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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1900)
THE SUMPTER MINER. V JOHN ARMBRUSTER, President. Wm. STINSON, Vice-President. A. W. ELLIS, Secretiry 1 Columbia Brewing & Malting Company T3IKT Wednesday, March 21, 1900. r S INCORPORATED. if f? OPERATED under the management of John Armbruster, one of the most successful and experienced brewmasters in the West. Only the BEST OF MATERIALS used in connection with pure moun tain water exactly adapted for the use. It is not surpassed even by any beer on the market. New Machinery, Ice Plant, Enlarged Stor age Facilities, Etc., Enables Us to Make a Beer Second to None and Constantly Improving .... Furnished in Barrels, Kegs or Bottles. USE A HOME PRODUCT 53B Columbia Brewing & Malting Co., SUMPTER, OREGON. WISE WORDS WELL SAID. Portland Man Give That Town the Tip on Mining Matter. Saturday evening the Mlneowners club, of Portland, was addressed by D. Soils Cohen. Just who this gentleman is THE MINER doesn't know which admission may be a confession of unpardonable Ignorance but it does know that he has more sense than a car load of the ordinary typeof self-satified, provincial Portlanders. The discussion seemed to be on how to make Portland a mining center. Tp be convinced that the above assertion regard ing Mr. Cohen's mental status is true, read below what he said on that occasien: "And very much depends upon the city itself. Portland has In instances been a positive detriment to the mining interests of the state. Its moneyed men, its mon eyed institutions, far from assisting, have In instances deliberately Impeded her min ing progress. This city does not deserve to be and never will be great in the direc tion which we discuss, unless the spirit is reformed. A base of supplies must also be a money base. We cannot expect to fatten on others' labor and give nothing, risk nothing ourselves." "This brings us to the -much-discussed question of mining exchange and smelter. Gentlemen, there are a great jnany useful articles made out of paper. The Japanese especially are wonderfully proficient and inventive in turning it to many uses, from a napkin to an overcoat. Buckets and tubs are made of it in this country, and, If I am not mistaken, I remember reading of a house having been built of it, but you can't make a smelter or a dry dock, or a mining exchange out of paper. Any city trying to do that may as 'well give up the job. Chambers of commerce may resolve and boards of trade may second the mo tion; courteous emissaries may be sent East and West; representatives and sen ators may-be memorialized, but it takes- cold cash to do business. Subscriptions with strings to them never started a great industry yet. , "A smelter In Portland need not be a charity proposition, and the bonus system would simply prove a drawback to its success. Tacoma's smelter has been one of her means of salvation. It helped to save her from collapse In her dark hours, and Is gloriously aiding to rehabilitate her in her old prosperity today. A successful smelter must be an absolute business proposition, started and conducted on a business basis. There is every oppor tunity here, ns we all know, for business success to such a venture. Until it be comes a fact, Po'rtland can never become a true mining center, and It can only be come a fact through business talk in the offices of our banks and not through columns of suggestions and what this man says and what that man says In the newspapers. "The newspapers publish these things through excellent motives, through pub lic spirit; they are naturally anxious for accomplishments, and do what seems proper within their power to produce them, but this becomes In time a detri ment, retarding Instead of advancing re sults." Ledge Carrying $87 in Free Gold. The biggest strike ever, made in free gold In this vicinity was made today by Sam Wilson, a ptospector near the limits of the town site of Lawton. Great ex citement is caused throughout this section by the discovery made by Wilson, who was "grub-staked" to operate In behalf of Boise, Idaho, people. It is said a strong ledge is shown and that values across the vein average over $78 In free gold to the ton. On the heels of this strike another fine ledge was encountered today in the Gougar mine. Baker ' City Democrat. Location bUnks.at the MINER office New Mining Promotion Scheme. A correspondent of the Seattle Times, writing from Republic, mentioning no names, gives this account of what he thinks is a new and marvel mining pro motion scheme: "It is one that bids fair to be a boon to the mining regions of the country at large, and of particular benefit to Seattle. The promoters of the new enterprise are a well-known former realty man of St. Paul, who is at present In Seattle; and a number of prominent resi dents of Seattle of probity and business sagacity. Briefly outlined, the scheme Is the bringing prospectors and locators of mining claims in touch with the moneyed classes. The company will undertake to furnish experienced prospectors from all parts of the country to parties with money desirous of exploiting the mineral wealth of this state, British Columbia, Alaska or any portion of the continent. They will also furnish descriptions of holdings by locators of claims In every mining reg ion of the land. Parties desirous of em barking n the mining business with a small outlay can, in many Instances, ac quire paying Interests by simply defray ing the expenses of preliminary develop ment work, allowing the original owner a certain holding in the company. The new company will also place syndicates in touch with the owners of large and prom ising finds, etc. In a word, they will bring the prospector to the front with his property at once, thus doing away with the long and tedious years of waiting for a purchaser to come in person. They do not propose to cumber their books with wild-cat propositions or the addresses of adventurers, nor will they deal In any mining stocks, good or worthless." Choice business and residence property In all parts of the city See D. Copping, corner Mill and Sumpter streets. The La Internaclonal (Mexican) cigar on sale only at the Mint saloon. T.D.Bellinger & Co. .OI: SUMPTKR OREGON Dispensers of only the Choicest Brands Liquors "or Including Old Overboil, Can adian Club, Ushers and James Watson Scotch Imported 18X1 Brandy, Three Star Hennessey, and all the Leading- Brands of Whirs and Cigap- New and Elegant Fixtures. Comfort able quarters for gentlemen. No better service in Oregon; ...The Magnolia... T. D. Mb C.. 0M. (Formerly HoVan Duyn Bid.) New Bakery J J AND CONHjCTIONF.WY All kinds of Res Fruit in Season, , O. BRECHTEL, l-lrpprletor Opposite S. V. Ry.'Depot.