1 6 THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, May ?o. 1900 TALK OF THE TOWN. ' ne:ir future prosperity of Prairie as a town. The colony of voting Englishmen here Mr. Greenlee, dentist, Is located over ' " trill-ciii f going t South Africa to en tile Sumpter Urtig company store. I K.'ge in mliiiiiK, since the prospects are Marshal Austin has blossomed nut in a !ll:,t XMr l,n,me R'v'imU will soon metropolitan I K new m.lfonii. , ,K,Ve, ",or,: ,mi,l,ry for ils Mlbjl'C,S ,n , ' operate in. Al Jones h.is returned from a trip to the coast, where he went several weeks since ' N,w l,1;'1 ,lle r""J 'ire ' noJ cmti- for his health. i "0M ';,rRC lli"""'itles ot concentrate are J being hauled Into town lor shipment to j various smelters. On an average of two ( t car loads a day go out on the Sumpter valley road. Mrs. Carlson and daughter, Miss Edna, C. I:. Raht has moved Ilis assay nllicc to the comer of Center and North streets, with Starr O'l Jell. Mrs. (ieneral Warren, Mr. and Mis. J. M. Murphey visited friends in Maker Citv early in the week. Mr. and Mrs. I'. U. Ilealev returned yesterday Iroin a trip to the coast, where they remained three weeks. I he I'ortlaud Teleginin of Monday .announces that Mrs. N. C. Rkhatds is visiting lliends tliere this week. N. 'I . Cnllelt has gone on the again, lie writes 'I III: MlNI:l rendlelou that he is headed this wav of Pendleton, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. .1. II. Nubbins. Mrs. Carlson is a sister j of Mr. Itohhius. I hey will spend the I summer at the Cougar mine, where Mr. i Carlson will be engaged. A car load of heavy timbers for the Ned Hoy gains frame arrived here this week1 1 from the coast. They are of lir and a road , number of the sticks are eighteen inches from square and sktv feet long. The Ned ' Hoy is preparing for deep sinking. Miss Edna VanlJuyn returned hoim J Armbruster -Cade will open the new last week from I leppuer, where she has j Johannesburg wine and liquor house on been attending school lor some mouths , Center street, next door to the stage l'.'st. nllice, Saturday morning, ''he new firm A. V. kills is the proud lather of a son has a large stock of the best brands of old and heir, whkh was born on the morning whiskies and wines and will conduct a 11I the twenty-third. Mother and child ' first class house, are both doing well. The smelter management has leased C. II. Maruard has completed and on from the Sumpter Townsite company for Friday will open his new road house, ! three years an acre and a half of ground three and one-half miles Irani Sumpter, , adjoining Warren Heights, on which there mil the Hourue road. j is a deposit of lime rock. Men are at I:. I:. Cleaver returned last evening wl)tU '" ,,,,; llarry and soon the rock will from Prairie City, lie says several new I ,e li:,,lleJ ,lle smelter, buildings have been contracted for tliere1 and that the era ol activity has been i PmbyUrian Church Entertainment, lairly inaugurated. I Tfl resbytcran (mch c,0r wi Rjve W. M. Howder, e. -congressman from I ;, pP;,shig entertainment Prid.iy evening, 'leas, and W. I'. Hutchar, ol Maker J. -,t ihe churcli, in the way ot an operetta City, will do a turn of .spellbinding in I froni Little Nrd Hiding Hood. The pro Ellis opera house Saturday evening, in , ceeds are for the benefit of the church; Ihe interest ol democracy. j Amission twenty-live cents. The lollow- I lie banks are closed lor the day, the i lug is the post oilier during certain hours and sev eral stores will be this altemoou, and that is about all the -vidence to be louud in Sumpter that this is iJccor.illou day. I he b.ikrrv business recently leased and conducted by McCtillom ' Arm strong, has been reclaimed by -the owner, ieorge M Welgel, who, with J. I.. Sprigle, will hen-alter operate the placr. Major W. T. Manning leturued Irom ' Prahle City one day last week and has i I.....M M.n . . Jiren recuperating lor a few davs before Si.iu, I.. v.m Duwn starting out to take the census ot Cleary pirclikt, to whkh he has been assigned. Ihe Sumpter brass baud, which ilesetves iiiikIi credit tor the progress and iiiiprovement it is making, gave an open air concert on ( iranite stieet Sunday even ing, whkh will be lepeated next Sundav. Will J. Htodie returned last week from a ptnspeillug dip aroi'iul the mineral belt ol I'rairie Citv. He thinks very favor- Jihlv of that section, and espeiially ot tin , imm I list sfrni Vlnlln snlii Vmnl Jiti'l . Ilmnr trnf ... . Slt. Mi. Wlirrler Violin vlu I'HOGHAM. . . 1)1 J Mi.Hi-.-r HuMurJ SUM I. j I .itlrs .... . Manila , .Illlli' llt.v lllur 1 ,Mis. Sm.in, Mns UiiKiUk. m:im 11. . . M. U. H..inJ Atnllicr ...SrlrclrJ .I'llJ.-nl Ilic 11-11 Vlnlln tiilo siasr in. Wolt. H. H. II. anJI.iilfs ..Wnllitriil tin- (ilil I l.mr II Ti.i.ilorr set Ml IV. (iian.lmnilH'l's Ilium- . .Wnll, K. K. II. .in.l l.nlrc aiuM:ti.)s. U U. II. (irtll Onus I. W. II. ' mntliri I thrl AWCjiiIvy Wnll . . . .Ui.vlli- McCuiln i I Air Qiurn ()ipli.i Cns'illii i l.nlr. .M.111 (.nintu-IJ. Itrlt-n O Uuuik, llf-l I I no Id, IILuiclir SilimlJt, Mtlilr f.iuntu-l.1, llliiu'hr lli'inn, l.lhi'l K'.inJ, Annie ln.mi j Amu t Ivht-t. I .i lliHithl VlnllnM I J Ill.wW'Uin )ni.i Ti-n MNTKICK "Old age brings experience, and some kinds of experience brings old age. JUST MARRIED FOLKS Some others, too, no doubt, will need furniture lor their new homes. We are ready to serve them. We have already supplied satisfactory lurnlture lor hundreds of new homes; we can dii as w ell 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. Med Room Suits, $15.00 Med Room Suits, better ones, k'astern Hardwood, 17.00 Wall Paper, per double roll, (am.if n,-,), 15c to 1.00 Queen City Furniture Co. Patterson & Epplnger Phone Red jfii. IIAKEK CITY, OREGON I GROCERIES Crockery, Glassware, Tobac co, Cigars, Oranges, Candy and Nuts. Everything carried in a first-class grocery store At The SUMPTER GROCERY COMPANY ELLIS MLOCK, SUMPTER, OREGON. SHOES FOR EVERYONE ....AT.... NEILL MERCANTILE CO. SUMPTER, ORE. FREE ASSAY During the next jo days every new subscriber to The Miner who pays S2.00 for one year's subscrip tion in advance will be given one assav for gold of any rock he mav 1 1 n m bring in. Free of Charge The Sumpter Miner Sumpter, Ore. f iL K ,