THE SUMPTER MINER.
Wednesday, June 13. 1900
The Sumpter Miner
Official Paper of the I own of Sumpter.
ri MIIMIPI) him UIIIMSIMV MY
C. II. MAItSII ami J. W. t.ONNI 1. 1. A
One Year
Si Month
SlIISI KII'IKIN f MIS
AIUAVS l ADVASI.I.
f 1 i
I
I nlrfi-J tit tlir 1 iMilil In Sumpltr, f Iregon, lor
tr insmlssloii ihiotigh tin- nulls .1 si-iunJ clus
in Kin
POPULATION OF SUMPTER 4,500.
Sl'.MI'IIN merchants report tll.it lliev
ate now doing the l.itgest business ever
lr.ins.uted in the history ol tile town,
verv largely mi a cash basis.
'I III committee In charge ol the I ourtll
ol Inly celebration is working hard to
inaUf th.it event a Min.es. anil is going
to ainiiiiplish that purpose. Citizens
owe it to themselves to render the com
mittee every aid In their power.
Illl Aiuient Order of liver Present
United Knockers are itritntiuglyin evi
dence ol l.ite. I heir organ Is doing valiant
serv lie for the i.iuse ami the w hole outfit
seems to think tilings are coming their
way. Hut lliev are .is mentally blind as
they are morally Irresponsible, and their
rll'orts will do no permanent harm.
"II you see It in the Anierknu, It's
so."-Mine Mountain Ameilcan, forty
consecutive issues.
"( Jle.ison also i.in but he not beat,"
Amerkau, last week.
If ynu see It in the American, you can
gamble on the assertion that it is mall
ilouslv false, or Is designed to Injure
Sumpter to bear the ptoposition, that's
Its mission.
I MOM alleged whipped Hnets did a
l.ilr day's work luue 7, w hen they killed,
wounded and captured all of the louith
Derbyshire battalion, except six enlisted
men. It is altogether ton royal a saullue
to the greed fur gold which Is being made
In this South AtiUau war. It causes
one to turn with levolt trom modern,
civ ill. ition and long tor an exhibition ot
some ol the native virtues, in which
juslke lias ever tecelved leiognltion.
I MINI is no nuestlon but what mote
prospecting auddev elopmeut is being done
In this ,nid adjoining districts the ptesent ,
season then duiiug a doeu previous
veils. Many eiuouraglug reports come
In trom the hills ot promising ledges dis
covered and good strikes made on old
deliveries All this means that the
mining luteiests of eastern Oregon ate In
a llouilshiug condition and when pro
spritnrsand miners arc in luck, the camps
are sute to prosper.
A Wlltl l lepott from Portland credits '
R. S. Sheiid.iu, chairman ol the state
driuoci.itk committee, with sav
ing: " I'heie Is not much hope ot lauding
Oiegon lot Itrvau, but we will make a
showing and keep up the organization.
The trouble with the democrats is that
thev lack conlidence. I hey do not be
lievewe c.tueleil state ollicers, and so
they do not enter the light with verv
ardent zeal. I he democratic piess, In
stead of supnttlng the Mate ticket, usually
Interests itsell in some pattkul.tr demo
cratic candidate and nukes all else sub-1
servient to his election."
I bechances aie several to one that the
democratic papers have done a whole lot
more tor the pattv than the patty has
ever done tor them, and when thev work
tor some one candidate it is with the hope
of a substantial reward in the shape of
lotiil patronage. In other words, it is a
fight for existence, for self preservation
a hope that has perhaps been repeatedly
throttled by the party at large. There Is
a whole lot of buncombe Indulged In
relative to the duty of a newspaper in a
political way.
IT looks as If China were finally about
to be carved and divided by the civilized
nations of the globe; something they have
long wished to do. In this event, there
is going to be as intertaluiug an interna
tional sparring contest for points as the
world has seen for a century or more.
Already l.'ipan and Russia seem to be
arraiiiging the preliminaries for a "go"
at each other. Hut the feature of most
absorbing interest to all the world Is
pointed out by 11 London Inlander, who
says that If China is opened wide to the
trade of foreign nations, it will call into
use such a vast quantity of silver money
that the price of that metal will in all
I probability reach a par value, at a ratio
of 16 to 1 In gold.' Nor dos this idea
seem unre.isonahl", either. Silver is the
most buoyant "commodity" known a
favorable bill introduced in congress will
send limitations through the ceiling.
Pltl ss dispatches from Washington
(lily state that important work for the
benelit of commerce in the Pacllic is to be
performed by the navy, now tint Congress
has ai'tliorized the appropriation of J loo,
000 lor ocean and lake survevs. Pear
Admiral Bradford, chief of the bureau of
equipment, has approved a recommenda
tion submitted by Commander Todd for
an elaborate charting on the triangle
formed by the Hawaiian Islands, the
southernmost point of the Philippines and
the Islands of Japan. It Is also proposed ,
to establish a path between Honolulu and
the Philippines tube followed by Ameri
can warships, so that if any become dls-1
abled, others tollowing may pick
them up. It is understood, of course,
that the United States can obtain more
expeditious results bv cooperating with1
other nations, lap. in has expressed her I
willingness to chart the waters hi the
vicinity of her islands and (Jreat Britain
has charted to some extent the China sea
and the Last Indies.
pENNER & WORTHINGTON
Civil and Mining Engineers.
U. S. Deputy .Mineral Surveyor lor Oregon, Wash
ington, UatioanJ Montana. Engineers tor the
Sumpter Townslle Company, l.lmlleJ.
Undirfround and Patent Surety. Blue Printing
nf Ofitintln.
H. T. HENDRYX & CO.,
Mines Bought, Sold and Developed.
Bargains In Sumpter Distrkt
Quart Claims.
SUAW'TI-R, . OKLGON
W. A. SAMMS,
ARCHITECT,
iiamr cm, : OKI cos
Reliable pl.ins, specifications nnJ estimates lurnlsliej
HK. WIII.ELI.R. I'. O. Ilnxjoj.
I'hone M.im 14.
Oilier: Room 1, 1 iret Hank nl Sumptrr,
Notary Public.
Mining and Civil Engineer.
U. S. Deputy .Mineral Surveur.
Mapping anJ Itlue Printing.
.Mine examinations anJ reports maJe. Special at
trntlon given to canlJe ptmess.
; A. i:. STARK,
Attorney-at-Law
Ci-nftr, cor. High St. - Sumpter, Oregon
C C. STI.I I I.N.
Justice of the Peace,
Sumpter District.
(inieral Conceiancln
MLM. ISTA1I1
E.I.. MANNING,
City RrcorJer anJ Notary Public.
Collections
Abstracts
Agent (or I rlclJe I ire KMlngulsher. Sumpter.
I'OTI&SHELTON, 5-m
Attorneys at Law.
su.Mmi.it.
OKI CON
B. S. McLAIN
MILL
WRIGHT
I HI U ION Ol OIAKT
Mills A SPIUM1V
SUMITI:K J 0KIK1ON
(.aci 1 ai 1101 n.
CHAS. k. POPLIN,
ATTOKNl.Y-AT-l.AW
Notary Public
Room i. 1 list Hank ol Sumptir Sl'MPI Kit, Olt
W. II. W. HAMILTON.
Mining .inj Consulting I'nglnerr.
Mining Piopertles KxamlneJ .inj
Iti-porteJ On.
Moirlng inJ Neil (jiJe.
ll.iv jiS.
SUMI'TI It. OHIV.ON
DPS. TAPE & PEARCE,
Physicians and Surgeons
C. . I'l WU . . II.
II. . TM'I. M. II.
rleplione Main y
SUMI'IIM. OMIIiON
New Bakery
J AND COMTCTIONI-RY
All kinds of Resh
Fruit in Season.
O. BRECHTEL, Proprietor
Opposite S. V. Ry. Depot.
I. O. R. M.
E(,N 1 Willi: No. .. ImrrosrJ Order ReJ Men,
inert In tegular inuncil at I Ills Hall at the 8th
run on Ihe irj sleep ot errv sesen suns ot Mill
moon All ItrJ Men cislllng our hunting giounjs
airorUome. I.. S. Allium,
W W lltlx, t, ol It Saihem
D. W. WARD
Physician and Surgeon.
SUMPTER, Olt
Basche Huildiug
Mill Street
ARTHUR PHILBRICK
Civil and
Mining Engineer.
U. S. IKputi Mineral s,unor (or Oirgon ani
IJ.1I10. I.c.imlnallonsanj reports on mining proper
ties. Otlue with I ItiU- (il.mt Mining Co.
Mill STKIIT.
SUwi'Tlk, OmOOS.
L. T. BROCK, M. D
Physician and Surgeon.
Sumpter. Oregon.
Special Attention (ilven to Surgerv an J to Dls.
eases ot Women. Omce, Nelll llluck; KeslJence.
(iranhe Street near Milt.
Basche
Hardware
Co.
. Sumpter .
GENERAL DEALERS IN
Shelf and Heavy
Hardware
Iron
and Steel Pipe
Mining
and
Mill Machinery
V ..
&
Agents for
"HERCULES"
Powder
Fuse and Caps
&
C.C. Basche
MANAGER