Wednesday, March
2i, 1900.
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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 ..
The Mining, Commercial and Financial Center of Eastern Oregon.
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Population, Feb. 1, 1899, - 171
Population, Jan. 1,1900, - j.ioo
Population, July 1,1900, - 10,000
The Brightest Star in the Mining Firmament
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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.
Sunnpter hs a Railway
Four Saw Mills
Electric light plant, with 60 arc lights and 2000
Incandescents.
A most modern 150,000 water system with 30
fire hydrants.
Public school buildings and church buildings.
One steam laundry.
Two savings and one safety deposit bank.
Two newspapers.
One opera house.
Four hotels.
Ten restaurants.
About 15 lodging houses.
Six general merchandise and grocery stores.
Two hardware stores and plumbing shops.
Four dry goods and haberdashery stores.
Three Jewelry stores..
Two drug stores.
Three cigar and confectionery stores and news
stands, with 12 newspapers on sale from the
mining centers of the United States.
Two furniture stores.
Two tailoring establishments.
Two millinery emporiums.
One fish market. 5 . .
Four meat markets
Five barber shops.
Two bakeries. .
Sixteen saloons.
The Sumpter Club.
One brewery. t ,
'Two hay and grain stores.
Three livery and freighting stables.
Three stage, transfer and freighting companies.
Six stage lines.
Three blacksmith shops.
Two harness shops.
About 300 dwelling houses.
Eleven business houses under construction, two
of which are brick.
.Two two-story brick buildings completed.
Seven assay offices, numerous real estate, min
ing brokers and law offices, besides physicians,
dentists and civil engineers.
Number of secret societies.
No city taxes.
City out of debt.
Splendid tire 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
Sunnpter Townsite Company, Limited,
Capital stock $100,000 paid up, are now placing onsale a limited number of lots upon terms to suit purchasers.
TITLE GUARANTEED PERFECT. United States patents over six years old. Warranty deeds given. Corres
ondence solicited.! Galkon or address
Sumpter Tpwnsite Company, Limited
CHARLES S. WARREN,PruidMt
TOM C. GRAY, Auditor.
W. C. CALDER, Secretary.