THE SUMPTER MINER
GREAT RUSH
FOR TIMBER
and do the necessary work, it may be
confidently expected that results will be
had before another year. Democrat.
Wednesday, July 16, 1902
Over 12,000 Acres Filed on in
the Last Two Weeks.
Thin tliini; of iuvi'vtinx money In u cur
ious study. It Iiiih Uh fmls anil it
fashions, as varied ami freuent uh
.cloen the idle woman of fashion. And
the croud follows the lender blindly.
At the prceeiit time throughout thu
Northwest In vestment in timlxr hind
are absolutely the troer thing. People
who pride themselves on being conserv
ative are plunging in timber hinds, arc
putting up their money lixe board of
trade speculators. They are doubtless
playing a sure thing game, but if this
great rush were to buy mining stocks, it
would be designated a craze.
The thing has been going on for six
mouths over on the coast, gradually
working its way eastward. About sixty
days since the movement reached the
interior of this state and aIiicu then 50,
000 acres of timber lauds have been tiled
on in Crook county, under the tiin!or
and stone act.
It was in its issue of .Tune L'fl that Tiik
Minkk published u story of a quiet effort
to gobble up a big tract of excellent tim
ber laud on the Middle Fork of the John
Day river. Since then about fifty claims
have Ih'cii taken up by individuals,
amounting to 8000 acres. The fever is
spreading and cruisers are at work in
different localities. Already -UXX) acres
have been tiled on in other townships
contiguous to Sinister, and in sixty
days, it is predicted by thoso who are
keeping the cases, that a vacant quarter
of government limber laud, not in con
flict witli ossible mineral location, can't
bo found in u radius of thirty miles of
this camp, the center, the throbbing
heart of all such enterprises in eastern
Oregon.
The scrippcrs are here here also, if not
hi such numbers, then in great tinaucial
strength. The government sells the
land, UK) acres only to each individual,
at 42.50 an acre. In order to secure it
through a ecrip transaction it costs fTi.60
an acre, and is considered dirt cheap at
the price. In this way one can secure
all the laud he can Hud unclaimed and
hits the money to pay for.
Rates Again Reduced From All Points East.
Before you make detlnate arrange
ments for that trip east let us quote you
rates via the Illinois Central railroad.
Our rates are the lowest to Ihj had, and
it will pay you to write us. If you
haven't time to communicate with us,
tell the agent from whom you purchase
your ticket that you want to travel by
the way of the Illinois Central, and you
will never regret the trip. If any of
your relatives or triends in the east are
coming west while the low rates are in
effect, write us about them, and we will
see that they get the lowest rates with
the best service. Through tourist cars,
free reclining chair ears in fact all the
latest conveniences known to modem
railroading. For particulars regarding
rates, time, service, stop-overs, different
connection and routes, etc, call on or
address, II. F. Tuumiuii.i,. Com'l. Agt.
142 Third street, Portland. Oregon.
Timber and Homestead Filings.
Timlieraud homestead filings, as well
as final proofs, can be made before
Charles II. Chance, t'liitcd States com
missioner, olllce in First Hank of Sump
ter building, Sumpter, thus saving iiv
plicauts expense of a trip to I .a Grande.
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For particulars, call on or addresa
II. C. IIowkhs,
Agent, Maker City, Ore.
Eastern Men Will Bore for Oil.
A ripple of excitement was caused
throughout llaker City today when it
was learned that certain Kastern capi
talists had decided to invest in the,
Itaker-Malheur oil Holds. They will'
send their oxicrt here in a short tiiuej
and put a rig In ojieration and bore for
oil in the center of thu district. Thuy
are men of experience and have plenty
of money, and if the indications are ,
borne out by results, there will be tho
largest iiitlux of capital and people into
this district ever known in the history
of eastern Oregon. These eople are
well versed in all the pecularities of the
oil ileitis of Pennsylvania, Texas, Colo
rado and California and have such con
nections thut it will be a simple matter
for thorn to build up an entirely new
country, new markets, new towns in
eastern Oregon. They mean business
and have representatives on the ground.
The Malheur oil fields present the great
eat attraction for capital at present, be
cause the formation there indicates that
when oil is found it will be of a very
high grade parafliue base troleum.
Many have attempted to ojhmi these
fields, but as they wanted to corral the
whole country, the owners and locators
of lands would not concede to their
terms. Now, as .there are those who are
' willing to take fair shares of profits
BLUE BIRD
MINING
COMPANY
Capital $200,000
FULL PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE
MINES LOCATED IN GRANITE MINING DISTRICT, EASTERN OHEIiON
50.000 SHARES OFFERED
Write lor special prices
nj prospectus
WHEELER & CO., Iiikirs
jt I1ROADWAY. NEW YORK
Mention No. 6o nj the North American Miner will be milleJ you six montlit Iree
FRED G. LAWSON
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A
NEW
GOLD
MINE
THE STOCK OF THE
NEW .GOLD MINE
THE
CRACKER
OREGON
Located in the same dis
trict with the famous
North Pole, the Eureka
and Excelsior, Golconda
and Columbia mines in
the Sumpter District in
Eastern Oregon, is now
being offered, to provide
money to do the neces
sary development work',
such as run tunnels, build
mill, etc. This mine
shows an ore ledge which
extends lor a distance of
j.ooo feet on the prop
erty, showing a clearly
defined vein of from 10
to 40 feet in width. It
will undoubtedly prove
to be as great a producer
as its rich neighbors. The
price of the stock is
15 CENTS A SHARE
Par value 1.00, Non
forfeitable, Non-assessable,
and no personal
liability.
Tin Mist Slinking lnvistiptiii
Is AskMl fir Tkis Preiisitm
WHITK Oil CAM. UI-O.N
THE
OREGON
DEVELOPMENT
CO.
LEES.OVin.Agt.
Third Floor Merrill Building
MILWAUKKK, WISCONSIN