiclal quantities. There Ih some (in on the lilack Hills of Hon lb Dakota, Home ncikel in I'euiiHylvanin, and the hoii sands of Oregon have been said to contain lilatiuuiii, but in each instance Uioho mlneralH are in hucIi huiiiII quant it Ioh iiH to not warrant their exploitation. Tint government will probably con trol all the wiroloHH telegraph sys teniH in operation on the Heacoant of the United Slat.w. To thin end the navy department will shortly place its wireless service at (he disposal of nowHpaporH, maritime exchanges, telegiaph companies aud tho general public, for the trauHiuiHsiou of news. It Ih Htatd that no charge Is likely to tie made by tint government for bundling ninsHagoH. It. is urged that tblH step is niu'OHMiry towaid the ex clusive cnutiol of coast wireless, In the iiiulter of establishing adequate protection. An unexpected echo has been heaid of the Hully failure. It arose over 11 pew in SI. Bartholomew's church, New Vork, which was bought by Mr. understood thai they have resulted In reducing the moisture of the air applied in the converting of the ore to pig iron aud steel. Othor new featuies have also boon intro duced. Hriolly stated, the (Jayloy process is a modification of the lies seiner process, which revolutionized the iron aud steel industry. Tho procet-H will bo applied in the making of pig iron iih well iih Htcol. It ih un derstood tho process will greatly 1 cheapen the cost of production. Tho word day has 110 real meaning without an adjective defining what kind of a day is meant, for there is a civil day, the astrouomcail day, the apparent solar day, the mean solar day aud the sidereal day, mak ing live different ways of measuring a day. The civil day commences at the midnight preceding mean noon, ami consists of twenty-four hours counted after 12 o'clock; the astro nominal day begins twelve hours after Iho civil day, or at the mean noon of the correspondug civil day. These hours are reckoned from 0 to 2t. It will bti seen, therefore, that while ten hours, 12 minutes, Janu ary 1st, astronomical tmio. is also ten hours, twelve minutes, January 1st civil time, yet twenty-four hours, twelve minutes, January 1st, astro mimical time, is also ten hours, twelve minutes, A. M., January '2nd, civil time There are many anom alies growng out of this use of the civil day, aud thorn are many argu ments in favor of using the astro nomical day. It Ih one of (he re- Sully some time before the collapse furm which undoubtedly will come of his llrm. The reached bin oltlce took charge aud of thorio olllcials. deed for the pew ufl or the receivers fell into the hands Finally, Mr. Sully inado inquiry aud demanded the docuiiiout, which he mild was exempt. The rocoivers retained it, however, until device could be Hocruod as to whether the pew was an asset of the cotton plunger. Upon the advice of theii c.niusel, the deed has been held ponding the appointment of a trustee in bankruptcy. Here Ih a good "summer story," "picked from the waste dump"of tho Mining and Engineering Koviow. Whom it originated is not stated: "J. II. Dingley, of I'oeur d'Alono, lately arrived in Missoula with 7,000 in gold, which he deposited i u a local bank, Last year Diugley tuiys he aud a companion were hunt some time. It is said that soon after Sir Walter Scott's novel, "Anne of (ioirstoin," appeared, the price of opi.ls declined over fiO per cent. This was due to the opal having a prominent part in (he work, aud always of a baleful nature. The superstition regarding opals is said to have originated from this book, aud curious as it may ap pear, the superstition is as much a fact today as it was a hundred years ago, One of nature's most beautful stones sudors greatly, but it should not continue. Cut opals frequently lose their color aud brilliancy It has in a few instances boon known that opals having lost their color, when submerged in water for a time have retained their color aud fire, but this has happened but seldom, t is pretty much the fact that once Tho Rev. J. B. Cranflll, promoter of tho San Jacinto Oil company of Beaumont, was arrested at Texarkana, Arkansas, on May 12 on a charge of assault to murder, tho complaining witness being tho Rev. S. L. Hayen. Both are Baptist proacbers and both were on their way to attend tho Bap tist couvoutiou at Atlauta, Georgia, when thoy had tho encounter which led to the gun play mado by the preacher-protndtor. For years thoy havo boon publishers of rival religious papors at Dallas, Texas, and their continued aud freely expressed ani mosity has caused cousideablo feeling among their followers. Haydon rub bod it into Cranflll pretty bard ou account of tho failure of tho Cranflll oil promotions to realizo tho promises and hopes of tho orauizors. Tho two cnon wore ou the same train out of Dallas, but did not discover it until thoy mot in tho wash room of tho sleeper in tho morning. Words be tween them were followed by a pistol exhibition with Cranflll as the star performer. Haydon grappled with the gun toter aud in tho moleo two shots were flrod, neither of which took effect. Cranflll uavo 81.000 bond aud was released. Both preach ers then proceeded ou their way to the love feast at Atlanta. Cranflll evidently had been studying up some in firearms, for tho gun he carrried was one of tho latest magazine pat tern, capable of killing about ten preachers in two seconds when prop orly aimed aud manipulated. Thopo who lost thoir mouoy hi Crantlll's oil company will dobutloss bo tbauk ful for tho information that if tho sky pilot who piloted them into the hands of a receiver is not a successful oil operator, he is at least vigilant and goos loaded for bear, follow preachers or anything else that may bob up. Complaining stockholders who call on him in person ploaso take notice. Oil Investors Journal. por-centors of the junction town that the mining industry of Baker county is the backbone of Baker City's com mercial activity; until ALL the hammers of the knockers including the legal as well as tho verbal .ones are buried in kind ob livion; until such a time no mining corporation or company, except those possessing a practically unlimited cash surnlus fund, is safe to enter tho Baker City field. Just as long as lawyers, bankers and merchants of Baker City hover like birds of prey over the mines of the lower camp, ready at an instant's notice to fasteu their debt-collecting talons on their victim just so long will outside capital remain chary of entrance into a field whore frioudliuess to tho miu ing iudustry is a matter of personal profit, and where all helniug hands extended to struggling mining enter prises are branded with a 8 mark ou the palm. The Citizesu' League of Baker City, which has accomplished much good since its organization in the way of attracting settlers aud home seokers to tho aiy.icultuarl districts tributary to tho county seat, might adopt an admitted policy of wisdom by turning its attention toward re lieving tho conditions outlined abovo. I). K. & N. SUMMER BOOK. The handsomo 1004 summer book, "Rostful Reareation Rosorts, " issued by tho passenger departeut of the Oregon Railroad aud Navigation com pauy, is just out. It tells all about tho summoriug places of tho Columbia river valley a brief description of tho trips up aud down tho Columbia river, to tho mountains, beaches, inlaud resorts aud fountains of heal ing, where thoy are aud how to reach them. The book has a special de signed front cover, printed in two cilorp, aud tho inside pages are rplendidly Illustrated by coslty aud beautiful half-touos. A copy of this publication may bo obtained by sending two conts iu stamps to A.L. Craig, genoral Passenger agout of tho Orogon Railroad and Navigation company, Portlaud. Clearing Out Sale. Tho "enterprising" aud "public spirited" citizens of Baker City continue to tip their bauds by filing attachment suits agaiust various mines in tho lower districts which are temporarily iuvovled in financial difficulties and which are as car rion to the flock of couunty seat vultures, whose real interest iu, aud assistance to the struggling mining industry of Baker county, is thus plainly shown to bo based solely and strictly upon a solflsh desiro to ac cept the "maiu change." It is con ceded, bv those who aie iu a position to know, that could tho flock of human vulture among the lawyers aud busiuess met) of Baker City have been eliminated from the Iron Dyke aud Cornucopia cases, the temporary dittlclutius into which these mines were thrown by a combination of circumstances could easily havo been adjusted, aud suspension an costly litigation avoided. This ten dency on the part of a certain power ful portion of the population of Baker City to join iu a coucorted rush to wreck struggling mining companies is simply auother man ifestatiou of tho kuookiiu spirit Ahich pervades the Baker City atmos phere. Until such time as (here is a unity of interest aud purpose among tho business meu at the couuty seat; until it dawus upou tho cent- Wo are clearing out some regular 12 Sj cent cigars for 10 ceuts. Har vard s always 10 cents with us. DB NEFFE & MUZZY. THE HOTEL SUMPTER I S TH E BEST IN EASTERN OREGON STLAM HCAT ELECTRIC LIGHT TELEPHONE TELEGRAPH ROOMS WITH BATH FREE BUSlTO ALL TRAINS RATES Si $2.00 to $3.50 a Day 88 IS 53 V3 . W. LEVCNS PROPRIETOR wsxiKPttiS HE-""