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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, December 26, 1900
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SUMPTER, OREGON
SUMP'IEK is located in the Blue
Mountains, 422; feet above
sea level, healthful climate,
and is the commercial, banking,
mining and distributing center for
the entire district for many miles
in all diiections, and, different from
most mining towns, it is a model
little city of homes for the sur
rounding district.
1898
1899
1900
I T
I
HE YEARS 1901 and 1902
promises to excel all past
records in the mowth of
Sumpter, and add many paying
mines to our present large number.
Well located real estate purchased
now will increase many times in
value in the next one to three
years. Take advantage of the op
portunity now offered.
POPULATION, 898, 350; 1899, 1500; 1900, 3000
Amount IVerchandise Carried.
December, IM'.IH, & '20,0
December, i.h'.iii, Kin, iiiiii
December, lilllll, '2fiO,000
Value of Improvements.
IMilK, 8'2.ri,OIIO; I Nil!), 105,00(1;
lilllll, '',rl),ll(lll.
Hrick Buildings.
IHilK, unu,; IH!I!I, lO.'Ifcct IVoiit
ago, 7ri feet nl which is two
Mnry; 1000, I KM lift fronlngc,
100 feet of which is two story.
'i'otni to lime, :iri icct.
Streets Graded and Paved.
I. SOS, none; ISO!), none; 1000,
INfil lift, iil-u miles of sidewalks
huilt.
$60,000 Water Syslem.
I.S08, none; I. SOU, $10,000 ox
cnilcil in the eont ruction of n
gravity water system; 1000, i0,-
000 cspcudcil in coinplction of
f-aint. Cnpacitx ol' rc-ervoir,
l.'JOO.OOO gallons, located ,H,r)
I'cct iihove I he level of iriuciiul
stud; III inch el re I mains from
ic.-ervoir lo Iiimiicss portion; I .'I
lire hyduiuts on business sticcls.
Fire Department.
1 MOM, none; I.S00, one cheniicnl
engine; lilllll, two Iiomi nuts,
'2'2()0 I'cct hoe, well cipiipK'd
hook mill hiihler truck, I large
chemical engine, II department
buildings, Iiom mill hell lower.
Religious and Secret Societies.
In lilllll nil secret mill religious
organizations tuv represented,
Mime occupying tlicii own build-
A
MODERN
CITY
OF 3000
POPULATION
4!
$ 30,000 Electric Light Plant.
1800, $:),f)0(; 18!)!), tl,r00 ad
ditional; 1000, 120,000 addition,
nl. Capacity of plant, '2000 in -enndscent
and 4() arc lights.
Streets well lighted.
Public Schools, 1900.
lnrgc public school building with
four rooms and one largo room
occupied in another building.
Freight Received.
30,000,000 imunds freight re
ceived over S. V. H. It. during
15)00; 2000 cum, '270 of which
were machinery for our mines.
This required 7500 four-horse
teams to transport it to the mined,
or '20 four-horse teams each day,
or one four-horse team leaving
here every !!() minute, ten hours
each day, during the year.
Passengers.
Over '27,000 passengers arrived
overS. V. It. It. during 1!)00.
6o,ooo Transportation Outfit.
'200 horses in use moving freight
and passengers to the surrounding
camps. Daily stages to Hniime,
Granite, Ited Hoy, Lawton, Ho
111111711, Clill'ord, Austin, Susan
villc, Prairie City, John Day,
Canyon City ami other points.
New Brick Hotel.
8:15,000 brick hotel building in
course of construction; will be
completed by April 1, 1901.
Sumpter
Manufactures all its building ma
terial lumber, brick, etc.
LOTS $25 AND UPWARD
address W. G CAEDER, Secretary S T Co limited
P. O. DRAWER 77, SUMPTER, OREGON