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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1900)
i6 THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, April 4, 1900 TALK OF THE TOWN. J. I). Goss left Saturday for his home in St. Paul. Mrs. General Wnrren went to tinker City today. Dr. Greenlee, dentist, is located over the Similiter I Jrttu company store. Mr. and Mrs.A.W.Hcllis went to linker Glty Mond iy, returning home yester day. Attorney N. C. Uictinrd. left for La Giande today to prove up on a timber claim. Edward Everett Young reached home today from a visit to his old home in Ala li.iina. T. J. Qulnby, of Granite, died at tliat place last l:iiday, of pneumonia, aged sixty-two years. Mr. and AWs. I law ley liave returned from Sutnnie'ville, where tliey went to buyr their little daughter. S. S. Start, one ol I lie promoters of the Alamo tnwnslle proposition, has recovered from a two weeks skkiiess. The armature In (lie electric Ikht plant hurued out Monday night, necessitating the shutting down nl the plant for a few days. 'the contract for paving Mill street will probably he let this afternoon. Two reasonable bids have been received for doing the work. I Jr. J. I Dickson, of Portland, partner of the late Archie Downle, was in Sump trr yesterday. He came to linker City to attend the funeral. Dudley D. Lancaster, a prominent mining broker of Spokane, largely Inter ested In Reservation properties, arrived in Sumpter this forenoon. P. I). Mealy has remodeled the room where lie formerly conducted the shoe business and will have a well appointed cigar and fruit store there hereafter. Look out for lle.ily. Mrs. Dr. Tape returned tills week from Detroit. They meat home In the house , 011 High street, formerly occupied by Mr. : and Mrs. Kiclutds, who have moved to1 the lillK house on South Mill street. ! I:. C. (lore received a telegram this j forenoon stating that his wife had died in i Los Angles of spinal meningitis. The lemnlns will be shipped to their home In i Spokane, for which place Mr. Gore left today. Herald HIIN, private secretary to Gov I ernor Mackintosh, left Saturday for his i home In Rossini d. He was here on busi- ness connected with the Governor's In terests In the Sumpter Townsite Com pany, Limited. II. N. Carrier, funnel Iy of Spokane, passed through Sumpter Sunday on his way to Prairie City, to examine some mining proptrty in that section. On his letum lie intends spending some time about Sumpter, on the same mission. I he Sumpter lownsite company moved its office Monday from the building in the rear of the First Hank of Sumpter to the "lift.... A, ,mc Mnr mi Cintli Mill -mvii ui .jwhu iivin, uu hiuum nun street. One of the store rooms has been partitioned into three apartments, making very convenient office rooms. Goss & Swigett have moved their real estate offices from up stairs to the bank parlors on the ground floor, In the same building, where they are nicely located I and hi direct connection with the bank. I Some extensive deals have recently been I consummated by the linn, principally for outside investors. 'I he outfit of the Colorado Transfer company, extended mention of which was made In these columns last week, is now in the corral at Pendleton, except about forty stray horses that have not yet been rounded up. The stock now at Pendle ton will be driven through to Sumpter, leaving there tomorrow and will be here in about five days. Clark Snydc returned several days since from Denver, where he had been on business for a month past. He reports I that much interest is manifested among I mining men there, regarding the Sumpter j district, and that many of them will Come I out this season. '1 hey ami their class from Montana arc the best people on earth to secure for a mining country. G. II. Poster, chairman of the county democratic central committee, and C. VV. James, secretary, were in Sumpter yes terday, seeing what arrangments had been made for holding the democratic con vention here Saturday. The democrats will meet in Ellis Opera house and the populists In the fraternal hall, which is in the same building. Dr. Tape's Umbrella. Will the party In possession of my silk umbrella, marked with my name, please return same at once to my office in llnsche building. DK. G. W. TAI't:. "The Portland. " conducted bv Wood ward cv Hammond on Mill street, is a representation of its name. A visit will convince any skeptics. The Mint saloon, corner Center nad Sumpter streets, serves the best brands on y of wines, liquors and cigars. Quart and placer location blanks of the mot approved form for sale at Till: MlNiiU office. The celebrated Jed Clayton brand of wliiskey at the Mint saloon, corner of Center and Sumpter streets. Sumpter souvenir spoons. l- C. Bro die, watchmaker and jeweler, Opera house block. The La Internacioiial (Mexican) cigar on sale only at the Mint saloon. The Columbia beer, brewed In Sumpter, is today as good as any made. Ask for the Columbia beer, brewed in Sumpter. IIQNTKICK "Old age brings experience, and some kinds of experience brings old age. JUST MARRIED FOLKS Some others, too, no doubt, will need furniture for their new homes. We are ready to serve them. We have already supplied sitislactory lurnlture for hundreds of new homes; we can do as well for hundreds more. Our stock allows easy selection at all times. There is always plenty here tor every room in the house. All our goods are priced on a cash basis and It will pay you to give us a call. lied Room Suits, $15.00 lied Room Sults.better ones, Kastern Hardwood, 17.00 Wall Paper, per double roll, (wuriii), 15c to 1.00 Queen City Furniture Co. Patterson &EPpiKer Phone Red 361. BAKER CITY, OREGON GROCERIES Crockery, Glassware, Tobac co, Cigars, Oranges, Candy and Nuts. Everything carried in a first-class grocery store At The SUMPTER GROCERY COMPANY fh.LIS RI.OCK, SUMPTER, OREGON. WE ARE. ...The Leaders !n Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Kubber Wear, Etc. New arrival of Neckwear and E & W Collars. Neill Mercantile Co. Cor. Granite and Mill Streets Sumpter Free Gold Mining Co. TS developing the Storm King group of 6 claims, situated 3,V miles northwest of Sumpter. There are five distinct ledges. The tunnel now being driven will tap three of them at about the fol lowing depths: The first one at about 100 feet, the second at about 1 so feet, and the third at 250 feet. Assays from the surface as good as the average assays of the district. WE INVITE INSPEC TION. A block of 10,000 shares of stock is now on the market at five cents per share. We recom mend it as a good investment. Assays of $150.90 have been had within the last few days. Sumpter Free Gold Mining Company. SUMPTER, OREGO&C