THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, July 2j, 1902
The Sumpter Minerir,Sr w.r
I'UIIHSIII II HVPfcV WrilMlSIMV IIV
J. W CONNI-U.A
Kwiry money. They
III reruivu (lit) bene-
11 1 m from till- iiilvurtlfiii; tliuy are able
to mid fIioiiM pay for it. Tin- mining
moil of Sumplcr have (lone more to l-ii-liuhtcn
tin world on tin; ureal wcultliof
iT'tt" mir:: rhi ; n .,., w,m m,w .i..h..k tiau
pant tuiiyeiirH tliuii linker C it y line (lone i
In tliirty, mill they t-tiiiiil remly to elm re j
One Year ft.ua ,,,u "--.ipt-MiM- 01 liny practical lilll nil
''jjfxtuntl tin.' kooiI work. I hoy will not,
however, enter Into miy fool fclicinu
tlmt will iiinke the. di-trlct rliliiMilmif.
fcntereb
trantm
mailer.
Six Month
SUHM.HII'TION WATFS
ALWAYS IN AllVANCI'.
Oil Treatment for Ores.
There ceenm every prnlmlilllty tlmt the
iiilititiitlon of the oil procenH to the 1 trit-
Icli Columbia oreH will prove entirely
Muvecfiiil, mill If thin Imi hi, the outlook
for the Kootetiay illftricl iim ii great mill
inu country will Im aliiiont indellnltely
enlarged, Miyn the Vaiu-oiivcr I'rovi
tlenre. The more far-pceinu; of invectorn
are already preparing to hceure the ad
vantage which will lie offered hy being
the llrHt in the Held, and once it Iiiih
With the withering' lire from the po
litical death dealing hatterieHcomuiand
I'd liy hoth Wiitterrnii and llryaii turned
on Cleveland, the "beast from Itilffalo,"
(Jiat poinMiiiH fakir, that more holy than
thou crook, will never attain wield an
iota of Influence in the democratic party,
in national affair.
In a recent lewie of the New York
Commercial In a couvinciuu', exhaiiHtlve
nrticle on the gold IIcMm of eiiHteru Ore
gon, written liy.l. K. Mc.Miiiiut., of So
little, who !h largely interested in the
llalma and the KxcelNior, and is thilnu ! "'" 1"-I tloyoml all doiiht that the
hh much iih any other one man in telliiiK Koolenay orec can lie treated for from
the world of how rich and great thin ' HM t'a'ru will undouhtedly lie it
iiiiiltiK region really in. I ! "it-li of capital into that country.
j Kven now, according to the interior pa
Thk nale of the Maxwell renders it mI ill htm, money Ih lomiug in in anticipation
more iuiHirtaut that the Cracker creek I of the Htitress of the proeess. It will not
road should be extended over to the only mean immense activity in milling
Kock creek fide of the divide. Kxtcn-, eircli'H, hut it will mean a revival in all
nive mining operatioiiH are N'iug curried . the interior rlties and Iowiih. Ah an ex-
on in that district thin season, and sup
ilii)M are heing hauled from ItaiiieH and
linker City, two or three timeH the din
tiuice that it in from Sumpter. This
ceciiiH to In hiicIi a trilling effort to ac
eniuplisli an iiiiHirtant end that the
inerchantH of Sumpter ought, really,
this one time, work together for their
own advantage it in playing a h lire
thing game.
Ih thk Sumpter Valley railtoad ieopte
uolng to force the citi.enn of Sumpter
into ii fanatical, Hcctariau, Hiliticul tight
by their coiiHtaut, irritating atteinplM to
injure Huh town? If they iiersist in thin
iolicy and exastieratii our eople into
taking IhiH ftep, aga lint their inclina
tion, the trade with the national com
mittce in turning I'tali oer to the re
pulilicaiiH will not mt them from Mug
wicil off the map of Oregon, ho far an
political iullueiice in concerned. If liar
ton and hi Ihihh have enough sense, to
come in out of the wet, they will keep
their liaudH off of star roiileM.
IUkkii Citv puperH and xiiple are din
cuHxiug feasible methods of raining
money with which to advertise thin sec
tiou of (ho Htate in the east. It Iiiih
Iiccii propnwsl to conduct a course oflcc
tiireM, and a few other kiudcrgiirteu
schemes have been presented and re
ceive! I with favor. The proiuoterH of
thin enterprise Hhould hold a series of
ice cream socials, tea and pound parties,
give an amateur nigger lniiihtrel hIiow,
or hoiuethiug of that kind. The whole
scheme ill ls a dismal failure, unless
linker City business men and owners of
iiiining proMrtieH that are for sale go
down in their own individual pocket
SUMPTER
LIGHT H POWER
COMPANY.
A FULL LINB OF
Electrical
& Supplies
Wiring Neatly Done.
The finest light
plant in eastern
Oregon
SEYMOUR H. BELL,
Gan'l. Mgr.
B. L. McLAIN
ample of what may he looked for in thin
direction, Itosslaud, where business de
pression Iiiih existed for the pai-t vear
and a half and where the commercial
iutercHlH have suffered ho severely at the
IiiiiiiIh of ntiN'k iiiauipiilatorH, should
double itn Hipulation in (lie con rue of
two or three yearn. The tremendous
IhhIIch of low grade ore in the IiIIIh mir
roundiug that town assure itn iierniiiu
nence and prosperity, once ores contain
ing values of eight dollars can lie treat
ei) with a margin of protlt. If hiicIi n
result were olitalncd, HohhIiiihI would
wry ipiickly rival, if it did not suriiasM,
llutte City in nir.e and proMiierity. There
in every reiiHou to imagine, too, tlmt the
viiIiich contained by tliene ores, will in
creane an depth in the niincH iHolitniiied.
In moHt iiiHlanccH In HoHHhiud, iin in the
other cum pH of the Kootenays, the ore
Ik'Coiiich higher grade the further down
development in pursued. At the worst,
the outlook for Hritish Columliin'H min
eral country in not dark.
The celebrated tSiiud'H "the lieur of
gtMMl cheer" always on draught at Dun
phy'n The Clnlt
line Oiant Mwder, fuse, and nip.
Leave your meiiHiire for u nuit of
clothes at Neill Mercantile company'.
Leave your order tor anything in the
reading line with DoNeffe fc Mur.zy.
Komethiiig to deieiul umiii CSiunt
IMiwder.
All the latent noveltieM in liutn tit
Neill Mercantile company'.
Only the liext hrand ot llipiorH ami
cigar at Oinipliy' " The Club."
If you wih to ntrike it rich ue Oiant
I'owdcr.
American Brewing and Crystal Ice Co.
E. SIBER, General Manager.
Manufacturers of
First Class Draught and Bottled
Also Ice Made of
Distilled Water.
The most modern equipped plant in the state.
All orders promptly attended to.
Telephone, Main 15. BAKER CITY, OREGON.
BEER
MILL
WRIGHT
ERECTION OF QUARTZ
MILLS A SPECIALTY
Sumpter j Oregon
CAPITAL HOTEL
p A. E. STARR.
Attorney-at-Law
Ccnltr. cor. High St,
Sumpttr. Or t ton
F. K. HOBSON.
Civil and Mining Engineer.
U. S. Deputy Mlntril Surveyor for Ortgon, En
gineer for Ihe City ot Sumpttr.
VUtttti t4 rti(t tini. IIm rrlU
OrHktln.
CHAS. H. CHANCE
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Cite MUrMf U. I. Cinalllltatr
Rooms 2 and 3, First Bank of Sumpter
Building,
SUMPTER,
OREGON
L. T. BROCK, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
Sumpter, Oregon.
SrecUl Attention (ilven to Surgery n4 10 Dl.
iiiock;
eitei ol Women. Ornce. Neill
(iranllt Street near Mill.
HeklJence,
IJR. PEARCE tV. ANDERSON
Physicians and Surgeons
PROI'HIETOW
SUMI'UR Ut.MRU IIOM'IIAL I
SUMI'ltW.OhtliON.
, , 1 Ol I ICr. Main 8i.
Telephone Hommt.M. Atain t. I
lURNOb.
E.L. MANNING,
RtM ISTATF
Clt' RecorJer an 4 Noiarv Public.
Collection
Abstract
Agent tor TyriclJe Fire Extlnguliher.
Sumpter
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
E. A. CLEM & CO.
MINKS I'K08IKCT8 ST0CK8
Write ui for llt of properties and lowest market
quotations on lock In producing minei anl oil
wells. Excellent opportunity for profit In low
price J stocks.
4ltiCliani. of Com. I'ohti.and.Okwiox.
First bank
of sumpter
Ue...-...T..)
Capital Stock f 20,000
OFFICERS.
J. II. Robblns PresUent
J. W. Scrlher Vice-PresUent
R. H. Miller Cashier
DIRECTORS.
J. W. Scrlber R. H. Miller
Clark Snyde J. H. Robblns
Transact it General Bunking and
Exchange BuMines
. . . THE , , ,
SUMPTER MEAT
MARKET
AUSTIN MEAT Co. Props.
Butcher and Packer
Fresh ami Cured
Meats and
Sausage of all Kinds
SUMPTER, OREGON