Wednesday, December 26, 1900
THE SUMPTER MINER
s
NO FAIR NEXT YEAR.
Directors of this District Can't
Agree on Place.
Again, next year, there will be no fair
In District No. i of the Eastern Oregon
Agricultural district. This course was
decided upon by the directors at a meeting
held here this week. Baker, Grant, Mal
heur, Union and Wallowa counties com
prise this First district. There is an an
nual appropriation of (1500 for the fair.
As it was not used Inst year, and will not
be again In 1001, it Is generally believed
by the five directors and business men
generally that these expositions are at an
end. This impression Is strengthened by
the rumor that at the coming session of
the legislature the law which provides for
this appropriation will be repealed.
The present board of directors is: I,. J.
Rouse, of Wallowa county; J. J. Cozart,
of Grant county; George K.Hell, of Baker
county; William Hunter.of Union county,
and Columbus Wells, of Malheur county.
At the meeting this week all were in at
tendance except Mr. Cozart, of Grant.
The reason for the decision not to hold the
fair next year is a disagreement as to the
place. Mr. Cozart was reported to insist
that the meeting be held In Grant county.
All the other members were united In ac
cording the privilege to Wallowa or Mal
heur, If they asked, which W.illowa did.
As the law provides that one dissenting
member is sufficient to defeat the effort to
hold the fair at any given pla.e, and
Mr. Cozart was reported as obdurate, the
other members would not go against their
wishes and decided to have no fair at all.
Grant county has had the fair three
times, Baker four and Union four. As
neither Wallowa nor Malheur had een
so favored at all, it appeared to most of
the directors that Wallowa's desire should
be granted. In the past Wallowa, which
was regarded as a stock country and not
In touch with railroads', was not thought
to lake much Interest In Industrial fairs.
But of recent years there has been a ma
terial tendency towards agriculture. In
some of the little valleys along the Snake
and the Imnaha rivers are found fruit
lands, which are said to rival the orchard
paradises of Eagle and Pine valleys in
Union county. Some good fruit has been
produced In that section of Wallowa and
Us people take much pride In the agri
cultural possibilities developed. They
were especially anxious to secure the fair
this year, partially because of this, and
(or the reason that Wallowa has never
had it. -Unless more of a spirit of com
promise is shown by the board, or the
regulation requiring unanimity Is abol
ished, there seems little hope for fairs in
future. After an arbitrary defeat of
Grant county's representative 'this year,
Wallowa will not be in a mood to accord
that county any favors in the future. If
the appropriation for these fairs is not cut
off entirely, members of the board believe
the only thing to be done is to fix by
statute a certain time and place for hold
ing the fairs, or delegate the power to a
majority of members. Baker City corre
spondent In Oregonian.
Bottom of the LaGrand Land Office.
E. W. Bartlett, register of the United
States land office, has prepared a statisti
cal statement for the year beginning De
cember 1, 1809, and closing December 1,
1900. There were filed in that time, 801
homesteads, embracing an area of 123,440
acrs. During the same period 210 final
proofs, which covered an area of 31,575
acres, were submitted. There were also
filed 163 timber and stone entries, 16 final
minerals, 19 final timber cultures, and 24
desert land entries. The total amount of
cash received during that period was 8o,-
363; from fees and commissions, $16,576.
The above period is not to be considered
as the fiscal year, which ends June 30.
The report shows that the business of the
office is increasing. For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1809, there were only 564
homesteads, and the cash receipts amount
ed to $ 37,934. Union Republican.
OIL AND GAS IN WASHINGTON. 1
Much
Find
Excitement Over Recent
Near Rosalia.
The excitement over the gas and oil
fields near Rosalia continues both at Spo
kane and in the neighborhood of the pros
pects, says the Spokesman-Review. It is
reported that prominent moneyed men 0
tills city have had men In the field, and
that the prospects for immediate, exten
sive exploration of the presumed deposits
wherever there are indications, Is bright.
Boring machinery is known to be on the '
way here from the east, and It Is probable
that custom boring plants will soon be rn
the ground to hunt for both gas and oil. I
The testimony of many recent visltois
has been added to that of the earlier ex
aminers of the field to prove that the In
dications of the presence of oil are mi-,
doubted and very favorable.
The leasing of lands in the gas area is
going on, and though the tanners refuse
to part with their property at the figures
at which the first men in secured ground,
several tempting otfers are reported to
have been accepted, giving some of the
best of the laud either to Spokane people
or people that will operate through tills
city.
The following dispatch from Rosalia
gives interesting additional news of con
ditions there:
The excitement over the gas and oil In
this district continues, and preparations
are being made to develop the field to as
certain the extent of the gas, and if it is
here In paying quantities. It is reported
that Luke Rawls, who owns a tract of
land in the "Hole in the Ground" at the
head of Rock lake, has bonded his land.to
Spokane capitalists, who will sink a well,
and that a cash payment on the bond has
been made.
Wilson Moreland, who Is one of the
managers of the pool controlling 6000
acres of land, Is in correspondence with
A. Eversole of Garfield, who has a well
drilling outfit and wishes to contract to
drill wells in the district. Mr. Eversole is
expected here tomorrow, and a contract
for a well will probably be entered Into.
Elton Fulmer, professor of chemistry,
and Professor Shedd, geologist of the
Washington Agricultural college, will be
here tomorrow to make a scientific Inves
tigation of the gas fields, and their report
is anxiously awaited.
Dr. Newman, L. Roy Slater, W. S.
Yeager and Mr. Metcalf are among the
Spokane visitors who are looking over
the gas fields this week.
Should Bore for Oil to Ottgoe.
"C. A. M." in the Oregonian tells of
the many industries whlchare now using
crude petroleum as fuel, In California, and
closes as follews: Oregon should awake
to her opportunities, for it is not to be sup
posed that state lines define the boundar
ies of the oil fields. The writer has him
self observed in Oregon the shales and
sandstones which in California are con
sidered as prime indications of oil. Ore
gon doubtless has within her borders vast
beds, not only of coal, but of oilsands as
well, and in the development of both will
doubtless find the solution of the fuel
question. The problem solved, manufac
tures will spring up where now they are
impossible and commerce will expand and
Portland will then rival or surpass Los
Angeles, which, in spite of four successive
years of drouth has Increased her popula
tion within the last decade by a greater
per centage than any other city in the
United States. This increase can be just
ly attributed only to the development of
the oil fields of southern California .which
as yet is only fairly begun; and In which
vast fortunes await the Investment of cap
ital and enterprise.
Joshua Hendy Machine Works
San Francisco, California
til
The "Hendy Improved"
Triple Discharge Two
Stamp Mill
1900 MODEL
(jiparlly 6 In 10 loot ir day
Wright lit Mill coi-.i'loli' wllh Msu-lh. itampi, (. Id.
M " " itfco-lh. ' ytwo IMt
I'oHrr miultrJ hi Jilvr Rfn-lb. llantn mill j II. I.
iim-U. " II. I
Dlu'li.irnc area 463 iuat Inchti.
HIN(S OUINl! CAM SMAI-T IIUXI'S
QUARTZ, HYDRAULIC
MINING & SAW MILL
MACHINERY j
WATER WHEELS AND
WATER MOTORS
PROSPECTING PLANTS
GENERAL
MINING SUPPLIES
ESTIMATES AND CATALOGUE
ON APPLICATION
Davis lloivi! Power HnNliii; Whims
S.!ll-l)1iiii;iii,'Orc mill Wnlrr Skips
On mill Water llucki-ts
Miniiir (Airs iiihI 'IVi If nil
"Triumph" 11111I " Ili'iitly-Noilioin"
Concentrators () ru (Jnislit'rs, Oro
KtHnlurs, Crushing Rolls
lioilorx, Engines mid I'mims, Hoist
ing, Puiiipinjr niul Irrigating Hunts
Oil nml Gusoliuo Kiigini-smiil Hoists
Air Cnmpnwsors anil Hook Drills
Saw Mill Machinery.
IMPACT
WATER WHEEL
Eureka Feed & Livery Company
J. L. SULLIVAN, Manager.
Horses Boarded by the day or Month. First
class turn-outs and saddle horses. Our spec
ialty is the quick and safe delivery of freight
and passengers to any and all points.
HAY AND GRAIN FOR SALEHg
W. S. BOWERS
ABSTRACTS
Real Estate, Loans and Insurance. Mining Patents Obtained
Years of experience in Maker County Records.
No. 2104 Court Street, Baker City; Oregon.
SUMPTER BOTTLING WORKS
Manufacturer or all klnjt of (.arl'onalrJ Drink ani CUrr.
Operate! In connection with Hie
Kentucky Liquor House
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
GAGEN A. SLOAN, PROPS.,
SUMPTER, ORE.