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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1899)
THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, November iyt 1899 The Sumpter Miner Official Paper of the Town of Sumpter. I'UIIUMIIi) IVIKY WF.IIMSIIAV HY C. II. .MA MS II and J. W. CONN i: LI. A ()nr Yrar Ma Month SUIISC.UII'tlOS IMtIS ALWAYS IN AIIYASM. I.9J l.ntrfrj at the xi!uW(r In Sumptrf, OrrL'n. lor trainmlixlcm liiinuuli the mall a monj Ij injltrt. THAT was good talk Captain Thump Mill gave the SpoKesman-Kevlcw while in Spokane last week, relative to rhe mines ot the Sumpter dlstrkt, based on well substantiated facts. OHIO remains in the republican column hy a large majority; Nebraska Is still a lusioii state, and they tire lighting witli Kims and jaw bones in Kentucky, both sides claiming to have won the election. Maryland Is recaptured by the democrats. I'llliHI: Is now 110 further doubt that we have caught up with the march of mod eru livlli.ition; entertainments fur the henelit ol charity and the churches are miking their appearance "hi uur midst," as the jay reporters uu the Portland papers delight to express it. AI.RLADY has the work of developing this wonderfully rich mining district through the medium of stuck companies been lairly Inaugurated. During thepast two weeks a half doen companies have been incorporated and as many more are getting ready for organization. Sl'Cklil service men of the treasury department say that Wall street defrauds the government out til $5000 a day by using second hand internal revenue stamps. Several arrests have been made ot those who wash cancelled stamps, but 110 our wliu uses tiiem have been molested. OLD abandoned lluodo camp in Idaho, mice famous tor its placers, Is following oilier Idaho placer camps into the quart mining list. If half what is told ot it be true, it will occupy a place well up toward the lop. And so the prospectors who toinid riches their this season have ic christened the camp " Mnvot." I III: Anglo Saxon race, English and Americans, who make more boastful noise about tlirir progresxandchtistlitnlty, enlightenment and humaiiitari.uiism than all the rest of the world combined, are the two peoplss on the globe who are en gaged in warlare at tills time; both light lug nations Inliuitely Interior to them selves in point of military strength. Til I! HI: Is nothing In the way of oilier supplies that a milling company needs which Till: MINLR cannot supply 011 short notice. It does not have to send to Maker City or Portland or Spokane for stock certificates or a prospectus, but can get them out here In the ollicrat Sumpter; at reasonable prices and the character ot the work Is positively the best that can he done anywhere. Corporation seals, stock ledgers and records ordered and delivered In live days. THAT Is a hot light which has been in progress between the two Baker City papers, over the question as to whether or not the water of that town contains typhoid fever germs. It hasn't been con fined exclusively to a scientific discussion of the Interesting subject. The editors have merged it Into the side Issue of whether or not the hated other fellow Is a liar and a horse thief. If one paper should declare that water seeks Its level, the other would prove to its own satisfac tion that it doesn't. FOR twenty ormore years the business men and capitalists of Portland have re fused to Invest money In the mines of ' tills state, nr In anv wav extend a helrj 1 ... j ...,, ..., lug hand to the pioneers of tills region, who have by slow, arduous labor been en deavoring to develop tho marvelously rich mineral resources of this section. Not only tills, but they have regarded and treated with suspicion men who have gone there witli any kind of a mining proposi tion. The only attention they have ever paid to tills region lias been a successful effort to sell goods. Enterprising men from other states, principally from Spo kane, the mining center of the Northwest, have taken hold of a number of properties In this district, developed them and pro claimed to the world that here is located the greatest, richest mineral deposit on the globe, and as a result the eyes of the mining world are focussed on Sumpter. This being the case, it appears absurd fur a Portland paper at this late date to announce In sensational headlines: "There will be .1 grand rush to eastern Oregon next spring. Portland is the gateway from the eastern states to this district, and may reap great benefit If the proper effort Is put forth." And the proposed "effort" Is to organize a mlnlngcx-change, in the hope that some stock can be sold to the fools from the east who will travel six hundred and odd miles out of their way to reach Sumpter, through Portland, the alleged "gateway." It will be noticed, however that to Portland moneyed men the Idea has not occurred to "loosen up," to buy and develop any our mining prop erties. The scheme Is to sell stock and to keep the proceeds therefrom at home. If Portland ever hopes to reap any great benefit from the mines of eastern Oregon, she will have to change Iter system, get in and drill witli men who know they are alive. I. Mil HON. SAW U. MOTT. STOTI SHELTON, Attorneys. 'it Law. MIA'I'TI.U. OKMiON. W. A. SAMMS, ARCHITECT, HAKUK CITY, OKf-GON. Reliable plans, specifications and esti mates furnlshm. P. E. POINlJhXIER, MINING Ol'URATOR, SUMl'TlW, OHUC.ON Minn roamlnrj anj trrartrJ on. Hitcirnce. any tulniut mining man in Suni'irr. II. w. lAl'l, M. II. C. M. I'lAUCt. M. U. DRS. TAPE St PEARCE, PapUIlM aa4 S'ena. Trlfi'lmn Main iv SUHI'UW, Ouuios CHAS. 1. ROBLIN, ATTOMNKY-AT-LAW Notaiy I'uNIc HiM.mt 6 an J 8 Nflll lllk. SUMI-TtK, OK. T. HKOCK, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. SrKlal Attention Given to Suigrry an4 la lla ul Winntn, Otticr ani UrtlJrncr, Ntill Block. SUMI'TCK. OREGON QAKKIC I. SPALDING, Stenographer and Typewriter. LiKattJ In olhct ol fcrvla Co, . SUUMIiH.pilBl'.0 The Sumpter Lumber Co. IT Is hardly necessary to advertise for trade. The question is how to fill the orders we have on tile. To get dry lumber we have a first class dry kiln. To get other stock we ship from Bridal Veil, Baker City, McEwen, Portland, Seattle and Tacoma. We will ever keep pace with the demands of bus iness and the money that is in sight. J. B. STODDARD, Manager. 00000000000000 Exclusive Agent for the Celebrated OLYMPIA BEER On draught or by bottle. ooooooooooooool a The Olympus" J! H. FINGER, Proprietor. High Grade Wines, Liquors and Cigars. 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