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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.
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Henry Finger
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