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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1900)
THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, February 7, 1900 4 PAPERS FOR GRANITE. Nelll Mercantile company received a new lincof fancy shirts this week. See them. 1 ' " The celebrated Green River whiskey "without a headache," at the Capital Hotel bar. Two Outfits Already Shipped and "There are Others." 8 The Sumpter Lumber Company ' 1 During the past two months, perhaps a dozen different parties have "figured on" putting in n paper at Granite. Most of these sought assiduously for a bonus. Had there been but one applicant, he doubtless could have secured a fat one, for the citizens of that camp yearn for a local newspaper, and the gentlemen at the head of the townslte proposition need such an instrument In their business. Hut as is the custom of members of the craft, they began to bid against each other, savagely stabbing at each other's throats, and (jranite will get a newspaper without paying a bonus. Just how many will be started there during the next thirty d.iys is not now known. S. P. Shutt, well known in this section as the former owner of the Sumpter News, returned from there Monday. He says he has a w ritteu agreement with the business men of the camp to patronize the (jranite (Jem, the first number of which he promises to issue in two weeks. I he plant, he says, is already shipped. He asked for no bonus, bought a lot and contracted for the erection of a building, investing his own good money and thereby winning the coulideuce of the community. J. Nat Hudson, founder of the Sump trr News, having sold it to Mr. Shutt, and then started the Cove Ledger, which he still conducts, arrived in Sumpter Sun d.iy evening and left for ( irauitc Monday morning. He declares that lie, too, has .1 printing plant en route to that camp of alluring promise, and will get out a paper while some other people are drowsily "figuring." I he name of the paper will 1 be the (Jranite Houlder, which he I c.spects to issue Saturday, the seventeenth nisiaui. lie paiiKS on ine iaci iiiai ue is 1111 iitlfiriin :iv urll :i mi rilllnr. mi.l li.'iw I a double source of revenue, that enables J him to meet and overcome all competition. His chief obstacle is to secure a building. The Granite Publishing company, which also proposes to start a newspaper there, 1 has been incorporated by Is. G. Hull, l;. I:. Wilcox and N. A. Davis, all of Uma tilla county. I he capital stock Is ftjooo. It is said that these men were due to make 'a move two weeks ago, and failing, have lorteited whatever promises were made to 'them. II. I:dsell, assistant tity editor of the Portland Telegram, and some newspaper men from Welser, Idaho, luve also been to (jranite looking over the Held, with a k lew to establishing papers there. " Nelll Mercantile company received a lieavy Invoice of rubber footwear of all 'Kinds and sizes. Look .it that. ' Men's furnishing goods arriving dally . at the Nelll Mercantile company's. . . . THE . . . SUMPTER MEAT MARKET A. MANNS, Rroprietor. J Butcher and Packer Fresh and Cured Meats and Sausage of all Kinds SUMPTER, OREGON 3 SUMPTER J FISH r POULTRY:: -K MARKET - Opiwitllr Mcl'wm A Sluin'i Livery Ham, ' Ontrr Strut. ( ' FRESH FISH AND 0 POULTRY DAILY. .. riVCTCU -vriTAli C F uioicrv j.v iaii-o t A SPhCIALTY. Cl-CII. Hoskason, Mgr. LINKS OP THE Sumpter & Eastern Oregon Transportation Co. 1 CARRYING U. S. MAILS. SUMI'iTR-CANYON HOlllX n:(o p. m. I l.v . Sumplrr. Ar io a. m. I o p. m. ! Ac CllflurJ .Lv Ktu a. m. 'u p m. lv -.ClinnrJ ..Ar t:u a. m. T!o p. m. I Ar Auttin lv yoo . m. Connecting at Auilln with ili(n (or Canyon Clly aiU Interior polnlt. I .u p. m. I Lv CllltoiJ .Ar I r.Y a. m. mi, m. J Ar .llnnania. Lv ttjo a. m. Connecting al llonama lth ttagrt fur 'y, Uohlntonvllk. Worlry, Virginia, Don Juan anJ richer mln. SUMI'TLrMiHANITI: KOUTi:. if .i p. m. I Lv Sumplrr. ArT 10.00 a. m. 4. pip. m. I Ar Ciranltr. I v J '"JV ". Ilny at (iranltr to North I'ork, RrJ Hoy, Ita'n rll anJ aJacrnt mlnf i. SUMI'TI.H-noUKNi: ROUTE. ; i p. m. I Lv I iu p. m. I Ar I pt p. m. I Ar. In. lupine North IS).. & Cl CUmai. Ohio an4 aj icrrt mlnrt. Sumplrr. Ilouinr ColutnNa Ar I . n a. m. Lv I luii. R. .1 v I 7:p a. m. A jeill Mercantile ....Company I HEN'S FUSNISHERS mmense ssmftssasmsm ., shipment of clothing now en route from Chicago. Wait for it. All goods up-tojda'te in style'., 1 1 The Only Place To get bills filled promptly and completely. Kiln-dried and finished lumber. Sash and doors wholesale and re tail. Jobbers' prices on wholesale orders. J. B. STODDARD, Manager Sumpter Feed, Livery and Freight Stable CORNWELL & SULLIVAN: Props. Horses Boarded by the day or Month. First class turn-outs and saddle horses. Our spec ialty is the quick and safe delivery o.t freight, and passengers to any and all points. tr! i S-HAY AND GRAIN FOR Sumpter Livery Stable & McEwen & Sloan, Props. Firat Clai Livorv Riffi Saddle Hortel : and ALWAYS ON HAND MODERATE PRICES Experienced Guides to all the Mining tramps. Your patronage solicited. I T nooooooooooooo Exclusive Afntlw , the CelebrAted OLYMPIA BEER On draught or by bottle. 0000000000000 ol " The Olympus H. FINGER, Proprietor. High Grade Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Sumpter, Or! THE BEST APPOINTED- 1 Pharmacy j IN EASTERN OREGON. No prescription too difficult to All. . ' (Service day or nkg ht.) u A complete lias of druggists 'sundries, stationery and toilet articles. v a The Sumpter Drug Co. L. C. EDWARDS, MANAGER. SUMPTER, OREGON. 1 1 . u.