THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, March 13, 1901
CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS.
Inauguration of a Movement
to Construct Sewers.
'Hie Important mailer of sewerage was
discussed at the meeting of the city conn
(il Saturday evening. It was brought up
by the t port of the committee on the open
cesspool iinls.iiice near the depot. It was
the general opinion that sewerage Is very
necessary ami the two committees, streets
ami public property and health and police,
together with the city engineer, were In
structed to Investigate the in liter and le
pint what can lie done under I lie provis
ions of the new; charier, also some feasible
plan to he recommended hy the engineer.
I he committee on lire and water re
ported In the matter ol the proposition
from tile water company lo put in ten ad
ditional hydrants. I he majority report
was that seven lie ordered, making twenty
In all. Attorney Richards appeared fur
the company and made one of his charac
teristic oily, convincing heart to heart
talks and, ol course, the recommendation
was (in. illy adopled. There was consid
erable sparing for points and attempts to
put members on record, however, betoie
this was accomplished.
An ordinance iixlug the recordei's sal
ary at ftVi a mouth and chopping oil his
lees w.is ordered enrolled. Manning is
pulling haul lor the passage ol this ordin
ance, tearing that unless some Mich pro
tection is secured, he will come out in
debt to Hie city (lie next time the linance
committee gels hold ol his bill lor services
rendered.
It was ordered that as soon as the ordi
nances ate revised to conform to the new
charter, all be printed in pamphlet form,
the job to be let to the lowest bidder.
Elgin Wheat Wint Prim at Parii.
County Commissioner Henry Mug was
in town Tuesday on his way to Union.
Mr. Hugg called at this ollice to announce
the success of some samples of Tilgiu
wheat at the I'.uis exposition. Samples
were submitted by himself, John Hill and
John Wiggins. He has a letter direct
(torn Albeit T. Wood, of the agricultural
department at Washington, congratulat
ing him upon the fact that a batch of se
lected samples, which included his, took
the grand pile. Mr. Hill is in re
ceipt ol a lettei diiect from Paris, and ,
trom the limited knowledge ol Trench
which (lie neighboihood ntlnrds, they are
able to discovei that the h'lgiu wheat was
of unusual ecllence mid deserving par
ticular mention. Speaking on county
mallets, Mr. Hug said that he does not
regtet the loss ol the Panhandle, lie has
Ifequcutlv had Occasion to complain of
the disproportion between the small in
come and the large number ol bills Irom
that sntlou. As to the loss ol a commis
sioner, lie does not know how the matter I
will be adjusted. I. a (irande Journal.
Cohmib'a Southern Cjm in Cooit.
The tlmeol the I lulled States court was
taken up yesterday with hearing the clos
ing aigumenl in the case ol Allschul et al.
vs. the Colunibi i Southern Railway com
pant el al , by I hoinas (J'l).iv and C. H.
S. Wood, Judge Hellinger extending the
afternoon session until .:.5 o'clock In or
der to give them tune to get through. At
the conclusion ol counsels' argument,
JikU-e Hellinger gave his view ol the case.
He said in eflect that the method by
which Mr. I vtle, the president of the com
pany, took a ery large sum of Its money,
namely, selling its right of way, he had
previously received for himself, couM not
be countenanced, and that the contract h: ,
caused the company to make with its own
chief engineer, Mr, Hammond, to effect
this abstraction of money, was a fraud too
I plain lor argument; that these suits now
' pending against O'Peilly in the state
'courts for an unpaid assessment, and for
' the restoration of money alleged to have
, formerly been taken by O'Hellly and
l.ytle from the company, were palpably
schemes to oppress O'Reilly and freeze
I him out of tin corporation; that the stock
was paid up and the assessment of It was
invalid. He questioned whether Altschul ,
and Rambaut could call for redress of ,
these grievances. The court wanted no i
further argument on the facts, but was .
not at all sure about the law, and this '
point he would take under advisement.
Ills doubt was what his powers were un
der the circumstances, and whether a re
ceivership of tile corporation was neces
sary to redress these frauds, or whether
the trouble could be readied by less dras
tic methods. To this point he wished
counsel to address themselves when they (
submitted briefs. The court then said
that he could not take the matter Into
consideration until his return from Puget
Sound. Meanwhile he would suggest j
that the parties settle their difficulties out
of court. Oregoiiian;
Quartz Over Placer Locations.
In the Superloi court of Shasta county,
Judge Sweeney recently rendered a de
cision affecting tile location of quartz
claims over placer. In the case of Irene
Persing vs. I. McCandliss et al, a placer
claim located by the defendant In the
north half of lot 4, section 3, township 32
north, range 6 west, was subsequently re
located as quart by the plaintiff, who
claimed that discovery had been made of
a vein or lode of sulliclent extent and
value to make the ground valuable for
quart mining purposes. hull was
brought lor the purpose of establishing
plaintiff's contention as against the va
lidity of the placer location. The fact that
a quart, vein existed and contained gold
values was proven, but his honor held
that discovery was not complete, unless
sulliclent value was discovered to warrant
any reasonable person working it for
profit. Where 110 prior location exists,
the question as to how much value is lie-
j ccssary would, of course, not enter into a
determination of what constitutes a dis
covery. The dlsclsion gives the benefit of
a doubt to the first locator, where It prop
erly belongs, as in most cases subsequent
locations partake of a form of blackmail,
and should not be tolerated. Oregon
Mining Journal.
Freighting in Early Days.
A recent Issue of the Oregonlan has an j
ankle describing the difficulties attending
Hie moving of an engine and boiler fioin :
Sumpter to one of the adjacent mining ,
camps, which Is mild compared with the J
transportation of heavy mining machinery
in this country in early days. In 1865, 1
Joe l.ockwood, the veteran treighter ol
this country, contracted to deliver an en-!
gine and boiler at Canyon City, from The
iJalles, for lifteen cents per pound. The
incidents connected with tills task are no
doubt Iresh in the memory of several
(ir.inl county dtiens today. There were
110 toads at that time leading to Canyon
Citv, and Mr. I.ockwood started out Irom
The IVilles over the wilderness with the
micliluery loaded on two wagons, to
which was attached forty yoke of oen,
and cut his way through mountains and
dales, leaving The Dalles In T'ebruarv and
reaching Canyon City the following
April. He accomplished a much more
ctlllicult feat than did the freighters at
Sumpter referred to in the Oregonlan.
C.invou Citv l:agle.
Private Table Board. 1
I will furnish private board to a few
desiring such, at my residence on Nortli
street, near Center. Mrs. C. K. Duck-i
worth.
TJunphy Gertridge's Cub saloon is
the popular resort for mining and com
mercial men.
CONSERVATIVE
MINING-
INVESTMENT
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C. C. BASCHI:, Pres.
J. G. HUKT, Sec'y.
SUMPTER
OREGON
LIBERTY BELL CONSOLIDATED MINES
COMPANY own four quartz claims in
the Alamo division of the famous Red
Boy district, one half mile from the
town of Alamo, in Grant County, Oregon.
In the very heart of possibly the greatest
mineral zone in all the world, surrounded by
such well-known operating properties as the
Bonanza, Strassburg, Red Boy, Inter Mountain,
Cougar, Concord, Alamo and Quebec.
The claims are well timbered and watered.
Geological formation argellite and porphyry.
Character of ore simple silicious quartz, sixty
per cent free milling, the remaining values
concentrating 50 in one.
Three distinct, well defined veins can be
traced for a distance of 1000 feet on the sur
face, averaging from 14 to 30 feet between
walls, giving $7.20 per ton on surface.
Numerous open cuts, adits, tunnels and
cross country trenches thoroughly prospect
the width and value of the ledges.
Pan samples taken from various test pits
on the surface, never fail to yield a fine pros
pect in free gold, the assay value giving as
high as 216 per ton in gold.
The Strassburg group, which adjoins the
Liberty Bell on the north and east, in driv
ing a cross cut to tap their main lead at a depth
of 500 feet, have cut two blind ledges 14 and
19 feet in width only ic;o feet from our side
line, coursing southwest through three of the
Liberty Bell claims.
Capitalization, 1 ,000,000 shares, par value
$ 1 each, fully paid and non-assessable, 400,
000 shares in the treasury. The first issue of
100,000 shares is offered at 25 cents per share.
Price of second issue will be advanced to 50c.
The proceeds from the sale of 200,000
shares properly expended in developing the
mines and purchasing milling plant, will en
ablethe Liberty Bell to pay $30,000 monthly.
All checks and drafts should be made pay
able to R. H. Miller, Treasurer, who is Cash
ier of the First Bank of Sumpter.
For prospectus, leports and general infor
mation regarding the property, address,
Liberty Bell Con-
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