THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1901
The Sumpter Miner
Official Paper of the Town of Sumpter.
I'UIIIISIirll EVlkt WUIINtSDAV ItY
C. II. MAKSM AND J. W. CONNELLA
SUIISCUII'TION HATES
Onr Yrir
Sl Muntlit
I.1J
ALWAYS IN ADVASCI!.
I ntrrr l Hie poitnfflcc In Sumplrr. Oregon, tor
lmninKlciii tlitouiih Hi ni.ill 3 trconj clm
mjtirr.
ClIMinillSH IIIIIHt In! illliruvlllK III
Milker City. HhIiImth Iiiuc ii'hiiiiic1
liiiciiirtw iIiitu iiml tiro ri'ixirti'il In Ih1
iiiiiIJiik jimmI wiich,
Ami now Ilic SniiipHiiiiiti'H Miy tlml
Si'lilcy miii iliuiik iluritiK tlic SuiiIiImk"
iiiimiI li.iltln, iiml tlicy will ntteiiipt to
prilM1 it. II IIIIIHt llllt llt'CII II pflll'll of
n lininil of "llxlitliiu uliinkcy" I nit lid I
ilimilt. Tim imvy ili'p.irliiicnt onulit In
liny tin' ciillrn output of tli.it distillery
iiml fi-til it In tin iilllci'iH mill men
n'Hiiliu ly. SmiipHini, lilm-elf, could Mill
htltllli' il foi IiIh IIi o'i'Iim'I. leu mill
prolll tlii'iidiy.
Iti:v. I'lmlcrii'L Hiitrc Uiii-m'II, of I lie
Ni'H Yoil. 1 .it w mill Onler Iimj.mii' wiih
iiiiehteil it iluy or two el i ice, on a cliiuye
of extortion, piefened liy .liiinec II.
Liurcnre, u repot If r for u morning
piipur 'I liu eoiiipliiiiit cliiireH tlml
l.iiuieiice, under mi lie -it uictl niiiim,
lipptoiielieil Itliecol mid ii'reeil to n pay
ment of inoinn foi plotcctfon fiotu liiiiln
liy nuenlH of tlio l.iiw mill Older leii)jiie.
l.iiuieiice pletelldillj! 1 1 ill t III! mum iiIkmiI
In pliieii a uunilier of nlol niiieliliieH in
ti'hinlH in Hull city. Itnwl denies the
cliiilije, of coiiim'. lie Ih in llie lau mid
oidei lillfincr-H for wliill llicie Ih in It
and doesn't w tint In Iihio liin jiruft .
Tilt: I!:ih1 Oieoiiliin, an excellent
paper witli a few liiiprai'lieal lioliliiee
wllirll e all iMlLtllt to lmc, to lie tired
an Nift'tj nli'r, iih it were a fnw daH
hIiii'ii iiiiiiIi' Hh iiiiiiiiul lo.ir Weaiire
Ital.er ruiinly milieu are not iipmt-m-iI
llieir propiitllonal Mium of tiwntioii.
'I'lieie in no i'iiiit in ia:iliou ; dial con
leptinu Ih an iiiide-cent dreaiii Hut
the Hiilijeel of mining tiiMillou in a teal
ily in the tduipe of a knotty prolileiu, in
llu miiiiii en lentil wtlh die tilMitiou of
iiinrtuiici'H and oilier mh-Ii "lniillt"
wenllli, which htaleMiieu of the np'f
hiixewieftled with ; alwayn to lm thrown,
the Ih'nI lle out of three. Will the
i;. O. kindly deote a upaio inoiuent lo
the Miliject and mIi die prolileiu "
Siiii:hiiiiII, envioiiH mill Iiiih prompted
it owner In k to eoiihldernlilo trouhUi
to "kniH'k" (,'olniiel I'. Dontiu. In a re
cent Ikkiiii of the Otuiilia Worlil-lleralil
ix puliliHhdd die fa I ce Htatcnicnt, credited
to mt anouyinouH liar, ik'fiKntitcri an an
"old timer," that llie Colonel clitiniH to
U the author of tho faniouM Union'
l'tu'lllc l';lldlnder. The wlmrt article in
a mean, cowardly nlnr on that Kuntlo
iiiiui, every Htatenient contalnwl tneroln
U'Iiik entirely falno; wmo evidently
through ignorance, other nmlicy.
M it r lux I iiiplt'H of die World-Herald
Imve Imh'ii nialltsl to it mimtwr of otiitum
throughout tint Nortlivu'M, on tho wr
lrnof which in written "private." lie
contly Urn rathllnder, ImumI by the
Vandorhilt-IUrrinittn nyntoin of rail
roail, lnN oxtendisl itn dencriptivo mut
tor no h to include territory tributary
to the Oregon Short Line and Oregon
Hallway A Navigation companies linos.
Colonel IKinati wrote tho matter per
taining to the latter, as he doea all of
iU adverting tho bent in that folder,
or that published by any railroad in tite
Kiinling the Pathfinder rontentH, it
unruly niih limited to thin, fact, for that
Ih the way he Ih built. He Iiiih iiIho
written an article on the gold fields of
eastern Oregon for the t). P. mining
pamphlet, a new edition of which will
coon bo IhsuciI, nud will cover this ter
ritory for the llrHt time.
Great Work Done by Army of Protpcton.
Tho entire northwest Ih feeling the ef
fect of the work that Ih being done by
the great army of pronticctorH who took
to the IiIIIh for H'lf-prcHcrwitinn when
denied the nportunlty to earn their
bread by mining Mlver. Thin in why the
went Iiiih "hlood the hard timeri" better
than the cant. Western energy utllleH
dinu'le r and tutiiH miHery into profit. It
euiliraciH oiiortnnity an ardently iih a
cinuaiiinu bear would emliiiicua tender
foot, and wtiugH from misfortune the
best gifts of uullir". Tlie hard tiini'M
weie never in evidence in the mineral
hellHof the, west, in the hcuc in which
the eiiHi Iiiih Hiilferid. In many milling
M'l'lillllH, of wliich llittto in u COUHpicll-
oiih example, llie hard tiuicH iih hiicIi
hileneer lieeu Introduced, (he output
of copper and it h liy-pniductH of gold
andhilver pioleetiiig lo (he fullest extent
the liiiHineHi' iulmeslH of tliecoinuimiiiy.
Thai the inler-niounlaiu region in on
llietlilexliold of mi eiaof exlennixe umii
enil development, and that il will lie
Hint in (lie line of march mid prntpcilty
is evident to any Intelligent lustnwli'o
re.uN ariglit the infallible orgatiH of the
tiinen. WeHleiii .Mining World.
I
Lew Walker
....ASSAYER
Control Work a Spjrially
Gold Dust Bought
Spfci.tl R.itM to Companies
5 cend U)or West riot D:nk of Sumpter
SUMPTCR, 0KE00N
LIGHT AND POWER
LhSPSLissssssiI M r SLaBtatalssssi
I mmm- I
COMPMYK-
A FULL LINB OF
Electrical &
ot d Supplies
WIRING NEATLY DONE
The finest light
plant in eastern
Oregon jj
SEYMNR I IELL,
Oejn'l. Mgr.
fJR. J. W. VOGEL
THC OCULIST
Mai Htabllthed headquarters In Baker City, at Room
No. u. Lynndale Block, and will be there at least one
week In each month, and at Sumpter at leait two day!
In each month. Watch for local notice uf arrival.
C. H. HENNER
Civil and Mining Engineer.
If. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyors for Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho and Montana. Engineers for the
Sumpter Townslle Company, Limited.
Undtrgreand ind Pstint Suri. Hit Printing
nd OritiMln.
W. A. SAMMS,
ARCHITECT,
UAKLR citv, : owcaoN
Rclljhle pl.im, ipeclficatlons and estimates f urnlslied
E, A. CLEM & CO.
AMNING INV1-STMUN1S
Properties Cumlned and Reported on, Member Part
land Mining Stock tichenje
2$0i ALDI-R ST. PORTLAND, ORli.
CHAS. H. CHANCE
ATIORNI'Y AT LAW
City Attomty U. S. Commissioner '
Rooms 2 .iml 3, h'irst Hani? of Sumpter
DuildliiK,
SUMPIIiR, OREGON
L T. BROCK, M. D.,
Pliy.slcl.iu and Surgeon.
bumpier, Oregon.
bpeclil Attention Cllvcn lo Surcery nnd to DIs.
cjsis of Women. Oltice, Nclll IIIock; Kcsldence,
(iranllu Street near Mill.
DR. PEARCE
Physician and Surgeon
I'HOI'KIUTOH
SUWI'TIR UIMKAL HOSPITAL
Telephone Main j.
SUMi'ltw. Ouroos.
INSUHAhCr.
E.L. MANNING,
Kl'AL I STATE
City UecurJcrand Nutarv Put He.
Collecilons
Al'slracts '
Agent tor TyrMde fire CxllncuUher. Sumpter
QTOTT & SHELTON, stott
J ' J. I.MIUTON
Attorneys at Law.
SUMI'TER.
OREGON
SUMPTER DEVELOPMENT CO.
SUMPTER, ORUGON
Owners of all the choice acreage sur
rounding Sumpter. Inside residence lots
on easy terms. Apply to
SEYMOUR H. BELL. Manager.
B. L McLAIN
MILL
WRIGHT
ERECTION OF QUARTZ
MILLS A SPECIALTY
Sumpter 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 n
GENTS' HATS, CAPS,
UNDERWEAR,
Shirts . . .
Shoes . . .
. . Gloves . .
. . . Underwear
And Miners' Clothing.
Wliut wo linvu not
got in this lino wo
will Kt (or yon . . .
Wo nlwn.VH kcoji n 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
to It CENTER ar.
BAKER CITY, OREGON
pa A. E STARR.
Attorney-at-Law
Ctr. cor. Hl(h St. - Suaptor. Ortfoa
-i
world. If he has made any claim re-