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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1905)
I " J t vv COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE UMIMHIMaMWkaaBHaMBaBHBBaaainHBUMiHHMMlMMHBIBMHMMi EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT "B4LLIETS GREAT STORY. THE GRAF IRS" "The Wasp" Is I ho riHtiio of a pt per just atarte-J lu Doh Monies, Iowa, the 'first Ihhiio of which, flu I oil May, bM been received at The Miner oflle.o. The colored front page telle the Htory of the wnnt it proposca to fill. It Hay a : "LetMou Uallict's great Htory, 'The Grafters,' heHlnH in t IiIh Ishiio. The moHt daring exposure of mining operations ovei attempted hy liny other. "Perjury. 'I solemnly Hwenr thnt I will tell the truth, the whole truth miti nothiim hut the t rut h, ho help me God,' Hurl then they lied. To My 1'VltiitilH: I iim not in torostod in, nor employed hy nny mining company thnt in advertising stocks (or hiiIc nor sending out air Millars or reporle of any kind; I have no atooka for Hiile myself nor for anyone else. Neither do I renelve any ciuumlaHinn nor Hillary from Hiiy parson nor compauy soiling stuck. 1 wm at preHent engaged In wrltiug my book 'The Grafters,' which 1 hope to make so valuable (hat it will become m text-book, both (or the use A min ing men end InveHtora In stocks and bonds. The book will be published by chapters In iIiIh paper and later, Jf Muooeseful, will be hound In book form. The Htory in practically fin ished, and In now being revised and corrected I expect to deliver the mauiiMcrlpt to my publishers In a week or wo and will then return to California, where I have been ottered a potdtlon aa superintendent and manager of one of the largest pro luutDK minus In the state For the next few weeki 1 will be pleaded to bear from any of my friuuds, and will give them any advice and huh aestiuiiH that 1 may be able to give. .It would ba a great aatlsfactluu to uie If you would subtarlhe for thiH paper aud read my story, aud 1 feel uertalu that you will Hud It to be valuable to you lu dollara aud ueutH, Jao In information. ,1 have .been accused of almost ev erything by my euemieH, but 1 auk you to await the completion of my tory aud nee some of the atari ling revelatloua contained there! u before you reuder a verdict. During the past ten yearn that 1 have worked daily aaioug the tulues I have become familiar with the busliiota aud meth od! of the legitimate aud Illegiti mate, aud I may be abb to give a few .pergonal tuggestlous that would brdly be embraced lu"a geueral work like 'The Grafter j,' heuce 1 iuvlte correspondence. "LETSON UALI.IET, Civil aud Milling Engiueer, Dea Mulnes, Iowa.' Aud yet The Wasp it tilled with advertisements of the Gladiator Gold Mlulug aud Milling compauy. IRON DYKE TROUBLES ARE NOT YET ENDED "Ono hundred thousand dollars" Such was tho hid Hiibmitted by State Senator John L. Hand at the sheriff's aale o( the Iron Dyko mine We are uow ehowlug the very beat of everything 111 groceries at Jehus' at ore. Meu'a ahirta. style, at Jobu's very fguoy, store. late) in Uaker City lint TucHdey. The hid wiih made with aa notional ent an air aH though Senator Hand were merely bidding for a box of ci gara. No other bids were submitted and It wiih hcliovod that at thin Hale of the property, ita troubled would end an J that the Erie men would at once rcHiimo active oporatiouu, coincident with the commeuenmout ot construe tinu of the purtinllyjjl completod Northweut railway from Iluutiugtou down the Oregon aide of Snake river to tho initio. From an authoritative Hourco it la learned that such hopes are unt well founded. Colouel Em mett Callahan, the Uaker City at torney, who represents Reed, the for mer owner, aud Mm. Florence Shat to, who holds control of the atook lu the old Irou Dyke company, baa al ready Instituted a auit iu the United States court at Portland, praying for alx million dollara damagea from Gourad, Curtze, et el., alleging fraud aud collusion on their pait lu seour iug judgment against the mine. Roseuxwelg, a Hebrew lawyer of Erie, la name'j as the principal instrument employed by the alleged conspirators. HoHimzwclg la aooubod of acting aa the property, which is supposed to have a value of four or live million dollar, waa knocked down to Seuator Hand, who represents the judgmeut creditors against the old Northwest Copper company, thetIrou Dyke Mill ing company aud the Northwest rail way compauy. The property was sold under a de cree of foreclosure, issued out of the circuit cojrt of Uaker county last aumiuer, which decree was eu joined from executlou by the sheriff by the fedeial court of New York, aud later by the federal court of Oregon, in auclllary proceed I uga. The geutletuen who are uow hold er of the record title to the Iron Dyke uiiue aud railway property are Courad, Curtae aud others, off;Krle,' Feuuaylvaula. The judgment held by them amouut lu the aggiegate to close to oue.quarter of a milllou dol lars. The original mortgage, sigued 'by Charles M. Heed, bankrupt son of the late uiultl-uillllouajre, Geueral Reed, amounted to 9100,000. Nbtee, I. O. U.s' aud verbal promises to re pay money advauoed for operation brought the graiid total to 9250,000. attetMT'fa Conrad, Curtze, et al., HtHa) Awing the retained attoruey aud oowMeltor for Reed. It la ejao further learned that Mr. S hat to, who has stood by Reed all through the vaiious troubles under gone by the Irou Dyke compauy, ia preparing to herself be plalutitf in a suit for recovery of her share of the I ...... !-.. I... ..,!. I nun ujnu oiuun. Cursorily viewed, there appears no immediate prospect for a Bettlemeut of Irou Dyke troubles. Speaking of the sale, the Uaker City Democrat says: The long advertised bale of the Iron Dyke mine, aud the Northwest railway, has beeu made by Sheriff Urowu through Deputy Snow in front of tho court house at Uaker City in the preHcuae of a throng of people, most of whom were mere curiosity Heekorn. The only interested partlea iu tho oaso who were present were Mr. Conrad, of Brie, Pounsylvauia, ono of the plaintiffs iu the foreclos ure suit, his attorney, L. Rosenzwig aud Jobu L. Rand, their local at torney. It took the deputy sheritlabout half nu hour to read the description of the property and when he oalled for bids for the whole property, but one bid was otfored, that made by Mr. Rand for bis clients of $100,000. The property waa knocked off to them at that price and toe iuoldent was olnsed. lu an luterview, Mr. Roseuzwig stated (or his olleuts that uothlng would be done with the property at present, as some other matters re main to bo adjusted. It is under stood that the defeudaut company aud Charles M. Reed aud Mrs. Shatto, who claim au inteiest iu the property, have about 00 days iu wnich toredeem from this sale The.re are uow pending oue or two other suits betweeu the parties which may or may not be settled by that time. Wheu these matters are straight etied out, If the purchasers remain iu possession, they expect to reopen the propertyou a large scale and com plete the building of the Northwest railway. It can be added that the total debt foreclosed aud interest and costs of the deoree amouuted to about 9200,000. It is safe to assume that before the close of the seaiou there will be activity again throughout the Irou Dyke oaaape. KUIm Coming Soon. A private letler received Sunday from D. L. KIMeu, written iu Chi cago, states that :be hopes to be in Sumpler at an early date. He will come oft with hie associates in the, Suupter-Bourse railroad enterprise just as aoou as they oau arrauge to leave their private business. THE COLUMBIA MINE RESUMED OPERATIONS The Columbia mine aud mill re sumed operation Thursday, after a brief shut down, ordered by Owner Uaokus and Geuetal Manager Uaillie as a result of the issuance by the cir cuit court of Uaker county of au in junction against the Columbia com pany, restraining it irotu further op eration of the Tabor Fraction mine, owned hy the Goi ler-Heudryx Iu veBtmeut compauy, aud turned over to the Columbia on a royalty agree ment. At the time of tho issuauce of thie injunction, the official au ununcement was mado by the Col umbia company that all operations would cease until aucb time as the matter iu litigation whs 'settled. Thunday's resumption leads to a belief that some sort of an agree ment has been reached between the contending parties. OFFICIAL RECORDS. The following instrument were filed at the oourt house in Baker City for record yesterday : REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. DUM. Luzera S. 32. to Wni. Poll acres iu S. 22, New Machinery for the Standard. A shipment of maohiuery, consign ed to tne,8taudard mine, at Quartz burg, is somewhere eu route between Denver aud Sumpter. The shipment consists of a gaseliue augiue, dynamo aud four electric drills. Their ar rival is daily expected. Jnu. W. Mitchell et l! to Gray, 40 acres in N.E. , T. 7, R. 4G;l91100. W. II. Gilbert et al to Wni. Poll mau, undivided j interest in 130 acres lu 8. 10 and 22 T. 9, R. 40; 9100. Chas. A. Frederick man, J4 interest iu 50 T. 0, R. 40; 1280 U. W. Leveni aud wife to Mn. Laviua Shiuu, fractional Jots 0 aid 10, blook 15, Leven's addltiou te Uaker City; 910. Laviua Wisdom to J. T. Wisdom, same; 9250. W. J. Patterson et al to Walter V. Uurue, 382iaorea iu S. 35 aud Ht T. 8 , R. 40, and in S. 1, 2, 11, lkv 13, 14, 15, 22, 23 aud 24, T. 9, fc. 40; 919211. More Elmer et al to W. J, Patter son. S.W. H S. 15, T. 0, R. 40; 91 A. H. Phillips aud wife to Zack . N. VV. VV. a, Morris et al, S. E. 00 acres in N. K, S. T. 7, R. ,38; 9100. C. L. Palmer and wife tc Foeter, 1st 0, blook "N." Place's additiou to Baker W. W. Stalker end wife S. eu4 39, L. M. L. E. City.; .91. to Nane.y Paooeke, 13200 square feet iu N. ,W. tf, N. E. H S. 17, T. 8, R. 6; 9100. J W. Stucbell and wife to D. O. UouDdf,J'ot 4, blook 8,J. 11. Parker's addttlc to Baker City; 91. D. O. Bouuds et al to J. W. Stucb ell , same; 91. John ilendersuu and wife to Frank MoAllieter, 8. W. 4 S. 27, and N. E. H S. E. , S. 28; T. G, ,R. 39; 95300. Our aprlug stock la arriving day now. Cone In aud linei at Johns' store. every uw Fine priutiug .at The Miner office. A 1, , iinTBy1 rfwM&b- A. anAa.tiSai