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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, November 2t. 1900
TOWN OF
..WHITNEY..
Building Has Actually Commenced
A LIMITED NUMBER OF LOTS WILL BE SOLD to bona fide
building purchasers. NO BOOM. Let your eyes and foresight
be your judge. The cars will be running into Whitney by No
vember 10. Don't overlook a good thing. The coming town at the
western terminus of the Sumpter Valley Railroad. &&
Add
or Consult
TELEPHONE
BLACK U91
JAMES H. GRAHAM
BAKER CITY
OR SUMPTER
RAILROAD SPECULATION.
Sonic IiiUmtlng Gueu at lo Whtre Pro
jcld Linn Will Run.
J. S. ItiiUe, nl Huntington, president
nf themnip.iuy uhUi .illemplrd navja
lldii ol tlif Sn.iUe lixrr Willi ihr -tramrr
M.I I'd, npel.ltillg between Huntington and
thr Seven Devils itippri itiiiuntains, vwis
111 tills illy yestrid.iv, .1 guest ill tin- Hotel
Summer.
Mt. I.nle, whit is ! Keen husiuess
in. in, talked iulrirMluglv ul pl.uis tiy the
(J. K. V N., limiting In tilt tapping ul
thr splendid ll.uiiry valley, in llatney
nullity.
"The H.itnrv valley Is the l:iti:t in
rasteru Oiegou," leiiiatkrd the lloutiug
ton man, ".iiul no mold itit (ii.nule
Monde valley In It, .mil then le.ive sp.ue
lor thousands ul people.
"I h.ive jut letiiine.l to Huntington
.titer ;t tllp ul 7o inlle with leptesent
atlves ut the (). H. - N. Co. We jour
neyed to the towns ol )revsev, llarnrv
.mil Hums, theme into the Unions Lake
touutty.
"It is geuelalls understood lh.it the O.
M. V N. Co. people investigated the new
Olefin Smithriu, vvhkh lalhoad is com
pleted to ShiniUn. with the idea of figur
ing on the pi 111 nl seiutlng III it tonle lo
lap the ll.uney touiitv.
"In niV opinion the Similiter Valley
rallioad, now building lo Whitney, will he
extended to the I'llmvllle set lion, hob
ably the line iii;iv Minielline he disposed ol
(o the O. It, N. Co., to he used .is ,1
feeder line.
"I he Impression is gaining lime In
H11nti1ittt11nth.it the O. It. N. Co., will
make tli.it town the junction lot Hues ol
railroad going along the Sn.iKe ilvet lo
l.ewistou, Id iho, and a feeder eMending
into the splendid Harney county, with
its great stovkralslng and wheatgrovving
possibilities. I he country to he traversed
jrom Huntington to Later county is not to
he compared in difficulty with that over
which the extension of the Sumpter Val
ley railroad is bring pushed."
Mr. Locke is very enthusiastic over the
certainty, as he thinks, of the Hunting'
tnn-l.akeview line brine pushed forward
to actual completion by the O. It. & N.
Co. He said regarding the richness ol
Harney va'ley, alene:
I ''The Harney valley, having about 2000
Muate miles, is capable ol producing mil-
1 lions of bushels of wheat, oats and other
gr iln, and the extension of a railroad into
J the Like county country would also be
I over a legion where steel rails could be
laid with extremely small expense. I he
Laheview region, too, is a splendid agri
uiltuial lountry. La Grande Journal.
Dredge for Burnt River.
I) II. Ste.irus, of Portland, president of
the (iold Coast Development company, is
In the cltv perlectiug plans to do some
development wink in that seition. Mr.
Steams has purchasrd thr old Cavana
rami) and will soon 'irgin thr erection of
a 5o,ivo dredger, to operate In Hurnt
liver on this raiuli. Mr. Stearns states
that there is certainly gold in this stream
and he will be able to secure it with this
diedger. The dredge is to be run by elec
tricity and operate both day and night.
He will leave tomorrow afternoon lor Chi
cago and New York. Huntington Corre
spondent of the lloise Statesman.
Miners Union Dance at Bourne.
The llourue Miners union No. 42 will
givr its lust bill l:rld.iy evening of this
week, In Bourne lull. The committers
are: On invitation, J. T. Itusk, W. I:.
Campbell and Joseph Calvert; music, C.
II. Cook.W. M. Francis and M. W.
IttvLvrilli lliiiir m.'iii.'ittrr. ("Y VV. Nevi
Iln, (ins Audrisou and Chris White.,
Some of the men were In town Saturday
selling tickets to tile Kill and disposed of
a lirge number here. This is slated for
the big soJ.il event of the season, and thr
gentlemen In charge are spariiit! no pains
to in. ike It a success in rsrry detail."
SPOKANE
Drug Go
Only exclusive whole
sale drug house in the
state. We sell only to
merchants. Make the
best prices on miners'
and assayers' supplies.
Freight no higher than
from Portland.
Write for quotations.
Spokane Drug Co.
Spokane, Wash.
Grueral Brass and Iron Founders
and Machinists.
Baker City
Iron Works
FRANK MAI.ONE, Proprietor :
Special attention given to
repairing and rebuilding all
kinds of machinery.
Baker City, Telephone-Red 161
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THE FAST TIME AND
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NOW OFFERED
BY THE
njOTiiffi?
n . v . tv.
lV
I PICT OP
Wo Have Daily Fast Trains.
tO till!
EAST
If you t'ununt lake tlm iiiorniri
train, trawl liy tho evening train,
llotli are fully equipped.
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THROUGH SKRV10K
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Huston anil other Eastern points.
Tickets good via Salt Lake City
and Denver. It is to your interest to
iie the Overland Route.
Tickets and sleeping ear liorths can
lie secured from
11. c. now Kits
Agent O. R.itN. CO.
Raker City, Oregon
Or, J. II. LATH KOI, Gcn'l Agt.
135 Third St., Portland, Oro.
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