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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1900)
THE SUMPTER MINER vol I. SUMPTER, OREGON, JUNE 6, 1900. NO. ,9. THAT ELECTION Baker County Splits About Even SUMPTER GETS THE AX follews: Senate republicans 20, opposi-' this prominence there Is not an auction tion 10. House republicans 41, opposi- eer In the state who Can't make a better tfon ly. I speech. Honorable Edward Everett The woman suffrage amendment Is de-1 Young; a recent and, naturally, gushing feated by a large majority. , ly enthusiastic convert, spoke on "Why The vote hi Similiter Is harder t,i solve ' ' '"" "' republican", but held out 011 the I than a Chinese puz.el; that is to divine 1 the causes whii.li led to the result. It I also fell tar short of the registration, though about 85 votes were sworn hi during the dav, including most of those itidience the true reason were others. The crowd getlier by the promise of another song at the close of the next speech, by the handsome woman and charming vocalist Thompson and wife gave au option In August of last year to Rutus H. Pope 011 the Lilac, Mvrtleand hunker Hill quart, claims in the Cable Cove mining district, Haker county, Oregon. I he option was for $100,000, of wliit.li Sis.ooo was to be And there paid at the time of the agreement, 15,000 was held to-1 was to be paid In four mouths. S.rco In nine mouths and 5 J 5, 000 In fourteen months. The lirst pawnent was made. English for Representative and Looney for Sheriff Defeated One a Republican, the Other a Democrat Gleaton for Commissioner May Full Through J election. The event was not generally fat Elected Assessor State Goes Re- discussed litre until Saturday, when some publican-Party Lines not Drawn n 'I')" ''"frest was aroused by the presence ... - . A, , , , i f prominent campaigners and the prep- this County -Sectional Issues and . nra0, for ,ee,h,gs willch both parties Relative Popularity of Candidates De-' held in the evening. Here Is the vote of clde the Contest. Ilefori! the second payment was to be made whom one party or the other claimed to' from lrllanJ, supported by local talent, it had been agreed Mr. Thompson and have been fraudulently registered. The' ' :His opera house "unite a few" of , wife should place the final receipts and total vote was only 681, while the reKiv , 'e falthtul gathered and listened to Jelf- other papers giving title to the claim in tratlon reached considerable over 000. er011''"1 anti-expansion doctrines and a escrow in the Exchange National bank. The only satisfactory theory to account ,,ot ro;,st ". McKinley and his adminis- I he plaintltfs say the second payment ot for thl Is the lack of Interest taken in the 1 ,r:,til)"- '"''e speaker was W. M. ' )5,ooo was duly made and, w ith the con- nowuer, a recent arrival in Haker City. j sent of the plaiutlfls, soco of this amount He Is a good speaker; is evidently at j was allowed AU. Pope to carry on devel home on the stump, for he knows the opment work. Hut it Is now claimed the tricks of that trade, how to catch the bank refuses to pay the f 10,000 to Mr. popular fancy. W. I-. Hutcher, also of Baker, talked largely of local Issues. Attorney Shelton presided gracefully at the meeting. the two precincts, In detail, except that for the prohibition candidates, who re ceived trom live to nine votes, and an occasional independent, none of whom cut any figure in the result. The first figures Riven below are for North Sump W. W. Looney Is defeated for sheriff by a majority of about 200. The reason for this is that in Baker City he was slaughtered to the tune of two to one, the ter, the second for South Sumpter precinct, majority against him there being 419., the first name, the republican; the second l his includes South Baker and Depot the democratic candidate. precinct. Notwithstanding Sheriff Hunt-' For congress Moody, republican, 116, ington's popularity, there would seem to, 184; Smith, democrat, 133, 149. be some sectional prejudice mixed up in Justice of the Supreme court Wolver this vote. FOURTH OF JULY CELEBATION. Money Success of Tile same precincts changed their polit ical complexion when It came to repre sentative, and gave Grace, democrat, 665 and English, republican, 581 votes. Grace is elected, by about the same ma jority that Huntington, republican candi date for sheriff, receives in the county. Sumptcr's other candidate, W. H. uie.isou, democratic candidate lor com-j missloner, may be elected, but the vote is , very close. j At tills writing, Wednesday noon, ac cording to the best information that can be obtained here, tiie republicans here j elected Huntington, sheriff; Palmer. nc.iMicr, rosien surveyor; snow, cor oner, without oposition. The democrats here elected James recorder; Jett, assessor; Privette, school superintendent; Grace representative. ton, 126, i87r; Green 158, 166, Dairy and Food Commissioner Bailey 124, 179; Schutmerlch 121, 148. Attorney Eighth Judicial district Cochran 117, 16;; White 151, 158. Representative EiirIIsIi 115, 189; Grace 156, 179. Sheriff Huntington 78, 129; Looney 201, 253. Clerk Geddes 131, 186; Foster 145, 180. Recorder bobbins 110, 186; James 156, 191. Assessor Holcomb 112, 147; Jett 164, 225. School ?uperintendent Stalker no. Subscribed Insures the Event. At a meeting held the latter part of last week to promote the the Fourth of July celebration, A. J. Slinson, A. W. Ellis and Harley Wood were appointed a general committee to take charge of the event. In passing, it might be well to state that three better men for the job could not have been selected In the town. and Mrs. Thompson, though they have fully carried out their terms of the agree ment. Spokesman-Review. F. J. Pcnhale Expected Daily J. J. Peuhale Is dally expected to ar rive in Sumpter. He has been in Montreal consulting with the owners of the Bunker Hill, of which company he is the resident manager. There was some little hitch in the transfer of this valuable prop erty from Thompson flr McEweu to the Canadian syndicate, which has been sat isfactorily adjusted. The work ol block leg out ore will be resumed as soon as Mr. Penhale arrives, and will be con tinued indefinitely. . 201; Privett 128. 147. Treasurer Palmer laud 141, 165. . Surveyor Foster 155, 201: ,148. 128, 186; McClel- Hagel no, Commissioner and clerk are in doubt. 1 Coroner T. N. Snow, republican, 170. witli th- probabilities thatGleason, demo-, 25c crat, for the former place and Geddes, Commissioner Fildew 63, 124; Gleas- republican, for the later, arc the winners. "J3i "8- Sam White, democratic candidate fer: Justice of the Peace Miller 117, 147; District Attorney, has carrleJ this county ' Felix 149, 216. by a large majority and is elected. J Constable Cauavan 98, 144; Baker ( Baker county goes republican 011 state 1 ' 'i '59! Davies, independent, 48, 56. ofltcers. j or road supervisor, John Riggs was No information regarding the vote on elected, G. B. Tedrowe, the republican constitutional amendments Is obtainable ! candidate, havine refused to accent the , nomination. at this time. The Associated Press Rives this sum mary of the result in the state: Practically complete returns from yes terday's election show that Wolverton (rep) for justice of the supreme court, has 8000 plurality. This plurality in all prob ability will be increased 1000 by the com plete returns. Bailey (rep) for food and dairy commis sioner, has about the same plurality as Wolverton. In the First congressional district, Tongue (rep) has carried every county except Lake and Linn, and his plurality is 2732. In the Second district, Moody (rep) has 6623 plurality, according to returns now in, but it is likely this plurality will be increased. Both branches of the legislature will be controlled by republicans and on joint ballot they will have 32 majority. The legislature is to be composed as Little attention was paid to the consti tutional amendments, less than two hund red votes having been cast on any of them, except on woman suffrage. On this issue the ladies got in their work and carried the amendment in the two pre cincts by a vote of 169 to 136. The campaign closed in this camp Sat urday evening with two "monster meet ings", as the rural reporter delights to write it. The democrats had engaged Ellis' opera house; so the republicans held an out-door, fresh air love feast and abuse tournament. The sidewalk in front of the Star hotel was useu as a platform and seats were placed on the freshly washed, clean planked street. Altogether it was an admirable arrange ment. Attorney Richards acted as master of ceremonies and did his work better than any of the speakers whom he intro duced. Governor Geer was the star at traction. His official position gave him Since their :iiiiiolntiiitiit. .-in rlfi-ilun Ivn ' been held here and the committee has ' H"vy S,aK TmvcI not yet gotten down to arranging the de-1 As '" evidence that the travel in and talis for the celebration, but has confided 1 ,ult "' Sumpter is good, In fact growing Its divided attention to the other matter, every day, the Sumpter Transportation of first importance, the raising of funds. I company has had to send out from one to The financial committee, on which the 'lliree extra Mages every day for the past burden of tiie first work falls, has been week. Until today the Bonana run had materially aided by these general niana-' ,,,rre extras; the Prairie City line and Rers. The work of soliciting subscrlp- !'raulte Hue had each one extra coach, tlons has been fairly successful, between i !l11 "f which weie comfortably tilled with 8oo and 5900 having been raised. 'I hrre ' passengers, baggage, mail and express. is 110 doubt but what the J 1000 needed will be subscribed before the week Is out. Three Hundred Dollars in One Nugget The ever present, all pervading hog has I Mlnnl Austin came in again Tuoday been encountered by the solicitors, of I from his Wintervllle placer diggings, course. He has been fot'nd in his I bringing another large nugget from that most Irritating form among those who ! property, which was picked up list will receive the most benelit, financially, I Friday and weighing over into, in gold, from the celebration. j This Is the second one found on this There Is no question but what the ground within two weeks that had over event will be a grand success. 'I he pro-' 2oo In it. gram will be arranged within the week,1 ,,, ., . and the :ittr.-i-tlnns nOVr-i uiii i, -v. i Miss Kate l.nmpmau, trance life read- tensively and widely advertised. lug medium, will remain in Sumpter two weeks only. Advice upon mines a spe cialty. Hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., .Metropolitan hotel. Handsome lot ot Dickens' vest chains Smelting Ores Around Prairie City Parties in Baker City interested in the mining districts surrounding Prairie City are enthusiastic over tiie prospects of the for men at lJ. C. Brodie's jewelry store, bright future lor that country. One of ' Opera House block. the Interested parties in speaking on this ' subiect said; "I ;.m ennii.lnr H.-.i ti,- i Sumpter souvenir spoons. I-. C. Bro Is in a radius of fourteen miles from Prairie City more good smelting ore than in any like territory on the globe. I his will in due time be demonstrated to the world. All the mining men who have made ex aminations of this country this season are of the same opinion, We have all the things necessary for smelting ore, and even have a good coal prospect, although that is not known to be of such character as to warrant expecting a supply of coal that would be tit to use in a furnace Republican. Captain Thompson Sties Spokane Bank C. H. Thompson and wife have com menced an action against the Exchange National bank to recover $30,000, which they allege is wrongfully withheld from them. According to the coin; laint Mr. die, watchmaker house block. and jeweler, Opera Go or send to the City ( ireen house, Haker City, for choice pausey and daisey plants. Keep your money in Sumpter and drink Columbia beer a home product. The City Green house, at Baker City, furnishes choice cut (lowers. Ask for the Columbia beer, breweJ Sumpter. hi Go to Fenner & Worthhigton for all kinds of engineering. Columbia beer, brewed in Siifnpter, is second to none.