Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1900)
THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, April 4, 1900 12 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Baker City Makes the Win ning Combination. Sumpter delegates to the republican county convention returned from Maker City Friday. They confess that they got nntliliiK that they went after; that the Maker City people had mide the winning combination and walked off with the spoils, in the shape of fat salaried offices. At a caucus of delegates from the two Sumpter precincts, and two or three others adjoining) it was decided to submit to the convention the names of (Jeneral Warren and Tom Mcliwen, of Sumpter, and F. S. Maillle, of Mourue, for delegates to the state and congressional convention, and that of .1. T. English, of the (Jolconda mine, for representative In the state legls Mature. It is said that the Maker City delegates agreed to support English. In the convention, however, they pre sented the name of Attorney Johns, of that place. l:or a moment It looked as it English's name would not be brought be fore the convention at all; but (Ieneral Warren stepped into the breach, made a rattling good nominating speech and his man won on a vote of 66 to j2, thecountry delegates refusing to follow the lead of the Maker City bosses on tills vote. In accepting the nomination, Mr. English stated that he was uneti'lvically opposed to county division. George Chandler, Thomas McEwen, l:. S. Maillle, W. ( i. Ayre, A. M. Davis, O. M. Davis, O. M. Dodson, David Wll-J cn, Peter Hasche and Henry Hust were chosen as delegates to the state and con gressional convention. Attorney Hlch-1 ards nominated General Warren lor one i of these places, as per a caucus agree ment; but that gentleman promptly with drew It, in a characteristic speech, lie said that it Is a futile effort to try to break i into jail after the door had been padlocked; that he had played twenty-one too much not to know when he was getting the double cross. Hie cards were stacked against him. C. S. Van Dug.iu, of Sumpter, made a good run for recorder, but was defeated by D. C. Nubbins, of Maker City, on a vote of 4 to 4;. The nominees for Sumpter precinct officers were: C. S. Miller, justice of the peace; I'eter Cauovan, constable; (!, M. Tedrowe, road supervisor. The central committeeman from North Sumpter Is Noy Miller; from South Sumpter, Charles Miller. This Is the ticket neminated: Neprcsentatlve John T. English. Sheriff A. 11. Huntington. Clerk Frank (Jeddes. Necorder-D.ui C. Nobblns Assessor I lyram Holcomb. School superintendent W. Hyde Stalker. Commissioner II. Fildew. Surveyor C. M. Foster. Coroner Dr. T. N. Snow. inlandempIrYgeology. Hktory of An Intending Formation Writ ten In the Rocki. Dr. Nlchard Foster, of the Weiser academy, In a lecture on the Geology of the Inland Empire, at the recent session of the Teachers' association at Pendleton, said: Our geological history begins away back In the Archean age w hen there was little If any life on earth. The laud in cluded in the three states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho was then represented by a dlsconuerted chain of Isolated islands. -This atterwards tecame the core of the Sierra Nevada, the Sawtooth and the Hit-1 ter Noot chains of mountains. "This was a long, quiet time, during which many hundred feet of sedimentations were de posited. Then followed the Paleozoic or "early life" times, represented by -a few fragramentary fossils found In northern Idaho and Washington. Considerable deposits of carboniferous or coal measure beds are found belonging to tills time, and we get much coal, some petrolium and several natural gas wells which were pro ducts of tills age. This was also a long, quiet time, no mountains were yet formed, the earth and sea were warm and brought forth abundantly of tropical forms of life. The highest forms of life then were huge fishes and monstrous amphibians. If one of us could have visited the earth then we would have unhesitatingly pronounced the whole creation a failure. There was no beauty yet that we should desire It, no (lowers or fruits, or singing birds, only huge, ugly lighting and self-destroying monsters. Great coal producing trees that grew in hot. steamv bogs and marshes. Yet this age was essential to the production of our own age and for our comfort. 'I he Aleronlc or "middle life" age Is represented in our "empire" only by com paratively few beds of cretaceous deposits In the eastern part of Washington and Oregon. The next step In the movement of our geological story was one of broken time. First, great mountain movements began, the valleys of the Columbia and Snake rivers were well defined. The Hit ter Hoot mountains on the east rose to a height of 20,000 feet or more. The rains wete abundant, as shown by the vast amount of denudltlon or erosion which took place. This Tertiary age Is the best illustrated of any In our geological his toryt To the middle and latter parts of this time belong the Immense outtlows of lava and basalt which yet covers a large part of the Inland Umpire. One effect of this volcanic eruption was to dam up the Snake river, ten miles below Weiser, Idaho, and to convert Its bed into a vast lake which extended far up the Weiser, the Fayette, the Molse and Wood rivers. Thick beds were deposited in which we find beautiful fossils of fresh water fish and mollusks, and on its shores leaves and stems of Tertiary trees and insects. The animal life of this time was varied and abundant. We find fossils of ele t phauts, horses, camels, tigers, tapirs and a host of extinct forms no longer repre sented by any near living relative. Dur ing the later part of this time the Snake river broke through this lava dam and drained the lake. The canyon of the 1 Snake was then formed, also that of the i'ayette, Weiser and Moise rivers. The , evepts tollowlug this were most remark I able. Intense cold followed the great ' heat and hundreds of local glaciers were 1 formed which slid down the steep moun tain sides, scouring them deeply. In many places these moraines filled up the , mouths of valleys and glacial lakes were formed, many of which still exist as lakes In tit. mmtiit.'tlitc nf Wriwlitiitf Ion nml fir. gon. So it Is seen that tire and heat, vol I canoes and hot springs, as well as snow ' and ice, rain and hall, rivers and lake, have all united to make this the delight ' ful land that it is to live in. 1 Two Hundred Feet of $100 Ore. 1 The Hawkeye mine at Dixie Hutte, near I'rairie City, is making an enviable rec ord. Captain Sherbondy reports that the other day his men ran through a i6-foot ledge of ore, carrying (46 in gold and 15 per cent in copper, and that later he re ceived word that they had uncovered a ledge 100 feet wide, where the ore goes above ioo per ton in gold. Canyon City News. Notice to the Public. All consumers of city water must make application to the office of the Sumpter Water company before the mains are tapped or any residence or business house supplied with water. su.wpti-r Water company. The 5ufaipter Lumber Company The Only Place... ,, To "get bills filled .promptly and completely. Kiln-dried and1 finished lumber. Sash and doors wholesale and re tail. Jobbers' prices on wholesale orders. J, B. STODDARD, Manager Fritz&Dwyer GRANITE STNEET. We buy and sell all kinds of City Property. We handle Mining Properties, on commission or for cash. We have made a great many sales of City Property and mining claims the past few weeks. Eureka Feed & Livery Company J. L. SULLIVAN, Manager. Horses Boarded by the day or Month. First class turn-outs and saddle horses. Our spec ialty is the quick and safe delivery of freight and passengers to any and all points. HAY AND GRAIN FOR SALEHS THE GEM SALOON A. J. STINSON, Prop. (Successor to Snyde & Stinson) Only the Best Brands of Liquors Served Over the Bar SUMPTER, ... OREGON kkk iikkkkkk P. D. HEALY Sumpter hoe tor " Retiring from business. All goods at or below cost until closed out. r