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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1900)
4 THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, September 12. 1900 HARNEY CO. CENSUS. Enumeration Wrong; What In vestigation Reveals. Special agent of tlir Ce nsus Hureau, O. K. Bosworth, h ) returned from an nlficial trip nf Investigation covering about a inuccn. The Nevada road Is across alkali deserts and Is bolstered up with brush. It Is harder to haul over them than the Ontario road by far. At these borax works twenty-five Chinamen and five white men are employed, and the works are kept busy all the time. The mining camps in the southern part of the county are all supplied with Roods and merchan dise from California points. While I was lu these places every prominent man ap appealed to me to lay the case before the board of trade. What I saw there opened my eyes to the great riches and the excel month's time Into the southern part of i cnt opportunities of that section If Port Harney county. He went at the Instiga- 1 nj couj, become the distributing center tlmi of the director of the census to ex- for t1e Industries there, amine into some unsatisfactory reports as j "Hums will hold a blooded cattle fair on to the taking of the census in the isolated the 17th. It Is expected to make a great valleys of tlie Inland Empire of Oregon. I showing of the cattle Interests of that Mr. Hosworth, in the course of fourISKon. was entertained In a princely weeks, drove hy private conveyance some fashion at Mike Devln's ranch. The cat 700 or Koo miles, ri'-enuincrated nearly the I (r MK his 40,000 acres in his possession whole of the southern half ot Harney ;md about loo.oooacres In a natural park, county, met the cattle kings of the mnin- e has one of the finest places in eastern tain ranges in tli.it section ami heard and Oregon, -ind he grows all kinds of fruits, saw so mikh of the immensity of the var- vegetables and berries lu great profusion." led natural we.il'h of eastern Oregon that Portland Telegram, he comes luck Idled with amrmeiit. He , marvels that so imuli of eistern Oregon Chinaman Stole the Cleanup, prospers in the complete Ignorance ot .Mormon H.isln the l.utn Sing com Portland, the logical base ol supplies for ' ,,,,., composed of eight Chinamen, has the cattle comiliy. been enirai-ed in nlacer 1111111111! for the ax I he census ot I l.irtit'V lountv, with her thousands ol herds upon a thousand hills and vallevs, her .:, 500,000 taxable wealth, her mines and Iter k.itilemeii has been retaken. I he complaint against the eiillllieiator ot lh.it ili-.Ul. I uastli.it he did not do Ills dot v and iii-gelcttedaml relused to make Hie returns more comple. A journey o a spcti.il agent was necessary to arrive .11 . 1 collect summing up ol the situation, 011 account ol the slow 111. ill ser vice and Isolated dlstikt. Mr. Hosworth says the trouble encountered was due to the man's misconception ol the require" meiits ol his position, lie was pelleclly willing to accomplish all that the depart ment desired, but he tailed to lead his in structions and illterpiet them properly. I he dllecl result of the Kit ol the special commissioner, It is s;iUl, will be to make a better showing in the column ol totals for Oregon's domestic industries and wealth. Mr. Hoswnith went over the preiiuct floiu Hums, southeast bv Malheur Like, through Happy vallev, Pueblo, White Horse, Aliurd and Wild Horse precincts, traveling thiough .'so miles of almost wild , country, until he was near the Nevada line. Among othei incidents of the trip was his meeting with Mike lleviue, the king, ot cattle Mugs, lu 1h.1t country, wlue herds are iiinumer.ible, and Jim Aiahan, tlie owner ol a gteat mule ranch. j Hy I. if the most important feature of the trip was tlie appeal ot the hu-iiiess men I and the oilklalsof Harney county to Mr. ; Hoswotlhtople.nl their cause before the 10111mrr1l.il bodies ol Portland and ask, that something be done to promote the1 trade with Poitl.uul. Mr. Hoswoith discovered a great borax works at Koe lake, In Wild Horse pte-' ciuct. It Is. 1 busy ui.iiiulaclutlng Industry turning out over .o,ooo pounds ol crude' borax eseiv week. It is near the south-' eastern p.itt ol th.it county. I he borax, which sells it cents per pound, is hauled by I- mule team wagon ti.iins 1(0 , miles to Winiit'inuccn, Nevada. I hete tlie product is shipped bv rail to Calilorul.i points, and tlie mule trains cury tuck to tlie legion ol mineis and stockr.ilsets mer c handise, the prolit upivi w hie h goes every where excepting tlie point where it should be Portland. I he same conditions pre vail throughout that country. "There is," he s.iid, "a better road to Ontario, and tlie O. R. tV N. and connec tions could give quicker and better service to all this shipping if once it was estab lished. Harney people desire to trade w illt our city M they were piven the chance. I he stage road (torn Hums to Ontario is 1 So miles across the country and the road s really better than the trail to Wlnne- past ten years. Last week Jim Sing, one ; of the partners who had charge of a twoj mouths cleanup, amounting to Jooo, skipped out with the money, leaving the other Chinamen the sluice boxes and a ' lot of debts. The company lias offered a reward of 550 for his apprehension, but It , Is piohahle that the lleeiug Celestial will make his way to China. democrat. liore for Oil Near Athland. A representative of the Waupaconeta . Oil company, of Waupaconela, Ohio, was 1 In Ashland for several days during the j past week, and devoted some time to prospecting favorable formations lor oil boring, with promising results. Kefore' leaving he gave out the information that I his company would begin operations In the sand strata about one and one-half 1 miles this side of Wagner's Springs. I lie machinery tor boring, according to his slat-ment, will be here within a week or two. Valley Record. 5c Henry Finger THE CELEBRATED OLYMPIA BEER "5? On draught or in bottles at five cents per glass or five bottles for one dollar. Full car load just received. Center St., Opp. P. 0. Sumpter, Ore. Henry Finger For Sale. Front bar, back bar and large for sale. 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