Wednesday, January 24, 1900.
THE SUMPTER MINER.
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"There is a Tide in the Affairs of Men, Which, Taken at the Flood, Leads on to Fortune;"
That Time has now Arrived at
.. Sumpter, Oregon .,
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The Mining, Commercial and Financial Center of Eastern Oregon.
Population, Feb. 1, 1899,
Population, Jan. 1,1900,
Population, July 1, 1900,
171
3,100
10,000
The Brigthest Star in the Mining Firmament
Sumpter, Golden Sumpter, is surrounded by dividend paying mines. There are ten quartz mills running day and
night, turning out thousands of dollars in dividends. The district stands today,
for development made, second to none on earth.
Sumpter has a Railway
Hour Saw Mills Three Jewelry stores. Three livery and freighting stables.
Electric light plant, with do arc lights nnd 2000 Two drug stores. Three stage, transfer and freighting companies.
Incandescent. . Thr.ec cigar and confectionery stores and news Six stage lines.
A most modern 5o,ooo water system with 30 'stands, with 12 newspapers on sale from the Three blacksmith shops.
fire hydrants. mining centers of the United States. jwo harness shops.
Public school buildings and church buildings. Two furniture stores. About 300 dwelling houses.
One steam laundry. Two tailoring establishments. Eleven business houses under construction, two
Two savings and one safety deposit bank. Two millinery emporiums. 0f which are brick.
Two newspapers. One lish market. Two two-story brick buildings completed.
One opera house. Four meat markets. Seven assay offices, numerous real estate, mln-
Pour hotels. Five barber shops. nK brokers and law offices, besides physicians,
Ten restaurants. ' Two bakeries. dentists and civil engineers.
About 15 lodging houses. Sixteen saloons. Number of secret societies.
Six general merchandise and grocery stores. The Sumpter Club. No city taxes.
Two hardware stores and plumbing shops. One brewery. City out of debt.
Four dry goods and haberdashery stores. Two hay and grain stores. , Splendid fire department.
The place for up-to-date, conservative, practical men to invest. Seeing is believing. Come and see Sumpter and
compare us with Republic; Rossland, Dawson and Cape Nome. The
Sumpter Townsite Company, Limited,
Capital stock $100,000 paid up, are now placing on sale a'limited number of lots upon terms to suit purchasers.
TITLE GUARANTEED PERFECT. United States patents over six years old. Warranty deeds given. Corres
pondence solicited. Call on or address
Sumpter Townsite Company, Limited
W. C. CALDER, SicrtUry.
CHARLES S. WARREN, Prtsidtnt.
TOM C. GRAY, Auditor.
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