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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1905)
Wednesday, February 72, igo$ THh bUMPTFR MINhR ftigFgmz&Z BINGHAM'S BILL TO BECOME LAW A special dispntch from Sslem to tbo Maker City Dutuoorut announces that tho Hiugham bill, exempting non-profit-paying tnliiin corpora tion from taxation under tho Fddy law, passed tbo state somite yesterday just beforyd adjournment, and will be come a law. Tbo principal provision of tbo Hiugham bill is as follews: "Any such mining corporation (or " gauized undor tbo laws of tbo Htato 1 of Oregon) whoso annual output or productH shall not exceed in valuo tbo sum of 81000, shall bo oxomptod from tbo paymunt of tbo annual licouso foo or corporation tax aa pro vided by law." Tbo bill provides tbat mining oor- porations shall, druing tbo montb of In no of oacb year and buforo tbo llrst day of ,luly of oacb year, furnish to tbo secretary or Htato, upon blanks to 1)0 Hiippliod by bim for tbat purposo, n correct statomout, sworn to by one of its officers or tbo managing agont of such corporation, before some ollicor authorized to administer oaths, sotting forth in dolail tbo tiamo of tbo corporation, the Incatiou of its .priucipal oillco, tbo uamos of tbo proBidout, sucrotary and treasurer tboreof, witb Uio poslolllco addroes of .oacb, tbo data of tbo annual election of officers and directors, tbo amouut of authorized capita stock, tbo number of shares, their par value, amount of stock subscribed, Issued mid paid up, together witb a state ment ot the valuo of tbo annual out put or product, or tbo mines of such corporation. All this data shall be suitably Hied aud indexed by tbo ocrev.ary and state and bo deemed public iccords. A falso atllrmation shall bo doomed porjury To uiuko tho bill palatable to those big close corporations which object so strenuously to making known their outputs, a proviso is iusorted to the effect that no corporation eball bo required to make the above state ments if it shall pay tho annual license fee us provided by the Kddy law, which is not ropeulod by the Hingbam bill, except iu so fur as it conflicts therewith. The Hiugham was tho result of numerous conference at Salem bo tweeu senators and representatives frptn tbo milling comities of this statu, with those members of both bouses who have always stood firm for the h'ddy law. Smith, of linker, Attempted to pass a Jaw absolutely exempting miuiug corporations from all forms of taxation, but this measure met overwhelming defeat in tbo houso, by a vote of 42 to 0. Tho Hingbam bill is a satisfactory to tho mine operators of the Sumpter district. The senate bill to francos of saloons to fulled iu the houso. The governor sout a tho legislature thie stating ho would veto appropriation bill uuloss amended The omergonov require ou bo iu front mossago to afternoon, the geuoral it was clause governor was etrikeu out aud tbo argecd.not to voto it. Tho hoiiBo bill to compol a trunk railroad to couuoct with and han dle the busiucss of branch lines passed tbo senate Tbo senate passed the house bill to appropriate 870,000 for the erection of now bulldlngsjror tho school , for mutes at Salem. iiuloH woro suspended aud time for adjournment sine die at eight o'clock to allow tbo sonato to act on a large number of bills. LEDGE TAPPED AT NINE STRIKE EXT. The lodge has boon cut In a 115 foot crosscut tunnel on tho Nino Strike HxtoiiBion, ou Llttlo Cracker creek, owned by tho Wisconsin Cold Mining company, of which Totiy Mobr is general manager. Foreman Jack Stouohockor camo down from the mine Tuosday night and roported to Manager Mobr that, the voin Iiiib boon opened. Mauager Mohr Iiiib directed the working crew to im mediately commence drifting. Whore tho voin is opened across the oreok It displays a width of 2rJfnt.;;2At tho point whore tho llfi-foot crosscut tunnel outers the oie tho vein filling reveals all tho characteristics of the mother lode, although the Nine Strike vein is a paiallol sjstem, pre sumably being ou the eame one as tho Cracker Oregon. The Nino Strike Rxteusiou crosscut was driven from the bottom of Little Cracker through a strata of alluvial wasn -a iroaohorouB sort of ground Iu which to work. Kxtra heavy tlmbors aud laggiuglwore necessary. Mauager Mohr fels highly elated over the successful cousumatiou of a some what difficult Htid trying pioco of miuiug work. Driftiug on the voin will attain a depth of 1000 foot wheu a point un der tbo apex of tho Jodo is reached. Ah soon as a payahoot Is ontorod, shipments to the Sumpter smelter will be made. caused immediately in all local miu iug circles, as the ore is oxtiomoly rich, boiug a silver-galena, which will assay iu tho thousands to tho ton. The finding of this mine reads like h romance. Thr o years ago Mr. Hunk ley grubstaked tho Gorman. They went in as partuors half and half. Huckloy furnished tho grun, tools aud powder, tho Gorman did the work. Aganlst discouragement o? his partner aud others ho has boon plodding along all tho time, driving see bis tuuuol foot by foot Into mountains whore no one could any surface indications. Wednesday he struck the blind lodge, rich iu the richest kind of ore. lie says tho lidgo is about two feet wide, aud as they have four claims located, it would seem as if tho faith of the grubstakor aud the prospector are about to be realized, and rewarded amply, Hotsold will lavo for the nroporfy today and drive the hinnel, which is now In 270 feet, another foot or two aud bring iu a complete sample or the oro across the face of the vein, when they will have the ore thoroughly tested. Mr. Huckloy himself is tho coolest man iu town but many of his rrleuds and older mining men are worked up over the proposition and predict all kinds of good thing iu that camp iu the immediate furture. In fact, a stampede there is nut beyond a possibility.- Democrat. Oscar O. Hensnu was a pioneer min ing man of eastoru Oregon, operating mines at diifeieut times in Hakor and Grant counties. In 1877 he arrived iu Granite district aud engaged in miuiug, both quartz and placer, and during his rodldenoo iu tho camp, together tvlth Clark Tabor, booamo tho owner of tho Hod Hoy mine, which they developed. Lator 10. ,1, Ciodfroy became associated in the , property aud leaving Messrs. Godfrey aud Tabor to manage the property Mr. HeiiHon came to Sumpter and JOAQUIN MILLER TELLS OF OLD PIONEER DAYS Salem, Feb. 17. Hoth houses of legislature adjourned sine die at 8 o'clock. The members left immedi ately on a special train for Port land. The Jayue local optiou bill was fudetiuiteiy postponed in the senate by a vote of 10 to 13. The bill to appropriate $.10,000 ior tbe exteusiou of the portage road, failed iu tbe bouse by a vote of .10 to 27. MINT MINE IN STICE'S GULCH. RICH AS MINT Paul Hotsold, fhe Gorman pros pector aud sole partner of .1. W. Huckloy, of Haker Citj, camo into towu yesterday from tho Mint, thoir mine at tbe head of Stice's Gulch, from which Jt is supposed owed the gold takeu out iu tbe Auburn placers by tbe millions forty years ago, aud brought with bim some specimens of ore wbiob he bad just struck iu their main tunnel. Much excitement was Some weeks since, Tbe Miner pub lished an editorial writton for a Can yon City paper by Joaquin Miller iu January, 1800. Uvgiirdiug it the old poet of the SlerniH has written tho editor of the lOast-Orogonian tbe following letter: An honest old storekeeper got mo to writo an editorial for tbe first number of his little paper iih a sort of advertisement. All I now romembor is my horror at finding it full of mistakes. It hooiiib they couldn't read it, aud i havo found many folks like them, since then. Hut pleaso send me a copy, as 1 have lost nil trace of tbe thing. No, I did not write in a red shirt with a flixshootor on my desk. 1 was probate judgo iu a district larger than all Now Fuglaud, and as i was tho youngost lawyer in the towu I had to have dignity that is, be stiff as a poker, without a curve. In fact, Canyon City never was a typical town or tho border. We had such men at tho bar as W. Lair Hill, Joseph Woods aud Senator George II. Williams, who deported themselves much as the professions do at tbe present times. Sorry i cannot furnish you a "wild auu wooiy siory, nut wo were a I sober and genteel lot. Tho name of tbe real founder or tbe little paper often credited to myself is Captain Fearing, who was keeping store at Antelope, Oregoi, the last 1 heard of him. Love to you aud yours. tbo ! engaged in tho mercantile buisnouH, in which ho continued until about eight years ago, when ho sold out aud went to Portland witb bis family, consisting of a wife aud six cbildieu. At tbe time or bis death. Mr. Honsou was about fifi years or age. He was a man universally re spected and bad many warm friends in eastern Oregon. tlcncy After East Orcqonlans. Portland, Feb. 10. Judge Tanner has notified Senator Mitchell he de sires to discontinue their law partner ship. Tanner refuses to discusH the matter. T. H. NeuhatisHon was to day appointed to take charge of tho government secret service hero, with Instructions to ' prosocute further inquiries into timber frauds. Cur rent belief here is that, there will not. bo tbo Hllgbtest. abatement of vigor aud thorougbueis Iu tbe government's eirorts iu this direction, and that the next turn of tho wheel will disclose probably two dozen men who have state reputations on tbe rack among them some or tho best known poli ticians aud business men. Tho names of several men of promlneuco in semi-confldeiice fondants, after tbo convenes in April. eastern Oregon are mentioned as possible do grand jury re- Death of Oscar 0. Benson. Grant Thnrnburg received a tele gram last evouiug, announcing tho death in Portland of Owmr Hensou. Jt was statud iu The Miner several dayo ago tbat be was not expected to live. Monday he was operated on for straugulation of the bowels, aud be failed to rally from the shook. lie will be burled today in Portland. Activity In Cornucopia District. Superintendent .loliu A. Wilson, or tbo Mayflower mine Iu the Cornu copia district, arrived in tbe city yesterday, and states there is not half the snow iu that camp that they usually have at this season or tbe year, aud that miuiug has been quite active iu tbe Mayflower, Queen ot tbo West aud soveral other properties and preparations are making for tbe opun irig or much work iu the early spring aud the enlargement of tho work already on hand. "At the Mayflower, you can say, that since wo cut tho parallel vein the other day and found the lame rich oros (here as in the west vein, we have started the north drift and ore from that point runs about $70 to tho ton in many places. There is not a place in tbe mine but. carries value and in all my experi ence I never saw a more promising property. 1 think there is no doubt but that iu fhe next few years will soo the greatest mining camp iu tho Cornucopia district ever known In the northwest." -Democrat. Maynard Loses His Case. John Kiggs returned rrom La Grande yesterday and Hd. Hand, Joe Davenport and Frank Marshall today. They were there as wit uesses iu the cane of Maynard versus tbe O. . A N., a suit for 820,000 ror personal injuries calim ed to have been sustained in a wreck more than a year ago. Thoho witnesses testified as to the extent of bis Injuries, stopping him from work at Olive Jake. The jury re turned a verdict iu favor of tbe railroad. This is the fourth trial of tbe caso. Twice tbo plalutiff was awarded damages aud once tbe jury disagreed. ii .'