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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1901)
2ZXZZ 12 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, July 31, 1901 WELL PLEASED MEN. Seattle Operators Who Have "Good Things" Here. .1. I!. Mc.MiimiH and A. It. Kriict, of Sent tli, iirrlvril in Snniptur hint wvi'k mid went at onco to tlm projiurtlcH in which they uro Interoteil, till! Ili'limi and Virginia, i('hn'Ctivcly. Mr. Mi'.Miiiiiih rt'liirncil y-nti)rliiy from the llolnui, ami naiil to a Mi.nck ri'irL'funtatiu thxt lit) wan co Mull pluan cil with tlial iroit(rty that ho wan nl nioM afraid to oxprcpH IiIh real opinion of itn incritH, MH it inilit appear iih if ho wore ilrawiiif; the IoiikIniw. Tim leiljro in twenty feet uiilo and color can Irs pan ned anyu here. It Iiiih liceu thoroughly prifpeeted with nhaftH and open cut h and he Iiiih decided to licin at once to run a KKI-foot tiiiinel that will jiivo him a depth of nearly foil for foot. Work Iiiih heen cotnmenced on a hunk and hoarding Ikhim1, with a eovored luiwniit1 wayhetween. A liliit-KMiiith chop will ali-o Ih elected and a kiln of charcoal burned without delay. The gentleman uxpriw-ril nnrocerved ly the opinion that eantern Oregon in the timet entieiiiK mining oeion he Iiiih ever hccn. And thin ineniiH much, for ho Ih a mining mail of wide experience. Aniilo fioni hin perHonal operationn, he was government mineral land innpictor un der Cleveland, covering .Montana, Idaho and Wanliiimlon. Ho left thiHiifternoon for home, hut will letiirn in ten dayn. Mr. M111M recently houlit the Vir :jniii, one of the old prodiicern in tlm nreenhoriiH. lie took out a team of Iiooch and a ciew of men, and Iiiih he (mi work an mi extensive i-cale. There in aliemly coiihiderahle ore in eight and tin- mill will ho put in operation an hood iih it can lie renovated and repaired, lie will remain at the mine a mouth, pei- Hiually HUperiutenditioperatioiiH tlieie TALK OF THE TOWN. lioy Miller in at l.a(!rand(, in t'liurp' of the hank tlieie duiiii); the illnc-f of ('anhier Scriher. t'levelaud Itockwell, of Portland, ar rived Monday morning on a nihl i-ecing trip of a fewdavh. ' I. It. Ilowen, of the Maker City Peino erat, in in town today, helping .lo-epli Harton take pi(nl care of the old folkn. II.. I. .lory relumed ycMcrday fiom the Utilizer, where he had lieen lining Miniit profeHHlonal work an a niiniiij; e pert. K. I.. Mumilnn and C. K. DeNeff re turned yenterday from Olive lake, where they camped with a party for miutiiI dayn. Dr. I.011 Cleaver in in town today, mingliu with the nixty-thruo year old and huttur oxcurHiouiHtH, tlm playniatcH of IiIh distant youth. Geo. Jutt, county nHHccHor, accom panied hy hin wife and her neice, Miss Kthul Ilohurtri, of Portland, enmu up on tho excurfioii this morning. Mm. X. C. Uichardn and hoii left yew terday for Seattle After vifitinn there for 11 while, they will (,') cant, exacting to lw ubnunt ulxint three month. Mr. aiidMrn. Jiiiih'H A. Grainger re turned today from a three weekn trip to Portland and Clatsop beach. They re port eool weather at the hcii Hide. Dr. J. F. DickHon, a prominent phyni cian of Portland, and owner of the Dow nit; placern, adjoining town, enmu up Monday on bunim-HM connected with IiIh mining iutcrcHtn here. II. M. I.ee, who lived in Sumpter Huveral moutliH lant year, arrived from Portland Monday anil ycHtunlay went out to tho Itcd Itoy mine, where be will keep hook for the company. Mm. TliomiiH Ingram precenteil her husband with u line little daughter Monday, tho twenty-ninth in-t. Tom hii.vh if tlie new arrival had been a boy he would havo bought wine. Claude llui-clie returned Monday from a week'n IiiihIiiwh and pteanuru trip, du ring which time he attended the lntur iiiitimml Mining t'niiKn'PH nt Itoine, Ida- bo, an a delcniito from Sumpter. Two merry little Mii-cen, Marcaret (ioldHtelu and Clara llilner, from llaker City, were nmnm? the lied Men excur HiouiHtH TlmrMlay, chaperoned by the latterV grandmother, Mrn. Valentine. David Wilhon in in town to-day. He Miyn the new hotel will Ih) runhed to completion anil will be- ready for occu pancy in October. IMh option on the K. A. '. expiren today ami that deal in off for the jircM'iit. Mayor ltobbiiiH returned yesterday from Pendleton, where ho had liven to attend a meeting of the directorn of the company that ow iih oil IiiiuIh in Colo rado. It in reported that the proposition in panning out all right. P. C. ItobiiiMHi, who Iiiih been super intendent of tho Golcouda mill and con nected with other mines in tills district, left yesterday for Alaska. Mrs. Kobinson left for Xew York and will join her husband in the north next season. General Coinpson, of Portland, was in Sumpter and vicinity thin week, looking after interests which he holdn In tho Ks meralda and llockefellcr groiiH.'H. Ho is very enthusiastic over thu showing inado in these properties. Work on Imtli will bo resumed at an early day. George S. Innis and his son, Homer ('., of St Paul, Minnesota, were Mon day nnivals. The former is a professor in the Mainline university of St Paul, and is on his summer vacation, as well as a still hunt for a partially developed mining projHirty. Hin son is an nssayer. SEE! SEE!! SEE!!! Neill Mercantile Co. FOR MEN'S WEARING APPAREL SEE! SEE! SEE! GROCERIES Full Line Staple & Fancy Goods Tobaccos, Oranges, Candy and Nuts. Everything carried in a first-class grocery store Sumpter Grocery M. J. WHEELER, PROPRIETOR ELLIS BLOCK, SUMPTER, OREGON. Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Company 227 S. W. Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah if GRAND PRIX AND GOLD NEOAL PARIS EXPOSITION, 1800 lnjernll Sergeant Du plex Class "D" Belt Driven lir Compressor This type also built compound, with Inter cooler. See catalog 33 Rock Drills, Coal Cutters Full line of Duplicate 'rill Parts In Stock. S. G. MURRAY MANAGER Shoes on Our Hands that should be on your feet. Little prices and big values will make the transfer. SPECIAL PRICES On men's and boy's shoes, 'till certain lines are gone, will be a saving on your foot account. At 2.50 the Brown Queen Bee is the best shoe for the price and ladies' feet. Yours for a shoe trade, Hobson Mercantile Company The Royal Tailors (Chicago) Make perfect fits from latest products of domestic and foreign looms t Prices are positively the lowest consistent with good goods and skilled workmanship. Call and Inspeot samples. C B. Hecht, Agt, Ntlll Building;, Granite and Mill St. MERCER DRUG STORE Some goods have arrived and more are coming. A com plete line of Drugs and druggist sundries have been ordered, we take special care and accuracy in filling prescriptions. Spokane Drug Company FRED N. WALKIR, Mauaia