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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1900)
THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday. Mav 30, i9ro FIRST CLASS 1 Will Probably be Built on Cor ner of Granite and Center. 1 Mr. Adler has ample capital, knows his ' business, and It is an actual loss to this BRICK HOTEL, town that he Is driven out of It by high rents. This crabbing of every dollar In sight has done Sumpter more Inrin than all other influences combined, and unless property holders show a disposition to let their tenants get some return for labor and money invested in business, these evil results will be lutensilied. Business doesn't justify the rents charged. Some people may think it unwise to make this I. II. bobbins, president ol the First public statement, but sucli caution is fool Hank of Sumpter, is at work on the pro- js, te,nrrjty. It is an evil that should be position to have a lirst class, completely , remejt.j( ;mJ the mm,dge of it not equipped, three story brick hotel erected M,,,,,rtrbd. And the grasping owners are on the comer of (irauite and Center the ones who will sulfer most, unless they streets, on the site of the recently burned ..t;lt. ;l llimne , ,,e slmatlou." ! buildings. I lie present status ol the enterprise is about Ilia- this. 'I he plan is to organize a slikk iiiiiip.iuy. 'those who ate ex pected to snliMtibe for the sto.k are the mine iiw ners nf the district and tillens of Sumpter who .ne intrusted in the wellare Methodist Musicale. The ladies of the Methodist church will give an entertainment at Ellis opera house this evening, presenting the follow ing interesting pregram: I'm t. .w il the tow n, and h ive souieparc money iiss in plisti.ue, tiive lajies in Oik costume to invest in what Is sure to he a prolitable .Maif tiiLtt u-tt.- .SelecieJ venture. Several inenibets of cadi ol Messrs. lape, si.n.-n. .sjii, Whnier Ihrsr classes have indicated their willing- Solo ness to put money In the enterprise their purpose being too apparent to need "",'' mention heie. I he site consists 11I three lots, r.uh 25 S"'" (eel front and 100 feet deep. I he corner I 1 ,,, ,. . ,, , llllMllll Jllll is owned by I. W. Co - Co., but can he aupiiied bv Mr. Knbbins. I tie second I.. I ... IJ. .1.1.1.. 1. O .-II. .- 'I'l. ... pih- i'i iumhi in minimis , oiiiner. 1 uey n, have boiuled II to the llnhsnii Mercantile company on unidilioii th.it it the I111M proposition dues not malerialie, it will begin the erection thereon In sKtvdivs ol .1 In kk building lowilug threiillie lot. If tile hotel sJieme "goes," then the Hob viii Mruantilc lompauv takes a u-itaiu .'iniouut ol the hotel lompaiiy's stuck and "euiies a stole room in the building. I lie other hit is owned hv I . I'otler, who will turn It in 011 the hotel deal. He has stopped work on rebuilding his burned house, to await developments . . I.asl Nlfcht .Mrs. L. Morrell. . . . I lie's Dream U () ir While, .Miss llutiifl. Illll, ihe H11.Osu.1ln D.I!. Whe.lrr. .Slxtien tiiuns Kills I'AI'I II. SulJIns clioius, .Mrs. Ilitvle), .Mis. S".ni, .Misses Its .111 J Inrv, .Messrs. S,in, Writer anJ V.111 Winkle. 11I11 .D.it Dieuns .Miss I J11.1 V.in l)i. 11. .Mull WV. Meet A:.iln .Mis Slellen, Dr. rape. . I), KesiUss Se.i .Mrs. W'l.lli , .Mtssrs. Shinnon, N11I lln. I'latin Juel l.iii lkh.il I'ulk.i .Mrs. HiiliKker, .Miss (-.HfleSpaulJIni:. s.i.lu Promise .Me Mr. I mm 1. Duel I rln PostoMice Hours. Postmaster .lewett has posted a notice bobbins , Script r will, ol course, put slating that alter lune 1, theoltke will be money into the proposition Mr. Kohhiiis open week davs from K a. in. to 7 p. m. says tliat he his interested one ol the best .Money orders will be issued and mail hotel men in the Northwest in the enter- registered not alter 6 p.m. Sundays the prise, who stinds ready to take a large delivery window will be open after tore- bin J ol stosk and rent the hotel, w lien it noon mail is distributed until 11 o'clock, is .oiupleleJ. Iles.ivs evervthiug looks and altei afternoon mail is distrib- eiuouraglng and he thinks the deal will uted until s o'clock. The departing heionsnmmated and woik begun at an mails by way of the railroad will e.irlv dav. iloseat i) In the toreuoon and j:;o in the Nodelinitesum has been lied lor slock atlrriioou; stages, to Mourue at 11:15, to subscriptions to retch, in older to insure Prairie Citv and Canyon City at n:)o, tlie erection ol the building, the men and to ( irauite at 12 in. The plan of dis vvlio are behind the enterprise have ample ttibutiug tlie mail Sunday alteruoou is a means ol their own and will not allow a distinctive improvement and will be a it lew thousand to stand In tlie way ol sue- predated by all the business cominuuitv. cess. I he people ol Sumpter must, how- ... ever, show a substantial inclination to Gos Hast ,0 P,a PP' lend their aid and mining men must dein- I:. Sanderson Smilli leli yesterday for onstrate that they want a good hotel here ,N,'W v"r, "ime he W ,l l'likt' M" Millicleutlv to be willing to pay sometlilng nilnlng Investors a well developed mine lor rile luui . ,n:" I'1" ;ivs Is now producing Jio.ooo per I he plans ol the proposed building "lonth. Mr. Smith is a pr.utkal mining liav e not been draw n, nor lis 1(ist rstiiu.it- ln,,n w ",l ' '"'W "'stn aaiuaiutance, rd. It Ins mrirly been decided tliat II which will probadly mane Ills mission .kli a house is nnted, it will be 7SM00 successlul. lert, Hist slass in .ill respects, with every modern Improvement. Sumpter nerds nothing so tiuis.li as a good hotel, and no Institution would be ol greater benetit to tlie tow 11, or pav its pro prietor;. .1 better interest on the investment. GOOD THINGS TO Why Carl Adltr Leaves Sumpter. Carl Adlrr was in town Monday. He lias decided not to continue his store here. His reasons tor taking this course are pregnant with suggestions to property holders and those who are endeavoring to build up this town. He says that the business done since starting here four or live mouths since has been entirely satis lactory, up to tlir last day before his store , was burned out; but the trouble is It costs too much to conduct a mercantile business. Por the little storeroom he is now in he pays ?7S a month rent, and his insurance , re.uhes tlie prohibitive rate of 10 per cent. EAT II AT E. P. Bergman & Compa'y GROCERS Mill Street, Wood's Rullding. OUR GREAT FIRE SALE OF DAMAGED GOODS Again ready for business in the Jones & Yerger Block on Mill Street near the Depot 08 H AS been of such marked bene fit to ourselves in getting our unsalable goods into money and, we hope, to our custom ers in their securing good bargains at less than half their value. j j All nur J.imigrJ KnnJs nJJs ani enjs hue leen releateJ in tills Je pirtmeni an J are now nrjrly.ill snIJ, (e.ivlne; nur stock In tin Jones & VerRer Hock Clean, First-Class and Up-to- Date in Every Particular Alter W'eJnesJav nl Oils Meek kit sale ol JimiKe I stock lll close until S.ilurji atternoon, rtlirn those who have nut Uken aJvant.ii;e ol this op portunity can Jo so at that time. We are receiving new goods every day and hope to see all our old customers and many new ones at our new stand next to the Townsite Company's office, where we serve you to the best of our ability lAf Fraser & Chalmers Chicago .MILLING AUCHINBRY-Rolls, Stamps, Crushers, Perforated Metals, Jigs, Prue Vnnners, Ktc. MINING MACHINEIsY-Roilers, including Sederliolm Holler, Air Compressors, Heidler Pumps, Fur naces, Ktc. Write to our Chicago oltice for Catalogue. Represented by MENNO UNZICKER, Hotel Warshauer, BAKER CITY, OREGON taMMBMHlDPIMEMrta 0V Ajr.&A Fritz b Dwyer iis GRANITE STREET. We buy and ell 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. THE Sumpter Forwarding Co. General Storage, Commission and Forwarding. Warehouse and office, S. V. Track. SUMPTER, OREGON.