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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1901)
on THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, July 24, 1901 i The Sumpter Miner Official Paper of the Town of Sumpter. PUBLISHED BVBht WEDNESDAY BY C. II. MARSH and J. W. CONNELLA sunscnii'TioN rates One Year , Jj.oo Six Months n ALWAYS IN ADVANCB. Entered il tfie poitofKct In Sumpter. Oregon, for transmission through the malls as second clan matter. Nkxt Wtxlnumluy tliln town will bo Ioiik to tlio old foIkH, thoHO Hixty-tlireu yonrti of ago mid over. Tholr tnonuy will 1x3 counterfoil and thoy will 1x3 iih wolcomo iih if tlioy wuru rich relntioiiH and thoir wIIIh drawn In our favor. Tiik Intact pluiHi) of tlio Hchlny-Hnnip-non controvurHy pntH tint latter and IiIh friendri, thu adniliiiHtrntioii naval clitpio, In oven a inorif (loHplnilile lllit than for nuirl;'. Tliero huoiiih to Ihi nearcely a douht lint that Nerrt'tnry Ixiik rewarded Mncliiy with a Hiiu'cttro joh for IiIh hIiui deroiiH nliUHii of Schley in IiIh alleged lilMtory of tlio navy. To It. K, Strahorn (.'onie hack at once, and all will he forgiven. You lire much needed here, tolvn (IiIh town an injection of energy lymph; to revive that llurnt river waou road eutcrpriHo, for itiHtance, and reiterate the cheerful fact that you have your xlmro of the price, that will Ini produced with the Hpirit of u thoroiiKhhrcd without u nin ule moHrt Kerin on IiIh buck that, you will "play iih much iih anybody." At ith next meeting thu city council hhould piiHH an ordinance ilxlnu; a npe clllc. Ilceiixe for tent hIiowh and placing it at Hiich a IlKtiru that It will at leant pay the WitucH ot extra police that are J nmwury when hiicIi umtnwitiniiH vlnit a town. Two of tlii'Hu fake couibluatlouH have exhibited their bunch of ancient client nulH here durhiK the preneut mouth, at an net mil oxicnie to the city Kovcrnmcut. Of courne no ordinance can prevent a fool from parting with IiIh iiiouev. but an ordinance can force the con pitnn oHra(or to cut up bin prolltn with the city treanury. ItKAiiiMi accoiiutH of thu iutciiHo heat throughout the cunt, one Ih forced to thu coiicIuhIoii that Sumpter, in thu heart of thu geld-rlbbed Itlue mountaliiH of eiihteru Oregon, Ih not a bad place in which to have oiiu'h lot cunt, after all. I b're the weather at thin hciikoii Ih iih near perfection iih any proxiHitlou with which morlalH are KrinitUl to p't mix ed up with, live 1 1 the ladien who ten derly Hum their complexion, never carry fun Hhadex, nor do thu men ever nail down their overcoat with moth de ftroylntf couiNMiudH, for they are fre quently iitHilitl after nlKhtfall; while blauketH are ulwayn a noiVHcity on every lied. On iiih return to Portland from thu KoM lleldHofeaHtoru Oregon, Sot-rotary !'. J. Hard, of thu Mining Stock exchunj;e, pive the paHrH there an excellent in terview on the gratifying condition of thu miiiiutc iudiiHtry huru. Mo had col lected a remarkable fund of accurate In formation in a very nliort npncu of time and precented thexe factH in mi enter taining and convincing manner. Hut when ho attempted to enumerate tlio ptoHrtie8 on which HHciUwl work Ih be ing done, he attempted an almottt im IMMwiblo job. Ono might an well try to brand a Hchool of fish an to collect that information complete in a few weeks. Naturally, Home of the moeit important work now in progroiw wuh omitted. Skvkuai. yearn since Japan, in its in dlHcriniinato luiHto to become "modern ized," modeling itself nfter the Occi dental notioiiH, adopted the single gold Htandard. Home montliH hSiicu Japan got worntcd in a sparring match for )ointfl with an adult, modern, enlight ened financial panic. Lout week a Jap anese gentleman of wealth and learning, who baH made a study of social and eco nomic problems, told an AHSociatctl Promt repreuentative in New York that in IiIh country tlio rich are growing richer and tho poor poorer. And this in the old, old Htory, which history has never yet failed to record, whore any nation Iiiih radically contracted its legal tender currency. And such will over bo tho case, for it Ih in accordance with one of tho laws of trade, oh immutable iih ono of tlioHo of Nature. Tiik democratic central committee of tliiH Htato ban made the wIho selection of IIou. Sum White, of Baker City, an chairman. Ite Kayo tho party will bo organized to win thu next election in Oregon; that a Democratic morning paM!r will 1h established in Portland, with u paid capital of 10,000, to aid tho movement. Tiik Mixkh, posing iih an expert, offers one piecu of udvicu on tho subject; that a change of plans be made, from the morning to thu uvuuing Held. In thu llrst placu, thu Telegram Ih "easier" than thu Oregonlau. A more satisfactory evening press service can bo secured. The Pacific coast, with three bourn difference In time between thu news centers of thu east, makes the evening paper more desirable and en ables it to work up a larger circulation. Anil last, but not least. ihiodIu who have tlii'u to read a morning paicr aru of-that class who aru not iulliiuuced politically nv any tiling mat can no written; nut, instead, consider thu subject carfully mid vote to please their bankers. See our line of GENTS' HATS, CAPS, UNDERWEAR, Shirts . . . Shoes . . . . . Gloves . . . . . Underwear And Miners' Clothing. What we have not got in this line we will get for you . . . Wo always keep a full lino of CANNED GOODS Prices to suit Let us fig ure with you. W. R. Hawley SUMPTER B. L. McLAIN MILL WRIGHT ERECTION OF QUARTZ MILLS A SPECIALTY Sumpter . Oregon CAPITAL HOTEL DR. J. W. VOGEL THC OCULIST Ha j established headquarter! In Baker City, at Room No. u. Lynndale Mock, and will be there at least one week In each month, and at Sumpter at least two days In each month. Watch tor local notice of arrival. C. H. hENNER Civil and Mining Engineer. U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyors for Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and Montana. Engineers for the Sumpter Townslte Company. Limited. Undertreand Ptteot Streets, lis Priming end OrsaRtUf. H. T. HENDRYX Si CO., Mines Bought, Sold and Developed. Bargains In Sumpter District (juaru uaims. SUMPTER, . OREGON W. A. SAMMS, ARCHITECT, BAKER CITY, t OREOON Reliable plans, specifications and estimates furnished A. CLEM & CO. MINING INVESTMENTS Properties lumlnid and Reported en. Member Pert- lend Mining Stock Eienenfe 250J 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 fllven to Surgery and to DIs. eases of Women. Office, Ncill Block; Residence. Granite Street near Mill. IJR. PEARCE Physician and Surgeon PROPRIETOR SUMPTER GENERAL HOSPITAL Telephone Main if. Sumpter, Oreoon INSURANCE. L. MANNING, REAL ESTATE City Recorder and Notarv Public. Collections Abstracts Agent for Fyrlclde Fire Extinguisher. Sumpter STOTT & SHELTON, SAM R. .STOTT J. F. SHELTON Attorneys at Law. SUMPTER, OREGON SUMPTER DEVELOPMENT CO. SUMPTER, OREGON Owners of all the choice acreage sur rounding Sumnter. Inside residence lots on easy terms. Apply to SEYMOUR H. BELL. Manager. p A. a STARR. Attorney-at-Law- Center, cor. High St. Sumpter, Oreg Lew Walker ....ASSAYER Control oek a Specialty GoUDutf Bought SpKial Ratta to CoeapaaiM Seed tor West first less ef Seatter SUHPTER, IRESIN 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 fiiWrnia im ' HLML rtu airni fatot coc am, anton 9 Sumpter Forwarding Company AGENTS SUMPTER ORE. :rank j. davey ASSAYER AND CHEMIST Control Work a Specialty 01 CENTER ST. BAKER CITY, OREGON i i fr'l