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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1899)
THE SUMPTER MINER. VOL. I. SUMPTER, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 27, 1899. NO. 3. BUILDING BOOMING. Reported One Man Will Erect a Dozen Cottages. AT WORK ON 20 HOUSES Owner of Property at Last Awake to the Fact that Big Rents Can Be Obtained Effort to Supply Strong Demand for Buildings Sidewalks Also Being Ex tended. There are at least twenty buildings In course of erection in Sumpter at present. Ow ners of lots seem to have awakened to the fact that there is a strong and growing demand for buildings here, at a high rental, and are doing their best to supply It. 'there is a report on the street today that Contractor White lias the job of erecting a dozen residences for one man. Tills rumor could not be verified today, however, as the contractor couldn't be found and the man who is alleged to have tliis profitable Investment up his sleeve refused to proclaim the fact in public. General Warren is having built on Centre street a house 18x40 feet, in which he and Mrs. Warren will reside temporarily and he w III have his private office. Contractor W. H. Jones, of Spo kane, Is doing the work. II. U.Wood Is building on Mill street a two-story frame business house 25x50 feet. It will be for rent to the highest bidder. A. P. Goss decided to have his bank block built by day labor and now has n large force of men at work thereon. It will cost about $6tooo. J. G. Council has about decided to build on the comer of Centre and Granite, considered to be the best corner in towu, a two-story building, 30x60 feet. The ground floor will be used as a restaurant, and the second floor as bed rooms, to be run in connection with the Star hotel, of which Mr. Connell Is proprietor. When this building is finished the dining room of the hotel will be used for some other purpose; perhaps the partition will be torn out and the office enlarged. AttorueysStott&Shelton are having an office building erected on Cracker street, adjoining the city hall. It is 16x20 feet In size, and Payne & Amos are the builders. John Rohrman, proprietor of the Co lumbia brewery, Is making some additions to his plant, that businesslike most every other in Sumpter, having about outgrown its former capacity. On High street Contractors Summers Thrapp are building a two-story resi dence 24x24 feet for J. F. Cupid, at a cost of $800. Contractors Stewart & Bradley, recent arrivals from La Grande, are erecting for Tom McEwen on North street a resi dence 30x34 feet, which will contain all modern improvements, electric lights, wa ter, porcelain bath tubs, etc. The house is nearly finished. W. J. Davis is doing the painting, paper hanging and decorat ing. On the corner of Hill and Mill streets, M. H. Allen is having built for himself one of the most conveniently arranged residences in Sumpter. It Is to be 27x40 feet, of the Cleveland cottage type and w III cost 51000. L. P. Ostlln is doing the work. The hillsides are dotted with new build ings, in all stages of progress towards completion. Property owners along the west side of Mill street, from Granite to the depot, are having constructed an eight-foot plank sidewalk. The money was raised by private subscription, the city government taking no hand In the business. A side walk of like specifications is being laid on the north side of Granite between Mill and Centre. GOOD. PEOPLE, THESE. t One of the Clark Syndicate Buys a Mine In the Sumpter District. Lee Long, of Spokane, one of the orig inal owners of the well known Republic mine at Republic, Washington, and a direct associate of the Clark syndicate of mining men, whose names are synony mous with success, lias been in Sumpter and this vicinity since the first of the week with George H. I.insley, former cashier of the Hoge, Daly & Co. Kink of Anaconda, Montana. They have secured the Summit prop erty, which Is on a parallel vein to the E. & E.,and todayexhlbitedsever.il samples of splendid ore from their new purchase. Mr. Long Is on his way home now, greatly pleased witli what he has seen here and will return here In two or three weeks, prepared to take up any reason able mining proposition for himself and his associates offered in the district. It is this class of live mining promoters w ho bring to the surface the vital truths of such a district as this is known to be; hence let them all come as fast and soon as they may and eventually will. That Baker CMy Pamphlet. Till- MINER Is in receipt of a letter from O. L. Miller, secretary of the Haker City chamber of commerce, explaining that the statement relative to the amount of potatoes raised in this county as pub lished in the chamber's commercial report, a mention of which was made in the last issue of this paper, was merely a typo graphical error w hlch every one knows Is liable to occur even in the best regula ted print shops. Mr. Miller says that he made every possible effort to have Sump ter represented in the pamphlet, but that the citiens of this town refused to have anything to do w ith it. The book is be ing widely circulated and is already doing much good in advertising to the world the advantages and riches of the Baker City gold fields. To Organize a Social Club. The preliminary steps for the organiza tion of a club of a social and business nature, such as is found In every live business town of this country, where its members can meet and enjoy its pri vacy, entertain their friends and those strangers, sightseers and others first com ing to the town, is being contemplated here. THE MINOR is asked to announce a meeting for that purpose on Friday evening of this week, at Hills' opera house. Reception for Sumpter Soldier Boys. Fred Wooley and Alex Steadman, en listed in Company F, First Idaho, and fought under the stars and stripes in the Philippines, have just returned to their homes in Sumpter. The mayor and city council have tendered them a public re ception at Ellis opera house for Wednes day evening, October 4, which will wind up with a grand ball. GOLCONDA AT FRISCO. Ore Opens the Eyes of Mining Men to This Region. That carload of Golconda ore sent to San Francisco is attracting much atten tion there; is opening the eyes of that western mining center to the wonderful mineral wealth of Eastern Oregon. Here is what the Mining and Engineering Re view of San Francisco has to say about the matter: "A carload of ore from the Golconda mine, six miles southerly from Sumpter, Baker county, has just reached the Selby smelting works and another is ready for shipment. It is magnificent ore, much of it being so rich in free gold and tellurldes as to seem almost fabulous In value. It was struck at the 2oo-foot level In the mine and is now twelve feet wide, all pay chute. The rich mine is the property of J. G. English mid John T. English, father and son, who purchased (lie mine eighteen months ago and have operated with only indifferent success until the present strike was made. So rich Is It that It runs thousands of dollars to the ton, some of It showing more gold than rock. It occurs In a slate and not far from a granite contact. On the mine there is a double compartment shaft fitted with steam hoist, and now 360 feet deep, and about 2000 feet of workings alto gether. "On the mine is a roller mill and bro mine and chlorine plant, but this Is not found satisfactory in working this rich ore and accordingly a ten-stamp mill will be erected, to be enlarged subsequently to forty stamps, for which there is room in the building. "The Golconda mine Is only one of the promising properties located on a mineral belt some 40 miles long by 20 miles wide running through Eastern Oregon. Eight new mills and a big cyanide plant are now being erected in the vicinity of Sumpter and Granite alone. The mills vary from 5 to 20 stamps, while the cya nide plant, which Is going up on the Cougar mine near Granite, will have a capacity of 250 tons a day. Reside the Golconda, the North Pole, the E. & E., the Columbia and the Bunker Hill are getting mills. "The Ibex mine, which was sold last fall for $65,000, was recently sold again to eastern parties, this time for $300,000. On tills mine a line chute of rich free milling ore has also been struck." New Cafe Opens October I. Philip Arsenault, a new acquisition to the Sumpter business field, Is remodeling the building next door north of the ex press office and Union Rargaln store, In tending to open therein a first-class res taurant, where he promises to furnish the public with everything possible in this line, In a way to warrant the patronage of the most fastidious. The new venture expects to open the doors for business by October 1. John Gagen's Philanthropic Project. John Gagen, who recently came to Sumpter to live, is, as his face plainly indicates, a philanthropist, a natural born lover of his fellow men; a kindlier physi ognomy could not be found by traveling a thousand miles. The Indian problem is his specialty and on this subject he has expended much patient thought and re search. Having lived for many years near the Umatilla reservation, he has had exceptionally favorable opportunities for pursuing his favorite study. Know him to be an authority on the subject, .. government official asked his opinion as to the best policy to be pursued with tills tribe. He promptly gave It and all w ho are familiar w ith "Poor l.o's" nature will at once recognized Its wisdom. His advice was to make the bucks, by fair means or foul, cultivate a large area of their rich lands; raise all kinds of vegeta bles, fruits, berries and fowls; employ experienced white cooks to prepare the food for the tribe, make the government's wards eat that and nothing else, and he will guarantee that there will not be a representative of the once great Umatlllas above ground In six years tltey will all be good Indians. WORKING THESE MINES. Boston and Michigan Men Developing Good Properties. H. S. McCallum, representative of eastern capitalists w ho recently succeeded in buying the Mammoth and Bald Moun tain mines, Is in Sumpter today and re ports everything looking favorable at the mines. The Mammoth is owned by people In Boston, who are having the properties developed as fast as possible. Three shifts are kept at work and the shaft is now down 150 feet, with entirely satisfac tory indications. The Bald Mountain is owned by Michi gan men. There are over 000 feet of workings on this property and develop ment work Is being continued and pushed. As was stated in these columns last week, F. M. Davidson is now East buying ma chinery for this mine. 'I he company will be Incorporated at an early day; capital ized at $1,000,000, at ten dollars a share. One-half the stock Is placed In the treas ury, all of It has already been sold and a working capital of $100,000 provided. Mr. McCallum expects to leave for the East in a few days to consult with Ills principals. Changes in the Public School. Prof. Saliug has resigned the position of principal of the Sumpter schools, to take effect a week from next Saturday. He has accepted a position In the office of the county clerk at Heppuer. Oregon, his home. Miss Anna A. Myers, who has been his assistant for two terms, succeeds to the position. Her place will be tilled by j Miss Charlotte Vanderburg, of Mon mouth, Oregon, who comes very highly ! recommended. The school here has at 1 present 131 pupils. 1 Hundred-Foot Tunnel on the Ornament. Francis Clarno, an attorney of Port I laud, returned to Sumpter this week to j let a new contract for 100 feet of tunnel jwgrkon the Ornament group of claims, 1 on Boulder creek, near the Tempest mine, owned by Bennett Brothers. Former de velopment work on this property has brought to light a fair grade of ore. ! I Engineers Surveying Additions. Civil Engineer Worthlugtoii, of Spo kane, arrived here the latter part of last j week and began Saturday to survey the . townslte syndicate's property here, pre paratory to platting the same. Another crew of surveyors w ill be started to work tomorrow. Fine Job printing only at Till: MlNKK office. Fine job printing done at Till- MlNCK office.