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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1900)
THE SUMPTER MINER vol I. SUMPTER, OREGON, JUNE 20, 1900. NO. 41 INDUCEMENTS FOR DRILLERS. DIAMOND MEDALS AND $300 OF FERED AS PRIZES. Great Attractions Given in Sumpter at the Fourth of July Celebration Parade, Bate Ball Game, Foot and Hone Race, Rock Drilling; Contest, Wrestling Match and Numerous Athletic Events Fire works and Dance at Night. The executive committee of the Fourth of July celebration, consisting of A. W. Ellis, A. J. Stinson and H. G. Wood, has done much good work during the past week and arrangements for the day are well advanced. An excellent program has been arranged. Liberal prizes will be awarded, which are sure to attract a large crowd. There will be a parade In the forenoon, starting at to o'clock. In this there will be a liberty car, containing the Goddess of Liberty and young girls representing the different states, a lot of plug uglies, Sumpter Rough Riders and secret orders. Miss Edna Van Duyn will be the goddess of liberty. The procession will march to the grounds west of the river, where the liter ary exercises and the athletic contests will be held. Hon. John Cradelbaugh will deliver the oration. There will be a bal loon ascension at 6 o'Jock in the evening, and a wrestling contest between Orwell and Williams later on. A grand display of fireworks will be followed by a ball, in Ellis' opera house, which will close the festivities of the day. Of course, the athletic sports constitute the most attractive features of the celebration, and of these the rock drilling contest Is the chief. The large purse of 2$o and two diamond medals for the winning team, the lat ter to be given by the ladles of Sump ter, and $o as a second prize, makes it worth while for the miners to strive for these awards. 1 he contest Is open to all resident miners of eastern Oregon. Entries will be closed on the evening of July 3. Messrs. Poindexter, Stinson and Mikel will be the committee in charge of this event. There will be three horse races, quarter mile dashes. In the free for all a purse of J6o is offered; for saddle horses 4. and in the consolation race, f 50. A purse of f 50 is offered to the winning base ball nine. A game has not yet been definitely arranged at this writing, but negotiations are pending with the club at Bonanza, which will doubtless be closed to day. Harley Wood is chairman of this committee. Walter Cronin has been appointed chairman of the committee to manage the job lot of the athletic contests. Among these will be 100 yard foot race, purse io; 50 yard handicap foot race for boys $2.50; the same for girls, J2.50; ladder race for boys J2.50; sack race for boys 5.005 three leg race, 5oo; tug of war, Siooo; catching the greased pig, the pig; climbing a greased pole, 5.oo. Other attractive features are being ar ranged for, which will be announced in due time. Satisfactory arrangements have been made for excursion rates on both stage and railroad lines, and there is no J uoiiDi out wnai a large crowu win nc present. Carpenters Give a Day's Work. The following carpenters have agreed to give one day's work towards building the grand stand for the Fourth of July celebratien: D. A. Walton, H. L. Blake, F. A. Jennings, G. L. Turner, J. E. Crandall, Win. Browulee, Ed Rand, S. T. North, S. H. Summers, D. Russell, J. A. Martin, T. R. Yerger, Al Wenrlch, S. Smith, J. H. Gray, J. W. Call, Charles Myers, J. Crause, E. Nordyke, C. H. Carle, C. Y Burr and J. S. Lampman. BERRY AND CREAM FESTIVAL. To Raise Money With Which to Buy Miners Diamond Medals. The executive committee of the Fourth of July celebration has appointed Mrs. J. H. Robblus, Mrs. E. J. Dwyer and Mrs. Wallace to assist Mrs. Brock in raising the funds with which to purchase the diamond medals which the ladies of Sump ter will present the winning team in the rock drilling contest. Instead of solicit ing donations for this fund, these ladles have decided to raise the money by open ing an ice cream and berry booth, which will in itself be a most delightful social event. It will be continued three days, June 28, 29 and 30, tints not Interfering in any way with the tradesmen on the day of the celebration. William Stinson lias kindly given the ladies permission to erect a tent on his property, corner Mill and Granite streets, a most desirable location. Claude Basche will furnish the tent and the Case Furni ture company the tables, free of cost. And last, but not least, the Sumpter band will furnish music each evening un til 9 o'clock, to help the good cause along. The tent will be open afternoons and evenings for three days, when the ladies in charge, assisted by a bevy of pretty girls, dressed In attractive costumes, will serve refreshments and entertain all com ers. 1 his will undoubtedly be the social storm center for the time being. There is going to be some other feature connected with this affair, which is thus far kept a profound secret and jealously guarded. This diamond medal will surely attract many miners to Sumpter on the Fourth. A large sum of money is needed to pay for these trophies, which Mrs. Brock and her assistants say must necessarily be something really elegant, and their efforts being for so worthy a cause, should re ceive all aid and encouragement which the cltlens can possibly extend. S. V. R'y Extension to Clifford. Baker City papers announce that the first spike In the extension of the railroad to Clifford was driven here yesterday. This Is pure fiction, on the face of it. In constructing a railroad through the moun tains, some grading is necessary before rails are laid and spikes driven. The con struction crew has not yet reached here, though it is reported that work will be commenced at an early date. Sumpter souvenir spoons. F. C. Bro die, watchmaker and jeweler, Opera house block. Go or send to the City Green house, Baker City, for choice pansey and daisey plants. A nice cool pitcher of Weinhard's beer 25 cents, at Henry Finger's, Center street. Columbia beer, brewed in Sumpter, is second to none. Keep your money in Sumpter and drink Columbia beer a home product. QNE PAN, $2400 IN GOLD. Result of Bedrock Cleanup Near Bonanza. Word was brought to town yesterday that Minot Austin, whl'e cleaning up the webfoot bedrock In his Wlntervllle pla cers, near Bonanza, had the day betore taken out (2400 in one pan. It was, of course, practically all gold. 'I he state ment bears every evidence of reliability. Mr. Austin bought the ground last spring, agreeing to pay 15,000 for it, on long time. He has already taken out more than enough gold to pay for it, and men who have made a careful examina tion of the property estimate that there is still s 100,000 there which can be easily and economically mined. This beats even (lie best story that lias ever been brought out from Alaska, all of which grow rapidly on tlte long voyage. And these stories all discount the facts, giving cards and spades; encumbered with all the handlcaos known to the trade of the professional liar. IMPORTANT RULING. Right to Udgcs Restricted to Those Located on the Public Domain. The Secretary of the Interior has Issued the following circular of Instructions, dated July 1, which is of Interest to all miners: To conform to the principles announced by the Supreme court In the case of Del Monte Mining Co. v. Last Chance Min ing Company (171 U. S., $5), as applied and followed by this Department in the recent case of Hustler and New Year Lode claims (29 L. D., 668,) paragraph seven of the mining regulations, approved June 24, 1809 (28 L. D., $77,595), Is here by amended so as to read as follews: 7. The rights granted to locators un der section 2323, Revised Statutes, are restricted to such locations on veins, lodes, or ledges as may be "situated on the public domain." In applications for patent to lode claims where the survey conflicts witli the survey or location lines or another lode claim and the ground in such conflict is excluded, the applicant not only has no right to the excluded ground, but he has no right to that portion of any vein or lode the top or apex of which lies within such excluded ground, unless his location was prior to May 10, 1872. His right to the lode claimed terminates where the lode, in its ownward course or strike, Intersects the exterior boundary of such excluded ground and passes within it. Paragraph eight of said mining regula tions is hereby abolished. Colonel Grayson Locates Permanently. Colonel John T. Grayson has been in the district several days, for the purpose of making an expert report on some pro spect In Cable Cove district for eastern parties. The Colonel has permanently established his office at Baker City, where he can more conveniently communicate with his clients at a distance, though naturally the major portion of his time is spent about Sumpter and its mines, where, in the professional capacity of a mining expert, acting for eastern and English capital, his duties call him. Colonel Grayson has an exalted opinion of this country, which coming from a man of experience is another con vincing proof of its actual worth. He does not hesitate to sav either that the present lull, coming as it does at a time w lien It is natural to evpect It, is the best tiling that could happen to Sumpter, In as much as It clears out all the "rif-raf" and "cold feet" element and also puts the town and district on the basis of solidity and permanence, which moneyed men de- sire to see when Investing large sums for profit. Check Forger Operates Here. A man who called himself 1 homas Daniels, passed a forged check for 575 on the Hub Clothing store a few days since. It was drawn in his favor by the Empire Gold Mining company, Ed l.eClalr, sup erintendent. The check was deposited in the Bank of Sumpter, transferred to a Baker Cltv bank, where the forgery was detected. 1 he man bought a suit ot clothes and paid for it with the check, receiving the difference In cash. Accord ing to the Democrat of yesterday morn ing, he turned two or three similar tricks in Baker City and has not yet been ap prehended. Many Horses Missing. There Is much complaint of lost horses recently. Matt Clements, who nas been looking for one for two days past, says: "Every body seems to be looking for horses." The general impression Is that either a gang of thieves Is operating here, or else the animals are being driven into the hills, in the hope that rewards for their, recovery may be obtained about the difference there Is between a burglar and a sneak thief. School Director Election. A special meeting has been called bv the chairman of the school board, for June 26, for the purpose of electing a di rector to till the unexpired term of W. W. Looney, resigned. J. N. Doane Is men tioned for the office with much favor and it Is probable that lie w ill be elected If he allows himself to be put up as a candi date. He is an old resident with an interesting family of children and natural ly takes much Interest in school atfalrs. Close Call on Death. Charles Cullum, the sawyer at the Mitchell mill, was struck on the head by a timber yesterday afternoon and knocked senseless. It was thought that he was dead, but on the arrival of Dr. Brock, lie found that life was not extinct and began work on the injured man. Conscious ness was finally restured and today he l out of Immediate danger, though he will probably lose the sight of his left ee. Class in Penmanship. Prof. G. M. Paul, former penman ot the Taco'ma Business college, and recent peiiitMii of the Empire Business college of Walla Walla, Washington, will begin teaching a class in penmanship at the school house in Sumpter 011 Monday evening, June 2$, at 7:30 o'clock. A large class will be In attendance. "The Portland", conducted by (Jus Woodward on Mill street, is fully a representation ot Its name. A visit will convince you of this. Mrs. S. A. Campbell has a tent 20x30, for sale. Inquire at tent south east of school house. Weinhard's beer on draught at Henry Finger's; 10 cents per glass. On your way to or from Bourne remem ber the Roadside resort of C. H. Barnard can quench your thirst and satisfy your hunger.