THE SUMPTER MINER. NEW HOTEL BUILDING date. Mr. Allen's friends In La Grande will be glad to hear of his success. La Grande Chronicle. Boys' German socks and rubbers at Calder's Red Front store. A. E. Dagany Is Erecting a Three-Story One. Wednesday, January 3, 1900 A. E. Dagany has begun the erection of a three-story building, 24x85 feet, to con tain 33 rooms, on his property corner of Mill and Sumpter streets. The building is Intended to be used as a first class hotel, having been leased for one year with renewal rights by J. A. Fowler, a recent arrival in Sumpter, who has the good business judgment to begin early preparations for the heavy travel to this place In the earlv spring and sunv mer, though It is no error to say his new house will be filled from Its opening day, which will be not later than February 1. The new hotel will be on the American plan and well appointed in all respects. Contractor George Snyder Is In charge of the work, which Insures its early comple tlon. "Miner" Prlntery and "Lltho-Printing." Things are progressing in this camp, but cone too swift for THI: MINER'S natural gait. Since "we" went to press last week we (the same as above) have added to our (possessive of "we") al ready absolutely perfect metropolitan printing house, a si.vhlt chair, a broom and an oil can, and had our scissors sharp ened with a rat tail file. Next spring, If a leading and accomplished business man of this progressive city doesn't throw us down on a job of 250 sixth-sheet bill heads which he has promised us, we will buy a pound and a half of six-to-pica leads and a bo of thoroughly up-to-date hickory iuolns, thus making this the most su perbly equipped prlntery this side of H epner Junction. Among the most perfectly lovely jobs which we have turned out this month is a set of a doen placards for one of our (meaning the town this time) most enterprising saloon men, announcing that no drinks go with bill iard games. The piece of exquisite litho printing is done mi the very finest two-ply stem-winding straw board, with the finest quality of sixteen cent black news Ink, the press work being equal to that done "in the city offices" on a proof press. One of these will be placed on exhibition in the high art building of the county fair to be held next fall at Oshkosh. And if you see it in TUll MINER, whistle for the police. One of Many Who Made Money Here. M. H. Allen, formerly employed in the railroad shops at La Grande, has had good success at Sumpter, where he has resided during the past two years. Reing in the field early, Mr. Allen was enabled to get in on the ground Moor, and Is re puted to have piled up several thousand dollars In real estate transactions during the past two months. Mr. Allen was a passenger to Portland this week, the ob ject of his trip being to purchase a stock of merchandise for a general store to be opened at Sumpter at the earliest possible O. R. & N. TO THE EAST Gives the Choice of Two Transcontinent al Reutes: GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY via Spakane, Minneap- 11s, at. Chic; :igo. THE OREGON SHORT LINE jt via Salt Lake, Denver, Omaha, Kan sas City. Lowest Rates to All Eastern Cities. Ocean steamers leave every 5 days for SAN FRANCISCO Steamers monthly from Portland to Yokohama and Hong Kong via the North ern Pacific Steamship Co. in connection with the O. R. A N. For full particulars call on O. R. & N. agent, Baker City, or address VV. II. HURi.BURT, General Passenger, Agt. Portland, Or. SPOKANE DmgCo Only exclusive whole sale drug house in the state. We sell only to merchants. Make the best prices on min ers' and assayers' sup plies. Freigh no higher than from Portland. Write for quotations. Spokane Drug Co. Spokane, Wash. SUMPTER FISH & POULTRY MARKET 5KR (Jrp. McEn & Slojn' Barn, Ctnlrr Strrtt. FRESH FISH AND POULTRY EACH DAY OYSTER COCKTAILS OUR SPECIALTY CECIL HOSEASON, Manager. The Sumpter Lumber Company Plenty of Lumber Now Frozen ground and snow roads have facilitated the hauling of logs. We have again in oper ation the mill, and our dry kiln is now running full blast, with a 40,000 capacity. We have also imported a large stock of dry fir lumber. ORDER QUICKLY. J. B. STODDARD, Manager htoooononoooooo Exclusive Agent lor the Celebrated OI.YMPIA IIKIilt On draught or by bottle. loooooooooooooo " The Olympus II. FINUl-R, Proprietor. High Grade Wines, Lienors and Cigars. Sumpter, Or. Sumpter Hardware Company General Hardware, Stoves, Ranges, Mill and Mining Supplies. Builders and Plumbers' Supplies. Agents for Schuttler Wagons. tt