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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1901)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, May 29, 1901 The Sumpter Miner Official Paper of the Town of Sumpter. PUHLIMlr.!) EVCfcS WEDNESDAY IIY C. II. MARSH AND J. W. CONNKLLA .SUIISCPII'TION PATES One Year fi.cn Six Months Li ALWAYS IN ADVASCI'. Lntered at the poslufllcp In Sumpter. Oregon, lor trantmlstlon tlirouuli the malls as seconj class matter. AS A matter of fact, what did the Su preme court decide relative to our war ac quired possessions? Headlines In the newspapers give "all kinds" of Interpre tation to the opinion. Some say "the constitution follows the Hag," and others the reverse of that statement. 'I he writ:r confesses that after reading the Associated press report of the decision, he couldn't guess where that highest tribunal was at. Tllli Portland Telegram of last Thurs day contains this characteristic editorial paragraph: "And this," said Congressman Dick, reflectively, "Is The Dalles." Yes, sir, and a place of a good deal of historic and considerable present interest It Is, too. It would have been well for Oregon If the visiting congressman could have had spread out before their actual vision a a panorama of the country iiastern Ore gon and Washington and Idaho that lies between The Dalles, and to which it is the gateway. The "panorama" could have been promptly and effectively "spread out (sic) before their actual vision" by simply handing each one ol them a copy of the O. It. it N. company's book on "Oregon, Washington and Idaho." THE MINER has no Idea General Paeseuger Agent Craig neglected the opportunity. IN ITS Issue of Monday the Oregoniau states that a brother of Senator Clark, of Montana, had been In Portland investi gating the feasibility of erecting a smelter there, but that lie had learned that the smeller trust would oppose and probably defeat the enterprise. This local stoiy is the text of a characteristic Oregonian edi torial. Hoth writers show Ignorance of the subject treated that Is leally amusing. The Idea that a Montana mining man would go to Portland to study the busi ness side of a smelter proposition other than local conditions and tliete stumble on to the fact that there Is a smelter trust, to which an Independent plant would be objectionable, strikes the average reader as being somewhat ridiculous. The great obstacle to be overcome, as the case Is stated by the Oregonian, would be to find a market for the lead bullion; for, says the editorial, speaking of the smeller trust: "It Is the only pur chaser of lead In considerable quantities." The trust buys lead because It owns the refineries, and buys it just as it does gold and silver and copper, as the smelter does ores. All four of these metals come from the smelter as base bullion, and must be separated, "refined," to become market able. A refinery which only separates the base from the precious metals Is not an expensive plant. Such a one Is oper- ' ated In connection with the reduction works at Everett, and Its lead product finds a ready market In the Orient. Japan alone will buy all (lie lead that Is turned out of all the smelters on this coast. Mr. Clark evidently had some other reason for turning down Portland as a smelter site. "THE men who are doing the most for eastern Oregon are not those men who re doing the talking or meat strenuously "promoting" the Interests of the section, but the men who are doing the real work, the hard work if you please. A man who, like Willium Muir, has worked silently for years piling up rich ore, anxious him self to see what his mine contained, with out trying to sell a hole In the ground, such a man Is entitled to much more of the country's esteem than he who digs a prospect hole and goes about prating of his rich discovery." THE MINER begs leave to differ from the esteemed La Grande Chronicle In this view of the case. Here in eastern Oregon there Is unquestionably one of the most extensive deposits of rich gold ore in the known world. Men have pursued Mr. Mulr's tactics for more than a quarter of a century, apparently knowing that they had a good thing and unwilling to let any outsiders know that there were op portunities here for others to engage In profitable mining. The result of this pol icy Is the deplorable fact, acknowledged by all, that the gold fields of eastern Ore gon have been slower in development than any others on the continent. Within the last three years some little publicity has been given to our mineral wealth, and within that time more progress has been made In opening up the country than dur ing all of Its previous history. THE MINER submits this undisputed and In disputable fact as proof of the unwisdom of the policy commended by the Chroni cle. One energetic, noisy, persistent, versatile promoter is worth more to the country than a car load of Industrious, se cretive men such as Mr. Mulr and others. That his system, even so far as his own Interests are concerned, Is a losing one, Is sj evident that It would be a waste of words to argue the point. By selling a part of his holdings, he could have secured capital with which to accomplish In months that for which he has laboriously toiled for years and even In case of sue cess the long years of waiting and hard ship and vitality consuming labor is worth more than the price. FISHERMEN ATTENTION Hawley 's is the place to buy your fishing outfit Sncll Uookx, 7 Inch Lender, Per Dozen 2fio Fine Split liumlxM) Poles with Heel, 81.25 Finu Itnw .Silk Linen, Ho per ynnl And anything else you need in that line W. R. Hawley SUMPTER All the News Of all the Fields Of the Pacific Coast. Western Oil News Published Every Friday 2.00 Per Year 91.25 For Six Months 75 Cts. For Three Months 320 SANSOME ST. SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA DR. J. W. VOGEL THC OCULIST Mai established headquarters In Baker City, at Room No. 14. Lynndale Mock, and will be there at least one week In each month, and at Sumpter at least two days In each month. Watch (or local notice ol arrival. C. H. FENNF.R Civil and Mining Engineer. I If. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyors (or Oregon. Wash ington, uano ana Montana, (.ngmeers lor me Sumpter Tnwnslte Company, Limited. Underground and Patint Surniyi. ind Orihtln. Slut Printing H. T. HENDRYX & CO., Mines Bought, Sold and Developed. Bargains In Sumpter District Quarti Claims, SUMPTER, . OREGON W. A. SAMMS, ARCHITECT, BAKER CITY, : OREOON Rellable'plans, specifications and estimates (urntshed E A. CLEM & CO. MINING INVESTMENTS Propartleo Eiimlnid and Reported on. Mambtr.Port- land Mining Stood Eiohonf 250 ALDER ST. PORTLAND, ORE. QHAS. H. CHANCE ATTORNEY AT LAW City Attorney U. S. Commissioner Rooms 2 and 3, First Bank of Sumpter Building, SUMPTER, OREGON L. T. BROCK, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Sumpter. Oregon. Special Attention Given to Surgery and to DIs. eases of Women. Office, Nelll Block; Residence, Uranlte Street near Mill. DR. TAPE Physician and Surgeon PROPRIETOR SUMPTER OENERAL HOSPITAL Telephone Main j. Sumpter, Oreqon. 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. INSURANCE. E.L. MANNING, REAL ESTATE City Recorder and Notary Public. Collections Abstracts Agent for Tyrlclde Tire Extinguisher. Sumpter QTOTT & SHELTON, sam stott 0 ' J. F. SHELTON Attorneys at Law. SUMPTER, OREGON W. H. W. HAMILTON Mining and Consulting Engineer. Mining Properties Examined, Reported ertles Examined, In and For Sale. un Morelneand Neat Code. Box aiS. SUMPTER. OREGON E. T. FREEMAN . Public Stenographer All Kinds of Work Done at Reasonable .... Kates .... Room e First Bank of Sumpter Buldlng p A. E. STARR. Attorney-at-Law Center, cor. High St. Suapte 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 yivWW,'; B rrir rm ! MMBJUIIJI i Kiuni 111 1 iniui 1 I FULL SIFTER PATENT I . 1 SHOEUAEER PROS HAINE. ORBQQV. W M WM. TO EQUAL fi Afs s Sumpter Forwarding Company AGENTS SUMPTER ORE. 1RANK J. DAVEY ASSAYER AND CHEMIST Control Work a Specialty J tot CENTER ST. BAKER CITY, OREGON I II. " rlOSVEAWl MMSW I mmMzzmzzz t , asTrxatmumsAm