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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, December ?, 1900
TOWN OF WHITNEY
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A limited number of lots will
be sold to bona fide building
purchasers. No boom. Let your
eyesand foresight be your judge.
The cars will be running into
Whitney by December 10.
Don't overlook a good thing.
The coming town at the west
ern terminus of the Sumpter
Valley Railroad.
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Building Mas Actually Commenced
ADDRESS OR CONSULT
JAMES H. GRAHAM
BAKER CITY or SUMPTER TELEPHONE BLACK 891
PHILLIPS VS. GHISER CASE.
Dlimlutd Without Prejudice an Motion ol
FIjint'H'k Attorney.
The ca-e of II. I. Phillip- vs. Albert
(riser and tilt- other member- of hi
famlly, li.i- hern ili-ml eil. I hi- case
w.i-for 5io),5oo, uhUi phintiif alleged
w.i- due him .1- commission lor the -.lie ol
the lioti.ui 1 mine-, which Mr. (ielser
formerly tn ned. I hi- 1.1-e h.i- .ittr.tctril
imich .ittentlon, bec.iu-e ol the -urn a-ked
by Phillip-. Mr. (lei-er Ins alwav- ev
pressed him-elf .1- .ilisolutelv unconcerned
regarding the lin.il Issue, .is he -.ty- lie
w.i- under 110 further obligation to Phil
lips. Phillip- w.i- tepie-euted by C. M.
Idleman and Judge I lonel . Weh-ter, ol
Pottl.ind, while Mr. (iriser's Interests
were in the hinds of (.. A. lohns, ol
tills city.
Che compl.ilnt aliened th it .1 contract
w.ismide with C I;. Hyde, ot Baker
City, hy tlie defend mi-, arranging tor
the -ale of the Itonana, by which not
les-than frVw.ooo wa-to he revived lor
the property. Mil-miitr ict with Hyde,
he alleged, was tor Phillips' benelit, and
th.it lie w.i- to reielve f 50,000 .1- coniuil--ion
in ca-e of -ale. Itelore -ale was.
Biade he aliened that the time limit of the
commission contrail epited. I he pur
chasers came later and bought the prop
erty. Phillip- slated that lie w.i- prone
Ised a (air commission anyhow, and that
he continued al-llng in the trausler, hut
when the property had been transterred,
he only received J 500. He asked In his
complaint tor 10 per cent of fSoo.ooo,
which he aliened was the purchase price
paid to defendant-.
Two weeks ago evidence w a- taken in
the ca-e, under statutory provision-. It
appear- that till- evidence tevealed to
Phillips and his attorneys tliat they had
no ca-r, and the dismissal today was the
result. John C. l.easure, aiting for
plaintiffs attorneys, moved for dismissal,
and emphasized that in doing so, it was
without prejudice. Hie inference might
he draw n that another action was possible,
hut the general Impression here is tliat
the case i- permanently out of court.
Mr. liei-er had little to -ay on (lie sub
led. He hid felt no com em over the
lesult, a- lie -tate- tliat he and hi- family
have done all for Mr. Phillip- that justice I
or reason asked. At the time of sale no,
contract eisted granting a Commission,
and Mr. (Ielser feel- that he ha- paid
fully lor services tendered. Press dis
pitch from Baker City.
Tallinn Pine Gold From Snake River.
I. C. Oliver, wlio ha- been working
011 .1 diedge on the Snake river, came in
Monday to have hi- right arm dre ed, lie
having pretty badly stuttered it while1
u-iiig a -ledge h immer, -ay- the Boise
Statesman. He ha- been employed on
one ol tlie dredge- worked by Baker City
people, and -i- it is turning out well,
giving them a good proht. I here is ,1
new leature about the diedger operated by
this company, and with which they are
making .1 saving of tlie quiiitltie- of ex
tremely tine gold found al'as along
Snake river, and hitherto impossible to
catch. With tills dredge they have a
cuutinuotis sluice, running completely
around the boat, at Interval- plate-, ly
ing on the bottom of tlie -luice. On
these are caught the black -and a-well
a- some ot the tine gold. A- tl)e-e plates
become tilled with m iterlal thev are taken
out and other- Inserted, tlie material
trom the loaded plate going to an arastra
at the rear ot the bo it, which success fully
crushes the materiil and retain- the gold.
I he greater portion of tlie tine gold is
saved in the littles ot tlie sluice, of course,
till-process being materlilly assisted by
it- length. It 1- claimed tliat all the tine I
gold m ty be saved, If e.uh p irtlcle be cov
ered with water. So, with so long a sluice,
will) the necessary ritile-, there Is an agi
tation siithcient to lin.illv cover very near-'
ly all the particles ot gold before it finally 1
gets to (lie Linings ciump.
"FORTY-NINE JIMMY."
Scattered Gold Dutt With Prodigality
Thirty-Five Yean Ago
Many of the pioneers who mined in the
Blue Mountains in tlie placer days, 35
years ago, and who are now scattered
over the entire Northwest, remember an
always well Known character among them
who was called "Forty-nine Jimmy."
He was with Joaquin Miller at the Flor
ence diggings and at Canyon City,
mined at Susanville and finally settled
down at Hobinsonville, on the slope of
the Greenhorn rang etoward Heppner. He
was there in 1878 and helped stand off
the hostile Snake Indians who passed
close by and killed a Frenchman, whose
grave is on a ridge t litre in sight of Dixie
Butte.
In (lie Hush days of placer mining
"Potty-nine Jimmy," whose real name is
James Ditlin, was quite well off, but scat
tered Ills gold dust with a miner's pro
verbial prodigality. He has for many
years clung to some placer ground at
Robln-onville, but it has panned out
poorly, and age has increased his infirm
ities. And now at 77 years of age, the
-heiilf has come for him and taken him to
tlie poorhouse.
For several years he was the only resi
dent of tlie town of Robinsonville, and
w hen the tir-t spring prospectors and the
Heppner sheepmen would go in there as
soon a-the -now went off, they would
expect to Unci tliat Jimmy had died alone
week- before.
For -everal years the neighbor quart
mint rs have cared for him, but most of
them come out of the Greenhorn's deep
snow for the winter, and as old Jimmy
could 110 longer care for himself, it was
thought best to move him out before the
trails become impassable. Heppner dis
patch in Oregonian.
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Both are fully ctiicl.
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Ticket good via Salt Lake City
nnil Denver. It is to your interest to
iKo the Overland Route.
Tickets anil sleeping car berths can
bo i-ooured from
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Agent O. 11. A N. CO.
linker City, Oregon
Or, J. II. LATHROP. Gen'l Agt.
133 Thin! St., Portland, Ore.
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