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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1904)
Wednesday, July 20, 1904 THE SUMPTER MINER t BUILD WHEREVER THERE IS TONNAGE thought to contain millions of hidden treasure, will bo reinforced with n crow of miners equal to the new system installed and the old mnun- I tain will ho forced to yield up her precious yellow metal. in abundance in response to Jho improved and moodcri) ingenuity of man. USEE DRY GULCH TOR SAFE H DEPOSIT VAULT An interest lug story is wrapped tip in a hank deposit which wits made in So Says Decisively President Eccles of the Sumpter Valley Railroad Company. It will he a source of ureal, pleas a Pendleton bank yesterday. ' uro to the people of this and adjacent i A well known farmer, who is localities to know that, operations known to have semis of money in In will soon he in active progress, which ; dustries in the county, brought in of I $21,000 in a leather sack, the eutiio Doing in f'-i) gold pieces. David Ecolos, Sumpter Valley accompanied by president of tho railroad company, Joseph Clarke, a prominent grist mill man and thoator manager, of Ogdon, and Superinten dent Dyer, at tho head of tho Utah sugar industry, passed through tho city this morning to look after tho construction work on tho Tipton' extension. This hay been sotno what delayed on account of having to wait on the grading. When in terrogated as to tho Greenhorn ex tension, montionod in a previous issue of this paper, and the proposed .John Day branch, President Ecoloa said : "We will build extensions in any direction where tonnage is assured. In tho instance of the tiroouhnru ex tension from some point on the Tipton branch, to accommodate the mines in that vicinity, wo have assured thoso interested that if they will show us tho tonnage wo will build tho road. No dollnlto mov.e, however, has boon mado in this direction. The mines in that region appear prosperous and tho branch will bo built, if the figures appear satis factory and it seems now that they will." Asked about the John Day branch President Hoolos said : "The timber reserve matter, of which the public is cognizant, has may result in the development, tho fact that. Maker county may be possessed of one moro of tho greatest mineral producers In the state. Haines Uncord. DIRECTORS MEETING IS NEXT IN ORDER Alexander Prussing, trustee for the Red Uoy stockholders, and William U. Lummis, tho linker City mining man, returned from the Wed Hoy yes terday and left, on the afternoon train. Mr. Prussing was accompanied by his wife. Ho and Mr. Lummis been delayed through rod tape, and it' remained after the doparturu of ,1. IS. is not probable wo will get construe KiikUhIi and K. ,1. dodfroy to visit Hon work started in this direction ' mining properly belonging to this year. If the matter were settled, i Mr. l-annml in the vicinity of Ollvo say within the next two weeks, wo would start the work, but it is not advisable to begin late in the season, and have to close down wort on account of snow. We had an ex perience ot this kind in the instance of tho Tipton extension, and wo do not care for a repetition. The John Day branch, however, will bu built, though as I stated, it is hardly prob able that wo will got stinted on it tbia year." lake. j The next thing in order so far as j the lied Hoy, is concerned, is u directors meeting in Chicago to arrange for immediate resumption. Tills will take place on the return of Mohsis. Knglish and Prussing. VERDICT AGAINST ROSSLAND UNION A tolegrnm from Victoria, dated tho 10th instant, says: A vordiot vnfl given by a jury to day in tho action brought by the Coutor Star Mining company against tho Kosslati'l Minors' union, the jury deciding against tho union and assessing damages at 8 1 12, j"U0. .lust ice Duff, in addressing the jury, occupied about two hours. His chargo was quite strongly against the union. He pointed out that tho strike in itself was not an unlawful thing. Hritiuh Columbia law did not prevent workmen from agreeing to quit work. There was nothing to prevent them from agreeing to do so. This was subject to tho restriction that no contract was broken. Although tho motive might bo ill will oven, ho did not boliovo it would rondor tho porsons so concerned civilly responsible. Tho jury might agreo that if tho uniou decided upon strike aud to curry it ou by unlaw ful means, aud these were employed, thou not only the persons who did tho nets but also those connected with the combination would be liable for theso acts. Id establishing a conspiracy it was practically impossible to get direct evidence that the parties got to gether and decided upon a definite course. Hut conspiracy might be proved by inferential evidence. If they concluded that acta of violence were done pursuant to original arrangement, then they could not separate those directly conoerned from the union which would have to bear the responsibil ity. Tiioy did not requiro direct resolutions, etc., in such a matter. Tho jury decided that Kossland Minor's Union No. HH, Wosteru Federation of Miuors, Kossland brunch maliciously couspiied together to molest and injuro plaintiffs and othor mine owners of Hosslaud. The jury found that these assisted in maintaining by unlawful means a stirko by molestation or in timidation of men who were working by furnishing strike pay, by watch ing and besetting the premises of Greenhorn Drilling Contest. Much interest has been manifest in the Oroouhnru drilling billed for tho Ifith Instant, but those who witmosod tho match say it proved ho ono-sldod it was hardly interesting. Horman Andrix aud Hugh (II 1 IIh mado 41 ; inches, winning with nine and a half inches to spare. This i amount When the clerk at. the window poured out the deposit, to count, it, almost as much s.md as money rolled out of tho sack and the gold pieces were wet and grimy with dirt, aud Hand, and the old man looked confusedly around to see who was witnessing tho performance. After the clerk tlshed out the gold from among the sand neap, he got' a broom and dust pan and swept .oil tho counter, getting as a icsillt of tho clean-up, about three pounds of river sand, which he "deposited" in tho alley. After M'ruhhing and scouring tho rusty tweuiles for several mtnuteti with a hhoe hritnh and later with a chamois skin, they were in a -present- able condition to go into the shining pile in the vault. Tho clerk then washed his IiiiikIh aud counted the money and asked the (armor where he had kept, bin accumulations, and he said that for twenty three years ho had maintained a safety deposit vault In a tin box in u dry gulch in the hack yard, aud , that his bank had never been dis turbed before Sunday, July Jl, when the terrible rain stoim Invalid tho dry gulch aud washed IiIh tin box from its hiding place aud iloyvn tho road about '200 yards, at hiHt breaking tho box open against a stone, whero ho found it after a frantic search, lying in n heap at the roadside. . ' After this narrow cheapo ho decided to make a deposit, and. ooneueiitly came to town with his treasure. When what Is kiown as tho big team. U'lio l0. Kaatlircil up the gold into tho two mon weighing a little over 400 i mtwr mi,u It was wet aud tho sand pounds. Tho "little follows," Al 11iii10I.u,i i, H() oloselvthiit.it wiih dilllcult to time ho had remove it, but by tho driven to P'-udeltou tho Ciutridgo and Win. Keduell, mot with hard luck through the breaking or moir mini (inn, nui even wiiii-;HII1 WIIM ,ry Jlll( had shaken Iooho out thin misfortune they would have j f ,., , Ul .,,, H, ,, nUmwl ,m,u been beaten several Inches. They ! ,,, HIK)k wi,h Umt ,,,,,,,1, made 112 inches. It. is reported that1 u i,, ,,,,.. r am aim i.i.i.i,... ! n,, Pluiiitllfe imil roads and railways, and AlllIrx ,, U ru now having hoxH ,,,, , mV,.llllH Umatilla l. if Hum Iillnillllll 1W1IIUI1I l-illl llll .. .... ..I. 11,1,1 "uj imiiiuiuimij f"""i'"" " ' visions oi i no cnain n onsn a mi iiiiii. . ...1....1.. j t 1 f 1 1 I 1 f f 1 il'IMI inoioai nun iniimiiiaio piaiuuus 111 h,iiv .,, ftimliimuii ilin m-mk , I - - w - tor team.- (Iiaulto Co 11. carrying on business. An appeal will bo taken by S. S. Taylor, of Nelson, reprseutiug the miners, aud an oli'ort made to get a new trial. tLECTRIG POWER FOR BAISLEY-ELKHORN To Do Assessment Work. A. Loy and son leturned yesterday from Utah, where they are interested in coal lauds, aud left for North Powder to do assessment work 011 some mining claims they own. uty, " he said as he folded up tho empty hack and Minted back Iiui.hi to begin auot'ier collection of hhinirg twenties from 1)00 acres of wheat. ' laud.- Mast Orcngiilan. Elk Head Siiloon. Hlk Head Whiskey, old, tine aud mellow, at Hie Kill Head Million, Ci li ter stieet, Old Olympla stand, 'hy it. Arrangements have been mado by tho owners of th Halsley-IOlkhorn, which is said to bo tho Standard Oil company, to reooivo tho power from the inexhaustible supply of tho Hock Creok Transmission company and tho poles are beiug placed and the new lino will be in condition to transmit the inconceivable force of the magic wire iu a very few days. In order to send power to the mine ' it requires the construction of a branch line, which, however, is only six miles from the J. D. Young place, its present nearest approach to the ' mine, and which is now in course of . construction. 1 boon after the new system is In augurated, the famous old Baitiey Glkborn, which has long been1 (0A4T Wk mT QBflC Vtt i. OF SUMPTER iAn ML Capital Stock Surplus, $1000 $25,000 orncens J.W. SCRIBER -ED. W. MUELLER, R. H. 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