THE SUMPTER MINER.
Wednesday. September ?, 1900
5
CENTS
5
BOTTLES
HENRY FINGER
Per GLASS
FOR I $1.00'
M
FULL
CAR LOAD
HAS
JUST
BEEN
RECEIVED
5
BOTTLES
FOR $1.00
THE
CELEBRATED
OLYMPIA
BEER ..
On Draught or in Bottles
HENRY FINGER
CENTER STREET
Opposite Postoflice Sumpthr, Orbgon
FIVE CENTS
PER GLASS OR
FIVE
BOTTLES
FOR
ONE DOLLAR
ei
5
CENTS
Per GLASS
MINES LOOKING WELL.
Great Business Activity
Cable Cove District.
New life has been Infused into the pros
pects on the Giant county side of the line
.it tile Cove. 1 he recent Mile of the
I Hatty AicKec mine to Colonel Grayson
111 , and his associates has stimulated court-
(deuce in the manv prospects on the head-
, waters id the North l:orl of the John
1 Day river. New roads are being built
and the Hatty McKee company aie com-
rollowliiK is an interesting letter hv O. mencini: permanent hnprovenients. Five
t.. Miller, secretatv of the Maker Oilv l,l,,IM', " " l''ce of construction,
chamber of uinnnerce, published In the mid a development tunnel will brrtui this
Demeuat: winter Hint will develop not oulythe Haby
Hiislnes's mav be u,ulet In H.iker and McKee property, but demonstrate the
Sumpter just now, but it is- lively In the 'le "I le whole group ol claims just
mines. I'heic have been so manv changes above It.
in the way ol building, shall houses, ' li" "" is certainly lull of promise
hoisting works and better roads between for the business Interests of Maker county,
Similiter and Cable Cove that one v.in and while we mav feel the slacl after a
..,.i.-,lu i-.-.ionl.. Hie old land marUs. little ovei -booming there is no reason why
last September I drove Horn Sumpter to
the Uagle mines in the Cove and it was a
very quiet but tonsil road, not a sign ol
life or an Indication of inluliiK could be
we should not feel more than satisfied
Willi the lesulls ol the pteseut season's
development In the mines.
I ell the truth about the resources iu the
.. t 1 .i.t. ... 1 Miklirii fiatiiivii irikl.l IimLI. uut ."iMlt I ti-ll I
seen I made the inp again mis ween ..-... w.h.. h.., ....-...,
and the iliange Is wonderful. TheColum- come In plenty to develop all industries,
bla mine lias many new building and ' I"?"' I- '"oie than double the developing
looks like a new camp. At.the Gokonda "' ' on now thin one year ago
manv new channel, have been made and and it out o! it all we gain one guoJ pro-
their bits mill h as chanced fiom a mere Jcl"K "'ine out of every ten prospects,
curiosity to an actual producer. l'iopecl- which are now beinn developed, it vs ill be
iug Is going steadily on at the Amaon a wondeitulcamp.
mine and Irom the Immense dump they
are a Ion way under ground. Hie
Mountain Helle and Free Coinage each
have a tine shall and hoisting machinery,
also other buildings tor the accommoda
tion of (he 'miners and other help.
Sat Uf led. With the Judgment.
In one of the back counties
of Virginia there lives a worthy
couple, whom we, will call Peter and
Mandy Jones. Peter owned a small farm
At the Cove the Uagle mine Is being a few miles Irom the village, which was
worked and the ore sent to the smelter, the capital of the county, and where Peter
Seven men are employed and the Imperial spent the greater part ot his time, to the
seems to be the principal producer ot the neglect of his duties, and to the ureal dl
grmiit, I, umber is on the ground lor the tress of his worthy spouse, he Kenerally
erection of a hoisting plant and shaft returned in a state of intoxication. On
house oil the Black Dwarf mine, which one occasion w hile he was absent in town
ndjolns the Kagle group. Many improve- on a drunken spree, his cows were
incuts have been made at the, California ' attacked by disease and all of them died,
mine am) development work is (n progress, i Upon his return home, his wife informed
him of the death of the cows, and hoping
to impress upon him a great moral lesson,
said:
"Now, Pete, those cows dying that way
was a jedgment of the Lord agin' you for
: your wicked drunken doings."
I Pete mediated for a moment, and then
replied:
"Well, Mandy, ef the Lord has a jedg-
meut agin' me and Is wlllln' to take it out
In cows he is welcome to 'em." And he
, arose and went to town to get drunk
again. Harpers Magalne.
Attempted Wholesale Poisoning.
Frank Yates, erstwhile druggist for
I Jr. Howard, at Carson, has gone to
parts unknown. During a business
visit ot the Doctor to Union, Yates be
came dissatisfied with his position and
, "departing lett behind (not a) footprint
on the sands of time." Refore his de-
I parture, .vhich was not at all hurried, he
pained about an ounce of croton oil into
live bottles of tinctures. This was dis-
I covered before any of the drugs had been
sold, or serious results might have fol-
1 lowed, as one drop of the oil is a dose and
! is then only given in severe cases. Dr.
) Ruhr, of Pine, made the analysis. Dr.
Howard stales that he is also shy about
J 16 In money and several articles of value.
1 No reasonable cause can be given for
I Yates' actions, as he was always con
sidered relianle and trustworthy. It is
slid that h had been drinking heavily of
bitters, and his friends allege that he was
not responsible for his actions.' Dr.
Howard says he will bring him to Justice
if it takes a lifetime and U taking ineas
uies to that effect. G.irsou Tocsin.
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