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THE SUMPTER MINER.
Wednesday, September 20, 1899
TALK OF THE TOWN.
Attorney McColloch returned Wednes
day from Portland.
A. Van Duyn, of Portland, is visiting
his brother, C. S. Van Duyn.
Clark Tnber, of the Hed Hoy mine,
went to Baker City Sunday.
Emll Mcler, manager of the North Pole
mine, left for Maker City, .Monday.
The Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. James
Dwyer died Wednesday evening.
Chas. Booth, a prominent mining man i
of Hutte, Atnnt., Is the guest of W. C. i
Calder this week.
Joseph A. West, chief engineer of con-1
structlon for the Utah & Pacific railway,
a projected Hue from Mllford, Utah, to
Los Angeles, California, came up to
Sumpter Tuesday. Mr. West says they
GROCERIES
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A carload of machinery for the Cougar , have 75 miles of the road built, but It will
mine arrived In Sumpter this week. require 400 miles more to complete a
The passenger train now leaves for through rail connection from Salt Lake to
Maker at u:45 p. in., instead of 512:30 ns
heretofore.
There was no meeting of the city coun
cil last Saturday evening, a quoriiiii fail
lug to materialize.
Joseph Mckee. of Portland, with c.xten
Los Angeles.
Charles I. Plynn, one of the energetic
members of the firm of Plynn & Morton,
cigar manufacturers, Maker Clty,has been
In Sumpter this week doing an extensive
trade with the dealers here. Air. Plynn
sive mining Interests in tills district, was I" one of Sumpter's staunch friends and a
here nil of last week. ' ' ""n believer in Its future. Purthermnre,
1 ue is noi uacKwaru in expressing 11 is
views on the subject. ,
W. I:. Ilurd, representing Portland par
ties In the (ireenliorii district, was In town
on a business mission Monday.
Hyde Gnwan, who appears at llealy's
hall Saturday night, comes well recom
mended by the press of other cities.
W. A. I haulier, the Standard Oil peo
ple's expert, left Sumpter Monday to
spend a week at the Mouatia camp.
C. M. Kellogg, sub-contractor for all
the mall routes out of Sumpter, and man
ager of the liastcrn Oregon Express com
pany, was In town Tuesday and Wednes
day. C. S. Van Duyn yesterday bought the
residence now occupied by W. L. Vinson
Crockery, Glassware, Tobacco,
Cigars, Oranges, Lemons,
Candy and Nuts
Everything Carried in a First Class Grocery Store,
At Tiie
Sumpter Grocery Company
HI. LIS BLOCK, SUMPTER, OREGON.
Parties hi Bourne are responsible for the
j rumor that two prominent mining experts
I are expected there dally to examine and
I report on the E. h. for some Intending
' purchasers. As the mine is now full of
1 water, an examination would mean the
pumping out of same before much could
1 be learned, unless all their attention shall
j be devoted to the tunnel working.
Win. Rancor, one of AkEwen cV Sloan's
most trustworthy stage drivers on the
(iranile route, died at 7 o'clock Tuesday
morning at the company's boarding house,
this city, of typhoid fever, after an illness
of three weeks. His remains were taken
to Baker City and from there to Kve Val
HEADQUARTERS . .
FOR COMMERCIAL AND MINING MEN.
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$otd
.I linillv mi Siiniiiti-r street, navini!
5i,ioo for the property. It has fifty feet '. Oregon, for burial, that being the
Irontage.
Bishop Wlslar B. Morris will hold
divine services at the church In Sumpter
next Sund.iv evening. Mrs. Sadie White
will sing, bv special request, "Memories
ol the Past."
I he work of replacing the bromine
chlorine plant on the Gnlcondn is rapidly
going 011 and It Is expected the stamps
and concentrator will be In place and op
erating bv November 1.
hi another column of I'lll: MlNhR today
is published a call for a mass meeting
October 7, lor the purpose ol organizing
a mining district, which should and doubt
less will be well attended.
Ldw.itd l:eiett Young returned e.uly
hi the week from Baker Cllv and hast-
home of the widow, who has the sympa-
ithv of inauv friends.
Still Working on Soulier Proposition.
The matter of establishing a small 50
ton smelter at this point to treat ores, the
value of which will not now justify the
heavv freight charges of shipment to dis
tant points, as well as ores of gi eater
value, Is being actively canvassed by P.
B. Bishop, of the Climax mine, and II.
Meinhard, representing the Union Smelter
Manufacturing company, of St. Louis.
The latter Is now here to see the contract
fullilled, to which the subscribers to over
three-fourths the capital stock have
pledged themselves, and who Air. Bishop
now desires to come lorward and pay up
these subscriptions. Mr. AUenhard claims
rued to his loved seclusion at the Bed I to be readv to take up the balance of the
Boy, vc heir the philosopher can philoso
phise in uudistuibed repose.
I ieorge Ionian, one of the mill men of
the Bed Bov, passed through Sumpter
.Mondav on his way to the "outside," his
lust trip out tor a year. I le w ill leturu hi
,1 lew days and resume work at the mine.
I'lll: MlNI:K representative met a fa
miliar l.ue at Bourne in the person ol
Otto lleriiuker, lorinerbook keeper at the
l.e Bol mine In Rossland, B. C. Mr. Her
locKer Is now engaged In the same capac
ity at the (iolconda.
Dan Dujin...
c. s. van duyn, proprietor....
baggage transperred
eni: block prom the s. v. by. depot.
bates reasonable.
.passengers way-billed to all interior points.
geiser block, sumpter, oregon.
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NION BARGAIN STORE
The Place For Bargains
J J Ladles and Gents Furnishings and Novelties t ,l ki
Opposite Sloan A AlcEweu's Stable
SUMPTER, OREGON
lwent-live per cent of non-subscribed
stock as soon as others have made good
their subscriptions. An interesting bit of
Iiilorm.'illon w:is Imimted liv 111 1 11 to the I
ellecl that an analysis made by Professor
William B. Potter, ol the St. Louis Samp
ling cV Testing works, ot 14 samples from
the producing mines of the Sumpter dis
trict, showed that smelting is the better
method of reducing them, and that the
variety in the character of these ores in
sures the success ol a smelling proposi
tion. The average of assays was $70 in
1 gold to the ton. Por the purpose which
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PBESCRIPTIONS CAREPUI.LY
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A. HILLIERcXCO.
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TOILET ARTICLES, STATIONERY, OPTICAL GOODS
SCHOOL BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
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C. J. Johns has lour car loads ot nils- j a plant of the capacity mentioned i In-
cellaneous meiclinudise, which arrived
yesterday, standing on the switch In Iront
ol his new warehouse, walling to be un
loaded. The building will be under root
within the next twenty-four hours.
B. R. Erwln graciously "jacks up"
I III: MlNhU lor giving him all the credit
lor raising the money with which to de-
tray the expenses ol the Sumpter mineral
exhibit at the Spokane fair; says that NV. 'wall paper, etc., is
W. l.ooney is the gentleman to whom
tended, no doubt it would proven success, j
In which event the manufacturers claim it j
it Is entirely leasible to Increase the ca-1
paclty, while In no way detracting from
the value of the original plant.
Buv your furniture at home and keep
your money in Sumpter. Baker City
prices with freight added. Our line of
carpets, mattings, linoleums, shades,
s complete. Casecv Co.
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this ciedll Is largely due and should be
accorded.
B, .1. Watson, an old newspaper man
and lormer publisher of the Nevada City
Transcript, has spent the entire summer,
and Is yet In the. Cracker Creek district,
with headju.utei at Bourne. Mr. Wat
sou has made some good locations tor him
sell and California friends, to which
place he w ill soon go tot the winter.
Stetson
Store.
Hats at the Union Bargain
DEPARTMENT BARGAIN STORE
L.. B. Levee, Prop.
Ladies and Gents PurnishliiK Goods and Notions. Consult vour interests -ind
visit our 5C lev, 15c Bargain Counters. " '
Healy Building
Sumpter, Ore.
P. E. POINDEXTER,
AtlNlNG Ol'iiUATOR,
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Any buvlnrtk wi mining nun In Sumpter
P. D. HEALY
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REPAIRING DONE AT SHORT
NOTICE
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