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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1899)
THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, November 22, 1899 TL Qi irvr-v4- M!-ij-k- nu""',e' warrants- Mr. Holland not be I IIC OUmpiCr I IINcring able to reach an agreement with the i services of an attorney and will proceed . ... ... .1 .... 1 11.. 11 Official Paper of the Town of Sumpter. to get at the matter legally." nr Vmf Sit M'mlln sunMiPU'rios'iMU s ALWAYS IS AIIVASI.I. $2 Ift l.fj III: WHO builds here a substantial house, uniiMii i ivipv widmsiiat nv euulmied w th a modern convert ences. Is II. MAMsh and J. W. LONNI.U A.llie one who will reap the greatest profit from his Investment. Soon there will be no demand for cheap, make shift struct ures and they will either not rent at all, or at a price that will not pay a reasonable interest on the money they cost. This may appear to be a far fetched conclusion, judged by the present persistent demand for anything in the shape of a house, but this has been tile history of all new towns that have become permanent and prosper ous and will surely hold good in Sumpter. ! Not only this," but cheap structures also I prevent the lot on which they are built CONMANI" repetition of the dogmatic I and the suoroundlng property from ad assertion that " Maker Is the Uenver of . vanclng In value as rapidly and as surely eastern Oregon," by papers published at, as hi districts where a better class of the present county seat, does not make it buildings arc erected. Although true as I nlerrj at the pmtofllfe In Sumptrr. Oregon, lor tfammUsl.m tlnuugh the mall at trcinj cla inntlrr. THAT the O. It. & N. is planning to enter Sumpter there Is scarcely a doubt. to residence sections, It is more particu larly applicable to business streets; for a fact. I I IIOSli "iwnnllrss srlirmi-rs" U'lm III lestcJ this town a few months shue, I merchant who handle large and valu uiuch to the annoyance of "we substan- ,,ble ,otks "f Koods not aff(,rJ t0 P;,V tial Utlens," seem to be more or less In it at present. I-OR a month p.tst the weather here has been so mild that willows along the river hnve budded, alter having ticeii thor oughly trusted by the week of cold weather In October. StJAtlll:l Is the Mecca for capitalists, both those w!'o are looking for permanent Investments and those who are looking for an opportunity to make quick Jean lips on a speculative flyer. A I'HI-ss dispatch Irom New York states that at the meeting ol (lie Short Line directors there, on the lifteeutli In st. nit, Edward II. Ilarrlman was elected president and W. li. Cornish, vice-president ot that company. l'LNI)LI:ION's enterprising spirits sub si ribed the money with wlilcli to buy the material for a bridge across the John Uiy river near Susauville, hi the hope of get ting trade Irom that section. Although Sampler seems now to have a cIikIi on lils trade, It will not do to neglect mak ing every elfort to hold it. Illl: boom hi Sumptrr realty continues with 110 signs of abatement, and each day brings people from every part of the Northwest on their wav to that mountain town. Arriving there, they sec nothing but lontideiKc expressed hi legard to the lutiitc ol the town, and evidence of the tgwu's backing hi the shape of gold bdeks pouring In from the mines, in .ii'tiouuts ranging from f io,ooo to $20,000 trnm a doen or more monthly producers. -Seattle Industry and .Mining. MAI.IIIHJR county, which was carved Irpin a portion of Maker, still owes this munty about 5ooo, but lias drJJed to re slvt the payment theieot. Its case is stated in the Ontario Advocate as lollews: '"At the time Malheur was cut ott from linker county, this county assumed a pro portionate part nf the Indebtedness of Ma ker county at that time, about one-third ofV the total Indebtedness, we believe. Since that time It has transpired that a portion of that indebtedness was wrong fully incurred, and a portion ot the Maker county warrants have been declared by the court to be void. It has occurred to the county court of Malheur county, theretore, that an equal portion of the debt assumed by Malheur county at that time must have also been wrongfully as sumed, and that this county should be al lowed rebate on the debt due Maker. To the end of making an amicable settle ment with Maker In this matter, the county court sent I. H. Holland to Maker to confer with the county court there last week, and ascertain what rebate Malheur would be allowed for her portion of the both cxhorbltaut rent and insurance. It is not a question of what they might be willing to do it is an Impossible business proposition, and the cheaper the building, the higher the insurance rate is an under writing axiom. Handsome lithographed stock certlfi: cites, and job printing of every descrip tiou at Till: MINER office. 1. smiiios. SA H. SIOIT. SI ON ft SI.lil.TON, Attorneys at Law. SUMI'Tl.M. OKt:iON, W. A. SAMV.S, ARCHITECT, MAKER CITY, OREGON. Reliable plans, specifications and esti mates furiiisluo. P. I:. POINIjEXTER, MINING OPERATOR, SUMITCR. OREGON iWlnci rximlnrJ n4 rrpcrirJ on. Ktferrnce, any huilnau or mining man In bumpier. O. W. TAIT, M. II. :. vt. ri U(.r, m. 11. URS. TAPB 81 PEARCE, Ptitiiclini Smi(ni. T.l.pliun. AUIn . SUMI'UH, Ouioos QHAS. B. ROMLIN, A1TOKNI.Y-AT-LAW K Niiti I'uHlc ; ' rtiximt h anj 1 Nrlll Illl.. MI.MI'TLK, OR. I". MROCK, M. I)., Physician and Surgeon. SjvClal Altmtluu.lSlttn In Suigciy anj tit l)lrar ol Wninrn. OlIKr inj UrttJrncr, Nrlll III.Kk. MIMI'UH.OHIC.ON WKKII. I.M'AIDINC. Stenographer and Typewriter. l.s'alrJ llh l'iln & Co, I SUMPTCH gt STLLII.N. Justice of the Peace, Sumptrr DUlr let. General Cunve)ndn(. I I The Sumpter Lumber Co. IT Is hardly necessary to advertise for trade. The question Is how to fill the orders we have on file. To get dry lumber we have a first class dry kiln. To get other stock we ship from Hridal 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. (10000000000000 Exclusive Agent for the Celebrated OLYMPIA MEER On draught or by bottle. ooooooooooooooi "The Olympus" H. FINGER, Proprietor. "WqSSnYfes. Sumpter, Or. Sumpter Hardware Company General Hardware, Stoves, Ranges, Mill and Mining Supplies, tie Builders and Plumbers' Supplies. Agents for Schuttler Wagons, dt '- , 4