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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1900)
i6 THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, April i8, 1900 t TALK OF THE TOWN. Mayor Gleason is recovering from an attack of pneumonia. The new hat Sam Stott Is wearing is borrowed from Uncle Sam. Dr. Greenlee, dentist, is located over the Sumpter Drug company store. Mrs. General Warren has gone to Portland to spend a week or more. J. T. English and P. S. Bailie are back from the republican state convention held In Portland last week. D. E. Wheeler, of Portland, has come to Sumpter and is in the employe of the Neill Mercantile company. J. G. Shaver, the well known painter, has again resumed his trade, having been with the Sumpter Lumber company all winter. Mrs. J. N. Hoffman, at the tent milli nery store .sho.vs all the latest eastern hats and has received a line line of shirt waists and skirts. Mrs. J. M. Murphey gave her little d.mghter Catherine an Easter party Saturday afternoon, which was attended by a doen children. T. R. Nerdham, of the l.awton Town site company, was a visitor here yester day. He reports the new town as going ahead at a lively rate. C. J. Johns Si Co. have received a ; carload consignment of Studebaker wagons and vehicles, several of which had already been sold here. Mrs. C. S. Johns has returned from a visit with friends at Arlington, In this state. She was accompanied home by Mrs. J. H. Jones, of Koseburg. W. II. Brltts, of the Western Clay Manufacturing company, located at Port land, spent several days In Sumpter and vicinity, returning home Sunday. Charles Berkley, a civil engineer for several years with the O. R. it N. com pany, is at present engaged In completing the survey of the l.awlou townsite. Pive thousand live hundred dollars were deposited In a local bank today for the I purchase of Sumpter real estate. The' deal will be closed tomorrow and made I public later. Charles II. l-'Kher, editor of the Rose-1 burg Review, accompanied by his wife, were In Sumpter yesterday. They stop ped over here on their way home from I Idaho, to see this great gold camp. j Mr. and Mrs. Ihomas Mel: wen and Mrs. Duckworth returned from Portland Monday, where the gentleman had been as a delegate to the republican conven tion, accompanied ny uie lauies on a i ever existed on American soil. There Is no more truth in these reports than in those others, sprung some weeks since, about the alleged frightful sanitary con ditions here. Roth are crooked fakes. Men who claim to know the whys and wherefores, say that THE MINER called the turn last week in stating that the postoffice will probably be located in the remodeled barn on Center street, and give their reasons for this belief exact ing a bond of secrecy. George S. Parker, editor of the lone Post, Is in Sumpter, "skirmishing," as he expresses it. Being Interputed, this means that he Is looking for a location to start a newspaper. He says he has his eye on Prairie City, and that he Is not afraid of the rumors that arrangements have been made to etablish another paper there. The nfTicl.il transfers published In THE j MINER today state that the Inland Tele-' phone company has bought the telephone lines in Morrow, Grant, Harney, Gilliam ' and Wheeler counties from the Blue Mountain Telephone company, and from , W. O. Minor the lines in Baker and, Grant counties owned by the Canyon, City Telephone company."" j NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. Notice Is hereby given, that the real estate firm heretofore existing under the name of the l.awton and Sumpter Real Estate & Mining company, has thjs day been dissolved by mutual consent. T. R. NEEDHAM, E. M. WARD, C. H. CROMWELL, W. M. ROBINSON. April 17, 1000. Notice to the Public All consumers of city water must make application to the office of the Sumpter Water company before the malus are tapped or any residence or business house supplied with water. SUMPTER WATER COMPAN Y Voters Attention. The voters of the Nortli and South Sumpter precincts can now register at the city hall, E. L. Manning, city recorder, having received the registration b,ooks from the county clerk for that purpose. Potato for Sale. Lew Bros., of Baker City, have a car load of line Early Rose and White Star potatoes for sale. Enquire at Sumpter Porwarding company. "The Portland," conducttu by Wood ward & Hammond on Mill street, is a representation of its name. A visit will convince any skeptics. pleasure trip. ,A ,, . . 1 1 1. .1 Quartz and placer location blanks of , J " lf, ' S."!!? .""""'rtl-noM approved form for sale at THE 1111 1011 in lTiii(i muu ii ..liu im'lTU.lllU MINIM nrti murdered and mutilated. That kind of stuff you hear and see around Is promul gated for a purpose. Sumpter is the most orderly, law abiding mining camp that lice. The Sumpter Lumber company will sell doors and sash live per cent cheaper than any concern in eastern Oregon. mV "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 satisfactory furniture 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 for every room in the house. All our goods are priced on a cash basis and it will pay you to give us a call. Red Room Suits, $15.00 Red Room Suits, better ones, Eastern Hardwood, 17.00 Wall Paper, per double roll, (uru trt), 15c to 1.00 Queen City Furniture Co. Patterson & Bm-. PI one Red j6i. BAKER CITY, OREGON ' JfOHTKIOC l GROCERIES Crockery, Glassware, Tobac co, Cigars, Oranges, Candy and Nuts. Everything carried in a first-class grocery store At The SUMPTER GROCERY COMPANY ELLIS BLOCK, SUMPTER, OREGON. A 4 NEILL MERCANTILE CO NEW ARRIVAL OF LADIES SHOES NEILL MERCANTILE CO. & Sumpter Free Gold Mining Co. TS developing the Storm King group of 6 claims, situated 3,' 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 io 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 50,000 shares of stock is now on the market at five cents per share. We recom mend It as a good Investment. Assays of tfujo.oo have been had within the last few days. Sumpter Free Gold Mining Company. SUMPTER, OREGON r w A