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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1901)
S &wmtim$x. TTCTt.-- ja.aa. THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1901 The Sumpter Miner Official Paper of the Town of Sumpter. PUIILKHLI) liVBk WEDNUSIIAV UY C. II. MARSH AM) J. W. CONNGLLA MIIISCHII'TION HATES One Yer Six Mutitha $2.0O . I.1J mVAYS IN ADVANCE. lintrrea at tin pustnflke In Sumpter. Oregon, fur trniinltlun tlirouuh the malle at teennj cUst matter. It ih tin i'rttuliliriliutl fiict tltut no "four IIuhIiImh" km'h, to Htop Kiiinpter from Ituililiuu; tlint Ittirnt river wugou road. AtfoitoiNti to Milker City piierH, there in (rood limiting on the HtroutH of tltut town iind their Holitiulii Ih oft on broken ly thtt report of IiuiiIhiiii'ii'h mniH. TKi.i'.iticAi'iiic ikIviith totluy front l.uw toii, O. T., Hliito tltut fHMMMM) will bo ro eulvetl for tin1 miction fit hi of town lotri. Tltut in not the only l.tiwton that Ih on the. Itooin. Tlmru Ih a cnnip of that hon ored inline 11 few iiillt-n went of Sunipter that Im iloinn Home iMiHluif h Itfulf. Tiik htenl uorkurH ulrlku Iiiih now proKrt'Hxutl heyoml the HparrhiK point. The llltl Is now on to it IIiiIhIi. The country in general, though riM-ngiiizing the IIIh of ntrikcH, hope that the wolf of hunger can he kept from the. doom of the Hlrikern lonn enough to enahle them to defeat Hit) Ki'cul hillion dollar, ntock wattiretl fraud. Tiik Htntimer time taltle tif the O. It. A N., which iveH the departure date front Portland dally to l-ong Keaelt, hy the thiiinnh river Hleiiiiicr Potter unit the llwaeo railroad In wild hy men of ex ter!enee to lw the only time tahle in the wnrltl for a nil I road, haned on iIiimhviiii title. The time of the arrival mid de parture of the lxat and traiiiHlHilifferent each day, according to the utitKt' of the tide in llwaeo hay, and Ih (loured out in advance for the entire pennon ami Iiiih Itccn printeil and diHtrilmted. Ami At ill the minion dealH continue to In made, the money cIiiiiich IiiiiiiIh and the luHtitimentH are Hignetl, Healed ami recorded. Of course, old Oregon in ntill tiHleep; hut noiiii new hlood, an well an foreign capital, in llndlng it h way into thcxe gulil HcIiIh and tliinc "look jood" in these mineral HIiIkmI lllne motiiitaiiiH. It would hcciu that thin activity will MHiuer or later fructify into a (teach of u mining I in. Ia'I tlio kmmI (K-ople get together null, metaphorically HHiikiiiK, Minml out of nhnpe the llrnt knocker who MrikcM a hammer hlow at any trade, hi or little. Ik N'onlHtrom'H attorney, .lanien Ham Slton Ia'wIh, hud put forth one-half the effort 10 H.tve hin clientV neck that ho Iiiih to advertlwi hiiunclf, I h rough the medi um of tlelayit Mvurotl by raining hair eiplittlng legal technicalltieH, that con deiiimed man would Imvoltceu given IiIh lllMrty a half dozen yearn ago. Ho wim convicted of murder on evidence manu factured hy the iiiohI uuHcrnpulouH, ilar iug crook who ever wore a jiolieo otllcer'H liadge, u nd there art many who dti not Ix'lieve he coiumittcd the crime with which ho w uncharged. And now, Siuupon'n partiHittiH uro jilcndiitg that ho Ih mentally lrrvioiii ble. That in, indcel, a humiliating de feiiHO for his iucxciiHublo conduct during the pant two years; but Ih porhapn tlto only loopltole through which ho and they can oHoniouiii vernal condemnation. Could it Ik) that ho wua locoed when ho Hunt that dinpatch to the Navy depart ment, claiming credit for tlio victory won hy the licet at the time under Kchloy'H command? Ho wtinn't ho fur gone mentally a few moutliH hIiico uh not to know enough to accept the prize mon ey that belonged to another. Huh tlio rentier noticed that thono pajierH which pretend to Ikj ho utterly weary of thin whole biiHlnuHH uro of that blind purti huii cIiihh which nuver hcch anything to critlcino in the national udminiHiriitioii? Thu fact of the matter Ih, Admiral. Schley Iiiih acted throughout thin contravene with iuoxplIc4iblo forbctiruuco ; enduring tlto Hiiuhri and nlightH which the depart- meiit Iiiih huuH3d upon him without a public murmur, mid only acted when bin profcHHiouul and munly honor wiih itHHiiiled by tieharacterlt'HH, hired libelcr, in tlto employ of bin cncmicH, oIHcIiiIh of a government tltut he Iiiih gallantly nerved for forty yearn. It Ih the dirticnt piece of hunlncHH that Iiiih over Htuincd the records of thin republic doenn't oven play hccoiiiI to the uotorioiiH Drey fiin Hcautlal. Tiik Minkii in receiving daily, inany now HtibncrllHtrH, who uro taking advan tage of thu Hpeclal offer, advertlnud cIho whuro In thin Inntte, to participate In the tllHtributlon of I5,(KK). The offer in nu honent, bona lltlo one, oieii to old and now HtibncriberH. Head it on pago 10 of Tiik Minkii. Lew Walker ....ASSAYER Control Work a Specialty Gold Dust Bought Special Rates to Companies Sieond Doer Wait First lank ef Sampler SUMPTER, 0RE00N mmm. mi JHT IH PATtlT riimMrm 0CH CHICK. OUSON SUMPTER FORWARDING CO. AGENTS SUMPTER ORE. SUMPTER LIGHT AND POWER C0MP1NK4- A FULL LINE OF Electrical j Supplies WIRING NEATLY DONE The finest light plant in eastern Oregon jjjj SEYMOUR N. IELL, Gon'l. Mir. my EaiVMrsaiaRaL. FLOUR I ; "vvnwuniWLitm si )R. J. W. VOGEL THC OCULIST HeUbllhed heidquarters 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 of arrival. C. H. t-ENNER Civil and Mining Engineer. U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyors for Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and Montana. Engineers for the Sumpter Townslte Company, Limited. Undariroand and Patent 8irtil. lilt Printing ni Dranhtln. W. A. SAMMS, ARCHITECT, BAKER CITY, : OREGON Reliable plans, specifications and estimates furnished E, A. CLEM & CO. MINING INVESTMENTS Proptrtlii Eiimlnid and Reported on. Member Port- land Mining Stood Eiehini 250 ALDER ST. PORTLAND, ORE. CHAS. H. CHANCE ATTORNEY AT LAW City Attorney U. S. Commissioner Rooms 2 and 3, Hirst Bank of Sumpter Building, SUMPTER, OREGON L T. BROCK, M. U., Physician and Surgeon. Sumpter. Oregon. Special Attention Given to Surgery and to Dis eases of Women. Office, Nclll Block; Residence, uranlte Street near Mill. DR. PEARCE Physician and Surgeon PROPRIETOR SUMPTER OENERAL HOSPITAL Telephone Main j. SUMPTBK, OkHQON. INSURANCE. E,L. MANNING, REAL ESTATE City Recorder and Notary Public. Collections Abstracts Agent for Fyrlclde Tire Extinguisher. Sumpter QTOTT & SHELTON, stott J ' J. P. SHELTON Attorneys at Law. 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. B. L licLAIN MILL WRIGHT ERECTION OF QUARTZ MILLS A SPECIALTY Sumpter j Oregon CAPITAL HOTEL 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 See our line of GENTS' HATS, CAPS, UNDERWEAR, Shirts . . . Shoes . . . . . Gloves . . . . . Underwear And Miners' Clothing. Wlint wo lmvo not got in this lino wo will got for you . . . Wo always keep a full lino of CANNED GOODS Prices to suit Let us fig ure with you. W. R. Hawley SUMPTER F RANK J. DAVEY ASSAYER AND CHEMIST Control Work a Specialty aoia ccntcr ar. AKCR CITY, OREGON p A. E STARR. Attorney-at-Law Center, cor. High St, Suapter, Orefoa