Wednesday, December 20, 1899.
THE SUMPTER MINER.
The Sumpter Miner
Oflici.il Paper of tlie Town of Sumpter.
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AlWAVS IS AIIVAM.I.
I.ntrred al Ihi- pottuMre In Sumpter, Oregon, lur
rranvnlitlon Itifnufli Hip malls as second class
inaurr.
Al.TIIOlOII there Is no Hlhllcal au
thority for the statement, it is true, never
theless, thai pride follows ;i sudden eleva
f inn.
ACCORDING tun paper published there,
: man in Snohomish county, Washing
ton, h.is brought suit against his wife for
divorce, 011 the ground of non-support.
.Here is a great chance for the funny para
graphed. IN Till: interest particularly of local
merchants ami for the general gnoJ as
well, 1111: MINER hopes that there will
never he a department .store in Sumpter.
This is not a ten-cent counter town and if
the fates are kind, it never will lc.
TWO years ago a I'orlland drummer
h id (11 tale a lot In Sumpter on a debt for
5ioo. lie sold It lately for 5ii5o. Sump
ler no.v his over jjoa population, mid by
next June will havemorethaii l.aCraude.
When wi-started the Sumpter News there
in February, iAj, Sumptcr's population
was about lilly. Cove Ledger.
EVI-N prospects in the Sumpter mining
district have a cash value, and the woods
aie lull of buyers. The reason for this Is
that the fact Is becoming known that there
lias never yet been a failure where the
uuil(ii:s "wrnt down." How long In
fore a blank will be drawn no one knows.
It now looks as if "every body wins a
prize."
Will rm.'Kw not the Portland Tele
gram will succeed In its laudable effort to
arouse the business men of Portland to
the Impart nice of winning (he good will I
and trade of the Sumpter mining district, I
Is a problem; but one thing Is sure, the (
Telegram itself has already won the good
will of all our people and lis circulation In '
ami around Sumpler is growing rapidly
dally. No outside paper has done more
loaJvaiicelhe material Interests of this
section of the slate, and its successful ef
torts In this direction should and will re
ceive substantial appreciation.
'Mill mining camp of Sumpter, in east
ern Oregon, has been enjoying a genuine
boom during the past six months, ;md the ,
placets miking rapid and substantial J
growth. The camp is proving very at
tractive to mining men of means and e.-'
perleiue, uhlle several Important Miikes '
have been made there of late which add
tueltothe excitement now raging there,
and, as big companies have obtained good J
foothold In the district, Its future seems,
assured, one indication of the activity
reigning there being that a week ago
seven carloads of milling and mining ma
chinery were unloaded at that place.
Editorial In Salt Lake Mining Review.
AND now the papers published In
uelghbjrln.j to.vns are displaying much
solicitude regtrding Sumpter's future, for
feirsin: nev aJjicent camp will grow
Into prominence and prosperity. This so
llcitu Je Is uncalled for . Sumpter occupies
icon n Hiding position relative to the gold
blJiof this district and Is fully able to
ke care of Itsrlf, as against all comers.
rtIG MINER hopes that Granite, Hourne,
Iinyon City, Susinvllle and any new
camp that may be started will grow into
important, booming towns; which hope is
based on a selfish motive, knowing that
every advance in material progress made
by any section of the surrounding country
will benefit Sumpter directly. Nor can
this paper understand and appreciate that
dog lu the manger spirit which regrets to
see another town or Individual prosper.
Nor can it comprehend why any reason
ing being should think that if any town or
individual prospers, some other is Injured.
The proposition is so absurd that even to
argue it, is Itself proof of defective judg
ment. NAPOLEON once said of the English
army that the private soldiers were lions,
led by officers who were asses. The light
ing In South Africa of late would Indicate
that the same conditions obtain to this
day. The Doers, In the slang of the day,
"are not doing a thing" to the English
troops. Hut, however many lives and
how much treasure it may cost, the Eng
lish will conquer these sturdy, persistent,
expatriated Dutch, and the greater Eng
land's loss, the harder will be the terms of
settlement when the account comes up for
adjustment in the governmental clearing
house. Though this.seems to be the inev
itable result, owing to the relative
strength of the two warring people, it
causes a thrill of pleasure to all lovers of
justice to see how dearly the Doers arc
selling their rights and liberty. Then,
there is another side to the picture; though
England may be the great land pirate of
the world and, as Napoleon said, the com
manders of its armies asses, they are as
brave a body of lighters as ever went into
the field, as the list of dead and wounded
officers prove and all good people hate to
see brave men die, even if they do not
sympathlze-willi their cause.
Sumpter
l Bottling Works s
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Ciagen ' Sloan, Proprietors.
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Manufacturers of all kinds of car
Nutated drinks and ciders. Or
ders tilled and shipped on short
notice.
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SUMPTER,
OREGON
New Bakery
jt jt jt AND CONIM-CTIONERY
All kinds of Flesh
Fruit in Season.
O. HRECHTEL, Proprietor
Opposite S.V. Ry. Depot.
FIRST BANK
OF SUMPTER
(me..,...,..)
Capital Stock 20,000
OMIl'lDS.
.1. II. ttuMInt I'leslJent
J. W. Sctlber Vlce-I'resldent
J. W. Mm J Cashier
IIIUICIOKN.
J.W.Scilber H. II. Miller
J. W. Mm4
ClaikSnyde J. II. kot-Mn
Transacts .1 General Hanking and Ex
change Business.
So Intetest Paid on Deposits.
tfm P. MURRAY,
Astayrr and CbtmUt,
I am prepared to moke tests on (fee mltllnit ore,
giving the rer cent ol Its value that may be extracteJ
by the tree milling process, lk0 the degree to which
ore may be concenirated.
Mints Enmlnid and Reported on.
Results ol assays given only to the persons leaving
work or on their wrllien order.
SUMPTER,
OREGON
JOHN C. ILASUWr. WIIUAW O'llOSSUL
ciias. 1. mm.
ICASUHI:. HYDIi & O'DONNTLL,
Attomeys-at-Law.
Olliers: Haskell HulUIng,
llaker City.
U K. WIII:i:LI:W. CITY UNfilNEER.
Mining and Civil Engineer.
I). S. Deruty Mineral Survejor.
Mine examinations and reports made. Special at
tention given to canlde process.
E. POINDEXTER,
MINING OPERATOR,
SUMl'TKK. ORE.
Mines examined and reported on. Retclence,
any business or mining man In .Sumpler.
F.
A. I- STARK.
Attorney-at-Lnw
Opera House llulldlng.
Sumpter. Oregon
S'fOTT A SIIELTON, .J"
Attorneys at Law.
SUMPTER. ORLCON
W A. SAMMS,
ARCHITECT,
ItAKl'k CITY, ! OKICION
Reliable plans, specifications and estimates turnlstied
CHAS. E. ROHLIN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Notary Public
Hooms 6 and 8 Nelll I Ilk. SUMI'TLR. OR.
PARRII: I.SIVUDINC,
Stenographer and Typewriter.
LocalrJ with L'rwln & Co, SUMPTER
E.
c .sti:i i i.n.
Justice of the Peace,
Sumpter District.
Central Conveyancing
L. T. BROCK, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
Sumpter, Oregon.
Special Attention (ilven to Surgery and to Dis
eases ol Women. Oince and residence, Nelll lllick.
DRS. TAPE & PEARCE,
Physicians and Surgeons
C N. I'tAUCt, M. I).
II. W. TAI'L'. . II.
Telephone Main 15.
SUMI'UK, ORtfiON.
QRS. HENDRY & HROOKS,
DENTISTS.
Crown and Dridge Work a Specialty.
Otllce, Center Steeet. opposite McEwen & Sloan's
Uvery Ham, Sumpter, Oregon.
Fine job printing only at THE MINER
office.
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Co.
Successors to
W. R. HAWLEY
Sumpter, Oregon.
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