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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1901)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, April 24, 1901 The Sumpter Miner Official Paper of the Town of Sumpter. puhmmim) rvecv WPIIMSOAY IIV C. M. MARSH and J. W. CONNELLA One Year Six Months SUMMiHM'TION WAIFS ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. .$1.00 Entered l the pustofflce In Sutnplrr, Oregon, lor Mammlnlon through Ihe malls at second clan tetter. A VlliNNA dispatch says that the Czar has sinned u decree expelling Count Tolstoi from Russia and that the decree has been sinned. This reads like a para graph from a chapter of history of the dark ages. WATTKKSON Is a decided back num ber as a democratic leader. His advice to the piirtyf when reduced to uneqiilvlcal language, Is to renounce democratic prin cipal as enunciated liv two national conventions and advocate some milk and water lad policy that will not offend New York. That would be carrying compro mise to such a rrdkiilous degree that no sell respecting man could be Identified with the movement and western demo crats respect themselves, even If no one else does. ONI: of the Cuban commissioners who arrived at Jacksonville, Florida, yester day, stated to an Associated press re porter. "Nlnely-ulne per cent of the Cubdus desire absolute independence. It is their wish that military occupation by the United Slatrs come to an end at once. It may be sa!d lh.it a small ele ment of Spaniards, fiom a puicly com-, mercial motive, favor annexation. Pe.iie. with Americans without the independence of Cuba Is Impossible I mean moral peace. I do not say that In the event In dependence Is not granted, war or revo lution would follow, but there would be 110 sympathy, no friendliness between the peoples." M()NI:V honestly expended In public impiovrmeiits is .1 paying investment for any town, and ih.it means the dtidis of the town, the pioperlv owners, who pay the bills. Hut the average run of human nature does not assay sufficiently high In honesty and a sense ol justke to permit those who award 'jubllc Contracts to re ceive Individual and private benefit there from; hence the law ustnlly does and al ways should guard the public treasury against such a temptation, by prohibiting otlkidls from being interested, directly or Indirectly, in any such contract. If these remaiks chance to laud in the vicinity of anybody's solar plexus why, he ought not to have been there. ORIENTAL advices Indicate that there Is no doubt but what Japan has saved the situation In the far east, so far, In her determination to resist the Russian de mands In Manchuria. All that was need ed was for one of the powers to take a bold stand against the disturber of peace, and the youngest and weakest of them all has been the one to seize the oppor tunity. Every vessel in the Japanese navy was In a condition of perfect effici ency, with a thoroughly organized trans port service and an army of two thousand men ready at a moments notice. All this was, of course, fully known at St. Pe tersburg, and was the determining factor In the Russian backdown. The fatal blunder made by Russia In her usual astute diplomacy has cost her what had almost developed into a general disposi tion to let her have Manchuria. Japan is now in no mood to let matters rest and the entire press of the empire Is unani mous in demanding that steps be taken to safeguard Manchuria for all time against Russian encroachments. Through Russia's loss Japan has made an extra ordinary gain in prestige. In assisting In the relief of the legations and In her re cent triumph, she has twice put the na tions of the world under lasting obligations. Dunphy & Gertrldge's Club saloon Is the popular resort for mining and com mercial men. Those who know the comforts of a good hotel, always patronize The Capital; Mrs. G. B. Tedrowe, proprietor. UNLIMITED. ELECTRIC POWER.... II Ihe Jf man d Justifies we will lurnlsh with in one year, cheap and unlimited Electric Power to the mlnei ol Lastern Oregon. Advlie us alonce ol your probable needs. Baker Gas & Electric Co. llAKtm City, Orcoon Oilier, Baker Opera Home. Phone Main i C. H. PENNER Civil and Mining Engineer. U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyors for Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and Montana. Engineers for Ihe Sumpter Townslte Company, Limited. Undtrfraand ana Pttint 3irs. Hat Printing mi Drihtlni. H. T. HENDRYX & CO., Mines Bought, Sold and Developed. Bargains In Sumpter District Quartt Claims. SUMPTER, . OREGON W. A. SAMMS, ARCHITECT, BAKER CITY, I OKEOON Reliable plans, specifications and estimates furnished ILLIAM H. STROUT & SON lit Bennett Ave,, Cripple Creek, Colo. Established In Colorado In 1876 Mining Engineers, Assayers, Chemists, Standard Work, Personal Attention, Reasonable Prices, Forty Years Practice, Gold (crucible assay), joe gold, sil ver 75c; gold, sliver, copper. $1,50. A liberal dis count on all bills over $10. A snare of your work Is respectfully solicited. E. A. CLEM & CO. MINING INVESTMENTS rVesirtlis f ismlail iitf Risertid on, Mimiir Part ita' Mining Stack Eiaaini 2SO ALDER ST. PORTLAND, ORE. QHAS. H. CHANCE ATTORNEY AT LAW Rooms 2 and 3, First Bank of Sumpter Building, SUMPTER, OREGON L T. BROCK, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Sumpter. Oregon. Special Attention Given lo Surgery and to DIs. eases of Women. Office, Nelll Block; Residence, Granite Street nea Mill. DR- TAPE Physician and Surgeon PROPRIETOR SUMPTER OENERAL HOSPITAL Telephone Main $. Sumpter. Oregon. THERE are some great mines in opera tion in eastern Oregon, but unfortunately for the district, they are all operated by close corporations or Individuals who ex ercise their perfect right not to take the public into their confidence regarding the profits accruing. If these facts could be made known, it is certain that it would prove a great Inducement for more capital to be Invested here. The time is soon coming, however, that even this draw back will be overcome. There are a half dozen stock companies now operating here, using every dollar received from the sale of treasury stock to develop their mines, which will at no distant day begin to pay dividends. These dividends will be deci'aird In the tegular way, will be published, the stockholders all over the country, most of them residing in the money centers of the east, will receive their large, alluring Interest on money In vested, and then the eastern Oregon gold fields will, Indeed, enter upon an era of prosperity. LINES OF THE Sumpter Transportation Co. CARRYING U S. MAILS. SUMPTER-CANYON ROUTE it:o p. m. I l.v .... Sumpter Ar Vo p. m. I Ar ...CIIHorJ .....l.v Via p, m. I l.v ClirfnrJ Ar : p m. 1 Ar . AuMin,, , ,.Lv 10: o a. m 8 00 a. m, 7:10 a. m, yoo a. Connecting at Austin with stages for Canyon City V40 p. m. I I.V.. yuo p. in. I Ar... ..CUrford Ar .Ronania. . ,..Lv r. a. m. 6:o a. m. Connecting at tlonania with stages for Pyx. Roblnsonvllle. Worley, Virginia, Don Juan and Belcher mines. SUMPTER-URANITE ROUTE. is:io p. Lv Sumpter Ar m I Ar Ciranlte Lv 10.00 a. 7:00 a. Livery at Granite to North Fork, Red Boy, Ban ictie and adacent mines. SIIMPTER-BOURNE ROUTE. Including North Pole. E. E., Climax, OhloJand ad lacent mines. I. O. R. M. EGAN TRinE No. o, Improved Ordei Red Men, meet In regular louncll at I O.R.M. Mali at the 7th Run.Thlftleth Breath ol e rry Tuesday Night of each moon. All Red Men visiting our hunting grounds are welcome. V. R. Mead, A. J. Lawm, C ol R. Sachem. DR. J. W. VOGEL THC OCULIST Has established headquarters In Baker City, at Room No. u, l nndale Block, and will be there at least one week In each month, and at Sumpter at least two days In each month. Watch lor local notice of arrival. C A. E. STARR. Attorney-at-Law Center, cor. High St, Sumpter, Oregon SUMPTER DEVELOPMENT CO. SUMPTER, OREGON Owners of all the choice acreage sur rounding Sumpter. Inside residence lots on easy terms. Apply to SEYMOUR H. BELL. Manager. Basche Hardware Co. . . Sumpter . . . GENERAL DEALERS IN Shelf and Heavy Hardware Iron and Steel Pipe Mining and Mill Machinery Agents for HERCULES " Powder Fuse and Caps C. C. Basche MANAGER rrW'SSSfrs, k ROCK CREEK. vS$$ INSURANCE. FL. MANNING, RIAL ESTATE City Recorder and Notary Public. Collections Abstracts Agent for Fyrlcldt Fire Extinguisher. Sumpter STOTT & SHELTON, -hoit Attorneys at Law. SUMPTER. OREGON W. H. W. HAMILTON. Mining and Consulting Engineer. riles Examined. and For Sale. Mining Properties Examined. Reported UK I Moraine and Neal Code. Box sis. SUMPTER. OREGON E. T. FREEMAN Public Stenognphr All Kinds of Work Done at Reasonable .... Kates .... ROOm "' Sulapter BuUlne likntnvfW IrinT 1 I N0JOLE1AL FHL AFTER PATENT a W. E8B0QUSER PMJ I KaVINXS, OJUQC. MNCTI EQUAL ggg Sumpter Forwarding Compiny AGENTS SUMPTER ORE. :rank j. davey ASSAYER AND CHEMIST Control Work a Specialty J 801 CCNTCH ST. AKER CITY, OREGON