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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1904)
10 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, July 6 1 904. DIVIDEND BY BLACK BUTTE TI10 Mack Unite company Iiiih de clared a three per cent placer divi dend on JtJtit'k JJtillo Hlock. (J. U. Wright, K"ii'iiil manager of Hit prop oily, rutin ihmI IIiIh morning from Pendleton, whom the regular monthly meet inn of t ho dlreelorn wiih hold. TIiIh wiiH tlio net Ion lalcon. The dividend came from tho recent placer cleanup, and hcsldeH thin tlio coin pany Iiiih a good dovolopinont fund at IIh (IIhpohiiI foi eontinultiK work and iiiiprovoinoiilH. MaiuiKor Wright will nturt. in at onco overhauling tlio iiiarl mill, and expects: to havo it in operation within tlio iiiixt thirty cJnyH. Wlillu tlio plant in practically now, it Iiiih been Htandiiiff Id Jo for several yoarn and iiooiIh hoiiio little repairing. II in a crusher to which HtanipH aro to ho added Jator on. Tlio next divi dond will come from thouartz prop-erty. ully Conducted ExcurBions to th Wrold'a Fair during Juno. Theae HVimi'MimiH will lilt rmi UirriiHh in Sit. " "" I LoiiIh without c.lifiiiL'n nf emu. makinir1 abort atops at principal pointH on ... -in.. . 11....1 ... 11 ..i 1 IOUIU. J.I1U IHHl Ol U1USU UAUIIIMIUIIM will loavo Portland Juno 7th, and tlio aeeond .Juno 1 7th. Tlio ratu from Maker City will ho 3(50 to St. Louia and return. Mxcuraioniala k'oinf,'! via tlio Uenovr A' Hiodrando havo tlio privilege of roturnhif,' via a different route. Thin ia tlio moat pleaaant way, iih woll iih (ho most delightful, route, to crony tlio continent. Tlio HtopH arranued lvo an opportunity of vIhII hit; .J ho ariotiH pointa of In tercst In and ahout Halt Lake City, Denver and Kansas; City. If you wIhIi to accompany one of thoHo ox euraiona writo at onco to W. C. Mo-' Urldo 121 Third utroot, Portland, j for alccpiiiK our reservationa. LLT i I WW I TO START WORK ON ALPINE MILL .Superintendent. AddouiH, of tlio Alpine, came down last nlht, and early thia morning loft for tho initio with L. (i. LI I ley, of tho llahy Mo Keo company, and Cieoro Htendman of Laid law .V Steadinan, millwrights, who aro to havo charge of building the Alpine mill. Work on tho Alpine plant Ih to ho Htarted in a' very low daya, prohahly riht after tho Knurth. KverythiiiK iri on tho mound ready to start eon Htructiou. The maehiiiery and lumber were taken out hint fall, and sumo I i li 1 ii ih Iraiued then, hut hiiow came early and opeiatloiiH hail to he hi peiideil on IIiIh account. Superiu tendeiit AddouiH Iiiih worked a koimI I). K. & N. SUMMER BOOK. Tho liiindHotno 1 00 1 Hiimmor hook, "Kcatful Iiccrcatiou Koaorta, " iuHiiod hy tho passenger dopartont of tho Ort'Kon Hailroad and Navigation com puny, Ih juat out. It tollu all ahout tho HummoriiiK plaocH of tho Columbia rlvor valloy a brief description of tho trlpa up fnd down tho Columbia river, to tho mountalna, beauhoB, inland reaortH and fountahiH of heal ing, where they aro and how to roach them. Tho book Iiiih a apeolal do hIkiioi! front cover, printed in two olors, and the Innldo piiuoa aro M'londldly UliiHtratod by coalty and I beautiful half-touoH. A copy of thin! publication may bo obtained liy acinling two centH in atitmpa to A.L. Craig, general Peaaeuger agent of tho ! Oregon Itailrnad and Navigation company, Portland. MPHfE REELECTED GENERAL MANAGER good do .1 .M. McPheo in in receipt of a communicatiou from Dr. D . (). .Miller, of Tin oo KiveiH, .Michigan, piosiilent of the (ioldeu Wizard company, announcing a mention of j I'1"'" "f steadily In t lie mean- j t he stnckholdcia, and informing Mr.. McPheo of IiIh reelection to tho olllce of general manager. Mr. ' McPheo resinned this place when ho ! went Hiiuth, hoiiio moutliH auo, but1 uiih iiHHiired on his return that ho could have it auain if ho ho desired. Dr. Miller taloH in bin letter lhat ' there Ih one particular knocker in Sumpter who Iiiih ininle it IiIh oiihi iichh to belittle tho property to tho eastern htockholdorn. time, and accompllHlicd vclopiueut lenultH. The A I pi ui Ih to have a twenty Ht limp mill, iiioderiily eiulpped. The plant Ih to bo completed j tint iih hood iih pochi bio. GOOD WORK AT IIH: LICY GROUP i Sam Stul t, president of tho Lucy company, oporatiiiK in the Croon horiif, Morris Sullivan, one of the olllceiH, and Kd Sullivan, superin tendent, and several of the miners cemo in last ninht to spend tho Kuurth in Sumpter. (ioo.l developiniiieiit results are boiun obtained at the Lucy, say these Koutlemeu. The crosscut for the (). K. leilne is boiiik' continued 'mil it is thought that tho ledno now n only a nlirot dltsance away. The vein shows up well on the surface, but a number ol blind lodges have been cut duriiiK' the proifjess of the crisout. These will be developed later. l)l:Si:UI' LAND. IINAl PHOni. NO I ILL I OR IH miLAIION. I nlii'.l St,itt Litul Oituc, i 1.1 (il.U1.li', Ou-uull, Juno m, titat i Nollii1 hfii'K uiM'ii tli.it JiiIi WIi.iiii, ul , t'liltv, Oifiioii, .o Iilc.l nolko ul Iniiniliin to in.ikc pioal on Ills Ji'MMl-t.iuJ il.ilm No. ago, lot tlic m,v( c4 !, o, ni"', tu', m'i. tp. it, r it o V. I .M , I'oUiio tin Lounu Cloik ol U.tU-r Lounty .it ' H.iUi-1 Lit , OnK0ii, on Van'J.i , tho Jilli a.iy ol Aiiunxt, KM4. Ho nimr tho IhIIemIiii: !tnoo to piovo tho lomplrio litigation .mi J loi'l.inMimn ol .itJ l.inJ: (irno Vo.ti'oi ol L nll , Oio , I'lionus II. liojor ol ' lloioloi J, Oio,. Thom.ik Thompson ol I'liliy, Oio., AllioJ N hlirJ ol I nil , Oihjjoii. , L. V. DWIS. RokKIoi. I Spwlal txcurslon lo The World's Fair. The Denver and A- Ivio (Jrande, iu connection with the Missouri Pacitlc, will run a series ot Person- STURGILL'S ELITE CIGAR ..STORE.. The Hest Cipirn, all Hrands of Smoking ami Chewiui; Tobacco, Confections, Smokers Articles, Ktc, Const.inily on nui.jtjjjjjjJi C5HAN1TK STKKKT FOR SALE $2,000 Ten Roomed Residence. One of the Best Locations in town. $2,000 Home. Completely Furnished. Location and Grounds Delightful. Piano, Large Range and other valuable Furniture included in this. Barn and Outbuildings. wm ii"H New Six Room House and Lot, nicely lo cated. Easy terms. Choice Resident Lot near center of town. $50, $75, and $IOO Buy Choice Resident Lots not far out. $300 Buys House and Lot with Barn. A Com fortable Little Home. LAUNDRY BUSINESS I am instructed to sell the Steam Laundry business, of Sumpter, which is the Best Pay ing Business in town for the amount of capital required to handle it. Call and see me and get figures. 20,000 Acres now under irrigation in one of the best localities in Oregon. Are you interested in securing a home of this k'ind, from 40 to 160 acres. These lancis in three years will be worth three times what they can be bought for at the present time. Call and see maps and get prices and terms on this property. PLACER PROPERTY Do you want something good in a Placer Proposition? We have rich placer ground near Sumpter, and an opportunity to secure .in abundance of water for long season's work. Here is an opportunity for a person with small capital, to secure a proposition with such merit as will increase on investigation in the e.timation of the most critical ex aminer. If interested, call and see us and get particulars. 1.280 ACRES One of the most attractive large bodies of land in Burnt River Valley. Level as a meadow. All can be irrigated. Can be sold in size tracts to suit the purchaser, at $1$ and less per acre. INLAND EMPIRE INVESTMENT CO. JESSE HOBSON j j MANAGER HOTEL SUMPTER Qmmp4 mv V-J . BB m'