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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1905)
T y THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, March i, 19 J ii The Sumpter Miner PUBLISHED BVBRY WEDNESDAY DY J. W. CONNHLU Mered at the postofflce In Sumpter. Oregon, for i transmission through Hie malls as second class titer l SUIISCHII'TION MATES One Year $.oo Six Months t.j ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. Thoro Ih a bill now before tho Arizona legislature to tax iiiIiioh on thoir gross output; which huoiiih to be tho proHiuit legislative fad iu mining states, notwithstanding tbo unconstitutionality of tbo measure In a hundred or so dally papers yosterday morning Thomas Lhwhou published an open letter to J. II. Hecks, former assistpnt attorney Ken oral of the United States, and at present cliiof counsel of the .Standard Oil company and Itn mouthpiece in the "Fretried Finuuuo" controversy now hoi iik waned, offering to give to a worthy charity 90,000 if he will meet him In Fauoull hall and pub licly discuss the subjects at issue. Jjiiwson takes occasion to say that he never made a speech iu his life, while Heck h a 'professional orator," and incidentally roasts to a turn. him Tho national and several 'state governments are preparing to take a fall out of tho Standard Oil com pany, and though that giant bits heretofore onmrgod victorious from vory legislative and legal contest, there is now a chance for its defeat. It now faces the hardest battle of Its dishonorable career. In the llrst lilacs, recent exposures of its methods have aroused public sentiment against it, which will prove a strong support tor the olllclals whose duty it will be to investigate anil prose cute. Again, the .Standard Oil has never before had to deal with so powerful an olllclal and game a lighter us President Roosevelt. Nor has It lied to deal with a slate like Texas. Money is not worshipped there with the intense idolatry that It is in I'onnsylvauie, nor is personal aud olllclal honor held in such low esteem, which is a heavy handicap to lirother John I). IMorolng of the Kliuplon tunnel through the Alps was oumplotttd at 7:20 o'clock last Friday morning. The work was commenced In 1805. The meeting of the two boring par ties, Swls and Kalians, was signaled throughout, Switzerland by ringing of church bells and salutes by oauoti. Many unexpected obstacles were encountered, the most serious lieiug hot sprulgs, which threatened to wreck (he whole enterprise, aud temperature, which at one time rose to 1IU degrees Fahrenheit, making it continuance of the work impossible until tbe eugiueres found means of cooling the atmosphere, Now that the borers have met, it is practicable tor the water ecnumti luted iu the north gallery to be lrawu olf. The work of preparing the tunnel for a permanent railway will be rushed as rauidly as possible. The length of the tunnel from Jtrlga iu Switzerland, to Isollc, on (he Italian side of the mountain, is about 12 miles. The work was begun over six year ago, aud accord ing to contract, the tunnel must bo ready for tnilllo on May lf, next. The Swiss aud Italian governments joiutly financed the uuderokiug, share nutl eburo alike, ut tbe coat of -'815,000,000. Ah Boon as tho boring is thorougly completed aud tho truck laid, a Hinnller tunnel Ib to bo oou- struoted parallol to tbo large one, ! which will bo iticroamid in bIzo ho ob to permit of tnilllo both wayH at. tho' HUHIO tltllO. It waH, iiuluHH memory orn, Kip ling who Hpoko of New Ellwand aa I I HO JIU UIJIL. VflUIJI wiuon nun scribblers, foreign aud domestic, II .. II.. I.. l...li ,, tll..... ....II...J utlrl medical authorities aud lymon, havo "piped olf" down easterners fur thoir abnormal consumption of the dyspepsia-brooding pie. Thoso who Are addicted to the droad pie eating habit will therefore rejoice to learn that tho foundations of this basic American institution havo boeu strongothend by a great discovery. Ah might ho expected, thta iuvoniion for it is no less omanatos from Vankoolaud, tho native home of tho pio. A Maine scientist, after years of costly experiment, has patented a "Papyrus Pie Plate," which is guar anteed to remove the chief objection to pio, the greaso made necessary by baking iu tin or other metal pans. The papyrus plate, so called, is mado of spruce pulp, ground lino aud thou prossed. No greaso whatever 1 1 necessary for (hiking and the pie comes from (he oven fresh and sweet aud wholesome, something that, it cannot, unfortunately, bo said of the old-fashioned pio, baked in a tin pan, which has been largely to blame for tho sallow skin and imparled digestion of the pie-eaters. Tho American cot.uueroial invasion of Abystiiuia, recently inaugurated through tho diplomatic skill of Uultoi States Consul General Robert P. Skinner, promises to open up new aud Impotrant mining resources to the world, lu one instance, an American promoter has already so cured a concession aud undoubtedly mure will follow, lu an article on the expedition, Mr. Skinner says: "There tiro gems and gold in Ethio pia. The gems we hiiw were found scattered over tho desert wastes, washed down from the mountains above (.Sold is hidden away in the mountains iu quantities which can bo estimated by no existiug data. Even the. annual productio i of uold, by methods as old as Moses, amounts to 00,000. as for cupper, Iron and the ordinary metals, their extraction Ih merely a question of finding facil itios for the shipment aud, probably more important still, a market cap able of absorbing them. Petroleum has beeu discovered iu large quali ties. " This is the opinion of a lay man, but thuse statements have beeu "onllriueil by the investigations of Gorman scientists who have eceutly mado an examination of the region for a syndicate aud report has it that tho famous King Solomon's mines were iu this locality. Friday Fell Down on Payments. The Friday Gold Mining com puny, limited, had made arrangements and contract with the Whitman Milling company, limited, to buy the Bishop rick mill, in the Pearl camp. It made two payments aud fell down. The Whitman people gave them a further extension and they failed to make their llrst payment, so now the Whitman will fix up the mill this cumiug season aud will run soma of their own ore. Boise Statesman. Al Jones, diked out iu his other clothes aud a white shirt, left ou the aftornoou train for Baker City. OFFICIAL RECORDS. i The foij0winff instruments were I , flled at tho court boU8e lu Baker Clty for reoord yesterday: i REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. uuKne. , lVunl( 7nrlunf. fn Win. Wnonnrl. . r . ..-. w. ....... -w -. .... - vo...-T , IntoroHt iu E. k., S. W. H N. W. ''-'j ( 1-4, S. W. ' 8800. M, S. 22, T. 11, R. 38; J.W. Cleaver aud wife to Uoo. II. Salley, block 15 iu J. W. Cleaver's comtory, Hakor county; 825. Jas. T. Wisdom and wife to Jos. 11. Shiun, S. E. H, S. 23, aud N. E. i, S. 2(5, T. 8, R. 39; 91. W. I). Ayer et al to Charles A. Daughorty, N. W. X S. 4, T. 7, R. 30; 1500. Eva Truesdall aud husband to M. A. Weir, 52x177 feet iu S. 21), T. 9, R. 10; 8400. L. S. Kelsoy to Geo. W. Nelll. U interost iu Kelsoy & Wilson ditch on south sido of Powder river. W. Wadde to (Juy L. Lindsay, E. 50 foot, lot 10, block 5, Sumpter Height's addition to Sumpter; 81. Robert Garrisuu aud wife to Satah A. Bunyau, lot 10, block 20, Mo- Carry 'a addition to Haker City; 8800. Perlina Estos to Uardiu W. Estos, lots 10 aud 11 in block .'I, Sturgos it Crowoll's addition to linker City; 81. llourno Land &. Improvement com pany to Frank Ferguson, N. 15 feet, lot 10, block "A," Bourne; 81. Samo to Frank Ferguson, Jot 15, block "A," Bouruo; 8172 C. fcJ. Coles aud wife to Edward Orr, lots 121 and 14, block 3, Colo's addition to Rock Crook; 8110. lleruard Flynn and wife to John Douhahiu, E. 100 feet, lot 18, block 11. Sumpter Height's addition to Sumpter; 8000. U. S. A. to Robert Hatoliif, lots 2 and 3, S. E. H N. W. x$ aud N. B. va S. W. H , S. 7, T. 11, R. 42. Zone Denny to Ed. A. Burns, ouo half inteiost in O'Connor's Hall, Pine, 8300. Zono Doutiy Bums, lot 2, aud wife to Ed. Hunt's addition A. to Pine; 8150. Zono Denny and wife to Ed. A. Burns, 510u square feet iu N. E. ,l4 S 21, T. 8, R. 40; 8100. Annie E. Suapp aud husband to F. A. Dawson, a fraction of an acre iu N.W. 4 of N. E. A4, S. 17 T. 8, R. 40; 815. Emma E, Moore and busbaud to F. A. Dawsou, land In S '... of S. E. ki ofS. 8 T. 8 R. 40; 825. J. 1). Gibbs aud wife to Sarah Blackwoll part of lot 8, block 5, Sumpter Height's addition to Sump ter: 8350. S. W. Holmes aud wife to O. D. Tomlinson, part of the S, W. Vi of S. 23 T. 0 R. 30; 81500. State of Oregon to F. C. Colos S. W. 4, N.W. A aud N. W. 4 S. W. 4 S. 28, T. 4, R. 30; 8100. Stato of Oregon to Ed. W. Coles, N.W. l4 of S. 27, T. 7, It. 3i);8100. Joseph Palmer aud wifo to Win. A. Rouudy, lots 7 aud 8, block 53, WHovalo addition to Baker City; 8400. Otto Fleonor to Al. T. Fleenor, S. W. 4, S. 27, T. 8, R. 4U; 81. J Lizzie S. Coles aud busbaud to W H. Shoemaker, to correct former deed in S. K. k,, N. E. V4, S. 34, T. 7, R. 38; 85. A. J. Tonoy aud wifo to W. 11. Shoemaker, to correct former deed in S. E. 34, N. E. M S. 34, T. 7, K. 38; 835. Joseph Palmer and wife to J. Vau Den Dreisbe, lots 1, 2 aud 3, block 34, Wilovale additiou to Baker City, 8120. Joseph Palmer and wife to Sboflel De Roest, lots 8, 9 and 10, block 34, WHovalo addition to Haker City; 8120. MINING MATTERS. DKKDS. Oscar Eden et al to White Cyrstal Lime company, ltd., "Crystal," and "Star" placer claims; 81. S. D. Baldwin, et I, to Orville N. Haud, of "General Jackson," "Touossoe" and "Rosebud" claims; S500. U. S. A. to EaBtern Oregon Miu iug company, "South Pole" and "Evaus" niiuing claims. U. S. A. to Eastern Oregon Mining company, "Majestic" quartz mining claim. 11. K. Brown, sheriff, to White Swan Mines comp., redemption cer tificate, White Swan No. 1 and 2, Ratlter, Black Bear and Red Ledge claims; 831.41. J. II. Dearmin to W. N. Thorop son, one-fourth Interest lu Black Bear group of mines; 8500. J. H. Dearmin to W. A. Vroom, same; 8500. David J. Buokner to John Layden, "Silver King" quartz claim in Bourne district; 81. MINING NOTES. A streak of high grade ore has boon struck iu tho Wolverine, near Gran ite. Tho ledue 1b from 18 to 24 iuches wide. Drifting is iu progress. Work ou tbe placer proporty of G. W. Dart aud Frod Yogonson noar the Geo. Martin place on Canyon creek, iu Grant county, oommouced tbia week. Tbe Gem Mlulng company, of Susauvillo, composed of James II. DuuBtau, R. J. Graham and Capt. E. Simpson, has boeu dissolved, Dun stau retiring. Tbe diamoud drill that bas beou operated ou Canyou creek aud along tho John Day rivor during the past year by tho Empire dredger company, started again last Wednesday. Tho Dixie mine and mill, at Quartzburg, owned by Zooth Houser, is aualn ruuuiuu. after a short shut down caused by freoziug weather. A double shift will bo put ou ut au early date, says the owner. The Gold Bug Mining company, whoso property 1b on Rabbit creek, has paid off tbe time checks that were issuud to tbe men last mouth when tbe property was shut duwu. Meu will agaiu bo driviug tbo cross cut iu a few woekB. Today, according to a dispatch, Lotion Balliet, the erstwhile "Napol eon of Finance," will be released Horn jail at Des Molues, Iowa, witbj out serving tho eutire three months ot hi sentonco for fraudulout use of tho mails. Democrat. B. Rivallier proprietor aud owuer of tho Prairie City eloctrio light plant, reports that tbe deal trans ferring tbe light plaut to Baker City people is still pondiug aud ia coutiugeut ou the satisfactory ad justment of details. It still looks good aud will iu all probability be consummated. The Maguolia, at Granite, ia wait lug for spring before startiug work ou a larger scale. Four or five men have beeu employed at tbe Maguolia all wiuter, but with tbe comiug ot warm weather the water will start aud the mill cau be put in operation. This will mean tbe employment of 20 to 30 meu. It is anuounced that Mr. Viusou will have tbe miue going full force soou after March 1.