8 THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, August 22. 1900 THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO. Local Mining Men Not Very Easy Spenders. "Say, while I have been loafing around town fur the past week, waiting for that thousand from my brother down in Indiana, who teaches school for sixty dollars a month, I have had time to do a whole lot of thinking," said the gentle nnn from Colorado. "It has often been remarked that In many respects this mining country is different from any other on the globe, and that is a fact, too. It Is also true that if this iri1ner.il deposit were anywhere else on earth, except here in Oregon, there wouldn't be so many peculiarities about It. For one thing and the most Important, too, It would luvebeen developed twenty years ago to a point that live years of hard work from this date will be required to attain. "Of course, tills is all in line with the world wide reputation of (lie state, rela tive to its hack number, behind time proclivities. Hut what I was thinking of when I started In to deliver this discourse, Is the fact that there is not a mining magnate In the district who spends his money like a thoroughbred; not one who is willing to separate himself from enough Void bullion to enjoy the luxury of buying political preferment. No, none of them ure Investing in worldly honors. When vou begin to figure on a seat in the .-n.itr, or even a step in that direction, a irngresvloual election, the first thing to It done Is to get possession of an opinion moulder. If you boys can only hang on until some o( our owners of producing mines takes a notion that lie lus income enough to support the position of a states man, then you can make that longed for ileau-up. Hut until then you will have to hustle tor meal tickets and ligure on reducing your laundry bills, just like your poverty sttUkeu brethren in eastern .igrlcoltur.il communities. "I have been told that there has been .1 case or two, on a kindergarten scale, of mining men putting money into news papers, but they don't count, and I am not going to make a single comment on these two or thiee unimportant, rather ndiciilniis i.ises, "In this connection, let me whisper a sure! to vou. Don't you calculate on unloading on any of tin- vet y excellent gentli turn w ho already own good tilings, developed and producing. I'hey are not built that w.tv. Some who hate c ished in were content to go to Maker City to irsl.te a deaJ ghr.iay, to stait with. I wont say just how, because I am not in iking unpleasant remarks at tills wilting. I heir Idea ol lolling Vin high is to buy wine when a crowd is looking, .nut pay lor having their pkturrs 'put in the pipei..' Others have allowed their vaulting ambition to lure them to far oft Portland as a place of residence, where ibeycau Indulge their dream of luxury by going to some kind show eery night and eating Hied osters on l-'omth ot Inly. rivet and dim up a pond for it to float on; will run .1 string of racers; travel on special trains only, and go down to Salem and raise those Cortland mortgage deal ers out of their boots, when the honest fanners in the legislature put up a seat In the United States senate for sale to the highest bidder. "I do wish some thoroughbred (Jen eral Warren, for instance of course, I couldn't name myself would make a big winning here and give that Portland push a taste of high life. If I were guessing who will possibly turn such a trick, and could name five men, A. W. Hills would be one of them. What the Mine Owners Club is Doing. The Mine Owners' Club, hi connection with the Oregon Mining Stock exchange, has done considerable to advertise Ore gon's mineral resources. 1 he sumptuous quarters of the club in the Chamber of Commerce building, are always at the disposal of visiting niinenwuers, investors and others interested in mining. Writing material is kept handy, and all the latest milling journals and dailies Kept on tile. In the center of the spicious rooms is a creditable mineral display that includes J ores from representative mines all over the northwest. Some ot the specimens from the Helena, (Jolcouda and (.ireal Northern, are rkh enough to make strangers' eyes bulge out in surprise. Gold sticks out all over them in little yellow chunks, showing thai it is not necessary to go to Nome to secure riches. An OregouiJii who returned from Nome made the wise observation, that if the Oregon people who went to Nome had spent the same amount of money in de veloping Oregonjproperties, their returns would have been a hundred fnldover that of Nome. Through the combined efforts of the club and the exchange many of these lost opportunities are being re covered, and milling In this state is reaching a high position among the in dustries. A good many Portland people have awakened to a realization of the benefits to be reaped in this direction, and are not so slow as they were hi furnish ing monev for the development of promis ing prospects. 'I here Is a regular revenue now Homing Into this city from the min ing interests, which, with proper en couragement, those well posted assert, can he Increased into .1 lame, steady stream of wealth. Kvery d iv more active inquiries are received troui the hast from men anxious to invest hi the Northwest. Of course, it is reaiied that everv mine will not turn out . 1 dividend payer. Hut it is claimed with judicious care in study ing the conditions through well-posted and reliable brokers, there is more chances for big returns on the investment of capital in mines than in any other branch ol business. Portland Telegram. Scenic Line ol the World. Y-'- Tor an enjoyable trip east, take the Denver Wo ( irande railroad, Scenic Line of the world. I lure daily trains be tween Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and all eastern points, and all points on the Padtic coast. Most magnilicent scen ery on this continent. 'I he leading fea ture in connection with the trip is that the ,nej through trains pass through the scenic ittractions ol the Nockv mountains hi .Musi im uin.i, mmrir r ..-. iiiucii , uoior.idn by daylight, tluis allowing pas- enamored with the Individual doll ir as LrRer.s ;, Cool, pleasant and enjoyable rl it were earned pulling sugar beets) rJCi ,,fc (rom lUls, ;IU t. ;,nm)yaMCc over La (Irande way. 'I hrse think their .experienced via othrr lines. Superb din public duty has been performed when i,,K car -rvicc on all through trains, they buv their canned tiuit troin a local Service a la carte, pay for what you order, dealer, Instead ot having it shipped in by hrougli standard and tourist sleepers. the case tiom Portland. "It that nnn Vinson had won out or Irt's sav when lie does make a killing he'll set .1 pace that will take the breath .1w.1v Honi some people in this neighbor hood and state. In the first place, he will own a dally paper in Sumpter, with toll Associ ited press dlpatches; w ill hav e .1 yacht, If lie has to put it in Powder Stopovers allowed on all classes of tickets auywliere between Ogden and Denver. Call 011 your nearest ticket agent for tickets, rates and all Information, or ad dress, H. C. NlCIIOL, General Agent, Portland, Ore. Five quart bottles of Olympla beer for ft.ooat Henry ringer's. .THE. Union Smelter Mfg. !Co. OH ST. LOUIS, MO. Our Sumpter, Oregon, Plant of From K to 40 Tons Daily Capacity is Now Ready For Operation. A spur of the Sumpter Valley Railway Company and easy wagon roads facilitate the delivery of ores right at the Smelter. Owners or controllers of Sulphide, Carbonate and Oxide ores, who can contract for their delivery in lots of 10 tons at least, are requested to forward to us from 100 to 150 pound? representing the average character and values of the ores. Such samples will be analyzed and assayed by our analytical chemist free of charge, for the purpose of establishing the value ot the corresponding ores to us, and for the guidance of their owners. Our treatment charge, com paratively moderate, will be goverened by the special adaptability or de sirableness of the respective ores for our purposes. The product of our Smelter will be handled by the First Bank of Sumpter and payments for ores accepted by us will be madt through the same channel. Special rates of treatment charges will be made to parties in position to contract for a steady and large supply of desirable ores. SAMPLES AND CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED S Loc The Union Smelter Mfg. Co. SUMPTER, OREGON Lock Hon P H. MEINHARD, Sec'y. C Bousum & Spalding CRYSTAL T(P Company Free delivery of Pure Ice. Leave orders at office of Columbia Brewing and Malting Co., next door to MlNfcR office. stop ! see Joe Schmidt YYTYYYTnnr ...5c BEER... o Brewery Saloon Sumpter the: gem saloon A. J. STINSON, Prop. (Successor to Snyde & Stiuson) Only the Best Brands of Liquors Served Over the Bar SUMPTER, OREGON Paul E. Poindexter, MIN ES Bcorono McNcftL's Codc. Sumpter, - Ore. 1