Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1901
THE SUMPTER MINER
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BURNT RIVER ROAD.
Messrs. Jones and Doane Se
lect Southern Route.
Al Jones nnd J. N. Donne returned
several days Binoo from tlielr trip of in
Hpection over the two proposed routes
for the wagon road to the Burnt river
settlement. Thoy wore gone four days,
examining tho country carefully and
thoroughly, and pronounce unhettituting
ly in favor of what in known oh tho
southern route.
Thoy say that the entire road can bo
built on nn easy grade and comparative
ly cheaply. It will leave tho valley road
to tho left and cross Huckleberry moun
tain about two miles south of the Whit
ney extension of the railroad. The road
running north from the lSurnt river
country will bo reached in n distance of
about thirteen miles from Sumptcr, nnd
considerably less than ten miles of road
way will have to be constructed.
In a few days n committee of business
men from Sumpter will make a trip to
that section of country and confer with
tho farmers relative to co-oieration in
the enterprise. It has been impossible
for Mayor Itobblus to get away during
tho past few days, owing to tho absence
of Cashier Miller, of the First Hank of
Sumpter. As soon as he returns Mr.
Kobblns will be ready to go. If this is
delayed more than a few days, the gen
tlemen will have to make tho trip with
out the mayor. Arrangements for a
survoy of the route is now being made.
J. II. Itobbins and R. . Rtrnliorn ad
vance the money for all of this prelimi
nary work. The road will undoubtedly
be built this season.
Sumpter Has Same Card Up It Sleeve.
La Grande has a trump card which
she can play at any time und make this
a city of ten thousand. It is expressed
in the one word, roads. Let tho people
improve and extend all roads leading
into tho city and they will have paved
the way for a llfty per cent increase in
trade. Hut they should understand that
roads are not good if they are merely
summer driveways. They should be
made passable winter und summer for
heavy loads. With good graveled roads
extending in every direction and with
an electric road to Cove, I-a Grnndo will
be able to command all the large Undo
of an important and rapidly improving
section. This is not advanced us u boom
scheme for checking the ravages of the
dry rot, a method employed by various
other towns, but us u legitimate busi
ness plan for increasing trade. m
Grande Chronicle.
COPPER HARDENING PROCESS.
ThU Time a Taeoma Woman Discovers
The Long Lost Art.
Word comes from Tacomu that Mrs.
Harry Kenstrom is preparing to make
troublo for tho great American steel
trust. This comes in the wuy of tho
discovery of ono of tho lost arts, the
process of hardening coper, which has
been tho stalking ghost of the steel in
dustry for a hundred years. Mrs. Hen
strom is no theorist or dreamer, but u
clear headed, practical woman, who
has quietly worked away until now she
has produced edged tool of copper that
will cut the hardest of wood and hold
their edge as well an the best steel. She
feels confident that she haB solved the
problem of hardening copper and thus
making edged tools that will drive the
steel article out of the market.
She has already through an attorney
made application to the department at
Washington for a patent to protect her
rights and will carefully guard her se
cret until that is gained. Overtures
have been made to her from a number
of capitalists, among them being J.
PieriKint Morgan, negotiating for tho
invention when completed.
Mrs. Kenstrom has been working on
this process for years and has read ev
erything relative to tho matter that has
been written. From her study of the
mutter she litis liecome convinced that
the hardening of copper was once u uni
versal art. The American Indians prac
ticed it on Lake Krie, where numerous
evidences in the way of copper utensils
and cutlery have been found. Among
these, copper chisels have Ih'oii picked
up that will cut the hardest steel. It is
a well known fact that tho ancient Ho
mntis nnd Kgyptluus understood and
utilized this process. A returned Fili
pino soldier recently brought buck to
Tucomn u bolo knife found in Luzon, tho
blade of which was of hardened copper
and KsscsHcd a line edgu and was well
temered.
These facts have led her to believe
that at one time, thousands of years
ago, copper was hardened nnd used for
tools und wcuons all over the world,
and she claims the process was undoubt
edly a simple and cheap one, us the an
cients had 110 intricate or costly methods
or costly machinery.
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