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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1899)
Wednesday, December 27, 1899 THE SUMPTER MINER. The Sumpter Miner Official Paper of the Town of Sumpter. I'UIII tSMI I) I VI UY Wl DM SIlAV 11V :. II. MARSH ami J. W. CONNIiLEA SUIISCHIMIOS IM1IS One Year $., .1I MOflllli ... ... l.i) ALWAVS IN AIIVASCI'. Entered Al the pottofrice In Sumplrr. Oregon, for transmission through Hip malls as second dmi matter. DROP ;i handful of twenties in either the real estate or mining slot and draw out a stake for life. IT IS announced that the railroads will advance freight rates all along the line. 'I hey have evidently made up their minds In "tap" shippers and stop the game. IN Till: report of the city cluucll pub lished last week, relative to the change of name of a street to I'iue, It should have been High Instead of Summit. Old High street was only one block in length, north ol block 1, Heights addition, and is In re allty an extension of I'iue. Il: Hie newspapers could do the work, the Hllgnrd-tiranile road would be a sure tiling, for all of (hem in these parts are pushing this good thing along. It really looks as if Hie Hue will be constructed mid work begin next season. If so, an other rich section of country will be rap- IJIy developed. THOUGH mauyoihcers have died, some perhaps as a result of (he war, General l.awtou Is the lirst commanding officer of American forces to be killed in battle since the war with Spain Iwgau a won derful record. He had the reputation of bring the personification of courage, and one of tiie most skillful officers in the army, a reputation won In the civil war and aJded to In many Indian campaigns. ONI: man lost his nerve and forfeited f 100 p.iid as earnest money on a piece of Sumpter property. The bargain was t.ikeu by another and In two weeks the dinner recovered both his nerve and judg ment, olfered f,oo advance over the origi nal pike, which was firmly declined by the new owner. He who hesitates and wobbles on a real estate deal in this town Is lost. Gl.NEKAt. Charles S. Warren Is in Itulle, Montana, his old stamping ground, where he won fame and fortune; In time separating from the latter, as all bold operators are liable to do sooner or later. Hut such men as the (leneral can't he Kept down. He is now on the rising wave and will soon be on the crest again. 'I ills trip to Untie will have a beneficial rile.t on Sumpter and the bank accounts ol those Montana triemls whom he In tends to let in on some of his deals here. Electric railways are mixed up In the proposition to a inoic or lesse.xtent. He will probably be hi Sumplrr the latter (tart of the Meek. DOES business conditions justify the high rents demanded and paid in Sump ter? That Is a question which the ne.xt few months will answer. Il in the nega tive, rents will have la readjust them selves; if in the affirmative, then property holders are rntitlrJ to share In the general unprecedented business activity and pros perity, and continue to receive a hundred per cent on money Invested. If the latter turns out to be the case, and the present Indications point that way, every one will be "strictly in it," and no one will he in clined to object to rent, taxes, height, water and light rates, or the price of fuel wood. Tim MINER Is a trifle coy about pub lishing all the alleged rich strikes reported In the Sumpter district of late. It Is hard enough to make the outside world believe the truth about this rich region. So fre quently has the long bow been drawn in the interest of some mining camp, that the publio has become skeptical and Is in clined to attribute such stories to the pipe dreams of some one who has stock for sale. Hut the district is now attracting wide attention and many men have come and seen and been convinced, and many more are following. When the real facts In the case are known and proven, this will, in truth, be the greatest gold camp on earth. THOSE who are planning to come to Sumpter to engage In legitimate mining know what they are doing, In waiting until next spring they don't want to get mixed up with any "snow propositions." Every Indication points to the conclusion that this class of men will Hock into the district in large numbers. From all the older mining regions come.s the informa tion that Sumpter Is being widely dis cussed and will soon become the mecca for men whose lives have been spent in the most fascinating of all callings, that of precious metal mining. With them, even more than with other mortals, "hope springs eternal In the human breast." They know that in the oldest quartz dis tricts one is liable at any time to make a rich discovery, and that he who comes last has almost an even chance with the pioneer, If the district Is good. Hence It Is that the prospectors always wait until spring. With those who expect to engage in business or speculate In real estate, the lirst on the ground usually reaps the rich est reward, and the man in either of these lines who waits until spring before com ing to Sumpter, will be In luck if he gets in on the third floor. Now is the accepted time, and even now "ground floor" propo sitions, on Investigation, are generally found to contain cellars. FIRST BANK OF SUMPTER (iMCONPONATf o) Capital Stock Jio.ooo OHIO UN. J. II. Robblns President J. W. Sctlbrr Vice-President J. W. Mead Cashier IHKIOtOUS. J. W. Scrlber R. II. Miller J. W. Mead Clark Snyde J. II. Robblns Transacts a General Hanking and Ex change Business. No Intetest Paid on Deposits. New Bakery . J J AND CONFECTIONERY All kinds of Fresh Fruit in Season. O. HKECHTEL, Proprietor Opposite S. V. Ry. Depot. Sumpter Bottling Works j jt jt j j Gageu & Sloan, Proprietors. j j j jt j Manufacturers of all kinds of car bonated drinks and ciders. Or ders tilled and shipped on short notice. j j j jt jt SUMPTER, OREGON W.P. MURRAY, Assaytr and Chemist, I am prepared to make tests on free milling ore. Ivlnjt (he per cent ol Its value that may be extracted y the tree milling process, also the decree to which ore may be concentrated. Minn Eumlntd and Rtporttd en. Results ol assays Riven only to the persons leaving work or on their written order. SUMPTER, OREGON JOHN C. LEASURC WILLIAM O OOSSCLL CIIAS. r. HYDE. ICASURH, HYDE & O'DONNELL. Attomeys-at-Law. OrriCEV Haskell llulldlng, - Maker City. J K. WHEELER, CITY ENGINEER. Minlng and Civil Engineer. U. S. Deputy Mineral Survejor. Mine eliminations and reports made. Special at tention given In cjanlde process. P E. POINDEXTER, MINING OPERATOR, SUMPTER. OKI:. Mines examined and reported on. Reference, any business or mining man In Sumpter. p A. E. STARK. Attorney-at-I.aw Op 'fa Mouse lliilldlrg, Sumpter, Oregon STOTT SHELTON, J--; Attorneys at Law. SUMPTER. OREGON W. A. SAMJV.S, ARCHITECT, IISKIU OIIV, t OKI CON Reliable plans, specifications and estimates lurnlshed CHAS. I:. ROMLIN, ATTORNLY-AT-LAW Notary Public Ro in 6 and 8 Nelll lltk. SUMPTER, OR. QARill; I-..SPAIDING. Stenographer and Typewriter. Lo:aled with Erwln At Co, SUMPTER E. C STEI TEN. Justice of the Peace, Sumpter District. General Conveyancing L. T. HROCK, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Sumpter, Oregon. Special Attention Gil en to Surgery and to Dis eases ol Women. Oltice and residence, Nelll lllock. QRS. TAPE & PEARCE, Physicians and Surgeons C M. ITAUl.l', . U. (. '. TAI'l, M. I). Telephone Main v Suwpuh, ORLOOS. fjRS. HENDRY & BROOKS, DENTISTS. Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. Oltice. Center Steeet, opposite McEwen & Sloan's Us ery liarn, sumpter, Oregon. ' Basche Hardware Co. Successors to W. R. HAWLEY Sumpter, Oregon. GENERAL DEALERS IN Shelf and Heavy Hardware Iron and Steel Pipe Mining and Mill Machinery et Agents for " HERCULES" Powder Fuse and Caps C.C. Basche MANAGER n tf I,