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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1900)
THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, April n, 1900 COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. Action Taken on Sewerage and Street Improvements. The city council met Saturday evening, the roll was called and adjournment taken until Monday evening- At that time the monthly reports of of ficers were filed. That of the city engineer was of considerable interest, lie reported that the cost to the city for planking Granite street will amount to H150. That includes the three street intersex lions only, Cracker, Center and Mill, the property owners paying for the other planking. The city's cost for grading and graveling Mill street, according to bids, submitted, the contract not then having been let, will lt from $125 to fi$o. The1 engineer recommended Hint a sewer be laid on Cracker street, from its Intcrsec- tlon with (Jraulte, before the planking Is put down 011 the latter. The committee on streets and alleys was Instructed to carry out this recom-1 meudatlmi. I The committee 011 tire and water was Instructed to confer with the chief of the fire department and order what goods are needed. ' Health Officer Hiller was Instructed to I look into the matter of the burial of pan-' pers. An undertaker in Maker City has the contract for burying all the county poor. I'or some time past the Case cow pany has been doing this work and pre senting thr bill to the city. The council proposes Hint the county shall bear this expense. hills amounting to s).o) were al-1 lowed. I Recorder Manning's report of the nuan ces for the month shows that during that time there was collected f 2774.30; from! liquor licenses, 236).)o; other licenses,) XiH; lines, f142.su. There are now out standing warrants amounting to f))Hs-c7 and interest thereon, with fjtoi in the! treasury. j MINING CONVENTION. ! Excunlont Will Ik Run From Baker City to SumpUr Dally. 1 At the regular meeting of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce 1 some Important steps were taken relating to the pioposed mining convention. The committee, Messrs. Imhaus, Carter and Sage, presented a report outlining the work and the best methods of procedure. The repot t was approved and a letter was forwarded to Industrial Agent Judson, of the O. H. iV N., embodviug the main teatures of the tepoit. It lias been decided by the committee to have tilieen speakers during the conven tion. These will be brought Horn difler ent p.itts of the Northwest, who will speak on ditfeient subjects dining the con vention, the pi iucipal topi, being that ot mining, l:cursions will be given to j Sumpter every day to the speakers, who 1 will be afforded every opportunity to in-' vestigate the camp. . , It is estimated by the committee that this feat 111 e of the convention would entail .1 cost of Mooo, but it Is believed no trou ble will be met witli in raising that amount. The O. R. N. and Industrial Agent Judson ate in heartv co-operation with the movement and have offered every assistance possible to make the convention a success. Baker Democrat. ' Cam Furniture Company. The Case l:urniture company is mov ing into its new building, on Mill street, between (.iranltr and North. No Institu tion in Sumpter has grown more rapidly than has this business. Six months since -It had plenty of room In the little ij by i 100 foot store in the opera house block for the small stock then carried. Business has expanded and the necessity for carry ing more goods increased; until for some months past it has been used only as a convenient place to show samples, the stock being stored in vacant houses any where storeroom could be secured. The new building Is 25 by too feet in size, two stories high. A gallery runs around three sides of the first floor, and the entire building will be occupied by thecompany's more than Jio.ooo stock. The old quarters will be occupied by a chophouse. Rich Pocket in the Virtue. A well founded rumor was in circula tion this afternoon to the effect that a very rich strike had been made in the Virtue mine, which is located about eight miles east of this city. The mine has not been worked for some time. The strike was made this morning, but the exact nature of the ore is not known. It is asserted, however, that It is very rich. It was found In pocket form. This mine is one of the oldest producers of the Eastern Oregon district, and It Is well known to all the mining world. Baker Republican. Rich Strike Eight Mile From Sumpter. C. W. Canfleld made a rich strike re cently of free gold. He declines to give Its location, more definite than that it Is about eight miles from Sumpter. A MlNUK man watched him pound the rock and pan it out. There were hundreds of very fine gold colors hi the pan, from a piece of quart, the size of a man's double fist. He looked at the result admiringly and remarked: "No assay is needed for for that kind of rock." The Columbia beer, brewed in Sumpter, Is today as good as any made. 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