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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1900)
THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, January 10, 1900 The Sumpter Miner Official Paper of the Town of Sumpter. I'UIUIMIIII rviMY WIDMMMV MY II. MARSH ani J. W. CONNKLLA c. SUHSt.HI'tlON PATH Onr Yni Sli Months f J.MI l.tj ALWAYS IN AUVAM.L. I nlrrrd at llir puitorncr In Sumplrr, Orrgnn, fur liantmHilun through Ihr malls trcond clot inallrr IN order to vote at the state election In June, a law passed by the last session of the legislature makes It necessary to reg ister. lONNAGI: Is what railroads reach out for, and those who decide whether or not ;iu extension shall I liullt turn de.if ears to stories alxiut possible booms In town lots. THAT was great representation which Sumpter was accorded In the New Year rdltlou of the Oregoulau.an illustration of "worked out placer ground," leaving the impression on the mind of one not posted 011 the facts that this is an abandoned 1. imp. I'MI: Portland chamber of commerce re irutly whrreasrd and resolved that Ore gon's representatives In congress should endeavor to Induce the general govern ment to make a geological survev of this state, making mention of (lie especial Im portance of (his work in the Sumpter dis trict. Last summer and fall a party of government surveyors was in this dis trict making a topographical survey, uhiih is generally followed by a geo logical survey. I his will doubtless I made next season. IP this town can I bonded for a large enough sum to construct a serviceable sewer system, (he money so used would be wisely exended. It Js nut a bad Idea to reach the debt limit through expendi tures on Internal Improvements while honest, economical men are in control of u municipal government as in the case of Sumplrr at present instead of giving the other Mud-liable to get control at any election .111 oppoituuity to dissipate the city's credit in the hundred ways with which they do so soon become conversant. I he present weather would not prevent the prosecution of such work, the com pletion ol which would Ik a great blessing In the spring, preventing sickness and af fording a means of disposing of a job lot ol garbage that is sure to accumulate dur ing the winter and make every one weary of life when it thaws out in the spring. Wllll.li reading the articles of Mr. Hou telle, ol .Value, which have appeared in ieeut Issues ol McClure's, one could not help wishing licit lie would tell a straight story, and regret (li.it he who has so long and intimately been connected with na tional atl.iirs, persistently endeavors by tiiipsaud quibbles to extricate himself and Ills political friends from positions which were at the time considered ques tionable, to say the least. He has writ ten of interesting events In the history of this republic, events In which he played a prominent part, both before and behind the scenes, regarding which he could Im part Information of absorbing interest. Hut Instead, he leads the reader to the IHilut where the desired revelation is about to I made by one who could speak know ingly of the "InslJc" causes ol certain known results in politics, and then shies off and nukes a tiresome, transparently insincere explanation of why the honor able course could not be pursued under the circumstances. And now the announce ment is made that Mr. Routelle Is a victim of paresis. He surely must Have been suffering from a slight attack of this men tal malady while writing these articles. Of course, the magazine editors would never detect the fact; they were merely after his name. Till: MINER predicted weeks ago that commercial, real estate and mining activ ity would continue here all winter. Many were of the opinion that things would quiet down after the holidays and remain so for two or three months. During the past week there have been more visitors in this camp looking for investments and business openings than during any month of Its previous existence. The town has been literally crowded with strangers, falling over each other in their efforts to rent buildings and buy desirable inside property. Whether or not this boom will continue unabated, growing in intensity, during the coming mouths as It has in the past four or five, or will subside for a while until the almost certain rush be gins In tiie spring, Is a doubtful problem. Hut there is now little question but what there will be more or less activity all win ter. This is not an artificial, made to order boom; the conditions have been shaping themselves for just this culmina tion for years past; and no power on earth can either stay its onward march or de tract from Its mammoth proportions. C.H. PENNER, Civil and Mining Engineer. U. S. Deputy Surveyor. I nglnrer lor the Sumplrr Towrikllc Company, Llmltrd. Transitu Simiai tiHj Pistils'. Ilea Prlllri it Mliil. All work prrtonallv and prolrstlunallv rrcutrJ. Sumplrr, Oregon. D. LINDSAY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Canicular alirntlon paid to Jlieatrsot the Lungs, llrait and Kidney. Trmarary other. Star lloirl. KEAL LSI AH'. E.I.. MANNING, Uly Rrcnrdrr anj Nolarv Public. Collrcllons Abstracts Agrnt lor I ilildr I Ire Etllngulshrr. Sumplrr, Sumpter an Bottling Works at j j j j ji Gagen & Sloan, Proprietors. j j jt jt j Manufacturers of all kinds of car bonated drinks and ciders. Or ders tilled and shipped on short notice. j( jt ji ji ji SUMPTER, . OREGON PIRST BANK OF SUMPTER Capital Stock f 20,000 01111:1ns. J. It. Robblns Prrsldrnl J. W. Sctlher Vlcr-Prrsldrnt J.W.Mrad Cashier IHUtCIOUV. J.W.Stilbrr R. II. Miller J. W. Mrad ClatkSnyde J. II. Robblns Transacts a General Hanking and Ex change Husiuess. No Intrrrst Paid on Deposits. 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 eo Agents for " HERCULES " Powder Fuse and Caps C.C. Basche MANAGER W. P. MURRAY, Atuyer and Chemist, t am prepared to make tests on free milling ore. giving the per cent ol Its value that may be extracted by the free milling process, also the degree to which ore may be concentrated. Minn Eiimlati mi Raporttt tit. Results of assays given only to the persons leaving work or on their written order. SUMPTER, OREGON JOHN C. LEASURE. WILLIAM O DONSELL CMAS. F. HYDE. V SURE, HYDE & O'DONNELL, Attorneys-at-Law. Offices: Haskell Building, Baker City. H. K. WHEELER, CITY ENGINEER. Mining and Civil Engineer. U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveor. Mine examinations and reports maJe. Special at tention given to cyanide process. p E. POINDEXTER, MINING OPERATOR, SUMPTER. ORE Mines examined and rrpertrj on. Reference, any business or mining man In Sumpter. C A. E. STARR. Attorney-at-Law Opera House Building, Sumpter, Oregon STOTT & SHELTON, fcgon. Attorneys at Law. SUMI'TER. OREGON W. A. SAMMS, ARCHITECT, BAKER CITV, i OREOOK Reliable plans, specifications and estimates furnished QHAS. E. ROBLIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Notary Public Rooms 6 and 8 Nrlll Bile SUMI'TER, OR. QARRIE F.SPALDING. Stenographer and Typewriter. Located with Erwln h Co, SUMPTER E. C STEITEN. Justice of the Peace, Sumpter District. General Conveyancing L T. BROCK, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Sumpter. Oregon. Special Attention Given to Surgery and to DIs. eases ol Women. Office and residence, Nrlll Block QRS. TAPE & PEARCE, Physicians and Surgeons C. M. PEARCE. M. I). Q. W. TAPE, M. t. Telephone Main if. Sumpter, Oregon. QRS. HENDRY & BROOKS, DENTISTS. Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. Office, Center Steeet, opposite McEwen & Sloan's Livery Barn, Sumpter, Oregon. 5