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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1904)
V- I Wednesdav, Julv 6, 1904 THh bUMPTER MINbR ANOTHER ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY Prairie City People Draw Power from Mid die Fork of John Day. On Tuesday night a mooting of the Middle Fork Electric Power ooiupuuy was held in this city. This company has been organize! for tho purpoau of building an oloo trio power plant on tho Middlo fork. Tho mooting Tuesday uiglit was of a preliminary nature and thu corpo ration will bo perfected immediately Jiud tho many matters of detail ro ccivo careful attention. At tho meeting R. C. Koeso win elected president; Sam Nowniau, secretary; Dr V. C. Holkuap, treasurer and Joe Kocse, general manager. Tno company will' build un electric power plant that will cost in tho neighborhood of 610,000. It'is estimated that they will bo nblo to gononito a 700-horso power, nud this will furnish power and light for the Dixie Meadows mine. It is, howover, a distinct corpor ation, anil has no connection with the Dixie Meadows Mining company. This in a groat enterprise and will result directly to tho benefit of Prairie City, as its powor can bo utilized for running sawmills, plan ing mills and innumerable concerns that might take advantage of it. The company will also supply light and jiowor to all the mines in the district. It will bo a stimulus to all tho mines bore, as it will offer facilities that will ahoapou the development .and oporntlou of them. Prairio City Miner. MINING INVESTMENTS THE PRESENT FINANCIAL FAD Conservative investors are now buying mining stocks to an extent not known since the Luadvillo dis coveries. The public also has taken an interest in them. Mining capital ists purchase mines as a whole. Some of thoso are incorporated and slock offered the public. Such men, versed in mining, put up their own money, and usually have asked no help from tho outside, it so, only from friends. They know how to iuvost. The layman does not, yet is desirous or investing in desirable .mines. His only courso is to peek tor stocks, and he buys into various propositions, if he is prudent, not risking all in one. in this way stocks in mines have becomo widely scattered, mostly in small sums. We havo heard of one corporation that has six thousand stockholders. Tho largest number uow interested iu milling are of this class. It is eucouragiug to tho mining industry, which is as legitimate as auy indus trials, aud follo'ved with tho same good judgmeut as is used in indus trials, is just as safe, aud at the same time fraught with bonanza possibili ties, involved in no other industry. This attractive feature leads to im positions on the part of impostors, But they play their hand iu other pursuits, also, and the mining indus try should not be responsible for them. It invites scrutiny iuto tho character of a corporation, tho same as would be used iu auy other invest ment. There is abundant testimony that the successes which aro phenomenal are iu larger proportion thai) can bo found in otuor pursuits, aud the failures aro less in percentage, aud involve less money. -Pick and Drill. Procuress Wants School Girls. Additional developments in tho work of procurers iu this city came to light today. After reading the announcement iu the East Orogoman Inst evening that an attempt was being made to secure names of young girls hero who would bo available for beer joints, dance halls and other immoral purposes, School Clerk John llailcy j r. 4 remembers that a strange woman called at his ofllce on Wed nesday and insisted on having access to tho list, of school chlidern of this district, without giving her object or desigu. Mr. llailoy llatly rotused to give her the names and had dilllculty iu getting rid of her, so persistent was she on her mission, although he did not suspect at the time what her business could bo. Tho woman was a stranger in the city and has nut been seen since,' aud while there Is no direct evidence mat alio was proem ing names for improper Mr. llailoy now was her business, and ho has no pntch iu auy old back yard plaLtod with the root could mako a family rich beyond tho dreams of tho most gullible natron of get-rieh-quiek schemes. According to tho Now Vork Sun, there has been frau I iu connec tion with tho ginseng advei Using, some of tho firms sending to patrons seeds that, when planted, produced the common or garden variety of turnip. -Printers Ink. EARLY STUDENTS OF ROCKS AND MINERALS WILL BAKER GET LAND OFFICES? Now that the new federal building for linker Cit; Is m-mrcd, it is highly probable, a. 'rinding to ad vices direct from Washington, Unit the Hums aud La Cratido laud otlices will soon tie consolidated and located in tho new government buildim! at (hat place, iu order (o concent rate tho iiuslness of tho government aud also to economize on expenses. Tho movement, to merge the Oregon City and Tho Dalles land olllees iu Portland is a forerunner of this im portant step, aud it seems only a question of a few mouths until linker purpose, 0"lt.V wl" l, headquarters for all tho believes that this 'Hvornmoni laud iiuslness iu eastern She has left, town j 0'Koii. kiiimiiwim. .if imp I One vital reason for this movement curing gonian. Government's Ledger. 'Tho government's ledger for tho fiscal year which has just, ended, says a Washington report, shows that tho oxpoudituros exceeded the rev enues by 31 l,:ir)2,:J'2(i. the receipts aggregating 8GJl,(i:iO,071. Tho ox poudituros include 650,000,000 paid for tho Panama canal right of way and 84,000,000 loan to tho Louisi ana Purhcaso Exposition. Compared with the revenues of tho previous fiscal year tho revenues show a falling off of 817,700,780, while the dis bursements increased 821,7u2,181. The decrease in tho revenues from t . . . .... whereabouts. She claimed to him to.0" l ,p ',ml ol M, government is tho bo connected with tho woman's clubs, j fact t,mt tho vacant men of govern but would not give hor object in so-! Immt lmd ,n 'IHt' Oregon is now tho nnines. Pendleton Ore- ciuuou " very small amount, compared to the amount at the for mation of the laud ofllce districts, aud tho extra expense of ollice rents laud salaries of extra recevler aud I registers can be logically dispensed with, by this consolidation. Tho federal building at linker City will be occupied by (he postolllce and the land ofllce, and a possible assay ofllce. Hnkor City is also anticipating tho location of tho hoadqartors of the uow federal district in eastern Oregon, but Pendleton is the logical locution for the judge aud court iu the new district, aud will make (he right kind of a light to gel it. linker City Ih located on the extreme eastern border of the state, while nil the now fed ei nl districts would he directly Ginseng Swindlers. The ginseng advertimiouts that were a featuro of the magazines about a year ago havo disappeared, but tho Argicultural Department at Washing ton hasn't forgotton them. A veritable craze for raising ginseng has spread over tho country, and the department is besieged with requests for plants and seeds. Upon goud authority it is stated that the plant grown in this couutry could find no market, as tho Chinese get an ample supply from farms iu Corea. The giuseug advertisers represented that the plant brought fabulous prices for medical purposes, aud that a small CHfRRIES WILL THRIVE AT THIS ALTITUDE customs amounted to 8202, 008, I8:i, I , .. 7 -" ....... , ai)1 on ,,. , .. . .. ' I tributary to this city. -East. Orego or 8121, 82.12. IH less than In the fiscal I , , year 100.'!. Tho receipts from internal I revenue aggregated k2;J2,iHr,(5i)ri, ex ceed ing those of tho previous year by 82, .'120, 110. Tim increase in ex penditures was mainly in the navy, which expended a total of 8102, 7fj7, 0711 or 820,001,271 more than last year. Tho item for pensions also shows an increase of nearly 81,000,- (lOn mi luwinmil nf lint Kiii'i'lun mm. alnn .Thn rniwiliilci frnm fiialmiiri u'firo It llllH llUOII held that flllit t ll'I'H induced between 80.000.000 aud will not. flourish at this allllu.le, but 88.000.000 bv the oiioriitliiiiK of the ' W Onll, bookkeeper a! the llerg Cuban reciprocity treaty. imm Kiuuury, hihuhh iu nave uemou sirniou mo inoi inai in lensi. cherry trees will thrive aud bear fruit. A couple of years ago Mr. Call planted a cherry tree in his yard on lower Mill street, and this year it has a good crop of cherries on it. Whilo the cherries havo not yot ri pened, they are almost full size and there is every evidence they will maturo in duo season. Mr. Call is of the opinion that not only cherry treos will do well at.this altitude, but that other varieties of fruit will flourish as well. A. Cronstadt, of Stockholm, Sweden, was the flist totieonnizo tho distinction between n inerals and rocks and to separate tl.o two into dill'erout systems, lie published a bonk in 17fi8 treating upon irlnoinls and rocks, n few copies of which yet. exist. In 1771 Abinhnm Werner, of Lei priiu, published n work on the ex ternal charcter of mlnearls, which was n great advance on Ornnstadt's book. He was the Hist to distin guish minerals by their external characters, and crystal logrnphy really began with him; he having' lecog nizod the great. Importance of oh serving the crystalline forms in minerals. Werner also proved that minerals had different chemical con stituents. The first work on mineralogy by an ICuglishmnn was that of Kirwau, who published a book at Dublin iu 178-1. The next most important work was that of Mobs, a Herman, called "Urundoiss dor Mincraloglo," and published at. Vienna in 182 2. This book was translated iuto a number of languages and in yet an authority. Mobs Introduced "the scale of hard ness, " one of (ho most imporlnut teatures In the at inly of mineralogy, an I this table, with one exception, that of rock suit, instead of gypsum for No. 2, hns remniued the nuthority ever since. He also recognized the importance of luster, specUlo giavity nud color of the stienk of n ii ut.l anil a largo number of minerals were given names by him. In l&ftlt a Frenchman, A. Du frenoy, published a book called "Trul to do Mlnoraloglo." This book was an authority for a long time. Tho greatest works on mineralogy are doubtless those of .lames Dwlght Dana and E. H. Dana, holli of Con nooticut, and their works being nu thority thiouhgout the United Slides nud other English spenking coun tries. Mining World. Special Excursion to Flic World's Fair. Tho Denver in conduction aud A- K'lo Craude, with the Missouri Pacific, will run a series of Person nlly Conducted Kxcurslous to the Wrold's Knlr during Juno. These excursions will be tun through to St. Louis without change of cars, making short slops at pilucipnl points en mule. I'hi) llr! of these excursions will leave Portland .In do 7th, and the second .luiie 1 71 Ii. Tim rate from Maker City will be 8(i0 to St. Louis aud ret uin. Excursionists going via the Denevr A Kin (iriiudo hnve the privilege of returning via a diU'oron! route. Thin is the iiiohI. ploiihiint way, as well ns the most delightful route, to cross the continent. The stops arranged give an opportunity of visiting tho various points of in terest iu and about Salt Lake City, Denver and Kansas City. If you wish to accompany one of these ex cursions write at once to W. C. Mc lirldo 121 Third streot, Portland, for sleeping car reservations. FOR SALE New sot light liar ness, one second hand wagon and two trucks. Sumpter Lumber company, Sumpter, Oregou. Don't Go to St. Louis 'Till you call at or write to the Chicgo, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail road. Ofllce I'M Tin id Street, Portland, Oregou. Low rates to all points East, in cononotlon with all trauscoutiueutals. W. 8. HOWE, Geueral Agent., Portland. Oregou. ! i i i ')' K m ;