Wednesday, December 27, 1899
THE SUMPTER MINER.
The Sumpter Miner
Official Paper of the Town of Sumpter.
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:. II. MARSH ami J. W. CONNIiLEA
SUIISCHIMIOS IM1IS
One Year $.,
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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
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Gageu & Sloan, Proprietors.
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Manufacturers of all kinds of car
bonated drinks and ciders. Or
ders tilled and shipped on short
notice.
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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. '
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Hardware
Co.
Successors to
W. R. HAWLEY
Sumpter, Oregon.
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