Wednesday, September 20, 1899
THE SUMPTER MINER.
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W. C. CALDER BUYS THE GORNER
WHERE HIS STORE NOW IS.
J. W. Seriber will Build there a Two
Story Brick Block Fram Building to
be Moved to the East at Once Bank on
the First Floor of the Block, Club Rooms
up Stairs.
hi its results and influence on the busi
ness conditions of Sumpter, the real estate
transaction which was consummated a
few days since, the transfer of the prop
erty at the northeast corner of Granite
and Center streets, from Mrs. H. Duck
worth to W. C. Calder, was one of, If not
the, most Important which has yet been
made in the town. The lot has a jo-foot
trontane on Granite street and runs hack
100 feet on Center. The store bulldiiiK
now occupied by Mr. Calder is on the
corner half of the lot.
The property sold for 5j,ioo, and over
6,ooo worth of improvements will be
. made thereon, work to beuln Immediately.
,Tue storeroom proper, which is 25 by 60
Sect, will be moved ont the east half oi
"the lot. It Iselpectea (flaT-the contract
for this pirtion of Jhe wjurl wl" let to
day. AH addition My feVt In length will
be "built, cm to tbeear ol-t))e-tore. The
warehouse, 2$ by 40 leet, will remain
where "it iiov stands, on the rear of the
vest half of the lot. All Ttf'?thls' will be
occupied by Mr. Calder's general mer
chandise business. A handsome plate-
Klass front will be put In the store. These
. Improvements alone will cost, more than
$1,000. - -f r - ' -k Z
On therjionjer w here,' the, store Jnov
stanJs,. a two-story brick building, 2s by
o leet, will be erected by J. WScrjben
01 l.a (irande. There arose some dlrti-'
cully about securing a lease of the prop
erty across the street, on which he origin
ally intended to build, so some private
arrangement between hlmselft and Mr.
calder was reached regarding the pur
chase of this property.
'I he brick block will be a handsome
one, costing not less than fs.ooo, the
planX (of which THK MINER has not yet
seen. Work will' begin : " as the
ir.ime building Is moved from the site.
The ground tioor of this brick block will
I e occupied by Mr. Seriber as a banking
house, to be called the First Bank of
b Jinpter, as was SUted.in tills paper last
week. , 1 ,.,. 4.,
the second storv will be handsomely
ntted up for social club rooms, which hi
Mitution will soon be organized here.
l:very one recognizes the need of such a
place here, where residents can spend
uieir leisure time and visitors can be prop
erly entertained.
All of this will tic accomplished just as
speeJily as men and money andenterprise
iUII do it.
Good Citizens for Sumpter.
:. H. Nell returned a few' days since
Iroin I'ortland. and the orst thing lie did on
lib arrival here was to buy a loton North
-.treel and let the contract to JacK Hael
wood for the erection of a cottage. 1 Ills
cottage will be occupied by Mr. (Nell's son
and his tamlly, consisting of his wile and
uo children, while the elder .Mr. Neil and
wile will live over the store now being
built on the corner of Granite and .Win
streets. Instead of putting In a stock of
general merchandise, as was originally
intended, they will deal in clothing, gents'
lurnishing goods, boots and shoes. The
business w ill be conducted under the name
of the Neil Mercantile Company.
Basche's Brick Block.
Claude C. Hasche has let the contract
for the stone foundation lor his brick
block, 25 by 100 feet, two stories high, to
Contractor Hottel. The stone masons
arrived in Sumpter Tuesday to go to work
on tills job, -but the ground was not ready
for them. The building will be erected on
the soutli half of his lot. where, the barber
shop and telephone, office now stund.
I These btiildi.igs will be moved off at once,
jw'ork beginning, perhaps, today. The
frame building now occupied by the
Basche Hardware company will remain
j where It Is and be used for a storeroom
and warehouse. The telephone officewill
' be moved to this building temporarily, but 1
will occupy elegant quarters on the second I
floor of the brick block when It is finished.
Produce Hauled From 70 to J 00 Miles.
Every few days some farmer from the
I famous Gr.Mid Ronde valley drives into
town with a wagon load of vegetables and I
j fruits, Wljlchhei always 1 readily, jdisposes 1
I ofhere for a' good price. ' They say Sump- (
ter is the best market for farm produce In
eastern Oregon. Hut how the farmer
can haul this stuff from 70 to 100 miles at
a profit, if Ills time and that of his team Is
worth anything, is a question which THK
1 MINER etui not satisfactorily answer.
One thing is certain, however, that, hav
ing direct rail connection, there is some-
I thing wrong with the rates when a farmer
1 will haul his products that distance hi a
wagon, rather than ship by rail. If the
rates are prohibitory, the railroad compa-1
1 nles lose on the deal, as well as the pro
ducer. Fortunately this transportation
problem cap be solved "by hand," how-1
lever, and so the monopoly doesn't mo-1
nopollye.
i. Engagement Extraordinary.
Myue tiowan, " 1 lie wuaru engine
Banjo," acknowledged as America's
greatest exponent of the instrument, (as
sisted by leading local talent, will appear
atHealy's'hall, Saturdayevenlng, Sep
tember 2j, Admission fifty cents; children
twenty-five cents. l "
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STO'I'T A SHBLTON.
Attorneys at Law. 4k
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SUMITKK. OHECJON.
H. J. JORVi
MINING KNGINEKR.
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Mines examined, reports and
maps furnished.
HOX 122 ... . Sumpter, Or.
...Finest Line of...
Jewelry and
" Watches
In Eastern Oregon.
JEWELRY FACTORY ...
LEADING JEWELERS.
Mitchell Smith, Mgr. Baker .City
WE BUY ALL OUR GOODS
IN CARLOAD LOTS
C. J. JOHNS
Our F"all Goods have
now arrived, our warehouse is
about completed and we are pre
pared to iill all orders of any size
or character in the line of MINING
SUPPLIES. Our stock of cloth
ing, Furnishing goods and Dry
goods is full and complete.
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