THE' SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, May J8. t$w
CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS.
Matter of Sewerage Indefinite
ly Postponed.
At n meeting of the city council Satur
day tvenlnR a resolution was Introduced
and adopted modifying the contract with
Till: MINI-K for doing the printing,
changing the rate for publishing ordl
nances and notice!) from fivt to three cents
and making one or two other minor
changes.
linglneer l-'enner's report on the sewer
age system was read. It estimates that
to cover the business portion of the city,
It would require 1500 feet of ten inch pipe
for the main sewer, and 2628 feet of right
and ten inch pipe for loteral Hues; the
whole system to cost f ),6oo, or f 34.45 a
lot, for the area covered. The whole
matter was at first bid on the table and
afterwards postponed Indefinitely. It will
doubtles be taken up again.
A protest was filed against Rradlng Au
burn street, until something can be done
to prevent the water ditch from flooding
that street. Messrs. Neill, Holly and
Griffin were appointed a special commltte
to look into this matter and take some
step to permanently abate that nuisance.
During the session of the council the
marshal was instructed to go out and cut
the ditcli above town and stop the over
flow. He reported later on that the work
had been done.
The fire and water committee was In
structed to Investigate the matter of the
petition from the tire department, asking
for a hose wagon, with power to act.
The matter of purchasing equipment for
the police department, was referred to the
committee on health and police, with
powet to act.
Another ordinance relating to the taxing
and Killing of dogs was passed.
The attorney was instructed to draft an
ordinance piovldlng for the payment to the
city physician a salary of fifteen dollars a
month.
Kills and monthly reports of officers
were referred to the proper committees.
W. E. HURD HEARD FROM.
Tlls Portland Papm of Grot Activity in
Rjutrrn Orfgou Mlnet.
W. II. Kurd, the well known mining
man, has just rrturnrd Irom a trip to Ills
mining property in the Granite and
'Greenhorn dlstiicts, In Grant county,
where lie made preparations for active de
velopment work during the coining sea
son. Work upon his Chelan group, near
the Ned Hoy mine, will be begun at once.
There Is still considerable snow in the
Greenhorns, making snow-shor travel
the only means of locomotion.
Mr. Hurd predicts that the coming sum
mer will be the banner year for eastern
Oregon mining camps. "There Is even
now," said he, "more development work
In progress than I have seen during all
my experience in eastern Oregon. While
there Is no particular boom In the towns,
the mountains are lively. Properties that
have been Idle for some time are again the
scene of active operations. More money
has gone Into the country, and confi
dence In the mineral belts, with the out
put of such mines as the Red Roy, Bo
nanza, Columbia and North Pole as ob
lect lesson, Is increasing.
Mining experts, In the Interest of Urge
capital, are investigating properties, and
everything points to a season of unparal
leled activity.
Business In the towns is brisk and the
merchants report a big spring trade.
Sumpter has settled down to a good sub-
bibiiimi vai, Having muvnru Hum ucr 11
boom, and will always be a good mining 'I
town. Granite also Is active, while the
new town of Almo Is coining rapidly to
the front.
I was given every assurance, while in
eastern Oregon, that the Hllg.ird Granite
railroad would be built this summer. If
this is dune Portland is bound to have a
smelter, as this road, operated In con
juction with the O. R. & N., will tap the
best smelting ore district in eastern Ore
gon. There Is already enough of an out
put of ore assured to make the road a pay
ing proposition and keep a smelter in con
tinuous operation In Portland. Every
mining man of sense in eastern Oregon
recognizes the fact that Portland is the
only place for a smelter, as successful
smelting depends upon proper fluxing and
this means the use of different kinds of
ores. A smelter In Portland would mean
satisfactory rates on all roads centering
here. It would mean the development of
not only the base ore districts of eastern
Oregon, but also of southern Oregon and
tin- Washoogal, St. Helens and Copper
Creek districts, in Washington. "Port
land Telegram.
Leigh Hunt's $15,000,000 Mining Company
Leigh Hunt, the millionaire mineowner,
formerly of Seattle, has formed a syndicate
of American and European capitalists to
operate the concessions vested In Hunt by 1
the Korean government and commonly
known us the American concessions. The
Post says the company Is organized with
a capital of i 5,000,000 and that the syn
dicate, which was formed In New York,
Is composed of the Rothschilds, Lon
don; Wemher, Belt & Co., London;
Sweet & SCo., New York; D. O.
Mills, J. B. Haggin, the Hearst estate,
Smith and Perkins, New York, and a few
other capitalists. The company has
chosen H. C. Perkins president.
W. L. Vinson bat a Bend on the Mammoth
Yesterday afternoon W. L. Vinson
bonded the Mammoth group of mines lo
cated one mile east of the Virtue. It Is
Mr. Vinson's Intention to sink a double
compartment shaft 100 feet and then drift
100 feet on the ledge. The propel ty Is
already developed by an 80 foot shaft and
a 60 foot drift. The ledge i 6 feet wide
and carries free gold. The owners are
now running 100 tons of this ore thiough
(lie Virtue mill. There are 100 tons of ad
ditional ore on the dump. J. II. Parker,
L. Somnicr, IssnctSttr, Miles Lee and
John Wilson are the owners of the Mam
moth. The bonded price Is private.
Democrat.
Timbers for the Alamo Stamp Mill.
The Quebec sawmill, at Alamo, Is busy
getting out (lie frame work for (lie new
mill now being built on that mine, prepar
atory to the erection of the building and
mill Immediately .Mr. J. W. Carr returns
from the east, which Is expected dally.
Millwright II. L. McLaln will, as usual,
have charge ot the entire work of putting
up the plant and building.
The best Is always cheapest buy Giant
powder.
FIRST BANK
OF SUMPTER
(NCe.oei.Ti.)
Capital Stock '20,000
o rictus.
J. II. Kobblnt PmlJrnl
J.W.Scrlbcr Viccl'rctlJcM
R. H. Miller ChWr
niHtcTows.
J. W. Salt r R. H. Miller
Clik SnyJr J. H. RoMln
TnuiMU-t 11 General Bunking and
Exeliuugo Business
Attention
Investors I
If you want to become
interested in the most
promising mine in Eastern
Oregon
buy Cracker-Summit Gold
Mining Company's Treas
ury Stock at iOc Per Share
Every dollar of your inniicsy will boused to further
develop the company's procrty situated in the
heart of the Famous Cracker Creek district, sur
rounded liy Hiieh well-known dividend payers as the
Columbia Goleonda, E it E and north Polo mines.
Most of the first issue of 60,000 shares offered at
that price has been subscriled for. When what
remains is sold none will ever bo bnuuht at thnt
figure again. A) The Climax claim, 3000 feet south
and on tho sumo ledge as the Cracker-Summit
proerty, bus just been sold by Col. John T.Gray
son to eastern capitalists for 8150,000. a) Buy
now while you can get in on the ground floor and
yon will get big returns for your nionoy invested.
Write For Engineer's Report, ProeoeetMa, Ete.
Crtcker-Summit Gold Mining Co.
In 170. Siirtir, Onpi
THE EDW. P. ALLIS CO.,
MILWAUKEE. WIS.
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SPOKANE. WASH.
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SO-ln s 1 IO-ln. Coppf r Con verttr.
H. V. CROLL. Manager.
t STAMP MILLS
WOOD OR IRON FRAME
SELF-CONTAINED MILLS
Rock Crushers
Ore Feeders
Tramways
Dredges, Engines
Boilers and Waterwheels
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I PORTLAND, OREGON
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